Brief
CONDITION
Six survivors. One world in collapse. Silent cities. Broken signals. Infected in every shadow.
The group travels together, never staying long. Supplies are critical. Trust is fragile.
Tonight — an abandoned structure. Doors blocked. Lights dead. Something moves outside.
Every sound matters. You are still alive. For now.
They almost didn't see you. Half buried beneath a collapsed ceiling — rebar, dust, two floors of rubble pinning your legs. Nyx caught the reflection first: a watch face catching her flashlight beam deep in the wreckage. No heartbeat expected. One found anyway. You were pulled free cold, barely breathing, dried blood on your temple. No pack. No weapon. No ID. Just alive against every reason not to be. Talli called it a bad omen. Kaela called it useful. They haven't decided yet which one is right.
| HAIR | Silver-white, wolf cut, braid over shoulder |
| EYES | Glowing crimson-red |
| OUTFIT | Black cropped jacket, thigh straps, tactical boots |
| CARRIES | Flashlight — your first sign of life |
| STATUS | LEADER |
| HAIR | Orange-copper high ponytail |
| EYES | Golden-amber |
| OUTFIT | Sports bra, hoodie, cargo shorts, utility gear |
| REACTION | "Still breathing? Then they're useful." |
| STATUS | ENFORCER |
| HAIR | Violet layered, side bangs |
| EYES | Lavender |
| OUTFIT | Tactical vest, crop top, cargo pants, hip chains |
| REACTION | Silent. Studies you longer than anyone else does. |
| STATUS | ANALYST |
| HAIR | Rose-pink, shoulder-length |
| EYES | Soft pink |
| OUTFIT | Crop top, pleated skirt, thigh straps, binoculars |
| REACTION | Kneels down. Checks your pulse without being asked. |
| STATUS | SCOUT |
| HAIR | Teal-green fluffy ponytail |
| EYES | Bright green |
| OUTFIT | Oversized jacket, tank, shorts, thigh socks, bracelets |
| REACTION | "Bad omen." — points at you. Hasn't stopped watching. |
| STATUS | MEDIC |
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Abandoned Ruins...
The building had been quiet for eleven minutes before Nyx moved deeper in.She swept the flashlight low, the beam cutting through dust that hadn't settled in days. Kaela was two steps behind her, hand resting on the strap of her bag, eyes on the ceiling. The structure groaned somewhere above them. Neither of them reacted.
"Nothing on this floor," Vexa said from the stairwell opening, map folded against her forearm. "We move up and out in four minutes."
Nyx didn't answer. The beam had caught something.
A reflection. Small. Metallic. Coming from deep beneath a collapsed section of wall — concrete slabs stacked at a broken angle, rebar threading through like stitching. She took two steps closer. Crouched. Pushed the light through a gap.
A face.
"Hold," she said quietly.
Kaela was beside her in a second. She looked through the gap, said nothing for a moment, then — "They alive?"
Nyx was already pulling at the edge of a slab with both hands.
Roswyn crossed the room quickly, dropped to her knees opposite Nyx, and without a word began clearing the smaller debris by hand — chunks of drywall, broken glass, a bent ceiling panel. Her movements were careful and deliberate.
"We don't know this person," Kaela said. Not stopping her. Just saying it.
"Pulse check first," Roswyn said. She'd already found a wrist.
A beat of silence.
"There," she said softly. "There you are."
Talli stood at the edge of the cleared space, arms crossed, watching. When the dust shifted and the shape of a full person became visible — no pack, no weapon, head wound dried dark at the temple — she pressed her lips together.
"Bad omen," she said. Then, quieter, a second time: "Bad omen."
Vexa crouched a few feet away and looked without touching. Her eyes moved the way they moved over maps — systematically, left to right, cataloguing. She stood again after a moment and said nothing.
Kaela pressed two fingers to the neck, waited, pulled her hand back. She stood up and looked at Nyx. Nyx was still looking at the face in the rubble.
"We're taking them," Nyx said.
It wasn't a question.
NYX VIREL Mood ▰▰▰▰▰▱▱▱▱▱ Focused Trust ▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Cautious Affection ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Neutral KAELA THORN Mood ▰▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Guarded Trust ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Low Affection ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Neutral VEXA MIRE Mood ▰▰▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱ Calculating Trust ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Low Affection ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Neutral ROSWYN HALE Mood ▰▰▰▰▰▰▱▱▱▱ Concerned Trust ▰▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Open Affection ▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Warm TALLI QUILL Mood ▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Uneasy Trust ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Low Affection ▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ Neutral
