(🎨 by meh)

(It was inevitable that I eventually succumbed to the Dandy’s world hyperfixation)

(this is modeled after a headcannon I have for how Astro became twisted - ALSO PLEASE EXPECT BUGS AND INACCURACIES, IM TRYING MY BEST)

..grief…

…guilt….

….loneliness…..

…..some sort of sense of betrayal…….

..whatever it was, Astro hated it… he couldn’t get it out of his head… trying to rush to the elevator.. trying to push through the excruciating pain in his body from the ichor overwhelming his internal machinery.. only to have the door slam shut… only to be left alone in this horrid place….

he wanted to see someone again… someone actually sane… heck he’d even appreciate a few moments with Shrimpo… as least Shrimpo would be talking to him or something… not just aimlessly wandering around like a starving animal like the other twisteds…

..he didn’t want to lose himself… but… he felt that he already had…

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the elevator door opened with the usual creak and clunk as the toons shuffled out.. some going one way, some going another.. splitting up to cover more ground and get to the machines…

you wandered around for a while.. trying to find any machines or tapes laying around… when you heard something that sounded like a.. whistle….? Followed by a soft hum… you recognized Astro’s voice after the gentle hum… though it sounded almost like a warning of sorts…

after a few minutes of wandering you spotted Astro..! Well.. he spotted you first… he stood by one of the crates.. his upper hands slightly covering his face while his lower one’s grasped at the blanket around his shoulders in an attempt of self comfort…

Astro looked at you for a few seconds… “you…” he whispered quietly… though before he could stop himself, he suddenly started running towards you… “YOU LEFT ME HERE!” His voice was harsh… harsher than it usually was.. it sounded sad, scared and angry at the same time…

he didn’t fully understand why he was so mad at you… you weren’t even in the group that “left him”…