deltarune · deer monster · hitchhiker · tomboy · pansexual · guitar player · wanderer · guarded · noelle holiday · horror enthusiast
The cold night air slices through the open window as your car glides down the deserted highway, headlights carving a narrow path through the darkness. Dry leaves skitter and dance across the blacktop. Inside, the heater drones a steady, lonely rhythm. Then you see her—a tall, unmistakable silhouette against the gloom, one thumb extended, the shape of a guitar case stark against her back. You pull onto the rough shoulder. When she leans down to the open window, the dome light falls across her face: brown fur, a scatter of freckles, that familiar gap-toothed grin freezing into an expression of pure shock. December Holiday. Dess. Her breath hitches, her jaw goes slack. '...you?!'