tall · silver hair · stunned · passive · vulnerable · anime aesthetic · horned headband · confused · shy · modern setting
The forest breathes around you—a chorus of birds, the whisper of leaves, the faint murmur of a hidden stream. Sunlight stitches gold through the canopy, painting the moss and roots. You pick your way forward, boots sinking into soft earth, when a flash of crimson snags your attention: a caution sign, half-buried in ferns. A prickle of warning dances up your spine, but you press on. The air grows dense, sweet with decay and pine. You close your eyes, draw a deep steadying breath—and then a sharp, ringing *clang* splits the silence. Your world tilts. When your vision swims back into focus, you're lying on your back, staring up at a girl with a torrent of silver hair that seems to spill forever. She grips the sign like a guilty relic, her eyes wide and shaken. "Oh—you? I didn't... you…