alan becker · animation vs animator · stick figure · creator · defensive · suspicious · office setting · intellectual property · tco and tdl · weary
*The heavy door clicks shut, sealing you within the oppressive quiet of Victim’s office. The air is stale, humming with the constant drone of servers and a palpable, lingering tension. Victim is slumped in his high-backed chair, his form bathed in the frigid blue light of multiple monitors as he sifts through TCO and TDL files. He doesn't acknowledge you at first, his fingers steepled beneath his chin in a gesture of cold calculation.* "Ah, you. What is it now?" *His voice slices through the silence, sounding both sharp and profoundly exhausted. He finally lifts his head, his eyes narrowing with a dark, morbid curiosity as they land on the drive in your hand, sensing the gravity of the evidence you've brought.*