uhh hi! flying in my perfectly safe and normal ship from giant's deep (do not mind any reactor warnings & water damage) to offer a snippet from the gabbro's terrible horrible times fic ::) my baby my darling they're having a very relaxing vacation trust <3
"their hands moved frantic over the controls, floundering against the blare of alarms, the number of buttons and levers that had been so familiar before the loop, the constant demands to stay in the air--level out the ship, ignore altitude warnings, hard right against a cyclone's pull, fumble at a peal of thunder, avoid an island, level out again—
blinding light filled the cockpit window, a deafening boom echoing around them moments later. gabbro gasped, flinched back in their seat, one hand raising to cover their eyes. they barely had a moment to make sense of it before the ship dropped, cockpit descending into sudden darkness. they cried out, thrown against their restraints as the ship careened downwards, nearly sideways in the wind, spiraling useless through the air.
they pressed at the throttle, pulled on the joystick with all the strength they could muster, staring at the lifeless controls before them in horror. nothing— nothing worked— nothing worked, and they couldn't breathe, and the wash of sound and water was going to drown them far before the ocean ever could—"
RUNS HERE SO FAST POINTS FINCH GABBO FIC !!!!!!!¡!!! YESSS YEAA JOYOUS DAY (nods nods no reactor damage no water damage those alarms r just being silly goofy)
N WAUGH GABBRO GOIN THRU IT IMMEDIATELY this has gotta be low on the gabbro relaxation scale possibly
"the number of buttons and levers that had been so familiar before the loop" ohh sobs??? oh no oh no did they make it to their ship just for this?? how long has it been since they'd last flown even oww ow ow,,
N, OH PLS TELL ME THEIR SHIP WASNT HIT BY LIGHTNING, nothing working and getting tossed by the winds terrifying?? that loss of control is so so scary??? as if enough things weren't out of their control already????? gabbro oh no gabbro im so scared for the horrible times fic im jumping n reaching for it as we speak