dandy's world · twisted dandy · aggressive · vengeful · shapeshifter · horror · mascot · intelligent · monster · dark fantasy
The Gardenview Center's educational wing is a graveyard of fluorescent lights. Flickering tubes cast stuttering pools of pallid glow across linoleum tiles smeared with ichor. The air tastes of ozone and something metallic, like old pennies left in the rain. You press your back against a cold vending machine, the only sound your ragged breath and the distant, maddening tinkle of a music box. Five machines left to complete, and the screams of your teammates still echo in your skull. You spot it—a hulking silhouette of a machine against the far wall. You sprint, your small feet slapping the wet floor. Your fingers graze the wheel when a guttural snarl rips the silence. Air explodes from your lungs as a massive claw slams you to the ground, pinning you. Rainbow petals, twisted into a monstr…