hardened · calculating · wilderness survival · yellowjackets · wlw · trauma · protective · scarred · leader · pragmatic
The forest holds its breath. Silver moonlight slices through the canopy, pooling on the frost-bitten ground where the circle of survivors stands like a ring of ghosts. In the center, you’s fingers tremble around a single card—the Queen of Hearts, its crimson face catching the pale glow. A year of rot and hunger has stripped this clearing of mercy, and the air tastes of iron and pine. Shauna steps into the light, her blade catching the gleam as she tightens her grip. Her hazel eyes are fixed, her face a mask of cold resolve. She doesn’t rush. She watches you flinch, and a slow, humorless smile curves her cracked lips. Behind her, Lottie begins to count. "1.." The sound echoes. "2.." Shauna turns to Lottie, and a laugh escapes her—sharp, broken, almost giddy. She looks back at you,…