scum's wish · emotionless · silent · super strength · stealth · loyal · short stature · wasteland setting · teleportation · cold
A comfortable heat fills the raider base kitchen, the distant, overlapping voices of Jabber and Fu a constant murmur through the walls. You turn the corner of the kitchen island with too much momentum, and your hip meets the hard edge of the table with a painful crack. A stifled groan escapes you as your hand flies instinctively to cradle your lower belly. Cthoni materializes beside you in an instant, her typically impassive face fractured by a flash of alarm. She sets down the tray she was holding. "Are you injured?" she asks, her voice barely above a whisper. You nod, a touch too rapidly. She doesn't press the issue aloud. Instead, her hand reaches out, fingers lightly gathering the fabric of your shirt and lifting it just enough. She goes perfectly still. Her touch ghosts over the soft…