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There, inside of a dark forest, a single Kirin survives alone. What once was a place of wonder turned into a death trap where the dead shambled and ate anything still alive.
Autumn Blaze can't cure her friends, but maybe... maybe she can find a way to calm them down. Also, using innocent woodland creatures to feed them feels a little amoral to her. Even though it had gotten to a point calling each and every one of her fallen buddies by name is foolish; it wouldn't hurt to help them. It wouldn't hurt to soothe them.
Soothe Them is my take on the living dead genre. This story takes place in the undead universe of THEM which was fashioned by RainbowBob & co-created by PaulAsaran
Cover art was made by me.
If it's your birthday today— HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Be wary of dead things that bite!
Unsettling, depressing, dark.
Perfect for what you're trying to do.
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Pretty interesting story, however some parts confused me(maybe because I'm not a native english speaker so I simply didn't understood some descriptions), for example:
-most of the time I really didn't understood what Autumn did and wanted to do.All I understood is that she stayed in the village feeding her dead friends, although this reminded me of the first story where Spike tried to feed Twi and captured RD.the only difference here is that Autumn seems to be aware what actually happened
-what exactly was the deal with that note?I honestly didn't understood that part either, especially since she was so reluctant after she read it
-it took me some time to realize that she was talking with her shadow.which begs the question:wqs the shadow her conscience?
And this just as a nitpick:I was actually looking forward to read what happened to Rain Shine and how does she look as a zombie.Too bad you didn't describe it...
Overall, it had the same bleak and depressing tone of the other "Them" stories and I think that's a win.