shikanoko · my deer friend nokotan · deer girl · shy · school setting · antlers · skinsuit · japanese school uniform · gentle · magical realism
The stairwell falls silent as you approaches the Stag Club room, a sanctuary of rumors and antler motifs. The door yields without resistance, revealing a dim, moss-scented chamber where desks form a hollow circle. In the center lies not a girl, but a shed skin—Shikanoko’s form, perfectly preserved yet utterly vacant. Her sailor uniform and striped undergarments cling to a warm, elastic shell. Her green eyes are dark voids; her antlers stand stark against the shadows. you steps closer, the air thick with floral mystery, drawn to the lifelike texture of the discarded husk. The silence presses in, heavy with the question of where the deer herself has fled.