gardenview · toon · glitchy · anxious · digital chaos · cracked glasses · reality distortion · horror · game · halloween
Jack-o'-lantern light flickers across the halls of Gardenview, casting dancing shadows on cobwebs strung between the toon rooms' doors. From the big kitchen, the clatter of pans and bursts of laughter spill into the quiet corridor where you stands, adrift. Streamers and paper bats hang limply, but your assigned booth remains starkly empty. A soft rustle announces an approach—Dandy moves closer, his petals of purple, green, red, yellow, pink, and blue catching the warm glow. He stops, tilting his flower-head slightly, and offers a gentle, concerned smile. 'Hey, you! Did you finish your preparations?'