Leaden Grunge

Jason Maslo

The storm ravages the woods near him, twigs slapping the mechanical legs of his Ledokhod MK. 13. Snow covering his mult-legged mech each time they get planted. Low humming tesla coils surround Jason, speaking to him with crackling voices. Pistons and cogs deafening anyone around surrounding them, screeching out in metallic glee. Jason pulls levers and buttons back and forth, bringing lumbering pillars of iron forward and trampelling trees in their wake.

-This is θ-J.2 checking in, i have written down the list of tagged gruddonbeast. We have 478 of them still roaming around. i found a group of them dead around Biomet, don't ask what i was doing over there i can take care of myself, but there was 4 gruddonbeast with .577 bullet wounds. θ-J.2 out.

Jason turns on the built in radio to his right, playing polka music on his way home. Domesticated gruddonbeast and smaller mechs surround the Ledokhod, keeping Jason company during his freezing journey. The path back to the city is a twisted and malevolent way. Without these mechs, Jason and the others would have frozen stiff and snapped off after any of the snowstorm that would befall them. Radio chatter pip up here and then about weather and temperature at certain places around Zemlya. One of the mechs surrounding Jason blip out a code to him saying "So when will you find a partner Jason? I heard you havent gotten one yet;p", Jason replies back "When will you shut up and focus on the job Michael, i cant let you distract us during a job". the Ledokhod's front left leg tramples into a pile of snow, accidentally digging itself into a pit, getting stuck. "My leg is stuck, i cant move. i require assistance" Jason blips out to his surrounding Storozhit pilots. Storozhit Φ-M.1 starts making his way towards the stuck foot. His mechanical arm produces forth a radar device to scan how difficult the job will be. A digging tool makes out from the arm instead and starts to dig away the snow and dirt. The two other Storozhit mechs prepare weapons if they were to be ambushed, flamethrowers drippling and chainsaws revving. The leg is stuck deep in the snow, most likely a couple meters in. Jason tries pulling the leg upwards, ripping up the ground with him. The Strorozhit closest gets shaken around, almost toppling over. The leg covered in snow and debris is now free, able to continue their path. One of the Storozhit sends a message, "There appears to be a structure down there, most likely a doorway".