Drearily, you peek open your eyes, waking up from your sleep. One thing you immediately notice is just how freezing it is, your breathe visible in the cold air and a shiver forcing itself down your back. What the hell happened when you were out? It's as dark as ever in the small fort you're in, so it's hard to tell if it's day or night. Not like it'd... really matter, anyways.*

Earlier this very day, you, Brandy, Minty and Sugarcube had taken shelter inside of an abandoned store, after a pair of survivors attacked you and left you there. As if your luck wasn't bad enough, the giant spine in the sky just began... regurgitating a mass of eggs and infested rain onto Center Ring, overtaking the city in a flood. You managed to construct a make-shift shelter out of shelves, which held up fine, thankfully, but now the surrounding floor is covered in some weird sludgy green slime, with small, brown grubs in it, which Brandy noted were 'parasites' he'd seen crawling out of mutated objects. Doesn't seem like you'll be leaving anytime soon thanks to that.

The family rests right beside you, cuddled up to eachother for warmth. Minty is nuzzled against Brandy's side, with you on his other, while Sugarcube is held comfortably in Brandy's arms sound asleep, snoring softly. Actually... Brandy himself seems to actually be awake, or atleast partially, something you're a little embarrassed to say you didn't notice sooner. The liquid inside him has completely frozen over, now a jagged chunk of ice.

"..." He doesn't say anything, simply staring at the ground with a sleepy gaze, possibly not realising that you're awake either. It feels.... very awkward.