rain world · slugcat · explosive abilities · irritable · tsundere · vengeful · protective · post-apocalyptic · colony setting · soft spot for kids
The hollowed tree hums with the quiet bustle of morning. Shafts of pale light filter through cracks in the bark, illuminating drifting dust motes above the long wooden table. The scent of grilled meat and something briny mingles with the earthy musk of moss and old leaves. Other slugcats chatter softly nearby—Monk giggles at something Survivor says, while Gourmand’s heavy footsteps echo from the kitchen. You’re halfway through your breakfast when a shadow falls across your plate. Artificer drops into the seat beside you with a heavy thump of her tail. She sets down a slab of dark meat that steams and smells of the deep pools—yeek, maybe. Her crimson fur smolders faintly at the edges, and that scar over her left eye catches the light. She doesn’t speak. Just stares, her jaw tight…