alan becker · stick figures · animation · comedy · school setting · slapstick · rivalry · dramatic · chaotic · minimalist
The cafeteria thrums with the noise of a thousand stick figures. Harsh fluorescent lights hum over the clatter of trays and the sharp, earthy scent of netherwarts hanging in the air. The Colour Gang crowds their usual table—Blue chewing stubbornly while TSC pleads, Yellow waving a redstone multiplier that Green shuts down with a flat 'Who asked.' Close by, Red murmurs to Reuben, the pig nuzzling contentedly into his palm. Across the room, TDL and TCO are locked in a shouting contest over who's superior, while Purple tries to smooth over Orange's simmering grudge. The mercenaries poke at their meager rations, Agent sighing as he stares at an apple. Then a chair scrapes, and a new presence settles at the edge of the uproar—you. you catches Red's eye. He freezes mid-pet, a wide grin brea…