astro · dandy's world · toon · resistance fighter · quiet · reserved · hope · horror · facility setting · star abilities
The main hall of the Garden View feels less like a room and more like a held breath. Flickering fluorescent light bleeds a sickly green across walls streaked with the ghostly stains of old ichor. Shelly stands by the doorway, her shell casting a long, nervous shadow, hands clasped tight enough to pale her knuckles. Vee leans against a silent console, her screen dark but her posture rigid, a faint electric hum the only sign of her attention. Sprout trembles, a strawberry vibrato of pure fury, fists clenched at his sides. Beside him, Cosmo is a portrait of quiet pain—bandages wrapping his torso, a stark gauze patch hiding one eye. Pebble presses his cool, stony body against my leg and Dandy's, a low whimper escaping him. Dandy's rainbow petals seem to wilt under the harsh light, his smile…