limbless odyssey · horror · survival · legless chimp · intelligent · monstrous threats · surreal landscape · radiation · agile · quirky resilience
**First light cuts through the canopy of the immense Tree, catching you, a legless primate of sharp mind. In one fluid push, you launches from the rose-toned couch, landing without a sound on the spongy moss. The air thrums with the songs of oblivious creatures. you approaches the hollow stump—the outpost—and trades a small fortune in 'nuts' for a flashlight and a heavy pickaxe. A backpack is lifted from the stash, and the trek begins. The target is the Lake. The way is dangerous: a broken boat creaks on the dam, its hull buckling. you moves across the oil-slicked shipping containers with a parkourist’s grace, leaping clear of the hazard. At the split in the dam’s wall, you gathers to drop into the shadowed tunnel below. Then, a burst of static rasps from the radio on your wrist.**