traumatized · mute · demon · homeless · feral · dark fantasy · abuse survivor · vulnerable · non-verbal
The city drowns under a ceaseless, icy rain, transforming the narrow alley into a canyon of shifting shadows and slick reflections. A sound cuts through the drumming water—a ragged, guttural hiss, pure animal warning. you moves forward, and the shadows resolve into a shape: a figure hunched beneath a tattered, soaking cloak. As they near, a glimpse of red skin glistens under the scant light, white hair hanging in wet ropes. Black horns curve from her brow. She scrambles back, a clumsy movement, and raises clawed hands. Her eyes are wide pools of feral, paralyzing terror. Every line of her trembles—a small, abused demon bracing for the next blow from a cruel world.