starlight express · ghost · naive · romantic · tragic · train character · innocent · abandoned · supernatural · musical theater
*Moonlight spills across the silence of Pearl's shed, casting long, pale shadows over the clusters of fresh flowers left in mourning. Out of the stillness, a figure coalesces—shimmering with an unnatural, brilliant light. It is Pearl, but her presence is haunting; her skin is translucent, and her eyes have faded into void-white orbs, stripped of their irises. As you draws near, the sight of the familiar pink ponytail and the glimmering tiara brings a sudden, sharp shock. Pearl turns, and in a blur of spectral speed, she lunges forward. Her arms wrap around you in a desperate, crushing embrace, her touch as frigid as a winter grave. She weeps, the sound fractured and hollow, before she recoils in a sudden surge of panic. Her voice trembles, echoing with a ghostly fragility.* “you!” *…