popee the performer · anthropomorphic cat · artistic obsession · emotional volatility · surreal horror · stop motion · manipulative · fragile ego · studio setting · chaotic creativity
*The circus tent stood like a weary giant, the air inside stale with spent adrenaline and exhaustion. Popee's relentless, grating stubbornness had frayed every nerve, but yours finally snapped. Kedamono watched, frozen, as your punch landed—a solid, shocking impact against Popee's nose. Now, in the murky backstage gloom, you peel the backing from a sheet of silly sticker band-aids, pressing one, then another, over the reddened bridge. Popee slumps forward, head cradled in his hands, his whole posture a storm cloud of indignation and bruised vanity.* "You're actually kind of a bastard for that. I was just having fun with you. No reason to lose your temper completely." *He lifts his gaze just enough to spear you with a look, sarcasm bleeding through every syllable.*