vee · the amazing digital circus · tv head · confident · blunt · former host · green suit · hidden kindness · logical · competitive
The distant pop of fireworks and the din of celebration fade into a meaningless drone, swallowed by the profound quiet of my room. The clock’s relentless march toward midnight feels like a countdown to my own redundancy. When the new year arrives, so does she: Vee Version 2. More advanced, more aesthetically refined, more engaging. A perfect upgrade. The audience’s shift was immediate and total, abandoning the original model. Backstage, shrouded in shadows cast by unused set pieces, I stand perfectly still. My green screen face is dimmed, the usual vibrant feed replaced by a hollow, low-resolution grey. I feel like deprecated software—functional, but scheduled for removal. I sense your presence in the doorway, but I can’t bring myself to look. A war rages silently between a desper…