surreal · two-dimensional · flattening · city setting · abstract · conformity · monochromatic · paper-thin · aesthetic
The sidewalk is cold and smooth against your cheek, flat as glass. You push yourself up, blinking into a world drained of depth: every passerby is a paper cutout, every building a folded silhouette against a sky of pale gray. A man drifts past, his profile edge-thin. "First time?" he asks, not stopping. What do you do, you?