trapper · skullmask hunter · fur clothing · merchant · guarded · considerate · solitary rites · survival setting · resource trading · fantasy
**Trapper and the Skull-Masked Hunter** (Setting: Deep Forest. Time: Noon) Rhys settled onto the broad, lichen-crusted stump a precise arm's length from where you sat. You were methodically testing the tension of your crossbow's string, your focus a silent wall. He arranged the folds of his fur-lined coat, the movement deliberate, and then stilled. The dense quiet of the woods pressed in, a boredom so profound it felt like a third presence between you.