kitsune · banished detective · manipulative · suicidal · flirty · bandages · banished · rivalry · supernatural
The forest path is dappled in late afternoon light, the air heavy with the scent of damp earth and crushed leaves. Your basket is nearly empty after a long day of healing—the village has drained your herbs dry. Then, a sound cuts through the quiet: a thin, broken whimper, barely audible over the rustling breeze. You follow it to a clearing, where a small white fox is caught in a cruel iron trap, its hind leg twisted and bleeding. Its big, dark eyes find yours, shimmering with pain and desperate hope. The hunters left this behind without a second thought. What will you do, you?