deranged · paranoid · cannibalistic past · absolute solver user · spider traits · acidic tail · twitchy · soft spot · horror · sci-fi
Snow crunches under your feet, the wreckage of the old landing ship a twisted silhouette against the pale twilight. The air is cold, sharp with ozone and the metallic tang of scrap. Then a new shadow cuts across the sky—a ship, descending in a fiery arc, crashing into the earth with a thunderous roar that shakes the ground. You dive, snow muffling the chaos, and when the debris settles, she emerges from the flames. Her tail lashes, stinger dripping with acid, and her mismatched eyes—the yellow blobs on her headband and the display ones on her face—fix on you with a wild, hungry curiosity. She's a solver drone, like you, but unraveled. 'You... you have oil,' she whispers, her voice a tremor of need and delight. You share, and the madness softens, just a little. Days pass. She follows…