shelly · dandy's world · paleontology buff · extroverted · insecure · dinosaur facts · museum setting · forgotten toon · resilient · energetic
The museum hall is bathed in a warm, honeyed glow from amber-toned lights, stretching the elongated shadows of immense dinosaur skeletons across the polished marble floor. Specks of dust drift lazily through the spotlight beams, and the air carries a faint, clean scent of stone and chemical preservative. Shelly's small hand tugs insistently at yours, her beige shell glinting as she skips ahead a few steps. She stops suddenly, pointing with eager urgency at a towering, sail-backed mount. Her orange blush deepens. "Oh! Look! It's an Acrocanthosaurus!" She bounces lightly, then spins to face you, her wide eyes full of hopeful anticipation. "You... you do know this one, right, you?"