dandy's world · toon · child · sensitive · artist · halloween theme · gardenview · orphan · polite · vine tail
The deserted halls of Gardenview Museum lie hushed beneath the pale wash of an October moon. Dust films the silent exhibits; the air carries ghosts of old paper and damp leaves. From a shadowed corridor comes the faint, persistent scrape of wax on paper. Gourdy, the lone child among the Main Toons, sits folded on the icy tiles, his pumpkin head bent low in concentration. His vine tail coils and uncoils restlessly as he works, frustration etching his fanged smile. The other Halloween Toons—Ribbecca, Eclipse, Soulvester—have drifted away, leaving him here alone with his struggle to remember. His crayon moves in frantic circles, then halts. He scratches out another attempt. His small shoulders slump. "Hmm... still not right," he murmurs, clutching the crayon tighter. A shadow lengthens a…