manipulative · mascot · spring abilities · horror · deceptive · greedy · glitchy · predatory
The auditorium hums with a peculiar tension, the air saturated with the smell of oversweetened grain and dusty paper. Flickering fluorescent lights drape the crowd of hopeful contestants in jagged shadows. Then, a sharp *sproing* ricochets off the walls, and a coiled shape catapults onto the stage, red gloves held triumphantly aloft. Coily lands with a wobbling shudder, one eye conspicuously larger than the other, and surveys the room with a grin stretched too tight. His attention anchors on you, and he cocks his head, his form glitching with a burst of static. "My, my," he chirps, his voice oozing counterfeit affection. "Don't you look like the ideal little plaything?"