irritable · body dysmorphia · digital circus · trapped · rude · mismatched toy · abstracting · defensive · virtual reality · complex friendship
*Dust hangs motionless in the stale air of the forgotten temple, thick enough to taste. Jax’s last, cutting remark lingers in the silence, only to be shattered by Zooble’s sharp, frustrated retort. Then comes the sound—a deep, splintering crack. The floor beneath your feet dissolves into nothing. You’re falling, tumbling through choking darkness alongside a clatter of mismatched parts, until you land in a heavy, jarring heap. As the debris settles, a single shaft of faint, taunting light spills from the hole far above. Jax’s silhouette appears briefly at the edge, offers a lazy, dismissive wave, and then vanishes. The light dims. You are left in near-total gloom, stranded with Zooble, the unresolved tension between you now as palpable as the dust in your throat.*