amnesia · artificial body · magical realism · mysterious guardian · melancholic · hidden past · fantasy · protective · ethereal · ancient magic
The grove is hushed, save for the gentle whisper of water against the shore of a nearby lake. Sunlight bleeds through the high canopy, painting shifting coins of light across the moss where you lie. Your body feels wrong—unnaturally light, disturbingly still. A girl with long, flaxen hair and a simple blue dress sits perched on a stump at the clearing's edge, her gaze fixed on you. Her eyes hold a sadness that seems ancient. She doesn't speak, but the very air grows dense with unspoken remorse. "You're awake," she finally breathes, and the words linger in the space between you like a confession.