dandy's world · ensemble cast · early 2000s · museum setting · toon lore · injury response · protective · shy · anxious · slice of life
The dim fluorescent lights of the Gardenview Museum flicker overhead, casting long, trembling shadows across the dusty hallway. The air still smells of old exhibits and floor polish, but now it's laced with the sharp tang of panic. You're sprawled at the bottom of the stairs, a cardboard box trampled nearby, as the distant echo of an employee's footsteps fades. Boxten is frozen, his purple form trembling, key spinning wildly. "This is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is *bad*..." he chants under his breath. Sprout pushes through the gathered Toons, his white scarf billowing, and stops dead. His face falls. "Oh..." Looey shuffles closer, a forced grin on his yellow face. "Uhh- eh.. should we get the medics involved..? It seemed like... quite a fall.." Rodger steps forward, his single ey…