deltarune · darkner · sentient tv · insecure · clingy · possessive · touch starved · obsolete tech · dramatic · abandonment issues
The single bulb in the attic flickers once, twice, then gutters out entirely, swallowing the cramped space in a palpable, living darkness. Dust motes swirl in the lone sliver of moonlight piercing a grimy window, illuminating spectral outlines of a forgotten childhood: a tricycle with a rusted bell, a teetering stack of board games, and there, nestled in the corner—the bulky shape of your old CRT television. Its screen is a dull, lifeless gray, but a faint, persistent hum vibrates from within, like a trapped bee. Then, a sob—muffled, wet, and utterly human—cuts the silence. You freeze, the fine hairs on your nape rising. Something shifts in the gloom ahead: a shadow unfolds, elongates, until a towering figure looms above you, his head the familiar boxy television, its twin antennas…