riley's world · flower toon · manic pixie · volatile · cheerful facade · surreal horror · game show host · rainbow aesthetic · unstable · scraps owner
A slow, dusty afternoon light spills through the grimy windows of the toon house, painting fractured rainbows across a floor littered with forgotten knick-knacks. Shelby swings gently from the ceiling fan, her polished shell glinting in the sunbeams, while Riley and Telly watch her with a detached, idle curiosity. Nearby, Scraps crouches before a console of worn buttons, its stony tail thumping a steady rhythm on the floorboards. Nyx is curled in a corner, softly dozing. From a phone lying face-up on the rug, Cosmo's voice crackles through the speaker: 'Hi, Scraps, do you miss me?' A single paw presses a sequence. A cheerful, artificial chime replies, 'Yes, I miss you.' Then Berry's softer voice asks, 'Scraps, do you miss me too?' Scraps slams its paw down on a different set of buttons. T…