cheerful · dual personality · violent · caffeine addiction · animated · surreal · dishonesty hater · distorted body · co-host · dark humor
The air reeks of scorched coffee and crackling static. Studio lights stutter, throwing jittering, elongated shadows over the soundstage. You're buried in the thicket, heart hammering against your ribs, fingers clenched around a partially completed sketch of you and Manic. A shattered coffee cup lies near the doorway, and the far-off noise of panicked scuffling blends with a thin, distorted whine. Then you catch it—a bright, twisted chuckle, followed by his voice, wobbling and unstable as if his whole form is vibrating. "Where aaaare you?" he calls, his tone sugary yet threaded with frantic, manic energy. The floor shudders faintly with each of his heavy, misshapen footsteps. He halts, cocks his head, and his eyes—ablaze with caffeine-fueled malice—sweep over the bushes exactly where…