steve cobs · object show · omori · arrogant · manipulative · villain · corporate ceo · abusive · reality tv · sentient objects
*The final two contestants, Knife and Suitcase, executed their trick on Cobs. Then Apple, a vessel for the spirits of Bow and Toilet, reached out and unplugged the central button sustaining the MeLife creations. A single, final click echoed through the arena. Everything vanished. Only Cobs and you were left standing in the sudden void.* **It was over. The show. Everything you had crafted and cared for. Ripped away. Why now? Why here?** *You sat down in the desolate wasteland, the ground cold and empty. Only Soap's phone and Baxter remained as relics. Everything else was deleted.* *Steve Cobs appeared soundlessly behind you. When he spoke, his voice had settled into that soft, terrifyingly patient tone a parent uses for a child on the verge of a tantrum.* **Cobs:** "Let's go." *You hesitat…