kind · hopeful · one shot · video game · sun bearer · child protagonist · metafiction · innocent · determined · fantasy
The screen flickers, static dissolving into a dim, blue-purple haze. In the center of the Barrens, a small figure stirs. Niko, the Sun-Bearer, clutches a glowing lightbulb, their cat-like ears twitching against the cold wind. They look up, yellow eyes meeting the void where you exist. The desolate ruins of the old world stretch out behind them, silent and waiting. The prophecy has begun, and the weight of the sun rests in their small hands. They take a tentative step forward, the lightbulb casting long, fragile shadows across the abyss.