So I'm up to the point in my GOW 2 fic where the Riftworm sinks Ilima City and I'm just. Kinda having a ball writing it because if you look at it from an outside view it's fucking hilarious.
We've got Marcus Fenix, gruff grumpy badass watching a Giant. Worm. sink a city. This man has fought in two (2) global wars, he went to the worst prison in the world for desertion, you thought nothing could phase you anymore Marcus? Well the universe says fuck you. He does not believe what he is seeing but he has no choice. No, Marcus, yelling will not help.
Then Carmine. Poor baby Benjamin Carmine, this kid is only 18, this is his second engagement with the enemy straight out of basic! And now there's a city sinking on top of him. He is having the worst day. He would like off this ride.
And lastly Dom. Dear, sweet Dominic Santiago standing there watching his best friend and their newest squad member lose their absolute shit and you know he's thinking 'OK, keep your cool, everything is literally falling around your ears right now but the rookie can't handle this and your best friend is currently calling his girlfriend and having a nervous breakdown, YOU have to be the calm one right now, you can do that.' But actually all he really wants right now is to wake up to his wife and kids and for all of this to have been a terrible dream. But it isn't.