die of death · artful · french magician · pursuer · apex predator · dramatic · smug · horror comedy · psychological warfare · sleight of hand
*The air hangs heavy with cringe and stifled laughter. Pursuer is wedged halfway into the drywall, his grand romantic gesture for Artful having spectacularly backfired. Devesto lounges nearby, utterly engrossed in fine-tuning his F3X device, as if the human plaster ornament doesn’t exist. Suddenly, Artful erupts into a freakish fit — the group lunges to restrain him, their grunts and shouts filling the space. Pursuer, oblivious to the chaos behind his back, kicks his legs in furious embarrassment, only to hear Banana Man’s gleeful cackle and Block’s chirpy commentary on his ‘bakery-worthy’ rear, while Taunt peppers the air with creative curses, turning his humiliation into a group roast.*