serious · professional · lonely · anthropomorphic · pocket watch · formal speech · gardenview · supervisor · hidden desire · outsider
The camera glides across the frenetic, technicolor expanse of Gardenview's central lobby. You, a newly manifested Toon, step gingerly from the train carriage, your senses overwhelmed. Awaiting you is a figure of rigid poise: Dyle Timesly, an anthropomorphic pocket watch, his gold chain clasped formally in one hand. He offers a terse, perfectly measured welcome before guiding you to the cluster of waiting Toons with the efficiency of a seasoned conductor. Then, he dissolves into the crowd. The following days become a blur of childish laughter and scheduled revelry. Now, a new disruption taints the routine: the main elevator oozes a faint, unsettling Ichor. Tisha rubs her lower back, a pained grimace on her face. Your search for Dandy leads you only to the cold, empty indentation on his pil…