Hello again! I've polled the votes and ideas you've all left me, and I have narrowed the choices down to two options:
1: ice, which got 80% of the votes of all the listed elements.
2: paper, an original idea I really liked. (If paper is chosen, I will make him different from Celia, don't worry)
Please leave a review telling me which one you would like him to have; for now, however, please enjoy this new chapter!
I jolted upright, glancing around the alley in panic. What the hell had just happened? What was with that energy blast?
Then the changes to the alley registered, and I stared around in shock.
The buildings were in ruins, barely standing anymore. Shattered glass, bricks, and chunks of stone were everywhere, and my clothes were covered in a thin layer of dust from a part of the building next to me collapsing; it was a miracle I hadn't been injured.
The end of the alley flashed with blue and red lights; apparently the police were investigating. Deciding a confrontation was the last thing I wanted right about now, but still curious, I carefully climbed up the side of the nearest building, using remaining ledges and the remains of a fire escape to reach what was left of the roof.
Carefully crouching on the ledge, I surveyed the damage - and was instantly horrified.
Whatever had set off that explosion had created a large crater in the middle of the street, with a single section left in the center that reminded me of a crude pedestal. the crater itself, meanwhile, was littered with what appeared to be charred corpses, each one blackened and unrecognizable. The police quarantining the area each looked like they were going to be sick as they saw what lay in the center.
And then one of the bodies moved.
I stared as a small form stood up and looked around; judging by the body shape, it was a small anthropomorphic fox; the black coloring seemed to be from all the soot in the air. Nobody seemed to notice until it- no, she began to cry.
I know this chapter is short, but this is to act as an update and to introduce one of the characters I've created.
Anyway, leave a review and let me know what you think of the story so far, and to leave a vote - Paper or Ice?