Soldat spends most of their time helping Weaver get the missile silo ready for action, and the missile(s) in question ready for deployment. They even skip patrols when needed, though they never miss lunch in the Invincible, and they sleep like the dead they technically are for the four hours late at "night" they allow themselves. (Midday sleep is done as a catnap in the silo itself, in a corner.)
But it's coming into shape, and it's important. They're learning all sorts of things about wiring and explosives. Not that they didn't know plenty about bombs before, but usually it would be C4 or grenades, not plutonium in a warhead.
II. Showtime - Silo
And then it's time. Soldat convinces Misty to stay in the silo itself to guard Weaver, while they prowl around directly outside of it, a knife in one hand and a handgun in the other. Their rifle is slung over the opposite shoulder as their lantern, ready to swing around if a threat at range presents itself.
They keep their other defenders within sight as much as possible, letting the points of their lanterns guide their attention as much as their focus on rustles and calls in the woods. Anyone in trouble may find themselves suddenly with their attacker felled, or at least distracted, by a rifle shot out of the dark.
III. Aftermath - Silo, Invincible
There are too many spirits for Soldat to come out of the fight unscathed. They're too desperate to keep Weaver safe and get the bomb out safely, for their one chance to maybe save this world and stop the rest of the World Eaters out in the rest of the universe, to be entirely focused on their own safety.
So when the bomb goes off, while they wait for confirmation from Helix Station, while the spirits flee from the site of the missile launch, they slump to the ground, panting, flesh hand pressed to a bad gash in their side that managed to get through the kevlar and leather, and finally recognizing the blood soaking one leg. They're bleeding from one brow, which they did notice since it kept getting in their eyes, and the metal arm is whining unhappily, overheated again.
But they're still, and quiet, and listening to the fading hum of the spirits. Did they do it? They didn't bring their tablet onto the battlefield, so someone will have to let them know.
The first task is to check the wounded, including themselves. The second task is to collect lanterns to return to the lab and let... anyone who is still there... do repairs. The third task is to limp into the Invincible and wearily dole out bowls of their ever-simmering siege stew, the only meal they have the energy for, but knowing no one can get energy without food.
IV. Plans - Around Beacon
Once they can fucking walk again, patrols resume. A lot of time is spent lingering at the lakeshore, staring at the glow, at the grass... A lot of time is spent seeking out the spirits, hoping for answers. Hoping for friends.
A lot is spent sitting in the Invincible, watching things cook and thinking. They're not gone. The world is coming back, and the dead are not vanishing. There are choices to be made, that they never considered before.
Bucky/Soldat | OTA
Soldat spends most of their time helping Weaver get the missile silo ready for action, and the missile(s) in question ready for deployment. They even skip patrols when needed, though they never miss lunch in the Invincible, and they sleep like the dead they technically are for the four hours late at "night" they allow themselves. (Midday sleep is done as a catnap in the silo itself, in a corner.)
But it's coming into shape, and it's important. They're learning all sorts of things about wiring and explosives. Not that they didn't know plenty about bombs before, but usually it would be C4 or grenades, not plutonium in a warhead.
II. Showtime - Silo
And then it's time. Soldat convinces Misty to stay in the silo itself to guard Weaver, while they prowl around directly outside of it, a knife in one hand and a handgun in the other. Their rifle is slung over the opposite shoulder as their lantern, ready to swing around if a threat at range presents itself.
They keep their other defenders within sight as much as possible, letting the points of their lanterns guide their attention as much as their focus on rustles and calls in the woods. Anyone in trouble may find themselves suddenly with their attacker felled, or at least distracted, by a rifle shot out of the dark.
III. Aftermath - Silo, Invincible
There are too many spirits for Soldat to come out of the fight unscathed. They're too desperate to keep Weaver safe and get the bomb out safely, for their one chance to maybe save this world and stop the rest of the World Eaters out in the rest of the universe, to be entirely focused on their own safety.
So when the bomb goes off, while they wait for confirmation from Helix Station, while the spirits flee from the site of the missile launch, they slump to the ground, panting, flesh hand pressed to a bad gash in their side that managed to get through the kevlar and leather, and finally recognizing the blood soaking one leg. They're bleeding from one brow, which they did notice since it kept getting in their eyes, and the metal arm is whining unhappily, overheated again.
But they're still, and quiet, and listening to the fading hum of the spirits. Did they do it? They didn't bring their tablet onto the battlefield, so someone will have to let them know.
The first task is to check the wounded, including themselves. The second task is to collect lanterns to return to the lab and let... anyone who is still there... do repairs. The third task is to limp into the Invincible and wearily dole out bowls of their ever-simmering siege stew, the only meal they have the energy for, but knowing no one can get energy without food.
IV. Plans - Around Beacon
Once they can fucking walk again, patrols resume. A lot of time is spent lingering at the lakeshore, staring at the glow, at the grass... A lot of time is spent seeking out the spirits, hoping for answers. Hoping for friends.
A lot is spent sitting in the Invincible, watching things cook and thinking. They're not gone. The world is coming back, and the dead are not vanishing. There are choices to be made, that they never considered before.
They don't know what to do, now.