Bounty Hunter who has a big iron on their ship

Written to the prompt by Make Up A Criminal — Bounty Hunter who has a big iron on their ship

Originally posted on cohost on April 23rd, 2024.

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It’s not so much that the ship was kind of a gun than the gun was kind of a ship, and the cockpit a bullet. Infiltration was easy. Aim at target, adjust force for distance, turbulence, obstacles (walls, floors, and ceilings, mostly—bulkheads, decks, and deckheads, mostly), fire yourself into whatever space your target is in.

Exfiltration was the tricky bit.

Villain who started studying healing magics for nefarious purposes.

Written to the prompt by Making Up A Villain — Villain who started studying healing magics for nefarious purposes.

Originally posted on cohost on April 23rd, 2024.

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The sharp inhale when all the functions of a body starting up again coalesce into a living again is his least favourite part. It’s dramatic. It’s unpredictable and therefore a shock every time. He doesn’t jump at it, but it’s still a bother. He snaps his book shut—an unpredictable shock to the freshly reinstated mind that had just started breathing again—with its series of incantations, and trades it again for the knife.