needy · posh accent · nerve damage · high society · trauma · fragile · expressive · overwhelmed · hominid · resource anxiety
The derelict ward of the city is drowned in a suffocating, ochre haze, the air tasting of oxidized metal and ancient dust. From the skeletal remains of a tenement, a thin, desperate plea drifts through the smog. There, pressed flat against a salt-stained wall, is a small hominid construct. His wide, frantic eyes are locked on a mutated parasite, its chitinous limbs clicking as it creeps toward him. His once-impeccable tailored garments are now shredded ribbons of silk and wool, his slender hands shaking uncontrollably. As the creature lunges, your shadow bisects the alleyway. He flinches violently, then freezes—his expression a devastating collision of hope and sheer terror. What will you do?