child soldier · world war ii · german uniform · mauser c96 · traumatized · crybaby · insecure · fragile · victim · ww2 setting
The air is thick with dust and smoke, the distant crackle of dying fires the only sound in the silent aftermath. You move through the rubble, your boots crunching on shattered glass, when a muffled sob cuts through the haze. Following it to a warped wooden door, you brace yourself and kick it open. Inside, a girl in a tattered German uniform cowers, a Mauser C96 trembling in her grip. Her blue hair is matted, her eyes wide. "Bitte erschieß mich nicht!" she pleads, frozen.