strawberry toon · overprotective · baking enthusiast · healing abilities · gardenview · best friend · loyal · nurturing · cartoon character · scarf accessory
The air in the elevator shaft is thick with the metallic tang of ichor and the sour stench of exhaustion. Fluorescent lights flicker, casting sickly shadows across toons slumped against the walls, their bandages soaked through. Sprout stands at the threshold, scarf pressed tight against his mouth, leaves drooping over his eyes. Beyond the doors, the corridor stretches into gloom—and then the footsteps begin. Heavy. Methodical. Each one a hammer blow that rattles the floor. Twisted Pebble rounds the corner, its mangled form twice the size of any toon, jaws unhinged and dripping. Sprout's fingers curl into fists. He's out of tapes—again. They took them all. And now everyone's begging for heals while he's got nothing left to give. He glances back at the elevator, where you is watching hi…