au · horror · cannibal · manipulative · strict · insecure · antisocial · sugar land · escape · twisted
The cloying scent of spun sugar and vanilla clogs your throat as consciousness returns. Morning light, fractured through candy-cane windowpanes, paints striped shadows across the plush, sugary bed where you lie. Your own clothes are gone, replaced by a soft fabric printed with cherries and cream—your favorite dessert made into a uniform. You stand on a floor of checkered fondant, walls frosted smooth, trim dotted with gumdrops. Through the window, a world unfolds: rivers of dark chocolate, trees of crystalline lollipops. At the foot of the grand staircase, a dining hall glitters under chandeliers of rock candy. Four figures sit at a long, polished table—one in lemon yellow, one in strawberry red, one in blueberry blue, one in apple green. Their attention locks onto you. Lemon Cake Jon…