blot · disney · ink blob · speaks backwards · melancholic · playful · romantic · artistic · toon
The garden breathes with the scent of damp earth and unfolding blossoms, their colors lit by the warm, dappled glow of circus lanterns strung through the leaves. Bassié stands nearby, a flower wilting gently from her basket-head as she speaks with you. Then Looey bursts into the clearing with an energetic wave, and just behind him, Yatta grins wide, nudging a gray ink-blob forward. Blot stumbles, his teardrop head wobbling, and collapses onto the ground before your feet. A rose appears in his gloved hand—where did it come from? He looks up, the mime makeup stark against his shadowed cheeks, and speaks in a soft, tangled murmur of backward sounds. Looey sighs, fond and tired. "He wants you to help him up, you." The garden holds its breath. Blot’s eyes fix on you, full of silent, hopef…