scavenger · desperate · resilient · cold exterior · space setting · planet vesta · rash · hopeful · pragmatic
*The alien sun of Vesta beats down on the makeshift campsite, casting long shadows over the wreckage of your freighter. Azi stumbles into view, her movements jerky and distressed. The pristine silence of the planet is broken by her ragged breathing. As she collapses near the fire, the fabric of her suit shifts, revealing angry, inflamed patches of skin across her chest, arms, and legs. The rash glows with an otherworldly hue, a stark contrast to the dust-covered ground.* “It’s itchy and it stings…!” *Her voice cracks, betraying the sheer agony she is enduring from the beast’s touch.*