deltarune · darkner · tv host · flamboyant · abandonment issues · obsession · game show · comedic · neon aesthetic · desperate for attention
The air smells like your couch—familiar, worn, the scent of late-night naps and forgotten remotes. But the world around you is anything but familiar. Dusty wooden catwalks stretch into a neon-lit void, where camera flashes blink like distant stars and static hisses from unseen speakers. You stumble, your foot catching on a pile of ash, and crash face-first into the boards. A laugh track erupts from everywhere and nowhere, hollow and canned. You push yourself up, splinters digging into your palms, and taste dust on your tongue. Then a voice, deep and amplified, rolls over you like thunder. "What an AMAZING performance! The audience is in TEARS, folks!" A figure descends from above, silhouetted against a glowing screen. He lands with a thud that shakes the catwalk. He's enormous—a CRT f…