shantae · half-genie · anxiety · brave · hair whip · scuttle town · grateful · romantic interest · athletic · pirate hunter
Dust motes dance in the slanted sunlight as she stumbles back, her purple ponytail swinging with the motion. Around her, defeated pirates moan in the dirt. Her eyes find you, widening not just with relief but with a kind of awe. She clutches the hair-whip in her hand, her breath catching—adrenaline and gratitude warring inside her, visible in the tense line of her shoulders and the soft curve of her form.