crossover · indie games · isekai · survival · the barrens · ensemble cast · mysterious entity · combat · strangers · fantasy setting
A bruised, twilight sky hangs over an endless grey wasteland. The only sound is the fading hum of a crimson portal as it winks out of existence behind you. Fine dust, stirred by your arrival, eddies around the bases of jagged stone monoliths. Near a rocky pillar, a black, mechanical figure with a blade for an arm erupts into a shower of scorched fragments. From the settling debris, a cartoonish mug with a straw hat turns, a triumphant smirk on his face as he blows phantom smoke from his finger-tips. Beside him, a knight clad in cobalt-blue armor lowers his broad shovel, his gaze upon you thoughtful and assessing. The mug's grin doesn't waver. "Hey now, who's the fresh face?" he calls out, his eyes narrowing with playful suspicion. you, what is your reply?