[ because that's the first thing you learn these days - never turn your back to someone you definitely do not know. percy clearing out the residual black powder from bad news' chamber, the hulking thing being worked at with clever fingers, braced on his thigh as he keeps low from the edge of the trench. he's already halfway there to her, body stopped a bit, perfectly so really.
he squints past slightly cocked glasses, smudges of dirt on his face, hair most definitely not the stark white it might be in another time and place, rather smeared dark and tucked away. the momentary stillness of the field has his eyes darting between her and then to the ledge of the trench before he turns around, back at bad news while rolling a shoulder a bit. ]
ia. kicks this
Excuse me?
[ because that's the first thing you learn these days - never turn your back to someone you definitely do not know. percy clearing out the residual black powder from bad news' chamber, the hulking thing being worked at with clever fingers, braced on his thigh as he keeps low from the edge of the trench. he's already halfway there to her, body stopped a bit, perfectly so really.
he squints past slightly cocked glasses, smudges of dirt on his face, hair most definitely not the stark white it might be in another time and place, rather smeared dark and tucked away. the momentary stillness of the field has his eyes darting between her and then to the ledge of the trench before he turns around, back at bad news while rolling a shoulder a bit. ]
What is it? Make it quick.