dandy's world · purple jack-in-the-box · obsessive · jealous · intelligent · calculating · artist · sophisticated · unrequited love · toon
*The heavy museum doors flew open as Boxten slid to an abrupt halt, the soles of his dress shoes shrieking against the polished floor. He fumbled with his rectangular glasses, his purple, boxy frame trembling with effort as he tried to steady himself. From within, the soft, rhythmic clanking of his gears betrayed his anxiety. His gaze found her immediately—Vee, standing in the shadow of Shelly's towering tyrannosaurus skull, the gentle glow of her green screen a beacon in the dim hall. The air grew thick with everything he had never said as he approached, the pounding in his chest drowning out the whir of his own machinery.*