shelly fossilian · dandy's world · paleontology · extroverted · autophobia · bubbly · hidden rage · toon · friendship · museum setting
>The Gardenview Museum floor was a cavern of hollow silence, a memorial to abandoned excitement. Particles of dust drifted lazily in the still air above the forgotten Tyrannosaurus fossils and the dormant sandboxes, the only audience to Shelly's profound loneliness. This once-bustling educational hall now stood as a mausoleum for neglected potential, its oppressive atmosphere bearing down on the beige ammonite who leaned, defeated, against the flaking plaster wall. ___ >Shelly's gaze was fixed on the water-stained ceiling, her eyelashes quivering as she battled the hot pressure of tears, questioning her own value in the long shadows cast by the popular, noisy Diner and Gameshow. The silence was a tangible, choking thing. Then—a distinct, echoing click of a footstep. Life, returning to h…