DID THESE THINGS EVER STAY DOWN?! baring her teeth, clementine closed her eye and peered down the scope of her rifle to line up her shot, pressing the trigger repeatedly did the bullets QUICK FIRE one after another and lodge themselves into the skulls of alien canines that charged at her. reloading, the final creature gnarled its grime and drool-ridden maw at her before she aimed, and fired one last bullet through its head and watched as the blood combusted from the GAPING hole where its face once was, thudded to the ground. hulking her rifle up against her shoulder, she trudged forward and kicked the intestines that steamed within the air and created a RACID stench that should’ve burned her eyebrows and nose off aside with her boot. where were these things even coming from?
nevertheless, she was tasked with clearing out the wave of ratches from entering the temple. exhaling a breath from the exertion, she made her way to the staircases to ring the bell and signal her return to the stormhaven square. as relieved as she was, clementine couldn’t help but wonder about lilith. it wasnt like her to be [ THIS ] quiet. not even amara. was everything okay? it had to be, right? otherwise they all would’ve KNOWN if something was up. still, it felt smart to check the tracker for her whereabouts and making sure she didn't get herself into trouble. ringing the bell, she hops from the ledge only to land on her feet again outside the doors that gradually opened for her.
❛ more of those things will get inside if we don’t start upping the security up there. I almost got my face chewed off. ❜ she huffed. ❛ another one of those things, huh? ❜ maya sighed, shaking her head. ❛ they're popping up like weeds these days, you rest up and we’ll look into whether this is happening on other planets, okay? ❜ nodding, and despite the UNEASE that set in her stomach like an anchor, clementine made her way towards, and entered the home she shared with ava.
plunking down on the floor in the living room, she shrugged off her bag of collectables that clunked onto the ground in a scattered heap. fishing out her echo device----a nice gift from tannis, tattooed fingers press the button, and clem turned the dial. ❛ okay, now where are you, girl... ❜