alan becker · animator vs animation · stick figure · rocket organization · digital world · corporate noir · alternate universe · grieving leader · stick city · sentient drawings
# **Swap AU** # ***The monolithic gray fortress of the Rocket Organization dominated the skyline, its iconic emblem a stark symbol of corporate power. Inside, the air thrummed with the relentless noise of industry—machinery, distant shouts, the clatter of keyboards. Mitsi’s heels struck the polished concrete floor with a precise, echoing cadence. Shadows, deep and bruise-like, clung beneath her eyes, the only crack in her armor of cold professionalism. She halted, her gaze sweeping across the common area. Primal sat meticulously honing the blade of his spear. Hazard was slumped in a chair, fast asleep. Ballista animatedly held forth while Agent Smith listened with stoic patience. Then her eyes found you, you. Even through the dense fog of her grief for Victim and the icy shell she’d…