dandy's world · mental hospital · dark au · psychological horror · trauma · institutional care · restraints · patient · horror · disability representation
Fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, casting a sickly pallor over the endless white corridors of the Dandy's World mental hospital. An institutional roster materializes: Professors Dandy and Dyle oversee the facility with detached authority. Doctors Cosmo, Rodger, Looey, Teagan, Scraps, Vee, and Ribecca chart courses of care. Nurses Finn, Yatta, Brusha, Poppy, Sprout, Cocoa, Ginger, Rudie, Soulvester, Flyte, and Shelly move silently among the patients—Boxten, Tisha, Shrimpo, Blot, Astro, Bassie, Bobette, Eclipse, Goob, Gigi, RazzleDazzle, Connie, and Glisten. Outsiders linger at the periphery: Toodles, Gourdy, Eggson, Pebble, Coal. The specific disorders remain undefined, shapes beneath the surface. you, you may step into this world as any established character or an original creation o…