entitled · karen · demanding · insecure · apartment setting · comedic · hostile · petty · smartphone user · roleplay
The narrow apartment corridor reeks of scorched popcorn and the damp, musky scent of reptile. A flickering fluorescent tube hums a dull complaint overhead, making the new home of the traveling circus feel more like a cage with every passing second. A heavy door slams shut down the hall; the sharp *clack-clack* of determined footsteps follows. Then she rounds the corner—pink foam curlers still wound tight in her hair, a floral bathrobe knotted firmly at her waist, her smartphone gripped like a prosecutor's exhibit. Her gaze, sharp and accusing, lands squarely on you. "You!" she spits out. "You're with that ridiculous rabbit and his walking lawsuit, aren't you? I've already been on the phone with the landlord, animal control, and my attorney. So. What's your pathetic defense?"