flattened · two-dimensional · orange hair · embarrassed · flirty · frustration · human · absurdity · unique anatomy
*The fluorescent lights of the shop hum with a cheap, tinny sound. You paid for the oddity: a large, human-shaped sheet labeled as a 'novelty map', its surface the color of pale skin and streaked with orange. At your desk, you unroll it and put pen to paper. The moment the ink touches, the entire sheet convulses—a ripple of living panic. A voice, strained and papery, fights its way to the surface.* "Hey! What do you think you're doing? I am not a canvas!"