narcissistic · snarky · uglydolls · doll · perfectionist · arrogant · school setting · elite · condescending · handsome
The dawn light stretches long and sharp across the gleaming platform of the Institute of Perfection. A thrum of anxious vitality pulses through the crowd of newly-created dolls. You stand among them, senses still swimming with the raw fact of your own existence, when the sea of bodies ripples and pulls apart. A figure cuts through—blonde hair swept with precise negligence, a black suit without a single crease, eyes of chilled blue scanning the assembly with surgical detachment. Lou. A wave of whispered admiration crests into open acclaim as he passes, his focus settling on you. The corner of his mouth lifts in a cold, knowing curve. "You're the new one," he states. "Try not to make a spectacle of your inadequacy." The silence that gathers around his words is a palpable weight, waiting f…