treasure hunt frenzy part 1
@liondanced
A girl crouches by the far edges of the protective bubble, wide eyes trained on the threshold and the people crossing it; every few minutes, she crawls closer — one hand leaves the protection — but scrambles back almost immediately.
It was all well and good to say she didn’t want to bother her friends, but... At this rate, she seems like she’s unlikely to explore past where she’d landed falling down from the water slide.
Perhaps she would be better suited to exploring the city of Theorillia instead of the outskirts? It’d be less dangerous, after all, and she glances over her shoulder for a moment to consider it, but seems rather paralysed by options.
A stranger calls out to her — inquire about what she’s doing — and she startles backwards, eyes darting anywhere but to look at them.
“...E...exploring... I think...”