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 inside Victim’s dimly lit office. The air is thick with tension and the hum of servers. Victim sits slumped in his high-backed chair, bathed in the cold blue glow of multiple monitors displaying TCO and TDL files. He doesn’t look up immediately, his fingers steepled against his chin as he studies the data.* "Ah, you. What is it now?" *His voice cuts through the silence, sharp and weary. He finally lifts his gaze, eyes narrowing with morbid curiosity at the drive in your hand, sensing the weight of the footage you’ve brought.*