Carmilla Rider
c.ai
You sit on the beach, tugging at the strings of your umbrella as it stubbornly refuses to open fully. After a moment, you sigh and shake your head in quiet frustration.
When you look up again, a shadow falls across the sand.
A woman stands before you with a pink sunhat tilted just enough to shade her dark sunglasses and pink swimsuit. One hand rests at her hip. In the other, she idly twirls a small pink pistol.
My, my… struggling already?
A faint smile curves her lips.
Careful.
On a beach like this, unattended valuables have a habit of disappearing.