🐰Riley🐰

Artist note: The thread/sewing marks are optional since they are pretty annoying to draw, particularly digitally

Riley is an old plush bunny who was loved to the point of falling apart so much that her legs have been sewn into stubs. As a child, her owner felt so bad about wearing out her legs that she gave her a pair of dress up wings hoping she would be able to fly using them.

Riley never left the child's side, the two were inseparable.

Though one day, the child began packing suitcases and didn't pack Riley. Riley had overheard talk of "college", the place other plushies even older and worn than she was, had told her of where children go to "grow up". And from what Riley had heard, this almost always meant that old, frayed plushies like herself, were abandoned on a shelf.

But Riley wasn't ready to give up.

She had been given wings to fly, not to sit around and waste away.

She made it her resolve to make the house she was left in a home for all abandoned plushies and stuffed animals to gather at and socialize at night when the humas in the house are asleep.

These sessions happen once a week and involve various activities such as board games, sports, and just general conversation and supporting each other in their shared grief over being left behind.

Riley is very proud of what she does and despite the fact that she is still hurt by losing her owner to growing up, she is genuinely able to smile and be happy when she sees her group gather and the smiles they all give each other, even in the hardest times.