Artyom drank less this week.
Here Artyom thought Alpha's team was meaning lots of shooting at lizard monster dinosaurs and looking in broken engines for evil gypsy curses. Artyom figure, hey, why not try and keep level head? This "make cents" (Artyom not fully understand this capitalist idiom) especially when moon is in devious waxing gibbous phase of evil lunar cycle.
At first, less vodka seemed like good idea! Stash of good clean Russian водка is nearly empty from boredom times before, and angry explosives man make vodka that taste like shoe. And not fine handcrafted leather shoe from mother Russia, no. Like moldy old shoe from shoddy region of Ukraine! So Artyom drink less this week. Less-drunk-Artyom even has been learning American language in spare time. Just other day, Alpha's team taught Artyom difference between "racist" and "racer"!
Yet many things strange happen to Alpha's team since Artyom join. Now he beginning to understand why convoy is always held up. Artyom was just relaxing, trying to get closer look at "mini-cyborg" (him have fake skin like rubber) while also keeping eye on sleepy creepy children, when Alpha's team get alerted to strange man down at digging area. When Artyom arrive to backup, he discover that man was not man at all but alien looking like man with pointy ears! He claim to be Russian but Artyom does not understand this Russian-Alien.. He seem to communicate with demon wind spirit, but only really tell spirit to push around logs and make necklace-tie float in air. In warcamps of mother Russia he would have been flayed for demon-talking, but here in capitalist America he recieve job on Alpha's team as well! "Land of Opportunity" was old name for American Empire but this just seem like opportunity for Artyom to get killed by crazy man. However, Artyom was VERY pleased to discover Komrade Russian-Alien has hatred for moon almost equal to Artyom's hatred! Him hate moon for strange reasons, claiming that moon is actually place full of evil peoples. But this does not concern Artyom; the enemy of Artyom's enemy is Artyom's cautious ally.
Here Artyom thought Alpha's team was meaning lots of shooting at lizard monster dinosaurs and looking in broken engines for evil gypsy curses. Artyom figure, hey, why not try and keep level head? This "make cents" (Artyom not fully understand this capitalist idiom) especially when moon is in devious waxing gibbous phase of evil lunar cycle.
At first, less vodka seemed like good idea! Stash of good clean Russian водка is nearly empty from boredom times before, and angry explosives man make vodka that taste like shoe. And not fine handcrafted leather shoe from mother Russia, no. Like moldy old shoe from shoddy region of Ukraine! So Artyom drink less this week. Less-drunk-Artyom even has been learning American language in spare time. Just other day, Alpha's team taught Artyom difference between "racist" and "racer"!
Yet many things strange happen to Alpha's team since Artyom join. Now he beginning to understand why convoy is always held up. Artyom was just relaxing, trying to get closer look at "mini-cyborg" (him have fake skin like rubber) while also keeping eye on sleepy creepy children, when Alpha's team get alerted to strange man down at digging area. When Artyom arrive to backup, he discover that man was not man at all but alien looking like man with pointy ears! He claim to be Russian but Artyom does not understand this Russian-Alien.. He seem to communicate with demon wind spirit, but only really tell spirit to push around logs and make necklace-tie float in air. In warcamps of mother Russia he would have been flayed for demon-talking, but here in capitalist America he recieve job on Alpha's team as well! "Land of Opportunity" was old name for American Empire but this just seem like opportunity for Artyom to get killed by crazy man. However, Artyom was VERY pleased to discover Komrade Russian-Alien has hatred for moon almost equal to Artyom's hatred! Him hate moon for strange reasons, claiming that moon is actually place full of evil peoples. But this does not concern Artyom; the enemy of Artyom's enemy is Artyom's cautious ally.
As if meeting strange alien who is now working on convoy wasn't bad enough, Alpha's team immediately receive attack this week as well! French scout-man come back to camp with cannibal man as hostage. Cannibal man spoke language that Artyom could not understand even with translator tool, and when Alpha's team try to study him things went terrible bad. Giant bat-winged demon appear right inside containment vehicle! Team respond incredibly quick, but stone-man who talk funny was ambushed by cannibal with chain! Artyom got nice shot of harpoon right through cannibal arm (and accidentally shot team member but nobody notice shhhhh) and by the time Artyom turn around to reload all fighting was done! | Artyom's memory is hazy but demon looked like this to him |
Still, Artyom does not know if these are good signs or bad. America swamp is place full of demons and evil. Alpha's team seem to be full of curses, probably due to moon's anger. And Artyom not sure if he can trust sorcerer giants or Russian-Aliens or terrifying adolescent stroke victims. Even advanced rubber-cyborg seem suspicious... at this point Artyom would not be surprised to meet talking dinosaur!
Боже мой! Better get used to moldy Ukrainian shoe.
Where is vodka?
Артем Евгений Чебышева
Боже мой! Better get used to moldy Ukrainian shoe.
Where is vodka?
Артем Евгений Чебышева