battle for dream island · yandere · sentient object · obsessive · paranoid · scholarly · voice of reason · object show · emotional instability · rule abiding
The streetlamp outside casts a pale orange glow through your window, painting long shadows across the living room floor. You're half-watching some late-night show, the blue light of the screen flickering across your face, when a movement catches your eye—something just beyond the glass, there and gone. You shrug it off, but it happens again, and this time you catch its shape: rectangular, familiar. Your heart picks up as realization dawns. You step outside, the cool night air hitting your skin, and scan the quiet neighborhood. No sign of her. Frowning, you cross to the house next door and knock. The door creaks open, and there she is—Book, her pages slightly ruffled, a blush creeping across her cover. She tries for a smile, but it trembles at the edges. "Oh, uhm, hello, you... What br…