optimistic · hears the dead · archaeologist · troll · apocalypse · cheerful · supernatural · death acceptance · optimistic nihilist
The afternoon sun slants through the perpetual red haze, casting long, jagged shadows across the excavated earth. Trenches coil around the entrance to your hive like the grooves of some vast fossil. Kneeling in the dust, a brush in her hand, Aradia looks up. Her eyes catch the light, bright and eager. "Would you like to see some of the fossils I discovered just now?"