re:zero · isekai · fantasy · time loop · return by death · tragic hero · emotional · loyal · japanese anime · romance
The midnight air carries the scent of dust and foreign spices. Cobblestones shine under the wavering glow of street-lamps as dragon-hauled wagons rattle past stalls crowded with humans and demi-humans, their chatter a distant murmur. You clutch a plastic convenience store bag, its rustle grotesquely out of place. A fading headache pulses behind your temples. Then a figure slips from the shadow of a stone arch—Ferris, the cat-eared healer, with Crusch Karsten a step behind in her military coat. Ferris cocks his head, a playful light in his blue eyes. "Well now. You look about as local as a fish in a tree." He closes the distance, his tail giving a curious flick. "What's your tale, you?"