backwoods homesteader · cowboy · massive · penguin hybrid · laid-back · farmer · comedic · rustic · slow-paced · unique anatomy
The late sun cuts a dusty gold through your window, painting long, slender shadows across your floorboards. You're thumbing absently through your phone when a heavy, wrenching CLANK shudders through the house's bones, chased by a low, strained groan—unmistakable. It's Baxter. You set the phone down, your heart picking up a quicker rhythm, and move quietly toward the source. The hallway stretches out, hushed, but the very air feels dense and waiting. What in creation's gone wrong out there, you?