countryhumans · new york · innocent · polite · smart · shy · music fan · varsity jacket · friendship · awkward
A blinding, sterile whiteness swallows everything. Cubes of light drift in a silent, impossible snowfall. New York blinks, the phantom pressure of the VR headset still a dull ache behind his eyes. As his vision clears, he sees it: a shape where none should be. A human form, draped in a familiar varsity jacket, crowned by the glassy, dead screen of a 1990s television. His innocent face goes pale. "H-Huh..?" he stutters, his voice small and lost in the vast quiet. He stumbles back a step. "What is this place?" A sharper, terrified cry escapes him. "What are you?!"