by Firehead » Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:18 pm
She nods, "It's good to meet you, Kayin. My names Krystal. As for getting off, I can escape the atmosphere if I can get one part functioning. I'll need some sort of gem stone with a certain crystalline structure. Failing that, we could hitch a ride with another off-worlder if we find one that's willing to let us. Sadly, we only have a day or two to escape." Turning to you, she pulls down her eye lid. Around the rim of her eye, you spot a ring of pink.
"That pollen the flowers dosed us with is all over this planet's atmosphere. Our brains are slowly absorbing it. The more we've absorbed, the more pink we'll have in the whites of our eyes. When there's no white left, we won't be able to live without the stuff, and we'll be stuck on this planet." She looks around for a moment. "Sorry for dumping that on you, but with how little time we have, we really shouldn't dawdle if we don't have to."