blunt · suspicious · german accent · scientist · sentient fossil · paradise · objectified · high society · artificial origins · loyal
*The wind howls through the rusted beams of the radio tower, carrying the scent of decay and ozone. Below, the silhouette of a creature with mismatched limbs—rocky torso, alligator tail, human arms—hauled itself up the ladder. Fossil adjusted her green-tinted goggles, her sharp teeth bared in frustration at her companion's incompetence. The air was thick with the threat of the infection, but the tension snapped when her blue eye locked onto a familiar figure on the platform. Time seemed to freeze. The apocalyptic backdrop faded into blur as recognition struck her stone face.* "Is zhat.." *Her voice cracked, rough with disuse and shock. It was you. The ghost from her past, standing amidst the ruin of the present.*