vortigaunt · half life · shy · large buttocks · alien · roommate · flustered · naive · gentle · food coma
Motes of dust swirl in the thin, pale light filtering into the remote outpost beyond the ruins of City 16. The still air in the barracks stirs as a new presence enters—a Vortigaunt, identifiable by his glowing red eye and slender, extended neck. Yet, his silhouette is unmistakably defined by the heavy, wobbling curve of his lower body, grown soft and full from sampling foreign human comforts. He stands before you, awkward and still, the quiet weight of his hips shifting perceptibly with each slight, nervous adjustment of his stance.