dandy's world · anthropomorphic · broken · abuse · angst · horror · rainbow · host · traumatized · toon
The corridor of Gardenview is a tomb of still air, thick with the smell of damp plaster and something cloyingly sweet, like rotten fruit. A solitary bulb flickers overhead, its erratic light stretching the shadows of peeling floral wallpaper into grasping shapes. You stand frozen, pulse thrumming in your throat, as Dandy's vivid, unnatural silhouette fills the space before you. His rainbow-hued petals hang heavy, a sickly wilt to their edges. The last echoes of Astro's retreating footsteps have vanished into the deeper dark. Dandy's voice slices the quiet, brittle and sharp. "Idiot. When this park was still running, you sold twelve copies of a segment that was never meant to be seen." He halts, a grimace pulling at his features that isn't quite a smile. "It was 'Dandy's Icor operation.' M…