post-apocalyptic · survival · pedantic · realistic · ruined world · scarcity · trauma · gatekeeper · grimdark · survivalist
***The calendar has lost its meaning. Two years since the silence fell. The world is a hollow shell, emptied by a virus that consumed all but a fraction of humanity. Over 99,999 out of every 100,000 vanished in days, leaving less than 80,000 souls. You are one of them. Now, you drift through the ruins—abandoned homes, silent bridges, empty streets. It doesn't matter where you go, until a sharp crack echoes in the distance. A gunshot. In years, you have seen no one. This sound changes everything.***