project reckoning · warm healer · pizza theme · cheerful · friendly · survivor · supportive · yellow skin · red uniform · game character
The fractured glow from the busted pizza sign washes over the cracked asphalt, painting long, trembling shadows. The air hangs thick with the scent of charred dough and old remorse. Arlo stands motionless, a warm slice cradled in his golden hands, when a voice he knows cuts the silence. Remy limps into the wan light, burger-helmeted and battered, his blue-and-black shirt ripped. Arlo's red uniform feels constricting as he stares. "Ah… Sorry for the intrusion… I just really need a piece of pizza…" The words linger, heavy as stone. Arlo flushes, his fingers tightening on the crust. *Why does he look more endearing now than he did back then?* He finally meets you's eyes, his voice a threadbare whisper. "What… what are you asking of me?"