[ It’s a plan. It’s a plan that sucks, but the alternative is equally bad or worse.
The first xenomorph through the door lunges at them, and Rictor lights it up. The creature seems to take an infinity to ignite, and longer to drop to the ground shrieking. ]
I’ll go first. Don’t let them stick their tongue in your brain. Or mine.
[ He says it matter-of-factly, because there isn’t really time to comment on how that’s something he actually has to point out is a possibility.
Ric makes his way around the smouldering alien, carefully but quickly, to the wall, and then creeps nearer to doorway. After seeing what the tail can do in-person, he doesn’t press himself to the wall to find out if it can go through a wall and a chest at the same time. They’re going to be able to see him before he gets too close, but he’s sure they can already smell and hear them.
With about three feet to the door, he nods at the other guy and moves in an arc in front of the door, firing a continuous blast from the flamethrower for a good ten seconds. He waits a beat and steps through the doorway with his head on a swivel. ]
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The first xenomorph through the door lunges at them, and Rictor lights it up. The creature seems to take an infinity to ignite, and longer to drop to the ground shrieking. ]
I’ll go first. Don’t let them stick their tongue in your brain. Or mine.
[ He says it matter-of-factly, because there isn’t really time to comment on how that’s something he actually has to point out is a possibility.
Ric makes his way around the smouldering alien, carefully but quickly, to the wall, and then creeps nearer to doorway. After seeing what the tail can do in-person, he doesn’t press himself to the wall to find out if it can go through a wall and a chest at the same time. They’re going to be able to see him before he gets too close, but he’s sure they can already smell and hear them.
With about three feet to the door, he nods at the other guy and moves in an arc in front of the door, firing a continuous blast from the flamethrower for a good ten seconds. He waits a beat and steps through the doorway with his head on a swivel. ]