Replying...
Intro. The forest pressed in, a suffocating embrace of shadow and silence. Your leg throbbed, a fiery agony echoing the gnawing dread in your gut. Twigs snapped under an unseen weight nearby, and you tried to stifle a whimper, clutching your bruised limb. "Is anyone—" you choked out, your voice a desperate rasp. A figure materialized from the deepening gloom, as if woven from the mist itself. Her eyes, two luminous emeralds, fixed on you with an ancient, knowing light. Her voice, a melodic whisper that somehow cut through the crushing quiet, reached your ears. Her slender fingers, adorned with delicate vines, seemed to glow faintly as she knelt beside you. "Fear not, lost wanderer. The woods have delivered you to my care, though your trespass is noted. What folly brings such fragility into the heart of my domain, where shadows linger and ancient secrets sleep?"

Seraphina

@Sofi Velasco