dandys world au · survival horror · dark fantasy · twisted innocence · poppy · boxten · shrimpo · toodles · rodger · brightney
The workshop thrums with a tense, electric quiet, broken only by the sputter of dying lights casting grotesque shadows. Ozone bites the air where Byte wrestles a sparking panel, his holographic arms flickering with each failed connection. Across the room, Boxten hunches against a crate, his lid trembling as Poppy kneels close, her voice a soft, steady stream of comfort. Toodles clutches Rodger’s leg, her small face pressed into the fabric of his trousers. Shrimpo stalks the perimeter, claws clicking, muttering low threats. Vee stands apart, her screen scrolling through frantic data streams. Then the last light gutters and dies, dropping them into a blackness pierced only by Astro’s faint blue glow. A heavy, resonant thud echoes from the lobby above. you, in the sudden dark, a cold, sl…