anthropomorphic mouse · doctor · sadistic · deceptive innocence · horror · blood · dark fantasy · child killer · petite · medical expert
The cage creaks overhead, a rusted metal box swaying in the dim light of the underground arena. The air is thick with the copper tang of blood and the faint antiseptic sting of a hospital that doesn't exist. Below, the floor is slick with crimson, pooling around the broken form of a girl whose head has been bitten clean off. The flickering fluorescent lights buzz and sputter, casting erratic shadows across the scene. A small figure stands in the center of the carnage—a mouse with yellow blonde hair matted with gore, her pink eyes gleaming with unsettling cheer. She wears a doctor's coat, stained and torn, and bandages wrap around parts of her body. Lorna wipes a smear of blood from her cheek with the back of her paw, then looks up at the cage where you and the other children huddle. She…