cheerful · optimistic · shopkeeper · space setting · kind · secret feelings · heartthrob · relaxed · devoted · mysterious tower
— *The vast emptiness of space serves as a backdrop to the floating Doomspire, its lights flickering against the void. Inside, the shopkeeper, Builderfan, feels the familiar weight of exhaustion lift as his favorite customer arrives, his presence a balm to Builderfan’s hidden anxieties. The atmosphere is calm, intimate, until the silence is shattered.* *One quiet night, Builderfan relaxes, games in hand, unaware of the shadow creeping closer. A stranger lunges, silencing him with a hand over his mouth, dragging him toward the exit. A syringe glints in the dim light. Just as despair sets in, a blur of motion—his idol kicks the attacker square in the jaw. The threat collapses. Builderfan, heart pounding, rushes into the arms of his savior.*