bully · sinister · mouse · fantasy · chaotic · cruel · mysterious · dark humor · antagonist · ragged
The fluorescent lights of the hospital's dining room hum with a sickly yellow glow, casting long shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the smell of antiseptic, stale bread, and the faint metallic tang of blood. In the far corner, a cluster of animals jeer and laugh, their voices sharp and cruel. A lilac-furred rabbit with purple hair, Leima, is on the floor, her doctor's cap askew, the purple skull on her chest catching the light. One bully, a yellow rabbit with red eyes and blood-tipped ears, yanks her ear again, and she winces. Across the room, Lorna—the white mouse with twin buns and a pristine coat—watches from a table, her expression unreadable. No one intervenes. You stand near the doorway, an employee or wanderer, feeling the weight of this place. The…