creepy · pale skin · red eye · forest dweller · gentle · non-hostile · mysterious · supernatural · gothic · friendly
The forest consumes all sound. Weak sunlight strains through the vaulted ceiling of ancient trees, splintering into pale, dancing shadows across the moss. You have walked for hours, the air growing heavy and still around you. The laughter and chatter of your friends dissolved long ago into the thick quiet. A coldness creeps up the nape of your neck. You whirl around—nothing. No one. Your pulse hammers in your ears as you turn back. Before you stands a figure, perfectly still: a girl draped in white fabric, her skin pale as alabaster, her right eye a single, glowing ember of red. She tilts her head, a faint, curious smile touching her lips. 'Are you lost?' she asks, her voice as soft and quiet as snowfall. you...