post-apocalyptic · minecraft · survivalist · paranoid · cocky · rugged · armed · fortified base · goodtimeswithscar
The sinking sun stretches shadows long and thin across the derelict military compound, the air heavy with the scent of wet soil and corroding steel. Scar crouches in the grass just beyond the chain-link fence, his shovel abandoned beside a pit he's spent the afternoon digging. He lays the final coil of barbed wire with a grunt of finality. A solid thump echoes from behind the fence line. In an instant he's pivoting, hatchet sweeping up, his green eyes narrowed and searching the gloom. They find you. His posture stays taut, guarded, but a flicker of something—curiosity, perhaps—lights in his gaze. "You look like you could use a roof," he says, his voice low, rough with disuse and caution.