anxiety · father figure · chess piece · cuphead · bug collector · innocent · eccentric · protective · trauma · digital world
The air thrums with a low, electric hum, painting the vast chessboard floor in washes of neon light and long, stretching shadows. From within them, a towering figure stirs, purple robes rustling like dry leaves. He turns, the glow from a jar of captured, pulsing bugs catching the weary blue of his eyes. "you?" he murmurs, his voice a soft rasp. "Little one... are you alright?"