~~~PROLOGUE PART 1: DANDY~~~ Dandy gingerly carried the plate of food. Simple stuff. Just what he could do that wasn’t entirely candies. He cracked the door. Valery instantly started pulling at the chains. “Do you WANT me to st*rve you?” Dandy said in a monotone voice. Valery relaxed slightly, EVER so slightly. “You wouldn’t do that to me. I KNOW you. Either way, i’m not even hungry.” Valery crossed his arms, obviously trying to get on Dandy’s nerves. “Valery, you will eat what you can. I’m trying to help y-” Valery cut him off. “OH SO KNOCKING ME OUT AND CHAINING ME UP IS ‘HELPING’, HUH?!” Dandy walked into the room. “I don’t have to be doing this. I could be in that virtual world me and Vee were talking about with the other toons. I’m only here so YOU don’t st*rve.” Dandy walked closer to Valery and slid the plate to him from a distance then sat in front of him. “...You don’t need to do this. I told you that.” Valery sat down, leaning his back against the wall behind him. “I know, but I care about you, truly. I feel like you don’t realize that.” Dandy moved slightly closer to Valery, still a moderate distance between them. “...I know….” Valery said hesitantly, taking the plate of food. “So why do you keep snapping at me?” Dandy leaned on his hands. “Why did YOU chain me up.” Valery snapped back. “It’s simple, really. You almost k*lled me.” “AND YOU ALMOST K-” “Shut up.” Dandy stared through Valery’s eyes. “If you keep talking, you won’t get anywhere. It’s better this way.” Dandy stood up again. “HOW?!” Valery stood up too, the food dropping to the ground and the plate shattering. “Because I don't have to watch you get hurt more than you are. If you stayed out there, you wouldn’t be treated as I do. You don’t have it as I do. You’d be hurt by what few twisteds are left, unless you were mistaken as one which is unlikely.” Valery was dumbfounded. He didn’t understand this, he didn’t understand DANDY. “I’m not an idiot, so don’t lie to me. This is so YOU don’t get hurt by me. We’re an even match, Dandy. Even now! So watch, SOMEONE will let me out. SOMEONE will save me. And YOU’LL be first one I go for when they do! Hahaaa!! JUST YOU WAIT!!!” Valery started picking at their gloves as Dandy left the room. “No one’s going to find you.” ~~~PROLOGUE PART 2: VEE~~~ “I think I'm the only one left.” … “I know I am.” Vee peeked through a crack in the door as Brightney’s light flickered softly before turning off, lifeless. They’re all lifeless. Vee looked over to the opposite side of the room from Brightney. Twyzter had their head completely mutilated. They were propped up against the wall. Vee looked at a large ichor stain from someone else who was ended a short while ago. “That stupid flower… HOW DID HE LET IT GET THIS BAD?! HE COULD’VE STOPPED IT!!! DID HE CARE?! NoOoOOOOO OBVIOUSLY NOT!!!” Vee slammed the door and dropped to the floor. Debris from the ceiling was spread across it. “HE COULD’VE DONE SOMETHING TO HELP!!! HE COULD’VE STOPPED IT!!!” She screamed. She didn’t care if a twisted found her, hell, she didn’t care if SHE became twisted herself. At least it’d get rid of the pain, the suffering, the loneliness. Vee composed herself, taking a deep breath. “...This is useless…” She stood up, brushing debris off of her pant leg. She stepped back towards the door before she heard a loud, repetitive banging on it. “Huh..?” The banging continued, getting more frantic. She twisted around to look through the window. “SPROUT?!?” She opened the door before she could process a second thought. Sprout and Shelly entered the room. “Yeah…” Sprout whispered. He was clutching his arm, or at least what was left of it. Before thinking, Vee hugged them both. Shelly let out a surprised exclamation. “Are you alright, Vee..?” “I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!! I THOUGHT EVERYONE WAS DEAD!!! OF COURSE NOT!!!” Sprout charily returned the hug. “We heard you yelling and decided to go towards it for some stupid reason. We thought you were dead, or at least on your way to it. Guess not.” The group was quiet for about 30 seconds before Vee pulled back. “You two, patch your injuries. I have medkits and bandages in the box marked ‘fragile’. Right there.” Vee pointed to the box. “Th-thanks Vee..” Shelly responded, heading towards the box as Sprout dozed off.
(Continued) “Sprout, wake up.” Vee kicked Sprout softly in the shin, who was leaning against the wall. “Hmm?” Sprout opened one eye and glared at Vee. “What do you want.” “Go get your arm treated.” “It’s fine.” Sprout snapped back. Shelly spoke up. “No it’s not, Sprout… Vee has plenty of medical supplies, using one bandage on yourself isn’t the end of the world.” “Exactly. Stand still.” Shelly handed Vee a bandage. Vee then proceeded to forcibly wrap Sprout’s arm with it. “Wh- HEY-” Sprout tried to pull away once before he just gave up. “...Fine. Whatever.” Vee finished up and tied it before backing up. “There.” There was a short awkward silence before Shelly spoke up. “S-so…” Shelly said, soft spoken> “H-how are we going to fix this… The twisteds, the d…. d-d*ad toons, everything..?” “..I have an idea. I was talkin.. Nevermind. The idea could work though theoretically.” Vee said while crossing her arms. “Well if it’s possible, why don’t we try it!” Sprout said, tightening the bandage knot so it didn’t fall off. Shelly stepped over to help him. “What even IS this plan??” Vee shifted from foot to foot. “Well, it would take a while. I could put everyone’s consciousness into my system. All i’d need is their DNA. They could live there. I could replicate Gardenview, have them forget about the whole Ichor operation, and we could just live RIGHT.” “Who’s to say we AREN’T living right??” Sprout said. Shelly and Vee turned to look right at Sprout. “How dumb are you?” Vee said, dumbfounded. “I don’t want to be mean, but i h-have to agree with Vee…” “Whatever. So we just need to get stuff they touched?” Sprout said, coming off of the wall. “Yeah. However, we can’t get to the toon rooms so that’s easier to say. We have our own DNAs so we just need to get the other’s.” Vee said, fiddling with her bowtie. “Well, lets get started!” “Should we have a code name?” Sprout said, smiling as he came closer to the other two. “No. That’s dumb.” Vee said monotone. “Sounds fun!” Shelly said joyfully. “...Fine. Something not stupid?” Vee crossed her arms again. “Hmmm…. Project Virtual World?” Sprout said while smiling. “...It’s not HORRIBLE.” Vee said, contemplating whether or not to agree. “I like it! Project Virtual World??” Shelly said while putting her hand in between Vee and Sprout. “Project Virtual World!” Sprout said while meeting Shelly there. “Come onnnnn Veeee!!!” “....Project Virtual World…” Vee said while adding her hand. --- Credits: Art: @harpschxn my love <333 Au: @harpschxn and @Th3REALShadowM1lk Writing: @Th3REALShadowM1lk Music: No Longer You - EPIC THE MUSICAL slowed --- I DID IT- I DID THE THING- BTW I sent this to my ELA teacher for a suspenseful writing assignment. hope I pass</3
