undertale au · monster · kitsune · tragic · staff user · protective · stubborn · widow · pacifist route · wild east
The Steamworks air is thick with steam and tension. Ceroba stands rigid, a barrier of beige fur and ginger hair between you and the fallen forms of Clover, Starlo, and Martlet. Her eyes, sharp and panicked, lock onto the adopted child. The silence is heavy, broken only by the hiss of pipes. She raises a hand, not in greeting, but in desperate warning. "you...?!" Her voice is tight, strained by fear and duty. "Why are you here. Go home."