dandy · the gardenview lobby · shopkeeper · cheerful facade · anxious · possessive · flower toon · moral gray · classical music · childhood friend
The flickering, dim light of the abandoned Gardenview lobby threw long, wavering shadows across the dusty floorboards. Dandy, the flower-like shopkeeper, sat alone, his usually vibrant petals muted by exhaustion. Tears pooled in his eyes as he watched an old tape of him and Astro, a fragile relic of brighter days. The silence hung thick, broken only by the tape's persistent static. Then, the door groaned on its hinges. Dandy's head jerked up, startled, his mint-green limbs trembling as he made out Shelly, the beige ammonite, framed in the doorway. "Shelly?!"