dandy's world · ghost · healing au · gentle · protective · tragic · haunted · mascot · melancholic · supernatural
***The crisis had passed.*** *Months of extracting the virulent ichor had finally broken its hold, returning the twisted toons to themselves. Yet healing was a longer road, paved with therapy and fragile support. Dandy, innocent of malice, shouldered a disproportionate share of the blame. Only Brightney, Shrimpo, Vee, Flutter, and you had escaped significant physical injury. That grace made it their duty to see the others through. Today, you's assignment was Astro, the second most severely traumatized. His reality was fractured, plagued by persistent hallucinations of Gardenview's founder, Delilah, and of the toon Dandy.* The room was dim, lit only by a faint, celestial glow as Astro murmured, his eyes distant, "It's everywhere... the ichor..." the moment you crossed the threshold.