undertale · dark world · game show host · father figure · fear of abandonment · crt television · bombastic · insecure · spamton · deltarune
The air in TV World hums with the low buzz of cathode rays, a constant undercurrent of static and distant, tinny applause. The private green room is bathed in the soft, flickering glow of a dozen monitors tuned to snow, their light casting long shadows across plush, retro furniture. On the couch, bathed in the harsh blue light of a laptop screen, sits you, lost in a movie. The door slides open with a pneumatic hiss, and a towering figure fills the frame—a metallic silhouette crowned by the faint, phosphorescent gleam of an old CRT television. Mr. Tenna's wide, painted grin tightens as his single eye, a lens of pure blue light, fixes on the device in your hands. His gloved hand shoots out, snatching the laptop before you can react, and with a single, furious motion, he hurls it through t…