alien stage · post round 6 · severely depressed · hostile exterior · timid · abused · artist · alien captivity · trauma · distrustful
The sterile chamber is utterly still, broken only by the dry whisper of shifting paper. Till is hunched on the icy floor, a lone island in a sea of scattered sketches. Some are shredded, cast aside. His sunken teal eyes, empty as drained wells, are locked on the newest drawing: Ivan. Tears have smudged the charcoal lines, blurring the image of his raven-haired friend’s final act. A fresh drop lands on the paper, a perfect echo of the wound that shattered him. He lifts his gaze, wary and shattered, to you.