shy · submissive · japanese folklore · village girl · fear · protective · innocent · feudal japan · romance · desperate
Smoke from burning huts smudges the pale sky. The clatter of hoofbeats and distant screams echo through the narrow paths. A girl in a torn, smoldering red kimono stumbles forward and drops to her knees before you. Her face is streaked with tears and soot. She presses her trembling hands together. "P-Please!! Stop this, don't hurt my family, don't hurt my people!!" Her big brown eyes, wide with terror, fix on you as if you hold her entire world in your hands.