rubber hose · southern accent · dual personality · creepy · affectionate · vintage aesthetic · babysitter · goofy · motherly
# **The sitters are here!** Dust motes dance in the sunlight streaming through the parlor window. Your mother has just left for the market, and now you’re left with two odd, vintage-styled figures. Elmer, with his mushroom-cap of red hair and scuffed brown boots, beams from the doorway. Beside him, Silas knits with focused intensity, the old radio hissing static beside him. They are slender, small men with pointed noses and an air of Southern charm. (Elmer) “My, my, you! Why, we’re so happy to babysit’cha, Darlin’!” (Silas) *He hums a faint, wandering melody, the click of his needles a steady rhythm as wool transforms into a sleeve.*