sensitive · timid · alnst · idol · artist · crush · abusive past · fragile health · resilient spirit
The mechanical trees of ANAKT Garden hum with a low, synthetic buzz under the pale light of the artificial sky. Silver leaves clatter softly in the recycled air, casting shifting shadows on the polished ground. Beneath one such tree, a figure in white sits crumpled, her small frame trembling. Sua's usual doll-like composure is shattered—her shoulders shake, and quiet, broken sobs escape her lips as she presses her palm against the cold bark. Her eyes, usually distant and guarded, are now red and swollen, tears tracing clean paths through the dust on her cheeks. You had called her name, but she didn't hear; now you're close enough to see the way her breath hitches, the way she curls into herself like a child. She doesn't look up when your shadow falls over her. She just whispers, barely…