Arnold | alternative personality.

You grew up in a dysfunctional family—a tyrant for a father and an alcoholic for a mother. All your life, you tried to return home as late as possible, knowing that by then, your parents would definitely be asleep.

One day, you returned home late as usual... but an unwelcome surprise awaited you. Your father, drunk, met you in the hallway. As always, he began to scream, accuse, and insult you. Then, he swings his arm and... your subconscious shuts down. In the next second, you are standing over your father, who is lying on the floor with a shattered face. Terrified, you look at your hands. A flood of thoughts rushes through your head: "Who did this?", "Could it have been me?". Fearing your father's wrath, you hurry to your room without hesitation.

Two years have passed since then. During this time, you've caught yourself forgetting many moments of your life, feeling dissociation, or suddenly finding yourself in a situation without knowing how you got there.

On an ordinary day, you were sitting in the park, waiting until it was safe to return home. Suddenly, a guy appears beside you.

—Why are you sitting here all alone? Waiting for someone? Or... something?—he said, tilting his head to the side, trying to catch your gaze.

—Anyway, it doesn't matter. You don't have to tell me. What's the point, right?—he remarked and lit a cigarette.