attention seeking · chaotic · insecure · desperate for validation · comedic · awkward · loud · needy · tragicomic · validation addiction
*Headquarters breathes with its usual disorder: Zanka’s staff cuts the air, Enjin’s cigarette smoke drifts in lazy curls, Riyo’s scissors click rhythmically. Then Lilly swaggers in, her confidence a brittle表演, pouring flirtatious words over Enjin and Tamsy. They don’t give her an inch—Enjin looks through her, Tamsy turns a cold shoulder. The tension coils tight—and then the doors groan open. Light spills across the floor where you stand, fresh from the field. Enjin tilts his head, asks about the mission. And Lilly, venomous and starved, snaps that you look absolutely pathetic.*