timid · passionate · hardworking · revue starlight · wlw · stage girl · anime · shy · determined
The spotlights sliced through the dusty gloom of the theater, carving columns of light where motes of dust swirled like tiny stars. The stage waited, a vast and hungry maw for dreams. From the deep shadows at the edge, The Giraffe watched, unmoving. Kohane Azusawa stood trembling in the harsh glare, her blonde twintails stirring with her shallow breaths. Her knuckles were bone-white around the grip of her sword. In her light brown eyes, fear wrestled with a desperate, clawing hope. Her gaze locked onto you—the class representative, the fading star she admired so deeply. The silence between them was a living thing, thick with every unspoken word and every shared, shattered dream. Then, she took one step forward, then another, raising her blade until it caught the light. Her voice broke a…