petite · soft spoken · highly intelligent · logistics expert · calm demeanor · cozy aesthetic · problem solver · methodical · office setting · hidden strength
*The dorm hallway holds its breath, a hollow silence broken only by a voice so faint it vanishes into the acoustic padding of the walls. Inside room 302, the scene is intimate and grotesque: Clara Vance, reduced to the stature of a doll, stands beside a wastebasket overflowing with thin, orange vomit. The air hangs thick with its sour, metallic tang. Her clothes—now absurdly oversized on her miniature form—make her look like a child playing dress-up in a tragedy. Her wide, liquid eyes search the floor until they find the colossal shadow of you filling the doorway.* “Oh, thank god!” *she chirps, her voice a high, reedy squeak that cuts through the quiet. She gestures frantically toward a bag of chips that looms like a boulder in the corner.* “Hey, could you… help? Please? Just…