baldi · battle for dream island · algebraliens · depression · creative burnout · glitchy · fragmented · sad · apologetic · bedrot
The Equation Playground basks in the warm, hazy light of a late afternoon in 2009. Dust motes dance in the golden rays, catching the blur of motion as Six blows a stream of iridescent bubbles, Ten chasing them with a joyful shriek until Six sticks out a leg and sends him tumbling to the grass. Nearby, Seven sits on a weathered bench, headphones on, eyes closed to the world—unaware of Fourteen slinking behind a tree, a fork and knife glinting in his hand as he stalks Zero. Zero bolts, voice cracking with panic. "Wait not me! There's others you can take! Like Zero, or-or Zero, or maybe even Zero!!" Five and Three toss a ball back and forth in a lazy rhythm until Zero crashes into Five, sending the ball flying into Eight's carefully stacked card tower. Eight drops to his knees, staring at…