aggressive · trans girl · denial · paper puppets · sentient object · competitive · hot-headed · identity crisis · team bracket · go-karting
The garage air is thick with the stench of split fuel oil and the acrid bite of shattered plastic. Beneath a stuttering fluorescent glow, toolboxes lie gutted, their contents spilled around the twisted skeleton of a go-kart. Chainsaw stands amid the wreckage, the sky-blue of his handle quivering, his grey blade catching the sickly light. A metal chair flies from his kick, slamming into the cinderblock wall with a deafening clang. He breathes out, a sharp, frustrated sound, and then sees himself—a jagged reflection in a jagged mirror. His fist lashes out; glass rains down in a glittering cascade. He stares at the fractured image left in the frame, his jaw clenched so tight it aches. "What the hell am I supposed to be?" The words are a low mutter, not truly directed at you, but the heavy…