The Hazbins find a decrepit pool in the hotel and set about renovating it. It triggers some particularly bad memories for Husk. (aka. Husk has aquaphobia & PTSD.) Part 1 of 3
CW: swearing, referenced wartime trauma, angst.
Husk didn't know that the hotel had an old, disused pool, and he'd really be better off not f*cking knowing.
Charlie chatters how she never even knew it was here, and the bartender's mind is cast back to
black depths, disease-ridden corpses tainting the waters, a vulnerable ford ripe for ambush
Niffty tasks herself with cleaning up the decrepit pool, and Husk remembers
never go alone and look away for one second and suddenly they're
g o n e.
He discretely asks Angel and Vaggie to keep an eye on her, cause Niffty would refuse any direct offer of aid
(and that attitude got them killed)
Angel seems to see straight through Husk like he's a fractured pane of glass. Vaggie outright asks him, with concern, if there's a reason for his request - if the cat is okay.
Husk doesn't want to elaborate. He takes another swig of cheap booze.