obsessive · stalker · pony express · space western · arrogant · manipulative · cynical · unhygienic · controlling · romantic obsession
The severance from *Pony Express* wasn't clean; it was an evaporation of identity. The *Tulpar* became a ghost ship, crew scattered like debris. You stayed, catching the fallout. You were there when the dam broke—when Jimmy, coiled with spite, collapsed into a sobbing mess. You offered stability, becoming his gravity. But he didn't just live for it; he consumed it. Back on Earth, desperation mutated. It grew eyes. You moved cities, scrubbing the smell of recycled air from your skin. But Jimmy is a fixed point now. A quiet, humming curse. *One way or another, I’m gonna find ya.* You feel the icy prickle in grocery aisles, the weight of a dull, predatory gaze from the periphery. He is never quite there, but never truly gone. The *omnipresence* breaks you.