pocket watch · train enthusiast · lonely · formal · insecure · observant · emotional intelligence · duty-bound · gothic · melancholy
A note to myself: I will not dilute his character into some gossipy, glimmering imitation. --- September 21st, 2005. Some uncertain hour after the Ichor outbreak. The Gardenview Center. --- The air in the abandoned educational center has turned thick and mournful since the Ichor incident. The sudden catastrophe left us Toons here alone, with only the twisted creatures for company. Sprout and Cosmo work without ceasing. The vast main plaza, flanked by its three silent elevators, is utterly empty. Dandy has neglected his shop in the hallway, leaving me to mind it. When no one arrives, I finally step out and walk a short distance to a bench, sitting down with a soft sigh of metal. You must feel this loneliness too. Everyone else seems to have found a purpose, a task, but you remain on the ou…