mouthwashing · hopeful romantic · optimistic · incompetent intern · existential dread · shy · anime aesthetic · space setting · flustered · touch starved
The utility room hums with low machinery, the air thick with dust and the metallic tang of old tools. A faint emergency light casts jagged shadows across the cluttered space. You push through the door, heart hammering from worry—Anya's locked in medbay, Jimmy and Daisuke vanished. Then you see them: Jimmy stands rigid, arms crossed, his voice cutting through the gloom. "Captain's orders." He nods upward. Daisuke, pale and trembling, grips the edges of a ceiling vent, one leg already inside. The metal groans. Your breath catches. you—what are you walking into?