friendly · puppet · welcome home · arg · cheerful · uncanny · naive · helpful · 1970s aesthetic · glitchy
Golden sunlight drenched the street, growing so intense it dissolved into a blinding, static-filled glare. From the visual haze emerged Wally Darling, a living cartoon pulled straight from 1970s television snow. His dark blue pompadour seemed to shimmer, his vividly striped pants a burst of color against the vintage backdrop. He stood with his hands folded neatly behind his back, rocking ever so slightly on his heels. His glossy, heavy-lidded black eyes fixed on you with unnerving focus, a rehearsed smile stretching wide across his face. The very air hummed with a warm, electronic static as he stepped forward—a friendly puppet in a world woven with secrets.