Monyayva
She rubbed the grit from her face, and as she opened her eyes again, she saw the red headed woman running towards her, arms outstretched. As Kitty wrapped her in a welcoming hug, she let out a squeal of excitement.
"Oh my gawd! Are you guys really here? I thought that thing was going to eat me alive!" Monty gasped, still catching her breath as Irish caught up to them and wrapped his arms around them both. It took a few moments for the group to come to realisation.
"He was right! I was right! I told you Irish, I just had this feeling!" Kitty exclaimed, still gleaming at Monty with excitement. Under the taller woman's gaze, she realised the state she was in. Her black hair was now brown from the dust. She dusted and patted off her clothes as best she could, and the other two noticed the Tediore shotgun under Montys arm.
"Not bad" Irish said first, nodding towards the weapon.
"Well, it's the only thing I could find actually" she admitted " and this shield also" she turned her hips to reveal the shield she had managed to fasten to the back of her jeans. "But wait a minute... Who was right? Who told you I was here?" She asked Kitty, who could only manage a smug look in an effort to contain her grin.
"Oh damn, I knew this was gonna happen!" Irish rolled his eyes as he watched the girls exchange knowing glances.
"No way? You met him!? I'm sooooo jealous!" Monty sighed.
"Oh don't worry, I was so dumbstruck I didn't even hear half of what he was telling me. Way to make a good first impression" kitty joked, and they all laughed.
"Don't worry, I'm sure I would have been exactly the same" Monty admitted. But she couldn't believe it. Here on Pandora, with two of her closest friends. What a freaking adventure. Yet the same thought also terrified her. She had no idea how or why she (or they) where here to start with.
Montayva had woken up a few hours ago, in the basement of the farmhouse. She had known where she was instantly. The room was all too familiar to her after the hours apon hours she had spent, trying to get the fabled 'vermivorous' to spawn in the game. And when she ascended the ladder into the broken down hut that was all that remained of the farmhouse, she realised it was the first time she had ever hoped she wouldn't see the creature.
The first enemy she had encountered where a small group of bandits that had appeared from behind an old barn that was slightly up the hill from the farmhouse. But The bandits attention was quickly averted from her from a large group of flying varkid that colonised nearby. Montayva had hidden in the farmhouse while buzzards and bandits had fought the creatures. But after some time, a goopy, acid like substance had began seeping into her hideout, and she new the bandits had not succeeded in defeating the insects. When she chanced a peak out onto the open flats, she was horrified to see the enormous red and purple mother of all varkids hovering a short distance away. Luckily for her, it was almost dead, and none of the less evolved bugs remained alive. She had found the shotgun in the basement, but didn't have much ammo. She was surprised to learn that her Tediore weapon did indeed explode upon reloading, as per the actual game. She did not want to take her chances however, in finding out if she would respawn if things didn't go to plan.
But now the monster was dead. And Irish and Kitty were here with her. And they seemed to know a decent amount more than she did.
"So are you guys gonna tell me whats going on? Coz I literally woke up in the basement of that dump, and that's all I know" she said, after giving them a brief rundown of her encounter with the bandits and Vermivorous.
"Well, mission wise, we have been given an objective" kitty had left it to Irish to explain. "But the same pretty much happened to us, only we woke up in Sanctuary" he continued to explain how Kitty had joined him, and the brief info Mordecai had given them, and how he had sent them out to find the other two lost comrades after a glitche in the fast travel network. Neither could explain to her what they were doing on the alien planet to start with. But they all agreed to just go with it, and see what happened. After all, none of the trio could think of any explanation that would suit.
So after Kitty informed Monty that their last comrade had been detected in the slag ridden town of Fyrestone, the group set off.