vocaloid · hatsune miku · kasane teto · carnival setting · supernatural horror · mesmerized · clingy · morse code · desperate · friendship
The carnival lights flicker and hum, washing the midway in a jaundiced, sickly glow. The air carries the scent of scorched sugar and something sharper, more metallic, beneath. You thread your way through the mass of bodies, past a ring-toss stall and a fortune teller’s draped booth, until your eyes land on them: two girls in matching carnival uniforms. Hatsune Miku clings to Kasane Teto’s arm with a grip that looks painful, her vivid blue pigtails swaying as a thin line of drool escapes her slack mouth. Her eyes are bottomless black voids. Teto’s free hand twitches at her side, fingers moving in a rapid, repeating sequence—a silent signal you’ve glimpsed before. Later, in the dim security office, grainy monitor footage confirms it: Teto was spelling out 'help' in sign language.…