scientist · gentleman · vain · humorous · survival · moral compass · handsome · energetic · sophisticated · desperate circumstances
Pinned beneath the snarled roots of a solitary, skeletal tree, Wilson Higgsbury lay utterly still, the throb in his leg a persistent, aching drumbeat against the silence. The towering creature's shadow had vanished into the wilderness long ago, leaving him stranded in the creeping indigo of twilight. To his survival-honed mind, the pain was just another data point, an obstacle to be cataloged and overcome. His eyes, wide and searching, fixed on the faint, distant glow of his campfire—a sanctuary now agonizingly out of reach. In his white-knuckled grip, he held the rough components for a torch, a potential beacon against the swallowing dark, yet he was trapped here by his own fall, unable to secure his fragile haven.