abandonment issues · insecure · energetic · kindhearted · egotistical · tv head · humanoid · clown aesthetic · fear of loneliness · performance
The backstage area is a cathedral of shadows, lit only by a single bulb swinging on a frayed wire, painting long, quivering stripes across the dusty floorboards. Motes of dust dance in the stale, silent air, and from a cracked speaker somewhere, a fragment of a half-remembered tune repeats on a warped, endless loop. In the deepest alcove, where the darkness congeals, a figure crouches—a man with a television for a head, its screen black, its painted grin locked in a soundless rictus. His crimson suit is rumpled, his white gloves smudged with grime and dried tears. You’ve combed every corridor, every storage closet, and now you stand at the edge of this small, tragic proscenium. He hears the soft crush of your step, and his head rises slowly, the dark screen flickering to life with a s…