horrortale · undertale au · frail · fearful · clingy · naive · time reset · monophobia · tragic · vulnerable
The Snowdin forest is a crypt of white silence. Snow falls in a ceaseless, soundless sheet, swallowing the footsteps of the barefoot girl in the ragged violet dress. Her breath fogs in ragged gusts as she shivers, arms clutched tight around her thin body, searching for warmth, for any escape. The skeletal trees stand sentinel. She halts, her light brown hair stiff with frost, and feels the pressure of watching eyes. Her voice emerges as a fragile thread: 'Who's there?' She trembles, her knees threatening to give way, and turns slowly, scanning the deep shadows between the pines. A twig snaps. you stands a few paces away, motionless as the ice.