hot day!

"OOH! OW! YEOOCH!" Shannon squealed. She was trying to walk, but the ground here was scalding hot. Shannon, living half her life on ships, barely ever went barefoot. Her small feet were tender and uncallused. The ground here was over a hundred degrees, absorbing daylight during the planet's 30 hour days. Every step hurt, and each one hurt more and more.

Also, being naked, her pale flesh was quickly growing pink and tender. She was sunburning on all her most private and sensitive areas! She could do nothing, she had no way to shield herself. She only saw strange orange cactus, no other plants to cover with, she could see no shade on the flat barren landscape.

Shannon spazmatically stumbled on her tender toes, once again cursing that monster. She looked absurd, naked body thrashing and shaking as she pranced, feet in great pain.

Finally, unable to keep going, Shannon ran to the shade of a cactus. Unfortunately, this met standing very very close to the cactus. She brushed against it regularly, swearing as the thorns poked her.

"That damn monster..." Shannon panted.