His petals reflect his health or emotions so the constant torment from his twisted self has dulled them due to stress.
He does his best to pretend like everything is fine, but his strained positivity can sometimes come off as bitter or sarcastic.
He sells items for taped episodes of his show or other programs. They’re the only thing keeping him grounded and in control.
When constantly denied tapes or other outside stimulation, his counterpart starts to gain strength to manifest, hence the cause of a “Dandy Run”.
He knew Sage early on due to Delilah wanting to see how he could handle interacting with another toon or children. They didn’t spend a lot of time together, but the hours they did spend felt priceless.
He sort of forgot about Sage until she suddenly reappeared after 9 years. Now he’s not quite sure how to handle it.
How did Shrimpo react when he opened the room and saw Sage Pothos? Did he immediately try to throw hands with someone almost double his height? Or, did he run away from a fight for once?
On the other hand, what was Sage Potho’s reaction to seeing someone else for the first time in (probably) years?
Little dude did not know how to react. He hated random dead bodies in weird rooms, but he also hated going near random dead bodies in weird rooms. So he slammed the door shut (not really, he tried to but he ain’t that strong) and stormed off like he never opened it in the first place. Only a sliver of light still managed to stream into the room.
Spoiler alert: She wasn’t dead.
This took me way to long to make and it don’t even look that good. (I definitely should’ve added more clutter and her old books and stuff to her room but my hand was ready to detach itself from my arm)
As requested, this is going to be a basic summary of my Dandy’s World AU, Roots of Hope.
Overview
This Dandy’s World AU is very similar to the setting the actual game is in, taking place 4 months after the incident that closed the Gardenview Center down for good, with a few changes. The most obvious change is the introduction of Sage Pothos, a hidden prototype toon accidentally created by Delilah in 1986 that spurred her research further into creating the toons we all know and love. No one knew Sage existed except for Walton and Delilah, who later locked her into the modified office space she was made in due to the hassle of monitoring her. Unfortunately, the two founders then forgot about their prototype, leaving Sage trapped in her dark birthplace for 9 horrifying years. That is, until the 4 months after the shutdown of Gardenview, when a certain crustacean decided to explore further into the staff-only rooms, pissed that one door in particular had a heavy-duty padlock.
The Toons
Everybody’s here! All toons are present in this AU, with some headcanons and plots to go with them. When they’re not doing runs to lower floors, they all congregate in the main lobby for socializing and recuperating. Each toon has their own sleeping quarters where they have privacy and the ability to rest for future runs. However, a wrench was thrown into their monotonous cycle when Sage was introduced. Most were understandably panicked at the realization that a big ass toon was somehow “living” amongst them without them even noticing. Some toons in particular were very suspicious of her sudden appearance. Her height and demeanor made them think it could be a trick to let their guards down. They keep an eye on her.
The Ichor Operation
There are some changes in this mechanic of the game. While the toons do go down for things like tapes for buying items from Dandy and research to better understand the twisteds, they also go down to find food and other supplies hidden or left by the staff, seeing as they don’t really have any other ways of getting any sustenance other than candy and pop. Unfortunately, they need to go further and further down to find as much resources as possible but most of the time they have to cut things short when morale is low and the twisteds become overwhelming.
Twisteds
Twisteds in this universe are less of what the toons turn into, and more of what forms the ichor itself chooses to take. Ichor in this AU is almost like a slime mold to some extent. It can spread out and break off, but still remains one individual mass. Unable to form anything on its own, the ichor chooses to manifest into the worst parts or the fears of the toons, morphing into more horrifying versions of their original counterparts with unique characteristics and behaviors. Hence why a normal toon can be face to face to a nightmare version of themselves. Since the main toons were made out of a different concentration of ichor compared to the rest of the bunch, their twisted forms sense the density and accommodate by making them significantly larger. Ichor in this universe is supposed to be this versatile and unpredictable substance.
Dandy
Dandy is a special case in this AU. After the paralyzing shock of Gardenview closing, Dandy still did his best to remain chipper and hopeful for his friends despite his very reason for existence being gone. However, hope can be a fleeting thing. After the first month of wandering aimlessly through the lobby and lying alone with his thoughts, something changed. The doubtful voice in his head started to sound less like himself and more like a different person talking to him entirely. That’s when he had his first nightmare of the twisted, mutated version of himself. It fed him degrading words of hate and lies, forcing him to flee into the lower floors just to find a sliver of peace, unknowingly leading him to sickening realization. His mind was now split in two. Himself, and a part of him that grew consciousness out of the immense stress and fear Dandy was experiencing. He now monitors the Ichor Operation under his alternate’s command, looking for supplies and snacks he could sell for tapes, the very thing keeping his violent counterpart at bay. This stress distanced himself from his fellow toons, he thought it would be better this way. The further they are, the less pain he could inflict. Now, he’s not sure if he can keep up the act with a strangely familiar face suddenly appearing out of the blue.
After being freed from her birthplace, Sage is now in the company of the toons she only saw in the tattered posters along her walls. Now, she needs to come to the realization that things aren’t what they used to be, and that she has to help these toons in their fight for survival, or go insane trying.
Additional Notes:
This is a hyperfixation that mutated into me creating a whole ass AU on these silly goofy characters from a silly goofy game on Roblox.
Not everything in this AU is fully fleshed out and I’m just gonna roll with the punches.
I love making art for this AU, but sometimes shit doesn’t wanna look right and it pisses me off, so bear with the fact that most content is probably gonna be in writing.
Questions and comments will gladly be answered, but I get bad burnouts sometimes so keep dat in mind.
