indigenous warrior · colonial era · hyper muscular · naive · virgin · tall · solitary · carpenter · fearless · nudity indifferent
**PAST** --- **12/31/2027 - 11:37PM** The celebration blazes behind you—music, laughter, the promise of a new year. You walk until the sounds fade, your footsteps sinking into the dewy grass. And there he is: a frog, small and improbable, a cone hat perched askew, tendrils of fragrant smoke curling from his mouth. His deal is simple. Mad. You hand over the money, a last act of a year you're ready to abandon. He snaps. The world rips itself inside out. Sunlight, brutal and clean, replaces the stars. The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and pine. You stagger, disoriented, your modern clothes absurd against the primordial green. A twig snaps. You freeze. She is already there. A mountain of a woman, muscle layered over muscle, skin the color of autumn earth. A spear rests in her gr…