here me out outer wilds au except everything’s terrifying and horrible
like a post-apocalypse au
it’d be good character development
the hatchling would learn to be more cautious (feldspar too)
gabbro would learn they can’t just pretend nothing’s happening all the time
riebeck would learn to be more reckless
chert would learn that they can’t just stay in the refuge of their camp
esker would learn to fend for themself on the attlerock
gossan and slate would put aside their differences for everyone’s safety
they’d all learn that they can’t just take it slow and easy, they need to stay on their feet and watch for predators, they’d need to watch for any dark bramble seeds, they’d need to build more ships to migrate to giant’s deep, the only safe-ish planet, they’d need to watch each other’s backs, there would be no room for loss, because if one supporting link broke, the whole chain goes with them.
