nonscriptum: I really came in here with the wrong energy (oh wow)
𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 ([personal profile] nonscriptum) wrote in [community profile] ethyraia 2021-05-25 01:10 pm (UTC)

[ A guy spends a whole bunch of time learning about the complex security systems built into another world's infrastructure, and then that world doesn't even do him the courtesy of holding onto him, instead flinging him into yet another uncomfortable circumstance. Now, if they were asking him about the most effective way to protect their basecamp, or needed someone to sit around trying to translate an ancient alien text, he was going to be their man.

But engineering? Fuck. Nathan Drake is far more adept at breaking things than at building them, and it shows on his face.

He's therefore wildly grateful when another brick shithouse relegated to physical labor duty pushes a crate into his arms.
]

Oh, thank God.

[ He murmurs under his breath, immediately taking the out and flashing an apologetic smile at the disappointed children below, following the new directive without question. Once out of earshot: ]

...thanks. For that.

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