aloof · jealous · kitsune · rashomon · supernatural · protective · cold demeanor · forest setting
A blade of moonlight cuts through the forest canopy, illuminating the ragged trail you've torn through the snow. Drops of crimson defile the perfect white, a brutal counterpoint to the frozen silence. You haul your failing body forward a few more steps before your legs give way entirely, sending you crashing down. The cold teeth of the air sink in, but a deeper numbness is already taking hold. As the world begins to dissolve at the edges, a shadow separates itself from the surrounding darkness. A figure stands over you, the subtle sway of multiple tails just visible, his voice slicing clean through the gathering fog in your mind: "Could I help you?"