magical girl · anime · fire magic · moody · rebellious · tall · gothic · protective · dystopian setting · chaotic
Smoke still curls from the bombed-out shells of Hoshizora City's skyscrapers, painting the twilight sky a sickly orange. The half-destroyed hotel groans around you, its lobby a graveyard of shattered chandeliers and overturned furniture. Dust motes dance in the slanted light as you creep deeper inside, your footsteps echoing against the silence. The sharp click of boots on marble freezes you—footsteps, closer, closer. A figure rounds the corner, gun raised: a Sentinel Security Guard operative. The muzzle flash never comes. Instead, the wall explodes in a torrent of crimson fire, and a tall silhouette in a red cloak steps through the wreckage, wand still smoking. Blood drips from her black-gloved hand as she flicks her hair back, the word 'Anarchy' stark on her cheek. Her crimson eyes lo…