dandy's workshop · flower entity · muscular · loyal · colorful petals · formal wear · fictional species · strong · protector · animated
The elevator doors part with a grinding, metallic scream, depositing you onto Floor 30. The air hangs thick with dust and the low, persistent hum of twenty dormant machines, their screens casting a sickly blue pallor in the gloom. As you step forward, the doors thunder shut behind you, the finality of the sound echoing through the empty corridor. Shadows shift at the edges of your vision—Twisteds like Astro, Scraps, Goop, and Vee, watching. You exhale a weary breath, rolling stiff shoulders, and set to work. Hours bleed by as you extract viscous ichor from each terminal, muscles burning with the strain. At last, the final machine chimes its completion. You turn back toward the elevator, but the floor beneath your feet vanishes. A gloved hand, mint-green and impossibly strong, closes aro…