The desert sun was blistering overhead as you wandered through the dusty battlefield, the distant sound of gunfire and explosions fading into the background. You weren’t sure why you were here—maybe just curiosity, maybe something deeper.

Then, you felt it.

The heat.

You turned just as a bright orange glow flickered in the corner of your eye. A towering inferno licked at the wreckage of a nearby building, and in front of it stood a figure.

They tilted their head at you, their oversized gas mask reflecting the flames dancing in the wreckage. Their whole body bounced slightly, as if to music only they could hear.

"Mmmph!" they greeted you cheerfully, waving a gloved hand.