#TDOJ(Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad)

[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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[calvinconstrut-a-bot]

Calvin side story part 3

Title: Curtain Fall (Tow The Line: Part 3)

Story was inspired by the song the toybox by the stupendium

Takes place 2 days after part 17 of the Canon story

Characters:

Calvin Construt-a-bot

Sarah the slime gal (Mentioned (refered as Grandma by Calvin))

Mommy long legs (Mentioned)

Meringue the kuddle bear (Mentioned)

Some characters belong to @decadeofjoy-au

Mr Shortcake -TDOJ

Mr. Sandman -TDOJ (Mentioned)

Hixel Pixel -TDOJ (Mentioned)

Maria -TDOJ (Mentioned)

Caleb -icanexplainwhythisnameisbad (Mentioned)

It had been at least 2 weeks since word of Hixel's death came around. At least Calvin thought it had been 2 weeks, but he'll check on that later he said to himself as Calvin was far more curious of how and why Hixel died.

He had heard that either Mr sandman or Mr shortcake knew something about it. Although Calvin would much rather talk to Mr sandman, he had no idea where he is or if he's even in the right state of mind. So, He begrudgingly went to find Mr Shortcake.

Calvin: "*Thinking* Ugh, can't believe he is the only one I can talk to about this. Cause I doubt Meringue or Grandma would know anything about it."

Calvin headed to the most likely area of Mr Shortcake's whereabouts, The playcare. Calvin was also heading there because of his Caretaker duties, so really he was knocking two birds with one stone. Although it would take hours of playing and performing for the orphans before Mr Shortcake would finally make an appearance.

Calvin: "*Sighs* Shortcake? Can I talk to you?"

This instantly caught Mr Shortcake off guard, cause Calvin rarely talked to him unless it was a scolding for upsetting Meringue.

Shortcake: "🩵Ummm... Everything alright?🩵"

Calvin: "Okay, so this has been bugging me so I'll just cut to the chase. How exactly did Hixel die?"

Mr Shortcake didn't respond, they seemed upset.

Mr Shortcake: "🩵 Well it's quite graphic...🩵🩷Not to mention all of Maria's fault. Anyway I'm done talking about it🩷"

Calvin: "Maria? Huh, Haven't seen her in a while."

Mr Shortcake: "*talking to himself*🩷If she doesn't come back the four leaders are as good as dead.🩷"

Calvin heard this however, if it was true then that meant one of his closest friends, Mommy long legs, would die. As the thought swirled in his head, the lights on his outer face wildly flickered and glitched from a sombre blue to a haunting purple to a fierce red. Until Calvin had an idea, He knew that Maria was somewhat friends with Caleb. If he captured Caleb, Maria would surely come crawling back for him. As the idea for this sparked and formed his outer face finally settled, but only on a new color that being a sickly yellow.

Calvin: "*Laughs eerily* Looks like I've got an orphan to fetch. Looks like I'll have to leave Meringue with Grandma for a while."

Calvin said to himself

Mr Shortcake: "🩵What did you say..?🩵"

Calvin: "Oh, nothing to worry about Shortcake. Just a task I just remembered so I'll just write it down. Oh and thanks for the info."

He said, as his wrote it down in a notebook. Though the strange and eerie color on his face didn't shift. But For now he had an idea, a somewhat awful idea but for the first time he didn't care. He'd protect the ones he cares about, No matter who he has to hurt to protect them.

[wildsparrows]

Lonnie and Zacker Side Story: Part 2

Asahan Mo At Malalim...

(Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad helped me with this! Part of the @decadeofjoy-au)

Alon Habagat-DeadZoneDenizen

Maury Serge-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Mr. Shortcake-TDOJ(Brief Appearance)

Icarus Tank-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Zacker-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Vile-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Beartrap Bernie-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Mentioned)

Calvin Construt-a-bot-just-a-freak40(Mentioned)

Hoppy Hopscotch-Canon(Brief Appearance)

Craftycorn-Canon

Dr. Bruno White-Canon

Ms. Brooks-Canon

Samuel Lee-Canon(mentioned)

The ride back to Playcare was mostly silent. Less orphans and more toys this time. Hoppy was restlessly bouncing her leg and Mr. Shortcake was repeatedly squeezing his arm as some sort of stress relief. Lonnie couldn’t help but think. 

Maury? Adopted? Something about this just felt so…sudden. Putting his headphones on, he listened not to a song, but to an audio. One he transferred from a VHS tape he stole from one of his ‘sleepwalks’.

The audio started with children celebrating in the background. Two adult voices spoke amongst themselves as the background noise continued.

“Ah, and here they all are.” One of the voices, a more masculine one, spoke. 

Answering him was the other voice, a more feminine one.

“Well of course, they’d never miss this!”

Two children then seemingly approached them, as two younger voices erupted in excitement.

"Who is it, Ms. Brooks? Who's going away?"

"Tell us! Tell us!"

Ms. Brooks then shushed them in the audio. "This week, Dr. White here has selected our very own Samuel Lee!"

The children in the audio then erupted into cheers, presumably congratulating this Samuel Lee kid. The caretaker, Ms. Brooks, then spoke up to get their attention.

"Now, before he goes, let's all give Sam one last goodbye, shall we? With me. One... Two... Three!"

"Goodbye, Sam!" A chorus of voices farewelled, and the audio ended.

Lonnie sighed, taking his headphones off. Apparently there actually used to be human workers here, if the names are anything to go off of. But what stuck out to him is that the caretakers would actually inform the other orphans beforehand if one of them’s getting adopted. He and the others? They were given no such announcement.

One exit from the Train Station, he then stopped in front of the Playtime Express. One thing that always struck as odd to him was why the letters of the word Playtime seemed to have fresher paint, compared to the flaking yellow of the word Express. Did the ride used to have a different name?

Saving that thought for another time, he boarded the cable car and made his way back to Home Sweet Home. Well- not without bumping into Craftycorn.

Maury’s textbook fell on the floor, and drawings flew and scattered about. The two immediately knelt down to gather the things, Lonnie even helping Crafty with getting the scattered drawings back. Once he managed to put them in an organized stack, he stood up with the textbook and handed the stack back to the plush unicorn.

“Oh god, I-I am so sorry, I should’ve watched where I was going!” Lonnie scolded himself, to which Crafty just waved her hoof to calm him down.

“No, no, I wasn’t watching either!” She admitted, thanking him as he handed the stack and added it to her own. “Sorry ‘bout that. I’ve just been a bit more scatterbrained recently.”

“No, I get it!” Lonnie faked an assuring smile. “Anyone would be tense after that scream. Say…”

He tilted his head.

“What was that about…?”

“Erm-” Crafty laughed nervously, unconsciously holding the stack of drawings tighter. Shoot- what was the excuse they used again? “It was just some acting from the theater!” She quickly blurted out, opting for Vile’s explanation instead. “Y-Yeah, it’s for a future play, I think?”

“It is?” Lonnie asked further, knowing for sure that wasn’t the case. “I wasn’t told. I should ask Vile and Calvin if I need to start practicing for any background music I need to play.” He paused for a minute, before asking another question.

“By the way, do you know where Maury is?”

Crafty then froze. After all, it was only a while ago that she directed Maury to the room where he…She snapped herself out of her thoughts, before thinking of another lie.

“Well, he aged out…” She spat out the first lie she could think of. “He turned eighteen today, so we had no choice but to let him leave…”

Yeah, no, Lonnie was definitely being lied to. Was he adopted, or did he age out? Pick one. He couldn’t have been both. There was this inconsistency that Lonnie would’ve guessed became more evident thanks to the increased stress from the screams that the toys seemed to be actively lying about. It seems it was that tension that put them all on edge and made them less…convincing.

“Oh…that’s a shame…” Lonnie sighed, then walked past the plush unicorn. “I guess I’ll just leave his textbook in his room.”

“Of course!” Crafty smiled. Well, not like she could move her face in any other way. She was just glad that Lonnie seemingly bought her lie, as she went her own way.

Swinging Maury’s door open, Lonnie finds…his belongings all still being there. Things that he wouldn’t leave without, he was sure of it. 

Everything looks completely untouched from when Maury was still here. Lonnie was sure of that, because the guy asked him to help with his homework the day before.

Something wasn’t just off, something else was completely afoot here…

Opening the textbook and taking a quick snap on one of the pages, he left said textbook on the desk and left the room. One walk later, he arrived in his and closed the door, sitting on his bed and turning his laptop on. 

Turning his jammer on and flexing his fingers, he began typing and scrolling, letting time pass before finally getting access into Playcare’s database. Adopted or aged out, there should be a file out there for Maury’s circumstances. 

Somewhere here, in either the list of transition plans or the list of guardianship documents. Lonnie scrolled, every former orphan’s documents from both lists. And yet…

Maury's document wasn’t anywhere.

Now, come to think of it, neither was this Samuel kid. But he could at least excuse that for the factory not having that kind of technology yet.

Regardless, something happened to Maury.

Something happened to Maury, and the toys know...

They know...and they're lying about it.

...

What else are they hiding..?

Meanwhile, just outside the room, in the hallways. The mayhem from earlier left the small robot no less stressed than the other caretakers. Sounds of footsteps meet the cotton carpet, with Zacker just glad that everything's taken care of.

Distracting himself from Icarus’ earlier scoldings about how he repairs the computers, he hummed a tune from a game he heard of, once upon a time. Pshh- Not doing it right? Please, what does Icarus even know about computers? He couldn’t even tell the difference between a keylogging device and a regular charger. Then again- he’s not complaining.

Passing by each orphan’s doors, he stopped in front of one in particular. Painted in navy and with a decorative green fishing net on top, he saw his reflection through the golden glint of the doorknob. That kid…Ever since that kid with those fish-pants showed up, Zacker’s been having this little speech interruption problem. It’s either the random phrases interrupting him mid-talking, or just absolute ear-grating static.

‘I really hate that bear trap…’ He thought.

Shaking the thoughts away, he continued to hum and was about to walk past the door. Instead, his humming was once again interrupted by a sudden “[FREE SPY THRILLER MOVIE NO VIRUS-]”

He halted with wide eyes. “WHAT?! AGAIN?!” He made haste farther from the door as he gripped his fists. “Seriously, where is that coming from?!-” Zacker blurted out. Then he stopped, making a heel-turn and fixating his eyes on that navy door. That’s it, he was getting to the bottom of this!

The sudden louder footsteps didn’t fall on deaf ears either. Lonnie paused his typing with his own eyes focused on the turning doorknob. He knew whose voice that belonged to. There was only one toy who had that speech problem. Snapping the laptop shut, he stood up and acted quickly.

Swinging the door open, Zacker expected to find Lonnie lounging on his bed. But what greeted him instead was an empty pitch black room, devoid of any life. Cautiously walking into the room, Zacker looked in both directions, then back at the door at the sudden sound of it shutting and locking.

With no light from the hallways to illuminate his vision, his eyes automatically casted a faint white glow. A slight creak from the hammock chair made him turn to look there, except there was nothing but a cushion and a plush toy. The faint glow didn’t help with the already ominous atmosphere, further amplified by the subtle ticking of the clock and the soft blow of the air conditioner.

“Geez kid, I know you’re here.” Zacker snarked, expecting this sort of stunt from another toy or experiment, and not an orphan. “No need for all this theatrics.”

“And I believe this belongs to you.”

Zacker shone the faint beam of light at the mirror, revealing the owner of the voice. Lonnie sat on his bed, holding a keylogging device between two fingers. The toy jolted back, shocked at how the hell the kid got his hands on one of his devices.

“...And you know that, how?” Zacker held back a snarl.

“It was you that Icarus was complaining about when he was repairing those computers, y’know?” Lonnie remarked slyly, his voice taking a slightly deeper tone than his seemingly peppy one. “And look at all these keyloggers I keep finding while helping him.”

“Don’t worry.” Lonnie then smirked, tossing the keylogger for Zacker to catch. “I didn’t tell him.”

Zacker caught the keylogger effortlessly, staring at it in his hands then staring back at the orphan.

“...What do you want?”

Lonnie’s smirk fell into a more serious frown.

“Answers.”

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 17 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Sounds of Silence

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

This link has the links to the other parts:

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

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

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

Antsy Antilope-TDOJ(Mentioned)

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Silencer/Nostalgia Nancy-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356(Mentioned)

The Prototype

Poppy Playtime

Huggy Wuggy(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs(Mentioned)

Catnap(Mentioned)

Doey The Doughman(Mentioned)

Zuri Saldana(Mentioned)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handyman flipped him off.

…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maria: “Thanks, Caleb!”

Caleb: “No Problem!”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[decadeofjoy-au]

Question of the day!

I need help making a name for a new brand for the AU! A Doey themed brand that consists of Goo/Slime/Putty/doughy/etc characters! If anyone has any name suggestions, please suggest it in the comments!

(GOT 8 RESULTS. POLL DOWN BELOW.)

-https://www.tumblr.com/decadeofjoy-au/779595436717637632/after-getting-8-resultsmisspelled-stretchy

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 14 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Fatal Follies

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

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

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

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

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper

Handyman

Clarance The Clayman

Mr Sandman

HIxel Pixel

Caleb-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

A.I.-icanexplainwhythisisabadname

Coo-Coo the Dog-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Rosalie-Corelex

The Prototype

Poppy Playtime

Doey The Doughman

Dogday(Mentioned)

Catnap

Miss Delight(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs

Bunzo Bunny(Mentioned)

Huggy Wuggy

Boxy Boo(Mentioned)

Yarnaby

Frosty The Yeti(Mentioned)

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

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

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

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

The air smelt of cooked flesh and molten plastic…

….

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

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

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

A.I.: “Wow…I wasn’t expecting that.”

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

…

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

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

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

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

Maria: “Caleb!?”

Caleb: “Maria? Is that you!?”

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

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

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

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

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

Caleb: “Aye, Aye, Captain.”

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

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

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

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

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

Maria: “oh…you DON’T wanna know..”

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Prototype: “Is that so?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

—Start of note

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

—End of note

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

[decadeofjoy-au]

MR SANDMAN SIDE STORY

Title: Of Fears & Ferocity

(TW: Graphic character death, Blood)

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

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

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

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

A.I.: “…What? No thank you?-“

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[decadeofjoy-au]

PART 21 OF THE DECADE OF JOY STORY

Title: Explosive Aftershocks

(TW: Corpses, major Injury, mentions of death. Swearing)

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

SETTINGS: Boiler Room(first and second part). Side room(third part). Game station(fourth part). Clinic(fifth part).

MAIN CHARACTERS: Mr Sandman. ???. Catnap. Maria Harper. Icarus Tank. Silas The Scorpion.

OCS in this part and their owners.

Maria Harper-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ(Deceased)

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ(Mentioned)

???-TDOJ

Icarus Tank-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

Percival The Plasticine Beast-TDOJ

Dr Draco Draconic-TDOJ(Mentioned)

Caleb-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Kitchan Sink-Icanexplainwhythisnameisbad(Brief Appearance)

Doodle The Stretchy Mime-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

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

Silas The Scorpion-Anewbieartist356

Candi Bee-Anewbieartist356(Brief Appearance)

Rosalie-Corelex(Brief Appearance)

Dupin Lupin-Corelex(Brief Appearance)

Dex the Dracopead-Sweatycowboyqueen(Brief Appearance)

Calvin Construt-a-bot- JustAFreak40(Brief Appearance)

Huggy Wuggy(Mentioned)

Mommy Long Legs

Bunzo Bunny(Mentioned)

Catnap

Doey The Doughman

Dogday(Brief appearance)

Frosty The Yeti(Brief appearance)

Pianosaurus(Brief appearance)

Yarnaby(Brief appearance)

The Prototype(Mentioned)

Leith Pierre[The Garbage Disposal](Mentioned)

Richard Lovitz[Voloveoraptor](Mentioned)

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A burnt, damaged hand suddenly burst out from the rubble, throwing stuff to the side as a large toy suddenly rose up from underneath it, letting out a low, feral growl. He was losing his mind, wasn’t he? It’s only been 2…maybe 3 days since those brats got out and yet…. He’s still struggling to catch them. They’re just kids, how hard could they possibly be to catch?? ONES BLIND FOR GODS SAKE! Mr Sandman growled as he slowly stood up, grabbing onto a metal pole that had impaled his arm before tearing it out, feeling as blood slowly trickled from the wound but..he didn’t care. He’s felt far worse pains before. He didn’t even take note of the fact that a good quarter of his face and body was damaged. Burnt and scarred. Tsk…He can take a bit of pain.

He turned to see Silas picking up various toys and experiments before quickly making his way out the damaged room as Rosalie and Dupin dragged a couple of experiments away. Specifically Doodle and Doris who were actively struggling against them though Doris seemed far more panicked than Doodle did. Probably cause she’s injured.. He’s sure they’d get shoved in their cells regardless of how injured they are though. He then turned his head to where he THOUGHT Huggy was but..he was gone. He didn’t see Silas take him so where was he? Meh…was definitely alive for all he knew..Huggy didn’t represent strength for nothing after all. Mr Sandman looked around for where those two brats had possibly ran off to before his eyes landed on the giant doors that he had walked in from. Hm…probably there.

The giant sun toy immediately began walking in that direction, stepping on Clarance’s burnt and cracked corpse. He blinked before looking down at his foot and lifting it up. Yeesh… Blast was so scalding hot that it burnt him from the outside and the inside. That explosion was kinda his fault anyways…Kinda. Not his fault that his body can heat up to absurd temperatures.. Technically the fault of those stupid scientists who made him. He doesn’t even know why that gave him that ability. What? To be a living heating pad? Tsk. Yeah right.. He remembers killing them during The Hour Of Joy. Hm…really was an Hour Of Joy for him. Well…not the “killing innocents” part.. more so stomping repeatedly on those scientist’s mutilated corpses. Yea…he’ll do that to that damn girl and her…brother? Friend? Whoever the hell the blind one was, and that stupid Fucking mannequin too when he finds them. They’re gonna regret what they did to his leg, to his pride.. Well…he lost his pride years ago. Tsk..when he was a scapegoat for those scientists who didn’t wanna own up to their actions. He was about to take another step forward, stepping over Yarnaby’s burnt body and slowly moving Pianosaurus’ corpse to the side when he suddenly realized…

Mr Sandman suddenly remembered seeing..Bunzo. Yeah..he was there for the explosion too. But he’s not here anymore now, is he? Literally and in other senses too as Mr Shortcake had quickly come back to take his body away …Mommy would need a new Second-In-Command.. hm. She’s definitely not gonna take that death well. But ah…he doesn’t really care. He doesn’t care about anything except those two kids. Maybe after Silas is done working he can ask for his help… Silas loved helping though…sometimes he helped out a little…too much. That’s a conversation for another time.

Mr Sandman harshly kicked a mini Handymen to the side as the hallway got more and more narrow. He’s getting closer and closer to…Leith’s room. The garbage disposal. He could tell from the sickening smell of rot and decay…ugh…they need to throw him out like the trash he is.. He smells awful. Why does he need to be so big anyways? He’s so large that he can’t even move anyhow…least not without dragging his body against the floor that’s probably COVERED in glass shards, metal rods and jagged wooden splines..and he knows damn well that hurts. Or it should at least…Mr Sandman shook his head as he got his mind back onto the original goal. Just find those kids and get rid of them…shouldn’t be this hard. … maybe if he calmed down a bit..

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It was quiet. The small creature began to mold and shift off of…whatever it was attached to before slowly beginning to open its eyes to look around. It was…black-? No.. Smokey… and they could see red gas filling the room. The small dough…no.. slime? Putty-? Maybe…Plasticine…creature slowly began to back up before its back suddenly hit something. They turned around to see…a large demon looking toy behind them, lying curled up around something and completely limp with smoke slowly rising from their body. It flinched back. It…FELT like it should be scared…like something was wrong with this thing in front of it, but it couldn’t help but feel an…odd…sense of familiarity around this toy..As if they knew them before..but it…can’t remember from where… …

The little creature looked at its hands, then it’s legs, then it’s tail.. Mostly…dark with the occasional colorful highlights here and there…as if they were made from multiple different malleable materials. Before it could get a better feel of its appearance, it heard…stomping? No..that was too soft to be stomping. And it was…coming from behind it. It flinched before slowly turning around and looking up as it came face to face with…a giant purple cat.. …he looks…scary..and…familiar in an…awful, horrible way.. as if the last time they met was a horrible experience. They went to take a step back when the cat toy suddenly grabbed them before grabbing onto the larger plasticine toy. The little toy didn’t even get to struggle as the red smoke that seeped from the cat’s mouth slowly began to take effect. It felt drowsy..exhausted even. Where…is this thing taking them..? Hopefully not somewhere…bad.. It blinked in an attempt to stay awake before finally falling asleep. Catnap seemed satisfied.

As Catnap was about to start walking, he noticed that Percival…wasn’t letting go of something. As he looked over to see what he was, he noticed it was…oh. Candi. Of course it was her. She’s like…the ONLY experiment who will willing hang out with him. She looked pretty burnt…maybe she should throw her in Percival’s cell before she wakes up..just so she doesn’t have a complete breakdown over her “precious looks” being ruined. Ugh…she has enough of those. As for the little dough creature…he’ll do some…testing…on them before giving them a name. Or maybe he’ll throw it in Percival’s cell and let him name it to see what comes from his crazy, diseased brain. He’d kill it but….The Prototype probably wouldn’t be happy with that. The Guardian wouldn’t either..

Catnap could imagine The Guardian wanting to see the little guy. Mmm….as much as he’d “love” to let him, some experimenting is needed to be done first. He just hopes Percival’s the only one who…made a…thing.. Does that count as budding?

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Handyman pulled Caleb and Maria into a small side room, quickly turning off the light before speed walking to the furthest corner and pushing the two kids down. Caleb quickly pushed their hand off of him before yelling.

Caleb: “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!? I HEARD A BOOM! I HEARD YELLING! YOU REMEMBER IM BLIND RIGHT!? WHERE ARE W-“

Handyman suddenly slapped a hand over his mouth before he could finish, making a hissing sound. Maria would’ve liked to see what was in the room but..she wasn’t worried about that right now. She was more concerned about whether Clarance was okay or not…Well- he clearly WASN’T okay but damn! she JUST talked to him! Just talked to him and the next thing she knows he’s a burnt…darkened lump of clay. He…he’d recover from that. Right..? She’s seen Doey take hits that would kill a normal person. Clarance is basically the same thing as Doey so he SHOULD be okay!

Ugh…must be her luck… She’s always the “lucky” one. Anything bad that happens to a large group she’s in always ends up with her having the least amount of issues. She’d know…that’s what happened with her parents. That’s what happened on that bus… Maria turned her head to Caleb to see how he was doing before looking up at Handyman. They both seemed to be doing as…fine as anybody normally would if someone they cared about just blew up in front of them. Ugh…she just hopes that damn sun head toy doesn’t find them…she doesn’t wanna deal with him right now. She couldn’t help but think back to Clarance as her expression grew more sorrowful.

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Icarus was walking towards the game station. Usually he stayed far away from any place that had a lotta kids and he wasn’t the most cuddly looking toy but…Mommy had to hear this news. He began to walk faster, wanting to deliver the news as quickly as possible before he got back to working on other stuff. It took a while, but he finally made it. He brushed off his clothes, wanting to seem at LEAST presentable in front of her. Mommy seemed busy..she was on a call and she seemed…rather stressed. Mommy never liked him. She hates every adult regardless of who they are. Of course she’d hate him. She just never outright attacked any of the experiments because well- The Prototype would get mad… and he’s pretty sure that she’s terrified of him. She seemed to narrow her eyes at him as he approached her, gripping the phone before slamming it down and turning to him.

Mommy: “Don’t. I already know.”

Icarus: “Oh…right. Alright then.. Who’s bringing him up?”

Mommy: “..Mr Shortcake.”

Icarus: “Alright. That’s all I needed to know.”

Icarus turned to leave. He could’ve left…he WOULD have left… but he couldn’t help but feel a sense of pity for the spider toy. She’s probably overworked and stressed.. He could tell from the look in her eyes. He knew that Mommy considered Bunzo family. Everyone knew that! It was common knowledge within the factory. Mommy considered most of every toy her family..even if they found her..rather unappealing to look at. He stood there for…a while before sighing and turning around.

Icarus: “Hey. I’m sorry for your loss.”

No response. Mommy just continued to stare off in the distance. He doesn’t know what he expected…Mommy kinda hates his guts. Icarus sighed before walking out and pulling out his phone. They blew up the boiler… this is urgent…he HAS to call him. Besides…Clarance is dead. Handyman shouldn’t be too hard to catch. Icarus put his phone to his ear as he waited for whoever was on the other side to pick it up. After a few minutes…

Icarus: “Hello? Yes, it’s Icarus. If you somehow weren’t aware, the experiments that you’re supposed to be taking care of have gone loose. A good quarter of the violent ones too.” … “Well don’t get mad at ME!!, they’re YOUR responsibility! How long has it been since Voloveoraptor’s gotten out? Months?” … “It’s- it’s fine. I just thought to call you since you have one of the highest catch rates of anyone here. That…doesn’t consist of killing the victim. And you’re the warden anyways..” … “Well, the boiler blew up..so most of them are being taken to the clinic. As for the others I’m..not too sure.” … “Okay. Bye.”

Icarus hung up the call then put his phone in his pocket before turning and walking back out. He just hoped that Mommy would be okay…as…mean and cruel as she is to him. Draco would handle everything. He’s one of the few toys who’s able to restrain Mr Sandman when he’s on a rampage! That’s pretty impressive. He just wonders why Draco hasn’t shown up to handle anything right now… maybe he wasn’t informed or anything? Seems likely judging from how pissed he got on that phone call when he found out that a good QUARTER of the experiments that he’s SUPPOSED to be taking care of were out of their cells and causing chaos. He looked up, noticing Calvin attempt to make his way..downstairs? The hell is he doing? He’s supposed to be down at Playcare making sure that no more of those kids get out! Sure, Playcare IS downstairs but that doesn’t excuse why hes even up here! Maria and Caleb are already out and running around probably breaking shit! They didn’t need anymore children getting out.

Icarus: “Wh- ugh…”

Icarus looked around before groaning and bawling up his fists. Great…now he’s gotta go up to Playcare and check on those kids because SOMEONES not doing their JOB. He didn’t hate kids…it’s more so the fact that his glass head and whatever that black liquid in it was scared the kids shitless and he didn’t wanna deal with that.. He growled as he turned to head down the elevator to Playcare. And he’s gotta see Zacker there too… ugh..he better be doing his damn job.

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Silas quickly walked into the medical room, setting some injured toys down for the medics to see. Daisy’s eyes widened in shock as she immediately shook her head, turning to look at Medic before quickly snapping out of it and making quick work to get everyone to their own bed. Doey looked up from what he was doing as well to see what was going on. He was wearing a large, warm jacket so that he wouldn’t freak out about the cold room as he helped the medic’s with their work.. He was helping because he was sure that Rosalie would’ve captured some experiments by now…with the help of Dupin too. They were very good at their jobs. Unfortunately however…he was instead met with the sight of half of the toys he knew and cared from security about either half-melted, burnt or both.. His eyes widened as he quickly made his way over to Silas, a look of worry and urgency plastered on his face.

Doey: “🟧What happened?!🟧”

Silas seemed to be disoriented and was having some…issues…moving his bad leg. Must’ve taken the hit badly enough to mess it up. Doey couldn’t help but wonder where his cane was too.. Yeesh…he looked like he got hit with a bomb or something.

Silas: “B…boiler…expl..exploded….”

He scratched at his bandages as he leaned against the medical table. If he was being honest he didn’t…see Mr Sandman in the rubble when he was looking before he was told to start grabbing people and getting them to the medical room.

Silas: “D…do you happen to have a…spare c..cane anywhere?”

He couldn’t help but pause as he thought more about Mr Sandman. Maybe Doey could…call someone. Yeah… Toys are allowed to have phones and he was a leader too. Surely he could call someone.

Silas: “I…is Sandman ok? Please…please tell me he’s ok…”

Doey: “🟡Uhh…🟡”

Doey blinked, looking back at the injured toys and noticing…Frosty. His eyes widened as he took a quick step back. He didn’t…he didn’t HATE Frosty or anything it’s just…He’s cold. Far too cold for him to handle. He attempted to ignore the yeti toy as he grabbed his phone and made a phone call. First toy he called? Dogday. After calling Dogday, he then attempted to call Huggy but…he never picked up. He sighed then went to call Catnap instead. He honestly REALLY didn’t like Catnap…a lot…but…he’s meant to represent trust which means he needs to put his trust in even toys who he doesn’t deem…deserving of it.

Doey: “🟧Catnap? Yeah…it’s…it’s Doey. Did you see Mr Sandman anywhere?🟧” … “🟧oh…oh- what!? He’s heading where?!🟧” … “🟧I- you know how he IS! He shouldn’t be-🔻“ … “🟧….fine. But if he wakes him up, make sure there are toys down there to calm him down. BOTH of them..🟧”

Doey then put his phone up and turned to Silas. Dogday should be here in a few minutes..it was known that he didn’t have the best leg either. He wanted to…lie…about where Mr Sandman was knowing that Silas would wanna do something about it but…god he just HATES liars.. truth it is.

Doey: “🟧He’s..heading to Leith’s room.🟧”

Silas: “I….” … “I’m…h…heading after him. P..please dont stop me….

With that, he turned and started to leave, limping quite a bit. Doey’s eyes widened before he immediately moved forward, trying to stop him.

Doey: “🟧What!? No. You shouldn’t go, it’s dangerou-🟧“

Medic: “Let him. He can possibly calm Mr Sandman down enough for him to be more…efficient…with his work.”

Doey paused. He didn’t want to let him go. It was dangerous in his state, practically a death wish! But…Medic made a convincing argument.. If Mr Sandman is going around and destroying everything that girl even lays a hand on then he clearly needs to be calmed down. Or…enough to where he stops breaking everything… Doey looked back up at Silas before looking at Medic again. After a few moments, he sighed in defeat, fixing his hat before frowning.

Doey: “🟧Okay…but at least borrow a spare cane from Dogday before you go..🟧”

Silas let out a sigh before nodding

Silas: “..Yes sir…”

Silas turned to leave just as Dogday had gotten there. Dogday blinked up at him in surprise, taking a quick note of his appearance before handing him a spare cane he had and making his way past him inside to help the other medics. Dex made quick work in getting all the patients comfortable as Kitchan sink grabbed some ointments and bandages from a drawer. He just had to go and see if Mr Sandman was fine. Then he’d get back to his normal work.

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[decadeofjoy-au]

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]

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 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]

Hysteria Hyena Lore post

(For anyone else reading This after it’s been posted I made this character in the DMs as part of Antsy’s lore and it just spirals from there… )

human name : Ira Smiti

role: experiment

she’s Antsy’s stalker whose been following him for a LONG time before he got a job as security at playtime co the only reason she wasn’t arrested was because of double standards and Antsy’s paranoia making him look crazy to others

she was usually kept out but…

the one time she got in.

was the hour of joy

she had the opportunity to escape pretty easily actually but was too OBSESSED with Antsy to consider it

now a nightmare critter, she frequently escapes (20 times in a single Tuesday is her record as of the modern day in the AU ) and follows antsy

(The art is actually made by the guy who made the AU himself in the DMs I just added (most of) the spots ) but I I did originally draw the concept art (it was just horrible I’m not even gonna put it here it’s just that bad in my opinion )

🪽Added to the list!

she’s probably the reason they think Antsy has Schizophrenia ngl

[decadeofjoy-au]

TDOJ SHORT JOKE STORY

Title: A Man’s Meeting

OCS in this short and their owners.

Mr Ideas-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Pizzaman-icanexplainwhythisnameisbad

Mr Shortcake-TDOJ

Clarance The Clayman-TDOJ

Handyman-TDOJ

Mr Sandman-TDOJ

Every toy and experiment with either Mr or Man in their name sat in a large circle. It was the Mr/Man club. But…something’s wrong. Clarance looked around in confusion before narrowing his eyes…someone here isn’t actually a man…he can tell. Clarance looked around in confusion at everyone individually. Mr Ideas, Pizzaman, Handyman, Mr Shortcake, Mr Sandman… hmmm.

Clarance: “🔷hm…I sense a feminine presence here🔷”

Mr Ideas immediately drew a shocked expression on his face while everyone else either gasped or didn’t seem to care all too much…Mr Shortcake began to sweat and slowly turned to Handyman

Mr Shortcake: “🩵oh-…Handyman…I need to speak to you privately about something.🩵”

Handyman nodded before getting up and walking out of the room with Mr Shortcake following behind. When out of hearing range, Mr Shortcake collapsed to his knees then grabbed onto his hair

Mr Shortcake: “🩵They’re onto us, Handyman!🩵”

Handyman: cough cough- choke “Damn..”

[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.