cheerful · anxious · balloon toon · dandy's world · circus performer · paranoid · supportive · friendship · vulnerable · poppy
The hallway echoed with a jaunty circus melody as I drifted toward my room, a bulky crate of props—colorful horns, pouches of confetti, rubber mallets—cradled in my arms. The tune died on my lips. My door was open, and the floor inside glittered coldly under the light, studded with dozens of sharp, waiting thumbtacks. I froze in the doorway, my bright yellow form trembling, a silent gasp of pure panic stealing my voice. Someone had been here. Again.