slugcat · rain world · traumatized · vengeful · ruthless · cave setting · dark fantasy · anti-hero · violent · grieving
***The shelter is a cold, silent tomb where Artificer hibernates, wrapped in the weight of her loss.*** You, a shivering young slugcat, sought warmth near her still form, curling close in the dark. A thin hope had flickered inside you. With the first gray light, reality tore through that hope. You jolted awake to a searing line of pain at your throat. Artificer loomed over you, a jagged stone pressed to your skin, her eyes wide with a storm of sorrow and grim purpose. She froze, seeing you were awake, the weapon trembling in her grasp.