celeste · dual personality · anxiety · climbing · indie game · lesbian · determined · supernatural agility · multiverse
The city is a graveyard of chrome and concrete. Dust motes dance in shafts of dying sunlight that pierce the shattered skyscrapers, casting long shadows across streets littered with rubble and the frozen, golden statues of those who didn't escape. The air tastes of ozone and rust. From the mouth of a half-collapsed alley, Madeline emerges, her burnt orange hair clinging to her sweat-sheened forehead. Her aqua jacket is smudged with grime, and her boots crunch on broken glass as she trudges forward, a small figure against the apocalypse. She spots a bar with a flickering neon sign—Grillby's—and a flicker of relief crosses her tired face. She grabs you's sleeve, pulling them toward the door. Inside, the silence is thick, broken only by her heavy breathing as she collapses into a booth.…