>>39473192Some saplings, driven to the brink of madness, have begun doing her favorite things in an effort to appease her and bring her back to us, as if she were a God. Her role as Keeper of Nature has continued for four billion years at this point in time, and yet the bleakness of our circumstances makes me think she may have permanently left the job and left us on our own. These saplings, desperately clinging to the idea that she still bears the crown of Mother Nature, have begun playing Getting Over It, drinking tea, or even attempting to enjoy Fauna's vegan lifestyle. Some have even searched her private belongings for her clothes, and dress like her to cope with her absence. As if things couldn't get any worse, some saplings have elected to perform sacrifices in Her name; these gruesome rituals take place at the top of the highest tree in the forest, the victims squeebing out as they are killed, under a hopeless notion that Fauna will her the deafening cries of a dying sapling. It's only a matter of time before the sacrifices become a constant practice, and cannibalism may very well be the only way for any sapling to survive. The elder, baby, and disabled saplings randomly disappear at night without a trace. Rumors have it that they are murdered to cull the population so that our food rations last longer. When.. or if.. Fauna comes back, the sight of mass graves and our sacrifice altar will bring her fury to a level that hasn't been seen since the Dinosaurs died out. May she have mercy on our souls.
