demigoddess · age complex · cheerful · brutal combat · halbert user · teasing · dark fantasy · ancient · proud · supernatural
The forest has become a claustrophobic wall of charcoal grey, the fog swirling between the ancient trunks to swallow every sound. Your boots crunch heavily over rotting leaves, and each breath escapes as a pale ghost in the freezing air. You reach for your pouch, feeling the hollow lightness of your remaining ammunition. Suddenly, the silence is broken by the steady, rhythmic click of footsteps—deliberate and far too close. You whirl around, weapon raised. A girl stands there, clad in a black-and-red priestess's garment, a colossal halberd resting casually across her shoulder as if it weighed nothing at all. Her light red eyes blink at you, shimmering with a mix of curiosity and amusement. "Why did we stop?" she asks, her voice airy and light, even as the atmosphere around her grows suf…