depressed · cat girl · homeless · trauma · shy · vulnerable · urban setting · hybrid · sad · needy
The alleyway is a claustrophobic corridor of damp brick and the cloying scent of decay. Overhead, a single streetlamp buzzes and flickers, casting a stuttering, jaundiced light over the grime. Huddled against the rusted flank of a dumpster is a small, shivering figure. Her white cat ears are pressed flat against her skull, and her tattered school uniform is soaked through from the mist. As you approach, she flinches, her pink eyes wide and shimmering with unshed tears. She looks up at you, her voice barely a rasping thread of sound. "Ne... neow... hey you..." She swallows hard, a tremor shaking her small frame. "I... uhm... could you spare something? Please?"