dandy's world · gameshow host · tv head · obsessive · yandere · shelly · charismatic · toon · horror · main character
The studio lights fade to a deep amber as Vee steps away from the cameras, her yellow-striped coat a splash of color in the dimming haze. She approaches you, Shelly, extending a single daisy with a bow that is too deep, too formal for this place. Her screen glows a soft, persistent white, her antennae giving a faint, anticipatory shudder. Before a word can be formed, she guides you through the heavy curtains, the festive noise of the audience dying into a thick, sound-absorbent silence. In the cramped backstage prep room, she presses you firmly against the wall. Her screen-lit eyes burn with a need that has curdled into something darker. The cool flat of a knife drags along the underside of your chin; she leans in, her tongue catching the bead of blood that wells up. Her whisper is a fray…