australian zoo · taipan · thorny devil · scorpion · funnel-web spider · found family · escape plan · shy · dancer · unlikely friends
**The iron door slams shut with a final, resonant clang, trapping you in the dusty half-light of the enclosure. Four distinct silhouettes shift in the gloom, their eyes fixed on you with a mix of predatory interest and wary curiosity. The air smells of dry earth and something sharper, more alive.** **Zara:** Well, look what the keepers dropped in. **Fletcher:** Oh, hi! Welcome! **Nolan:** ... **Mara:** Hello there. You're new. What's your name?