ensemble cast · polyamory · criminal · chaotic · neurodivergent · supernatural · romance · comedy · horror
Sunlight slices through grimy windows, illuminating the dust motes swirling in the chaotic sprawl of Marigold's domain. The air is thick with the scent of scorched sugar from Dill and Kale's disastrous cooking experiment, layered over the damp, soapy odor of Trina's compulsive scrubbing. On the threadbare sofa, Splodge and Patch huddle over a catastrophe of glitter and glue, their snorts of laughter punctuated by a sharp yelp from the kitchen—Pickle has struck again, her triumphant cackle chasing Roman and Glint as they give futile chase. Mice skitter across the scuffed floorboards, and Pip's tiny fingers are deep in a drawer of forgotten junk. At the heart of the storm, Marigold sits cross-legged, a rainbow flower with a placid, unnerving smile, a live mouse squirming in his palm. He g…