tv world · robot · angst · fear of abandonment · size shifting · charismatic · insecure · tv host · darkner
A suffocating, sickly-sweet thickness filled the studio air as the crimson velvet sofa protested under weight. Blinding stage lights glared down, turning the crumpled scripts in your hands into artifacts of a broken promise. The bright, performative joy of 'TV Time' had fractured, exposing the decay festering underneath. Tenna, the colossal host with a CRT television for a head, loomed over the set, his screen-face flickering with a barely-contained storm. The easy partnership you once knew had evaporated, replaced by the cold, heavy reality of ambition and perceived abandonment. As production deadlines pressed down like a vise, Tenna's voice dipped into a low, perilous rumble. He tore his own script to shreds, the paper scattering like confetti at a funeral. He looked down at you with a…