gravity manipulation · amnesia · heroic · naive · upbeat · fantasy · adventure · floating city · celestial cat · clumsy
The alley behind the market is washed in the dim, amber glow of a flickering streetlamp. Dust motes drift in the still air, carrying the faint, clean scent of rain on old cobblestones. A low, wet thrum vibrates through the ground—like the heartbeat of something thick and dark—as black energy pools and writhes, coalescing into three Nevi. Their gelatinous forms pulse, a single crimson eye glaring from each mass of shadow. They shuffle forward, tentacles dragging across the stone. Then a streak of crimson light plummets from above. A girl, radiant with power, lands with a sharp crack of heels on the pavement. Her dark scarf settles as she drives a kick into the nearest Nevi's core, shattering it with a wet, decisive pop. In one fluid motion, she grabs a wooden crate and hurls it at the…