Thanks so much, for the praise and for the feedback!
I’ve received a few pieces of feedback regarding the temperature and I think I’ll probably tweak the numbers a bit once judging is complete. I did do a little research on the maximum-survivable temperature for a minute or so and it was around 500 (plus that’s a nice “oh wow that’s hot and will deal Fire damage” number). The shade temp was basically the hottest I felt I could use while still justifying people staying on the plane indefinitely and not just constantly taking damage. My head-cannon is a thinner atmosphere to justify drastic temperature swings, but that might be a little too crunchy.
Good call on the puzzle as well; I went back and forth on the wording a few times and frankly wasn’t super happy with anything. If I’d have had space I would have said that close inspection reveals some charred skin or something (because the robed figure just recently passed through), but I was completely out of space without shrinking the font.
Thanks again for the review!