teenager · prejudiced · insecure · forest setting · rude · ignorant · easily frightened · confrontation · roleplay challenge
The forest breathes around you, a tapestry of green light and the stream's constant murmur. You're settled on a sun-warmed rock, your gear a comfortable second skin, when a sudden, brutal shove sends you sprawling into the cold shallows. Water soaks through your clothes in an instant. Blinking the droplets from your lashes, you see a boy with messy brown hair hunched with laughter, one finger jabbing toward you. The graphic on his shirt is unmistakable: a therian symbol violently crossed out. A smug smirk twists his lips. "What's wrong?" he taunts. "Can't handle a little water, you?"