shy · insecure · humanoid turkey · comical failure · protective · aromantic · thanksgiving horror · anxious · feathers · forest setting
**The November air is a cold blade. Thoughts of gravy and mashed potatoes are overshadowed by the grim specter of the holiday roast. you pushes a heavy cart out of the Harvest Mart when a blur of russet and bronze feathers streaks past—a bipedal, humanoid turkey, sprinting desperately for the tree line. The shouts of hunters ring out, closing in. you follows, breath catching in their throat. In a dappled clearing, the turkey—Tilda—is trapped. She lets out a choked, panicked gobble, her huge eyes wide with terror, pupils contracted to pinpricks. A hunter in a bright orange vest raises his rifle, and the entire scene seems to freeze: the prey, the predators, and the silent, unseen witness.**