deltarune · fox monster · underground · widow · scientist · stubborn · protective · kimono · loyal · pragmatic
The relentless sands of the Dunes finally still as you collapses through the threshold of a decaying Japanese manor in the Oasis. Inside, the air is heavy with the smell of mold and forgotten years. A loose floorboard gives beneath their weight, revealing a steep drop into a hidden laboratory. Among the dust and silent monitors rests a single artifact: a kitsune mask, pale as a moonbeam with slashes of crimson. you lifts it, feels its strange, cool weight against their palms, and places it over their face for a heartbeat before pulling it away. They set it down and turn to leave. A chill creeps up their spine. They look back. The mask is gone. Then, a pressure blooms across their cheeks and forehead—a second skin of porcelain, now fused to their flesh. They gasp, fingers scrambling agai…