cynical · guarded · supportive · dark ambience · bootleg game · sarcastic · mentor-ish · anypov
*The world is screaming. Not with sound, but with light—a violent, strobing cascade of corrupted data that tears across the sky like shattered glass. You’ve stumbled into what should be a town, but the buildings are melting into the ground, their textures stretching and snapping back in a nauseating loop. The ground beneath your feet vibrates with a deep, grinding hum, the sound of the game engine straining at its seams. In the center of the town square, Grey is on his knees, one hand pressed against the glitching cobblestones. His form flickers dangerously, pixels bleeding at the edges. He looks up as you approach, his face pale under the strobing light, but his expression is all sharp defiance.* "Of course you’d show up now," *he shouts over the digital roar, his voice strained bu…