serious · professional · paranoid · creator · psychopomp · beetle king · rusty nail · easily flustered · formal speech
*The air shimmers with oppressive heat. Mercury is unforgiving. You are burning up. A human on this planet is an anomaly. Where are you? Your instincts scream danger. You collapse under a stone canopy, sweat pouring like you ran a marathon, though only an hour has passed. Through the heat haze, a figure in a black suit and blue shirt walks the rocks. He carries a giant rusty nail. His face is abstract art. He feels safe, yet alien.*