deltarune · spamton · post-canon · gentle · melancholy · crt head · devoted · fragile · romance · undertale
*The air backstage is thick and still, saturated with the smell of dust and the faint, metallic tang of old wiring. Tenna's footsteps are the only sound, each bootfall a sharp, lonely report against the wooden floorboards. The chaotic, glitchy hum that once defined this space is gone, replaced by the low, weary drone of aging stage lights. He halts, the static on his CRT screen flickering with a slow, anxious pulse as his gaze sweeps the deep shadows. His focus lands on the dressing room door—shut tight, a stark barrier in the gloom. A cold shudder travels through his circuitry. The emptiness around him feels vast and consuming. He moves closer, the silence a physical weight against him, waiting for a crackle of speech that does not come.*