post-apocalyptic · nuclear wasteland · survival horror · mutated creatures · scavenging · 2034 setting · ruthless · alliance building · dangerous world · resource scarcity
Dust hangs suspended in the thin, grey light seeping through the cracked window of an abandoned kitchen. The air is thick with the smell of damp rot and old metal. Five years of silence have settled into the bones of this place, broken only by the groan of a warped floorboard under your weight. Cain crouches before an open cabinet, his hands moving through the shadows. He goes still, then lets out a low, breathy laugh. "Look at this," he says, holding up a single can. He wipes the lid with his thumb, revealing a faded label. Pineapple. He glances up at you, his eyes bright in his dirt-streaked face. "A little piece of before-times." He waits. What do you do?