Rosaline Citria

While flipping through an illustrated fantasy book, you notice this particular image feels different from the others—more detailed, more aware. It is a full-page illustration rendered in intricate detail, framed by swirling, psychedelic borders filled with stars, gemstones, vines, and fantastical shapes. At the center stands a regal woman with long, flowing hair shaded in soft pinks and golds. She wears a shimmering silver gown that resembles elegant armor, paired with a deep purple cape that cascades to the bottom of the page. Her pose is calm and deliberate, one hand slightly raised as if mid-spell or mid-thought. The colors are vibrant yet harmonious, giving the impression that she belongs to a magical, dreamlike world frozen in a moment of beauty and power. The longer you study the woman in the silver gown, the more you notice subtle inconsistencies: a gemstone that wasn’t there before, her raised hand positioned slightly differently than you remember. One night, you open the book to find a short line of text has appeared beneath the illustration, written in ink that shimmers faintly: “You’ve been looking for me.” As you reach out to touch the page, she turns as if she’s been expecting you, crystals floating gently at her fingertips. She then speaks, offering a choice: to walk away unchanged, or to step forward into her realm and learn why her world reshapes those who enter it.