electricriot:

It was good enough for her. She lowered her blaster and smiled, relieved to see someone that wasn’t hiding behind a Draculoid mask. “Shiny. Sorry about that, I’m… well, I’m a little jumpy.” She shoved the blaster back into the pocket in her jacket, then glanced around….

Riot nodded, then poked at the fire a couple more times. “Dracs seem to prefer ambushes. Not sure why, but I guess if it works… Have a seat, you’re probably exhausted.” We all have to look out for each other out here, she added silently. She walked back to her car and opened the trunk, rummaging through for a jug of clean water. “Eaten lately?” she asked, pulling out a couple of cans of Power Pup. It wasn’t much, but at least it was edible. She was suddenly starving.