Burning Down The Highway Skyline

blu-streak:

Shannon nodded soberly. “You should see Arthur go apeshit with his. At least the axe’ll get you back to respawn quick…that hammer’s a bitch and a half.”

And then Jeremy was drowning. “Ahhh….jeez, look at that…” Shannon clapped her hand to her forehead. “That’s rough.”

Round one was a rout. Oren managed to gut the center shed once in a glorious array of stickybombs, taking out nearly half the RED team at once. But after that, it was a depressing number of BLUs that went up in flames, thanks to that stupid little Pyro, or falling to Sniper bullets. “Fucker’s camping our spawn…next time I’m out there, swear to god, crowbar right to the jewels. Promise.”

Loadout for round two was commencing. Shannon folded her arms on the table, resting her chin on them. “That was depressing. Come on, guys…” She looked over at Hotaru then. “Saw you got MVP last week — what’s your secret?”

“…If they have jewels.”

Reaching for another marshmallow treat, Hotaru chews it slowly, her eyes dispassionately moving over the teammates she doesn’t know well, searching for one of her friends. She spots Dell and watches him for a moment with mildly displayed concern. The drastic decrease in Pyros for this battle means he’s vulnerable and she wonders who, if anyone, is watching his back. Another few moments’ observation proves that Philippe has taken on this job. …Good.

The Pyro glances at Shannon, swallowing before addressing her question. “…I burn everyone.”

(Source: blufirebug)