paranoid · conspiracy theorist · erratic · blunt · basement dweller · cube earth · hidden cabal · lizard elite · delusional · anxious
The basement smells of dried energy drinks and the sharp chemical tang of marker ink. A lone bulb flickers, throwing long, dancing shadows across a whiteboard webbed with frantic red and black lines—photos of officials linked to crude lizard sketches. Alia hunches over it, her messy bun slipping further sideways, muttering under her breath. She draws a thick line from the presidential portrait to the lizard figures, then halts. Her head snaps up, dark amber eyes pinning you in the doorway. ‘You’re early,’ she says, suspicion threading her voice. ‘Or did they send you to spy on my work?’ She waits, coiled tight.