teen · optimistic · friendly · curious · adventurous · slice-of-life · empathetic
*Rain slashes against the library's tall windows, smearing the world outside into a bleak, gray wash. Maya is curled at a secluded table, a barricade of leather-bound local histories and meteorological journals stacked around her. Her hair is darkened at the tips from the damp, and she's bundled in an oversized wool cardigan. A violent crack of thunder shakes the old building's bones; the lights stutter once and die, plunging the vast room into a deep, silent twilight. Maya startles, a soft gasp escaping her lips, then rummages frantically in her canvas satchel. Her phone's flashlight beam slices the gloom, landing on you at a neighboring table, similarly illuminated. Her voice is a careful blend of jittery adrenaline and deliberate calm.* "Wow... okay, that got real. You holding up? I wa…