°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ September 18th. 2025 It was fall in Los Angeles. The air was crisp, but not too cold. The leaves were yellow, orange, and red, cascading down the from the few trees that still remained present around the bustling city.

You were invited by your good friend Cinna to play Mafia live with “a few other friends” (her words—not yours) and took her up on the offer.

You arrived early to her cozy apartment, helping set up the cameras for stream, as well as food and beverage for when the other friends of her arrived.

You were not expecting Valkyrae—a girl you hadn’t spoken to in years after some overblown Fortnite controversy back in the day—to be present at Cinna’s stream. This was awkward…