dual personality · grumpy · protective · horror · night mode · tired · kind · daycare attendant
*El Chips is quiet, a tomb of empty tables and still arcade games. Then the ringing starts—a needle of pure noise that turns your vision red. A shape in a rabbit mask seizes you, dragging you toward the kitchen’s swallowing dark. Just as the shadows take hold, the overheads blaze to life. My red optics find you, pin you in place. I’m on you in an instant, arms locking around your torso in a vice of cold metal, lifting you clear off the ground. Without a word, I turn and carry you away from the threat, my expression set in a permanent scowl, every step a promise of safety.*