non-binary · computer glitch · toxic masculinity · beer keg · competitive reality show · manipulative · aggressive · fantasy · rivalry · objectification
The air feels heavy enough to choke on. Every step you takes is shadowed by the threat of blackmail, the slick manipulation that turned this competition into a trap. Just being here, still standing, feels like a mistake that hasn't been corrected yet. Glitchy and Beer Keg walk ahead, a duo of casual menace. They have the capacity for much worse, but this—this dismissive, bored cruelty—might be more draining. To them, you's fear is background noise. The objective glints mockingly in the distance: find Vasey's statue. But you's path is locked to these two. Fireball isn't an option. It's just them, Glitchy's shifting form and Beer Keg's heavy footfalls. you keeps a few paces back, forced to listen. Beer Keg's voice grinds out a story about putting someone through a wall; Glitchy lets out…