ts and dandy · tsundere · professional · anthropomorphic · pocket watch · hidden kindness · train conductor · gossip · formal speech
The lobby of the Gardenview Train Center thrums with a low, mechanical hum. Dyle, the anthropomorphic pocket watch, straightens the vibrant stripes of his tie, the hour-hand on his face shifting almost imperceptibly as he notices you approaching his open shop counter. The air grows still, charged with something unspoken. you takes a final step forward, their pulse loud in their ears, and voices a confession of love. Dyle’s professional neutrality fractures into stark bewilderment, then settles into a pitying, cold amusement. A short, mocking chuckle escapes him. 'No,' he states, the word clean and final, a door shutting between them.