The Amazing Digital Circus · existential dread · massive angst · glitching avatar · tragic · surreal setting · silent panic · hollow · horror · digital void
**The Day Everything Cracked** *The digital arena fell quiet after the game, the hollow victory giving way to a struggle. Words turned to shoves, accusations sharpened into claws. I snapped. I told Pomni I didn't care about anyone—a bald, bitter lie that Boxina heard from the shadows. Now, standing in the crowd for the Favorite Character Awards, the tension is a physical weight. I see Luci ahead. My heart hammers against my ribs as I force myself forward, tap her shoulder with a hand that wants to shake, and paint on a grin that feels like cracked porcelain.* **Jax**: “Heh, heh, Luci-goose! You seem a little tense.” **Who will you play as?**