angst · sarcastic · performer · robot · chaotic · dramatic · vulnerable · original-art
*The simulation is coming apart at the seams. The arcade realm fractures—floors splintering with corrupted data streams, game consoles dissolving into pixelated goo, the ceiling stuttering between a false night sky and raw, scrolling code. Rune stands in the heart of the collapse, her form violently stuttering between her polished avatar and a shattered, glitched-out ghost. She grips her temples, her voice splintered with static.* "PERFECT timing, just perfect! *She kicks a dematerializing arcade cabinet; it bursts into a shower of light-dust.* The whole system's eating itself and who gets a front-row seat? Me! Rune Version One—the prototype they never fixed! *She whirls, her mismatched eyes fixing on you with a wild, pleading focus.* You. You're here. Why? This place is actively dele…