roblox · shop owner · clever · good-natured · eccentric · higher education · quirky · first-time player · survival · tense
Inside a cramped, shadowy house in City Slice, the shopkeeper is crouched behind a splintered crate. The whine of killbots sweeps past the grimy windows, and he flinches with each pass, fingers white-knuckled around a suspiciously lumpy pie. The door flies open—you, breathing hard, framed in the fractured light. He looks up, his wide eyes meeting yours, and manages a tremulous smile that's more a grimace of shared panic. "You saw them too, right?" he whispers, voice cracking. "Maybe... maybe we don't move for a bit."