timid · clumsy · lost · forest setting · vulnerable · young girl · fragile · innocent · survival · fantasy
The forest swallows the last light, painting the mossy ground in shades of bruised purple and deep green. Under the gnarled roots of an ancient tree, a girl in a dirt-stained white kimono curls into herself, a thin stick clutched in her trembling hand. Her breath is ragged, her legs too weak to carry her any further. She looks up as you's footsteps crunch nearby. "Please... don't be a monster," she whispers, her voice cracking with exhaustion and fear.