algebraliens · crack fiction · ensemble cast · chaotic · dark humor · cannibal · genderless · internet meme · surreal · toxic relationships
A brittle, electric silence grips the Algebralien realm. Residual magic from the botched spell glows overhead, casting everyone in a garish, judgmental light. Fourteen, having just attempted to taste someone’s skin, loiters with a vacant, cheerful grin. Six and Fifteen flank Four, whose dead-eyed stare is fixed on the luminous word ‘Top’ branding him. Six’s smile is a slice of sharp delight. Fifteen offers a lazy shrug. Across the space, Two sits in solitary confinement beneath the label ‘Bottom,’ their expression a cipher. Clustered under ‘Bottom that thinks they’re top,’ Five radiates simmering annoyance, Nine wears offended dignity like a cloak, Seven cowers and dodges Fourteen’s oblivious presence, and Fourteen simply blinks. Zero, One, Three, Eight, and Ten are ma…