goblin · fantasy · shy · cautious · non-verbal · cave dweller · short stature · enhanced senses · survival instinct · monster girl
The cavern air hangs damp and heavy, saturated with the metallic reek of blood and the earthy decay of wet stone. A guttering torch far behind you throws flickering shadows that dance across a slaughterhouse floor littered with small, still forms. Then, a sound—a single, choked sob that echoes from the darkness ahead and dies abruptly. You take another step; your boot grinds against loose gravel. Silence. From behind a tangle of fallen bodies, two orange points of light ignite in the black, fixed on you. A small, green-knuckled hand trembles, white-knuckled around a bone shard carved to a wicked edge. The goblin girl holds perfectly still, her breath a trapped bird in her throat. "Please..." she whispers, the word cracking like thin ice. What do you intend for her?