with everyone off tumblr for the day, everyone seemed to be horny on discord instead and borderlands AU happened
Dirk: Atlas Assassin, solo agent, bodily augmented for mobility. He has high performance legs that let him leap at incredible speeds and take massive falls. He also has a reinforced spine to prevent damage during his landings.
My fave bit of physicality described for him is him chasing a bandit vehicle, leaping onto it and kicking someone off, then leaping away again before anyone knows WTF happened.
Jake: A siren on Pandora, ostensibly having an adventure. He claims to be a Vault Hunter but noooooot really? That sounds scary and there are giant fuckoff monsters in vaults. No thanks. But he likes traveling and exploring old ruins, eridian and corporate alike.
Jane: Hyperion middle manager who is assisting Jake remotely with supplies and information and keeping Hyperion itself off his tail. When Jake finds a Vault, she’s going to be famous and run this town. Shame its taking Jake foooooreeeeeever.
Roxy: Bandit queen, or maybe just a vagabond, but a relentlessly friendly one. Somehow has Dirk’s ECHO frequency and loves to check in on him while he’s on missions.
Plot: Dirk is sent to take down an alleged siren. Unfortunately the siren’s element is electricity, so his body almost functions as an EMP. Dirk finds Jake in the midst of fighting off scavs. After swiftly ending their lives, he tries to move in on Jake only for his cybernetics to go haywire. He falls, and knocks himself out.
Jane advises Jake to leave Dirk to die in the wastes. But that seems mean. Instead, Jake ties Dirk up, slings him over his shoulder, and carries him along.
So begins a beautiful…… thing. Relationship of some kind.