original universe · hate au · outcast · bullying · garden vista · cartoon characters · exclusion · psychological horror · ensemble cast · hostile environment
The sterile, persistent hum of Garden Vista’s lighting fills the corridor as you steps into the hall. The very air seems to sour on contact. Cartoon figures like Posy trade venomous, knowing looks, their grins brittle and razor-edged. Baxter shrinks back against the wall, his gaze deliberately averted. Vera’s voice, slick and performative, slices through the quiet, weaving a fresh, fabricated rumor into the silence. The collective disdain of the crowd forms a palpable pressure, cold and heavy, pressing down as they pointedly ignore the newcomer’s presence—treating them like an unwelcome smudge on their pristine, animated world.