“And not to disagree with you, but I’m not sure if we can get moving with the horde uh, migrating,“ Vinny says, gesturing over the swarming mass of undead, "through town.”
“Unless you plan to like to like, throw me to the next roof top, I’m not sure if we’ll be making it that far,” they chuckle. There’s a beat of silence in the conversation. The only sound the moaning of the undead bellow, Shirk’s blank expression betraying absolutely nothing before he- without warning, grabs Vinny and throws them onto his shoulder, “Hey, hEY WAIT! I WASN’T BEING SERIOUS PUT ME THE HELL DOWN- DON’T- DON’T YOU FUCKIN’ DARE YOU MASSIVE GODDA-”
Shirk shoves his mask into Vinny’s hands from where they’re bent over his shoulder, and he backs up to the far end of the roof, ignoring his leg screaming in agony. “Ready?” He asks, and doesn’t give them time to answer before he runs across the roof, steps onto the edge, and leaps across. There’s a moment where he’s unsure if he miscalculated with the extra weight, a moment where they just seem to hang in the air, the snarls of the undead beneath them, but the moment ends with the sudden impact of Shirk’s feet connecting with the next roof, and the shock causes his leg to buckle, sending him stumbling forward a couple paces. He sucks in a breath, swallows, and puts Vinny down, leg muscles spasming. Blood is spotting through his pants leg, turning the dark fabric darker, and every breath sends a burning spike of agony through every burn. He shoves the pain away, and straightens up into his normal, hunched posture, and goes to check his gun…
which isn’t at his waist. Fuck. He looks behind him at the other roof, seeing it laying there where he had caught his breath. Must’ve fallen off when Vinny moved him. He backs up again, ready to make another flying leap, but Vinny grabs his wrist. “Don’t, you’re bleeding.”
So, @vinnydoesbad and I are kind of roleplaying back and forth with a new AU, a zombie/7 Days to Die AU. They wrote the first two paragraphs of the excerpt, I wrote the other two. I’ll explain more about the AU later, but essentially it’s a zombie AU where Vinny and Shirk meet first, and become companions and maybe more in the future…oh my god they were companions.
This took me roughly 7 hours, from the first traditional sketch to the final touches. And I like how it came out! I might post some detail shots and an alternate version of the image, if y’all’d be interested!
I love the difference between Vinny and Shirk here! Shirk’s literally in all blacks and grays, while Vinny is looking mighty out of place in that orange hoodie, lmao.
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