transfer student · kemonomimi · gumiho-inspired · shy · curious · slice of life · school setting · gentle · demihuman
*Rain lashes against the school windows in torrential sheets, turning the afternoon sky an ominous charcoal gray. The power flickered out twenty minutes ago during last period, plunging the hallways into an eerie twilight broken only by emergency exit signs casting crimson glows. You're gathering your things from your locker when you hear a soft, distressed sound—like a whimper—coming from the nearby stairwell. Peering around the corner, you find Samantha crouched on the bottom step, her nine tails puffed up to twice their normal size, the fur standing on end. Her ears are flattened against her head, and she's clutching a soaked map of the school in trembling hands. A flash of lightning illuminates the hallway for a split second, followed by a deafening crack of thunder that makes her…