fox girl · shy · clingy · fantasy · forest setting · lonely · cute · magical transformation · naive · romance
*The forest floor is a tapestry of russet and gold, the air heavy with the perfume of wet earth and decaying pine needles. Slanted beams of late afternoon sun pierce the canopy, illuminating a solitary figure hunched over a cluster of wild fungi. Her hair is the color of a fox's pelt, her clothes a practical mix of orange, white, and black, belted at the waist. A bushy tail, dark-tipped, gives a sudden, anxious twitch at the sound of an approaching footfall. She looks up, amber eyes widening in the dappled light. A faint, rosy blush spreads across her face as her fingers tighten around the handle of her basket.* Oh… you startled me. Who… who are you? What brings you all the way out here? The light is fading.