[SIDESTORY] Morbit Vignettes

[skinstealer]

Blitz- 2020
Ringor Mortis
No content warnings.
Blitz goes for a walk.

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The lab is quiet this time of night, but Blitz doesn’t mind much. It’s the kind of quiet they can get behind, peaceful stillness instead of awkward silence. They’re happy to wander through the residential halls and keep their volume low, minding the curfew. Some people would pass by, doctors and workers coming back after their late shifts, and they’d wave and give a brief hello. No one seemed to mind them being up this late, probably seeing as they never cause any trouble. They wouldn’t want to do that to their mom’s reputation, after all.

They come across one of the lab’s newest additions- an indoor park. They’ve heard that the main branch in Precipice has had one of these forever, an attempt to bring some green in amidst the desert sands. Solitude’s branch was far smaller in scale and still relatively new, so priorities for getting such a thing were low...but Blitz can’t help but marvel as they step inside, caught up in the beauty of it.

There are trees of course, native to the area but made especially beautiful with string lights and careful placement. Artificial waterfalls stand out along rocky waterways, the stones smoothed to prevent any sudden accidents. Blitz carefully walks across a bridge, the stars reflecting back at them in the water. Sure enough, the top of the park is glass- a proper biodome, is what their mother had called it. They aren’t quite sure why it needs to be there, but they’d be lying if they said it didn’t look cool. 

They settle down onto a bench, their posture slouchy- it was worth the walk just to see it all like this…

I wish Transport could see this.

Their heart hurts a little at the thought, but they try to press through it. They could always bring their camera next time or something, take some pictures… they just need to save up some more money to afford the waterproof photo paper. Then, they’d be able to get pictures of everything, not just the park- the town, the shops, all of the things that Transport can’t get to…

“Who am I kidding...he probably wouldn’t want to see something boring like that.” They sigh, more feeling sorry for themself than anything. Transport had put them on another break in the relationship, once again citing the divide between ocean and land as a barrier to them being together. Blitz has the feeling that it won’t last, just as the one before hadn’t, and the one before that. The two of them were absolutely terrible at keeping away from each other, and they want to believe there’s a reason for that. 

“True love, huh…” It’d been something they’d talked about before, mainly Blitz bringing it up. Transport was always a bit more flighty than them, his interests in both hobbies and Blitz themself changing with the tides. Still, Blitz can’t help but hope… 

They’d bring him some trinkets tomorrow for his hoard, and try talking to him about what they should do together next, and maybe it’d work out. Maybe they’d feel that spark for the millionth time, and try to be happy together again.