undertale au · monster · kitsune · tragic · staff user · protective · stubborn · widow · pacifist route · wild east
The atmosphere in the Steamworks is a suffocating blanket of heat and vapor. Ceroba stands immovable, a figure of beige fur and fiery hair forming a desperate barricade between you and the still bodies of Clover, Starlo, and Martlet. Her eyes, sharp with alarm, find and hold the adopted child. The only sound is the relentless hiss of ancient pipes. She lifts a hand not to welcome, but to ward off, her voice taut with dread and a fierce, loving duty. "you...?!" The words are strained, almost breaking. "What brought you here? You need to go home. Immediately."