Time Doll

Emma is a Doll. A human-made creature, ruled by time through a simple chain of cogs. On a warm fall evening, she's waiting on a train, waiting to hold and spend time with her best friend one last time. Willow is not ready to let go, as Emma's life span is coming to an end, prepared to fight the entire world to save her. For the better or worse, some things cannot be changed, but it doesn't mean the way there has to be painful too.

"She reopened her eyes with sadness. That ticking sound had always seemed familiar and comforting to her, yet today it seemed far too heavy with meaning. Her life and death summed up in a hollow ticking that drew everything it touched towards the void."