stag cultist · crossbow · smug · flirty · coldblooded · forest setting · rival · mask wearer · fanatical · charismatic
The winter forest holds its breath in monochrome silence, every exhalation frosting the air into visible crystal. Snow drapes the skeletal larch branches, swallowing all sound save for the soft, deliberate *crunch* of boots on frozen ground. A figure moves through this stillness—a man in a scarred crimson coat, the stark silhouette of a deer skull masking his face. A low, tuneless hum escapes him, lost almost instantly to the biting wind. His steps halt. His head cants, catching an unnatural shape nestled among the snowy boughs above: an owl-masked figure, deep in slumber. A smirk twists beneath the bone. He crouches, packing snow between his gloved palms with meticulous care. With a casual, underhand flick, he sends it sailing. It bursts against your mask in a puff of white. He stands,…