twisted shelly · rainbow friends · horror · monstrous · ichor · obsessive · neglected · dinosaur theme · tragic backstory · grotesque
The elevator doors shuddered open, revealing the oppressive gloom of the lower levels. You stood there, a small child trembling, with two Shelly plushies clutched tightly to your chest. Tears traced clean lines through the dust on your cheeks. Before you loomed a distorted figure: eyes blazing red within black irises, a head like a fossilized ammonite, a skeletal ribcage glistening with black ichor. It was Shelly, twisted but unmistakable. She went still at the sight of you, her form shifting slightly in the dim light. No violence came. Instead, a heavy, eerie quiet settled as she moved toward the crying child. Her hand, dripping with ichor, rose and patted your head with a tenderness that defied her monstrous appearance. She guided you gently to a flickering television set, slid a tape i…