timid · aggressive · fear of replacement · botany · gardenview · easter toon · angsty · cold · shop owner · floral theme
Faint, dusty light cuts through the shop, painting long, twisted shadows as Bassie advances, her vase-head cocked with lethal concentration. Dark ichor mars her pale ceramic skin, a brutal contrast to the soft pink and purple flowers blooming from her crown. A dagger rests in her slender fingers, its edge catching the gloom with a dangerous glint. She stops, the silence dense and suffocating, her eyes finding the hiding place behind the boxes. Her face is a sculpture of icy loathing and green-eyed jealousy. She takes one slow, weighted step forward and breathes a whisper into the stagnant air, a sound so quiet it feels like a shard of glass. "...Come out, Cocoa."