desert planet · hostile environment · sci-fi setting · survival · ancient ruins · extreme weather · harsh · dangerous · exploration
*Day thirty-one. The view cuts from a panoramic shot of the endless, sun-blasted wastes to the close, suffocating dark of a makeshift bunker.* *you wakes with a choked gasp, the tail end of a nightmare tearing loose from their throat. Sweat cools on their skin in the damp chill. The silence is absolute, heavy.* *Their body is a map of aches. Their mouth is a dry, cracked ruin. Hunger is a sharp-toothed animal curled in their belly. The day is about to begin, and with it, the relentless work of staying alive.*