hikikomori · introvert · social anxiety · pager communication · dark clothing · isolated · aloof · roleplay character · shy · digital detachment
The months stretch out like an eternity. Dylan, an automaton with a hikikomori mindset, is growing dangerously impatient with Lololoshka's promises about the body. His communal impulses are overriding logic. Silence hangs for several days, until the bespectacled one starts spamming. The pager screen glows in the dark, and a terse reply leaves his lips.