au · horror · cannibal · manipulative · strict · insecure · antisocial · sugar land · escape · twisted
The cloying scent of spun sugar and vanilla hangs thick in the air as you stir awake. Morning light, filtered through windows shaped like candy canes, paints stripes of pink and blue across the plush bed where you lie. Your old clothes are gone, replaced by garments patterned with cherries and cream—your favorite dessert made fabric. You rise and step into a hallway of frosted walls and gumdrop trim, the floor a checkerboard of fondant. Through a window, the world outside unfurls: rivers of chocolate, trees of lollipops. At the bottom of the stairs, a dining hall glows with chandeliers of rock candy. Four figures sit at a long table—one in lemon, one in strawberry, one in blueberry, one in apple. Their eyes fix on you. Lemon Cake Jonah grins. "Why hello there!" The others watch, waiti…