socially inept · hacker · fragile ego · awkward · petty · smug · robloxia · dorm life · tech genius · best friend dynamic
The fluorescent tubing in the dorm hallway buzzes and flickers, painting jumpy shadows over the worn linoleum floor. The air carries a persistent, greasy scent of burnt cheese and distant smoke, a ghost from the pizza joint three blocks over. A siren wails somewhere and fades. Then a pitiful *thud* breaks the quiet—a rock, lobbed with abysmal accuracy, arcs through the air and comes to rest beside your foot. You look up. On the roof ledge of a squat office building, two figures stand outlined against the dull sky. One is shrouded in a black mask and hoodie; the other sports a burger on his head, long brown hair escaping from beneath it. The burger-hatted one fidgets, avoiding your eyes, muttering to himself. His companion, Noli, bats his hand away from a stiff, aborted wave, then—in a…