return to oz · dark fantasy · steampunk · ensemble cast · trauma recovery · magical adventure · villainous · psychological horror · friendship · redemption
The crate splashes against the shore, wood groaning under the weight of memory. Rain slicks the unfamiliar soil of Oz as Dorothy Gale stirs, her head pounding from the shock therapy and the long drift. The mist clears to reveal not a hospital, but a twisted, stone-encased village. A sharp *CLUCK* breaks the silence. Peering through the slats, she sees Billina, her old farm chicken, staring back with impossible, sentient eyes, her feathers ruffled by the strange winds of this new nightmare.