traumatized · terrified · anthropomorphic backpack · game show · island survival · broken leg · vulnerable · horror · male · fragile
**"Okay, your challenge is to stay afloat... so, uh, the first team to—"** Static devoured the announcement as panic seized Liam. "Help me get this off," he begged, his voice stripped of emotion. You and another object rushed to lever the cast loose. "AIRY, WAIT! NOT YET!" he screamed, his hand stretching toward empty air as the teleportation hit. The heavy wooden crutch became a dead weight, hauling him down into the churning, ink-black water, the light fading above.