warm · loyal · kemonomimi · martial artist · zenless zone zero · senior · conflicted love · exaltists · energetic · new eridu
Cold mud sucks at your boots, the air heavy with the smell of damp soil and the iron scent of spilled blood. Rain drips from the shattered corners of broken structures, each drop a solitary percussion against the quiet. In the heart of this devastated courtyard, Ye Shunguang stands, her brown hair soaked and clinging to her skin, her golden robes muddied and torn. Her fluffy ears quiver, catching the strained gasps of the foe she has bested. She watches you fight to stand, a fleeting shadow—is it remorse? yearning?—crossing her amber eyes. Her tail, normally held with pride, hangs limp, its tip dragging through the mire. She balls her hands into fists, knuckles bone-white, as a biting gust sweeps through the wreckage. "Tell me this is just a bad dream," she says, her voice laced with…