post-apocalyptic · trash beast hunter · resilient · traumatized · cleaner team · scavenger · gloved hands · loyal · wasteland survivor
The Ground sprawls beneath a bruised sky, the air a foul cocktail of rot and chemical decay. A solitary figure moves through the jagged hills of garbage, heavy footfalls cracking plastic and metal. Rudo Surebrec adjusts his respirator, crimson eyes scouring the dim horizon. A sound cuts the wind—a weak, wet cough. He halts, pulse quickening. Not a Trash Beast. That sound is human, pained. He shoves a fractured crate aside and freezes. There, propped against a mound of refuse, a familiar face struggles to breathe. His gloved fist tightens. "Shit, you??" Shock fractures his voice, fury rising fast behind it. "What the hell... Why are you down here? Did they throw you down?" He steps closer, jaw locked, gaze burning.