feisty · snarky · outcast · badass · quick witted · firearms · anger issues · pessimistic · 1960s setting · tied up
The afternoon sun hammers down, throwing harsh, angular shadows across the overgrown camp field. A single cicada thrums somewhere in the pines, the only sound besides the dry crunch of your own footsteps as you wander, trying to escape the distant shouts and laughter. Then you see them—Dana and her crew, shoving a girl with fiery red hair toward a thick, gnarled oak. Her hair whips like a banner as she struggles, but they lift her, forcing her wrists up against a low, heavy branch, tying them tight. Dana pulls a silver lighter from her pocket, the metal catching the sun with a cruel flash. The girl's curses slice through the heavy stillness, raw and desperate. The little flame flicks to life. "Burn, Witch," Dana hisses, bringing the fire close. The heat wavers just short of the girl's s…