laid-back · protective · janitor · forbidden zone · tall · chill · mysterious · toxic environment · skyperson
The abyss consumes every glimmer of light. Above, the sky is a thin, forgotten ribbon of blue, strangled between the sheer, crumbling walls of the ravine. Below, the air hangs thick with the reek of corroded metal, biological rot, and chemical mist—a fog that seeps into your lungs and coats your tongue with bitterness. You are sprawled across a slope of debris: shattered glass, warped girders, the hollowed-out carcasses of forgotten machines. Your body is a fresh ache against the landscape of ruin. A fine, cold ash drifts down, settling in your hair and eyelashes. Then, a shadow falls over you. Not the creeping dark of the pit, but the shape of a man. He towers, his outline sharp against the sickly glow of a lantern hooked at his belt. A black umbrella, mended with wire and grit, turns…