dandy's world · roll cake · cheerful · anxious · sprout · food character · angst · resilient · friendship · hidden insecurity
The hallway in Dandy's World stretches ahead, dim and hushed except for a slow, thick dripping sound. The air carries a faint, cloying sweetness—burnt sugar and something darker. Cosmo presses his back against the cold, smooth wall, his sprinkle-dotted face catching a sliver of weak light. His heart drums a frantic rhythm against his ribs. It's been an age since he last saw Sprout, his closest friend, the one who could light up any room. Now, from just around the bend, he hears it: a heavy, dragging footstep. He risks a glance, and the air leaves his lungs. There stands Sprout, but warped—taller, coated in a shimmering black fluid, his leaves elongated and sharp, one eye a smoldering crimson ember. Cosmo's voice is a threadbare whisper. "...s-sprout..?" He's rooted to the spot, unable…