#TDOJ A.I.(icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 17 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Sounds of Silence

(TW: Severe injury. Blood loss. Mentions of torture. Swearing. Mr Sandman crashout)

This link has the links to the other parts:

SETTINGS: 4 by 4 grid room(first part). Giant warehouse(second part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Main Four - A.I. - Silencer - Mr Sandman

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

Antsy Antilope-TDOJ(Mentioned)

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

The Prototype

Poppy Playtime

Huggy Wuggy(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs(Mentioned)

Catnap(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman(Mentioned)

Zuri Saldana(Mentioned)

The group entered the room…completely unaware of what was about to happen. Great… A.I. watched silently as they made their way through a 4 by 4 grid of rooms…the rooms all looked different and were connected by halls all had their own little features but had ONE thing in common. A big, metal door. The group continued walking silently before they suddenly heard something…oh god. Not another TV.

A.I.: “Wow you guys really just looooooove being pains in the asses … it’s honestly impressive how long you’ve lasted. Sure it’s only been what a day and a half but still… kinda impressive … anyway, this is the part where we kill you :D”

The group was shocked when a door suddenly slammed shut behind them. Maria angrily looked up at the TV, gripping her bat tightly as Clarance and Handyman were immediately on guard. Caleb put a hand to his ear, listening out for anything unusual.

A.I.: “Hey Lucky, If you survive, mind telling me what Handyman thinks of me?”

Loud stomping was heard before it suddenly came to a stop…Caleb recognizes that stomping from anywhere. That giant toy…they then heard another door open up somewhere…but no sound was heard after that. The group stayed completely silent and so did A.I. … A.I. was being…strangely silent. That’s not normal. Handyman took a step forward, making just the smallest creak when the door behind them opened, revealing a toy…completely black and white. She took a step back before lunging at Handyman who quickly dodged out of the way. The group ran in different directions, making tons of sound which caused Silencer to completely freak out at the amount of noise being heard. The hunt has begun.

A.I. opened up a series of doors for Sandman to get through whilst closing and slamming doors on Maria. Caleb noticed a door opening to Clarance and quickly ran over to him just as Mr Sandman came flying down the hall and eventually slammed his head into a door. He held back a cry, not wanting to alert Silencer while she listened out for the smallest peep. A small smiling critter was crushed under Mr Sandman’s weight as he slammed his fist into a door behind him, just narrowly missing Clarance’s neck. Clarance quickly molded and pushed himself underneath the door just as Handyman walked into the room. The door slammed shut behind Handyman before another opened beside them, sending Silencer in their way. Handyman moved out of the way just enough for Silencer to miss them before running through the open door which then slammed shut again.

A.I. opened another door for Maria just to slam another shut in front of her, she let out an angry yell before suddenly covering her mouth. Silencer came running in her direction and just barely managed to scratch her leg. She let out a pained hiss and ran into another room, just barely managing to make her way past a large, multicolored table. Caleb slowly began to understand what was happening and as carefully as he could, began to walk through the series of rooms and halls, trying to find the exit. Clarance entered the room, trying to get away from Mr Sandman who was slowly creeping down the halls…Clarance didn’t even notice Maria who was running behind him.

Maria was suddenly grabbed by Caleb who made a “shushing” motion at her before pointing at Silencer. It took her a second to realize but she eventually got the idea and nodded. Handyman was going to run over to the two kids but noticed Mr Sandman in the distance. They immediately backed up to a door before…getting an idea.

Mr Sandman perked up as Handyman knocked on the door before charging at the experiment. Handyman dodged out of the way just enough for Mr Sandman to hit his head against the metal door with a pained cry. This made Silencer start charging down the halls after them. A.I. opened up another door to allow her through but before he could see what was about to happen, a bat went flying into the TV. NOT AGAIN!!! He suddenly moved to a different TV that was behind Maria as she ran to go grab her baseball bat back. Handyman continued to use their trick of making Mr Sandman charge at them, just to hit the door. He was beginning to dent them. A.I. noticed that one of the doors looked very messed up from Mr Sandman constantly ramming into it and attempted to open it back up and close it but it only opened half way. What the-!? He BROKE the DOOR! That was the ONLY door leading OUT of the room! Well…besides for the one they entered in but STILL!

Maria saw this and yelled for Caleb to follow after her before charging at the small opening. A.I. then realized what was happening and attempted to close the door shut again but Mr Sandman had managed to crawl his way under it and chase after the two kids into a giant warehouse. A.I. silently watched before switching to a different TV where Handyman was. He was GOING to say something until….

Handyman flipped him off.

…

A.I. immediately slammed the doors shut then opened a VERY clear path from Silencer to Clarance and Handyman. To be honest…he kinda figured that his “Handyman and A.I. brother relationship” was one sided, but that still kinda hurt…

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Maria grabbed onto Caleb and ran behind some crates, hoping the giant beast didn’t see them. Mr Sandman listened out for any sounds…any sign of those two brats. He’s getting sick and tired of them. A WHOLE DAY!? Tsk…it usually takes him SECONDS to get the job done! Maria shifted only a little but but unfortunately that was all Mr Sandman needed to know their location. He perked up and immediately rammed his body into the crates that the two were hiding behind, shaking the walls and floor in the process. Maria and Caleb leaped out of the way of the attack, sending them both plunging to the floor. Caleb stayed down while Maria immediately got back up and began running. Mr Sandman noticed and chased after her.

Mr Sandman: “Look! I don’t wanna hurt yall as much as yall don’t want me hurtin’ you! But I’m just doin’ my JOB so if you would just stay still and let me get ya back to Playcare then that would be GREAT!”

He lunged into another crate that Maria ran behind, sending wood flying in every direction. He was down for a few seconds, feeling disoriented before he finally got back up and continued to chase after him. He was growing angrier and more desperate. Why are they being so difficult!? He’s not gonna hurt them!

Mr Sandman: “Would ya STOP!? I AIN’T GONNA HURT YOU!”

Caleb finally got up and ran one way while Maria stopped and began to climb up the large pallet rack. Mr Sandman growled before jumping as far up as he could to the top of the pallet rack. He shifted his body weight back slightly, forcing Maria to grip on harder. With a grunt he suddenly pushed his legs forward and leaped off of it, sending the pallet rack tipping over. Caleb heard the ruckus and immediately felt around before grabbing something and throwing it at where he assumed Maria was. Thankfully…his judgment was correct as she suddenly caught onto a long, metal pole and used it to safely get back down.

Maria: “Thanks, Caleb!”

Caleb: “No Problem!”

Mr Sandman charged at Maria again with an angry growl but unfortunately missed again, slamming his head into a wall. He let out a pained groan before yelling again, this time sounding even more angry and desperate.

Mr Sandman: “CUT IT OUT!!! IM JUS DOIN’…WHAT I GOTTA TO DO!! Now would you STOP BEING SO DIFFICULT!? DON’T YA KNOW WHAT HE’S GON DO TO ME IF I SCREW THIS UP!?”

…he? Maria blinked in confusion before lunging out of the way of another attack…this time…sending Mr Sandman’s head ramming into a pair of metal bars. He let out a pained shriek as he hit the metal and immediately took a couple of steps back, but his footing was uneven due to his disorientated he was. He looked like he was gonna topple over…He tried to take a step forward over to Maria but fell over, falling face first. He let out a pained groan and slowly pushed himself up, looking around. It was…so blurry…and he was in SO much pain…he almost couldn’t make out the green and dark grey figures that were heading towards the big metal door- WAIT WHAT!? NO!! THEY CANT LEAVE! NOT WHEN HE JUST HAD THEM!!

Mr Sandman let out an angry roar and forced himself up. He chased after the two kids just as they were running into the room that was filled with tons of machinery. He leaped past and around metal machines as he chased after them…. He was SO close to catching them..no more beatings, not more pain, no more torture…

At least…he thought so, before he felt the bone shattering pressure of a machine slamming down on his leg, crushing his femur bone. Mr Sandman let out an absolute ear shattering scream that was heard throughout the entire factory. Everything around the factory suddenly went silent at the sound of his scream, as if listening in to any words he might say. Mr Sandman looked back at the machine with widened eyes before snapping his head back over to the two kids.

Mr Sandman: “WHAT!? NO!!! QUIT RUNNIN’ SO I CAN GRAB YOU!! DON’T YALL KNOW WHAT HES GON DO TO ME!? I CANT GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN!!! NOT AGAIN PLEASE!!”

Maria froze at the sound of his scream before grabbing onto Caleb’s shirt and slowly backing away with him away from the giant, flailing experiment. Mr Sandman attempted to pull his leg from under the machine but the pain was simply too much…He was quickly losing blood but was filled with so much desperation and terror that he almost didn’t notice it, the longer he spoke the more angry his words became.

Mr Sandman: “NONONONO!!! PLEASE!!! GET BACK HERE!! WHY ARE YOU TWO SO….FUCKIN’ SELFISH!?!? CAN’T YA’LL SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’?!? NONE OF THIS WOULDA HAPPENED IF YOU TWO BRATS HAD JUST STAYED PUT IN PLAYCARE! IF YOU HAD JUST STAYED THERE YOU COULDA LEFT! WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN SO FUCKIN’ HARD!? HIXEL’S DEAD. THE FOUR LEADS MIGHT DIE…and IM GON GET SENT BACK TO THE TRENCHES AND ITS ALL. YOUR. FAULT!!!”

He choked on his own sore throat and spit as the machine slowly lifted back up off of his leg. He didn’t even get to get from under it before it was slamming back down onto his leg, causing him to let out another pained cry. He was about to try and pull himself from under it again when he…heard it.

Metal…coming this way. Oh god. Oh dear god no…not again. NOT HIM…Mr Sandman immediately began to panic, trying to claw and scratch his way from under the machine to get away from whatever was coming his way..

Mr Sandman: “N-no…NO NOT AGAIN! PLEASE! PLEASE, MAN! I TRIED MY BEST! JUST NOT AGAIN! A.I.!?, NANCY!?, ANTSY- SILAS!! HELP ME!!! I DONT WANNA- I Don’t…I- I can’t…” … “I’m sorry mom..”

The large toy slowly fell unconscious in front of the two of them, his words drifting off into silence. Maria stared at him in shock as Caleb held his breath. They were frozen for what felt like years before slowly regaining their bearings and hiding somewhere…just as The Prototype had walked into the room with Poppy.

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Because that awful scene was heard throughout the ENTIRE facility, y’all can comment your OCs reactions to hearing that gruesome stuff! 🤩

[wildsparrows]

Lonnie and Zacker Side Story: Part 1

Kapag Ang Dagat Ay Tahimik...

This is deadzonedenizen, I'm just in my PPT sideblog. Also no, this isn't canon to the fledglings AU-

Set during @decadeofjoy-au's Maury Serge side story: Happy Birthday!

(Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad helped me with this!)

Alon Habagat-DeadZoneDenizen

Maria Harper-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Maury Serge-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Orion Asteria-TDOJ(Brief Appearance)

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Antsy Antilope-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr. Sandman-TDOJ(Distant screams from part 17 of the canon story)

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Zack Danielwoods-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Commander Cinnatart-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts(Brief Appearance)

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts(Mentioned)

Mangus J. Harper-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Miss Delight-Canon(Brief Appearance)

Mommy Long Legs-Canon

Huggy Wuggy-Canon(Mentioned)

Catnap-Canon(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman-Canon(Mentioned)

The Prototype-Canon(Mentioned)

Lonnie had many reasons to be suspicious of this place.

The toys’ so-called dress-codes, Caleb’s conspiracy theories, Maggie’s hiding spots, Zack’s dad’s whereabouts, the other generals, in Cinnatart’s words, Icarus spotting keylogging devices in places where they shouldn’t…

Whatever the hell this Theater Incident is…

But Lonnie allowed it to slide. He had his own little unfinished business to take care of, which he planned on getting back to later. Right now, he just had to sit through this Geometry lesson Miss Delight was teaching. Were there only…five of them in class right now? 

Yeah, it was just him, Maury, Zack, Aether, and Orion…He’s known about Maria and Caleb being missing for a while now, Usher’s dislike of the teachers, and Maggie’s dislike of the toys in general…But Azure? Well, Maria’s apparently like a sister to her, so her disappearance might’ve affected her in some way…

Lonnie had his own priorities. And if there’s one thing that he learned in his workfield…

It’s to learn when not to get involved.

And by whatever god that still hasn’t abandoned this doomed timeline yet, if he really does need to get involved, then let there be a sign.

“Class dismissed! You all have a delightful day!”

And that’s the cue. Upon Miss Delight’s greeting, the students began packing up their things, with Lonnie not being exempt from that. But not before giving him one last glance at his own geometry notes. He can’t exactly say he remembers much of the lessons than when he first learned of it, but the refresher was nice. 

His writing was tiny and only included the keywords and all, as if made to fit as much information as possible…and ironically also using up the remaining space for doodles of jellyfish and other sea creatures…

Shoving the notebook back in his worn down backpack, he slung it over his shoulders before leaving. Hmm…seems like everyone already left. Looks like it’s his turn to turn off both the AC and the lights. Scanning the room, the place was full of color and decorations that you’d think you’d only see in the Preschool wing of the school. Honestly, that seemed to be a recurring theme with the factory itself. They really want to drive home the fun kiddy aspect of this place.

Waltzing to where the AC was, he passed Maury’s chair and…spotted his Geometry book? Did he leave it? Out of curiosity, Lonnie opened the book. Looks like he tends to underline keywords with pencil instead of using the traditional highlighter. Probably to leave the option to erase any irrelevant info. 

There’s other small notes regarding the lessons scattered about in the pages, though it seems like not much effort was put into it. Some of the writings were smudged too. Lonnie can imagine Maury accidentally smudging it with the side of his palm a lot.

Regardless, there’s nothing here of much use. It’s probably better to return it. Shutting the lights in the room, he stepped out of the classroom to leave, passing through the hallways as he did. 

Sticker-filled lockers line from end to end in said hallway, though leaving the textbook in Maury’s wasn’t much of an option. Not without knowing his padlock’s password. Instead, he heeded no mind and exited the school, planning to go to the Game Station. 

That’s apparently where Maury usually goes after school. A bit inconvenient since you still have to use the Playtime Express and the Train Station to get there from Playcare, but whatever. Gives him the excuse to familiarize himself with the factory more instead of just Playcare.

Boarding Playtime Express’s cable car, he moved some of the non-living mini-critters to sit on one of the seats, letting himself lean on the back cushions for that sweet sweet back relief. He then stared at the TV in the corner. 

It played mostly the same Playtime Co. cartoons that played when he was first being toured around by the toys. According to the other orphans, that’s all it ever played. Well, apparently not always, as far as what Zack accidentally slipped up. Totally not ominous whatsoever, that kid…

Then he arrived at the Train Station. 

Not too eventful. Sharing seats with mostly toys and the occasional younger orphan here, he stared at one of the windows, spotting security cameras through the reflection without giving himself away to the cameras themselves. Alright then. 

Most of the toys were either completely tense, or absolutely exhausted. While the orphans, mostly younger ones, were talking amongst themselves about whatever new games Maury had planned for them next. Everything was mostly fine, until…

This- ear shattering scream rang out.

The train suddenly erupted into a frenzy. The younger orphans jumped out of their seats, the exhausted toys were quickly woken out of their daze, and the tense ones stood up to calm the situation down. And if that wasn’t enough, muffled shouts from somewhere in the factory followed soon after.

“WHAT!? NO!!! QUIT RUNNIN’ SO I CAN GRAB YOU!! DON’T YALL KNOW WHAT HE'S GON DO TO ME!? I CAN'T GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN!!! NOT AGAIN PLEASE!!”

All of the toys simultaneously froze. Did they recognize that voice? Some of them shared shocked glances, while others covered the orphans’ ears. Although they didn’t bother with Lonnie, assuming his headphones are still playing.

But…

“NONONONO!!! PLEASE!!! GET BACK HERE!! WHY ARE YOU TWO SO….FUCKIN’ SELFISH!?!? CAN’T YA’LL SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’?!?” The voice pleaded. “NONE OF THIS WOULDA HAPPENED IF YOU TWO BRATS HAD JUST STAYED PUT IN PLAYCARE!"

He heard it all.

"IF YOU HAD JUST STAYED THERE YOU COULDA LEFT! WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN SO FUCKIN’ HARD!? HIXEL’S DEAD." The voice continued to ring out from who knows where. "THE FOUR LEADS MIGHT DIE…and IM GON GET SENT BACK TO THE TRENCHES AND ITS ALL. YOUR. FAULT!!!”

He heard everything…

“N-no…NO NOT AGAIN! PLEASE! PLEASE, MAN! I TRIED MY BEST! JUST NOT AGAIN! A.I.!?, NANCY!?, ANTSY- SILAS!! HELP ME!!! I DONT WANNA-”

What in the ever-loving hadal zone was that?! The scream was loud enough to cause the lights to flicker, and the commotion was even starting to rock the train a bit. Lonnie stood up and held onto the grab handles as tight as he could until the dust finally settled, and whoever was conducting the train had no choice but to stop to an abrupt halt.

…Well, not that far of a walk away from the Game Station, Lonnie guessed.

As he walked the entire time, he couldn’t help but think of what that was about. Two brats? Maria and Caleb? Hixel? Like the toy robot? There’s four leads? Well, he knows about Mommy and Doey being two of them thanks to Cinnatart, but who are the others? Who are they, and who are those names the voice mentioned at the end? The trenches? D-did that person who screamed die…?

Who’s…this he…that’s threatening him…?

One walk to the Game Station later, and he arrived to see other younger orphans telling the ones Lonnie shared a train ride with not to bother with Maury’s next game. Something about being unable to find him?

‘Don’t tell me I had to deal with all of that for nothing…’ Lonnie thought.

Why is he even spending all of this effort looking for one person, when he could’ve just left the textbook in Maury’s room at Home Sweet Home? He knew he told himself it’s for familiarizing himself more, but he’s starting to think of all the better times he could’ve done that. In the corner of Lonnie’s eye, he then found a certain head toy in pink. Great, maybe Miss Long Legs knows where the missing boy is.

“Excuse me- Miss Long Legs?”

The toy flinched, before turning around to face him. 

“Yes, dear?”

Seems even she was tense. Was this about Maria and Caleb’s whereabouts? Makes sense, he figured. The first seventy-two hours are the most critical when looking for a missing person, and how many days has it been since those two’s disappearances? Nevertheless, Lonnie feigned ignorance and tilted his head.

“Umm- I can’t help but notice how on edge you and the others have been, and- I don’t think that scream really helped.” He pointed out. “Is it about Maria and Caleb?”

Mommy’s breath went unsteady for a minute, looking at the other orphans at the Game Station. Why did she even agree on letting Azure go? She should’ve stayed with the others while the other three searched for Maria and Caleb! What- just because A.I. vouched for her? That meeting left here really tense, and the sands of time are only further running out. Regardless, she forced a smile.

“Well yes, b-but rest assured, we will find them!” She tried to convince Lonnie…and herself. The last thing she needed was another orphan conducting their own search party. “But enough about that, what brings you here, Lonnie dear-”

“You guys already contacted the authorities about it, right?” Lonnie raised an eyebrow. “You don’t have to do this all on your own. The factory is really big and all, and I’m sure the police can help-”

“No! No, umm-” Mommy cleared her throat. “What I meant to say is, we’ve got it all taken care of! Now, as I was saying…”

“What brings you here, Lonnie dear?”

Lonnie hid his rising suspicions under his oblivious facade, before presenting Maury’s geometry book in his hands.

“I was wondering where Maury is? He left his textbook in class, and I wanted to return it to him.” He filled Mommy in, then glanced at the disappointed younger orphans. “I’ve overheard from the younger kids that he’s not here, when he usually has all these games planned.”

Mommy blinked in surprise, internally forcing herself to think of an explanation. “Oh! Well you see-” She momentarily looked at the Train Station’s waiting area, where she last saw Maury before leaving to eat lunch, and…

“He’s- He’s been adopted!” She lied. “He’s found a new home, with a wonderful new pair of parents!” She tried to make a convincing laugh, wincing internally at how it came out.

“Adopted?” Lonnie echoed, catching the toy’s failed attempt at subtlety. One that Mommy would hope he’d excuse for stress from the two missing kids. But at this point, Lonnie’s only getting more suspicious from here on out. “Oh, that’s great for him! I’m just a bit disappointed that I didn’t get to know him more before he left. Oh well…”

“Looks like I’m just gonna have to leave this in his room.” He slouched in feigned disappointment, holding the book back to his chest. “Take care, Miss Long Legs!”

Mommy nodded in return, watching in worry as Lonnie disappeared from her sight. She fidgeted with her plastic fingers, unable to shake off the jitters from her spine. Five days…

That’s all they have…

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Part 2's first draft is already done, I'm just waiting for Zacker's owner to give me the green light since that's when Zacker actually shows up. Oh, and fun fact! If you can't tell by the title, Lonnie's Filipino! His full name is Haiyan M.(Maalon) Habagat, so take those name meanings in that context🤭

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 14 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Fatal Follies

(TW: Graphic Character Death. Blood. Guts. Minor Character death. Swearing)

This link has the links to the other parts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/774964066342092800/rules

SETTINGS: Underground(first part). Small room(second part). Interrogation Rooms + No Man’s land(third part). Meeting Room(fourth part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Maria Harper - A.I. - Handyman - Huggy Wuggy

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper

Handyman

Clarance The Clayman

Mr Sandman

HIxel Pixel

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Coo-Coo the Dog-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Rosalie-Corelex

The Prototype

Poppy Playtime

Doey The Doughman

Dogday(Mentioned)

Catnap

Miss Delight(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs

Bunzo Bunny(Mentioned)

Huggy Wuggy

Boxy Boo(Mentioned)

Yarnaby

Frosty The Yeti(Mentioned)

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The final door closed and Maria suddenly noticed…where’s Hixel? Wasn’t he LEADING her around here?! She looked around for the robotic toy before her eyes landed on a door that was beginning to open in front of her. The grip on her bat tightened as a large poe toy immediately began to walk towards her. She lifted her bat up defensively but noticed aggressive stomping coming her way from behind. She turned around and saw a gigantic sun toy quickly making his way towards her. She looked back and forward between the two toys before running at the giant sun toy and sliding under him and running the opposite way. Mr Sandman let out an angry roar and immediately began chasing after her. Rosalie, feeling that Mr Sandman wasn’t just going to try and catch her…immediately began to pursue him.

Maria quickly slid under doors as they began closing and make sharp turns as A.I. attempted to close them as quickly as possible. Maria saw one of his TVs and immediately slammed her bat into it, forcing A.I. to move to a different one to see where she was going. Ugh…why does everyone keep doing this!? Don’t they know how EXPENSIVE THESE THINGS ARE!? A.I. let out a noise of anger as he switched to a different TV. Maria finally made it out but was stopped by Hixel who was blocking one of the other doors….what an asshole! She knew he was being sketchy! Should’ve never trusted him! She charged at him and attempted to hit him with her bat, but the robot toy caught it…she looked at the strange…deranged look he had on his face, the fact that his expressions were pixels didn’t make it any better. It took her only a second to realize what he was about to do…oh no he’s not.

Maria’s eyes widened and as a last resort…she swung the bat with him holding onto it over towards the large hole. Hixel slipped off and hit his leg against the railing that prevented anyone from falling in. He let out a gasp as his leg was ripped off from the force of being thrown as he was sent plunging down into the water. The spider-like legs around his neck quickly began to perk up in an attempt to detach his head from his body but he was unfortunately not fast enough to do it…

Hixel’s eyes widened when he hit the water. He let out a glitchy, broken, blood curdling scream as the water seeped into his wires, causing electricity to erupt from his body and immediately rise up to any nearby light sources. He shrieked as he felt the heat from the electricity slowly but surely melting the plastic that encased his organs, causing it to tighten and melt which burned his organs in the process. Smoke began to seep from the opening in his neck as the electricity and plastic worked to slowly burn holes and marks onto his vital organs. He gagged as the heat and electricity began to travel to his brain and vocal cords. He reached a hand up and attempted to get out of the water but the weight of his body forced him to slowly sink to the bottom of the water…after a few seconds…his screams were no longer heard but the electricity that came from him was strong enough to shatter or damage any lights in the room. This also caused a few lights to flicker throughout the entire factory…

The air smelt of cooked flesh and molten plastic…

….

Mr Sandman and Rosalie who had ducked for cover slowly came out of their hiding spots and entered the now darkened room….Maria was nowhere to be found…they couldn’t see all too well either. Mr Sandman flicked the lights of his eyes on and peered down at the water just in time to see a robotic hand sinking below. Rosalie let out a gasp of shock and covered her mouth. Mr Sandman’s eyes widened. A.I. had no response but clearly felt…off…about what he just saw. The room was dead quiet before…

Rosalie: “oh….oh my god…W-WHAT DID SHE DO!?”

Mr Sandman didn’t even respond to her before he stepped onto the railing and leaped across to the other side of the room where the other set of doors were located. Specifically the ones he had broken open. He immediately ran inside and began to look for Maria again as Rosalie stood there silently, frozen in shock.

A.I.: “Wow…I wasn’t expecting that.”

A.I. switched to a different TV to try and see where Maria had ran off to but he wasn’t seeing anything…He then switched to another one, and another…and still…no sight of that kid…A.I. switched to another TV. Sure…slapping a tracker onto a kid IS messed up…but to be honest, that death WAS pretty graphic.

…

And slow too. Yeesh…anywayssss…A.I. focused his attention back on finding Maria so they he can finally get back to his original plan with her. And after his plan, he can go back to hanging out with Huggy!(and get back the validation that Boxy has been stealing from him recently…) Huggy has been around Boxy a LOT more ever since those two orphans were caught snooping about outside of Playcare and it’s really putting a toll on his friendship!

Yeesshhhh, is this how Frosty feels? Maybe he’ll talk to him later. If he’s not still depressed and teary-eyed over Doey that is. He’ll give the guy some advice if he’s feeling particularly well at that moment.

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Maria climbed through the vents before covering her ears at the loud ping that the tracker made. Dammit! She unwrapped her bandages and after a seconds of hesitation…yanked the tracker out. Though it was very painful…she held back a cry as her expression went blank. She continued crawling but suddenly fell out of the vents and hit the floor. She let out a weak groan and rubbed her head. ow….

She slowly got up but turned and noticed….oh, that red smoke again. She quickly ran into a different room before seeing….something…someone? She let her eye slowly adjust to the light before…

Maria: “Caleb!?”

Caleb: “Maria? Is that you!?”

Maria: “oh thank god I found you! Where’s Clarance?”

Caleb: “he told me to wait while we went looking for you! But I had to run over here because someone saw me!”

Maria: “Ugh…of course he would. Cmon! We’ve gotta get outta here. The people- toys… in this place are insane…”

Maria helped Caleb stand up with a small smile before letting out a pained hiss and grabbing onto her arm, she looked down at it then noticed the blood.

Maria: “But uh…not before you lend me some bandages. This stuff hurts.”

Caleb: “Aye, Aye, Captain.”

Maria: “Haven’t you said that before..?”

Caleb: “Meh, no harm in saying it again.”

Caleb lended Maria some bandages which she gladly took. She wrapped her arm up before turning and walking out of the room, covering her nose up.

Maria: “Make sure to cover your nose…we’ve got a red smoke issue.”

Caleb: “alright, thanks for the heads up. But uh…what happened to you?”

Maria: “oh…you DON’T wanna know..”

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Handyman stepped off the train when it reached their destination….it took an hour or so of walking but they managed to make it down to…the interrogation rooms..? Clarance frowned then gave Handyman a deadpanned and confused look but Handyman continued walking. They exited the room then slowly began to make their way down to….No man’s land. Clarance had a bad feeling about this…but he didn’t complain. After all…if ANYONE knew where Maria and Caleb were…it should be Harley Sawyer himself…right? Besides…he was a fellow experiment like them. The two stopped when they heard a growl. Yarnaby. And…something else was down here too…or someone else? Clarance didn’t recognize it but Handyman did. Handyman is allowed in far more places in the factory than Clarance is anyways. It was Coo-Coo. But how did he even get down here-? Sure…he’s pretty smart for an insane dog but still. Handyman huffed before deciding to go Yarnaby’s route. They’d rather deal with the dehumanized lion than the insane clock dog…and besides..they’ve seen how durable that dog is. Once got into a fight with Mr Sandman and managed to put up a good fight before both of them were pulled away from eachother. Handyman doesn’t wanna deal with something that could put up a decent fight against a giant, muscular fire ant.

The two walked away…but unfortunately…Coo-Coo heard their walking and immediately began to follow them, finally ignoring the corpse of the small toy that he had been mauling in exchange for following after them instead. Uh oh.

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Huggy walked into the meeting room…noticing all of the other leaders sitting down. He then looked up and saw…The Prototype. And he doesn’t seem happy. Oops…Poppy was also seated next to him. Huggy went over to his separate chair and sat down with a piece of paper and a pencil. Everyone was silent…waiting for…something. The Prototype then spoke up.

The Prototype: “So…I was just informed that an orphan escaped Playcare….and further more…Poppy informed me that about four experiments were missing from their cells…and that there are actually TWO escaped orphans instead of just one. But you know what really bothers me..? It’s that Nobody TOLD me.”

The room was dead silent as The Prototype spoke. Every one of the leaders had come here theirselves without their second-in-commands or extra support…The Prototype told them NOT to bring anybody else after all. Doey seemed to have a straighter posture and more serious expression than everyone else. Mommy looked reasonably afraid. Huggy couldn’t change his expression TOO much but…it was clear that he was attempting to frown and Catnap? Just as devoted to him as ever…listening closely to every word that his “god” said. Poppy looked down in guilt that she had ratted the group out, looking away from Doey’s cold, angry glare and Mommy’s shared look of shock, fear and anger.

Catnap: “…My apologies, my lord. I suggested telling you…but…was shut down by a group vote…”

The Prototype: “Is that so?”

Doey: “🟧We thought It would be best not to tell you. You already have enough on your plate as it is and…we didn’t want to stress you out. More than you already are.🟧”

The Prototype: “…I see. And how long have they been running rampant?”

Everyone was silent….Mommy was about to speak up but had her mouth covered by Doey. He was NOT about to let her say something stupid or suspicious. He knows how she can be. Doey looked over at Catnap and gestured for him to speak instead.

Catnap: “about….1 day and 7 hours for the orphans. 1 week for the experiments.”

The Prototype: “….i already said this once to Mr Sandman…And I’ll say it again for you four…I’m giving you all…2 days to find them…and if you don’t….your second in commands will LIKE taking your place.”

Everyone collectively shivered at his words before letting out reluctant murmurs of agreement for his decision. The Prototype was about to dismiss the meeting but was then given a paper by Huggy…Doey’s eyes widened. Mommy’s jaw dropped and Catnap immediately looked away. Great…whatever Huggy said to this guy is gonna get them killed! They just know it! Doey is gonna get froze, and Mommy is gonna get ripped to shreds! Catnap thought silently about sacrificing himself to The Prototype before....they all heard something unexpected.

The Prototype: “…Fine. One week. That’s it. Meeting dismissed.”

Everyone seemed shocked but quickly nodded and left the room. What…did he say!? Everyone looked at Huggy for an explanation. Huggy took out another piece of paper and rewrote what he had wrote down to let everyone see…

—Start of note

“You know that if you kill us, you’ll have to deal with Boxy, Bunzo, Miss Delight and Dogday as the new leaders and honestly, you wouldn’t want that. 2 days is far too little for 4 whole experiments and 2 orphans. Just think about what would happen if you let Dogday lead. He’d probably get followers, other toys to trust him. Just him enough to rebel? Doey wouldn’t do that. Miss Delight is a devoted follower, but she isn’t nearly as devoted as Catnap. Bunzo can’t do what Mommy does to be a leader and Boxy? Give us a week and we’ll get the job done”.

—End of note

Everyone stared at the note before sighing in relief. Honestly…Huggy just helped them dodge a bullet there….everyone murmured small “thank yous” to Huggy before going on their own way. Huggy considered going to A.I. about the situation…but honestly…he…probably has it covered. And…he doesn’t exactly wanna sit through an hour of talking. He’s busy right now…and he has a job to do. One that DOESN’T involve talking. It’s not that he hated his best friend or anything! He liked listening to him talk, but right now…he doesn’t have time for that. Huggy walked silently down the hall in search of Boxy. Boxy was quiet and not to mention, his Second-In-Command. Maybe when he has time, he can go ask A.I. to go close some doors off..but not right now.

[decadeofjoy-au]

MR SANDMAN SIDE STORY

Title: Of Fears & Ferocity

(TW: Graphic character death, Blood)

(Also featuring a bit of A.I. Owner of him is Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

The young woman bolted down the halls as fast as she could, not even catching the intense pain in her legs due to how much adrenaline was pumping through her veins. Behind her, a gigantic…ant..? Lion? That had a sunny theme was chasing her down the halls like a rabies infected dog. She was running so fast that she slammed into a wall, rushing to gain her speed back as she continued down the hallway…unfortunately for her, the threat was much bigger and smarter than that, using the wall as a leverage by jumping onto it and launching himself towards her. God…she should’ve never came here! Why’d she have to listen to her stupid friends!? Always making her do stupid things!

She didn’t even get to finish thinking. She shrieked in terror as he nearly grabbed hold of her shirt, just barely escaping his grasp. The attacker let out a loud roar of anger and what sounded like…fear? Nonetheless, he kept chasing her, not slowing down a bit…she was about to make it out when the metal door suddenly slammed shut on her, causing her to ram into it followed by a pained cry as she hit the ground. She barely got to look up before the beast that had been chasing her lifted up its giant fists and brung them down on her head with so much force that a bang followed by a sickening crunch was heard through the halls.

Mr Sandman kept his fists down before slowly lifting them up and staring at remained of the woman’s head before shakily turning around and walking away. A.I. stared at him as he walked away, a bit bothered at not even receiving a thank you for closing the door for them. After all…if he DIDN’T then the giant beast would’ve had a literal meltdown anyways.

A.I.: “…What? No thank you?-“

He was about to finish speaking up but noticed that Mr Sandman was already gone…he’ll just go talk to Huggy instead…if he has the TIME to that is. A.I. never liked being quiet anyhow, just felt wrong. He doesn’t know why but it just does. Luckily, Huggy seemed to be nearby and doing nothing at the moment. A.I. seemed thrilled as he immediately went to go talk to the large toy. Huggy is his best friend after all! Why wouldn’t he wanna talk?

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Mr Sandman walked down the halls, not even making a sound compared to how loud he was when he was chasing the woman with such determination and fear that his steps shook the halls. He noticed Dogday and suddenly stepped in front of him, causing the dog toy to take a quick step back. Dogday was over here because he was investigating what all the noise and screaming was all about…and…he found the reason. Dogday sighed, he should’ve guessed that it was the “guy responsible for making all of them…” he stared at Mr Sandman confused, didn’t he like killing intruders? What’s his expression all about?

Mr Sandman: “U-uh…The intruder…she’s gone.”

Dogday: “Wha-..? oh..OH! Yes…right…I’ll go tell Doey.”

Mr Sandman: “…mhm…ain’t a problem….sir.”

Mr Sandman watched silently as Dogday walked down the halls, listening to his cane that tapped against the ground before slowly looking down at his hands. He was about to take a look at his scars but decided against it. He doesn’t wanna have to remember that. Not again. He suddenly realized something and called out

Mr Sandman: “w-WAIT! Don’t tell The Prototype, if I did anything wrong. Please.”

Dogday was quiet, confused as to why the “Scientist” was asking him not to tell The Prototype but complied anyways, nodding before continuing down the halls.

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 16 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Sickening Salvage

(TW: Mentions of death)

This link has the links to the other parts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/774964066342092800/rules

SETTINGS: Meeting Room(first part). No Man’s Land(second part). Outside No Man’s Land(third part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Main Four

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Maury Serge(Mentioned)

HIxel Pixel-TDOJ

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Coo-Coo the Dog-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Connie Stellation-Anewbieartist356

The Prototype

Poppy

Doey The Doughman

Dogday

Catnap

Miss Delight

Mommy Long Legs

Huggy Wuggy

Kissy Missy

Frosty The Yeti

Bubba Bubbaphant

Kicken Chicken

Pianosaurus

Daisy

Medic

Scout

The Doctor

Yarnaby

Chester The Chess Piece

Type and Talk Tommy-Portalling1

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Doey placed the robot’s corpse down on the table…it was surprisingly heavy. Heavier than normal….It was night currently so all the orphans were asleep…this meant that most of the toys from playcare and other areas could actually come up to see what all the ruckus was about. The Prototype stood at the end of the table silently with Poppy standing on his shoulder. They were all currently examining the body as Doey took a step back to allow Catnap to take a step forward. After a few moments of struggle, Catnap managed to snap the torso piece open revealing…melted plastic, sticking to the corners and scalded organs of the robot’s innards. Though there was water inside of there too…explains why he was so weirdly heavy. Multiple toys gasped, a few even had to look at away…god…that’s disgusting..not to mention the awful smell of death.

Catnap: “..burned from the inside out.“

The Prototype hummed at the sight, ignoring how Poppy immediately covered her eyes.

The Prototype: “and what did you say happened again, A.I.?”

A.I.: “He was thrown in and things went Kerblooey …mostly him but there was a bit of damage to the area…”

The room suddenly erupted with murmurs and whispers. Eventually…someone spoke up.

Daisy: “You know what?..Good riddance.”

Everyone gasped, looking at Daisy in shock. The hell!? How could she say something like that? Was she out of her damn mind!? Sure, Hixel’s pranks were annoying at times and other times he was just batshit insane but to say “Good Riddance”?! Mr Shortcake seemed particularly angry, after all…Hixel was his…their…best friend. Sure, the two didn’t hang out a lot due to the recent events of those orphans escaping but that doesn’t excuse what she’s saying!

Mr Shortcake: “🩷Good riddance? Good Riddance!? Are you hearing yourself!?🩷”

Daisy: “Look…I’m just saying what we’re all thinking.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩷Absolutely NO ONE here is thinking the same thing as you! Have you lost your damn mind!?🩷”

Miss Delight: “Hold on, everyone…let’s not fight here. Now is not the time for-“

Kicken Chicken: “Wait, wait, wait! Are we even SURE he was thrown off? Maybe he fell”

Huggy snarled at Kicken when he said that. A.I. was a lot of things but he was definitely not a liar. He began to write something quickly on a sheet of paper when Mommy spoke up, attempting to lower some of the tension that was currently in the room.

Mommy: “now, now…Mommy understands that Hixel was a LITTLE mean at times…but that’s no way to talk about one of us, now is it, Daisy?”

Scout: “I’m with Mommy on that one. His head may be screwed on a bit wrong but…he’s still a person..”

Dogday: “Guys let’s…please not fight here.”

Pianosaurus tilted his head before playing a key. If he was being honest…he’s with Daisy on this one. Yes, the small toy had some good qualities but he was rather cruel at times. Kissy slowly cowered in the corner as a full on fight began to stir up amongst the toys. Huggy finished writing and harshly handed it over to Kicken who slowly read it before bawling it up.

Kicken Chicken: “I’m not calling anyone a liar! I’m just trying to be open minded you idiot!”

Bubba Bubbaphant: “Kicken, look at him. His leg snapped off. That couldn’t have possibly happened if he just “fell in”…”

Scout: “Yeah…and look at his hand too, looked as it he had to grab onto something blunt.”

Daisy: “Why are we even arguing about this? We found the body, we know how he died…and we still need to find those orphans.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩷Daisy….Shut. up.🩷”

Daisy: “..What?!”

Mr Shortcake: “🩷I said…SHUT UP!🩷”

Mr Shortcake quickly got onto the table before lunging at Daisy. Kissy immediately took a step back, trying to get as far away from the fight as possible as Mommy angrily glared at him and attempted to pry the cake toy off of the flower. Frosty backed up with Kissy, not wanting to be involved in the fight while Doey closed his eyes and covered his ears. It was too loud…Dogday looked at Doey and cautiously placed a hand on his arm, knowing damn well that any wrong move could result in the dough doll snapping. As Poppy looked up at The Prototype, hoping he’d stop the fight, The Prototype simply stared at Hixel’s body before eventually growing tired of everyone’s whining.

The Prototype: “EVERYBODY STOP.”

The room suddenly went quiet…. The Prototype made sure that everyone was silent before he continued.

The Prototype: “We found the body. We heard what happened and that’s All. We. Need. No more fighting and no more arguing. The orphan killed someone so now we know to be cautious around her. Lucky was always a difficult one…” sigh “Luckily…I think that Hixel’s body could be of some…use.”

Everyone who had moved slowly inched back to their original positions, looking at The Prototype cautiously. They don’t like that look in his eyes…or the tone of his voice.. Dogday eventually found his voice, cautiously speaking up for everyone in the room.

Dogday: “…What do you mean?”

The Prototype: “I feel like our caretakers have some interesting news…perhaps a…birthday? Maybe someone turning 18 soon? Is that right, Connie?”

Connie: “..Yes. What about it?”

The Prototype: “Well? Who is it?”

A few moments of silence go by as The Prototype peered down at the toys…nobody could tell what he was thinking…but it was clearly something bad.

Medic: “Maury. He’s turning 18 in a couple of weeks.”

Everyone visibly tensed at Maury’s name. Yes…he wasn’t as violent as Maria or as difficult as Zack but his words kind of….hurt. They were mean. Had no censor…he just said whatever was on his mind and nobody liked that. The Prototype hummed at the sight of everyone visibly tensing up. He then gave Hixel’s body one last good look before looking back up at all the toys.

The Prototype: “I have something special planned for him…Get him to go down to the experimenting rooms…meeting dismissed.”

Everyone suddenly froze. He is NOT… Connie was about to angrily protest but was suddenly shut down.

The Prototype: “and that’s FINAL.”

…Slowly, everyone got up and left one at a time, though before Catnap and a couple of others could get out, The Prototype suddenly raised a hand before pointing at them with a…sinister look in his eyes.

The Prototype: “Stop. Not you... You all stay.”

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Handyman and Clarance quickly worked to escape the room, attempting to solve a long puzzle in a series of halls and different rooms…Handyman looked down at another small toy’s corpse..taking note of the fact that they had no arm before running back into one of the rooms and writing this information down on a piece of paper. Soon after Handyman left to find another toy, Clarance walked into the room with his own information and worked to figure out the code to the door. Coo-Coo was working his way in and they did NOT want to get mauled…

Handyman quickly grabbed another code and ran back to the room, nearly tripping over their own footing as they rushed to give Clarance the code. Clarance quickly took it and read it before typing it down. Just as he put in the last number, allowing the door open, Coo-Coo burst through the door behind them and began to chase after them. Clarance and Handyman were frozen in shock for a few seconds before slowly regaining their composure and running. Handyman was Faster…but Clarance could get away easier.

Clarance watched Handyman leap over a crate before reaching down to grab it and throw it at Coo-Coo but the clock dog quickly dodged out of the way before continuing chase. Handyman finally reached some ladders and struggled to climb up though managed to make it with the help of Clarance. They finally reached another opened door…a door that would allow for Handyman to open it! Just Coo-Coo leaped up and began to catch up to the two of them, he was suddenly launched back as something large rammed into him…Mr Sandman had apparently heard them and ran this way. Coo-Coo was disoriented for only a few seconds before immediately leaping back up to continue chasing after the two but…they were gone. JUST as the door was closing too. He turned back to where Mr Sandman had landed but the gigantic experiment was already gone. Oh…next time he meets them…no. Next time he SEES them he’s gonna TEAR THEM TO SHREDS. He swears on it.

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Clarance and Handyman kept running until they eventually found a corner…a safe one. Finally… Clarance collapsed to the ground while Handyman put a hand to their head when…

Maria and Caleb turned the corner before turning and seeing the two toys. Maria’s eyes widened as she grabbed onto Caleb’s arm, just barely missing his Shoulder. She didn’t know much about him before…but she’s seen just how much he hates his shoulders being touched. Kinda reminds her of…

Azure.

…

She quickly pushed the thought to the back of her head before looking at the two experiments. She never felt so relived to see two living toys in her LIFE.

Maria: “Clarance! Handyman!”

The two experiments suddenly looked up. Handyman’s jaw dropped while Clarance’s eyes widened.

Clarance: “Maria! Caleb!? There you two are!”

Clarance didn’t even get another word in as Handyman immediately charged at the two kids and pulled them into a tight hug. Ouch.. Caleb choked in the mannequin’s hold while Maria attempted to push herself away from them, also letting out a strangled sound. Damn! She knew that Handyman was strong but this hurts!

Maria: “Alright! Alright! We get it! You missed us or whatever!”

After a few seconds, Handyman slowly let go of the two of them before standing back up and wiping their eyes. Pfft, is she crying? No way. Maria held back a snicker at the sight as Clarance quickly made his way over to the trio. He cautiously looked back for any danger before sighing and sitting down.

Clarance: “thank god you two are alright..”

He sighed, rubbing his temple before looking up at the two again with a smile. Maria looked around…No TVs. She then put her bat behind her back and started to walk along. Handyman quickly went to the front of the group incase any danger appeared from the front while Clarance stayed at the far back incase anything attacked from behind…everything was FINALLY getting back to normal….

a TV in the corner flickered on…

A.I.: “Oh, There she is. And they’ve got the whole bunch with them! Well, this just makes my job easier!”

The Artificial intelligence went to a completely different TV….right where he wants them. And just in time! Mr Sandman seems to be drawing near.

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Harley let out a hum. They actually got out…impressive.. He looked around for anything interesting before deciding on what he was going to do.

The Doctor: “Oh Yarnaby~, Chester…, Tommy…do some good for once in your lives and go after them. We don’t want people knowing our little secrets now…do we?”

Just as he said that, Yarnaby went charging out of the room. Chester slowly followed after, not wanting to be caught directly in the lion’s wrath as Type and Talk Tommy slowly began to enter the room.

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 12 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Immoral Ramifications

This link has the links to the other parts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/774964066342092800/rules

SETTINGS: Underground(first part). Train Station(second part). Security Room(third part). Generator Room(Fourth Part). Underground(fifth part). Hallways(sixth part).

MAIN CHARACTERS: Hixel Pixel. Clarance the Clayman. Poppy Playtime. Frosty The Yeti.

OCS in this part and their owners.

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Coo-Coo the Dog-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Pizzaman-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Rosalie-Corelex

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts(Mentioned)

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts(Mentioned)

Terra Louis-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Type and Talk Tommy-Portalling101(Mentioned)

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr Sandman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

The Doctor(Mentioned)

Chester The Chess Piece(Mentioned)

The Prototype

Poppy Playtime

Huggy(Mentioned)

Boxy Boo

Bunzo Bunny

Dogday

Kissy Missy(Mentioned)

Yarnaby(Mentioned)

Frosty The Yeti

Bubba Bubbaphant

Picky Piggy(Mentioned)

Candy Cat(Mentioned)

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Hixel: “And now we turn right!”

Maria: “…Hey. TV head. are you SURE we’re walking the right way..?”

Hixel: “Well, yeah. You may have just met me but I’m not THAT bad.”

Maria: “Mmm…right. And how do I know you’re not lying, huh?…”

Hixel: “Do you say that to EVERYONE you meet? Cmon, think of your parents!”

Maria: “My parents are dead.”

Hixel: “One, I was referring to the ones who may ADOPT you…and Two, mine are too. Big woop. Now cmon.”

Maria blinked before squinting and raising a brow in confusion. He’s a toy…he had parents-? She shook her head. She shouldn’t think too hard skit that.

Hixel was leading Maria through a large series of rooms, some big, some small…but they all had something in common, they had a LOT of claw marks and cameras around the place…this place was sketchy. Maria didn’t like it. She looked down and noticed some traces of blue fur, a couple of chairs and a TV. She stopped for a second to pick it up and look closely at it, she scowled and let the fur fall before looking up at Hixel who had a weirdly wide smile on his face as he pointed at a large vent in the wall..She looked past him at the large metal door that was behind him before looking back at Hixel. Hixel slowly started to notice her expression before groaning crossing his arms as a more…annoyed look flashed on his screen.

Hixel: “We…shouldn’t go that way. It looks..wrong.”

He suddenly ripped the vent open and pointed inside again before beginning to crawl in, his expression going back to a more carefree and happy one.

Hixel: “Trust me, this way is MUCH better.”

Maria gave him a skeptical look before sighing and slowly following the short robot. When the two were finally gone, the TV turned on with an obviously agitated and possibly even angry voice coming from it.

A.I.: “I did not just go through a week of character development for you to just skip over this.”

The TV suddenly flashed off as Hixel led Maria through the vents. Maria could hear him humming a tune to himself but…she ignored it. Hixel eventually led her to a small room, popping the vent open and crawling inside. Did…did they just go lower down!? What the hell!? It’s only been 30 minutes! Maria was about to angrily say something but was stopped by Hixel who snapped his fingers. His voice glitched as he spoke…Maria could hear just how robotic it sounded.

Hixel: “H-H-Hey now, I’m getting there! Relax.”

Hixel looked around the room before smiling and searching the nearby drawers. She saw something…strange in his pocket. Was that a phone? She shook her head then rubbed her eyes…well- eye. Hixel then pulled a phone out of the drawer and walked back over to Maria before grabbing onto her arm and…stabbing her with something. Maria let out a pained hiss and snatched her arm away before looking down at it. Did…did he just put a tracker on her..!? She looked at him in shock as she waited for an explanation. Hixel sighed then shook his head. Ugh…is she dumb?

Hixel: “it’s so that if we ever get separated, I can know where you are. As extreme as it may sound…you’re here all alone and that’s rather dangerous for a little orphaned girl like you!”

Maria cringed at the way he had referred to her. “Little orphaned girl”? Really..? She’s like…16. She mumbled something to herself as Hixel walked out the room, leaving her by herself. Before he was completely out of sight however, he turned back to her and coughed.

Hixel: “You should uh…probably get some rest. How long has it been anyways…like…a full 14 hours? 16? I donno. But I’d personally get some sleep if I were you.”

Maria grabbed onto her arm then shifted her shoulder. Wearing her Prosthetic 24/7 WAS putting a bit of a strain on her stub…and it kinda hurt…she sighed and nodded before sitting against the wall and closing her eyes, though not before taking off that prosthetic. Hixel walked back out then looked around before walking to the edge of what looked like a balcony. He looked down and saw it…a large, giant body of water. He shuttered at the sight before pulling out his phone and speaking into it.

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Clarance ran through the place as quickly as he could to find a shortcut to Maria’s direction but was stopped when he saw something down the halls. It was a…box..? He suddenly got a memory…a sudden flash to when he was a…scientist…? At least he thinks so…but he knows that this box is dangerous. Clarance gulped and slowly began to back away as it began to wind up….he memorized this. How long until the time was up..? 5..? No…8 seconds. If he’s correct…Clarance turned and ran before finally reaching a corner. He groaned at the awfully bright scenery. He knows that the direction that Maria must’ve gone was towards the train station… right..? Well where was she!? He flinched and slowly shifted his form to change into a chair as someone began approaching his direction….

Mommy: “And you’re sure you saw him here? You know Mommy doesn’t like liars now.”

Boxy Boo nodded, looking up at Mommy who was holding a sleeping Baby Long Legs- well…Stella, in her arms. Bunzo quickly caught up with the two, searching the area for anything suspicious. The bunny toy attempted to listen closely to Mommy’s words as she spoke to Boxy about what he had apparently seen. Bunzo looked at the train before finally noticing…feathers..?

Bunzo: “Wait! I see something.”

Mommy and Boxy suddenly paused as Bunzo ran up to the train and picked up what appeared to be a pale feather…he looked at it closely before showing it off to Boxy and Mommy. Mommy let out a hum…she didn’t recognize the feather all too well. But then again…she only really cares to pay attention to the orphans who visit the game station in the morning. She smiled as she thought of this before frowning. Right…the orphans. She currently has Crafty and Scout watching them. Boxy walked over to Bunzo and grabbed onto the feather…staring at it before suddenly shoving the thing into his mouth and eating it. Mommy gasped and immediately ran over to him as Bunzo stood there in shock.

Mommy: “BOXY! Spit that out this instant! Don’t just put random stuff in your mouth!!”

Mommy scolded him before hitting him lightly against the head, causing the box to grab onto her wrist and shove it away. He then took a couple of steps back and raised a finger. Mommy suddenly stopped her scolding but continued to glare coldly at him. Clarance carefully watched then from the distance, a bit surprised that the group hadn’t even noticed him…he just wishes he could’ve gotten a better look at the feather before that mindless box thing ate it.

Boxy turned and immediately stated to run somewhere. Mommy and Bunzo shared a glance before following after him. Clarance let out a groan of relief before slowly shifting back. He let out a pained hiss as he got a headache. He grabbed onto his head and scratched at the clay before tearing his hand away forcefully…at least…he thinks that was him. Ugh, too many voices. He needs to lay down…

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The security halls were completely empty…silent…quiet… She looked at the footage of the game station, plenty of kids were playing…that’s all she could see. She looked down at where Harley was located. She could see Yarnaby patrolling…a strange…Baba Chops toy..? Chester was stuck in a room of sorts…ugh…A.I.…she’s getting sick and tired of him constantly trapping random experiments in rooms. Well…mostly just Chester and Coo-Coo but it was still agitating. She turned her attention to the experimenting rooms and the Workyard…that’s normal…that’s normal…that- wait…

Poppy looked closer at the footage. There are MULTIPLE experiments missing from their cells…she counted all of them in her head…Terra is at Playcare under supervision..she’s playing with Usher and Aether, Mr Sandman was called up for an emergency, Pizzaman is helping Picky and Candy cat cook, Coo-Coo is….wheres Coo-Coo? Poppy looked even closer…wheres Handyman? And Coo-Coo…? And Clarance? Oh god…not Clarance. She knew that Doey would have a MELTDOWN if he knew about the clayman’s disappearance. She took a glance at the security halls and saw a flash of red dart down the halls. What the..? She looked at The Silencer’s camera footage…she’s still in that room…good. She focused back on the security halls for whatever that red thing that was running was. Poppy was so focused on the security footage that she didn’t even notice….

The Prototype: “There you are Poppy…do you see anything…different…by chance?”

Poppy jolted at the sound of his voice then immediately turned around to face him, she gulped before shaking her head.

Poppy: “No…nothing unusual…”

…..

The Prototype: “…have you seen…Mr Sandman yet?”

Poppy: “No…not yet. He should be in the security halls searching soon.”

The Prototype: “…what about Dex. And Rosalie. They’re doing their part…right?“

Poppy: “of course. You know how loyal those two are..”

The Prototype: “…good…good…I hope you’re not lying again…We don’t want another incident now…do we, Poppy?”

Poppy: “I-….no…no of course not.”

After a few seconds, Poppy could make out the mechanical sound of The Prototype’s heavy metal legs clanking against the ground as he left. She let out a breath that she didn’t know that she had been holding before looking back at the cameras. She noticed a fight happening in Playcare between…Azure and Usher..? That’s strange….she thought Azure was a pacifist. Not to mention that Azure is usually very careful with stuff she says to other orphans! And Usher was JUST hanging out with Aether and Terra! What happened? Nonetheless she pulled out her phone and spoke into it.

Poppy: “Hello..? Kissy? it’s me…we have an incident happening in Playcare…it’s…another fight. If you could go and handle it then…that would be great..” … “Don’t work too hard, you know what happened last time. Call me if you need any back up.”

Poppy sighed before speaking again, this time to someone else.

Poppy: “Dogday? Yes, it’s Poppy. We have a problem happening down at the experiment rooms and workyard…and an issue down at Playcare..”

—————

Frosty grabbed a couple of boxes and let out a pained groan as he struggled to lift them up. He stretched out his legs before turning and walking to the generator room. Frosty just barely noticed himself walk past Doey who backed away from him at the painful feeling of the cold air that engulfed the room. Frosty watched him quickly run off before sighing and continuing his journey back to the generator. He opened the metal doors up forcefully then let out a sigh of relief as he saw Mr Shortcake and Bubba working on it. Thank god…he can finally rest. Frosty set the boxes down before walking over to the two.

Mr Shortcake: “🩵Ah, there you are Frosty. There’s no need for you to help us on this. We’re doing quite well just by ourselves.🩵”

Bubba: “Mhm. It’s best not to strain yourself.” … “When’s the last time you slept?”

Frosty: “I- er…don’t…wanna answer that.”

Bubba: “…well…you should really get some rest. A bad sleeping schedule could lead to some really declining health in the long run.”

Frosty: “oh- yeah…yeah, I know. I’ll get to that…thanks.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩵of course, no problem at all!🩵”

Frosty waved a goodbye to the two of them as he turned and walked away. He suddenly stopped when he heard something…meh…maybe it’s just his imagination. He HAS been going through some pretty strange stuff ever since he got to see Doey again. Frosty let out a sigh and left the room as a young, blind boy hid in one of the rooms. Caleb carefully pulled out his backpack and grabbed some bandages. He ran into a bit of stuff while he was trying to get here… Meanwhile, Bubba turned to Mr Shortcake. Caleb suddenly paused then listened into their conversation.

Bubba: “And so the generator has been acting weird?”

Mr Shortcake: “🩵it’s been heating up randomly and shutting off at times. Though an experiment must’ve simply escaped and started to tamper with it. Either way, we can’t mess with this thing for too long…you know what Doey said would happen if we broke it.🩵”

Bubba: “right…explosion…death, gore. All of that. Ke- Doey…really needs to tone it down with his scary talk.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩵Yes well…I know better than most toys how it is to not have complete control over your own emotions and behaviors so…I don’t exactly blame him for being rather snappy at times.🩵”

Bubba: “Right, Right. Well we should focus back on this thing…I can feel the heat coming off of it already.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩵yes…of course. Though this would be easier with the help of someone else. Maybe someone….older?🩵”

Bubba: “…We’re adults.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩷well obviously! We’ve been in this dump for 10 years now! I mean…an older adult! Someone wise who knows what they’re doing!🩷”

…

Mr Shortcake: “🩵my apologies. I’m not sure what got into me.🩵”

Bubba: “it’s…understandable. Let’s just get back to fixing this.”

——————

Hixel ended the call and looked back down at the balcony of water. He silently listened as the water slushed around…he wouldn’t wanna touch that. Being a TV and all. He frowned then put a hand to his head…god. It’s hot down here. Too hot. He looked back down at the water before turning back to the room that Maria was in, he was about to go inside when the TV suddenly turned on. He rose a brow then turned to it. After a few seconds of silence…he heard it. That…GOD awful theme song that he hates. Hixel’s face went from confused and skeptical to completely enraged when he heard it. He let out an angry yell before running up to the TV and slamming it against the ground before smashing the thing. After he was done, he put his hands up to his head, groaning in pain and anger.

Hixel always hated “that theme song” because it was the theme song to HIS character’s show. The toy he was forced to be had a show that was made by the scientists…they’d ALWAYS play that stupid show in his cell…everyday. Every night. And he’d just sit there and LISTEN to it. Over, and over, and over again. Hes listened to that song so many times that he can say the lyrics word from word at the top of his head and he HATES it. Good Lord…just the first few piano cords make his ears bleed. He looked down at the TV before grabbing it and sending it plunging down into the water. Hixel could hear the sound of it sparking before eventually breaking completely and sinking down to the bottom. He breathed heavily as he stared down at the water before loosening his grip of the railing.

Hixel: “I swear…if I hear that…D-DĂMŅ ssøng ØNE MMORE TIME-E-E—“

His voice glitched out and started to cut out the louder he got. Ugh…another thing he hated about this stupid mechanical body of his. He can’t even SCREAM without automatically being silenced. He slowly calmed himself down before deciding to test something. He grabbed onto his antenna and plucked it…after a few seconds, he heard a loud ping and a blue glow come from the room that Maria was in. Good. Good…He sighed before walking over to the wall and playing some…tic-tac-toe… odd. But okay…

——————

Rosalie was making her way down to Playcare when she was suddenly stopped by Dogday. She tilted her head as the dog toy steadied himself and began to speak.

Dogday: “Rosalie, could you go up to the kitchen and grab some food for the orphans? It looks like everyone’s been far more…agitated…since Maria and Caleb…escaped. We’re hoping that some of their favorite dishes can clam them down because…Bobby is having a bit of trouble calming them herself..”

Rosalie: “Oh..yes. Of course, Mr….”

Dogday: “My last name is Williams.”

Rosalie: “Of course…my apologies Mr. Williams. I was just heading down there right now.”

Dogday nodded before slowly walking past her and towards the elevator and making his way back up to the top floors. He didn’t have an issue with Rosalie. She was obedient, kind, and always had a professional work face on. Well…not that she can change her expressions anyway. Dogday sighed to himself. He just hopes they can catch those orphans and escaped experiments. They’ve been causing a ruckus ever since they escaped. Rosalie watched as he left before walking back up the fight up stairs that she had just taken to head to the kitchen. Luckily the toys here didn’t hate her as much as they hate…Clarance or Mr Sandman.

[decadeofjoy-au]

Experiments/Toys Side Story

Title: “okay WHOSE idea was it for group therapy?! I just wanna know.” cocks double barrel

(CW: Swearing)

Takes place 1 year before the canon story

(A.I., Coo-Coo and Bernie all belong to Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad. And while only mentioned, Rosalie belongs to Corelex.)

Buddy sat on a large chair in the room, writing down some notes with Bobby by his side as he took note of who was in the room. Hixel, Mr Shortcake, A.I., Doey. Figaro, Coo-Coo, Chester, Clarance, Bernie and Bolt. The room was…INSANELY tense at the moment. Bobby knew this. What were they even thinking?! Putting toys in with their creators!? That’s insane! And half of these guys are too..Once he was done writing, Buddy put his book down then looked up at everyone.

Buddy: “Alright! So I’m sure you’re all very confused!

Hixel: “YYeah. No shit.”

Buddy: “And…so I decided that now, I should explain! Bobby here noticed how you all have a rather…Tense…relationship with each other, so I decided, why not do counseling?”

Buddy looked around, Hixel’s expression went from annoyed to pissed within seconds when he heard that. Stuck with BOLT!? HELL NO!! Mr Shortcake sighed and facepalmed, knowing DAMN well how this was gonna go. Doey seemed to back away from Clarance and Clarance backed away from Doey. Coo-Coo seemed to be muttering something about some…”guiding hand” with Chester simply sitting limp beside him, which seemed to agitate A.I. because Buddy is 90% that if he could, he’d be glaring DAGGERS into those two. Figaro seemed to have the same idea as A.I. as he was glaring harshly at Coo-Coo as well from the far corner of the room. Bernie slowly turned his head to Mr Shortcake. He didn’t get to eat before this whole thing and he was feeling PRETTY hungry…er…nobody would notice, right? Bolt huffed and stomped a paw down before glaring at Buddy and Bobby. Buddy looked around for a few more seconds before clearing out his throat and speaking up.

Buddy: “Alright, so…first question to get us started! How do you all feel about being here?? Specifically the toys, and Figaro from the stuff that I’ve heard.”

Hixel: “I wanna leave.”

Mr Shortcake: “🩵I agree with Hixel.🩵 - “🩷This sucks.🩷”

Figaro: “I want that damn mutt at least 10 feet away from me, RIGHT NOW, BRO.”

Doey: “🟡…I wanna go home.🟡”

A.I.: “I gotta ask why in the flying F**K did you think THIS was a good idea? Locking us all in here with the psychopaths… and that weird arsonist who’d probably burn himself to a crisp if he tried… “

Buddy: “Well…it’s group therapy! Im..sure we can all at least TRY to get along, can’t we?”

Everyone was dead silent. Like..uh…like usual, nobody is hearing him out. Alright then… Buddy stared awkwardly before clearing out his throat and turning to the experiments instead.

Buddy: “Okay…and…what do YOU guys think??”

Clarance: “🟢I think it’s best that we..uh- don’t…interact with eachother.🟢”

Chester: “I just need this to hurry up..”

Bolt: “I see no point in being here. This is a waste of…”

Bolt gave Coo-Coo a small glance, realizing that he was in the same room as him before clearing out his throat. He knows how unpredictable that dog is..

Bolt: “Energy. Yeah, Energy.”

It was quiet..so quiet that you could hear a pin drop when suddenly, Coo-Coo lunged at Bolt with a low growl. Bolt let out a shriek and tried to run away as Bernie stood up and lunged at Mr Shortcake and Hixel instead. Hixel moved out of the way but that just resulted in Bernie attempting to bite down on Mr Shortcake’s face. Hixel gasped before grabbing onto Bernie’s leg and attempting to pry him off of his friend whilst Doey backed away further into his corner with a distressed look on his face. Clarance immediately decided to leave while he had the chance and attempted to push himself through the small gap of the door. Chester immediately got up and attempted to stop Coo-Coo’s rampage but it seemed like Coo-Coo wasn’t having it. In an attempt to get the dog off of his tail, Bolt, while…with a bit of struggle, grabbed onto A.I.’s TV and attempted to chuck it at Coo-Coo. The TV didn’t break but the action CLEARLY ticked him off judging by the angry shout he had let out at Bolt. Figaro watched the scene silently with confusion before he noticed a cup of water sitting on a table. He looked around before whistling and grabbing onto it then making his way over to A.I.’s TV. A.I. noticed this and yelled in a fit of anger.

A.I.: “Oh.. YOU’VE gotta be f**king with me-“

Before he could finish, the water made contact with the TV, forcing A.I. to move to a different one because it had immediately began to spark up and set ablaze. Figaro grinned at the sight as Doey immediately attempted to open the door, eventually snapping it off the hinges and leaving the room before it could become completely engulfed in smoke. Noticing this, Buddy grabbed Bobby and immediately ran out with Bolt quickly rolling out as well with Coo-Coo and Chester chasing closely behind him. Bernie noticed the fire and not being as feral as Bolt or Coo-Coo, decided to FINALLY leave Mr Shortcake alone to go and escape the flames as well. Hixel helped Mr Shortcake up before quickly leaving with everyone else.

A few hours later and everyone had gotten out of the room and after a good cleanup with the help of Rosalie, Buddy was sitting in front of all the toys who were present from before, including Bobby as the experiments were…still not in a good mood. He looked around nervously before gulping raising a brow.

Buddy: “Soo…how are you all fe-“

Hixel: “F-F-FUCK YOU.”

Buddy: “Yeahhh- that was completely my fault. Won’t happen again. I’m sorry.”

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 13 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Atychiphobia

This link has the links to the other parts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/774964066342092800/rules

(TW: Minor character deaths. Swearing.)

SETTINGS: Underground(first part). Security Halls(second part). Game/Train Station(third part). School(fourth part). Underground(fifth part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Maria Harper - Mr Sandman - Rosalie - Handyman - A.I.

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

HIxel Pixel-TDOJ

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname(mentioned)

Rosalie-Corelex

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts(Mentioned)

The Prototype

Huggy Wuggy(Mentioned)

Boxy Boo(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs(Mentioned)

Bunzo Bunny(Mentioned)

Catnap(Mentioned)

Miss Delight

Bobby Bearhug(Mentioned)

Nightmare Critters

Mini toys

She slowly woke up…noticing that the lights were off. What time was it…? She looked down at her wrist expecting to find a watch…what was she thinking? She doesn’t even own a watch! She remembered this fact when she saw bandages wrapped around her arm and what looked to be the bump of the tracker. Oh…did…that TV-headed toy do that..? That’s…no. No, what is she thinking? Sure, Handyman and Clarance helped her all the up to this point but she is NOT a going to gain a soft spot for some…robot she just met! Maria scoffed to herself then stood up, brushing off her clothes before stretching. She looked around for her prosthetic before picking it up and putting it on. Finally… She then looked around for…what was his name again? Pixel? Hixel? She remembers that he told her to call him something else but…she doesn’t remember. So Hixel it is. Maria, seeing that he was gone…went through the drawers that he was digging in earlier and saw…a file? An…Experiment…file? Her eyes widened. Experimenting!? She quickly began to read the file.

—

Case File: HANDYMAN(Fixed version)

Subject Name: Angel Creek

Experiment number: 1572

Experiment name: Handyman

Gender: Female

Height: 7’4

Weight: unknown, but scales often compare this experiment to weighing the same amount as two grown men.

Stable or Unstable?: Unstable.

Personality: Protective, nurturing, sassy, thoughtful, empathetic

Experiment abilities: Incredibly resilient. Intelligence. Fast runner. Immense strength.

Experiment weaknesses: Heavy=Experiment cannot jump. Emotional. Narrow throat=Experiment cannot eat anything unless it is a paste. Is unable to change facial expression, this makes it hard to tell when they may snap or not. Damaged vocal cords=Experiment CAN speak but refuses to due to the pain.

Does this experiment have any memories from their past?: No. But they react to certain things that would suggest otherwise.

—

She slowly dropped the file. Oh my god…that’s a person. Handyman is a real fucking human being… Maria didn’t even get to think about what she had just read before she could hear thumping coming from the vents. She suddenly grabbed the paper and shoved it into her pocket just as Hixel was entering the room with what looked like….dog treats? … what? Maria looked at him in confusion with a raised brow.

Hixel: “These are for any dangerous toys we come across! Don’t worry, you don’t have to eat them! But I know that you’re probably really hungry right about now..Hm.”

Maria thought about what he said. She…was getting pretty hungry. But now’s not the time for food! Her brows furrowed as her mind wandered back to Handyman’s experiment file. Angel Creek…that was the lady she saw in the VHS tape! Hixel grabbed onto her before she could continue thinking and pulled her out of the room and towards the other side of the room towards a large door. Maria let out a hiss of pain as he did so, he was really squeezing that tracker on her arm now. It hurt! She eventually snatched her arm away when he let go. She looked down at it and rubbed it slightly as Hixel opened the door slightly and peeked through. Coast is clear. Perfect! He smiled and pointed out for her to start walking. Maria sighed and did as he said. This place feels…sketchy. But…he’s kinda helped her so far so…

Maria: “why do I always have to go first? Why can’t you go first?”

Hixel: “Ladies first. It’s the rules.”

Maria fell silent before fiddling with the paper in her pocket. She looked around the place, catching sight of the cracks and mold and…eugh…they clearly don’t keep this place clean. She kicked a small nightmare critter out of the way, causing it to let out a choked cry of pain. Hixel scowled at the sight but didn’t comment on it.

Hixel: “ignore the scenery…we haven’t had much time or be down here ever since…something happened. Just an incident involving a girl in green.”

Maria frowned when she heard this but slowly nodded. She grabbed onto her bat and held it in a defensive position incase anything went to attack the two of them. Well…more so her. But okay..

—————

The security halls were completely quiet…Mr Sandman quietly yet quickly patrolled the hallways, ignoring the painful feeling of having to squeeze himself through the occasional door or two. Suddenly…he’s heard it. He practically snapped his head around to look at the direction of where he heard the sound before charging in that direction. He walked into a room that had a broken TV then walked into the next room before looking to the side. A vent..he can’t fit through it though. Mr Sandman continued down the hall. He knows where that vent leads to. He knows from the call he got from Hixel earlier. Though the TV sounded rather…harsh…with him. Meh…he’s used to it…everyone’s normally harsh with him.

Mr Sandman suddenly make a sharp right turn right into..oh god…The Prototype. The large experiment let out a fearful shriek and leaped back. The Prototype looked down at him before leaning over. He could see the fear in the experiment’s eyes…he could see him shaking at the sight of him. Who knew that such a big experiment could have the fear of god struck into him? Oh what was he thinking? He practically IS a god. He has followers, worshippers…and Mr Sandman is just one of them.

The Prototype: “And where are you going?”

Mr Sandman: “After…After the orphan. Like the leads sai-“

The Prototype: “….an orphan..escaped?”

Mr Sandman: “Yeah..? Catnip..or…was it Catnap…? He called me up here spoutin’ sum stuff bout’ an orphan! Just recently got a call from Hixel. He said sum bout the orphan goin’ this way!..”

The Prototype: “And I…”

The Prototype suddenly took a step closer to Mr Sandman, his voice loud enough to be heard echoing through the halls.

The Prototype: “WASN’T INFORM ABOUT THIS???”

Mr Sandman flinched harshly then raised his hands defensively

Mr Sandman: “L-look man! I’m just as clueless as you are…b-but I’ll catch the kid! I swear! On my life I’ll get them!

The Prototype: “…on your life?”

Mr Sandman: “of course , sir! I ain’t ever lie to you, have I?”

The Prototype: “…very well then. You have 2 days.”

Mr Sandman’s eyes widened, he was about to protest but The Prototype was already gone. Ohh no…why did he say that? Dumbass! he can’t find a little kid in two days! Man…the hood was so much better than this! Now he’s gonna get beaten and torn up again! Mr Sandman gulped and immediately started running, trying to find the kid as quickly as possible. He slammed a toy into a nearby wall with just how determined he was to catch this little kid. This stupid little kid isn’t gonna get him sent back…he can’t go back. He’s gonna make sure of that. Mr Sandman rendered a metal door unusable with just how hard he slammed it open. He ran through the giant room, ignoring the giant hole in the ground which led to a pit of water as he ran through another set of metal doors. Any smaller toy who couldn’t move out of the way quick enough was squished under the weight of him.

Mr Sandman completely ignored a small Huggy toy’s cry of pain as he crushed their arm completely. He was too focused on finding those two…he then heard it again. Another ping! He immediately ran towards the direction of it.

—————

Rosalie entered the school, holding a tray of snacks for the kids to get. She set them down and stepped back with a tired sigh as the group of kids immediately began to tear into the food. Miss Delight looked over at her, her expression softening.

Miss Delight: “rough day?”

Rosalie: “it’s…been busy.”

Miss Delight: “don’t stress yourself too much. You’re a good co-worker after all! And we need you in tip top shape! Make sure to take a break now and then…I can call Bobby for you if you need.”

Rosalie: “no, no! It’s fine! Really! I do appreciate your concern though..”

Rosalie turned back to the orphans and smiled as they all got back in their seats and ate their share of snacks. Usher and Azure aren’t here at the moment…hm. They must be at Home Sweet Home. Or maybe with Bobby? Rosalie walked over and picked the empty tray back up before turning to leave. Though before she could leave, she got another call. She’s being called back down again…ugh…she’s supposed to be a butler. Not a full on security guard…nonetheless she complied and turned to Miss Delight.

Rosalie: “I’ll come back when I have time, and…again, thank you!”

Miss Delight: “no problem, Rosalie! I’ll see you later then.”

Rosalie waved her a goodbye before leaving and heading back to the kitchen to return these trays. Then she’s gotta go and figure out where Mr Sandman went.

—————

Handyman watched at Mommy, Boxy and Bunzo all ran past them before getting out of their hiding spot and leaving the game station area entirely. Well…they were about to. They felt something suddenly grab onto them and pull them back. Clarance! Their eyes widened when they saw him. Clarance made a gestured towards the train before pulling Handyman along and slowly shifting his shape into a hat then splitting it off into a conductor’s shirt. Handyman got the idea and put him on before walking over to the train, pulling a couple of levers…using their hand to allow the hand scanner to read it…and finally stepping onto the train. They glanced at the few orphans who were on the train before waving and tipping their hat. This seemed to work as the kids simply assumed that Handyman was just an average toy ready to drive the train. The kids waved back before stepping off and running to the game station. After going through a few more steps…Handyman finally felt the train moving. Finally. Clarance let out his own sound of relief but stayed perfectly still as what he had shifted into, just incase…

The ride was silent before Clarance suddenly heard…someone speak up…but nobody was around except…wait a damn minute…

Handyman: “…Where’s Maria. And Caleb.?”

Handyman-? HANDYMAN CAN TALK!? Clarance nearly choked on his own spit at the sound of their incredibly damaged voice. For the ENTIRE time that Clarance knew them back at the Workyard, escaping, everything…Handyman has NEVER said a WORD to him! He assumed they were mute! Well…they’re clearly selectively mute. But still! Clarance suddenly realized what they had asked him. Oh…oh yeah…he…he left Caleb alone…and Maria got lost. He gulped nervously before speaking up.

Clarance: “🟢Maria…she got trapped behind something so I went to look for her….🟢 - 🔷Caleb…SHOULD be hidden somewher-e…🔷

He slowly trailed off as he caught a look of Handyman’s expression…well…more so the fact that he could see the whites of their eyes. THAT is the look of someone who wants to strangle him. He knows from his experiences with Doey! He gulped and tried to explain himself.

Clarance: “🟢but…we’ll find them!🟢 - 🟪I…I promise.🟪”

Handyman continued to stare at him for what felt like years before eventually seeming satisfied with his answer and turning back to look at the train tracks. Clarance sighed to himself…if those little kids are hurt…or GOD FORBID DEAD…he might as well be burnt alive.

—————

A.I. watched Mr Sandman violently run through the halls, slamming anything that was in his way. He then heard something…that clearly set the giant ant off because he immediately bolted towards the direction of the sound. A.I. moved and finally realized where it was coming from. It was one of Hixel’s trackers. He stamped one onto Maria’s arm! Oh that’s just perfect. Now he can more effectively trap her! Though…he is still a bit angry that Hixel led Maria AWAY from his first trap…but then again…this idea that Hixel had was sooo much better..he guesses.. anyways. A.I. suddenly closed a door on the two. Hixel turned to the TV and gave A.I. a knowing look before turning and leading Maria a different direction. He was also leading those dog treats around…reassuring Maria that it was to “retrace their steps”. A.I. then closed another door. He WOULD’VE closed a door on Mr Sandman but…one time he tried to do that, the giant beast just broke the door open then smashed one of his TVs. Ugh.

A.I. was so focused on the group that he just barely noticed Rosalie going up the elevator and moving down the series of hallways. He looked then closed one of the doors on Rosalie to lead her to either Mr Sandman or Maria and Hixel’s location. Preferably Maria and Hixel’s though. Rosalie was 5 steps ahead of him however as she completely avoided where she heard Mr Sandman’s loud stomping and instead focused on following the pings and flickers of blue light. A.I. was running out of doors to close…and Maria and Hixel were running out of places to go…ooohhh, this is gonna be so good! After they catch Maria, all they have to do it focus on getting that other kid that Rosalie was fretting about..and then A.I. can go back to hanging out with Huggy! Like old times!

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 11 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

TITLE: Unexpected Interruptions

Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776920501597749248/tdoj-story-part-1

Part 2: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776942253990150144/part-two-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 3: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776958445399261184/part-3-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 4: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777039601386864640/part-4-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 5: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777059028533641216/part-5-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 6: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777126585941835776/part-6-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 7: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777176561217617920/part-7-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 8: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777220151330422784/part-8-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 9: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777259729248485376/part-9-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

Part 10: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/777343150794620928/part-10-of-the-decade-of-joy-story

SETTINGS: Security Halls(first and second part). Train Station(last part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Maria Harper. Caleb. Handyman

OCS in this part and their owners.

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Rosalie-Corelex

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Huggy(Mentioned)

Catnap

Boxy Boo(Mentioned)

Pianosaurus(Mentioned)

Clarance continued to walk as he slowly began to notice something…odd….it felt like they were being watched. He frowned and stood up on his hind legs, causing Maria and Caleb to fall back and hit the ground…well…more so Maria because Caleb simply landed on top of her. Maria let out a hiss of pain and shoved Caleb off of her before slowly sitting up and rubbing her back. She grabbed onto her bat before giving Clarance a cold glare as he slowly began to walk through the large metal door. Clarance looked around cautiously as Maria stood up, reluctantly helping Caleb up as well.

Maria: “Hey! What was that f-“

Clarance quickly ran back over to the two kids before he suddenly grabbed onto Maria and put a hand over her mouth with a small glare towards her. When she fell silent, he slowly let go and slowly pushed the two children towards the door, Maria walked through…but before anyone could say a word, the large metal doors suddenly slammed shut, separating Maria from the rest of the group. She turned around. Her eyes widened as she let out a loud gasp of shock. They did NOT just close the door on her! Maria immediately began to bang on the large metal doors.

Maria: “HEY! HEY! OPEN THE DOOR!!!”

The more she banged, the more her hands began to hurt. She couldn’t hear anything from the other side….Maria slowly turned around, shaking just slightly as the grip on her bat tightened…okay…so she’s all alone…nobody else. She hated to admit this but she was actually starting to enjoy the company of Caleb and…maybe Clarance and Handyman…but never mind that. She looked around the room and noticed a TV…She slowly walked over to it and gave it a close examination before jumping harshly as someone began talking…

A.I.: “Hey there! You DO know that you’re not supposed to be here! Right?

Maria: “GAH! WHAT THE HELL!?”

A.I.: “Language! Anyways, I COULD open the doors back up for you…but my buddy Huggy wouldn’t be too happy about that, and you know how best friends are! So I’m gonna give you 10 minutes to head back to Playcare before this entire place goes on lockdown! How’s that sound?”

Maria stared at the screen with a look of shock and the slightest bit of fear on her face before she quickly lifted up her bat and smashed the tv in front of her. She watched as it fell to the ground and continued to bash at it before breathing heavily when she saw that it was finally broken. She was about to start relaxing before she suddenly heard that voice again…what the-!?

A.I.: “…Alright…I’m gonna take that as a no. Okay!, your choice, not mine! Just don’t be shocked when my best friend, Huggy finds you walking about down here! He wouldn’t be very happy to see you! He’s very touchy when it comes to his personal space!”

Maria looked up ahead and noticed another door beginning to close, she gasp and began to run over to it as fast as she could, just barely managing to make it through. When she was finally through she looked around…no TVs….thank god. Though…she thought too soon as she saw another TV. She lifted up her bat, ready to smash this one before it suddenly lifted up its…hands…? And began speaking.

Hixel: “hey, HEY! Calm down now! I’m only trying to help! Jeez…I can see that you’re lost.”

Maria: “I’m NOT lost! I-“

Hixel: “I saw that you got separated From my friend back there!”

Maria suddenly froze…friend..? Was he talking about Clarance? She looked this toy up and down…he had on a…work outfit. She didn’t know if she wanted to trust him or not, but then again…every other toy here who could speak like a normal person seemed sane enough. And this guys like…what? 4 feet tall? He couldn’t hurt her if he tried. Maria gulped and cautiously lowered her bat as the toy introduced himself.

Hixel: “names Hixel Pixel. But you can call me Michael. That toy back there? He’s my friend! I know him from the higher floors! We both work behind the scenes at the game station making sure everything works right!”

Maria: “…You know Clarance. That’s what you’re saying?”

Hixel: “Yeah! He’s my homie! And homies help eachother’s homies!, am I right?”

Maria: “…tsk…I mean…sure.”

Hixel: “Great! Cmon! Follow me!”

The TV headed toy turned and began to speed walk, making sure that Maria was following him. Maria didn’t exactly trust this guy…but he seemed convincing enough. She sighed and tightened her grip on her back…just how many toys here wanted to help her anyways..? Weren’t they supposed to STOP her from leaving? She’s not complaining though…anything to get out of this hell hole…and to meet Handyman, Clarance and Caleb again…

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Clarance looked around anxiously before putting a hand up to his head and scratching at some of the clay, causing his face to deform slightly. Caleb continued to feel at the door, trying to see if he could possibly get it open. He was about to try banging again where he suddenly heard Clarance speak up.

Clarance: “🔷you stay here! I’ll go see if I can get Maria back!🔷”

Caleb: “what? You’re leaving me?! What the fu-“

Clarance: “🔷NO! I’m not-! Urgh! I’ll be back! I swear🔷 - 🟪just give me a second!🟪”

Before Caleb could complain anymore, Clarance was already gone, traveling through the vents. Caleb groaned and began to search urgently in his bag for something before he suddenly…heard someone. A female’s voice followed by something coming towards him. He couldn’t see it, but a large Poe toy walked over to him, keeping a bit of distance while she looked down at him with her arms behind her back.

Rosalie: “Excuse me, I don’t intend to scare you but what are you doing out of Playcare? Are you lost?”

Caleb: “…No. I’m just waiting for a friend. Who are you?”

Rosalie: “Rosalie, at your service. You shouldn’t be here right now, say, why don’t we go back to Playcare and get you checke-

Caleb: “Hah! I may be blind but I am NOT falling for that.”

Rosalie: “…sorry?-“

Caleb: “I’m fine! I’m just waiting for someone!”

Rosalie: “I understand that…but you shouldn’t be here alone.”

Rosalie took a step forward to attempt to try and grab the kid but was surprised when he stood up and suddenly bolted past her. Her eyes widened as she turned and saw him running, she quickly pulled out her phone, alerting some other toys about this she she began chasing after him.

Rosalie: “Hello? Yes! This is Rosalie from the security team! We have an orphan who seems to be lost! Away from Playcare!”

Someone answered…it was Catnap.

Catnap: “…alright. Sending down Mr Sandman, Boxy Boo and Pianosaurus.”

Rosalie seemed nervous at the idea of Catnap sending down some of the most violent toys and one of the most violent experiments but she was hopeful that he knew what he was doing… She ran over to the corner that Caleb had just passed but was shocked to see that he was suddenly gone…what the-?! Where’d he go!? She looked around urgently for the kid before letting out an agitated breath. She grabbed onto her phone again and spoke into it.

Rosalie: “Hello? Mr Grambell? This is Rosalie again, the orphan got unfortunately away! I need a search team down here immediately.” … “alright, I can do that. Thank you, sir.”

She quickly out her phone up then walked into one of the rooms with a TV and gave the screen a couple of knocks.

A.I.: “Hello? Oh! Rosalie! Finally someone to talk to! So I was jus-“

Rosalie: “My apologies A.I. but I can’t talk right now, Mr Grambell wants you to keep an eye on an orphan. About 5 feet tall, has a large shirt with an X on it, he appeared to be blind..it’s very urgent that we find him and get him back to Playcare before any escaped experiments can get to him.”

A.I. stared at her before “narrowing” his eyes and speaking up again. He felt agitated that he had just gotten cut off.

A.I.: “I would say yes but I can tell that you don’t know that there’s actually two of them-“

A.I. didn’t even get a word in before Rosalie was already out and looking for the run away kid again. He felt agitated and awfully lonely that nobody had time to speak to him…figuring that Rosalie had the blind orphan anyhow, he went off to search for Maria again…besides, Huggy would be angry if he saw a bat wielding teen running rampant down his halls and he’s got some ideas on how to trap her anyhow!

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Handyman entered the large room then looked around. Ah, the train station…they remember this place. They looked down at the train tracks before slowly making their way down them, wanting to quickly get off before a train went flying at them or something…they looked around to make sure that nobody was watching before stepping off of the tracks. Once they finally managed to, they examined their surroundings…ugh…bright. Too bright for their eyes. Handyman shook their head and continued walking, right! They’ve gotta find the others!

[decadeofjoy-au]

Icarus : Whatdid you do?!

A.I.: I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT TELEPORT BREAD FOR 3 DAYS *

(*code for make sure nobody escapes )

Chester: ( muffled behind a door) I’ve been in here since February (he’s been in there for 2 hours at most )

A.I.: :| (www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRv0byLcT2o) (add the https:// bit)

🪽Icarus is split between A.I. not doing jack around the place and doing far too much work and it’s confusing the heck outta him.

[decadeofjoy-au]

Azure and A.I.: Alternate Adventure(or AAA:AA) part 2

Title: Chance Encounter

(TW: Mentions of character death. Mentions of Blood and Injury. Swearing)

This link has the links to the other parts/other stories: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/774964066342092800/rules

SETTINGS: Security Halls.

MAIN CHARACTERS: Azure Nilson + A.I.

OCS in this part and their owners.

Azure Nilson-TDOJ

Maria Harper-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr Sandman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ(Mentioned)

A.I.-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Caleb-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Coo-Coo The Dog-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman

Catnap

Mommy Long Legs

Huggy Wuggy

Kissy Missy(Mentioned)

Pianosaurus(Mentioned)

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Azure took quiet, careful steps down the lit up, grey halls. It was the afternoon at this point. Plenty of people could be roaming around. She gulped and lightly clutched onto her bag. Ughhh…why’d she have to come up here? Was she stupid? Dumb? All she knows is that this…is probably one of the WORST decisions she’s ever made in her entire life. She was shaking with every step she took. It was quiet. Too quiet… she liked the quiet but not like this. Not in such an unfamiliar place. She pulled her mini notebook out of her small, smiley face bag before grabbing her pencil along with it. She began to write down her thoughts into it while also keeping her eyes and ears peered for any danger.

“So it’s been a while since I’ve seen Maria. At least a day. Maybe more? A day and a half? I don’t know. I just know she’s been gone for a while. I’m walking down a dark hallway. Empty, except for the occasional TV or two. Red stuff. Hopefully not what I think it is. And there are giant prints in the floor. It reeks here. Awfully metallic. Maybe blood. Did someone get hurt? Hopefully not. I just hope that no security guards find me.”

She continued to write quickly yet neatly, slowly losing focus of her surroundings before she suddenly heard a voice. She jolted up and frantically looked around. Ohh no…busted… Who said that? She’d gonna be in SO much trouble! Eventually, her eyes landed on a TV that seemed to be place directly next to what seemed to be a broom closet with a mop lying outside of it. Azure rose a brow. No…the TV didn’t talk. Pfft, she’s not stupid!

….or did it? She can never be sure… Azure look a small step towards the TV. Nothing.. She narrowed her eyes and grabbed the mop before poking the TV with the stick. Huh…maybe it IS just her head… she turned around and was about to walk away when she heard it…a voice. She definitely heard someone say “Hey! Listen!”. She snapped back around, looking frantically and yet she STILL saw nothing but that TV. Alright. Maybe she’s just losing her mind now. She stared at the TV just a BIT longer before finally…she got a response. From the TV.

A.I.: “Ooooooh Busted…”

Azure shrieked when she heard this, oh my god. It just talked. The TV just TALKED. So she’s NOT crazy then…that’s…at least relieving. But either way, a LITERAL TV is talking to her…THAT is TERRIFYING. She was about to completely bolt in the opposite direction when the TV suddenly made a loud noise in an attempt to gain her attention.

Azure suddenly froze at that, almost as if on command. Her eyes were wide as she listened closely to whatever this…weird…TV headed thing had to say.

Before this, things were uh..pretty intense. A.I. had just come back from Checking up on Mr Sandman and trying to find Silencer. Mr Sandman’s leg looked…literally unusable with how that machine had it pressed down. He was 90% sure that green girl had done that on purpose. She literally slammed a bat into Pianosaurus’ face when they first caught her outside of playcare, which he recovered from. She killed Hixel and he’s sure she doesn’t mind adding onto that kill count! She’s definitely gonna get it when they end up catching her. Which they WILL. He looked back down at Azure, taking note of the fact that she was just as still as a statue, listening as closely as she could to whatever he had to say. Huh. This one seems less snappy than the other two. More listening and less attacking. After what felt like years of silence, Azure cautiously spoke up, attempting not to stutter but failing to do so anyways. Wow. She’s embarassing herself. In front of a TV of all things.

Azure: “Uh..w-who are you?"

A.I.: "Me? Well I'm A.I.!... yes, that's my actual name... But, who are YOU? Shouldn't you be in playcare?"

Azure was hesitant for a moment, feeling a bit well- guilty that she got caught breaking the rules. But she’s been caught…suppose she should answer anyways.

Azure: "Well- yeah. But uh. I was just- looking.. for someone."

A.I.: “Someone? Who? If you don't mind me asking.

Azure took note of the fact that the TV had said the last part in a sort of, joking way. …doesn’t do much to ease her anxiety but it’s something.

Azure: “Jjjust my sister. I..haven't seen her in playcare for a while and I WOULDVE asked one of the caretakers but uh.. I don't think any of them like her very much."

A.I.: “Now that I think about it I have seen a kid around... I gotta ask, does your sister, who looks nothing like you by the way, wear green?"

Azure: ".Yes? How'd you know?"

A.I.: "...Let's just say she likes smashing things... EXPENSIVE things... and also may or may not have caused a lot of chaos recently... "

Ah…smashing things. That um…that sounds about right for Maria. But wait…that means he knows something!

Azure: "Wait! So...you've seen her! She's around here?!”

A.l.: "Last I saw she ran off... I honestly have no idea what the place looks like from a "normal person's" perspective but things were a bit crazy back there... those screams will haunt my digital nightmares for atleast a week...”

A.I. muttered that last part, those screams were some of the most blood curdling he’s ever heard in his LIFE. Definitely wouldn’t wanna hear that again.

A.I.: “All I know is she isn't nearby "

Screams? What does he mean screams?! Is she okay? Did she get hurt? Azure immediately seemed worried at the potential idea of her sister being hurt or injured.

Azure: “What? Screams!? She's okay though, right?!”

A.I.: They weren't HER screams ...she did cause them though... she's been nothing but pure violence and I thought HE was the violent one here...

A.I. muttered that last part as well, clearly referring to someone but…Azure didn’t know who. She doesn’t exactly WANT to know who..

Azure: "oh..."

Azure fell quiet. She gulped before finally speaking up again. She knows how er- violent Maria is to things that she doesn’t consider “living”. The toys…she always seemed to hate them with a burning passion. Azure didn’t know why but..she wasn’t gonna pry about it to her.

Azure: "well, are YOU okay? I mean- you DID say that you saw her and uh..she can be a bit…mean…sometimes"

A.I.: “Yeah, annoyingly she did smash SEVERAL TVs... seriously does nobody know how expensive those are...? I'm fine but I doubt Sandy is... she really did a number on him... not as bad as Hix though...”

Azure: “Oh- I’m reallly sorry that she did that to you! And whoever the other two are. She's uh, been acting pretty strange for the past week. Oddly…before she..left too." … “oh wait! You said she was breaking other TVs, right?”

A.I.: "yup, really annoying... and what She did to those two was gruesome... I mean, sure hix put a chip in her which is all kinds of messed up, but MURDER?!... and then she pulverized Sandy's leg... I don't think he's gonna be moving for a long, Long while..."

Azure: “Wait…SHE KILLED SOMEONE!?”

A.I.: "Those screams are definitely gonna haunt me for a while... I mean he WAS kinda asking for it when he planted a chip in the kid, but MURDER!? YEESH... "

Azure: "ohhh my god....she killed someone..”

She said in a shaken, terrified manner. Maria KILLED someone…okay…she’s DEFINITELY acting out then.. Azure knew that Maria didn’t like some people but she KILLED someone?? Hearing that, she was starting to grow a bit worried for the TV- er…A.I. that was right in front of her. She’d probably smash it if given the chance.

Azure: "well...if she's been acting out, I wouldn't want for her to hurt you or anything..." … “Oh! I got it!"

Azure then turned and ran into the closet next to the TV. A.I. could hear her rummaging around in there for…what? He doesn’t know. What is she even doing? He attempted to call out to her to see what she was doing, his tone confused and flat.

A.I.: “Kid? What?”

When she finished, Azure quickly walked out of the room with a step stool, scissors, a belt and….what looked like a screw driver with some screws. She then put the stool down and climbed up it. She placed her hands on the TV and attempted to use whatever strength she had to carefully snap it off the wall.

Azure: "Don't worry! This won't hurt!… Hopefully."

A.I. was silent, confused as to…what was going on. Reasonably so… He hasn’t even gotten an explanation for what this kid is doing. It took around…maybe a minute or two, but when she was done, she got up and admired her work. She had the belt into two and screw it onto the back of the TV in a sort of..”backpack" way. Apparently this kid doesn't know that A.l. can switch between TVs… meh. Anyways, She then picked the TV up, but didn't put it on or anything.

Azure: "There! Now if she tries to hurt you, she'll have to go through me. I mean- cmon! she wouldn't hurt her SISTER!” ... "I think so at least??”

A.I.: "well- okay then! So. Where are you gonna go?

A.I. wasn’t exactly…ASKING. More so saying it. Azure didn’t seem to get this though…either that or she was ignoring the fact all together.

Azure: "Look for my sister! I uh...You seem to know a bit about this place...so I was hoping..you'd help me out?"

A.I.: "Look, kid... you’re definitely not gonna last just wandering around. Everyone's going nuts with two of you already running around everywhere like weasels on a sugar rush... if you start looking, things aren't gonna go well...” … “I have an idea though. Go to that security office down the hall."

Azure rose a brow but hey..this guy seems pretty nice so far! She complied and started to walk down the hall, looking around before walking into the security office.”

Azure: "Okay, now what?"

A.I.: “I'm just gonna send a quick message to the boss- then you need to go to the meeting room down the hall out the other door in here in front of you. It's at the very end. Got that kid?"

Azure: "Oh- okay!"

She patiently waited for him to send a message to...this "boss" he was talking about. She would ask A.I. about him but hey, not her business to know though, is it? After he was done, she quickly began to make her way out of the room and towards where he wanted her to go. She walked into the meeting room and looked around. Huh…big. She looked at the chairs. They had names on them. Doey, Catnap, Mommy and Huggy..? She didn’t know that Doey and Mommy went here sometimes. But…who’s Catnap? And Huggy? She walked over to the large table and set A.I. down.

A.I.: “so since we’re waiting, do you know about my buddy, Huggy?”

Azure: “Oh…you mean..Kissy?”

A.I.: “No? Huggy. You know, the mascot. The guy whose face is planted literally everywhere from the small rooms to the front entrance.”

Azure: “Ohhh, that guy. I didn’t…think he was real to be honest. We never saw him at Playcare before..”

A.I.: “oh well, he’s a pretty busy guy…VERY busy… But he’s my best friend! You’ll get to see him when he shows up.”

Azure: “Really? He’s not…MEAN or anything..is he?..”

A.I.: “Nope, nicest guy I’ve ever met!”

Azure: “Oh-! Well…I hope he likes me.”

Just as Azure said that, four large toys walked into the room. She immediately took a step back and watched in shock as the four of them sat down in their separate seats. Oh…they’re big…REALLY big.. She knew that Mommy and Doey were pretty big toys but she’s 90% sure that they could crush her if they wanted to. The four toys stared down at the two, seeming rather confused and bored as to what they wanted. Huggy looked at A.I., waiting for him to speak up.

A.I.: “Hey, Huggy! Been a while since we’ve talked…especially after you ignored me.”

Huggy blinked, almost paying attention to the more disappointed tone in A.I.’s voice but managing to ignore it all together. He didn’t MEAN to ignore his friend..he was just.. busy.

A.I.: “But anyways…I managed to find this kid who was running around, but get this…she just so happens to know the green kid who’s been running around causing havoc all over the place! So I was thinking, she could help us find the kid! Sure she doesn’t know the other one but just one of them is all we need to know about to catch them both! So basically, I keep her safe and she gets us the kid back.”

The four of them stared at A.I. he…makes a very good point…but something feels wrong about this. They know he’s already asked The Prototype.. Doey then spoke up, his tone serious and doubtful.

Doey: “are you SURE you’ll keep her safe? You promise?”

A.I.: “Swear on it.”

Mommy: “well then..You better not be lying, A.I.”

Huggy narrowed his eyes at Mommy. A.I. wasn’t really known for lying, more like being a little shit to intruders and being…insanely clingy..but he wasn’t a liar. He was about to start writing when Azure suddenly spoke up, immediately moving to defend A.I.’s case

Azure: “I’m sure he’s not lying! He’ll protect me!”

Azure smiled in an attempt to get through to the four. All the four leaders were still silent before eventually, Huggy gave a thumbs up of approval. Slowly, the other 3 began to agree as well, though Doey was a bit more reluctant than the other two. Azure grinned and picked up, A.I.

A.I.: “Great! Onward we go then!”

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 18 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Masks you Wear.

(TW: Severe injury. Fight at the end.)

This link has the links to the other parts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/774964066342092800/rules

SETTINGS: Lower Floors(first part). Playcare(second part). Security halls(third part). Security halls(fourth part). Miniature warehouse(fifth part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Main Group - Doey - Voloveoraptor - A.I. - Doodle

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

A.l.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Vile-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Doodle The Stretchy Mime-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Connie Stellation-Anewbieartist356

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Melly Collen-Sweatycowboyqueen(Brief Appearance)

Rosalie-Corelex

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts(Brief Appearance)

The Prototype(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman

Catnap(Mentioned)

Kissy Missy

Medic

Voloveoraptor(Mentioned)

(Anewbieartist helped with the Doodle lines at the end!)

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Maria and Caleb walked as quietly as possible. Everything was dead silent…awfully silent… Caleb had an idea as to why it was suddenly so quiet but…he didn’t wanna think that it was what he THOUGHT it was. He still remembered what happened those 5 hours ago, sure, he didn’t see much of what happened due to…you know…but whoever was chasing him dropped some PRETTY heavy stuff. Like…who’s A.I.?? Silas!? Heck- who even is Nancy!? Was it the thing that was chasing them earlier? He didn’t know…he just continued to follow after Maria, holding tightly onto the back of her jacket as to not lose her.

Maria looked around before frowning. No stairs, no extra rooms…nothing. No where to go except…down. She looked over to the elevator before letting out an uncomfortable groan and turned back around, causing Caleb to let go of her. Maybe…they could find something. A source to communicate with eachother even when they’re apart. After being alone with that crazy TV, having to run from that sound-sensitive monster and that ant…god. That gigantic ant. Was he even a toy?? Looked more like god’s worst creation to her… either way, she eventually found something laying under a table in the middle of the hall. There were two torn, beaten and shredded toys lying dead next to two phones. Creepy…but it’ll have to do. Maria picked the phones up, wiping some blood off of them before walking back over to Caleb.

Maria: “ey, I found a couple of phones. You think we could talk to each other this way? Incase we get separated again.”

Caleb: “oh! Definitely. Would be useful too.”

Maria: “Great.”

Maria handed Caleb one phone and began to tamper with the one she had kept. Just as she began to do this, she heard running coming from down the halls. God…not again! She braced herself to come face to face with another random toy or experiment but was surprised to see Handyman and Clarance making their way down the hall towards them. She shakily sighed in relief before taking a step forward towards them, handing Clarance the phone he had before he could speak. He looked down at it in surprise before looking back up at Maria. Some of his clay seemed to be a bit…uneven. As if someone had been pulling and tampering with it. This caught Maria’s attention but she ignored this fact for now to explain what she had found.

Maria: “Clarance! Handyman! We found a couple of phones. We were thinking that we could communicate incase we get separated again.”

Clarance: “🟪I- oh….so you two are okay then, yes?🟪 - 🟢We’ve been looking everywhere for you two.🟢 - 🟪especially after that deafening shriek.🟪”

Caleb: “We’re fine.”

Clarance: “🟪Good…now, about these phones…🟪”

Clarance gave it a couple of taps, gaining Handyman’s attention as well. He hummed and tilted his head before nodding

Clarance: “🟪Hm…impressive. And to think that they were smart enough to make more of these despite previously being in-…🟪”

Clarance suddenly paused before shaking his head and clearing his throat.

Clarance: “🔷R-Right. It’s a good thing we have these.🔷 - 🟪You kids are very clever. Now cmon. Let’s go🟪.”

The group seemed to agree on this and made their way over to the elevator. Maria wondered how everyone at playcare was doing…she thought about Azure for a moment but brushed the thought away.

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Kissy was desperately attempting to calm down the many panicked children in Playcare, some crying, some froze, some didnt even care. The scream had scared the caretakers just as much as everyone else. Connie was busy taking some kids to her Sleepy Time area in an attempt to ease some tension while Vile assured some children that it was simply just some incredibly good acting, though…he was just scared out as those kids..he’s never heard a scream THAT loud before..Yeesh. Whoever screamed like that must’ve been some…5 star actor or something. Rosalie was also attempting to reassure the children that everything was fine though she seemed to have been doing a better job at it than Vile was. She rubbed her head, attempting to remember how her father would do it whenever she was scared or needed reassurance. Eventually, Doey came down and cleared his throat.

Doey: “🟧Everyone just calm down! Everything is perfectly fine and under control.🟧”

Aether: “What was that scream? And the yelling? Did something happen?”

Doey: “🟧One of our…🟧 -🔻helpers..🔻 - 🟧just got his leg caught in something. Hes….🟧 - 🟡Everything is perfectly fine though!🟡”

Kissy nodded in an attempt to back him up while Rosalie seemed relived that the situation was being handled better than what was originally happening. All the orphans were still…reasonably shaken but seemed just the slightest bit more relived at the reassurance. Rosalie silently thought about her father for a moment before standing up and ushering some children to the Playhouse. Maybe a few games will help get their mind off stuff. Vile noticed this and quickly followed after her. Doey watched as the orphans all slowly but surely began to go back to their previous spots before the…incident. Good. He pulled out his phone and walked over to the school, making sure that nobody could hear him before speaking up

Doey: “Ca- er…Theodore? Yes…it’s Doey. How is he?” …. “The prototype? Well…if you say so, then I can’t complain. I’ll call you back later. Oh…and…tell him that we got the situation settled back down here at Playcare. They’re..all still pretty shaken up but the caretakers, and a few experiments… are handling it.” … “right. I’ll call back when I need something from you.”

Doey hung up the phone call and slowly but surely shoved the phone back into his doughy body. Ew…but okay. He then made his way over to Medic who was just making his way down to Playcare.

Doey: “🟧Medic? How are the patients? Not too shaken up still, are they?🟧”

Medic: “They’re managing. Hoppy just delivered some supplies so that was quite useful.”

Doey: “🟧Good…good. I’ll go get some food from the kitchen. Hopefully Candy cat, Picky and Pizzaman made something good. We don’t want another panic to happen down here. In the meantime, I have an idea to make security more accurate with our er….🟧 -🔻recent death..🔻”

Medic: “Yes…Hixel.” … “How’s Mr Shortcake doing?”

Doey: “🟧I’m..not sure. I haven’t gotten time to check up on him with everything going on recently.🟧 - 🟡I just hope he’s okay..🟡”

Medic: “…I see. Well then, I’ll be going back to working. Don’t overwork yourself.”

Doey: “🟧I won’t. And…thank you.🟧”

Medic: “No problem. I’m just doing my job.”

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Voloveoraptor quickly darted through the security halls before stopping when he saw it. The security room. After making sure that nobody was watching, he tried to open the door but found it locked. Darn it…! He growled and went to punch the door but managed to calm himself down. Right…back to the mission at hand. He took a deep breath and counted to ten then continued down the halls. As he ran, he finally saw it. An elevator up to the higher floors. He ran over to it and quickly stepped inside, allowing it to take him back up.

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A.I. looked around, flipping through every TV he could but…nothing. He lost her. Dang… He stopped what he was doing before his thoughts briefly drifted back to earlier. He managed to cut the thought out of his head though. He knew it was one sided, but it was definitely still more than rude of them to do that. He thought they were brothers! He flipped to another TV before eventually deciding to head back up to see if maybe she had wandered up there. He noticed the raptor that he once saw before running by and attempted to follow him but slowly ran out of TVs. He needs to tell Huggy about that too then…hopefully he still isn’t insanely busy. He hasn’t gotten to talk to him in a while..in the meantime, he’s gonna look for Silencer again. Hopefully she hasn’t mauled anybody yet.

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The group slowly descended down. The elevators seem to be in tip top shape. These toys really kept the place clean…well- as clean as they COULD as some rooms were either empty or had way too much in them. It was like they were children who couldn’t make up their room. They reached a new floor. A different one. It seemed like the warehouse that Maria and Caleb were in before but it was much smaller and seemed to have tools everywhere except toys, not to mention it seemed to have a giant bridge up near the high ceiling. They looked up and saw the bridge. It was completely intact..Infact…looks like it just got fixed up. Odd. Clarance continued along with Maria and Caleb but Handyman paused…they’ve been here before…many times before. They “narrowed” their eyes and looked around before looking up and deciding to peer in closer to the bridge above. A shadow…they began to eye the strange shadow hanging over them. Was that…a toy? Wait. Handyman recognizes this experiment. Oh. Her. They squinted in an attempt to glare at the experiment from above who let out a glitchy laugh and came falling down in front of the group. Doodle.

Doodle: “little dove, i didnt think id f-f-find you a-around here! And s-s-some f-friends too? Oh how fun-un!”

The experiment didn’t seem to have a specific voice…more like she was using previous things said from other toys, experiments and even orphans then replaying them. Her voice was filled with static too..along with constant glitching. It reminded Maria of Hixel’s own voice. Handyman glared at the nickname. Ugh…not this stupid mime… Handyman and Doodle had a rather…tense…relationship. Mostly consisting of constant fights or Handyman getting beaten then dropped on their back and Clarance knows from experience that Handyman HATES it when things touch their wings. Doodle looked over at Maria and Caleb who seeemd to be slowly backing away from her before grinning and speaking up again, more mockingly this time though.

Doodle: “children? Now why would you bring them s-somewhere so dangerous!? The p-prototype wont like thisss” tsk tsk “To think they-yy call you a a-angel, little devil!”

Handyman: “..Buzz off, Doodle.”

Maria and Caleb blinked in surprise. THEY CAN TALK!? Clarance looked at Handyman with widened eyes. Oh. This is serious… Handyman huffed, knowing this mime experiment wasn’t gonna just leave without pestering the group…she clearly wants something, and Handyman knows EXACTLY what it is. To Handyman, this is personal. They took a step forward and cracked their knuckles. Oh…so they want to fight then, huh?

Doodle: “so the c-chicken wants to fight? Ill enjoy-y this~”

Clarance was about to protest this but Handyman put a hand on him, gently pushing him back. He looked back at Doodle then down at Handyman again before sighing and stepping away, lightly pushing Maria and Caleb back with him. He quickly grabbed the two and back away to a safer part of the room before setting them down. As much as he didn’t want this…jumping her just felt…wrong. Not to mention, Handyman was being VERY clear about the fact that this was personal and he wasn’t about to put him and two children in the way of some personal drama. And he doesn’t want Handyman to put a metal pole up to his throat again…

Doodle grinned maliciously at the sight. She hasn’t gotten to fight Handyman in a looonggg while and she’s OFFERING to do a 1v1? This day couldn’t get any better! She took a step back and quickly stretched her arms out to try and grab Handyman. Luckily, Handyman managed to move out of the way of her left arm before stomping on her right one. Doodle quickly turned her left arm back around with the intention to grab onto Handyman’s wings but Handyman quickly turned around, catching her hand whilst stepping off of the other one. Doodle laughed using Handyman’s old voice(which seemed to anger the other)before swinging her arm to throw Handyman at the nearby wall. Handyman blinked in surprise and braced themself for the impact but was grabbed by the leg and flung to the ceiling before being slammed back down on their back. An agonizing pain shot through their spine, causing them to let out a choked and pained gasp.

Doodle: “d-d-dawwwww did that h-hurt?”

Handyman “glared” at her and shakily began to get back up, ignoring the pain in their back. When they recovered(which didn’t take too long), they threw a punch at Doodle but unfortunately, had their hand caught and twisted. Fortunately for Handyman, their hands don’t have nerves in them. Handyman gave Doodle a deadpanned look before biting down on her hand. Doodle gasped in pain before growling at the other.

Doodle: “you little d-devil!”

Doodle barely got a chance to react further before she was flung to the side but before she could hit the floor, she reached out and grabbed onto Handyman’s wings before chucking her into a pile of wooden crates. A pop along with some tearing was heard from feathers being torn from the mannequin’s wings, with one being completely dislocated, though luckily not torn off completely. Handyman seemed to say down after this, though not unconscious. The pain was too much for her to even want to get back up anyway. Doodle snickered and let go of Handyman’s feathers, letting them slowly fall to the floor before slowly walking over to her.

Doodle: “whats wron-n-ng? little cherub n-n-ever learned to fl-y-y?”

Handyman coughed before attempting to life up their hand to make a…certain hand gesture…but was simply unable to. They watched silently as Doodle began to approach them. Aw great…this again? Handyman “glared” again. Ugh..they HATE this girl. Even more so now that they’ve practically plucked her feathers. Seeing this, Clarance quickly grabbed Handyman, Maria and Caleb before climbing up to the bridge above as quickly as he could, trying to get away from the other experiment. Doodle quickly noticed this then attempted to chase after the group when she reached the top and looked over to the pair of doors at the end of the bridge, she saw them closed. She laughed to herself before slowly lowering herself back down. She’ll see them again. She just knows it.

Doodle: “ohh…p-parting is such sweet…t-tragedy-yyy…..b-bye bye little birdie! Ill s-see y-YOU later!”

She laughed. She seemed to ALWAYS be able to get her to speak. She was probably one of the ONLY experiments who was able to get Handyman to actually USE her voice. She retreated back into the shadows as a black cat toy with a claw for a tail walked into the room. Oh, it’s Melly! She watched silently as the other toy looked around. She WOULD mess with her..get a laugh out of tormenting her…but trying to clip that angel’s wings was far more fun.

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A.I. and Huggy Wuggy Side Story

Title: Busy Bodies

Set during part 15 of the canon story

(A.I. is owned by Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

He switched between different TVs, looking for anything interesting or out of the ordinary. Normally…A.I. would be patrolling, he…technically is…but it’s almost like those two kids just vanished. And those 4 other experiments that apparently escaped are NOWHERE in sight. Not to mention with everyone SMASHING AND BREAKING HIS TVS RECENTLY…he can’t exactly go to every place in the factory. Not until they’re replaced at least. He can’t even ask Sandman to do it cause the giant beast is nowhere to be found. Besides the occasional stomping coming from places he can’t go though…he’s not sure that’s Sandman. The Prototype told him to keep a lookout for 2 orphans and 4 experiments yet those kids and experiments are wandering around places he can’t get to anymore. He’s getting bored(and maybe a bit lonely)…Sandman isn’t around, Frosty is sleeping, Mommy has Stella…, Huggy is- HUGGY! Now there’s someone he can talk to! He immediately moved to the TV closest to Huggy, following the large toy as he walked.

A.I.: “HEYYYYYY, Huggy! How’s my bestie? H-hey where you going? It’s been a while… we haven’t had to the time to catch up whatcha been up to? H-HEY IM TALKING TO YOU!”

Huggy was completely ignoring him! Is he still busy or something? Huggy usually never ignores A.I.. As he walked, A.I. ran out of TVs to switch to and watched Huggy walk away. Maybe he just didn’t hear him..but that can’t be right. Can it? A.I. eventually found a different TV to switch to with where Huggy was going.

A.I.: “Hey, bestie! I don’t think you heard me back there! I said hi!”

Huggy stopped and stared at the TV with the same smile he always had…not like he can change his expression anyways. Huggy WANTED to walk away..he was very busy at the moment but now that he was actually face to face with A.I. it would be…er…mean…and he doesn’t wanna hurt his friend’s feelings! Huggy glanced to the side while A.I. talked…he looked back at the TV. What was he even talking about? Huggy can’t exactly focus and began to slowly take small steps back, attempting to leave without being noticed. It was working…but alas…A.I. eventually noticed. And he was reasonably not feeling very thrilled about it.

A.I.: “What- where are you going? We haven’t talked in a while, you know! I just wanna have a small talk with you!”

Huggy squinted his eyes and his brows furrowed slightly in guilt as he took another small step back. A.I. “blinked” and looked closer…was he ignoring him? That…is SO rude. He actually gets to SPEAK with his best friend after…what? 3 days? and gets ignored as a response? Nonetheless he watched as Huggy turned and quickly walked away. Hm…he’s probably just busy. He’ll talk with him later.

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Hopefully anyways. A.I., feeling rather agitated now, went back to patrolling the halls. As he patrolled, he noticed something large and red running towards the elevator.

Is that a raptor?

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I just need to ask a new question for the day!

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Fun question for today!

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How my bigger Body or adult experiment OCs (most of them if I missed any ) see Sandman

Pizzaman - okay, but YEESH those scars…

Hero - simply another job to do (as stated before she really doesn’t want the job but also doesn’t want anyone else to see what she’s seen (despite them technically already have … look she’s technically still a child like the others) )

Vile - thinks he’d be good at acting (vile is a dorky idiot whose oblivious yet aware most of the time the times he interacts with sandman are the oblivious times. Not that it helps sandman )

Coo-Coo - would spout cryptic sh*t about how maybe what he’s doing isn’t worth it, and possibly making him question things…

Sock-it - is simply trying to get some sleep. the sunny day theme is NOT. helping…

Snooze - you know how Karen’s will go apesh*t on a random guy they just decided now works there and is responsible for everything that happened (that they caused) that’s basically how snooze treats him

The Quartet (radio friend, Mother Nature, The Squirrel & The Scruff) -they weren’t really sure if he was actually one of the head scientists but it’s too lat eto do anything about it now…

A.I. - would mock him similar to what he does with Maria & others he wants to toy with but would “work” with him if there’s an issue with security (would still mock him though)

definitely would lead to a few smashed TVs…

Silencer/Nancy - …only one quiet enough in this loud place …

🪽Just know that Coo-Coo is definitely one of his OPPs now. Mr Sandman does NOT like being questioned 😔

A.I. is also one of his OPPs, if he hears that voice, he’s immediately bolting towards the source with malicious intent 😔