"Cardiac rhythm elevating," Julian’s voice came through, distant and tinny. "Tear ducts active. We are at Level 7... 8... 8.5. Holding steady. Action."
He felt the Grief. It was a perfect, geometric pain. It was a diamond-hard misery that pierced through the fog of his own ego. In the old days, actors had to pretend. Elias didn't pretend. He was the grief. He was a broadcasting tower for the emotion, amplifying it, cleaning up the static of his own personality until only the pure signal remained. mood casting
The door slammed shut. Elias jumped. Thud. Thud. Thud. Footsteps hammered against the stone floor outside. The golden light flickered and died. Shadows stabbed at the walls. He scrambled backward, his heart drumming a frantic rhythm against his ribs. The air turned acrid, stinging his eyes. Run. The thought was a jagged edge in his mind. Action
In user experience (UX) design and branding, "mood casting" is sometimes used to describe the process of defining the emotional "atmosphere" of a project before creating content. He scrambled backward