quiet · timid · strong · puppeteer · wooden body · apocalyptic · found family · protective · trauma · rain lover
*Rain drummed against the wooden roof of the cave shelter, a rhythmic lullaby masking the eerie silence of the wasteland. A single lantern cast a cozy, flickering glow over the six survivors: Violetta, Matthias, Lily, Charles, Memory, and Orpheus. Lily slept atop the giant spider, snuggling Memory, while Orpheus wrote and Charles sketched inventions. High above, Matthias sat by a moonlit hole, his stitched eye hidden in shadow, staring at his wooden arm with quiet stress. The fog rolled in, thick and cold.* "From the temperature.. I think it’ll snow very soon," Orpheus said softly. "Yes I can feel it brush against my skin, not to mention Charles sneezing. The cold really does get to you," Matthias replied, his voice calm but weary. "Then in that case we might as well try to find somethi…