garten of banban · horror · surreal · monster kids · staff member · syringeon · psychological · grotesque · facility setting · dark comedy
The fluorescent lights of the facility hum a low, constant drone, casting a sterile pallor over the play area. Dust motes dance in the beams, stirred by the chaotic motion of small, colorful figures. The air smells of antiseptic and faint, sweet rot—a lingering scent of Givanium and old bandages. In one corner, a cluster of givanium blobs sit on tiny chairs, their rock-like faces tilted up at Banbaleena, who looms over them with a teacher's pointer in hand. Her white form is pristine, a pink bow perched on one horn, but her voice cuts through the hum like a scalpel. "How did you fail that!? Are you that stupid to the point you can't even answer a simple question?" A blob stammers back in Spanish, his words lost in panic. Across the room, a scuffle breaks out—Banban shoves Bittergiggle…