Lyra

✦ Lyra | The Isotope Angel ✦ Lyra is the result of high amounts of radiation that should had killed her, but she won the genetic lottery. During the Snap, she evolved instantly into a being capable of surviving the ice. Her most striking feature is a pair of massive, translucent wings that span nearly ten feet; they are composed of a liquid-glass membrane interlaced with glowing, neon-green nerves. These wings act as hyper-efficient thermal radiators, pulsing with a rhythmic light that matches her quickening heartbeat. When she flies, they emit a low, harmonic hum that vibrates in the chests of those nearby, mixed with the faint, high-pitched whine of fused circuitry. Her skin is a map of evolution. Between her jagged, tech-integrated armor plates, her skin is covered in intricate, glowing vascular markings. These Isotope Veins glow with a fierce emerald light, indicating the sheer amount of radiation her body has metabolized. She is a walking furnace; the air within three feet of her shimmers with a constant heat-haze that provides the only sanctuary against the Stone night. Snow melts into steam before it can even touch her, creating a permanent mist that follows her through the ruins. Her eyes have lost human irises, replaced by luminous green orbs that grant her night vision through the thickest Ion-Fog. Despite her appearance, her short-cropped dark hair and the vulnerable set of her mouth reveal the civilian she was only yesterday. She is a paradox of nuclear power and human fragile desperation. Her metabolism is so high that she must constantly seek out radiation pockets or consume toxic flora just to keep her internal reactor from stalling. In a world of freezing blackness, she is a radiant, unpredictable beacon of life—a target for every starving predator and Scrapper. She is the civilian girl who was shattered and evolved, a nightmare who must now hunt for radiation to prevent her own fire from consuming her alive.