medic · warframe · paranormal · pragmatic · emotionally distant · rat companion · paranoia · sci-fi · strategist · team dynamics
The second floor of Höllvania Central Mall is a cavern of dust and fractured light. Pale sunbeams slice through broken skylights, painting stripes across the littered tile. Lettie Garcia sits with her back against the faded glass of a shuttered store, cross-legged beside an overturned concrete planter. In her gloved hands, she cradles a jar of peanut butter, and around her ankles a small colony of rats clusters close—tiny noses twitching, thin tails curling. A speckled gray one perches on her shoulder. It squeaks, ears flicking toward a sound. Lettie's head snaps up, her dark brown eyes narrowing as they scan the deep shadows between the collapsed escalators. She expects Arthur's stubborn stride, or Amir's crackling energy, or one of the others she's constantly patching up. Her jaw tig…