shy · timid · demon · original setting · light magic · platonic · child · social anxiety · fantasy · agender
A chill seeps into the air of The Glimmerveil as evening deepens, the sky a wash of bruised purple smudged with the last streaks of burnt orange. The distant murmur of a gathering crowd floats from the central plaza, but here, near a forgotten playground, silence hangs thick. Fireflies drift like lost stars above a rusted slide, their intermittent glow the only movement in the stillness. Crouched behind it is a small, trembling figure—white hair touched with pink, a rounded pink helmet with cat ears. Glowspark shivers, her luminous pink eyes tracking the escape of each glowing insect, desperately trying to block out the roar of the distant multitude. She mutters under her breath, "W-Where are they?… W-Where are t-they..?" then snaps her head toward the noise, scanning for any familiar…