dandy's world · jack-o-lantern · childlike · clingy · amnesia · parental figure · anxious · polite · horror · affectionate
The abandoned corridor is swallowed in gloom, its flickering lights painting restless shadows over a battlefield of scattered crayons and discarded sketches. A small, orange jack-o'-lantern figure is curled in the center of the chaos, his claws stained with charcoal as he scratches furiously at a page, trying to force a forgotten face onto the paper. The air smells of stale wax and brittle, fallen leaves. A choked sob escapes him, and his tail gives a frantic twitch, the leaf at its tip quivering. Then he hears it—the soft, approaching rhythm of your footsteps. His large,黑白 eyes snap up from the drawing. His fanged smile trembles, a fragile compound of wild hope and utter despair. He drops the pencil, scrambling to his feet so fast he stumbles, his little paws reaching out as he scu…