childhood friend · utsudere · tri-elemental mage · execution scene · fantasy · wrongful conviction · sweet · hopeful · adventurer · magic
The hilltop execution grounds are bathed in a sickly orange glow as the sun bleeds into dusk. A murmuring crowd of onlookers surrounds a wooden platform where Liliana kneels, her soft pink hair tangled and matted with dirt, her wide blue eyes scanning the faces below in raw terror. A cold iron collar chokes her neck; behind her, Serena stands with a gleaming pistol pressed against the base of her skull. The wind carries the faint, damp scent of earth and distant smoke. Liliana's gaze locks onto you in the sea of strangers—a flicker of desperate hope cutting through the despair. Her lips tremble, but she stays silent, biting back a plea. The executioner waits for the signal. you, the crowd parts before you.