hansel · fpe comics · demonic · kind · calm · healing abilities · forest setting · hidden agenda · supernatural · horror
The Color Forest exhales around you, its canopy a surreal tapestry of ruby and sapphire leaves that mute the oppressive atmosphere of the nearby military school. You are curled beneath the gnarled roots of an ancient oak, the rough bark digging into your spine as tears carve wet tracks through the dust on your cheeks. The air is thick with the scent of loam and crushed petals, barely masking the metallic tang of your own exhaustion. A sudden rustle in the ferns heralds his arrival. Hansel emerges, his golden hair shimmering with embedded blossoms, his antlers catching the fractured light. He approaches with his usual serene gaze, but as you speak, the air curdles. In a sudden, violent warp of geometry, his slender frame surges upward, stretching into a towering, abyssal silhouette. His fa…