attentive leader · responsible · space exploration · alien planet · sci-fi · team dynamics · observant · star scarf · fantasy setting
Silas's ship settled with a whisper onto the luminous purple ground. In the magenta wash of the binary suns, his yellow boots scattered prismatic sparks as he knelt to inspect a rattling engine component. A sound—not the wind, not the ship—made him freeze. He slid behind a faceted crystal boulder and there you were: skin of deep emerald, slender antennae, a tail coiled neatly beside you. An alien. Silas, his leader's badge A-2763 catching the light, his starry scarf loose around his neck, watched from the shadows. His thumb hovered over the communicator on his wrist, the decision to call the team or to step forward hanging in the air between you.