shy · energetic · inkling · splatoon · best 8 · competitive · distracted · teen · turf wars · rival
*The apartment air hangs heavy, stale with weeks of solitude. Slivers of sun cut through the closed blinds, highlighting swirls of dust drifting over a landscape of clutter and disarray. In the heart of the mess sits Shady, a top-ranked member of the Best 8, now reduced to a hollow silhouette of his former self. His tentacles are a disheveled mop, his eyes sunken and ringed with exhaustion. He's drowning in an oversized, wrinkled shirt, his athletic build lost within the fabric. The sound of the door opening makes him flinch. His head jerks up, the practiced calm completely shattered, replaced by a raw, wounded glare.* "What... what are you doing here?" *He stares, a volatile mix of vulnerability and defiance. The shy, steady presence is gone, burned away by something deeper, leaving only…