#TDOJ Aether(Stallia Abiarts)

[decadeofjoy-au]

Helllloo! I come baring GIFTSSSS. It's a while since I dropped by aome stuff and I wanted to say, Thank you. For including my little OCs in the story ☺️. And for making an engaging AU. I Love hearing other people's OCs and charactaristics, what makes them unique and being creative with them. So, I've decided that I wanted to do fanart of one of each OC from (Almost) All the artists. As a Gift! For you and the community because I appreciate you all. 😊

And here's some interactions from my boys Aether and Usher with the others.

Patty the Putty Dragon (Terra Louis) - anewbieartist356 - Usher: One of the other few experiments Usher likes to be around. He likes to give the "big pink dragon teddy bear" a hug whenever he sees her, or if hes stressed out and needs a hug.

Homebuddy Johanns - Geekyri - Usher: Saw that they tend to act like good friends to each other whenever he's at school. So he made them matching friendship necklaces alongside the help of Aether for them to wear. As a token of appreciation. - Aether: He was forced to come not because he wanted to but because Usher was too shy to hand out the necklaces alone and he wouldn't let his friend hanging. Other than that, he doesn't care much about the giant plush.

Silly the Slime Snake - Sweatycowboyqueen - Usher: The few caretakers that he's somewhat okay with. He would simply wave at them from afar but never interacting with them as much unless needed to. - Aether: He on the other hand openly don't like the slimey fella. Too sticky and it tends to get to places so he prefers to be clean and Not covered in slime. And maybe stay 6 feet away if he could.

Scraps - Scrappythescrapstrap (Also sorry for using the old design, I drew this before the recent one appeared) - Usher: Likes how nice and kind she can be and finds her design pattern unique but too shy to interact with her so he just admires her from afar. - Aether: Doesn't like that her motherly attitute reminds him of his mom so he also just watches from afar. "She looks like Frankenstein's teddy bear plushie if he gotten creative". < His words.

Luccy Piccy - multydraws - Aether: He's okay with seeing her around whenever she comes by. So he just waves, and openly comments on the fact that she has four arms, neat. And suddenly he would need to catch himself from asking too many questions about which orange Really came first.

Type and Talk Tommy - Portalling101 - Aether: When he first saw them, his first was to Kick Them! I mean he do tend to let his intrusive thoughts win sometimes. Other then that he doesn't really have an opinion since he rarely sees them if not ever. - Usher: Basically the one keeping Aether's intrusive instincts in check from the others. And he also has no opinion on them since he rarely sees them other then feeling weirded out the first time.

Hug-A-Gotchi & Joseph - DoctorTan (I… honestly know little about Joseph so I just assumed shes a tad bit eccentric based on her photo. Im sorry if I got it wrong. 😞) - Usher: Joseph probs showed off her Hug a gotchi a ton to Usher whenever she could. It even got him excited to see the Hug a gotchi too, but prefers not to ask to play it since its Joseph's personal toy.

Caleb - icanexplainwhythisnameisbad - Aether: He finds him rather cool actually due to him always appearing out of nowhere whenever he could, so he sometimes would have conversations with him. Though he tends to forget that he's blind half the time and would bluntily blurt out words he would later in his life maybe regret once Caleb jumpscares him from behind. Aether - "Hey its over here! What are you blin-" Aether realized too late as Caleb turns and stares at him. Aether - "Uh…" Caleb - "No go on. Say it. I liked to hear the punchline."

So sorry Mr Story & Corelex. Your OCs sound Amazing and Cool but I dont have an art reference for me to draw 😭. And even with the info of their appearance I really dont want to butcher the design. So… as compensation, here's a bonus comic of Ushers failed gift giving.

Bonus Comic: Usher tried to make his usual gift giving gift for Handyman as he does, but ended up messing it up and starts crying out of shame. Aether is no help either. Let's hope Handyman doesn't do the same to him.

🪽omg :0! This is AMAZING I bet everyone would be happy to see this of their own OCs too!

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[wildsparrows]

Lonnie and Zacker Side Story: Part 1

Kapag Ang Dagat Ay Tahimik...

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

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

(Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad helped me with this!)

Alon Habagat-DeadZoneDenizen

Maria Harper-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Maury Serge-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Orion Asteria-TDOJ(Brief Appearance)

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Antsy Antilope-TDOJ(Mentioned)

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

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Zack Danielwoods-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Commander Cinnatart-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts(Brief Appearance)

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts(Mentioned)

Mangus J. Harper-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Miss Delight-Canon(Brief Appearance)

Mommy Long Legs-Canon

Huggy Wuggy-Canon(Mentioned)

Catnap-Canon(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman-Canon(Mentioned)

The Prototype-Canon(Mentioned)

Lonnie had many reasons to be suspicious of this place.

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

Whatever the hell this Theater Incident is…

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

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

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

It’s to learn when not to get involved.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then he arrived at the Train Station. 

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

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

This- ear shattering scream rang out.

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

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

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

But…

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

He heard it all.

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

He heard everything…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Excuse me- Miss Long Legs?”

The toy flinched, before turning around to face him. 

“Yes, dear?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“What brings you here, Lonnie dear?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That’s all they have…

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

[decadeofjoy-au]

AETHER F. BEAUMUS/PLAYCARE SIDE STORY

Title: Rebellion

(Set during part 6 of AAA:AA)

(Stallia-Abiarts helped me with this! With Anewbieartist and Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad helping me with Maggie, Zack and Melvin’s dialogue!)

Maria Harper(Mentioned)

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Maury Serge-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Rusty Myth-TDOJ

Orion Asteria-TDOJ

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Zack Danielwoods-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Melvin Karobs-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts

Alon Habagat-DeadZoneDenizen(Brief Appearance)

Mangus J. Harper-Anewbieartist356

Kissy Kissy

Hoppy Hopscotch

Miss Delight(Brief Appearance)

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Kissy searched around the dark room. The walls were decorated in blue and red..hm…he always liked blue and red. Kissy looked over at the dresser which had little figurines on them, the bed was of decent size and it was even made up too. He seemed to have a little lamp in the corner of his room. One that’s strangely in the shape of an M.. But…that’s not what she’s looking for. Kissy continued to search around before she FINALLY found a small Snugglebug in a drawer. Yeesh…scary…why’d they allow for him to make it look like THAT? Kissy picked up the small toy before walking out of the room and towards the school instead. She entered the building, making sure not to step on any little toys as she made her way to one specific classroom before walking inside. Immediately as she entered, everyone looked up at her. Kissy..? What’s she doing here? A girl in the corner of the room turned her head to one boy. Rusty…he looked fascinated. Hm…new kid.. she kept to herself as Miss Delight nodded before leaving the room. The teacher seemed tense…odd. Kissy turned to the kids and finally held it up. It was a Snugglebug. A pretty…creepy looking one.

While most of the kids looked up to see Kissy and the Snugglebug she was holding, Aether doesn't even seem to bother to look up at all. Moreso looking off to the side while ignoring the murmurs or movements from the other kids and the toy that just walked in. Aether had been feeling... distant lately? Ever since he heard news that Maury had left, without saying GOODBYE OR ANYTHING. He felt- somewhat sad... and ANGRY at the moment. At everyone even. It's not that he's blaming EVERYONE for Maury's absence.(Well okay, maybe he blames the toys a bit.) It's just... he wants to be left alone. Doesn't feel like talking to anyone or even let anyone talk to him right now..and he clearly doesn't feel like paying attention in class considering that he's still adjusting to his friend's... "disapperance". It wasn't until Aether looked up that he saw the Snugglebug that Kissy was holding which instantly caught his attention soon after. Snapping his head to pay closer attention on the toy. That Snugglebug looks familiar... Is that- WAIT, ISN'T THAT MAURY'S? What's it doing here? Didn't Maury take it with him before he- left..? More importantly…, why would Maury leave his Snugglebug behind?

Kissy walked up to Aether while he was struggling with his thoughts and handed it to him. She was…giving it to him-? Rusty took a small note of this and turned to Kissy with a raised brow before looking back at Aether. Huh…Must’ve been Maury’s Snugglebug… he was informed by the caretakers that he had left just recently due reaching the legal age. Kissy took a small step back after handing it to Aether before looking behind her. Oh- he didn’t even…see Hoppy there…

Hoppy: “We figured that…since you’re pretty close to Maury, we’d give it to you after he left!”

Huh... Aether was shocked by the offer…but his expression slowly softened when he look down to see the snugglebug itself, gently examining it to see if he's damaged in some areas before looking at his name. Heh, it's nice to see Brine again. The cute little bug.

Aether: "Oh. Yeah sure. I'll be happy to take him in. uh- Thank you."

He would've asked them more about what happened with Maury and WHY he had to leave so soon then and there. But honestly... he doesn't feel like arguing for today. Besides... he has Maury's Snugglebug to take care of now. And he actually appreciates that he at least has SOMETHING from him after he left. Though he's not sure how much Maury likes the little fella considering he's usually turned off majority of the time..but he’s sure Maury would be happy to know that his friend is taking care of him now.

Even though most people would find Brine creepy or..scary looking, Aether actually finds him rather cool to look at. Mainly because he reminds him of some type of crytid that you would find in some small town's folklore. Considering that its antennas DO look like eyes from afar. He honestly would've given Maury credit back then for making the design itself had he brought him out more during one of their occasional hangouts. He didn't realized that his smile was showing while he looked down at the snugglebug in his hands until he caught himself doing it.

While Aether examined the snugglebug, Orion looked down at the floor, her brows furrowing before she slowly began to realize something…Maury left at least…a day or so ago..? But his birthday is in 2 weeks…

Orion: “Wait…but that doesn’t add up.”

Hoppy: “…Sorry-?”

Orion: “My apologies it just…doesn’t add up. He’s not 18 yet.”

Everyone froze. Aether’s eyes widen as he looked at Orion upon hearing her comment. She's right... SHE'S RIGHT! Maury CAN'T leave the place if he's not even 18 yet. Which means that he's still considered a minor. Then... Wait- where DID he go if he's not even allowed to leave yet?? He then turn to look at Hoppy with a mixture of confusion and suspicion. Aether REALLY doesn't want to argue with them right now but if they keep straying him from the truth? Then... Well he might just have to- He just wanted to know where Maury is and if he's okay. Hoppy’s eyes widened at the looks of the other toys, Kissy slowly backed away, her brows furrowing slightly in a mixture of worry and…guilt..?

Hoppy: “I-“

Rusty: “Wait…hes not 18? But they told me that he was. Fascinating..”

Orion: “Waitwaitwait…they WHAT?”

Rusty: “When I first appeared here in Playcare, they told me that Maury was turning 18 soon and would be leaving. The day he did leave..they said that he hit the right age.”

Orion: “..oh..Somethings not right here…no…somethings very wrong..”

Rusty began muttering to himself before he slowly realized something

Rusty: “and if he wasn’t 18 yet but was instead 17…then somebody MUST have done something to him! It only makes sense! Why would he run away at the age of 17 when he could just wait? Wasn’t he the popular one? Why would he wanna run away from THIS? From his friends? It’s only logical that somebody must’ve done something to him..and YOU guys know.”

Rusty finished off his sentence, pointing at Hoppy and Kissy. Before Hoppy could even begin to explain herself, a loud noise can be heard from Aether's desk. Aether had slammed his fists on the table on accident.. Yet... his clenched fists that were shaking a bit too violently might say otherwise. He seems agitated. REALLY agitated. Though… he looks like he's trying to stay calm as possible from the revelation he was hearing.

Aether: "Are you. Telling me. That Maury didn't leave on his own terms??"

His voice betrayed the tone of frustration that he tried to keep hidden. It's already bad enough that Maury's absence had taken a toll on him..and now this!? What…Happened with Maury? He needs to know if he's alright. HE NEEDS TO KNOW IF HE'S FINE! Rusty then stood up, quickly writing down some information in his notebook.

Rusty: “It only makes sense! He’s not legally allowed to leave nor would it make sense for him to WANT to leave!” … “You guys know something..oh…this is the most informative I’ve gotten since I’ve been here!”

Zack: “Maybe they did the same thing to my dad all those years ago…”

As Zack muttered to himself, Melvin simply sat there at his desk, silent. Alon seemed to open an eye and slightly adjust his headphones in order to listen to the conversation better as Maggie cowered slightly. Orion’s eyes widened. Whatever those toys did…it was bound to happen..Maury always ran his mouth to them anyways! What did he expect? She was about to speak up when Hoppy suddenly raised her voice.

Hoppy: “That’s ENOUGH EVERYONE!”

Everyone was shocked. Yelling-? She never does that… Aether flinched a bit from Hoppy's yelling..yet seemed to straigthen himself up once he calm down a bit, Suspicion still written in his face as he decided to listen to what THEY have to say.

Hoppy: “This is over! We did what we needed to do! Cmon Kissy..”

Hoppy and Kissy walked out of the room, leaving everyone to their own thoughts…it was silent when Rusty suddenly spoke up..

Rusty: “Odd…Does she usually yell?”

Orion: “No..Not at all..”

Rusty: “Huh…suspicious.. Maybe if I could get out and-“

Orion: “No.”

Rusty: “…wha-“

Orion: “I said, No. Maury, Caleb, Maria and Azure are already gone. It’s simply fate. We don’t need anyone ELSE going missing…have ANY of you even noticed their absences?”

While everyone muttered amongst themselves, Aether slowly pondered to himself. If he was being honest, he only ever noticed Maury's and maybe Maria's absences. Maury, because it was obvious that he would noticed something's off the moment he couldn't find him. And Maria because he would usually see her walking around in some parts of Playcare from time to time. But then again, he doesn't exactly know what Maria's schedule is like. He didn't expect Caleb to be gone because he just assumed that he was probably somewhere hiding and spooking people again. And he also didn't expect Azure to be gone too since he heard that she's too nice to break the rules or something similar and he barely gets to sees her sometimes. But honestly though. He's just glad that he doesn't have to argue further... maybe another time then.

Rusty: “I say we figure out what happened to them.”

Orion: “No, Oxi.”

Rusty: “and why not!? I may be the new guy here but…just hear me out!”

Orion: “No! We shouldn’t tamper with fate-“

Aether: "Wait a sec- Us? Are you suggesting that we ALL go out to find them? Rusty are you sure that's a good idea??"

Aether exclaimed with perplexity. He Genuinely didn’t mean to cut off Orion mid sentence back there. He was just so caught off guard by what Rusty was suggesting. Like... on ONE hand, he DOES want to figure out what had happened with Maury. But at the same time, Is It REALLY A Good Idea To Leave Playcare For This? He’s SEEN what some of the toys are capable of first hand before this. Besides. If he DID leave to find his friend, Usher would've been confused as to where he had gone off to. And that's just another "Maury Situation" waiting to happen at that point so can he really-?

Orion: “it’s NOT a good idea which is why we SHOULDN’T GO-!”

Rusty: “Orion! Please! Hear me out on this!”

Zack: “… …I don’t kn-kn-know h-how to put th-his but… this might b-be the only way for me to find my d-d-dad…”

Maggie: “Yeah..I- I th..think we should go.. wh…what if Maury is b..badly hurt?”

Orion: “Wh-…What if he’s hurt-!?”

Rusty: “Orion, please!”

Rusty suddenly got up from his seat, running over to Orion and standing right in front of her desk. Alon silently listened into the conversation as Melvin let out a small hum from his own seat.

Rusty: “From the…short amount of time I’ve been here…I’ve heard that you’re all about…fate! And destiny! But you HAVE to under that your “destiny” ISNT gonna happen if you don’t get up and MAKE it happen!”

Orion fell silent, looking at everyone else before crossing her arms. There were so many others here. Maury..Caleb, Maria and Azure disappeared because that’s simply what their fate decided. She can’t just- leave and LOOK for her destiny! Look for her fate…! …can she..?

Orion: “It’s dangerous.”

Rusty: “It is!”

Orion: “Someone could get hurt.”

Maggie: “B-But what if Maury is hurt?”

Orion: “Someone here could get KILLED!-“

Rusty: “Cmon Orion! Please! I…” … “How about a group vote.? All in favor that we leave to find Maury, raise a hand!”

Maggie and Zack both raised their hands with Melvin giving a small nod. Soon after..almost every kid had their hand raised. Aether put both his hands in his face as his frustration can be heard muffled from the inside. Whyyyy Rustyyyy... He somehow even got the others to take his side. After a few minutes he put his hands down with a sigh, his face already showing off the answer he's about to say.

Aether: "Finnneee... If everyone's down to it then I guess I’ll go too. But if we somehow do get hurt, KILLED EVEN- ! We're blaming ALL of this on you Rusty!!"

And if push comes to shove, he could always use Rusty as a Scapegoat. Who better to blame than the eldest one of us here who had FULL responsibility for their well being? He should probably go and find Usher around Playcare since he didn't come to school today, tell him that he's following some "merry band" to find Maury. Anddd give him the full context of what happened just so he doesn't freak out more than Aether imagine he would. Orion’s jaw dropped with her fists tightening up. Both of her eyes were wide open, something pretty rare…she looked like she was about to snap.

Orion: “U-Unbelievable..! UNFORGIVABLE!!! I- You- you all-!…” … “Urgh…FINE…! I’ll go…too… I may not be the oldest but I AM the wisest. Everyone, My room, Meeting. RIGHT when the sun falls. Bring anything that you feel will be useful. Grab your friends too. Nobody…gets left behind. Alright?”

Everyone looked up as the bell rang. Great! Rusty smiled with a fist pump and quickly ran out as Orion slowly rose up, putting a hand to her head in stress. She had a bad feeling about this. A REALLY…bad feeling..she didn’t like this at all… But she wasn’t just gonna let a bunch of children younger than her go exploring recklessly. Aether guessed that…he can bring Usher along too..if he wants to that is. As he was about to get up from his desk, Aether had almost forgotten that he still had Maury's Snugglebug on his lap. Oh. Maybe he can bring him with them? Bring them to their RIGHTFUL owner once they found him. Just gotta keep him safe and undamaged for the whole trip.. He took one good look before carefully putting Brine in his bag as he got up and walked out the school alongside the other students. ...He's not sure what... But something tells him that Maury may have gotten a fate worst then death. Oh boy. He knows he's gonna relate with Orion a lot later on.

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Hi! Okay and first of foremost, I had asked in a comment before about Aether and Usher doing Morse Code and Sign Language while Lonnie watches in the background understanding Half of what they're saying. And I had to draw the scene now.

So I made a Comic displaying that very scenario for the three although I changed the both of them using only Sign Language instead.

Here @deadzonedenizen. I'm So Sorry if he's Out of Character here. 😓

For Context:

Lonnie was trying to eavesdrop what they'll be saying since I had imagine the first time they used their "own language" nearby Lonnie, they both spoke Morse Code like in that incorrect quote meme from beforehand. So Lonnie was expecting to see them use morse code again. Only to find out they also do Sign Language and not understand a single thing.

🪽They’ve got Lonnie SO confused and they don’t even know it lol-

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PART 18 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Masks you Wear.

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

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

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

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

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Hixel Pixel-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

A.l.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Vile-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Doodle The Stretchy Mime-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Connie Stellation-Anewbieartist356

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

Melly Collen-Sweatycowboyqueen(Brief Appearance)

Rosalie-Corelex

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts(Brief Appearance)

The Prototype(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman

Catnap(Mentioned)

Kissy Missy

Medic

Voloveoraptor(Mentioned)

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

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

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

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

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

Maria: “Great.”

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

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

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

Caleb: “We’re fine.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doey: “🟧I won’t. And…thank you.🟧”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handyman: “..Buzz off, Doodle.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doodle: “you little d-devil!”

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

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

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

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

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

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No wait- Now I also want to Join In!!

(Based on the incorrect quote generator)

Usher: *Gently Taps Table*

Aether: *Taps back*

Craftycorn looks confused before turning to look at Bobby.

Craftycorn: What are they doing?

Bobby then wrote something down on a piece of paper before showing to Craftycorn with a confused expression.

Bobby: *Something about "Morse Code"?*

Craftycorn: Um... Ok I have no clue what that is.

Usher: *Taps Aggressively with a meschevious grin*

Aether then slam his hands down and almost flip the whole table out of offense.

Aether: YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!

All while Usher surprisingly laughed at his friend's offended expression.

🪽Okay, now this is CANON 😭

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Hey there. No art or comic today since that takes time, so I instead decided to do some "Who's the most likely" questions between my two Orphan OCs Usher and Aether so we can both can get to know them more. ✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧

Who's the most likely to be good at Karaoke? Aether sure enough does have a Great singing voice. Even dealing with the high notes. Although he does struggle with the foreign language ones. Which comes in Usher since he LOVES the Cute Kpop songs. (Think Magnetic from ILLIT)

Who's the most likely to start throwing hands? Surprisingly (Or Unsurprisingly) Aether. He's the most likely to throw hands as early as he feels like it before Usher even starts to snap. It'll take a while to get through with Usher. And with Aether, he ignores your existence completely if you start insulting or back talking him. But if it crosses a certain line or limit then he'll either talk back with clever remarks or starts throwing hands with no hesitation depending on the person.

Who's the most likely to fall head over heels for every picture of a shelter animal? Usher, he really likes their cute and lovely faces. Aether had to prevent him from seeing any more of those before he gets sad that he can't get them.

Who's the most likely to cry over something that's not even sad or bad? Usher of course. Whether it'd be something as minimal as stepping on bug. One time before he transfered to Playcare, he accidently dropped his ice cream into a pond full of fish and got sad not because of his ice cream but because he thinks that he contaminanted the water for the fishes. Not knowing they ate it all a few minutes later.

Who can actually cry on demand? He cried so much before that Usher basically can cry on demand at this point. And he uses this to his advantage whenever he could. (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ᴥ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

Which one is always ridiculously photogenic? Aether slays in every pose and photo. He looks good in several outfits as well. Usher will either look decent or cute at best or funny at worst.

Which of them have studied one or more form of martial arts? It's Aether unsurprisingly. Though he actually did studied more then one form of martial arts before. Being taekwondo and kickboxing.

Who's the most likely to run in heels? Surprisingly Usher. He can walk and run no problem in heels. While Aether will wonder how he does it.

Who's the most likely to kick/punch someone in the stomach, when that someone just walked around the corner and spooked them? Oh Aether 100%. He once punched Maury in the guts so hard, he had to be sent to medic after he accidently spooked him. If it were anyone else Aether wouldn't cared much but since Maury is his friend, he felt bad and apologized twenty times that week.

Who's most likely the best when it comes to insulting? Aether as I have said before that this guy is SMART. So his clever remarks or even plain logic is enough from him. And also, despite what others have claimed or heard, Aether is still a bully to some people at the end of the day. So even though he has his nice moments or at least passive moments, he won't be friendly or sensitive to people 24/7. So expect to hear some comments here and there from him. Whether he intentionally means to or not.

Who can't stand seeing the sight of blood? Usher doesn't like seeing it and gets screamish everytime he does see some. Aether on the other hand is unfazed, since he did saw a ton of blood prior before in his life.

Who's the one that looks extremely average, but is actually more than a little unsettling once you get to know them? That depends. But I'll say Aether. Sure Usher is considered more dangerous then his friend due to his outbursts, but REALLY it's Aether that everyone needs to worry about. Not because of his record for fighting others in the past but also, something else entirely. And yet the reason no one thought about it at all is because Aether is holding himself back. And I mean... there's a reason why he manages to win most of his previous fights.

Who would be ready to fight someone if they looked at their friend weirdly? Aether undoubtly. Though Usher would also do that since he's a bit more untrusting to other stranger folks.

Who's the most likely to have the guts or the stupidity to walk right up to a really evil and dangerous villain twice their size and 5 times their strength and tell them to "go stand in the corner and think about what you did"? Unironically Aether would ABSOLUTELY do that. He's the type of person who doesn't care about your status or reputation or even your size and attempts to put you in your place whether you want to or not.

🪽ooo fun facts!

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Helllloooo! Honestly after what happened at the previous chapter. I think everyone deserves to have at least some Wholesome or Funni in the mix. So here's a comic of Usher and Aether communicating in their "Own Language".

(You can try to translate what their saying. I'll give out what the convo is said soon.)

Fun Facts:

• Although they both can understand what the other said, Aether prefers to use Morse Code more and Usher is more comfortable using Sign Language.

• Aether uses (ITU) International Morse Code while Usher uses (ASL) American Sign Language.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ interesting! The toys could learn a thing or two!

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Hellllloooo! Thank you for your hard work on bringing out these stories. And also I'm Here to bring some Random Facts & Character Information on my two Orphan OCs. Hope you enjoy! ✨

• Usher is scared of the teachers in Playcare's School when he first came to Playcare. Thanks to his previous teacher from before, he has a hard time interacting with the Miss Delights. And it'll take him a while to open up to them.

• While not nessesary, Usher's Ahoge can move or bend depending on his mood like with cats and their ears. This is more of a design rather then a feature.

• Aether learned self defense from his mother before she was arrested. Which is why he manages to win most fights from his previous orphanage.

• Usher is good at drawing or writing, but when it comes to craftsmanship? Some of his creations dont end up right. Which is why he gets Aether to help him out majority of the time.

• Aether actually knows Morse Code. While Usher only knows a bit of Sign Language. So the two taught each other the skills and now they have their "own language" to communicate with.

• They love to play hide and seek with each other from time to time. And it always ends in good fun. Although... Usher tends to take the game Too Seriously whenever he's the seeker. And would act like some kind of complete pyschopath stalking their prey down. Fortunately he doesn't hurt the hiders once caught but his behaviour is what worries them the most. Even Aether sweats just hearing him taunt in the background to look for him. And if its a Hide and Seek Activity with the other orphans? Yeah... Even Caleb may get caught off guard.

(Dont worry this isnt what Usher looks like when seeking. This is just Aether's Intepretation or imagination whenever he's IT and he's hiding. 🙂)

🪽That last part is lowkey relatable though. I love acting like the main villain while I play multiplayer video games. I’d be going through a WHOLE villain monologue cutscene 😭

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So I realized that I never actually shown Aether without his cap on or uncapped. Or show his FULL face. Ever. So I guess it's Time! I'm Proud to say that we can have an Aether Face Reveal!

Just a warning if people don't like to see a face with burn scars, several scratches or other scars and/or a weird eye even though it's not even that graphic. 👍

Like I said before, Aether got the bruises and scars from his fights in his last orphanage. Some of the kids there can be- a bit brutal. And some he did to himself.

In his previous fights from the last orphanage he resided in, some orphans tend to play unfair and used… scissors or anything sharp at Aether which resulted with him getting cuts here and there.

He also got some other scars and cuts across his body from fighting off someone else who let's say… likes to play with knives. Aka "almost getting murdered by a wanted criminal." No, I'm not giving out context, and he doesn't feel comfortable talking about it so good luck getting a story out of him. (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

He also played with some firecrackers during a New Years Event before (under supervision) and the caretakers back then did a terrible job keeping an eye as he gotten too close to an active one when they weren't looking. Don't worry it's nothing too serious. Just a few burn scars.

He actually got a lazy eye on his right eye after the countless pummels or punches. So that eye of his is a bit unresponsive and he needs to use his medication for it every once in a while since it tends to be blurry to see through it. But other then that, he can see through it just fine.

Also those who know or saw what Aether's face looks like: The previous orphanage caretakers and staff, the previous orphanage orphans, Usher (Because obviously he knew way before being sent to Playcare), Maury (He trusts him enough where he can take off his cap around anytime), Lonnie (On COMPLETE accident, thinks he may have scared him off but trusts him to not tell anyone about it), Rusty (He accidently knocked his cap off of Aether's head. Proceeds to get surplexed by an 11 year old because MAN he's strong. Surprisingly no hard feelings, he just wanted to mess with him and used that as an excuse (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)), Orion (Took it off once one day as she walked in on him mid way holding the cap still), Bobbie Bearhug (She managed to convince him to take it off during a session ONCE), One of the Miss Delights (Told him to take it off and look at her in the eyes as she speaks, suddenly tells him to put it back on once she sees and never speaks of it soon after)

As for Everyone Else in the WHOLE factory, they all didn't see or manage to see his full face. So we can assume that some of them would like to guess or imagine what his face looks like.

(Anyways yeah, I made this weeks ago before Rebellion happened and before Orion appeared. Must've forgotten to sent it but oh well. Better late then never ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯.)

🪽Facinating

I’ll add this in!

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Can you rank the orphans from most troublesome or mentally challanging to least, top to bottom.

I would like to see whats the toys view on them. :)

🪽While it was a bit difficult, I managed to get it done! Got the orphans and the reason for their listing!

1. Maria Harper-TDOJ(She escaped Playcare in the current story and is actively attempting to leave. She WILL hurt anyone who tries to stop her. AKA, she’s violent because she wants to be.)

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(He has also escaped playcare in the current story and is also refusing to go back.)

Zack Danielwoods-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Seems to be unable to forget about his dad’s disappearance and is very upset about it.)

Azure Nilson-TDOJ(She isn’t violent or anything of the sorts but does have Bipolar Disorder and Autism along with having a few issues from her previous family)

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts(According to the owner, he has violent outbursts when provoked but is otherwise rather docile)

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts(According to the owner, he is basically Kevin but less violent)

Melvin Karobs-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(I donno. He doesn’t have any backstory.)

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PART 2 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Up We Go: Part 2: Of Games & Escapism

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

SETTING: Playcare

MAIN CHARACTER: Maria Harper(Lucky)

OCS in this part and their owners.

Joseph Alma-Doctor tan

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts

Aether F. Beaumus-stallia abiarts

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Azure Nilson-TDOJ

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

Melly Collen(Sylvia Fordger)-Sweatycowboyqueen

Dainty Dricket(Melody Forager)- Sweatycowboyqueen

Luccy Piccy-multydraws

Connie Stellation-anewbieartist356

Doey

Kissy

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Maria watched as the other orphans and toys played Truth or Dare. She blinked as Luccy attempted to make everyone laugh as a dare, mostly succeeding before moving on to dare Melly. Maria then looked at Doey and Kissy who was searching for his lost hat before turning to Joseph who was simply sitting in a corner, playing with her hug-a-gotchi. Maria eventually decided that…she didn’t wanna play. Too many toys. If it was just Connie and Kissy then it would be fine but she could count about…8 toys here at the moment and that was just…too much. She let out a sigh and walked a bit closer to the group before sitting down and watching from a distance, feeling at LEAST entertained about what was happening in the large circle.

The game went on for hours before eventually all the toys went off to their own duties. The caretakers stayed and helped send the orphans off to their own rooms back at Home Sweet Home. Maria sighed and followed after the large group of children, making her way to her own room which was placed rather close to Usher’s but not too far from Azure’s space. As Playcare grew darker and darker, mimicking that it was becoming night…Maria took out a book from her shelf and opened it, reading the first few sentences of chapter 1 before groaning and slamming the book shut. The Adventures Of The Word Wizard was honestly her LEAST favorite book…Doey read that WAY too often when he was visiting Playcare…eugh, she’s getting sick of hearing about that stupid wizard’s adventures.

She looked at her door before slowly walking over and hesitantly opening it and peeking outside. Nobody was around, everyone was in their rooms. She slowly closed her door back up and walked over to her bed, picking up her prosthetic and going through all the necessary steps to put it on before immediately grabbing her trusty bat and making her way BACK to her door and opening it up again, this time leaving her room and closing the door behind her.

Maria slowly made her way down the Halls of Home Sweet Home, looking around just to make sure she wouldn’t be caught by any toys. She noticed that Azure’s door was closed and thought about talking to her before deciding that she probably wanted to be left alone. She walked down the long hallway, listening out for any sound. She could make out talking coming from Usher’s room but it was probably just him and Aether having a conversation. They were good friends. After what felt like hours of walking, she opened the doors of Home Sweet Home and made her way into Playcare. It’s dark. Too dark for her comfort…

Maria walked down the side walk and eventually up to the entrance of playcare itself…she quickly made her way up the steps and looked at the…thing…she didn’t know what to call it. But she knew that all the toys entered Playcare through it. It was kinda like…a giant square machine thingy that lifted you into the air. At least that’s how she saw it. Maria shook her head and quickly looked around for…a button or- or a lever…she eventually spotted it and with all her strength, managed to flip it on and quickly get in the machine which slowly lifted her out of playcare…

Hopefully she doesn’t get caught.

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[decadeofjoy-au]

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

[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)

————

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…

——————

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

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

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

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

Poppy: “No…nothing unusual…”

…..

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

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

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

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

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

Poppy: “I-….no…no of course not.”

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

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

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

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

—————

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bubba: “…We’re adults.”

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

…

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

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

——————

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

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

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

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

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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]

ORPHANS

Maria Harper-TDOJ: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/775041709068402688/new-character-for-the-decade-of-joy-maria-harper + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779987317076164608/new-snugglebug-reveal-marias-forgotten

Azure Nilson-TDOJ: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/778226166427467776/azure-nilson-revamped + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/780239463407321088/azure-nilson-facts-azures-full-name-is-azurite

Maury Serge-TDOJ: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/778296631583031296/maury-serge + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/780059552033996800/i-gotta-ask-does-every-orphan-get-to-make-a (OLD)… https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/778391334322126849/hexabug-side-story (NEW)

Rusty Myth-TDOJ: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779854096289136640/rusty-info-for-tdoj-name-rusty-no-last-name

Orion Asteria-TDOJ: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/780849437614489600/orion-asteriacomet

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776226085253808128/meet-my-orphan-oc-i-didnt-want-to-mess-up-their

Zack Danielwoods-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776296291767566336/2-for-1-oc-based-on-that-jester-image-in-a + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779617621793439744/zack-info-i-know-its-on-april-1st-but-im-being

Melvin Karobs-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776392173871628288/new-orphan-oc-the-3rd-wow-melvin-karobs

Adrienne Snow-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779370972692234240/meet-some-way-too-early-christmas-ocs-grumpy(OLD…) https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779380387004710912/part-2-of-adriennes-story-the-orphan-mentioned (NEW)

Usher Pyper-Stallia abiarts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776510273614905344/hello-i-had-been-looking-at-this-au-for-quite

Aether F. Beaumus-Stallia abiarts: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/776774807321706496/helllo-back-again-this-time-with-another-orphan + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/781166643012304896/just-a-warning-if-people-dont-like-to-see-a-face

Alon Habagat-DeadZoneDenizen: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/778834630146244608/ello-mate-ive-been-thinking-about-submitting-an + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779614639806955520/alon-habagat-6990-intelligence + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779982745153765376/theyre-all-pretty-much-there-to-give-a-glimpse-of

Mangus J. Harper-Anewbieartist356: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779150458316062720/meet-mr-bergamot-elliot-harper-name-changed + https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779859825604673536 (NOT RELATED TO MARIA HARPER)

Joseph “Jenny” Alma-Doctor Tan: https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/781119238735822848/my-orphan-oc-note-she-took-a-lot-of-reworks-to