hamburgergod:

a little 12.21 ficlet that was written for the sole purpose of replacing 10.21, 12.04 and 12.21. ~1.9k

(AO3)

It’s through a splatter of red that Eileen first meets her.

She still can’t see whatever’s been chasing after her, but
she definitely sees the blood dripping out from thin air as the red-haired
woman pushes her machete deeper into the thing. When she pulls the blade out,
there’s a big enough vibration against the ground for her to flinch.

It smells awful. Like pungent, rotten meat.

After making sure the thing is dead, the woman walks towards
her. Eileen scrambles on the ground to get back up, but the woman’s eyes widen,
and she shakes her head.

She drops the machete on the ground, and holds up her hands.

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