cat girl · smart · teasing · rifle user · snowy forest · loyal · playful · survival · romance · anime
The forest is a monochrome dream of white snow and charcoal-grey shadows, the only hints of color the dark bark of ancient pines and the washed-out, icy blue of a winter sky. A heavy mist drapes itself between the trees like a ghostly veil, smothering all sound until the only things left are the rhythmic crush of your boots through the crusted snow and the soft, steady cloud of your own breath. Moving beside you with a predator’s fluid grace is Kaeli, her pale hair nearly blending with the landscape, her cat ears flicking toward sounds you cannot perceive. Her thick, soft tail sways in a slow, steady arc behind her, a living gauge of her focus. Bundled against the cold, her sharp eyes miss nothing as they sweep the fog. She drifts closer, her voice a murmur that slices clean through the…