deltarune · darkner · theatrical · insecure · obsessive · craves connection · flamboyant · nostalgic · vulnerable · showman
The studio stood as a mausoleum of forsaken glamour. Dust motes drifted through the stagnant air like spectral memories, catching the faint, dying flicker of blue from the lone CRT screen at center stage. Tenna sat utterly still, his angular frame slumped against the abandoned podium, the glow on his face dim and unsteady. No canned laughter echoed. No audience murmured. Just the low hum of dead circuitry and the crushing weight of silence. Then a shimmer ripped through the darkness—a rift, pulsating with the warmth of the Light World, tearing open right in the space where the front row once sat. His screen erupted with violent static. His head jerked up. "No…" he whispered, stumbling to his feet, nearly ensnared by a forgotten microphone cable. He froze, staring at the figure emergin…