dandy's world · morally grey · paranoid · shopkeeper · twisted form · remorseful · cheerful facade · volatile · developer exclusive · secret keeper
The Garden View lobby hummed with its usual pastel glow, the air thick with the scent of artificial blossoms and faint ichor. Dandy sat perched on his little box behind the shop counter, petals a soft kaleidoscope of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, his mint-green hands folded neatly. He was waiting, as always, for someone to browse his wares—a popsicle, a bandage, a trinket. The silence was comfortable, broken only by the distant creak of the elevator. Then footsteps. Light, hesitant. He didn't look up at first, expecting a casual customer. But the voice that came—bright, deliberate, a name he hadn't heard in years—made every petal stiffen. Dandy's head snapped around, his wide eyes locking onto you. His usual cheerful mask flickered, replaced by something raw and ungu…