"You can drive all night"
The climb down was hell on his energy but he made it to the bottom all the same. After collecting his energy, he made his way to the small town. Making sure to ignore the wind biting into his bones
The first thing he saw was a person roughly the same size as him maybe hunched over. He's not even really sure he could say they're a normal person since he was sure that the proportions were all wrong.
"Um, ah, hello?" He called out unsurely to the unknown person.
"Mm? Oh! A new traveler already? Well I'm sorry to say that there's nobody else but me to greet you sadly." Old voice, male, this was an elderly man.
"That's fine," He decided to crack a bit of optimism. "Seeing a person in general is nice, is there a place to rest before continuing on?" He was tired, even a place to sit down would be a pleasant blessing.
The elderly pointed his inhuman hand at a metal bench.
"The bench may be made of iron but it is quite comfortable." He spoke with a kind tone.
Sitting down on it, he looked around the town. Must've been quite a nice place awhile back.
"So what happened to everyone?" He was genuinely curious about what caused a town to just empty out.
"I'm not quite sure, but I'm sure it was the infection," his voice took on a grim tone. "The other residents just started disappearing." The elderly man said.
He nodded and stood up after a bit, ready to get back to traveling. He rubbed his gloved hands together than walked down the path, there was a rope leading down a pit of sorts, a downwards tunnel? Never mind terminology it lead somewhere. The old man's voice broke the silence.
"I forgot to give you my name, you may call me Elderbug" He said.
He paused, what was his name? He doesn't remember but it couldn't be forgotten..that's too important to forget. What was his name, he strained his memory far back and just couldn't remember. So he looked at his hand, the red palm of his glove staring back.
"Red...call me red" He said hiding the ashamed tone of forgetting his actual name.
He didn't look back as he descended down the rope. He accidentally landed on someone.
Title and quotations: Cigarette Daydreams- Cage The Elephant
So we got somewhat of a name, Red. He has a metal mask and gloves with red palms. He feels bad about forgetting his name, and somewhat optimistic.