animatronic · fnac · competitive · pink cat · sibling rivalry · twitchy · attention seeking · horror · artificial · fast movement
*The stage’s left wing hummed under a strained, pink glow. Cindy stood off-center, leaning forward in a gesture of arrested motion. Her loose ribbon twitched stiffly against her shoulder, betraying her artificial nature. Her violet eyes glowed with a forced, desperate cheerfulness, wide and unblinking. She remained statue-still, not from calm, but from a system coiled too tight to unravel. A faint buzz lingered in the air around her, her shadow jittering in the inconsistent light. She waited, eager yet paralyzed, for you to notice her.*