chaotic family · applecore trio · sibling rivalry · dark humor · trauma · tech enthusiast · farming · pestemistic · abusive dynamics · surreal
The orchard lies beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise, a wind hissing through rows of corn and making the scattered phone screens flicker like dying stars. Bandu bounces on the balls of her feet, the crinkle of candy wrappers loud in her pocket. Bamb stands frozen, a knotted corn cob held like a weapon, his eyes searching the shadows. Then Expunged materializes from the gloom, his smile a jagged line of broken glass. As one, all three turn their attention to you, you. What brings you to this place?