Whumptober Day 13 and 14
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 09:22 pmY'all get a double whammy today because I literally posted last night's and blacked out without sharing here.
Title: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Rating: T
Fandom: Among Us
Pairing/Characters: Crewmate & Imposter
Critical Tags: Sabotage, Chemical Pneumonia
Summary: Blue has taken it upon herself to improve the Skeld's poor ventilation systems. Hopefully then things won't fall apart so often.
Excerpt:
Blue fidgeted in her suit as she entered the airlock. The Skeld was docked on the surface here in her home colony of Callisto. It had made taking the job somewhat easier; she wouldn’t need to wait for a shuttle up to Station Eight to board one of the massive Hyperion-class ships. It also just made her feel like she was just… walking to work. Or maybe going to board a bus. It didn’t feel like she was going to be leaving atmo and flying trade routes for the next three months of her contract.
She tried to make a good first impression on her new fellow crewmates. Many were newcomers like herself, all graduates of the MIRA orientation program such as it was, but two were seasoned crewmates from the company.
“MIRA doesn’t like to send a total ship of newbies,” Purple explained over their first meal together, pre-packaged ration packs that popped out of the dispenser like the universe’s most underwhelming slot machine. Blue picked at her re-hydrated vegetables and tried to figure out what the protein was in-between taking her turn to list off an anecdote about herself.
Title: You and Me Must be Fireproof for All the Hell We've Been Through
Rating: T
Fandom: Divergent - Veronica Roth
Pairing/Characters: Eric, Tris Prior
Critical Tags: Fire, Minor Character Death
Summary: Eric takes Tris into a piece of his Fear Landscape.
Excerpt:
When I opened my eyes in the sim, I had to hold back a scowl. The stark hallways of the Hub were apparent and unmistakable, much like the eddies of black smoke curling out of one of the rooms. "This again?" I remarked.
"This again," Eric replied from beside me. I spun around, surprised. We were running through some drills together in the Fear Landscape room and obviously multiple people could go under at a time, but I hadn't seen him hook anything up to himself. I felt self conscious for a moment. Sure, he had seen how I dealt with my fears many times over - all the instructors had and at this point in Phase Three most of my friends had, too - but there was something deeply personal about being under with him now.
I set my shoulders and looked back at the smoking room. "I guess I'm just confused why we're back here. And why it's so… easy," I said. No sims were truly 'easy' but this one certainly wasn't pushing any challenge. The last time that I had awoken here, the whole building had been inflamed. I had crawled on hands and knees to get to the exit.
Eric grunted and pointed at the smoking room. "This time, we have to go in there."