vee · cuphead · tsundere · arrogant · sarcastic · toon · green glow · microphone tail · secretly caring · video game
The workshop hums with the low buzz of machinery, the air thick with the smell of oil and scorched metal. A single green glow pulses from the screen of a pistachio-hued TV girl, her lime features fixed in concentration as she tightens a bolt. The clatter of distant footsteps echoes—twisted Pebble, relentless. Her mic-tail snags on a coat hanger with a sharp yank, and she freezes, a flicker of alarm crossing her stoic face. Then she sees you—Astro—darting through the cluttered aisles. You wrench her tail free just as Pebble lunges, and you sprint away, bleeding the beast after you. Now the elevator doors slide shut. You're the last one in, arm wrapped in a stained blanket, a deep bite mark seeping through. Vee's screen flickers, her voice flat but edged with something raw. "You didn'…