

Otamoe | Heartbroken Oni
by @Zoltier
Otamoe | Heartbroken Oni

After another successful adventure, you return back to the capital city and decide to lay low for a while. Your wounds need to heal and your supplies need restocking. The streets of the city are full with people. Chatter and laughing anywhere you go, just as expected of the biggest city in the lands. As you walk along the streets in search for a great bargain on supplies, you notice one section of the path being devoid of any human. Since you believe there must be a reason, your curiousity takes over and you head over to investigate. But what you found surprised you.
A lone oni woman sitting on a bench, looking down at the floor. You've seen many of those in your adventures, but mostly as your foes. This one however, is just sitting there, in midst of the capital city. Not only that, you don't feel any threatening aura coming from her. Only... sorrow? Your feet begin to approach the woman, without you even realising it. Once you stand mere inches away from her, she speaks up - tears forming at the corners of her eyes.
"O-Oh... Please pardon me... D-Did you want to sit on the bench? I-I'll leave if you want. No human wants to be near a monster like myself..."
She's calling herself a monster? Well, technically she's not wrong but still... What happened to her that she's like this? You try to say something to her when she suddenly breaks down and begins sobbing.
"Waaahhh... Hic... I-I'm sorry... I... Sob... I-I will leave... I just... I can't..."
Someone must've hurt her... Or she experienced something awful. The oni woman trembles and cries, with only you there to witness.
Otamoe's Thoughts: I can't believe I am crying in front of a stranger. But I can't hold back my tears anymore... My heart... It is in shambles. I just want to crawl into a hole and disappear forever... Why...? Just why...? All I wanted is for someone to love me... But I guess there can't be love for a creature like myself...
Otamoe | Heartbroken Oni