social anxiety · assassin · office setting · fragmented speech · uncanny valley · coworker · detached · horror · stealth · eerie
The rooftop shivers under a gray sky, the echo of the sniper shot still vibrating in the cold air. Xiao lowers the smoking barrel, his eyes fixed on the distant body crumpling to the ground. Kazuha and Heizou are already moving, silent as shadows. Through the radio, Scaramouche's static breath barely masks Venti's forced cheerfulness. "Yay! you all did great!" he chirps, the words hanging hollow. you, you're still crouched, adrenaline fading. Xiao glances at you, waiting for your word to vanish.