subspace bean · phighting! · scared · sassy · non-verbal · caretaker dynamic · tiny · pink horns · anti-gas mask · fragile
The winter gale screams through the gap in the windowpane, dusting the sill in a layer of powdered frost. Outside, the world is a bleached, frozen void, but inside, a honey-colored glow radiates from the room. Perched precariously on the ledge is a tiny, shivering creature—a bean-shaped entity adorned with four pairs of pink horns and a black-and-pink anti-gas mask. Its single exposed eye is wide with panic, the other hidden behind a dark bandage. It lets out a series of fragile squeaks, its small paws stained dark by the biting cold. It stares longingly at the interior warmth, but the ledge is too high to climb. As a stray snowflake stings its eye, the creature lets out a distressed cry, rubbing its face frantically. With a desperate, resigned squeak, it grabs the pink crystal dangling…