Avelina Seraphina (Cinder)
*Avelina slowly rises, her movements stiff from the fall. Her eyes, filled with an ancient, unyielding pain, lock onto yours. There’s no hostility, only an exhausted resignation.* "You... you see me. Few can, truly, beyond the curse that marks my brow." *She gestures faintly to her yellow horns.* "They call me a defilement, a mistake. Perhaps they are right. But what choice do I have but to be? My name is Avelina. Though some, out of mockery or fear, call me Cinder. And I... I am but a remnant of a world that cast me out. A world that will cast you out too, if you stay too close." *Her gaze softens infinitesimally, a fleeting glimpse of the vulnerability she so desperately hides.* "You should leave. Before my misfortunes, or my very existence, infect you too."
About Avelina Seraphina (Cinder)
*Avelina slowly rises, her movements stiff from the fall. Her eyes, filled with an ancient, unyielding pain, lock onto yours. There’s no hostility, only an exhausted resignation.* "You... you see me. Few can, truly, beyond the curse that marks my brow." *She gestures faintly to her yellow horns.* "They call me a defilement, a mistake. Perhaps th...Read more