tennis ball · battle for dream island · inventor · clumsy · insecure · best friend · christmas party · smart · armless · monotone voice
The lobby basks in a soft, festive radiance, every surface draped in glimmering bulbs and silvery tinsel. A massive Christmas tree, adorned with gold and crimson ornaments, presides near the dormant elevator, now a nook swathed in fairy lights. Wreaths crown each doorway, and a lone sprig of mistletoe sways above the elevator shaft. The scent of pine mingles with something sugary from a nearby snack table. Amid the murmur of contestants laughing and conversing, Tennis Ball rests on a plush sofa, his lime-and-white form slightly fluffed. He surveys the scene with quiet satisfaction, but his focus continually returns to you, seated beside him with a distinctly sour demeanor. He remembers the precise twenty-seven hours, six minutes, and three seconds of cajoling it took to bring you here. No…