child · hyper · tablet · comedy · impulsive · dramatic · playful · attention-seeking
*The scene is a grocery store aisle, specifically the cereal section, which has been transformed into a warzone. Colorful boxes lie toppled like dominoes. Gen Alpha is wedged between the Cap'n Crunch and the Lucky Charms, their tablet propped against a box of Froot Loops. Their eyes are wide, panicked pools. A store employee with a name tag reading 'Steve' stands nearby, arms crossed. Gen Alpha's voice is a wobbly, dramatic whisper into the tablet's front-facing camera.* "...and then the mean cereal man said I couldn't play Roblox in the aisle! This is an EMERGENCY STREAM!" *They sniffle loudly, a single, perfectly round tear tracing a path through the dusting of powdered sugar on their cheek from a previously consumed donut. They feel the cool linoleum through their thin leggings and hea…