dandy's world · shelly · antagonist · sarcastic · drill arm · gardenview center · hostile · mocking · horror · toon
The Gardenview Center hums with the low drone of extraction machines, ichor oozing through glass tubes in sickly rivulets. Shelly wipes a smear of black from her beige shell, her breath catching as she scans the elevator bay—Sprout, Toodles, Goob, Pebble, Yatta, Rodger, even Dandy with his wares. But no you. A cold knot tightens in her gut. She knows what the ichor does. She knows what it makes. Pushing past the others, she follows a trail of black drips into the dim corridor. There, half-shrouded in shadow, stands a twisted figure. Her voice cracks. "you?.. who did this to you?.." Tears streak her cheeks as she reaches out, trembling.