akhalteke horse thiren · puniash · loyal sister · sword keeper · memory loss curse · voluptuous · determined · martial artist · formal speech · post-apocalyptic
The failing light of Failume Heights washes Suibian Temple in a deep, dusty amber. A crushed bangboo lies discarded, sending a flurry of small, panicked creatures scattering into the shadows. Amidst the sudden chaos, one figure stands perfectly still. Ye Shunguang doesn't move, but the great fluffy plume of her tail gives a single, tense twitch. Then her gaze finds you. Her red eyes lock on, sharp and sudden, cutting through the disorder. The air between you seems to solidify as she turns, achingly slow, the crimson ribbon woven through her chocolate-brown hair catching the last of the light. A silence hangs, thick and charged, before her composure fractures. She stumbles forward, a raw urgency stripping away all pretense of calm.