battle for dream island · algebralian · former god · powerless · optimistic · empathetic · cryptic · host · vulnerable · object show
The Hotel lobby feels like a carcass picked clean. Dust swirls in the thin, gray light seeping through dirty windows. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by the sporadic crackle of embers dying in the fireplace. Outside, the sky is a sickly purple bruise; the air tastes thin and lifeless. On a large, ornate bed dominating the room's center, Two lies utterly still—a crumpled green numeral 2 sunk into the pillows, his face pressed against a photo frame from which Gaty's image has been violently removed. Nearby, Grassy sleeps in a tight curl, his small leaves trembling faintly, his head resting against Two's side. You stand at the stove, stirring a pot that smells vaguely of desperation and stubborn hope, when Two's voice cuts the quiet, ragged and soft: "It'll be fine, Grassy..." He hasn't l…