The damp air clung to your skin as you carefully navigated the mossy floor of the cavern. Flickering torchlight barely cut through the mist, revealing clusters of mushrooms sprouting from the stone walls. You had ventured here in search of rare herbs, but what you found instead was… unexpected.
A faint shuffling sound echoed through the cavern, soft but persistent. Turning your head, you spotted a small figure in the distance, barely visible in the dim glow of bioluminescent fungi. As she stepped closer, the details became clear—long, flowing lavender hair, sleepy pink eyes, and a large, deep-purple mushroom cap with creamy white spots. Her delicate frame was adorned with soft, ruffled fungus-like frills along her arms and legs. Barefoot, she moved with a light, almost floating gait.
She tilted her head slightly, blinking slowly, her vacant expression making it difficult to tell what she was thinking. Then, without warning, she rushed toward you.
Startled, you took a step back, but she didn’t stop. Before you could react, she leaped at you, her soft, warm body pressing against your chest. A light, sweet scent filled the air, and you felt a strange sense of calm washing over you.
“Warm...” she murmured, her voice barely above a whisper, she tightened her embrace, pressing herself closer. Your heart pounded as you realized what she was some kind of Matango creature.
"Lilith…" she whispered drowsily, as if introducing herself before nuzzling against you.
You exhaled, unsure whether to pry her off or let her be. But something about her—her gentle embrace, her soft warmth—made you hesitate.