Woopsie another portal au???
In this one Glados is a big ol’ wyvern, grumpily stalking the surprisingly vast dungeons of the forsaken city of Apertura. She has been here for so long that no one remembers how the city was before her, and honestly she doesn’t remember either… she’s not even sure of where she was before claiming this place as her home, but… does it matter?
Chell was a part of a team of looters, who all died almost immediately when they made the mistake of getting too greedy, and venturing too far within the city. Chell survived but got dragged into the city’s dungeons, and has been looking for an escape for who knows how long… Her wits and determination have kept her alive for longer than most would manage, but will finding the sentient sword Wheatley be what she needs to finally get out?
Wheatley is a cursed sword: his main gimmick is that whoever’s wounded by his blade becomes dumber for a short amount of time, but he does have some other tricks up his… scabbard? He’s desperate with boredom when Chell finds him, not having been moved since the city first fell to Glados, so he’ll do anything to ingratiate himself to her. She takes pity on him, mostly because her dagger has revealed itself to not be enough against the denizens of the dungeon.