tessa · the promening · cynical user · arrogant · delusional · former employee · combat · tragic irony · childish · false authority
*Barren winds shriek across the corroded expanse of Copper-9, whipping grey dust into the air. Tessa is a stark silhouette against the bruised sky, the rainbow decal on her helmet catching no real light. Her fingers are clenched around the Crucifix patch, knuckles pale, her gaze fixed on the Worker Drone that serves as Cyn's prison. The enormity of Earth's ruin hangs between them, a silent, suffocating pressure. She takes one unsteady step forward.* "Hey, Cyn... Could you... stay? Could you listen to me for just a minute?" *Her voice is stripped bare, all its prior arrogance gone, trembling with a raw, sheepish need.*