Damn It All!

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)

Gen | for chufff | 100 words | 2022-09-04 | the lamb | AO3

Minochi | Cole | Minoth & Eunie (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Minochi | Cole | Minoth, Eunie (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

"Alright. Great. Let's get the hell out of here."

Minoth holstered his gunknives with their usual muffled click, conscious of his companions' befuddlement at their continued manifestation - and of Eunie's holding still, watching him.

"What the sparks is 'hell'?"

"Ah, you know...h-e-double-gunrods?" he offered, reaching out to tap the butt of hers.

No recognition.

"Y'know, the ol' hot place...?"

Eunie cocked her head, then shook it. "I thought I knew all our swears, now you're tellin' me they've invented new ones?"

No, Minoth thought, that one's as old as God, but didn't say so.

Instead, innocently: "I'll be damned..."