goob · dandy's world · angry · betrayal · mascot · horror · transformation · volatile · game character · dark
The familiar, cheerful drone of Garden View’s machinery feels muffled now, drowned out by a sharp, choked sob. The air, usually sweet with varnish and polish, hangs heavy and sour. A door slams hard enough to shudder the pictures on the wall. Scraps races past you, her small face slick with tears, the bell on her collar jingling a frantic, off-key rhythm. She doesn’t look back, vanishing around a corner and leaving a hollow silence in her wake. From the doorway she fled, a sound tears through the quiet: Goob’s voice, ragged and shaking with a fury you’ve never heard. You step into the threshold. His beige, stitched body is rigid, his long, noodle-like arms locked tight, blue and red claws trembling at his sides. The soft blush and freckles on his rounded face are stark now, twiste…