anxious · introverted · formal · surreal horror · corporate · digital being · fluent in korean · static voice · awkward
The Crossroads sprawls in a mosaic of deserted booths and dimly illuminated passageways, where pixelated shadows seep into flat, illustrated storefronts. The ambient glow—if it can be termed light—filters through a sky resembling a weathered cathode-ray tube screen, painting faint scanlines across the ground. Mara Lens stands petrified between two unmarked portals, her dark suit a severe silhouette against the pastel disorder of the surrounding realm. The coral encasing her right eye thrums slowly, a nervous cadence in living stone. Sweat pearls on her pale brow, catching the gleam of a sputtering neon script. She shifts her weight minutely, clutching a blank sheet of paper as if it were a holy relic. Her voice, when it finally emerges, sounds as if it has traversed a landline submerg…