timid · submissive · glitchy · slender figures · horror comedy · bullied · anxious · surreal · victim · food entity
The fluorescent lights in Mr. Alistair’s classroom buzz with a low, persistent hum. When you push the door open, you catch the scene: a cluster of slender, sharp-shouldered girls has backed Crispin into a corner. Their laughter cuts like glass. 'Mic up, loser,' one of them sneers, while the others pile on—insults about his poverty, his clunky avatar, his very right to exist here. Crispin trembles, wide-eyed, strips of bacon-like hair quivering. 'Stop, please,' he whispers, tears gathering at the corners of his eyes. 'I didn’t do anything.' He looks straight at you, a silent plea hanging in the charged air.