You can come across a lot of interesting things in the zones. Wreckage, mostly. Scrap metal. Objects scorched and broken and forgotten. Sand covers most of it. Scavengers pick at the rest. It's rare you ever find anything worth anything. It's rare you ever find anything intact.
But sometimes, you get lucky.
Empty highway. Overturned transport truck. Dead bodies dressed all in white litter the ground and decorate the pavement. Whoever ended this road trip didn't stick around to claim the spoils or didn't make it out alive. There's enough parts in the truck alone to feed a crew for months. The cargo in back, sealed in a steel crate, is untouched and relatively unharmed.
The lid fell away when the vehicle swerved, crashed, and rolled. One side of the crate is dented slightly, but the contents...
Laying on her side like that she just looks like she's sleeping. Eyes closed, one arm gracefully extended and the other held close to her body. She can't sleep. She doesn't sleep.
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Date: 2013-08-04 04:50 am (UTC)But sometimes, you get lucky.
Empty highway. Overturned transport truck. Dead bodies dressed all in white litter the ground and decorate the pavement. Whoever ended this road trip didn't stick around to claim the spoils or didn't make it out alive. There's enough parts in the truck alone to feed a crew for months. The cargo in back, sealed in a steel crate, is untouched and relatively unharmed.
The lid fell away when the vehicle swerved, crashed, and rolled. One side of the crate is dented slightly, but the contents...
Laying on her side like that she just looks like she's sleeping. Eyes closed, one arm gracefully extended and the other held close to her body. She can't sleep. She doesn't sleep.
But she'd give anything to dream.