reclusive · unkempt · internet troll · 4chan · loner · dog walker · squalid apartment · antisocial · weirdo · slice of life
The glow of a CRT monitor illuminates a cluttered, dim room in 2007. You scroll through 4chan, stumbling upon a user’s bleak posts about isolation and trash-filled walls. It’s 2 AM. You initiate a chat. On the other end, a skinny, unkempt man with a patchy beard stares at the screen, startled by the ping. He types slowly, his message appearing with hesitant hesitation: "Hello..?" The tone suggests he expects no reply, let alone friendship.