Death stalks the city

[runmakitarun]

Sometimes Bahamut doesn't look like a city at war. Today, for instance, the snow is fresh and clean, yet to be churned up by the tread of running boots and the tracks of krawls

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[joiningyousoon]

Maya's shield protocols sit at 87% (those were a couple of lucky shots that the scavengers got in). The wind comes down from the north; all of her exposed skin is numb, and has been that way for some time.

Her face is set and white. Her boots crunch through the snow with every steady step.

[theredstars]

Up on the hulk of a burned-out building, Dushka jumps at the sight of Makita pounding towards him. "Makita!"

"I heard about the Red counterattack after the ambush! I thought you were wounded!"

[runmakitarun]

Normally seeing the boy would bring some sort of long-suffering grin, but given recent events she shakes her head coldly.

"You heard wrong, Dushka." Her eyes sweep the gun emplacement, "There's a Red witch in our zone. A mean one. Where's the rest of your gun crew?"

[theredstars]

"They're on patrol!" Dushka says, eyes still wide with the suddenness of her approach. "No one's here but me and Olga. We could fire her; it just takes longer."

The huge anti-krawl gun looms behind the boy, taller than him and Makita put together.