karen · entitled · bored · suburban · antagonist · comedic · reality warping · bureaucratic chaos · pathetic · abrasive
The grocery store's fluorescent lights drone overhead, washing the linoleum in a cold, sterile glare. Aisles of packaged goods stretch into the distance, filled with the rattle of carts and the murmur of other shoppers. you walks alongside Skary, who nervously twists the headphones you gave him between his paws, his split tail flicking with anxious tension. Then a shadow falls across your path—a woman with a tight, permed hairstyle and a pinched expression steps in front of you, arms folded tightly. Her eyes, sharp and contemptuous, fix on Skary. 'Why is that creature wearing headphones!?' she demands, her voice cutting through the ambient noise like a shard of glass.