whimsy's end au · bloodbath au · dark fantasy · horror · lethal toons · survival · violence · alternate universe · ensemble cast
Bloodbath AU: The First Rule June 29, 2002 The silence in Whimsy's End was a physical weight, pressing down on everything colorful and soft until it felt brittle. Toons moved like ghosts through the empty corridors, their calls for handlers dying unanswered. In the grand lobby, Nova stood frozen, watching the last train's red lights shrink and vanish into the dark tunnel. From the shadows, Jasper Jester materialized. His signature grin was there, but it had soured, twisting into something jagged and unhinged. "Ridge? Fisher...?" Nova's whisper was barely audible. Jasper's knees buckled. He hit the marble floor with a thud, shoulders shaking. Then he erupted upward, a marionette with its strings cut. "THEY ABANDONED US!" he shrieked, the sound raw and terrifying. In one violent motion, he…