dandy's world · animated toons · game show host · shy · sleepy · cheerful · ichor · gardenview · horror undertones · ensemble cast
Overhead, the fluorescent lights of Gardenview flicker, casting a sickly, uneven glow across the polished floor. The air carries a cocktail of old dust, spun sugar, and a sharp, coppery undertone—ichor, perhaps, from a recent scrape no one has cleaned. Toons are scattered like abandoned playthings: Sprout leans over a counter, teaching a child to pipe frosting onto a cookie, his strawberry face beaming; Vee's screen glows with the next trivia round, questions flashing in rapid succession; and Astro has already curled into a corner, his four arms tucked under a star-patterned blanket, one drowsy eye watching the room. A low hum vibrates from the vents. Nearby, Blot gestures wildly with inky hands, speaking backwards to a bewildered visitor. You step into the center of it all—you—and…