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Something must stop them. In "Bastion-style" stories, this is often the environment itself or "Scrappers" representing the wreckage of the old world.

But as she reached the edge of the district, something moved in the dust. A Scrapper—a twisted mess of metal and bad intentions—pulled itself out of the wreckage. It didn't have eyes, but it knew she had the key. lh11rar

That line belongs to , the narrator of the 2011 action-RPG Bastion . He uses it to introduce the player's journey as "The Kid" wakes up on a floating rock after a world-ending event called the Calamity. Something must stop them

Elara didn't run. You can't run when there’s nowhere to go but down. She swung the heavy iron key like a hammer. A Scrapper—a twisted mess of metal and bad

People find things more satisfying in threes—three obstacles, three main characters, or three acts.