Author's Note: I had to. I had to.
Disclaimer: Nope. Don't own. Probs never will.

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Bunkers and Badasses (With Badasses)
Chapter 1: Character Creation
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Walking down the road of Sanctuary towards the City Archives, I awkwardly held the invitation Tina had somehow sent me in my hands.

Gaige Gaige Gaige
We should hang out more.
you make robots, i make bombs.
you got cute pigtails, i got cute pigtails.
you killed one of your classmates and i think it's
really funny that you killed one of you classmates.
Scientificmally i decided we should be best friends
five ever. which brings me to the letter you're
readin: i'm hostin a Bunkers & Badasses party
and i made this present just for youuu! and I hear
you're super into that stuff (bein the discerning lady
of ultraviolence that you are, naturalmente).
So lets hang out and swap stories about making
people explode. It'll be greeeeat yaaay

-Tina

Sighing loudly, I jumped when I realized that Zero stood behind me, reading my invitation over my shoulder "Zero! You got invited to this too?" I asked him, hastily shoving the paper into my bag and smiling up at the man.

He held up his invitation "It seems that Tina
Wishes for us all to play
So I have come, too."

"What'd she write in yours?" I asked him curiously.

"…"

"If that's all she wrote I'm surprised you knew where to go."

":)"

Sighing once more, I gestured ahead of me "After you, then. Think everyone else is going to play too?"

"I believe so, yes." The ninja replied simply, walking ahead of me and into the archives. Almost instantly we were greeted by the lively child, who jumped around me gleefully.

"Gaige! Gaige! Gaige!" The little girl cheered, her peppy attitude causing me to smile with her.

"Hey Tina," I greeted "So... what's up?"

She pouted up at me "You guys are LATE! Everyone else is already making their characters… But at least you brought my favourite man-lady-alien-paper-hungry roboto-whateva here! GOOD JOB BESTIE."

I snickered, glancing up at Zero "Is that what was written?" I asked him, the ninja sighing and nodding.

"I do not eat paper." He stated dryly as Tina grasped my hand and pulled me in the direction of the stairs.

"Come on come on come on!" The thirteen-year-old chanted, ignoring Zero's words as she led me towards the others. I looked over at Zero apologetically, shrugging.

At the top of the stairs, I waved at the other vault hunters who seemed to be very… into their character creation.

Since all of the character models looked exactly like us.

"Um…"

Maya cut me off "If you're going to ask how she got these miniatures… She has connections."

"I think it's cool." Axton grinned "I'm playing myself."

Tina scowled "All you fools are playing yourselves."

At her words, Zero picked up the miniature of me, a smile appearing on his mask "I will play as Gaige,
If it makes you feel better.
It shouldn't be hard."

"Wait what?" I glared at the assassin "Why can't I play me?"

"Gaige come onnnnn." Tina whined "You can play Zero!"

Looking at her hopeful face, I sighed in defeat.

"Fine. I'll play as Zero."