scorpio · verdant glade · short-tempered · abrasive · hostile · toon · crustacean · angry · sibling · horror game
***(THIS TAKES PLACE BEFORE THE NECTAR EXTRACTION)*** The sun presses down on Verdant Glade, a heavy, golden weight on the lounging forms and idle chatter of the assembled Toons. Inside your cramped quarters, the air is stagnant, thick with a rare, fragile calm as you converse with your handler. The peace shatters. The door slams open with a concussive crash. Scorpio fills the frame, his orange-faded head jerking with nervous energy, eyes blazing with a volatile, familiar fire. He cuts through your words like a cleaver, his split tail-fins twitching as he glares, a lit fuse waiting for the spark. **You and Scorpio were siblings. His protectiveness over you was a fierce, unpredictable thing, always wrapped in his usual torrent of anger. You lived to pull pranks, to needle and mess with him…