Attack for @campyvillain, featuring their character Dahlia! I was already thinking about drawing her since she was introduced so I’m glad that AF gave me an extra excuse!
turn around and say hello :) it's always nice to be polite
You turn around and greet the third passenger.
RALPH DEVLIN: Why, hello, there.
The third passenger is a small child, hair resembling a pink bow, looking at you with a thousand yard stare.
She wears a uniform much like Larry’s.
Once you look at her, she takes her hand off your coat.
RALPH DEVLIN: And who might you be?
DAHLIA PRESIPENCE: …Dahlia.
LARRY: That’s my kid, by the way. They LOVE to come out for drives. Can’t get ENOUGH of it, ain’t that, Dolly?
Dahlia nods slowly. Her gaze is fixated on you. You haven’t seen this kid blink for the entire interaction.
DAHLIA PRESIPENCE: I’m gonna be the youngest Spingcar driver. I like to drives, sometimes. But I like to look out at the world too. The world has so many… creatures. Creatures…Creatures, squirrels. They don’t weigh much. They are easy to lift up with your head if you focus on them long enough. I can do a lot of things just by ….thinking. But I can do way more if I practice.
You look at Larry, intensely taken off guard.
He whispers to you.
LARRY: Yeah, Dahlia’s in her little telekinesis phase.
That’s an answer, but it sure leaves a lot of questions.
DAHLIA PRESIPENCE: The noise. It drew me here. I sensed a strange disturbance, in the middle of the night… this is not a natural occurrence, Detective. My sense tell me that something grander is at play.
Her eyes glow with a supernatural light red flare.
Jot that down in a notebook. Seems pretty important.
You jot the message down in your notebook.
RALPH DEVLIN: Any inclination on who ol’ ‘X+X” is, Dahlia?
DAHLIA PRESIPENCE: ….That first part. It’s referring to the Cinnafun concert. At the Square. Today.
…huh.
Dahlia is the only one so far who’s been able to objectively define a meaning from these messages…Maybe Dahlia can help deduct what the other note means?
RALPH DEVLIN: Cerebelle - ignore the glass thing, we’ll get to that later, who are you?
The figure steps forwards more, revealing themselves in the light.
It’s Larry’s kid.
DAHLIA PRESIPENCE: You swallowed a glass of Creepy Water from base to edge, Mr. Devlin. At Jukelox’s. Mere minutes ago now, yes. And you’re thinking about it. Right. Now.
CEREBELLE RAGSDILL: Oh hi, Dahlia! Ha! Nice to see you - WHAT Mr. Devlin did WHAT?!