#TDOJ Coo-Coo the Dog(icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

[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]

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 15 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: The Doctor is In.

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

(TW: Brief character death mentions. Mentions of torture. Swearing.)

SETTINGS: No Man’s Land(first part). Interrogation rooms(second part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Handyman + Clarance - Maria Harper + Caleb - Mr Sandman

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance the Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Coo-Coo the Dog-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

The Doctor

Huggy Wuggy(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs(Mentioned)

Catnap(Mentioned)

Miss Delight(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman(Mentioned)

Yarnaby

Mr Shortcake

Bubba Bubbaphant

Maria’s Parents(Mentioned)

Jaelyn’s Wife(mentioned)

Handyman entered the room with Clarance following closely behind. Handyman gestured for Clarance to go south while they went North. Clarance nodded and quickly walked off as Handyman searched the area…generators…that needed to be activated…oh great…they can’t leave until they figure out how to do this…Handyman found a battery in a pile of lifeless toys and shoved it into a machine before pressing their hand to it to allow it to be scanned. Meanwhile, Clarance looked around for something…anything. He then looked down and saw something! An orange hand. He picked it up, noticing the piece of paper that was attached to it. He snatched the paper off and molded his clay around it…just so that he could read it in his free time. He then continued to explore the area, making sure not to get in the way of the giant yarn lion that was currently patrolling. It took at least 30 minutes for the two of them to figure out how to get out of the room…well…Handyman did most of the work while Clarance searched around for some stuff. Handyman watched as a door opened then slowly walked out, glaring at Clarance who in an attempt to be forgiven for….the lack of helping them, gave them the orange hand that he had found.

Clarance: “���So…where do you think we’ll find him?🔷”

Clarance flinched as he heard a voice from behind.

The Doctor: “Find? Why…I’m already 2 steps ahead of you.”

Clarance and Handyman immediately turned around to see….a TV. With an eye on it? Clarance felt like he remembered this voice…Handyman felt that way as well but the fact that he had just popped up out of nowhere gave them a negative feeling. Handyman took the hand that Clarance offered them before taking a step away from the TV. Clarance gulped and spoke cautiously.

Clarance: “🟢…Who are you?🟢”

The Doctor: “You don’t remember me? Hm…how fascinating. So that devilish cat DIDN’T follow all of my advice like I had INFORMED him to when he was in the works with you…of course. Maybe NOW he’ll know that it’s best to listen to the expert…”

Clarance: “🔷…what are you talking about?🔷”

The Doctor: “Cmon…you remember me, don’t you Burch? Not even the faint spark of Deja Vu? Dr. Harley Sawyer. doesn’t that ring a bell?”

Clarance: “🟪…wait…Sawyer..?🟪”

The Doctor: “…Ah! It appears that you do remember! Hm…you remind me of someone. It appears that they had a certain idea in mind when they made you…ah…Karma…what a terrible thing. You’re so different from them yet alas….the same. Pathetic, weak, chasing the same crumbling, shattered dreams of toys we once made during our time here as co-workers. It’s pitiful. Really. You’ve gone soft. In more ways than one.. Tell me, Burch. Where’s that same, calm facade you had since the day we met? You’re shaking. I can see it. That outer shell is slowly cracking to reveal what’s underneath. How pathetic. And to think I once worked with you…”

Harley then looked down lower….at Handyman. He blinked in surprise! Ah, he remembers that color scheme and defensive posture from anywhere!

The Doctor: “My, and it appears that you’ve brought a friend! Tell me, does she remember me?”

Clarence was silent. She? He suddenly shook his head.

Clarance: “🟪Sawyer…we’re not here to ask for any escape plans or the nearest exit routes. We just need to find a couple of kids-🟪“

The Doctor: “And why is that? So you can mold them into one…abomination again? That’s exactly what you did with that brutish glob of playdough, wasn’t it? And last I checked…you failed. He was a completely unstable experiment…Weighed over 900 pounds…his consciousnesses constantly threw eachother off and his mood swings were disastrous, I might add. Would go from��childish and playful to violent and feral within seconds. You succeed in giving him life….but you failed to make him whole.”

Clarance suddenly fell silent, feeling a sudden rush of guilt for what he had done to those three…god…what was he thinking..? They were just..kids. Now they’re grown and STILL cant function properly as a single being, he’s seen it with his own eyes! When they visit his cell, he can TELL which one of the three are speaking! JUST from the tone of his voice! And he got hit REAL bad with Karma for it….his wife. Oh…he misses his wife…..

Harley, noticing his inner turmoil suddenly spoke up.

The Doctor: “Might wanna stop tearing at that head of yours…wouldn’t want to shatter the last bits of sanity that you already have. You failed…we all know that…but my projects…my WORK…oh, it always prevails. In fact….. Yarnaby..~ I need you for a little demonstration.”

Just as he said the last part, that same yarn lion from before came charging towards the room, only being stopped by the closed metal door.

The Doctor: “Do some good for once and get rid of our…unwanted guest, would you?”

After a few seconds of banging…Yarnaby suddenly broke through. Unfortunately for the lion…Clarance had hid on the ceiling out of his sight while making sure he had Handyman held in a tight grip. The lion began to slowly patrol the area, attempting to sniff out the duo. Clarance was going to let Handyman down but suddenly froze and shoved himself further against the wall…

Coo-Coo suddenly walked into the room, his crazed eyes looking all over. He looked like a red coo-coo clock if it were a dog…. He didn’t notice the two of them, instead going after Yarnaby who didn’t notice the large canine toy…yet. Clarance finally let Handyman down and followed after Coo-Coo…though, he made a sharp right instead of a left like Coo-Coo and Yarnaby did. He was smarter than that. Handyman on the other hand followed after Coo-Coo to try and find a potential exit. They could hear the dog saying some…really cryptic and creepy stuff…ugh…insane as always. Handyman came to a stop as Coo-Coo cornered Yarnaby and immediately began to attack the lion toy. Yarnaby mindlessly swiped his claws around the air as Coo-Coo worked to individually tear out his yarn. Handyman looked behind them…the exit door! They…they need that. They turned back around and ran to get Clarance. Clarance was halfway down the hall before Handyman was tugging at his arm. He rose a brow then followed after the mannequin.

The two stopped at the door….Yarnaby gnawed at Coo-Coo’s arm but Coo-Coo just yanked more of his yarn out, causing the feline to shriek and roar. Handyman thought to themself…how do they get past…? Clarance decided to try something a bit….stupid. He grabbed onto a shoe then threw it at the back at Coo-Coo’s head. Coo-Coo suddenly snapped his neck around to see who threw it….he saw nothing. He grabbed onto Yarnaby and slammed the cat to the side before walking over to the door to investigate. Meanwhile…Clarance managed was on the ceiling, holding onto Handyman. He crawled over to the door before prying it open and crawling through. This got Coo-Coo’s attention again as he immediately began to make chase after them. Luckily, the duo made it into a room and closed it in time for the beast to not get in. They had to get out quick though….Coo-Coo is smart. Handyman knows this. They looked around for some way to escape as Clarance turned to find another TV.

Clarance: “🔷if you’d just tell us where they are…that would be great.🔷”

The Doctor: “and why should I do that? Hm? Please, give me ONE good reason.”

Handyman looked at the doctor before using their flare gun to burn a sentence onto a large sheet of paper.

The Doctor: “…Leave? LEAVE? Do you TRUELY believe that you’d be doing them any favors by allowing them to leave this place? Where would they go? How would they survive? WOULD they survive? Oh, Angel…as devoted as a mother…but as dumb as a mindless animal. Just like the rest of them unfortunately. Now…I’m giving you two 5 minutes to escape this room before that psychopathic mutt breaks that door down…timer starts in Five. Four. Three.. Two……”

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…One minute they’re down near generator room….the next they’re…walking through a strange series of interrogation rooms. Ugh…Maria didn’t wanna be here anymore. Caleb held onto her tightly as they walked along. The two children were playing “Would you Rather”…just to pass the time. It was honestly pretty fun! “Would you rather be the best at the Game Station games or the smartest in the school?” “Would you rather fight Handyman or Clarance?” “Would you rather insult Mommy Long Legs or Miss Delight?” Stuff like that! Caleb spilled in a few theories he had about the place as the two walked along…Maria had completely forgotten about the paper that she was holding in her pockets. It was going well so far when Caleb suddenly stopped when it was his turn.

Caleb: “wait, hold on. Do you hear that?”

Maria: “Hear what?”

The two fell silent…stomps…

Caleb: “That!”

Maria perked up when she heard the distant stomping. It was pretty loud for being so far away…and it sounded as if it were getting louder. She gulped…wait…hasn’t she heard those stomps before? She looked around quickly before her eye landed on a distant….light….in the distance. Caleb slowly turned around as well, despite being blind he COULD register the fact that something bright was supposedly approaching the two of them. He stomped his foot down a couple of times to try and get a feel of how big the approaching thing was.

Oh…that thing is huge. He blinked in surprise then took a small step back. Maria instead took a step forward…squinting before eventually speaking up

Maria: “Are those….headlights..?”

The stomping was now as loud as ever, and it sounded incredibly rapid. God…was a train coming at them or some…thing….

Maria Froze, rethinking about that last thought. Her mind wandered to her parents….the bus, the train…her stupid nickname. Lucky…ugh, she hated being called that. She took another small step forward and could make out…rays? Sun rays? Her eyes widened. Those aren’t headlights….infact…that’s not even a vehicle…that’s..

Maria: “CALEB MOVE!”

She shouted, suddenly grabbing onto his shirt and yanking him into one of the interrogation rooms as Mr Sandman came charging down the halls at full speed towards them. His steps were so heavy that they created dents in the floor where he ran. He was moving so fast that he rammed into the door leading to the Workyard before immediately getting up and looking through the windows to the interrogation rooms. Maria and Caleb were ducked down as low as they could in order to not be caught by the giant fire ant….at least she THINKS he’s an ant…he kinda looks like a lion. Or a wingless griffin. But now’s not the time to pay attention to his species…because the gigantic animal was patrolling the halls like a lion stalking its prey…familiar. Anyways…Mr Sandman went back towards the Workyard’s doors but simply did that so that he could check the interrogation rooms in that area. Maria and Caleb silently decided that…yeah…that generator place wasn’t half bad….The two of them slowly snuck out of their hiding spots before making a beeline back to where they were before.

Mr Sandman searched frantically…he JUST saw them! He couldn’t have lost them already! He growled angrily before slamming his fists into a table, smashing it under his weight. He kept his hand down as he breathed heavily and quickly before pulling his hand away and continuing his search. He promised The Prototype that he’d find the kid…well…kids now! Because there’s…FUCKING TWO OF THEM. He raked his claws down the walls as his mind wandered back to what The Leaders had told them…”one week.”…that’s better then two days but if he can’t catch those little brats now then he’s never gonna catch him! Then when he goes back empty handed he’s gonna get beaten again! Mr Sandman searched even more frantically, eventually…he broke a window open to search inside one room, ignoring the cuts and scratches he received from the glass. The beatings he got were worse than this anyways…oh…god the beatings.

He hated those…since the day he became an experiment all the way up to now it’s just “do this” “do that” “if you don’t do this thing correctly I’ll beat you!” “Don’t make me hit you! Speak normally” hitting, beating…it was something different every time. Once he got beaten with a metal pole…he pissed off Leith realllyy bad that day. Thank god he’s dead….at least he hopes so. But that doesn’t change the fact that The Prototype does it to. They think he’s someone he’s not and he’s getting punished for it…for what!? He didn’t do anything wrong! He was just doing his job! He was just trying to support his mother! He just wants to go back hom-

Mr Sandman’s frantic thoughts were interrupted when he suddenly heard someone speak up…he slowly turned his head around. And saw…Mr Shortcake and Bubba Bubbaphant?

Mr Shortcake: “🩷…excuse me…Doctor. Are you done tearing through the rooms like a raging tornado…or can we pass now?🩷”

Mr Sandman: “…right….c-course….my fault, man..”

Mr Sandman slowly moved out of the way and silently watched as the two passed….hes gotta find those kids. And fast…because he swears to god..if he feels ONE MORE scalding, hot metal pole sink into the flesh of his spine then he’s gonna MURDER somebody… he is NOT playing around anymore. He immediately began to walk out of the interrogation room and search another. They’re just kids…he knows that. And he doesn’t wanna hurt them…good forbid kill them.. it’s not morally right! But for the love of god…if it stops the beatings..? Then fuck them kids Bro.

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Joke Side Story part 2

Title: All Bets are Off: Part 2: Doughy Demolition

(CW: Cut off swearing)

(A.I., Coo-Coo and Pizzaman belong to Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

(Dainty and Silly belong to Sweatycowboyqueen)

(Candi and Doris belong to anewbieartist)

Picky was resting in the halls. It’s been a pretty long day..basically all of the Dough and Co. toys had freaked out about something earlier so a big fight had happened. A.I. was the one to tell everybody so nobody really knew who had won. They eventually settled it. So after all of that…she just wanted to rest a bit. She was about to close her eyes when she heard…stomping?? She blinked in confusion and looked around. Nothing…was it Mr Sandman? She should probably leave the hallways if it is…she got up and turned to see…a large toy charging at her…was…was that a Dough and Co. toy? Wait…

Picky: “oh…f-“

Before she could finish, the toy lunged at her and immediately began to attack her. Pizzaman hadn’t been paying attention…he was far more focused on the money he had just gotten, not noticing the stampede of angry Dough and Co. toys charging at him….Buddy stopped right in front of him and glared angrily as Silly charged by to ram themself into Danity. Danity shrieked as Silly grabbed onto her leg and threw her at a nearby wall. Meanwhile…Figaro was attempting to get away from Coo-Coo who just…wouldn’t leave him alone. He was about to start angrily yelling at Coo-Coo when he heard stomping. He turned around and looked up to see…Clarance. Who seemed…very angry.

Figaro: “…what the-“

Clarance growled angrily before slamming his fist down on him. He was about to absolutely TEAR into Figaro when he suddenly heard Coo-Coo speak up

Coo-Coo: “Oooo-o-o-ooooh someone’s salty-“

Before he could even finish, Clarance suddenly slammed his fist down on him as well before attacking the two toys. Doey noticed and avoided Clarance, not wanting to deal with him to instead walk over to a TV. One of A.I.’s TVs. He looked A.I. DEAD in the eyes

Doey: “🔻hey..you see me right now? You know what I’m gonna do? Good.🔻”

A.I. stared in confusion before slowly realizing what he was about to do

A.I.: “OH..YOU SONSOVA BI-“

Doey quickly slammed the TV onto the ground before stomping on it, resulting in loud angry shouts being heard from all over the factory. He glared at the TV and went to go and start breaking the next one in a fit of anger. Huggy had hid in a room to avoid all the destruction when he heard the shouting. He quickly walked over to a nearby TV and tapped on it just to see if his friend was doing okay. Candi was calmly brushing through her fluff without a care in the world when she looked up and saw Doris standing in front of her with a VERY angry look on her face. Wait…isn’t she supposed to be in her cell?? She blinked and turned to see Percival chasing down a very frightened Bolt down the halls. Oh. They…must’ve found out. Darn- she heard some noises coming from a different room. It sounded like Gray… oh. They DID all freak out.. they’re screwed.

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It had been a few hours after that whole…thing. Most of everyone involved looked pretty injured, having bandages or other things covering them up. well- except A.I., but he was probably emotionally injured from having so many of his TVs destroyed so that still counts. Everyone was pretty quiet before Bolt suddenly spoke up.

Bolt: “Hey. Coo-Coo. Bet 30 dollars that Gray is gonna freak out next week.”

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Dumb idea

chibi-moji’s

(It was originally a comic with some of my OCs but the smaller versions were adorable and looked like emojis so I left it as is )

The only 4 at the moment are

Confident Zacker

Confused Gray

Supportive Coo-Coo

& Unsure Handyman: Green

🪽Supportive Coo-Coo 🤨 THATS unexpected

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Figaro and Coo-Coo The Dog Side Story

Title: Oh Figaro~

(TW: Minor Animal Death. Mentions of Arson. Cigarettes. Swearing. Gore. Blood. Awake surgery.)

(Coo-Coo The Dog belongs to Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad) + Coo-Coo dialogue was written by Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Second part set 3 years before the canon story

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The man rode his motorcycle quickly down the street, lighting up a cigarette in his hand. It was at least…what? Midnight? And he was going somewhere. He suddenly heard the sharp cry of something that he hit. Tsk, probably a dirty raccoon. He took a puff of his cigarette before moving off the road and onto a field instead. He was riding towards what looked to be an…abandoned barn. He swerved in the grass, probably just to show off, before eventually stopping and stepping off. He then looked at the front wheel to his motorcycle. Yup. That’s blood alright. Meh, he’s seen worse. Much worse. He let out a huff then threw this cigarette to the ground before stepping on it, dragging it against the grass with his heel before making his way inside.

Austin: “Sup gang! Heard y’all needed a lead singer and guitarist?”

His four friends all greeted him happily, each seeming thrilled to see him. Liam, the shortest of the group was sitting at his drum set already. He had his usual orange beanie covering his eyes with his black hair poking from underneath it. He was the nicest one in the group, definitely not oblivious though. Mateo was at his piano. It normally would’ve been weird for someone in a rock band to play the piano but..pfft. He didn’t care. Besides, he needed extra practice for his keyboard. Mateo was the smartest one of the group. Brick was sitting lazily on his dirty, torn beanbag. Strongest one of the group. He often listened and made sure the band was sounding good, though…Austin never really listened to his advice. Finally, Tucker. Fastest one in the group. He knew about all the secrets and made sure they were kept. He also played the guitar but he wasn’t the lead one.

Liam: “Yoo, sup, Austin! Hey uh…where’s your girl?”

Austin: “Who? Angel? Pfft! You know how she feels about going here! She’d probably just lecture me or something. Besides. She broke up with me.”

Brick: “Damn, for real? Whatchu do about it?”

Austin: “Burned her house down! What else would I have done?”

Mateo: “Jeez bro…You didn’t have to do all that over a chick.”

Austin: “Meh. She needed to be taught a lesson about messing with me. Say, if your ex keeps bothering you, I’ll burn her place down too. Sound good?”

Mateo: “….mmm..Kay I guess.”

Austin went to his own seat, taking his guitar off his back before plopping down on the chair and tuning it. While he did this, Liam lightly tapped at his drums with his stick, making a small beat with it. Brick let out a yawn then stretched his arms out he sniffed a couple of times. Is that metal..?

Brick: “Ey. Austin. What’s with the smell?”

Austin: “oh, pfft. Just ran over some dirty raccoon”

Tucker: “Dangg, just like that?”

Austin: “heh, well yeahhh. Lil bro shouldn’t have been in the road.”

Liam let out a small hum, taking note of the fact that Austin had did something like that. It was cruel yeah but..he wasn’t gonna talk back to his leader. He felt tense…oh…wait a minute…he has an idea. It was uh…mostly for him, but for the group as well.

Liam: “Yo, gang! I got an idea!”

Tucker: “wassup?”

Liam: “We should visit that Playtime Co place.”

Austin: “That place for BABIES? Hell no.”

Liam: “woah, woah woah, dude, hear me out!”

Brick: “…aight, go ahead.”

Liam: “Heard they got a 18 foot beast in there on display. We could…I donno, go and see what else they’ve got. Cmon, let’s check it out. It’ll be fun, I swear.”

Austin: “…tsk…better not be lying.”

The group silently agreed to go and visit playtime co in the morning. Hm…maybe this wouldn’t be so bad, after all…Austin’s ex works there. Maybe he can win her back.

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He slowly woke up…laid against the cold, hard floor. It was covered in…something. Probably dirt but…it felt wet. It smelt metallic too. It took a few seconds before he finally started to open his eyes. Last he remembered he was running…he ran into this room and found some weird bug looking toy on the floor. Well…that’s all he really remembers. Ugh…what’s with that awful pain-?

Figaro: "Ugh…..erg- w-what the-?”

He could hear muffled giggling coming from nearby but at the same time it sounded far away, distant… and that pain was just easier to focus on. The hell-? Is he tripping balls right now? He finally heard…something? No. Someone.

Coo-Coo: “Seems the stray little figaro has woken up~"

Austin blinked in shock then rapidly looked around, ignoring the pain in his head and well…everywhere else. He couldn’t see who was approaching them but he did NOT like who they are.

Figaro: "W-what the..? Who said that!? I uh- I know karate moves! Show yourself!”

Coo-Coo stood over Figaro a wide, unhinged grin on his flat face

Coo-Coo: “im right. HERE!"

He said, extending his neck to shove his face into Figaro's. This caused Austin to attempt to throw a punch at him yet…his arm felt so weak. No, it felt like he got crushed by a truck.

Figaro: "Ugh-! God..”

Coo-Coo: “Oh Figaro~ You silly Scamp! You aren't quite ready just yet~ " … "the guiding hand calls!, I'll be back shortly.”

Coo-Coo wasn’t actually being called by The Prototype, he just knows that security will be looking for him and might discover Figaro early if he doesn't return to the prison…he may be feral but he’s smarter than he looks. The clock dog turned and began to walk out of the room, gaining Austin’s…no. Figaro’s attention.

Figaro: "Wh-!? Get back here you little freak!"

Figaro attempted to get up, but the sharp pain he suddenly felt run through his body prevented him from doing so. He attempted to look down at his body but he couldn’t see much…just…just a lotta…red. And…fluff-? Maybe in a bit he can check…A few moments went by before that crazy dog came back. Figaro glared, baring his teeth before yelling.

Figaro: "Now, listen here you little PUNK-"

He attempted to throw a punch at the other’s face but Coo-coo caught his fist in a paw before forcing it back down to the floor, well…not forcing, as while he DID use some force in that punch, he was rather…weak.

Coo-Coo: "Ah, little figaro~. so frail, so weak, yet just as much fight as the angel~”

Figaro: "Look man…You better tell me why the hell im here or else I'm gonna bash your glass face in, you hear!?"

Coo-Coo: "your in HERE, because you simply inspired me~! that little game of cat and mouse got the divine to bless me with the perfect creation~. Little. ol. YOU!”

He playfully Booped him on the snout with a paw before gesturing to his body with a wide, unhinged grin plastered on his face.

Coo-Coo: “Take a look for yourself! At what the divine has allowed me to do~"

Figaro rose a brow. What was this psycho talking about!? He slowly looked down at his body before screaming in shock. His body was literally cut open. His organs bloodied and rearranged in what looked to be a mass of fabric…was that a mane he saw? He looked down at his arms. Fabric. His eyes widened in fear and shock as he began breathing heavily. Is…is that what a stomach looks like? Not to mention he didn’t know that his heart was actually on the right side…wait..HIS HEART IS EXPOSED!?

Figaro: "W-WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?"

Coo-Coo: "What the divine wanted.” … “Like with me. And the others. the guiding hand has transferred us from one point of existence to the next, bigger, stronger, faster, while most may not accept it. This is the future the guiding hand has chosen."

Figaro was still reasonably terrified about what this crazy dog just did to him. He couldn’t stop staring at them. He could SEE his HEART BEATING. He saw bloodied, raw stitches on some of his limbs and a couple of organs, though they looked awfully neat. He watched as his lungs filled with air and released them as he breathed. Oh god. He felt like he was gonna throw up. He then looked at his lifted rib cage. He could see the wet bones protruding up to give a clearer view of his lungs. Was he even cut open with a scalpel!? He didn’t know considering that dog was covered in HIS blood! And he’s STILL bleeding! Figaro never liked blood. He preferred fire. Fire always burned the blood away, prevented him from seeing it again…but now he’s seeing his OWN blood..his own guts and organs all sprawled out inside of him, squirming and wriggling in an attempt to move back into their previous place, it made him sick to his stomach.

Figaro: “A-Ayo bro.., you better cut it with that “divine” and “guiding hand” crap before I really fuck you up…!”

Immediately after he said that, the clock dog stomped on his arm before letting out an almost feral, low growl at him. He let out a choked scream, feeling his pain being amplified further. He felt his his bones were being crushed under the weight. God, why won’t he just pass out already!?... It didn’t take too long before Coo-Coo suddenly snapped out of it then began to talk somewhat normally again.

Coo-Coo: “..And now, to finish what's been planned"

Figaro was going to ask him what he meant but..everything suddenly went black. Did he pass out from the pain? Get knocked out? He didn’t know…he just hopes this is all a bad dream.

—————

He weakly opened his eyes again. He was still in pain. So. Much. Pain…but he felt like he could actually move now. He let out a pained groan as he slowly lifted himself up then looked down at himself. Stitches. He suddenly remembered, him waking up, that dog, seeing… He suddenly scratched his wooden “claws” against the ground at that memory. He doesn’t want to see that dog ever again… NEVER again. He got up, shaking as he attempted to steady himself before nearly falling over and hitting the wall with a bang. He hissed in pain. No. He’s not weak…he’s not gonna let some…surgery keep him down. He attempted to force himself back up before stumbling over to the door and walking out. It was dark…cold even…

Some heat would be nice.

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Joke Side Story

Title: All Bets are Off

Takes place a month before the canon story

(Pizzaman, Coo-Coo and A.I. belong to icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

(Danity belongs to Sweatycowboyqueen)

(Candi and Doodle belong to Anewbieartist356)

Picky sighed as she stood outside the kitchen, stretching a bit and making sure she was prepared to walk back into the kitchen when she suddenly noticed Handyman walk in there instead. She blinked in confusion before looking to the side and noticing some…clay laying around. Been a while since one of those…Dough and Co. toys had a breakdown. She let out a small hum before turning to Pizzaman instead.

Picky: “Hey, Pizzaman. 10 dollars that Clarance is gonna freak out at the lab rooms.”

Before Pizzaman could respond, Coo-Coo suddenly walked up unannounced. Normally Picky would call security to come get him but…his offer was tempting.

Coo-Coo: “20 that the weasel freaks out just before they enter.”

Picky: “…Bet.”

The group waited for a bit…well- at least 5 minutes for any sound but…nothing. Just as Picky was about to go back into the kitchen, loud screaming was heard combined with the sound of things being smashed. Coming from inside the kitchen… After a few second of this going on, Handyman walked out with that usual blank expression on their face before walking away. Picky, Pizzaman and Coo-Coo silently watched them leave before they all slowly peaked into the room to see…Buddy. In his monstrous form. Everyone quickly backed away from the door as a chair was thrown out before Picky slowly realized.

Picky: “Wait…DANG IT!!”

Coo-Coo : “Well the guiding hand has cost me a good 20-“

Coo-Coo pulled out a 20 dollar bill before handing it to Bolt who had betted on Buddy having a freak out 2 days ago. Bolt grabbed the money before quickly speeding off. Pizzaman let out a sigh before crossing his arms.

Pizzaman: “Welll..there goes my topping budget for the month-“

Candi walked over to the group to figure out what was going on before frowning. Aw man…she had bet to Doodle that Percival would’ve freaked out next! And Buddy of all people is doing it?! Isn’t he supposed to be the calm and secure one!? DARN IT!!

Candi: “GOD!”

Picky, Pizzaman and Coo-Coo watched as she walked off somewhere, probably to go and give whoever she betted to the money. A.I. had switched to a nearby TV to see what all the commotion was about before seeing Coo-Coo, he was GOING to leave Immediately until he noticed Buddy freaking out in the kitchen. Oh! Guess he’s gonna have to make that known. He switched to a different TV just as Clarance walked around the corner after having heard everything. He glared angrily and crossed his arms.

Clarance: “🟪WHY are you all making bets on which one of us has a breakdown next..!?🟪”

Figaro who had also been nearby quickly raised a hand with a bland tone of his voice.

Figaro: “Because you all happen to do it at LEAST once every week and it makes good money.”

Pizzaman: “If I win I get extra money for garlic knots- I NEEEED MY GARLIC KNOTS!”

Figaro quickly looked at Pizzaman as if he were insane. Weirdo.. Danity was walking down the hall and glanced at the commotion before smiling and crossing her arms. She knew she made a good choice! She held her hand out to Figaro who reluctantly sighed, gritting his teeth before handing her some money. She turned and walked off quickly with a proud grin on her face. Clarance watched before gritting his teeth and storming away. Jerks..

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Hey everyone !

remember that poll a day or 2 ago

Well that was actually something I came up with where I picked 5 OCs and the top voted would get a interview (maybe those should get a post of their own instead of being left to rot underneath all those other asks and submissions… :/… 🤷)

well assuming you know which ones are which

So most of you voted for a Cinnatart Interview

(The others were Vile, (1) Hero, (2) Monkey Bars (4) & Coo-Coo (5) )

I’ll get to working on it! (Just need to think on WHO he should talk about…)

(I might do the other 4 eventually but for now just Cinnatart )

🪽

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Here’s several of my OC’s thoughts on if they were asked to be a wingman for someone

SOSD

-okay! Someone who isn’t bolt managed to comprehend my existence! That’s a first… as for your question sorry but can’t help ya

Cozy Pink

-my own sister hates me how would I! know how to help a relationship- (after the separation )

Handyman: Green

-while I don’t know much about relationships… I do think honesty with both yourself and the other person is key

The Quartet

-(MN): okay out of everyone here you asked us? The crazy bunch of misfits who hid out in a cave for a year? (TSQ): just don’t burn the place down or run away and your solid

Hysteria

-stalk them for the rest of there days no matter here they go and what they do you’ll be right beside them~

Plug N Play

-OMG~!!! This is just like the third fan fiction I ever wrote hold on let me find it -hey wait! where are you going?!?!

Coo-Coo

-you come to ME for advice? Well then it’d be rude to simply turn you away, the best solution let me fix your flaws and you’ll be Perfect. Like the guiding hand wills.

Larry

-Kid, I don’t know why you came to me for advice on trying to start a relationship but from what I’ve seen just be consistent and don’t just ditch them the second they’re genuine issues start to effect you as well.

A.I.

-okay just as I told Mr Freeze a week ago, lock yourself in a Room with them and 39 radiators and everything will work out peachy!

Sock-It

-you woke me up for this?! Get lost kid!… how’d you even get down here anyway?

Pizzaman

-as my mother once told me. the way to the heart is through the stomach~ food always works!

Snooze

-attempt to exclude anyone they were connected to out of their life until you, and anyone else you want, are the only thing(s) that matter to them.

Stacey

-just… respect they’re boundaries and don’t push…

(I might do more later but here’s a bunch for now )

🪽Stacey and Larry are the ONLY ones here with ACTUAL GOOD ADVICE.(and Pizzaman too. That’s solid advice right there.)

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random things I imagine some of my OC’s would or could do

Coo-Coo would likely, when not muttering insane ramblings, being feral, or straight up murder, think on how to “improve” experiment designs (think things like Blue’s upgraded arm ) not all results are good though (think Figaro’s entire existence )

Grumpy Huggy would definitely do the closest thing to a spider man pointing meme with the OG Huggy

Baba Chops would at times stalk around the smiling critters when not doing other things (in ways that coincidentally remind them of the cruel “pranks” (attempts on their lives) she once tried on them )

Cinnatart would attempt to set up obstacle courses for a boot camp type thing onoy to get shut down easily (“no Cinnatart. We’re an orphanage not an army camp” ) (he means well, but he wasn’t raised the best…)

MooseLtoe would definitely chew on things randomly (he isn’t feral but he still does it )

Plug N Play as stated before would write creepy works about other’s sometimes out of nowhere sometimes based on events that happened

The vegefiends would likely just roam playcare or the lower floors (think those cats that don’t cause chaos and are just soft & adorable )

And that’s all for now

🪽I’d legit wanna keep a vegefiend as a lil guy, they sound so adorable.

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Just a list of characters Mr. Sandman likes and dislikes!(also don’t worry I love all of your OCs!)

Likes

Kissy Missy

Connie Stellation-anewbieartist356

Riley

Kicken Chicken

Bobby Bearhug

Picky Piggy

Patty The Putty Dragon(Doris Emily + Terra Louis)-Anewbieartist356

Rosalie(Mackenzie Allan)-Corelex

Handyman-TDOJ

Pizzaman(Pablo Pizzermin)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy(Sophie Yellop)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Scraps(Amia Blackwell)-Scrappythescrapstrap

Dislikes

Mommy Long Legs

Bunzo Bunny

Miss Delight

PJ Pug-a-pillar

Homebuddy Johanns-Geekyrie

Silly-Sweatycowboyqueen

Vile-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Daisy

Dex the Dracopead-Sweatycowboyqueen

Kitchan Sink-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Huggy Wuggy

Boxy Boo

Scout

Luccy Piccy-Multydraws

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Catnap

Type and Talk Tommy-Portalling101

Hero-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Candy cat

CatBee

Frosty The Yeti-TDOJ

Mr Ideas-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Doey The Doughman

Bubba Bubbaphant

Barry

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ

Me Shortcake-TDOJ

Radio Friend-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Mother Nature-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

The Scruff-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

The Squirrel-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Mini Smiling Critters

Mini Nightmare Critters

Dogday

Hoppy Hopscotch

Gray the Gooman-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Clawful-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Baby Long Legs(Stella Greyber)

Voloveoraptor(Richard Lovitz)

The Garbage Disposal(Leith Pierre)

Bron(Thomas Clarke)

The Doctor(Harley Sawyer)

Chester The Chess Piece(Dr Bruno White)

Clarance The Clayman(Kamren Burch, Martin Lloyd and Jaelyn Dennis)-TDOJ

Antsy Antilope-TDOJ

Sunnis Daze(Norma Smith)-Anewbieartist356

Hug-a-gotchi(Jamie Maverick)-Doctor tan

Dainty Dricket(Melody Forager)-Sweatycowboyqueen

Fifi(Charlie Fordger)-Sweatycowboyqueen

Shadows The Bellmaster(Marcus Danielwoods)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Coo-Coo the dog(Johnathan Rachels + Mario Gerald Rachels)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Stacey Strongson(Alfred Michaelson)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Snooze the Dragon(Laura Farcraft)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Sock-It(Fredrick Woodley)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Zack Danielwoods-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Melvin Karobs-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts

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PART 20 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Baked Clay

(TW: LOTS of death. Major Character Death. Graphic Injury. Pretty concerning A.I. cardboard cutout dialogue)

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

SETTINGS: Bus flashback(first part). Hallways(second part). Elevator(third part). Next to Boiler Room(fourth part). Office room(fifth part). Vents(sixth part). Boiler room(seventh part).

MAIN CHARACTERS: Maria Harper - Main Group - Frosty The Yeti - Huggy Wuggy - Rosalie - Percival The Plasticine Beast - Main Group

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

HIxel Pixel-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ

Icarus Tank-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

Percival The Plasticine Beast-TDOJ

Sheena Harper(Flashback)

Roman Harper(Flashback)

Caleb-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

A.I.-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Coo-Coo The Dog-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad (Brief Appearance)

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Doodle The Stretchy Mime-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

Patty The Putty Dragon-Doris-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356

Doodle The Stretchy Mime-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

Candi Bee-Anewbieartist356

Melly Collen-Sweatycowboyqueen(Brief Appearance)

Rosalie-Corelex

Dupin Lupin-Corelex

Luccy Piccy-Multydraws

Huggy Wuggy

Boxy Boo(Brief Appearance)

Mommy Long Legs(Mentioned)

Bunzo Bunny(Brief Appearance)

Catnap(Mentioned)

Miss Delight + Sisters(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman(Mentioned)

Dogday(Mentioned)

Frosty The Yeti

Riley

Kicken Chicken

Pianosaurus

Yarnaby

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She looked around in confusion, giving the place a good close look before looking up at her parents. They said that they were going somewhere but…they didn’t tell her where. They were currently at a bus stop and Maria was silently waiting for her parents to inform her on what they were doing. They were talking about…something…but she didn’t know what. She looked down at her bat before smiling at it. Her parents had given this to her on her last birthday so…it was something she really liked. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn’t even realize that a bus had pulled up and that her parents were already getting on. She gasped and quickly ran over, making sure to stay by her father’s side.

Maria: “uh…mom…dad..? Where are we going?”

Her father, Roman Harper looked down at her with a smile before ruffling up her hair. Sheena walked made sure to pay the bus driver before stepping on, leading the family to a decent seat. The front seats, not too bad..

Roman: “it’s a surprise…but all I’ll say is that we’re heading somewhere that I personally think that you’ll really like!”

Maria: “Oh- uh..alright then!”

Maria didn’t really know what he was talking about but she was curious anyways. The bus drive was pretty long with multiple people stepping on and stepping off but…they never left. It was pretty crowded. At least 40 people up here. Midnight was around the corner and it was getting dark so the bus driver lazily turned his headlights on. He…kinda looks tired. Maybe it’s just her eyes. She listened as her parents discussed Christmas plans, school, ugh…taxes. She let out a sigh then tried to bring up a different topic.

Maria: “Hey, Mom? Do you think I could visit my friend next week? I haven’t seen him in a while and we’ve already got plans!”

Sheena: “huh-? Oh! Course, hun. Here, Let me call his parents.”

Just as Sheena went to pull her phone out, a loud scream was heard, causing her to accidentally drop it to the floor. Roman looked up and noticed that the bus driver was driving like a maniac! What the hell was he doing!? Maria felt her Mother pull her close as her father ran to the front of the bus to see what the idiot was doing. He was…sleeping… he was fucking sleeping. Roman immediately went to try and wake him up with a couple of other people when a loud whistle was heard. Maria looked up from her seat and saw a pair of…headlights..?…Is…is that a train? And they were at the front seats.. Roman, realizing that the bus driver wasn’t waking up ran back over to Maria and Sheena then went to immediately protect them from the impact by using his body to block them off. Maria was about to say something when the train suddenly collided in with the bus.

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Maria suddenly stopped walking. Her eyes were widened and she had a tight grip on her bat. Caleb was still moving, but was briefly stopped by Handyman who seemed to notice. Handyman was about to go to check up on her but was stopped by Clarance, who put a hand on her shoulder to let them know that he could handle it. Clarance gestured for the two to keep moving before walking over to Maria. Handyman looked back at Caleb before lightly tapping on his arm, gesturing to him that they could keep moving ahead. Clarance stepped over to Maria but suddenly stopped when he noticed something below his feet. A newspaper… he looked up at her before picking up the newspaper and reading what it said. “Bus collides with train, killing over 40 people except one girl.” His eyes widened. 40 people!? That’s practically a massacre! Clarance did a double take, rereading “except one girl”.

He slowly looked up at Maria who still seemed frozen. Did she…is that why she’s here? He felt..bad. That’s awful. No kid should have to…go though that.. He took now of how she slowly looked up at him before eventually snapping out of it and hurrying along.

Maria: “I-..I’m fine. Don’t worry about it.”

Clarance stared at her before looking down at the newspaper and bawling it up with a small nod. He threw it to the floor then followed after the rest of the group.

Clarance: “🟢I…alright..🟢 - 🟦Where..🟦”

Clarance paused before turning his head to look at Handyman. She’s been around here longer than he has, probably knows more, definitely knows more…she should know where to go. Sure…he used to work here…he has memories of it..but Handyman is allowed to roam around more. Probably has seen more ever since….everyone knows what. Handyman blinked before looking up at him. She looked at Maria and Caleb then huffed before answering his question

Handyman: “…Boiler room. Giant one.”

Clarance: “🔷Wait what-? Why there?🔷 - 🟪Shouldn’t we go somewhere else? Somewhere safer maybe.?🟪”

Handyman: “Too dangerous.”

Clarance: “🟪I-🟪“

Handyman: “A.I. watches everywhere at the higher floors. Harley is down at the lower floors. Security is everywhere. Doodle is back at the other place. S-“

Clarance: “🔷Okay, okay! I get it!🔷 - 🟪Boiler room it is..🟪”

Handyman didn’t like speaking much so…she was relived that he finally cut her off. The two made sure that they both agreed on that location before hurrying that way. From behind them…a toy grabbed onto a phone then spoke into it, making sure to be as quiet as possible.

Icarus: “Hello..? They’re heading to the mechanical room…giant one.” … “Well- no..but-“ … “We can’t do that. It’ll blow up if we do-“ … “…fine…I can do that, sir..”

He hung up before calling other toys. The mechanical room was their last chance at catching those kids and those two rebellious experiments. He called many toys, Bunzo, who was just finished speaking to Mommy and was heading down now. There was also Mr Shortcake, Huggy and a few others. They were sending experiments down too. He heard someone else get mentioned in the call but…meh…tried calling A.I. but he seemed busy. Probably too busy. He should speak to him about that when he has time. Catching those kids…It was nothing personal..but they shouldn’t be outside Playcare..and those two experiments need to be in their cells. They need to cooperate if they don’t wanna end up like him anyways.. He blinked when he saw a small spider land on his snout before smiling.

Icarus: “oh…hey, little guy.”

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Frosty hung up his phone before running towards a nearby elevator. Maybe…if he catches those four, it’ll gain him Doey’s approval. As…absurd as it sounds..he actually tried taking A.I.’s advice which of course…failed. Seriously…radiators? Where did he even get that from!? Anyways…he stepped onto the elevator and tapped his claws together as it began to take him down. He closed his eyes, attempting to calm his nerves when he saw Mr Shortcake step on. Mr Shortcake had this…look in his eyes..as if he had lost somebody. He frowned, knowing that feeling…all too well.

The ride down wasn’t awkward but it was sure as hell quiet…Frosty noticed how Mr Shortcake didn’t react to the freezing cold air around him, as if he either didn’t notice or didn’t care.

Frosty: “Hey…about Hix-“

Mr Shortcake: “🩷Yes. I know.🩷”

Frosty: “I just wanted to say that-“

Mr Shortcake: “🩷I know that too.🩷”

Frosty: “….im sorry.”

No response… Mr Shortcake gave him a small glance before nodding and stepping off the elevator when it finally stopped. He was going to catch that brat for killing his friend. Hixel was his best friend, they did everything together! He missed his pranks too…Hixel was like his… … anyways…Mr Shortcake was sure that once that brat was caught, then she’d regret killing him. He’s sure of it.

Frosty quietly watched as he walked away. Seems like everyone’s been losing friends lately…Huggy and A.I., Mr Shortcake and Hixel, him and Doey… who’s next? He didn’t really care to know right now…. Frosty stepped off and chased after Mr Shortcake. Not because he wanted to but because he was heading straight towards where they needed to go. As he ran, he suddenly noticed a large experiment and stopped in his tracks. Silas. He’s helpful! He can definitely help them all with this!

Frosty: “Silas! There you are! Can…you could help me…with something..?”

Silas: “Help..? Yeah, definitely! I can do that. What do you need help with?”

Frosty: “In the big, BIG mechanical room, there are a couple of experiments and orphans. I need your help in catching them! Do you…think you could do that..?”

Silas: “Oh..of course! I’m always happy to help.”

Frosty: “Great! Let’s go!”

Frosty immediately turned and began running again with Silas following after him. As long as he got to help..that’s all he needed to be satisfied.

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Huggy quickly crawled through the vents, squeezing through the smaller ones and practically gliding through the bigger ones. He noticed a drop and without hesitation, leaped down, landing on his side with a loud bang. Luckily, it didn’t hurt too much so he simply got up and kept going. He had informed Boxy that he needed to head down to the mechanical room after getting a call from Icarus midway through his “talk” with the other toy. He took multiple shortcuts, avoided dead-ends and blocked off some dangerous routes when he finally found a room to get into. Right next to the mechanical room. It would take those two kids and experiments…what? At least 30 minutes to get here? So he can just catch them once they try getting In. Huggy looked around…it was…filthy…he should try cleaning up at least while he waits.

He grabbed a couple of crates and neatly stacked home on top of eachother before picking up some fallen pencils that were lying on the floor. As he cleaned, the room began to look better and better. Just as he was halfway through he saw…something. A cardboard cutout? He looked at the chair that covered it then made little effort to move it to the side to see…a cardboard cutout..of A.I..

A.I. of all toys. Really? He felt like he was being taunted.. Huggy looked at the big red button next to the art of his friend. He didn’t even realize that A.I. HAD a cutout… he was pretty curious to hear what it sounded like- well…obviously it would sound like his friend! He was curious to hear what his lines were… Huggy looked around to make sure that nobody was watching before pressing on the red button…

“Hiya! Welcome to the tour. I’m A.I. your guide for this evening :D”

Huggy stared at it after it said that. Oh yeah…he DID used to do tours before THOSE two… hm… He remembers how they DID try to let him do a tour after he was let out but…he was just acting all KINDS of crazy, practically keeping them hostage, being hostile at times, he even almost leaked some sensitive information! Obviously he’s not…mad…at his friend for it…it was just a reaction. A response to being sealed away for years. He’s only recently joined them after all. Huggy hesitated before pressing on the button again.

“…Y'know i haven't seen a lot of people on tours recently…”

He sounds nervous. Wait- did they actually have these…recorded? The cutouts were supposed to be a take on the toy’s “behavior”. Tsk…at least what kind of behavior they were supposed to have… and the first line was incredibly accurate to how he used to act before The Hour Of Joy but this second one….Huggy couldn’t help but press on, wanting to see the last bit of lines.

“W-wait it's over already?!”

He blinked in surprised. Okay. That’s DEFINITELY a more modern line. Did they take these voice lines from when they had first allowed him to do his old job after he was let out-? The Prototype wouldn’t do that, would he? But..considering how he is, he may have. Huggy has no big issue with The Prototype, he’s a follower to him, just like the others. But Huggy wasn’t as devoted as Catnap or as rebellious as Dogday. He pressed the button again but was frightened by the response that came out of it.

“DON’T LEAVE! PLEASE! PLEASE DONT LEAV-“

The line cut out into static. Harsh. static. That…usually marked the end of a cutout’s lines. He stared at the cutout with a blank, permanent smile on his face before turning and looking at a nearby TV. It was broken. He looked back at the cutout before frowning. Well…as much as he COULD frown considering the shape of his face.. Huggy grabbed it before walking over to a giant drawer and tucking the cutout behind the drawer. He felt bad. Maybe he should….talk to A.I. later-? This whole “death if you don’t catch those kids” thing was stressing him out a bit anyways. Maybe a conversation can keep his mind off of it for a little.

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Rosalie quickly began to type something into her phone. She was only given this due to being a worker experiment…told not to use it for anything bad. Once the call was made, she put it up to her ear.

Rosalie: “Dad? Hey.. I was informed by Mr Hallard as to where the two kids and experiments are. He speculates that due to this spilled information that some of the more hostile experiments might try and go after the kids.” … “Yeah, I was given a couple of guns by him. He told me to lend one to you..” … “Okay..I’ll see you there.”

Rosalie hung up the phone before sighing. She hopes that they can catch all of these experiments before more deaths happen. Hixel dying was enough of a bad thing, they don’t need anymore deaths. Especially with Mr Sandman spilling some…very personal information about the place to those kids. Like her father always said…they can’t keep this secret hidden forever. People are bound to find out eventually. Rosalie processed that thought for a moment before loading her gun and running to the location that she was informed that she’d find the experiments.

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The Plasticine demon watched with a malicious and hungry grin on his face as Doris ran down the halls like a madman. Finally…some good food. He felt Candi climb up on his back and looked at her with a shared grin. He began to crawl through the vents towards where he heard her heading, making sure that no dust, dirt or cobwebs got on Candi. He knew how she could be whenever something ruined her fluff. Not to mention they were pretty good friends after all. Maybe he’ll find that Mr Clayman when they get there..

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The group suddenly stopped. Handyman looked up ahead. A giant hole in the floor… they were walking through a long hall when Handyman noticed that…half of it was missing. Leading to a giant hole in the ground. Handyman stared at the hole, trying to think of what to possibly do when Clarance slowly began to shift and remold his form. It took at least…20 seconds…but he had shifted into a long bridge for the group to get across on. More detailed than what Doey would’ve done but not too detailed at the same time… Maria was hesitant but finally gave in and walked across as Handyman and Caleb made their way down to the other side. After everyone was across, Clarance slowly shifted back before lagging behind the group, probably to recover after doing that. Maria looked back at him and with a reluctant huff, slowly began to lag behind with him. She was…thinking about earlier. As much as she didn’t wanna talk about it..she just wanted to know.

He looked at her for a split second before looking back up ahead at Caleb and Handyman, though…he wasn’t exactly expecting her next question…

Maria: “Hey D- er….Clarance. Do you ever feel like you did something wrong…even if it’s not your fault?”

He blinked in surprise before looking down at her. Huh? What’s she talking about? Be scratched the back of his head with a furrowed brow and a puzzled expression

Clarance: “🔷Well…I can’t say that I haven’t.🔷”

Maria: “…hm.”

The walk was a bit…awkward, until Clarance began to speak up again.

Clarance: “🟢You know…you don’t have to feel guilty about…whatever you’re feeling guilty for.. if you did nothing wrong then there’s really no reason to be guilty. Is..anyone blaming you for what happened?🟢”

Maria: “Well…No- not exactly.”

Clarance: “🟢Then..that settles it.🟢 - 🟪I-…Look…I’m not exactly the most..innocent guy. I’ve..done some stuff in the past that I..honestly wish I could change. But..what’s done is done and I can’t do anything about it. But you really have to forgive yourself if you want that burden off of your chest. Other people can say that they forgive you all they want but in reality, the guilt won’t go away until you decide to address what happened and accept it. It was bad, it was..probably awful even..for everyone involved…but when you finally do that, THEN the guilt will go away🟪.”

Maria: “…huh…”

Maria fell silent, thinking about what Clarance had said. She supposes that she’s…never actually forgiven herself…for the accident. Sure..she never caused it and wouldn’t have even if given the chance but she was the ONLY survivor. Was it all just from…pure luck? She blinked and thought back to…someone else. Clarance looked down at her before tilting his head.

Clarance: “🟢Do you have any friends?🟢”

Maria: “Well- I know pretty much everyone at Playcare but…there was ONE specific girl.”

Clarance: “🟪Best friends?🟪”

Maria: “Sisters.”

Clarance: “🟪Oh- I see… and..where is she now?🟪”

Maria: “uh…”

Maria looked away, tightening her grip on her bat before sighing.

Maria: “I kinda…left her...”

Clarance: “🟢wait- what? Why’d you do that?🟢”

Maria: “Because… because I want to leave! I don’t want to…be here trapped with a bunch of..weird giant creatures!”

Clarance was…rather offended by her comment of “weird giant creatures”. After all…it’s not exactly his fault that he looks like this. Well…it…kinda IS…but he didn’t CHOSE to look this way! Nonetheless, he ignored the comment.

Clarance: “🟢Why not take her with you?🟢”

Maria: “Because she…loves this place. If I even suggested it she’d be sure to keep the closest eye on me as she possibly could! I HAD to leave her behind!”

Clarance: “🟢did you ever think to ask her…WHY she likes this place so much?🟢”

Maria: “Well…No-?”

Clarance: “🟢…You know…maybe her love for this place goes deeper than just the looks and atmosphere. Maybe it’s something personal, something she doesn’t want anyone to know.🟢”

Maria: “Personal? Azure is anything BUT personal with me! She tells me practically everything-“

Clarance: “…Azure?”

Maria: “…yeah…Azure. Azure Nilson. You know anything about her?”

Clarance suddenly went silent. Memories…they’re flooding back again. He remembers a few years ago…what was it? 10 years ago? Reports about a kid who had been taken from her parents due to…. Anyways… she was around…6 or 5 when she showed up. Displayed a strange disliking of adults and disliking for other people in general..never hurt them though, just never socialized. Though…she was absolutely phenomenal at the game station. Succeeding in almost every aspect of it…and for a simple toddler…that’s impressive.. they were going to use her for…experimenting purposes…but then…THAT…happened.. Azurite Bluebell Cheery Nilson.. oh, he remembers her all so clearly now.

Clarance: “🟪Ah. You must be talking about Azurite. Yes, she was very…skittish…around the adults and other people in general. Though she seemed to adore the toys. She’d often stick around the Miss Delights when she didn’t wanna be around any people and she told them far more information about herself than she even told us.🟪”

Maria: “what…s-so you’re saying that she’s SCARED of me?!”

Clarance: “🟢No, no! Not at all..🟢 - 🟪We actually didn’t think she’d MAKE a friend. Nonetheless find a “sister” of sorts… I’m..impressed, Maria.🟪”

Maria: “Oh- er…I just…saw her alone when I got here and decided to talk to her. She’s pretty nice..” … “You think she’s mad? That I left?”

Clarance: “🟢Well…you should know her better than me, right?🟢 - 🟪After all…I Only knew her for a few of months. You’ve known her since you got here. Which I’m assuming has been a while.🟪 - 🔷Anything you know about her?🔷”

Maria: “She’s…she’s smart. Very talented. She’s got PURE skill. But she’s…pretty naive and over forgiving.”

Clarance: “🟢See? Over forgiving. Im sure she didn’t take it personally.🟢”

Clarance fell silent before continuing.

Clarance: “🟢If you truly feel guilty for leaving her…I’d suggest we go back- and…🟢” … “🟪on second thought…what’s done has already been done..and we can’t go back on that. Especially after what we’ve been er…doing…as of recently. Next time you see her? Apologize.🟪”

Maria: “…what if she doesn’t forgive me?”

Clarance: “🟢She doesn’t have to. Her forgiving you is completely HER choice and if she doesn’t want to…then you’ll unfortunately have to live with that. Just…forgive yourself..after you acknowledge your mistake and understand that it wasn’t right… okay?🟢” … “🟪Ah..and…actually show her that you mean it…apologies mean nothing when they’re not backed up.🟪”

Maria: “…oh….alright…” … “Hey uh…thanks, Clarance..”

Clarance: “….No problem..”

Hm…he kinda talks like her dad. Just as their conversation ended, they made it to a pair of big doors. Handyman walked up and slowly pushed it open to reveal…a giant room. Mostly gray. But there was machinery everywhere…except…the middle of the room, which had a giant..thing located there…Maria couldn’t make out what exactly it was but Clarance and Handyman seemed to know. A boiler. Up above seemed to be another floor all together. Either that or a really long balcony that formed a circle… Maria narrowed her eyes. Isn’t this just a boiler room…?

…

Did…the toys not know what to call it or something?? Yeesh…it’s almost like they’re children.. anyways.. Caleb felt around before shutting the door behind them with Clarance moving a plank and some other junk in front of it as a barricade. the group began to make their way through the large room, avoiding certain machines and sharp objects laid around on the ground. Now…to find the doors.. Maria and Caleb made sure to stick close to Handyman and Clarance. Maria took note of some cardboard cutouts in the room…huh…odd… there was an…hour glass wolf, clock dog and that…weird black and white cartoon toy that attacked them earlier with…ugh..that TV. Maria went to go and see what they were all about when loud banging was suddenly heard from the door that they had just entered from, prompting the group to began running to what appeared to FINALLY be a large pair of doors! ..Sliding doors…ugh… Luckily, this one seemed to allow for Handyman to use her hands to get through it. She pressed her hand against the scanner and watched as the door opened up. Finally…they can leave now. Just as the group was beginning to walk through…a giant toy suddenly blocked their path, taking a step inside with a low, rumbling growl.

Maria’s eyes widened as she was suddenly face to face with a pair of headlights. That sun toy…she thought that they killed him! He should be dead! Right-? She saw him die, she…she KNOWS she did! He had a large prosthetic leg and his body was visibly littered with more scars and wounds than before. Not to mention he looked…PISSED AS EVER… Handyman began to push the group back but the doors from the other side of the room suddenly burst open, revealing Huggy, Pianosaurus and Rosalie. From another pair of doors they didn’t see Frosty, Silas and Mr Shortcake appeared. From above Dupin, Doris, Bunzo, Boxy, Yarnaby and…pretty much the rest of security and some other toys and experiments appeared, including a demon looking toy who had a love themed bee on his back, Doodle, and a large black cat who appeared to have a hand for a tail… there was also a clock-dog who appeared with something following from behind him..

They’re surrounded… The group immediately scattered as Mr Sandman lunged at them, slamming his hand against the ground which caused the room to shake a bit. His body seemed to heat up drastically as he got angrier and angrier which seemed to make Clarance uncomfortable. Maria ran past the boiler as Mr Sandman charged directly at her. Rosalie cocked her gun and aimed it at Melly but felt it get knocked out of her hand by Percival, who took it and aimed it at Clarance before firing with a low, demonic laugh. The shot missed…but he felt the heat from the bullet as it nearly went past him. Clarance let out a pained hiss as the clay on his side burned and darkened from the heat. Oh…hes gonna die in here if it gets too hot… and…he was in for more trouble as Percival suddenly dropped down with Candi still on his back. The Plasticine toy seemed to be ignoring the painful heat in favor of making an attempt to attack him. There’s…too much going on. He felt like he was gonna have a meltdown! Caleb seemed to have better luck at avoiding attacks than the others, they seemed more focused on catching Maria, Handyman and Clarance anyways…though Huggy seemed rather interested in catching him unfortunately. He fell back as Huggy attempted to grab him before getting up and immediately climbing up the closest thing he could get to. When he reached the top, he felt something…is that a giant crate? He heard the sound of someone climbing the machine and on instinct, shoved the crate off of the machine, causing it to land directly on Huggy which also caused him to go falling to the ground with a loud thud. Handyman avoided an attack from Doodle, managing to slip past her. The mime wasn’t having it however..Doodle grabbed onto her leg and threw her over towards Melly. Handyman didn’t hit Melly but was thrown past the other experiment, landing on her front fortunately however. She immediately got up and started running again. Caleb leaped down from where he was, landing on his feet. He was met with Maria who managed to get away from Mr Sandman. Clarance had also managed to meet up with the group too with Handyman following after them. Yarnaby pretty much attacked anything in sight but was quickly shot at by Rosalie, who had a spare gun on her. Rosalie then watched as Bunzo ran over to the group as quickly as he could with Silas sticking close behind. Rosalie grabbed onto another gun before throwing it up to her father.

Dupin grabbed onto a gun that Rosalie had thrown him before aiming at one experiment…but…he didn’t shoot..…what’s that sound? He perked his ears up and looked around before his eyes landed on the boiler. Wait…the room is hot… and there’s a boiler…it’s ringing. Boilers only make noises like that when they’re about to…Oh no.. He looked at Rosalie and on instinct, used her real name.

Dupin: “MACKENZIE! THE BOILER-“

Rosalie suddenly looked up at Dupin. Frosty’s eyes widened. Wait. It’s gonna explode from the room’s heat.. he ran over to it and attempted to use his own body to cool it down but…was unfortunately too late. Mr Sandman as standing right next to the generator a when it suddenly exploded, the blast caused him to get thrown back and just narrowly miss hitting Mr Shortcake who instinctively ducked and covered his head to protect himself from the blast. Rosalie and a few others such as Riley, Kicken, Coo-Coo and Luccy managed to dodge out of the way and get minor scars but…others were unfortunately more…unlucky..

Yarnaby was set ablaze from the heat of the blast while Bunzo’s upper half was ripped clean off. Boxy who was also there, had his wooden body burnt from the heat as well, though he was luckily alive. As Yarnaby squirmed and slashed around frantically in a desperate attempt to put the flames out, Frosty simply laid limp against the ground, most of his fur having been burned off with his plastic face having been melted…he appeared to be alive though… Mr Sandman laid completely limp as well but that was only because he as trapped under some rubble.. Silas was more fortunate as he wasn’t buried, though all of the death was a very unpleasant sight… He immediately went to go and make sure that Mr Sandman was alright. The blast launched Pianosaurus back, causing his head to hit a machine and snap his neck. Doodle had curled up into a ball which protected her from most of the blast while Percival had used most of his body to make sure that Candi didn’t get hit, tanking most of it himself.

Mr Shortcake put a hand to his head. Ugh…headache… as he slowly got up, he looked around for any survivors before noticing…Percival.

Plasticine releases toxic fumes when it burns…

He gasped before immediately getting up and running, this caused other toys to notice and begin running as well. Candi was still being covered by Percival who appeared to be alive…just barely. She seemed to be knocked out…huh.. Doris had her leg impaled by a metal pipe and was acting absolutely wild about it, lashing out at everything nearby, though she was stopped when she suddenly got caught in a net by Rosalie, who just barely managed to regain her composure. Huggy was nearby. It took a few moments for him to react but he managed to push the crate off of him, revealing some of his now burnt fur, melted plastic and a couple exposed wounds. Oh..he really shouldn’t let A.I. see him like this.. he’d FLIP OUT!! Luckily there are no TVs in the place… he tried to get up but fell to the ground. Oh…his leg is twisted…great… he sighed before collapsing against the floor. God…he needs a break..

Maria, Caleb and Handyman all huddled together, in an attempt to avoid the explosion.. Maria slowly and hesitantly opened her eyes before looking around. Dark… is…is she dead..? She let out a shaky sigh before feeling around and touching someone. An arm? Felt like…skin…oh.. Okay…that’s Caleb… she felt around some more before her hand landed on what felt like other metal or plastic…very…heated metal or plastic. Ow… so that’s Handyman. She attempted to adjust her eyes to the darkness but..that was pretty hard.

Maria: “er…Caleb..? You there..?”

Caleb: “Uh..Yeah..? I’d hope so.”

Maria: “Okay…Handyman..?”

She heard the sound of creaking. Okay..good…good… as she felt around more her hand landed on a..bowtie? She blinked in confusion before picking it up and holding it to her face, trying to see it better. She can’t see it at all…but that was definitely fabric.

…

Where’s Clarance..?

Handyman pressed a hand against the ceiling?.. she’s kneeling down…the ceiling isn’t supposed to be that low.. with little to no effort, she slowly pushed whatever was covering them off of. She stood up and looked around…it was dark with a couple of lights flickering on and off…bodies everywhere.. she then looked down at what had protected them from the blast. It was completely black with a few cracks over it…

She looked closer before realizing…oh…thats..that’s Clarance.

…

Wait…THATS CLARANCE! Maria gasped in shock as she stared at him. Is he…is he DEAD!? No…he can’t be dead…she- she just TALKED to him! Not long ago they were just having a conversation! She looked around at everything else, multiple toys and experiments laying either limp against the floor or were barely moving at all. Her grip on the bowtie tightened…before she could even say anything, Handyman suddenly grabbed Maria and Caleb before rushing out of the opened door, wanting to leave before any of those experiments got back up…Caleb seemed…reasonably Shaken up from what happened. He just heard something explode, and wasn’t given any information on what’s happening! What happened? Did someone get hurt? Well…besides him throwing a crate on someone… He should ask questions later…

[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..”

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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.”

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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…

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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]

PART 19 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Head(s) of the Problem

(TW: Mentions of injury. Minor SH. mentions of torture. mentions of death. mentions of murder. Yk what? Just violence 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). Security Halls(second part). Game Station(third part). Experiment Rooms(fourth part). Hallways(fifth part). Miniature warehouse(sixth part)

MAIN CHARACTERS: Main Group - Huggy - Mommy - Catnap - Doey

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Maury Serge-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Bolt-TDOJ(Brief Appearance)

Figaro-TDOJ(Brief Appearance)

Hexabug-TDOJ(Mentioned)

HIxel Pixel-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Caleb-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

A.I.-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Coo-Coo The Dog-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Hysteria Hyena-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

Plug-N-Play-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Sock-lt - Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

Beartrap Bernie-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

4 Mini Handymen-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

Snooze The Dragon-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Doodle The Stretchy Mime-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Patty The Putty Dragon-Doris-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

Sunnie Daze-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

Melly Collen-Sweatycowboyqueen(Brief Appearance)

Dainty Dricket-Sweatycowboyqueen(Brief Appearance)

Type and Talk Tommy-Portalling101

Rosalie-Corelex(Mentioned)

Huggy Wuggy

Boxy Boo(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs

Bunzo Bunny(Mentioned)

Catnap

Miss Delight(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman

Dogday(Mentioned)

Kissy Missy(Mentioned)

Scout(Mentioned)

Yarnaby

Chester

Mini Smiling Critters

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It had been a few hours since that whole…fight. Handyman’s wings and chest area were properly bandaged up. Still uh…messed up, but it’s better than nothing. Clarance was going to help them up but the mannequin lightly pushed his hand away and stood up themself. Huh… Maria took note of that fact then turned to look at Caleb with a raised brow, just to see if he was fine. He seemed perfectly okay, well…he didn’t even see what happened…so it would only be expected that he’s perfectly fine. She then turned back to Clarance with a cautious look. Clarance looked around, examining their surroundings before letting out a hum. This is fine. He gave Maria a nod and started walking. Maria lightly tapped on Caleb’s arm, just barely remembering to avoid the shoulders. Luckily, Caleb got the memo and grabbed onto her hoodie to began following after the two, with Handyman purposely lagging behind. Clarance WOULD ask her who that mime was but er…he’d probably get no response. And a glare too judging by how much the two seemed to dislike each other. Nonetheless, the group continued walking. They didn’t know WHAT this place was…had tons of rooms like any other god awful place in this building, but all the doors seemed to be made of glass…and they all had poppy flowers in them. Clarance suddenly remembered something. The poppy flowers..they…they used those to bring the experiments to life, to preserve the organs and other vital things while they were in the toys bodies! He gulped. His memories flashed to that giant dough creature for a second..those three kids who…he…

🔷He suddenly punched himself🔷, causing Maria to take a sudden step back which caused Caleb to bump into her with a loud “oof”. Handyman glanced and walked to the front of the group, lightly pushing Clarance back in an attempt to switch places. Clarance shuttered and nodded before slowly moving to the back of the group. He usually did that whenever he remembered something he didn’t exactly want to. Handyman knew this…which is exactly why she wanted to switch places with him in the first place. It was…quiet…but in a different way. Nobody had anything to say. Or…more so…nobody WANTED to say anything…Maria grabbed onto the handle of her bat JUST incase she needed to pull it out for something. The group seemed safe. For now.

…

Where’s that weird TV guy that tried to kill them some hours ago?

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Yarnaby ran rampant through the halls, paying no attention to where he was going or what he was running into…he was just doing what his master told him to. As he ran, he got his leg caught in some sort of machinery and as a response, immediately began to tear and rip into it like a furious wild animal. Chester slowly snuck past him, knowing he’d probably get mauled if the lion took even a GLANCE at him. God…how’d he end up like this!? Just a chess piece? A pawn to be played with? He should’ve never gone about Leith’s orders but…the threats of being fired…NO of being KILLED…though…he has to admit…he’d rather have THAT than what he has to deal with now… Chester ignored the small Baba Chops plush that quickly walked by him, looking around for any sign of the past intruders. Huh. Tommy. Chester looked back at Yarnaby, noticing that the lion had finally finished its mini rampage and was continuing along, some of its yarn was torn out, revealing a bruises and wounds. Possibly from Harley. He usually did that to Chester too..though…he could take the hits. Better than being trapped in a small room for another week thanks to that…yellow…smiley face.

Chester walked over to a small hole in the wall then began to squeeze himself through it, it took some effort considering his short, stubby legs but he managed to make his way through and into some experimenting rooms. Filled with red smoke. It was like a maze. He held his breath as he walked through, taking small note of the small experiments that laid on the beds in the different rooms. He then found the door. It was open. He walked through then entered an empty room. Hmm…

Chester looked up at a vent. Huh….guess he’ll need a ladder for this.

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Huggy walked past Catnap. He wanted to ask him about…Maury, about Mr Sandman, about all the recent stuff that’s been happening but he knew that certain information like that was only for Catnap and the other scientists to know. That’s exactly why he’s going to Boxy instead. He knew that A.I. seemed to be with some…girl in blue. He never actually got a name from the kid…but he did remember that her jacket was a sort of…dulled-down Azurite blue. She seemed rather smart. Much more thoughtful than Lucky was. It was very obvious who was the brain and who was the brawn. Huggy’s whole symbolism is strength! That’s what he represents…but god. Lucky sure is just so…LUCKY. Because he’s 90% sure she should’ve been either caught or DEAD by now…and while he does NOT want to hurt the kid, at this point, they MIGHT have to. Because who KNOWS how much she knows? Not to mention she’s a cold blooded KILLER. Sure, Huggy kills people all the time but THATS because they were stupid enough to trespass on Playtime Co grounds! And by the order of The Prototype anyways! He let out a small growl then huffed as he put a hand to his head. They’ve captured adults, experiments, rebellious toys…and they can’t even catch a couple of KIDS!? He’s gonna get KILLED in like…5 DAYS if he doesn’t CATCH THOSE TWO! The blind boy wouldn’t even be an issue if he weren’t helping her! This was really stressing him out and the fact that so many experiments are being found OUTSIDE their cells is NOT HELPING!! He suddenly stopped when a small smiling critter tapped on his leg. They must’ve heard his frustrated growling. He slowly looked down at the Hoppy Smiling Critter as she looked up at him

Skippy: “are you okay..?”

He blinked before giving a nod and a thumbs up. This luckily seemed to satisfy the small critter as she nodded and quickly ran off again. In the same direction that Catnap was going. It must be important…Anyways, off to go and find Boxy Boo.

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Mommy silently watched from above as all of the kids played and had fun. She’d normally be smiling happily at the sight but today…she wasn’t in the mood. She would be out looking for Maria and Caleb, but she had to stay here. Make sure that no more got out, that no more tried to leave. Maria and Caleb were already missing and she almost can’t believe that Azure of all orphans had snuck out from under their noses. She was supposed to be the MOTHER of this place! What kind of mother was she if she couldn’t even notice one of the most frequently visiting orphans being gone!? Azure ALWAYS comes up to the game station and last time she sees her is at a MEETING!? She grumbled to herself with a blank expression as she stared down at the kids. So many of them. And yet…so many missing. Maury would normally be here…but The Prototype…oh…god…she didn’t even want to think about him. About the horrible things he could do to her and so many other toys. 5 days…just 5..that’s ALL they got.. she’s rather greatful to Huggy for convincing the giant hunk of flesh and metal to give them more time as the four of them would’ve been dead by now if it weren’t for his brains but…just 5 days…? That’s absurd!

Mommy looked away for just a second to check up on Stella. Oh…right she’s uh…she’s with Hoppy. Frosty wasn’t available at the moment and neither was A.I. so she simply left the small toy with Hoppy. She knows who she is. She can recognize the person who baby long legs is from a mile away…but…she just didn’t care. She saw her tape…how she wanted to be oh, so young again and you know what? She got her wish. Now she’s back to square one! A baby, so tiny and vulnerable….something so easy to break…that’s exactly what she wanted, wasn’t it? Well she definitely got it. And she seemed to be enjoying it, she stopped complaining 7 years ago about her predicament. It was adorable! She almost acted just like a little baby now! Well…aside from her moments of remembering who she was. Mommy hated those moments. She’d be just…SO DEFIANT… almost made her want to-

Mommy looked back down at the orphans. She shouldn’t be thinking of this right now, not while she has work to do! She swears…if those 3 don’t find those kids by the second to last day then she’ll go and do it HERSELF. For now…she’s feeling rather exhausted. She should go and grab Bunzo, maybe he can make himself useful. Give her a small break. Or…better yet…he’ll go and look for those two. Yes…he’d do that. After all, she represents family. And he’d do ANYTHING for family! Wouldn’t he?

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Catnap slowly walked into the room with a mass of little smiling critters following after him. Hero stood still next to Mr Shortcake and Bubba as they stared at an empty cell. Mr Shortcake let out a hum as Bubba crossed his arms and shook his head. Hero seemed like she didn’t want to be here though…she never exactly voiced it. Bubba looked at Catnap then sighed.

Bubba: “another one got out.”

Catnap: “another?”

Hero: “Of course…” …. “Hey, atleast “you know who” couldn’tve gotten out”

Bubba: “Oh..she..also got out. We believe one of the other escapees grabbed her before they escaped.”

Hero: “…MOTHERFU-“

Hero suddenly closed her mouth and took a deep breath, Mr Shortcake cautiously spoke up, not wanting to set her off more than she already was.

Mr Shortcake: “🩵…we’ve…made…a small list. A small list of all the experiments currently escaped. A toy is up here too but…she’s violent enough to be considered an experiment.🩵”

Mr Shortcake pulled out a piece of paper then handed it to Catnap, listing the names of all the experiments who have escaped. His eyes widened at the large amount. His jaw would’ve dropped if it could open up any more than it already was.. Bubba, Hero and Mr Shortcake silently anticipated his reaction, knowing the large feline toy wouldn’t be happy to hear this. And even MORE unhappy if The Prototype found out..

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LIST OF ESCAPEES

Handyman

Clarance The Clayman

Bolt

Figaro

Hexabug

Coo-Coo The Dog

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy

Hysteria Hyena

Plug-N-Play

Sock-It

Beartrap Bernie

4 Mini Handymen

Snooze The Dragon

Doodle The Stretchy Mime

Patty The Putty Dragon-Doris

Sunnie Daze

Melly Collen

Dainty Dricket

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Catnap silently stared at the list before slowly lowering it, he began to tighten his fist, crumbling up the paper and even tearing it a bit with his claws before looking at the group with a…glint…in his eyes. One that NONE of them liked…or even…recognized.

Catnap: “You mean to tell me…that we…have 18 EXPERIMENTS GONE LOSE!?!? WHERE IS SECURITY?!”

Everyone flinched back at Catnap’s sudden outburst. He usually didn’t…freak out like this. He was actually quite timid, more so…mysterious? While a reaction like this was reasonable, it was certainly unexpected from the group. Mr Shortcake slowly backed away as Bubba defensively raised his hands. A few smiling critters cowered behind some equipment.

Bubba: “Security is trying their best! They’re just…”

Mr Shortcake: “🩵Ca- Theodore, do you truly expect all of security to catch 18 hostile experiments? Patience, please…I’m sure they’re on it as we speak!🩵”

Hero quickly nodded in defense of Mr Shortcake before quickly leaving and heading out the door. Multiple critters watched as she quickly walked off before turning back to the small group. Catnap put his paper down before speaking up again, he was DEFINITELY not happy..

Catnap: “…I don’t think you all understand…Clarance, Bolt, Coo-Coo, Silencer, Bernie, Doodle, Doris AND Dainty are all out, and I’m not even counting the others because these are some of the most VIOLENT experiments THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH…and THE PROTOTYPE…would NOT. BE. HAPPY.”

Catnap was about to continue when he suddenly realized something. Wait a minute…Silencer is out? Isn’t A.I. supposed to be keeping her locked away? Why did he not mention that during their last meeting!? Is he insane!? Well…he IS…but that is NOT an excuse! Catnap’s mind suddenly went to Boxy and Huggy who have definitely not caught ANYBODY. What is UP with those two!? He remembered walking past the blue toy in the hallways and he SAW the look on his eyes…he is DEFINITELY hiding something! Catnap huffed then slowly lowered the paper before walking out, leaving Bubba with Mr Shortcake. As Catnap walked out he silently thought to himself. He’s supposed to be a leader. He represents well..dreams. But honestly, he is NOT LIVING THE DREAM RIGHT NOW. 5 days. That’s ALL they have to catch those two kids and he feels like that some toys aren’t even making an EFFORT to GET them. Yes they got useful news from A.I. and the smiley girl but that’s NOTHING against 2 missing orphans and 18 MISSING EXPERIMENTS. THAT IS 20 THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. He made a PROMISE to The Prototype, to his GOD that he would NOT fail him and he is going to KEEP that promise even if he has to sacrifice himself DOING IT.

Where’s Miss Delight? Perhaps she can help….

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Doey quickly sped walked through the halls, attempting to avoid…Frosty. As much as he wanted to talk to the other toy he was just…too…cold. Far too cold, it gave him awful memories from when he was back in his cell. He could be at Playcare right now but..he was too worried about finding those two kids. They could’ve gotten hurt, or worse. One of them killed Hixel so…they definitely need to be taken care of. He doesn’t want to kill them, no, not at all. He just wants them to go back to Playcare so that everything can be back to normal. 🟡So that he could go back home🟡- No…no. He doesn’t…have one of those anymore. Well…not the one he used to anyways. He cared a lot about the other toys here, about Scout, Kissy, Dogday… but The Prototype…ugh.. The Prototype… he’d never say it to his face but he hated him. They could’ve all left by now.

No…HE could’ve left…he doesn’t have to stay here but…he has a job..he’s a leader, his whole…thing…the thing he represents is trust and to him, that means he CANNOT LEAVE. He has to stay here and play his part. Just play his part, that’s all, do that and everything will be okay. That’s what he keeps saying to himself. He wouldn’t be here in the FIRST place if it weren’t for that…THAT SCIENTIST.. he knows that he’s not just him that…that there are other people in there with him but he just can’t help but get ANGRY when he sees him. He can’t help but only see that…🟪AWFUL, CRUEL, MEAN MAN WHO MADE HIM LIKE THIS🟪. Clarance the Clayman. That’s a FUNNY little pun on his name. Doey sighed and shook his head to stop thinking about him for a moment. Right…back to the original plan. Alright…so…what he has to do is go and get Dogday, inform Rosalie and some of security to check the lower floors, and find the orphans. 5 days. That’s all he has left to do this before…HE…does something awful to him. And he doesn’t want to know what. Rosalie is great at catching experiments and intruders…he’ll send her out. As he was walking, he suddenly saw him.

Doey: “🟧Dogday! I need you over here for a moment…it’s very important.🟧”

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Melly silently watched from the shadows as multiple different experiments ran rampant, causing havoc around the place. She saw a cheetah-like toy speed past her then turned her head to see…Doris. Oh. Doris.. She ran after the large dragon as she left. As she did this, other experiments were attempting to escape. Hysteria climbed up to the bridge above, causing other experiments to attempt to join. Sunnie was already to the top and running through the door, though she was running through the opens ones, not the closed ones that seemed to be covered in clay. Bernie followed after Bolt as he made his way to the nearest elevator while Dainty stopped a few other experiments, stepping in front of them. She could use these four little guys to escape… Figaro hid behind a large crate as one experiment even attacked another, not wanting to get caught in the cross fire. Sock-It walked by…though..he was probably trying to find some place more quiet to sleep. It was…so loud.

….

Too loud…

Everyone suddenly cleared the area as loud banging was heard…that could only be non-other than…Silencer. It barely took a second before she suddenly burst through the door, charging at anybody who made even the smallest peep. Some experiments used this to get others attacked, other experiments tried to escape faster. It was too loud. FAR too loud. She seemed to be still freaking out over that shriek that Mr Sandman let out a while ago…

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——Small Meme

🪽Me: “Finally…done editing! Now I just need to-“

Messes up and all the editing gets reset

🪽Me:

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 10 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Moving Forwards

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-1

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

(Just know that I’m posting this chapter to at least get 10 over with)

Ocs in this part and their owners

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance the Clayman-TDOJ

Coo-Coo the dog(Johnathan Rachels + Mario Gerald Rachels)-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Rosalie(Mackenzie Allan)-Corelex(small appearance)

Leith Pierre

Clarance walked through the halls, making his way to the Game Station. He answered any question that Caleb and Maria had for him. Well…as long as they weren’t too revealing. The questions were mostly expected and reasonable with the occasional strange ones but he never complained about them. The questions slowly turned into a game of Would You Rather, just to pass the time. Clarance made sure to keep a lookout during the game whilst Caleb kept his hearing sharp. As Maria spoke to Clarance, she couldn’t help but ask a couple of questions about Handyman…she’s been thinking negatively of them since she met them up until what Clarance had said to her about the mannequin and hour ago.

A large figure slowly stalked the group from the shadows, keeping their eyes on them…She silently followed them around, making sure the group wasn’t causing any trouble as she stayed out of sight. Clarance was still talking to Maria before Caleb suddenly perked up with frowned….whats that noise? He waited a few seconds to hear the sound again before frowning and poking Maria, causing her to stop her conversation to look over at him.

Caleb: “do you hear that?”

Maria: “hear what?”

After a few seconds…the sound was heard again. Yeah, those were definitely distant foot steps. Maria seemed surprised as she perked up and looked around. They’re being followed…Maria grabbed onto her bat and kept her eyes out for any danger. Clarance peeked past a corner to make sure that nobody was there before making the turn and heading up a flight of stairs. Caleb noticed the sound getting closer and louder than before…

Caleb: “that doesn’t sound good…”

Suddenly the walking stopped…Clarance continued to move before eventually slowing down and making sure nobody was around before slipping into a nearby room and closing the door, making sure to lock it behind him after checking if the two kids were still with him. Considering how Handyman is, they’d probably have his head on a stick if he let anything bad happen to those two kids and he doesn’t wanna be on the receiving end of Handyman’s violence. Clarance continued to check up on the door while Caleb took off his backpack and dug around inside. Maria looked around the room in curiosity before noticing a stray piece of paper lying on the table. It seemed pretty ruined though. She picked it up, expecting it to be blink but was surprised to find that it actually had stuff written on it. Stuff about….experiment…1188 aka Catnap…she went to read more but noticed that the rest of the paper was shredded as if a wild animal had come in and destroyed the thing in a moment of spite and pure hatred. She seemed confused…experiment? This place does experiments? Ugh…she knew it was sketchy here. She frowned and dropped the paper as Caleb checked to make sure he had useful stuff inside of his bag…he paused and grabbed something out of curiosity…did he pick that up..? He took out a VHS, grabbing Maria’s attention. Maria rested her bat over shoulder and walked over to him, looking down at the VHS

Maria: “when did you pick that up?”

Caleb: “i think i picked it up back when we first met Clarance.”

Maria: “seriously? Wasn’t that like…like..” yawn “four hours ago? Yeesh, I’m getting tired just thinking about it.”

Caleb: “Yeah, I think it was four hours ago.”

He replied to her as he finally stood up and stomped his foot down, listening around to whatever had moved in the room…trying to figure out how big it was and possibly what it was made of to determine what and where it was. After a couple of seconds, he finally found it…a TV. He felt around before inserting the VHS into it and listening to it. Maria blinked in surprise and walked over as…a woman..? Yes, a woman with curly brown hair and a black sweater appeared on screen, sitting at a desk with a man sitting in front of her.. She had black eyes, Mitch-match gloves, a pale scarf and…an earring. Maria seemed surprised at the sound of the woman’s voice as she also listened to the tape recording…

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???: “Hello sir. My name is Angel Creek. You…wanted to see me.”

Leith Pierre: “Yes. Yes I did. You see…I called you here because I wanted to speak to you about something important. News has been going around that just two weeks ago you ran into a burning building and came back out with a 4 year old with no parents to be found…correct?”

Angel Creek: “yes…yes that’s what happened. Is…there a problem sir.”

Leith Pierre: “no, no! Not at all. In fact I think we need more people like you here at playtime co. What you did was a very selfless and heroic act and I think you make a great example of what this company is for. We found out that the kid was abandoned in the building and he’s now residing in our orphanage…and we wouldn’t have found out about this if it weren’t for you. Now…I originally had a different plan for you….but decided to give you something..better. A promotion.

Angel Creek: “Wait, really? You’re being serious?”

Leith Pierre: “Why, of course I am. After that display of bravery and selflessness I think it could be cruel of me to not offer you even the smallest bit of a reward. Now wouldn’t it?”

Angel Creek: “I-“

Leith Pierre: “Anyways…You’ve been all over the news for what you did and I’m proud to have somebody like you working for our company.”

Angel Creek: “oh- I…thank you so much sir.”

Leith Pierre: “Don’t thank me, thank yourself. Go on now, this conversation is over.”

The tape ended with the woman getting up and walking out of the room…

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Maria was quiet as the tape ended. Caleb listened as the TV expelled his VHS tape, catching it before it could hit the floor. Clarance stared at the TV ugh a mixture of recognition and confusion on his face. He…feels like he’s seen those two people, before. Well…at least Leith Pierre….he’s definitely seen him..but that woman seems awfully familiar…he just couldn’t put his finger on where he knew her from…he definitely recognized the name though. Clarance was silent as he attempted to remember where he knew the woman from…was she an ex? No…a relative? No, that’s not right either. Maybe…a friend? Or a coworker. Dammit…he used to work here! How could his memory be declining so badly? Clarance shook his head with a sigh, pressing a hand to his head. He didn’t even notice now Maria was walking over to him. After a second, Maria reluctantly pat him on the back to which he responded with a fond smile. Caleb shoved the tape back into his bag before walking over to the two, he was starting to get more and more ideas about this place and what happened to it…

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Handyman silently navigated through the darkness of the building, not caring about what they stepped on but making sure that it wasn’t something that would alert the attention of another experiment or toy. They blinked, noticing Coo Coo the dog from a distance. Yeah…they certainly were Coo Coo alright. Handyman huffed, rolled their eyes and then silently snuck past the large experiment and snuck into a hallway. They reached another one of those hand-scanner doors and pressed their hand to it. They sighed and closed their eyes, entering the room and continuing on their path before they….felt something…was that…wind? They opened their eyes then looked to where it was coming from.

They left the door open. Those giant doors that rolled open and closed with just the simple press of a button. Handyman couldn’t believe it, they could leave right now…and nobody could stop them. Handyman took a step forward towards the free exit before pausing…

But what about those two kids? Handyman shook their head, attempting to forget about the two of them but was unable to. It’s not in their nature to abandon someone who’s hurt or vulnerable and those two kids are probably on the other side of the building, AWAY from Playcare right now with a bunch of crazy experiments running around. They stared at the exit. No matter how much they tried they just couldn’t bring themself to walk out of that door…it’s…it would be cruel, unfair even. Yes…they want to leave, they hated being here with every fiber of their being but…those kids didn’t wanna be here either. Those…toys don’t wanna be here either. Nobody in this building wanted to be here right now and they’re just being offered a free exit!? That’s…that’s not fair. Handyman stared at the outside with a blank look on their face. They can leave, right now. But…something about those two kids, looking for them and making sure they weee alright…that’s what kept Handyman from bolting out of here instantly. They thought about Clarance…sure…he’s with them, but that doesn’t mean Handyman isn’t still worried about the group. Not to mention…Clarance didn’t wanna be here either. Only thing keeping Clarance from leaving was his guilt about what he had done in the past.

They took a small step back, looking down at their hand. Everyone wants to leave this factory JUST as much as they do…some probably even more or for better reason. Why do they even WANT to leave? What? To immediately get shot the second another person sees them? Handyman knew that they weren’t exactly human anymore…didn’t look like one, probably didn’t act like one either…just resembled one. After what felt like years of staring at that door, Handyman took another hesitant step back before turning and walking away. They’ll…go look for those two kids first…just to make sure they’re okay and THEN they’ll leave…yeah…Handyman couldn’t help but hope that those two kids were okay. Clarance too.