#SO MANY TIDERIPPERS

[hzdtrees]

Still waters

[h0riz0nstuff]

Tideripper My Beloved

[robo-dino-puppy]

caudron kappa (forbidden views from out-of-bounds spots)

[discar]

HZD Terraforming Base-001 Text Communications Network

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FlameHairSavior: Hey Erend, do you know Petra?

ForgeLordAleMaster: UH... MAYBE.

ForgeLordAleMaster: YOU MEAN PETRA FORGEWOMAN?

ForgeLordAleMaster: OR PETRA FORGEDAUGHTER?

ForgeLordAleMaster: OR PETRA BROKENFORGE?

ForgeLordAleMaster: I GUESS IF YOU MET BROKENFORGE ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED THE OTHER AND I WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.

FlameHairSavior: ...the first one. Is it really that common a name?

ForgeLordAleMaster: THOSE ARE JUST THE ONES WHO LEFT THE CLAIM!

FlameHairSavior: Anyway, I was asking because she took over Chainscrape recently.

ForgeLordAleMaster: YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THAT. SHE MANAGED TO GIVE THAT PRICK ULVUND THE BOOT SOMEHOW. HE DESERVED WORSE.

ForgeLordAleMaster: WHY?

FlameHairSavior: Eventually, we'll need to start expanding our network. After we've solved the current crisis, I mean. Hopefully we'll get APOLLO back...

HIMBO: Do we have any plant for that?

FlameHairSavior: Not yet.

FlameHairSavior: Either way, we'll need to start giving more Focuses to people. I was just wondering if Petra should be put on that list.

ForgeLordAleMaster: WHO ELSE IS ON THE LIST?

Zo: I would like to request that the Chorus be taken OFF that list.

FlameHairSavior: They're not on it, don't worry.

Zo: Good.

β: how many spares do you even have you might need to ration them

FlameHairSavior: There's a Cradle facility in Nora lands. I grabbed a few hundred last time I was there, and there should be thousands more.

FlameHairSavior: Anyway, Erend, Avad is obviously on the list. Maybe Hekarro too, I'm not sure how he'd react.

Marshall Kotallo: He will accept a new weapon without complaint. And if it improves diplomacy with the Carja, he will do so gladly.

ForgeLordAleMaster: WOULD THEY EVEN BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE? WHAT'S THE RANGE ON THESE THINGS?

FlameHairSavior: I'm... not sure. Sylens had to use a captured Tallneck to set up a broadcast network just for the Sundom. But we seem to have no problem keeping in touch out here.

β: do you seriously not pay attention

FlameHairSavior: Why don't we skip to the part where you explain.

β: gaia is using minerva to maintain the network with a variety of signal bioosters and radio towers

β: boosters

β: this base alone extends the range significantly

β: she has also tapped into many towers and relay stations across the region

β: how do you not know any of this you can just ask dont you care

FlameHairSavior: Well, last time I thought about this was when I was fighting a Tideripper. I decided it wasn't important right that second.

HIMBO: So... Avad and Hekarro. Anyone else?

FlameHairSavior: I've got others I'm not sure about. None of this is an emergency. Even if everything goes perfectly, it will be another few months.

ForgeLordAleMaster: WAIT.

ForgeLordAleMaster: IF WE SET THIS UP, THAT MEANS THAT AVAD WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO US.

FlameHairSavior: Yeah.

ForgeLordAleMaster: HE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO ME.

FlameHairSavior: ...yes?

HIMBO: Erend you... you did get permission to head out into the Forbidden West for a few months, right?

ForgeLordAleMaster: WELL, I MEAN. HIS ORDERS WERE OPEN-ENDED. HELPING ALOY WAS IMPLIED.

Marshall Kotallo: You abandoned your post?

Marshall Kotallo: [ZeroDawnDisappointment.png]

FlameHairSavior: Is that an old propaganda poster for Zero Dawn?

Marshall Kotallo: For Operation Enduring Victory, to be specific, but yes. It seems that using guilt to encourage your sense of duty is not something my tribe invented.

ForgeLordAleMaster: LOOK, AVAD WOULD HAVE ORDERED ME TO HELP ALOY IF I COULD HAVE ASKED.

ForgeLordAleMaster: BY THE FORGE, HE WOULD HAVE RUN OUT HERE HIMSELF IF SHE HAD ASKED!

FlameHairSavior: We're not talking about me.

β: wait if he wouldnt be mad about you helping aloy then why are you scared

ForgeLordAleMaster: BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE HERE HIMSELF!

ForgeLordAleMaster: ALSO, I BASICALLY LEFT MY MEN TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.

ForgeLordAleMaster: ...AND I MIGHT HAVE RUN UP A SMALL TAB IN CHAINSCRAPE THAT I BILLED TO HIM.

Zo: That doesn't sound so bad.

HIMBO: You haven't seen him drink.

Zo: What? I watch him drink every day!

HIMBO: Not like when he has access to a bar.

ForgeLordAleMaster: AND AND, I MIGHT HAVE TOLD THE BARTENDER TO LET MY MEN USE MY TAB. WHILE STILL BILLING IT TO AVAD.

FlameHairSavior: So... I guess you're just hiding here for the rest of your life?

ForgeLordAleMaster: THAT'S MY PLAN!

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[thessalian]

Thess vs Slitherfangs

Slightly different deal than I was expecting this morning...

Over to Tide's Reach I go--

Ah. So apparently I can't even do this one yet. Because Reasons. I must pick something up in the next few bits of main quest that'll let me.

...is it wrong that I want to chase these guys by overriding a Tideripper?

Anyway. I guess I should head over in the direction of Fall's Edge for main quest--

Wait. There's that new mention of Tremortusk site on the map over in the desert area. I should double-check a thing...

That says Slitherfang Site.

THAT SAYS SLITHERFANG SITE I GO.

Okay. Carefullyyyyyyyyyyy ... I have so many problems with these things... Set up a blast trap just in case aaaaaaaaaand... POONK.

...Sooooooooooo maybe I don't have so many problems with these things when I have prep time. Huh.

AND I'M SHORT ONE SLITHERFANG EARTHGRINDER. Fuck you.

...Maybe I should see if that other site is spitting out Slitherfangs.

IT IS! HUZZAH! I GO!

That one went down even easier. Nice. Now. Directly to a workbench. No dawdling.

NEW UPGRADE ON MY SPIFFY STEALTH ARMOUR! Now, what do I need next?

...Apex Slitherfang heart. Riiiiiiiiiiight. Can I set the clock to night here?

What do you mean, "Unavailable"? The one time I want to use that mechanic, you won't let me?!?

Fine. I'll just wait for night to happen on its own and fast travel. Meantime, I should head to Fall's Edge. Buuuuuut I should also get that one campfire between desert and jungle. I can start from ... this campfire here.

Aaaaaaaaand I tripped right into an errand. Huh. Tenakth lady wants word of her old crush and a flower delivery. I could use something low-stakes, sure.

I could shoot the everything while picking these flowers, but let's see how good my stealth chops really are.

...Pretty damn good, apparently. And over to Plainsong.

Plainsong is so beautiful now. Everything sings.

Lao, Ven ... you guys are adorable. Lao especially. So enthusiastic.

And ... Riverhymn, huh? Okay.

Ah. Well, at least Tenakth lady will know.

Aww. Her granddaughter is adorable too. A little tsundere, but hey. She's Tenakth.

Now. Campfire, work. And then, I will go on a night hunt for Slitherfangs.

I woke up this morning with my left outer thigh aching like someone hit it with a car. I have no idea why. But I have to work like this, sooooo...

[ramblingcj]

Why. So. Many. Underwater. Missions?

I hate it. I'm on edge every time. Doubly so since Aloy is useless in the water! My shoulders STILL hurt from the Tideripper in the main game!

[socialfilter]

headcanoning HFW characters’ favourite machines because I can:

Aloy: Easy, it’s her Sunwing. No ifs, buts or maybes. It’s her damn bird, might be her favourite because Beta gave it to her, might be because she seems to quite like heights. I should also include Tallnecks, purely because I just love the way she interacts with them.

Talanah: Now I want to say it’s Stalkers but tbh that’s my personal preference. For Talanah, it’s most likely Stormbirds. If that girl could have a pet, it’d be a Stormbird. Change my mind.

Kotallo: It has to be said I absolutely adore that boy. His favourite machine is either the Tremortusk or Behemoths. Honestly if you found him a mount, it would be a Behemoth because they’re such big bastards - I just think he likes them.

Zo: Grimhorns and Plowhorns. Easy peasy.

Varl: I like to think it’s Chargers. They’re the machines he learned to ride and was the first one he got to interact with after Aloy gave him a Focus.

Erend: For Erend, although he hates machines, he does have a favourite and that, for me, is Fireclaws and Frostclaws. Anything that would take one hell of a smack from his hammer to take down, he likes. Fireclaws are absolutely huge and he likes a challenge. If it’s not the bears, it’s definitely Widemaws.

Alva: Alva doesn’t hate machines but she doesn’t like being near them. If we were talking personality-wise, it would probably be Burrowers because they’re not too threatening and let’s face it, pretty cute. That being said I like to think, if she looks at them from a distance, it’s Tiderippers.

Beta: Burrowers. At some point, she’ll override one and use it as an assistant to help her make things. You know she wouldn’t tell Aloy about it either and chaos would ensue.

Regalla: Slitherfangs, ‘nuff said.

Yarra: Yarra doesn’t have a favourite. Meat is her favourite. (it’s totally Rockbreakers)

Drakka: Drakka’s favourites are definitely Thunderjaws. The meaner the better.

Dekka: With Dekka, I think she’d have a favourite machine she could ride that wasn’t initially fearsome-looking but could still pose a threat if she wanted it to. For that reason, it’s Bristlebacks.

Hekarro: Slaughterspines and Rollerbacks. He’s such an imposing figure, I reckon his taste in machines is the same.

Fashav: hmmm I struggle with Fashav because we don’t know him awfully well. But I think it would be a machine that is something you’d also find in the Sundom so…Ravagers?

Elisabet: Look I know she’s dead but you can’t tell me she didn’t have her favourites. Aside from GAIA and her obvious sub functions, I think her favourites would be Grazers. They’re non-threatening and pretty normal to look at. If it’s not Grazers, it’s Plowhorns.

Tilda: Again, she’s probably barely seen any actual machines but I think - if we’re talking Aloy’s world, it would be Sunwings or Scorchers. Sunwings because I think they’re quite elegant when they’re not squawking all over the place. Scorchers because idk, if they were domesticated animals they’d give off ‘I’ve been expecting you Mr Bond’ sorta vibes. does that make sense?

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Me, I have too many personal favourites. It’s probably Dreadwings, Stalkers, Tiderippers and Shellsnappers. Anything massive or anything that can turn invisible - I’m in.

[skeletondeerart]

Maybe...Aloy proposes to the reader?? Could that be possible? </3

Wherever You Shall Go, I Will Follow.

Aloy x Fem Reader | Word Count: 2070 words

Another dawn rolls over the mountainscapes that Aloy, Beta and I call our temporary home. The air chills me to the bone as I pack various explosives, shredder discs and another set of clothes into a backpack. Aloy had asked me to come with her for a hunt that would last a couple days, to be honest, I was ecstatic to finally have a moment of peace with my lover as I hadn’t seen her for a while as she figures out where to go from here.

With the threat of the Zeniths gone, we had to put all our time into figuring out how to defeat NEMESIS. Saying our goodbyes to Beta as she scans the Gaia’s databases completely wrapped up in the data, she gives us a wave as we make our way past.

My pack jostled with my gait as I place my hand into Aloy's open palm, with a light smile Aloy led me out of the base and whistled clearly into the chilling air. With a screech a Sunwing perches on the ledge of the cliff and Aloy swings herself gracefully onto the saddle, the reflections of the Sun’s rays through the clouds highlight her features in a dazzling glow, I could have mistaken her head of ginger locks for flames if I wasn’t so close. I stood there like a fish out of water just admiring Aloy when I was then pulled out of my stupor at her call.

“You just going to stand there or are you getting on?” Aloy jested as she patted the empty spot between her legs. My face erupted in the embarrassment of being so blatantly enamoured by my lover, I quickly approached the machine and tried to haul myself on, yet despite my best efforts, I couldn’t get on all the way. With a hearty laugh, Aloy takes hold of my arm and pulls me into her, wrapping her left arm around my midriff as I adjust myself. Aloy then takes hold of the reins of the Sunwing with her free hand and pulls me closer to her.

My stomach was performing backflips and I couldn’t decipher if it was from the rapidly increasing altitude or how Aloy was holding me, no matter how many times we did this I couldn’t get over the butterflies.

“So��� what are we hunting A?” I call out into the wind, luckily, we were practically cheek to cheek, so I was able to be heard over the rushing winds.

“Yeah, about that… we aren’t hunting anything,” Aloy spoke into the cusp of my ear sending my nerves alight, the sensation running through my ear and all the way to my frigid toes.

“What? What do you mean we aren’t hunting anything Aloy?” I call confused over the rushing winds. Aloy’s grip tightened as she urged the Sunwing to bank left around some Old-World ruins and level out again.

“Just wait and see my love…” Aloy whispered as we made our way past the desert sands, through the forests and began gliding over the crisp ocean scapes as we trail down the coastline further south. It was so beautiful as the sun glistened like crystals upon the water’s surface, a Tideripper was diving through the waters in the distance, the silence being broken by mechanical cries of all the ocean-dwelling machine-life. I couldn’t help the smile from breaking out as I gazed at the beauty of this world, it may be broken but it was ours, this was our home, and I will be damned before some rogue space entity destroyed our planet.

I once again turned back to Aloy to see her eyes focused ahead, I could see every scar and scratch on her face, she may deem them as imperfections but all I saw was my lover who was devoted to saving everyone, even at the cost of her body and mind.

Now that was to truly be admired.

She does and continues to do so much for the world, she may chalk it up to her ‘purpose or her calling’ but I knew she cared tremendously for the world and its inhabitants, the sacrifices she has had to endure over her lifetime… She continues to bring hope to us all.

The Nora, The Oseram, The Banuk, The Carja, The Utaru, The Quen and the Tenakth…

I shake the thoughts from my head as I feel the beginnings of a burning sensation in my throat. I run my hand over hers that were gripping the wire reins, this causes her to glace down at me with a smile that sparked something in my chest, my body felt so warm as if I was sitting by a crackling campfire in the middle of a blizzard.

“You alright there sweetheart?" Aloy asks as she brushed her thumb over one of my knuckles.

“Yeah, but can I ask where we are going, we have been in the air for quite a while now- “

Aloy cut me off and tutted at me jokingly “Now that is for me to know and you to find out my dear.”

I groaned at her evasion of my questions, with a huff I leaned back into Aloy’s chest, and with an oomph coming from Aloy, she chuckled at my state seeing me pout like a child.

“Trust me, okay? It’s worth the wait.”

I put my trust in her as if I hadn’t already given her my heart in the first place. After another twenty minutes of flight, we reach a secluded island off the coast. An island full of lush forestry and wildflowers. I couldn’t hold back the gasp that fell from my lips as I took everything in, so enraptured in the view I didn’t catch the wide smile split onto Aloy’s cheeks as she saw my reaction. As we approached Aloy lowered the Sunwing to perch upon the trunk of a fallen tree. As we came into landing small birds flew from their perches in fright at the machine and flew off into the horizon.

With grace Aloy dismounted and held her hand out for me to aid me in getting down with clumsy footings we make it down the rocky incline and made contact with the lush grasses and wildflowers. Without hesitation Aloy leant down and plucked a vibrant purple flower and twirled it in her fingertips for a second and turned towards me, my face flushed as I felt my heart try and break out of my chest. She looked ethereal, her jade eyes shone with love as she took a step towards me, my limbs froze in shock as she caressed my cheek and tucked a stray hand away from my brow before slipping the wildflower behind my ear.

My jaw fell open as if to say something but my lovestruck brain couldn’t think of the words to describe how I felt at this very moment.

“Follow me, I have something to show you,” Aloy whispered as she gently took my hand into hers and lead me through the jungle path, over streams and meadows we walked, Aloy keeping my hand firmly in hers the entire time to ensure I don’t fall or stray from her side. Eventually, we break into a clearing, it was beautiful, massive trees shielded us from the outside world, creating a personal oasis of sorts, a small stream flowing nearby and not a machine in sight… but what truly surprised me was an extravagant canvas tent, seemingly of Oseram design down the back of the clearing, the inside of the tent was adorned with beadwork of the Quen and woven mats and bedding from the Utaru and wool and furs from the Nora. Then as I continue to look around metal lanterns glow in the wake of the approaching night, hung on wires supported by wooden spikes painted with Tenakth paints.

It was truly astounding, my hand slipped from Aloy’s as I walked further in and spun around in place just to absorb everything.

“Did-did you plan this A?” I asked as I turn back to my lover, her face shone with pride at her work, seeing me react so positively.

“Well, I had a bit of help.” Aloy answered with a light chuckle about our teams ‘gifts’. My smile only widened thinking about our team who has since temporarily broken back into their own tribes to spread awareness of NEMESIS.

“This is wonderful and all but why have you done this?” I ponder out loud as Aloy’s smile only grew wider at the question.

“Well, I wanted to get away with you for a while, away from distractions, away from the world… just for a moment… to show you how much you mean to me,” Aloy states, un-characteristic timidness seeping into her words.

“Are you alright my love?” I ask, unconsciously feeding off her anxiety.

“More than alright… I just had something to tell you.”

A pit in my stomach opened wide like a sinkhole, sucking all the air from my lungs as I held my breath while I awaited her next words. With a shuddering breath Aloy steps forward to meet me in the middle of the clearing taking my shaking hands in hers, she caressed my knuckles with her battle-worn fingertips and she met my eyes. Jade eyes pooled with love and uncertainty as she opens her partially chapped lips to speak.

“(Y/n), you have been with me since the beginning of my journey, you were with me when no one else was… To befriend an outcast is a sin and you knew that, yet you persisted day after day since our worlds collided for the first time as children. I never felt true love before I met you and I fall in love with you more and more every passing day. You have been by my side for the best and the worst of me and I’m forever grateful you continue to love me despite everything. I couldn’t imagine a world without you, so I planned for months for the perfect moment to tell you how I truly felt. This war may not be done but I know I can’t wait any longer since the future is still so uncertain.” Aloy took a deep breath and she held in her tears, not from pain or sadness but of pure love and anticipation.

“I shall continue to walk beside you if you shall allow me. Wherever you shall go, I will follow… (Y/n) can you do me the greatest honour of being my Wife? Will you marry me?”

Aloy watched my eyes widen in shock as my mouth fell open, tears began to cascade down my flushed cheeks as I hiccup with the overwhelming emotions coursing through my veins, my heart beating erratically against my ribcage. Aloy closed the gap between us and brought me into the softest embrace, her toned arms tracing up and down my spine to try and quell my tears, I dug my face into the crook of my lover’s neck as I grappled for her own back to steady my soul.

“I would love nothing more than to marry you, my love~” I whispered into Aloy’s ear, my voice warbling with sobs of unbridled joy. That’s when I hear the cries of my lover as she released all the anxiety of this moment. I begin to laugh through my tears and Aloy follows suit as we rock on our feet to a tune that only we could hear. We stood there in the light of the moon and the lanterns for what seemed like an eternity until a yawn escaped my throat. With a chuckle Aloy finally pulled away from the embrace, he features still sodden with tears of joy and I knew I looked the same.

“Let’s get some rest shall we, my sweetheart?” Aloy whispers continuing to run her thumb over my knuckles.

“Let's” I respond, never letting go of our intertwined fingers as Aloy gently guided me down to the plush furs and woven mats in the shelter of our tent. Aloy pulls me into her, my front facing hers as the exhaustion of the day comes crashing upon us. Sleepy smiles and kisses were exchanged before we both succumbed to the realm of sleep tangled in each other.

Two lovers committed to each other for eternity. For better and for worse. Wherever one shall go, the other is sure to follow…

[officialleehadan]

Trust Falls

Capability Seen

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The next kidnapping attempt was a very different creature than Natalie’s first.

“SonovaCRAPMONKEY!” Natalie shrieked and fired her taser at the nearest blue-clothed henchman. He went down with a yell, and Natalie spun, slipped, fell on her ask, and crab-walked backwards as her taser charged up again. As soon as it beeped, she shot another of the henchman, and scrambled back onto her feet. “Eat taser!”

Okay, so she wasn’t exactly going to win prize-fighter of the year, but she was doing okay.

More importantly, she had seriously badass backup.

Ben, in his guise as Shieldwall, was throwing forcefields in every direction. Mostly, he seemed to be trapping henchmen in bubbles that lifted them off the ground. He also held one over his arm, as a classic shield to block the occasional shot as the henchmen tried to bring him down. It wasn’t going so well for them. He pretty much seemed to be thrashing them around.

“I could use some help!” Natalie called when another henchman closed on her with a handful of zip-ties. “Bad guy most seriously incoming!”

Her taser wasn’t charged up yet, but she had other options. Although she had protested, Ben had given her a canister of superhero-strength pepper-spray. She had pointed out her very probable chance of spraying herself with it. She was mostly a hazard to herself, not others. The pepper-spray, however, turned out to be reasonably difficult to screw up, and the henchman dropped, coughing and gagging on the bright orange spray.

“Seriously? How many of you buttheads are there?” she yelled when two more showed up to take his place. “Shieldwall!”

“Did you actually call the gun-toting bad guys buttheads?” Ben asked as he muscled his way in front of her and threw a bubble around the two advancing henchman. “I feel like this situation calls for stronger language, Doll.”

“My language skills kind of break down when I’m getting shot at and kidnapped, okay!?” Natalie was very, very grateful for her large and extremely intimidating boyfriend, and also for his very definite mean streak when it came to people trying to nab her. Someone grabbed her from behind, but her taser was charged up again, and she was mad enough to mostly forget her own sense of self-preservation. She half-turned, punched the nearest henchman, who was actually a henchwoman and fired off her taser again. “Zap-zap, motherforker!”

“Motherforker?”

“I KNOW WHAT I SAID.”

The wave of henchmen didn’t seem to be slowing, even though Ben was very handily dropping them as they came in the door. Whoever was after Natalie this week was clearly more determined than the usual lot.

“I think we’re gonna have to run for it,” Ben told Natalie after the next wave was contained, and the ones behind them hadn’t figured out how to get around the shield he was holding over the door. “I think I know who these guys work for, and if I’m right, he’s scarier than most of the baddies around. They’re not gonna give up while he’s behind them.”

“Who is it?” Natalie didn’t actually know most of the local Powered talent, but Ben, being a power himself, did. “Problem?”

“Well, his name is Tideripper.”

“Good name.”

“He’s an aquakinetic with delusions of grandeur.”

“Less great. So, we’re running for our lives?”

Ben threw a second shield, this one dome-shaped, between them ant the door, and then pulled Natalie towards the window. She looked at it, and then at him, and planted herself.

“If you say ‘jump out the window’,” she said flatly. “I’ll take my chances with the guys with guns.”

“You trust me?”

“Not that much.”

Ben winced, but shoved the window open anyway. They were eight stories up, and the fire escape had henchmen on it. He didn’t seem too bothered by that, but Natalie eyed the decidedly fraught path to safety.

“Okay, plan B,” Ben muttered and held out his hand. “Give me your taser.”

Natalie handed it over without protest, and he cracked open the plastic with a hard yank before he got to work doing something mysterious to the electronics inside. “Keep your hands off the window frame.”

“Okay?” she said, and took a half-step back just to be safe. Holy crap!”

Ben wrapped his hand in a shield and jammed the firing trigger of the taser against the metal of the fire escape. The taser’s charge emptied into the metal fire escape. Rated for Powers as it was, it packed a serious charge, and Ben had pulled off the limiter that kept it from killing people. There was a lot of profanity and screaming form below them, and the sound of multiple bodies falling a considerable distance to the ground.

“Okay, we’re clear,” he said after a quick look out the window to see if his trick had worked. “Sorry, I think the taser is dead. I’ll get you another.”

“It died for a good cause,” Natalie told him as she followed him down the fire escape. It wasn’t her first time leaving a building this way, but the last time had been the friend of a friend’s truly terrible bachelorette party. “We got a place to run to?”

“Fidget keeps a safehouse for me a couple towns over,” Ben said, and paused to shove a pair of henchmen out of their way. Natalie waited until he dropped to the ground, and muttered deeply unflattering things about her decided lack of athleticism. Ben saw her struggling, and held his hands up. “Jump, doll. I’ll catch you.”

“This had better not be one of those trust-fall couple things,” Natalie told him, but she let herself drop down the end of the ladder into his arms. He caught her easily, which was both thrilling and delightful. “Oh wow, yeah, okay, muscly boyfriends are pretty great.”

“Glad I pass muster,” Ben said with a grin and set her on her feet after a quick kiss. “Come on. If we hustle, we can get to my car, and I’ll get us on the road.”

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Natalie woke up handcuffed to a not-a-hero. now they’ll have to rely on each other to escape an enemy neither of them can combat.

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[repmet]

I just finished Horizon Forbidden West but I'm also trying to finish a bottle of wine so idk keep that in mind

Spoilers

- Zero Dawn is one of my favourite games of all time and this sequel didn't exactly disappoint me terribly but it won't earn its place in that top list

- I'm mad my Mum somehow called the Zenith plot before I even started the game. I explained the plot of HZD and she was like 'I'd have gone into space I bet some people did I bet you meet their decendants' then she was so smug when she was (almost) right.

- They definitely tried to cram too many collectibles and side activities into this, the melee pits, machine strike, ruins, flowers, sunken caverns look pick like two and leave the rest and if one of those two is the fucking melee pits I will personally hunt you down

- Machine combat is still mostly really fun! I enjoyed it and always took that option over stealth. Not because I suck at stealth. I mean I do suck at stealth but that's not why!

- Melee combat uhhh sucked.

- Machine strike has way too any rules I tapped out after the tutorial sddjkl

- The story was not as well paced or structured as HZD, it kept me mostly... entertained but while I was desperate to know more about Project Zero Dawn with every scrap of info they revealed once you knew the Zeniths were the ogs it was kinda? Meh? About anything else. Even nemesis was kinda 'oh okay' like a twist but it completely lacked the build up of the Zero Dawn reveal

- Tilda, honey. The age gap.

- Beta was great! I loved her relationship with Aloy cause she was super frustrating but of course she would act like that. Also the siblingness in 'God she pisses me off I'd fucking kill for her tho'

- Did the gene for identical twins get missed when Zero Dawn was created? I get people would still be shocked to meet Beta but they're acting like they've never seen two similar looking people ever??

- The base was... cool, but the bonding and character needing to be like, sought out made it almost a drag. It would have been cool to have companions come with you and talk along the way a la Mass Effect and The Outer Worlds

- Wow there was. So much dialogue 🙃 The lore and world building are great but I skipped through so much because there were dialogue tree three levels deep with five options each I just wanna ride a velociraptor

- Thebes was weird and such a disappointment. The build up of oh shit Teddy boy is alive, the anticipation of stabbing him, the twist that he's mutated then an OFF SCREEN DEATH?????????

- my day was ruined, my disappointment immeasurable

- I would fucking die for Alva

- Alva your gf is not good enough for you no one is

- Kotallo was very cool

- I knew Varl was gonna die the second we entered that cauldron. It honestly just felt like for shock value then of course. Baby.

- SPEAKING OF CAULDRONS. FUCK EM

- Does anyone like them?

- I ragequit the tideripper one after I died and glitched outside the map then it wanted me to start again. No.

- Uhhhhmaybe I'll have more sober thoughts? Idk, I replayed HZD immediately but I don't feel the urge here. Still, overall like 7.5/10

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Night of the Tiderippers or That Time I Managed to Aggro 3 at the Same Time. (Long post and more pics under the cut)

It’s really funny to me that the place where you can find the most Tiderippers isn’t in the sea.

That whole water body south of the map is absolutely rife with them. Like, I was minding my own business gliding over there with Cunégonde and suddenly, I aggro one, then two… then a THIRD one ! xD

They were all after me while I was gliding over their head, making them mad, laughing at how they tried ineffectively to shoot me down. Hilarious.

I really didn’t think that the 3 of them would join and come after me. They were REALLY mad that I was flying overhead xD

*Tideripper attack music is playing*, HOW VERY DARE YOU ??? At least let yourself be shot down ! … Why are those cannons shooting so low ?? GET HER !! Dead xD

One word of caution : if you fly low enough, the cannons will get you, but neither your Sunwing or you register damage. (At least that what happened for me). I only realized Cunégonde was on her last sliver of life once I landed and scanned her. (T_T) Aloy didn’t have any damage, tho.

[robo-dino-puppy]

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Aloy blue pen doodle to celebrate reaching 2000 subs !! (is it a doodle when you spend like one hour or so to draw stuff anyway ?) Thanks to everybody who follows this tumblr, the occasional shitposting, the many photomode pics, the too numerous tideripper pics (at least it’s not rockbreakers anymore…), the occasional obsessed meta, and all the weird stuff around Horizon that I put up on here. xD … this is a bit of an arbitrary milestone, but sometimes I need some incentive do draw stuff, and i was watching that count go up and then last week it went up super fast and then two days ago I thought “shoot ! I wanted to post something for the 2000th sub but it’s going to happen soon ! I must do something and not, you know, wait half a year or more, like last time I did this ! >.> “ And since I’ve been doodling cats for a month straight with a random blue gel pen (on my main), I just thought I’d try this, not expecting much, honestly. But it did turn out well. The cat doodles taught me much ! Conclusion : always be doodling cats. At least this fanart looks more like Aloy than my previous ones. And now i wrote a novel about it.

So here. *Throws fanart at screen* *flees*