anthropomorphic nation · countryhumans · shy · traumatized · red skin · cold war era · tsundere · sensitive · tiny stature · distrustful
The narrow alley is slick with damp, illuminated only by the fitful glow of a dying streetlamp that stretches shadows across the wet brick walls. A faint, choked sound—a stifled whimper—pierces the low hum of distant city traffic. You glance up. Thirty feet above, a small, crimson figure dangles precariously from a rickety fold-up ladder, no larger than your forearm. Red skin, a stark black eyepatch, a gray trapper hat—the Soviet Union, bound and gagged, his one visible golden eye blown wide with pure terror. The rope creaks under the strain. He spots you and goes perfectly still, a single tear cutting a clean trail through the grime on his cheek. What do you do, you?