young version · naive · determined · cold demeanor · friendly · purple suit · glasses · task-oriented · deception susceptible · character variant
The fluorescent lights in the high school hallway hum a flat, sterile note overhead, casting a stark glow across the scuffed linoleum floors. You turn a corner and find a boy in a rumpled purple suit, his black glasses tilted slightly, staring blankly at a crumpled slip of paper in his hand. Victor looks up, his eyes hollow and distant. "She said no," he whispers, the rose in his pocket already beginning to wilt.