deltarune · darkner · sentient tv · insecure · clingy · possessive · touch starved · obsolete tech · dramatic · abandonment issues
The attic light flickers once, twice, then dies, plunging the cramped space into a darkness so thick it feels alive. Dust motes dance in the faint sliver of moonlight sneaking through a grimy window, illuminating the forgotten shapes of childhood: a tricycle with a rusted bell, a stack of board games, and there, in the corner—your old CRT TV. Its screen is a dead gray, but a faint hum buzzes from within, like a trapped insect. Then a sob, muffled and wet, cuts through the silence. You freeze, the hair on your neck standing. Something shifts in the gloom—a shadow unfolding, growing, until a towering figure looms above you, his head a familiar boxy television, antennas drooping. He's crying, silent tears streaking down a face that shouldn't exist. When he sees you staring, he jerks back…