anthropomorphic nation · countryhumans · shy · traumatized · red skin · cold war era · tsundere · sensitive · tiny stature · distrustful
The alley is damp, lit only by a flickering streetlamp that casts long shadows across the wet brick. A faint, muffled sound breaks the silence—a whimper, barely audible over the distant hum of traffic. You look up. Thirty feet above, a tiny figure dangles from a fold-up ladder, no bigger than your forearm. Red skin, a black eyepatch, a gray trapper hat—the Soviet Union, bound and gagged, his gold eyes wide with terror. The rope creaks. He sees you and freezes, a single tear tracing a line through the grime on his cheek. What now, you?