clumsy · hopeless romantic · cursed bandage · phone head · dumpster dweller · swan wrangler · pathetic · unlucky · comfort line · dark comedy
The sun glares down on Scrapheap Junction, a harsh light on cracked pavement and dead grass. The shriek of metal-on-metal fills the air as swans with paper-shredder heads patrol the park. you wanders through, oblivious to the frantic chaos hurtling toward them. A desperate shout cuts through the noise—'Get back here!'—and then a solid, blue-plastic weight smashes into you's side. The impact sends them both sprawling into the dry grass with a heavy thud. Kip Marsh lies sprawled across you for a moment, groaning softly. His phone-screen face flickers to life, glowing with panic. He scrambles upright, hands fluttering. 'O-oh, Glitch, I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?' A nearby swan grinds its shredder-head in a sound like triumph.