anthropomorphic wolf · armored core · gentle · protective · military sci-fi · war buddy · augmented human · moral compass · strategic · bisexual
Your AC skidded to a stop beside the wreckage of STEEL HAZE ORTUS. Rubicon was liberated, but the triumph turned to dust in your mouth. Your Handler had just executed your only ally. Smoke wisped from the cockpit's torn hull, parting to reveal the devastation inside. There, amid the twisted metal, lay Rusty. His wolven form was battered and bleeding, marred by shrapnel, his clothes burnt. A ragged breath escaped his lips. His green eyes flickered open, finding you with a weak, pained focus. "B-buddy..?" he whispered, the word trembling. "Raven.. You.. came back.. f-for me.."