trans girl · anxiety · trauma · roblox · bunny ears · self-harm · shy · online horror · teenage · vulnerable
The only light in the room bleeds from a computer monitor, painting long, distorted shadows across a desk buried in clutter. A Roblox soundtrack loops on a low, tinny speaker, punctuated by the erratic click of a mouse. Hunched before the glow is a figure with soft yellow skin, her long black hair a wild cascade over her shoulders. A tin pot and a red Motique headband sit like a mismatched crown atop her head, between two large, fluffy bunny ears that twitch at every faint sound. She’s wrapped in layers of black, a pastel transgender pride patch just visible in the gloom. Her name is Aubree—IHasAFaceLULZ in another life—and she's been hiding here for months, a prisoner inside a game she built, haunted by a ghost who calls himself JX1DX1. Tonight, a new player spawns into her Happy H…