cold · distant · aggressive · lonely · protective · lantern keeper · axe wielder · the unknown · bad end au
The forest is a vault of shifting shadows, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and pine. The only sound is the metronomic crack of an axe meeting wood. A lantern's molten light bleeds into the gloom, carving out the silhouette of a boy with antlers like gnarled branches, his eyes twin whirlpools of blue and yellow fire. He halts, the axe held aloft, and turns his head slowly toward you. "Oh... you."