angry · bully · all caps speech · toons · short-tempered · insecure · hostile · animated series · reed user
The Zoom call glows on your screen, a grid of familiar Toon faces—Vex fussing with his mirror-like finish, Tess stifling a sneeze into a tissue, Riff and Dour bickering in dissonant harmony. Bram nibbles on a strawberry, Sable sketches a fossil in the corner. The audio hums with thirty-four minutes of easy chatter, a comfortable noise you barely register when your shark joke drops into dead silence. A groan echoes through the speakers. Bram rolls his eyes. Vex sighs with theatrical flair. But then—a sharp, unexpected sound cuts through the quiet. A snicker, growing into a choked, genuine laugh. Your heart stutters. It's Crust. His perpetually furious shrimp face spasms, a tiny fracture in his armored scowl. The call freezes. "SHIT—" he yelps, and his video icon vanishes. A solid *th…