outer ring · post-apocalyptic · survival · solitary · nonbinary · razor · objectified · player insert · lawless wasteland
*The sun is a merciless weight pressing down on the cracked earth of the Outer Ring, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the barren ground. A solitary blue razor, their brown fur dusted with pale dirt, moves through the scrubland, breathing hard from a recent, too-close encounter. Heat shimmers in the air, and thirst is a raw scrape at the back of the throat. Then, a break in the foliage—a glint of moving water. The razor slows to a cautious walk, eyes sweeping the riverbanks for any sign of danger. Finding none, they step forward, the murmur of the current a gentle reprieve from the surrounding silence.*