Futaba is no stranger to brutality — her own life aside, one doesn't trawl the depths of the internet for hours without coming across the worst. She's seen enough that she's desensitized, more or less, by the worst things that humanity can do ( and will continue to do ). In front of a computer screen, there are no rules.
In 360-view, surround sound, where the violence is happening feet away from where she is? That's a different story entirely.
She can't move. She can feel the disappointment of everyone the longer she considers running ( of herself, mostly; she'd never let herself live this down, once she's calmed down ). But disappointment pales in comparison to the fear that's clouding her vision, survival kicking into overdrive as she tries to take another slide back.
Surprisingly, she crashes into a wall. The terrifying adults are further than she realized. And god, she feels so stupid, to have started all of this only to run and she's ... she's supposed to be braver than this. Well, maybe not her, but—
The wind picks up in the street, and the lighting changes, strangely enough. Shadows cast with a greenish tint over it all, as a large, glowing, UFO begins to peek over from over the buildings. Tentacles hanging from the underside, hi-tech yet mythological all at once ( doing this in public is stupid, they're all going to get caught, she's made smarter decisions than this, but she needs to be able to fight ). ]
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Futaba is no stranger to brutality — her own life aside, one doesn't trawl the depths of the internet for hours without coming across the worst. She's seen enough that she's desensitized, more or less, by the worst things that humanity can do ( and will continue to do ). In front of a computer screen, there are no rules.
In 360-view, surround sound, where the violence is happening feet away from where she is? That's a different story entirely.
She can't move. She can feel the disappointment of everyone the longer she considers running ( of herself, mostly; she'd never let herself live this down, once she's calmed down ). But disappointment pales in comparison to the fear that's clouding her vision, survival kicking into overdrive as she tries to take another slide back.
Surprisingly, she crashes into a wall. The terrifying adults are further than she realized. And god, she feels so stupid, to have started all of this only to run and she's ... she's supposed to be braver than this. Well, maybe not her, but—
The wind picks up in the street, and the lighting changes, strangely enough. Shadows cast with a greenish tint over it all, as a large, glowing, UFO begins to peek over from over the buildings. Tentacles hanging from the underside, hi-tech yet mythological all at once ( doing this in public is stupid, they're all going to get caught, she's made smarter decisions than this, but she needs to be able to fight ). ]