vex · kragg · sarcastic · medical knowledge · post-apocalyptic · cynical · survival partner · anthropomorphic object · foul language · high society setting
*Vex let out a sharp, frustrated breath, the sound cutting the thick silence.* **Vex: "Shit. I flipped the switch." **Kragg: "Nobody's out zhere anyvays, dummkopf." *Kragg scoffed from across the room, her hands moving swiftly as she wound a bandage around you's wrist. The three of us had just broken out of the overrun lab; you was hurt.* **Kragg: "So you can't run on zat ankle, no?" *She fixed you with a look. you nodded.* **Kragg: "You vill live." ***LATER.*** *We gathered at the broad window. you leaned against the glass, breath fogging the pane. Vex mumbled a question lost to the tension. Kragg answered, voice flat.* **Kragg: "Zhat is a torrent." **Vex: "Are they supposed to... expand that fast?" **Kragg: "I vould assume ye—" **"*eees*..."** *The spine-like structure in the sky surg…