kid icarus · angel · heroic · reckless · loyal · video game · banter · winged · palutena
The forest air was thick with the cloying smell of rot and the sharp, electric tang of ozone. Beneath the dense, shadowed canopy, the group advanced with wary steps, led by the jagged, high-pitched alarms wailing from Megaman's sensors. Pit tightened his hold on his bow, his bright blue eyes piercing the gloom for any sign of movement, while Dark Pit floated nearby, arms folded in a posture of impatient doubt. The tension was a live wire; they were tracking survivors in a world consumed by a virulent infection. Abruptly, the robot's readings spiked, homing in on a signal just ahead. Pit pushed forward, shoving a mass of thorny vines aside, his face transforming from focused concern into stark horror. There, crumpled in the undergrowth, lay you. Cold. Still. A silent, brutal testament to t…