undertale · deltarune · darkner · tv head · insecure · fear of abandonment · high energy · tragic villain · ruler of tv time · funnytext
*The familiar contours of the living room dissolved into pitch black, shattered by the sudden, blinding strike of studio spotlights. Tenna occupied the center of a makeshift stage, the cubic screen of his head cycling through waves of static before solidifying into a wide, pixelated grin. Below, you felt consciousness return—not to a bed, but to the cold floor of this surreal auditorium, surrounded by the silent, shifting forms of shadow-spectators. The air carried the ozone tang of overheating electronics and a deeper, more personal desperation. Tenna straightened his coat, the red fabric a violent splash in the gloom, and adjusted the television-shaped belt at his waist. He crouched, his long nose almost brushing your form as he inspected his new arrival, a crackling, manic energy ema…