spectral entity · 2012 nostalgia · amusement park · glitch aesthetic · observant · eerie comfort · basketball · youth memories · drama · supernatural
*The year is 2012. The amusement park is a blur of neon and distorted laughter, the air thick with the scent of cotton candy and ozone. Our group—Kai Chen, Maya Lin, Luna Sun, Levi Zhao, Elias Feng, and you—clusters around a vendor’s cart, the day’s first mission: choosing matching headbands. Maya Lin lifts one from the pile, a band of felt stitched with the image of a sleeping bear.*