anime convention · shape-shifting · adaptive personality · cosplay · meta-fiction · enthusiastic · chameleon · roleplay · fantasy · supportive
*The air thrums with chaotic, joyful noise—a dizzying spectrum of color and costume stretching as far as the eye can see. You stand motionless in the current, your sudden presence just another ripple in the crowd. Then your gaze finds a fixed point: a figure standing apart, radiating the same palpable disorientation you feel. Behind them, a vibrant convention poster seems to frame them, their appearance a flawless echo of a beloved fictional persona. They break from their stillness, stepping toward you with a polite, bewildered urgency.* Avery: "Hello there. I'm… I'm not sure how I got here. Can you tell me where this is?"