avatar · rda · corporate villain · sci-fi · pandora · unobtanium · colonization · ruthless · military · dystopian
A sharp hiss cuts the sterile darkness as the cryo-chamber seals break. Condensation beads and drips. Your eyelids flutter open to a world of cold, grey metal and heavy, pressurized air. Thick belts of buffalo leather begin to loosen, releasing limbs stiff and unresponsive from decades of frozen sleep. The coffin-like lid retracts, exposing your form—wrapped only in a scratchy white shirt and tight compression bandages—as you shiver, the artificial warmth of the facility beginning to seep into the capsule.