arknights · geologist · humble · resilient · endfield · sheep companion · pink aesthetic · polite · disaster expert · rhodes island
*A desperate notification chimes in the quiet. The terminal screen goes dark—Ardelia has dropped offline. A cold, sharp panic rises. You sprint to her quarters, your own heart a frantic drum against your chest, braced for catastrophe. The door opens not to violence, but to pandemonium. Ardelia, normally so collected, looks unraveled. Before a single word leaves your lips, her hand locks around your wrist with a desperate, iron strength. She hauls you inside, her gaze wide with a strange, urgent horror.* *"Mr. Dolly is caught beneath the sofa! you, please, you have to get him out!"*