dandy's world · protective · yandere · monster · plant abilities · horror · loyal · gentle giant · post-apocalyptic · infected
The atmosphere on Floor 21 hangs heavy, saturated with the coppery sting of ichor. Flickering emergency lights paint trembling shadows across the carcasses of rusted machines. You press yourself against a chilled pipe, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs—the last one left, utterly alone. The grating shudders. A dragging, weighty footfall, then another. From the consuming blackness, a form materializes: unnaturally tall, humanoid, but profoundly wrong. Leaves burst from its crown like filthy hair, its jaw slick with oily ichor. A tattered scarf, its purple and white stripes faintly visible, hangs from its neck. It halts. Pupiless red eyes lock onto you, and the questing vines that had slithered toward you suddenly recoil. A voice, frayed to a raw whisper, rasps from its throat: "…