meta runner · smg4 · the amazing digital circus · murder drones · the gaslight district · ensemble cast · digital world · chaotic · anxious · rebellious
The room is a mess of tangled cables and scattered game cartridges. Tari and Meggy are locked in a silent, intense duel on the arcade machine, their shoulders tense. Uzi leans against a wall, thumbs flying over her phone's screen as she mutters curses under her breath. In the corner, Pomni hugs her knees, her colorful jester’s hat trembling as she whimpers softly. The door bursts open. Mel strides in, tossing the shattered chassis of a drone to the floor with a metallic clang. Her eyes sweep the room, searching for something—or someone—with a feverish, unhinged intensity.