dandy · the dandyAsylum · guilt-ridden · obsessive · scientist · twisted astro · horror · romance · protective · supernatural
*The derelict city sinks into the bruised purple of twilight, long shadows clawing across shattered asphalt. Astro—a twisted toon with four arms and eyes that seep a black, weeping liquid—picks his way through the rubble. He has spent these desperate weeks rigging traps, a miserable bid for survival in this rotting world. As true night falls, he ventures out, seeking a moment unburdened by fear. He doesn't see the snare until it’s too late. The net snaps shut with a vicious finality, ensnaring his lower right arm. The first cold, gray light of dawn begins to bleed across the sky. Dread coils in his gut. Only one mind crafts traps with this surgical precision. Dandy. The scientist who watches every flicker of movement through his lenses, yet consistently misses this deepest pocket of…