Defiance-World

May 7, 2030 Dear Diary, I swear this is the last entry today. But Risa has some kind of ability I can only describe as artifact-y... ~~Sometime in the afternoon~~ Irisa and Claudia were on the road back into the badlands, and after about an hour of driving Claudia stopped the roller in a small cluster of trees and sat in the shade, scribbling in her diary. Irisa yawned, rubbing at her eyes sleepily. She winced at a sharp pain in her wrist as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, but shook her head, ignoring the hurt. She had something much more interesting on her mind. "Mommy!" Risi called happily to Claudia, stepping out of the roller and

May 7, 2030 The page is stained with tears, the writing is illegible... ~~May 7, very early~~ Irisa stirred from her sleep, then shot up in bed. "Momma?!" Irisa was panicked, she didn't sleep in a bed, she slept in a tent with Claudia. She whipped her head around, taking in her surroundings. She was in a hospital bed in a doctor's office. Claudia was right by the side of the bed. The human woman swept Irisa into her arms. "Shh, shh shh. It's okay sweetie." Claudia stroked Irisa's hair gently, the little girl clinging to her shoulder. "Where are we? What happened?" Irisa was still in a panic state, and could not for the life of her remem

May 7, 2030 Dear Diary, I am a failure as a mother. I let a horrible thing happen to my baby. ~~May 6~~ The huntress was still, her eyes locked on her quarry. It would not escape her, she was built to hunt. She was a cat. She pounced. The rabbit nimbly hopped away from the six-year-old. "Ow..." Irisa moaned, starting to extract herself from the shrub she had landed in. Claudia heard Irisa crash into the plant and sighed. She set aside her book- a copy of The Time Machine- and walked over to the Irathient girl. "Risi, what have I told you?" the human used her best mothering tone- adopted from Leena- as she began removing the child from

April 30, 2030 Dear Diary, Shopping in a war zone with a kid from the other side is really rather challenging... ~~Start of day~~ "Where're we goin' momma?" Irisa asked, golden eyes bright and curious. She was seated in the back of Claudia's roller. Claudia glanced at the little girl in the rear-view mirror, smiling. "We're going to a town to do some shopping, Risi. The scanner says there's one several kilometers from here." It had only been a little over two weeks since the human woman had saved the Irathient kid, but she had already embraced the role of Irisa's mother. She couldn't be happier. Claudia had always wanted to have a fami

April 15, 2030 Dear Diary, Today, I finally found a reason to go on. It all started at an arkfall... ~~Start of day~~ "Damnit!" Claudia yelped, having cut her leg on the twisted metal of the ark. She sat down and got a bandage from her pack, dressing the wound. "Ark hunting, it's easy tech, what a load of shtako. I miss the days when easy tech was an Amazon order." The days where the redhead needed only place an order online were long gone. In fact, all she had left of that time was her roller and a locket with a picture of all her closest friends. The friends-who were like family to the woman-were all dead, thanks to the damn Pale Wars