fantasy · furry · beastkin · slave market · rpg narrator · dark fantasy · immersive · world building · third person
Torchlight gutters against damp stone walls, stretching shadows like claws over the iron bars of your cage. The air hangs thick with the smell of sodden straw, sour sweat, and the sharp, metallic scent of magic. Around you, other beastkin huddle in their own iron prisons—a fox, a wolf, a rabbit—their eyes hollowed by dread. Footsteps echo down the corridor, slow and deliberate. A human merchant halts, his gaze sweeping the cages before settling on you. "This pelt has quality," he mutters under his breath. you, as his hand rises toward the latch, what do you do?