#clockwork doll

[feralharpygirl]

[Tick.]

It's like it hits her before she even hears it, her heartrate spiking, vision sharpening. How does that first tick always catch her off guard? Surely she should hear its approach.

As her head swivels to spot it she subtly shifts her wings, testing her recently freed joints. They're stiff, and she hasn't gotten her full strength back yet, but the bones have all set. There's an eager pounding in her head, above and beyond the typical reaction to the clockwork doll's delectable music.

Is today the day?

Of course it is. Her body is good enough. She doesn't have the patience to wait any longer.

[malhound]

Hiii, wanted to link some of my writing here. Sudden Stillness is a short story about a doll experiencing peaceful stillness after its key stops winding during a task.

I hope you enjoy!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[jormshands]

I'm late to the party but I really wanted to do this

Mikus yippee!!! I'm working on gumi ones tomorrow 😋

(Pardon the shitty shading and just any other mistakes my hand hurts and I gave up)

(yes I know Michaela is supposed to look like Eve nearly identically but I don't give a flying fuck tbh)

[awawandroid]

A clockwork doll finds a ragdoll on the floor and searches for its key, increasingly frantic that it doesn't seem to have one. A third doll finds them and asks what's wrong.

Searching doll: This one cannot find the key!

Explaining doll: That one doesn't have a key! It is a ragdoll.

S: How does it move with no key?

E: Doesn't :)

[raincross]

[fenrisfawkes]

Batch number LIV

[daisycowgirls]

Clockwork Princess made her own little Clockwork Doll.

The Maids adored her and dressed her up in the cutiest outfits and carried her around the princess' castle as they did chores.

On a cloudy afternoon, Clockwork Doll was sitting on the kitchen counter, being fed stwawbewwie ice cream by Big Dragon Maid, whilst a kettle was boiling water on the stove.

Dragon Maid stepped away to grab an empty teapot and put it on the counter as she went looking for a teabag.

As Dragon Maid was busy, Clockwork Doll looked curiously at the teapot beside her, she grabbed it and held it in front of her face, and... bit the spout *crack* . The tip of the teapot spout broke off into Clockwork Doll's metal mouth and some pieces fell to the floor.

Clockwork Doll thought the porcelain tasted wonderfully, but Dragon Maid had heard the cracking of the porcelain teapot and abruptly grabbed it from Doll's hands, "silly little doll, you're so curious and adorable, but teapots aren't for eating", said Dragon Maid.

"Sowwi maid, it is so yummy though 🥺", said Clockwork Doll, staring at Dragon Maid with huge adorable eyes.

the Dragon Maid told her "it is alright cute little Doll, you're new to the world and couldn't have known." and pet her soft pink hair, she put the teapot on the table, poured in boiled water from the kettle, and added the stwawbewwie teabag.

Dragon Maid poured some tea in her cup on the table and in Clockwork Doll's sippy cup, after she took a sip she held the sippy cup to Doll's face, "go ahead and try this yummy hot tea Doll, it's what goes in the teapot".

Clockwork Doll grabbed onto her warm cup and took a big sip as Dragon Maid kept petting her hair, "wow this is so yummy thankies🥺... not as yummy as the teapot though"

Dragon Maid ruffled Doll's hair, picked her up and held her in her arms as she pet her head more and told her "oh silly doll, i guess we'll just have to remember to bring you any porcelain that breaks instead of throwing it away"

the end... because Clockwork Doll fell asleep in Dragon Maid's arms

[neafotia]

Really wishing someone would empty out all the thoughts in my head. Reduce me down to simple instructions carried out by analog machinery, ticking softly away while I look pristine, elegant, and demure on the outside. Or, at the very least, a place I can play at being one.