#lukah updohg

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why the long face, lukah?

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saw them on the toyhouse and i'm genuinely curious whats going on with your cog ocs/pos

cracks knuckles.

I've been meaning to say something about them, but I know people tend to get... overzealous around my characters. I know those people mean well but remember I'm just some guy showing off my toys to the class. So please to all those who are reading this: be nice, be respectful, peace and love ok?

to those who are reading that and going "what happened here?" Don't worry about it! Let's talk about OCs!

guess who was added on last minute

This is The Gang™️. Their lores kind of intertwine but I can't share all of it because some of it involves other people. But I will say what I can! From left to right we got:

THE LIABILITY

(AKA: Libellule LaCroix)

- my favorite. This guy is wanted by C.O.G.S Inc. for trying to expose their toxic business practices. Don't get it twisted though, the toons hate him for crashing their karts and robbing their stores. She doesn't like talking to people.

- Muse moves playgrounds almost daily. He prefers toon clothes so whenever he can, libellule will steal some. She's paranoid all the time which isn't great but it makes quick getaways easier. They're pretty easy to agitate, but not necessarily mean. Not anymore.

- Didn't have a lot of friends besides muse's twin, but has since befriended a certain manager in acorn acres. Yeah. Befriended. No don't look at my discord PFP focus on this. That aside muse has a lot of enemies... like a LOT of them. To the point that Libellule automatically assumes everyone doesn't like them.

- A liability is "a thing for which someone is responsible, especially a debt or financial obligation."

THE RECORDHOLDER

(AKA: Sauterelle LaCroix)

- So his ACTUAL job is keeping track of their department's finances but they really wanna be a singer. Sauterelle totally thinks he'd rock the Sellbot department, but was placed in Cashbot territory for their past in finances.

- An overall nice guy but definitely has an "I'm-better-than-you" aura. Loves attention and gets extremely upset when that isn't given. When it comes to toons that reaches levels of (cartoonish) violence. He's actually kinda stupid though, they get manipulated very easily.

- Was easily clocked as a northerner by the L.A.A so they had tension for a bit but they're friends now. Sauterelle hates both the Major Player and the Pacesetter, mainly due to jealousy and possibly insecurity. Can put it aside for the Major Player, not for the Pacesetter.

- A recordholder is "a professional who manages, maintains, and keeps track of records or information." it is more commonly known as "a person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved."

THE BLATHERSKITE

(AKA: Fres Nell)

- Once a stagehand, now works maintenance and occasional advertising for the Sellbot department. Don't worry though he still does plenty of stagehand stuff for his good friend in the Bossbot department. He's a borderline theater kid. Maybe even a full one.

- Possibly the nicest person you will meet in C.O.G.S Inc. He's friendly, selfless, and oh man is he talkative. This man never ever shuts up. Fres is always finding ways to help people, and he doesn't even care if they're toons! What a nice guy. Except for when he's making excuses for his less-than-stellar colleagues. That's not cool.

- Considers himself friends with everyone, but has gotten along with the Mouthpiece since he recently joined her club. He's only mediocre at the craft, but loooooves to chat! It probably drives the Case Manager and the Featherbedder up the wall. Oops.

- A blatherskite is "a person who talks at great length without making much sense."

THE AUTEUR

(AKA: Ciel Apper)

- Sadness, despair, melancholy, all of those emotions are what inspire Ciel. They are a director who works from the heart... turns out their heart is merely a shell of what it once was. Having gone solo for years, Ciel is now looking for a company who can understand and possibly foster new visions for cinema.

- A direct suit, Ciel is usually deadpan and quiet. If they say anything more than a sentence to you, it probably means they like you. They are infamous for their vague directions, which makes working with them as an actor a nightmare. Even more so since they're so stuck in their head.... they can't see the suffering of their actors. Or maybe they can, and just don't care.

- Ciel mostly locks themselves up in their studio. In order to get them to go ANYWHERE you either have to drag them out or threaten them. It's not like anyone tolerates their airheadedness besides Fres though. Despite Ciel being somewhat passive, they do have a restraining order on the Pacesetter.

- An auteur is "a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie."

THE TOP DOG

(AKA: Lukah Updohg)

- You'd think someone with that title would be pretty important, but that's not quite true. Lukah is the sole member of the "Toon-Cog Relations Committee" which works to try and settle the Toon-Cog conflict peacefully. It's not working at all, so the higher-ups just send her paperwork that nobody else wants to do.

- Lukah is reserved, but by no means quiet. She'll fight vehemently for what's right, more than what many would expect out of a pacifist like her. The mediation tactics she uses work wonders on smaller conflicts, but Lukah would rather go for the bigger picture. Her job is not done without the conflict being over for good.

- Many are suspicious of her. After all, why would any cog care about things like "pollution" or "preserving toon humor?" She knows lots of people try to look into her, so she stays far far away from most employees. If she got along with any other suit it would either be the Deep Diver or the C.O.O due to their respect for the environment.

- A top dog is "a person who is successful or dominant in their field."

Anywho! Thank you for expressing interest in them! I hope to eventually have more art of them but most of it is just doodles.... and the occasional self indulgence. Don't worry about it.

[toonilumi]

Can you tell us more about those ToonTown OCs? What is The Blatherskite's favorite type of nails to snack on (or something)?

with pleasure!

Alas I cannot say much about snack preferences since most. Cant eat. Libellule might be able to eat stuff via his horn (because thats his actual mouth fun fact!) and also Lukah has an actual mouth. Although Lukah isnt a fan of traditional cog food.

But I guess I can talk about location n stuff?

If I had to give them some kind of role, i think Sauterelle and Fres would be street managers while Libellule and Ciel would be kudos managers. Lukah would probably function similarly to the Ottoman.

I associate both LaCroixes with Mezzo Melodyland bc... music. IK it wouldn't work in canon but uhhhh let me be silly. I think their gimmicks would mirror each other, Sauterelle would punish you for not attacking him while Libellule would punish you FOR attacking them. I think it would reflect their polar opposite personalities.

Fres and Ciel would likely have their own Playground or whatnot. Fres would be all about buffing his teammates and getting sad when they all get destroyed :(. Ciel on the other hand demands certain gags get used or else the fight becomes harder... they're a little more complicated than that but im going off enough lmao.

Lukah just chills in her office lol. You might have to fight through a barrage of cogs but in turn you can donate a throw gag! I think she would like that. I don't think she has as much gossip as The Ottoman though, probably is more lore oriented than character oriented.

I looooove these losers so much. I hope they allll explode <3 thats all for today's episode of "look at my cogs boy" thank you anon!

[toonilumi]

oooo you wanna tell us about your cog dog lukah so bad oooooo/nf

LUKAH INFO BLAST!!!!!!!!!! shes the newest in my gang... but she has very silly lore. kind of an excuse to ramble abt how i think the toontown world works.

- survives on confiscated throw gags! cog food is very dangerous to lukah, especially in daily doses... so she has humbly requested that all throw gags be sent to her for "special disposal." her favorite food is actually pumpkins, but she never eats those anymore :((

- I'd like to think her and the ottoman get along. At the very least on a friendly level, he probably keeps the chairman away from her. The two bond over taking care of plant life. Although, Thomas doesn't share the same passion for ending the war like Lukah does... if not due to the fact he believes he can't do much about it, something Lukah strongly disagrees with.

- Other cogs she'd get along with... Deep diver for sure. You know, environmentalist buddies. That's probably it for the boardbot department. I don't think many like her very much. Maybe she's tried to mediate the toon council and L.A.A situation to little success.

- As much as she loves the holiday season, she struggles with enjoying it as much as everyone else. I think she's a Toonseltown native which makes her naturally very festive... but cog holidays are much more money oriented so its not as fun. Also she's red-green colorblind so everything looks pretty dull anyways.

- Has the dumbest sense of humor ever. She's heard every "whats updog" joke in the book and every time she laughs until her stomach hurts. To keep her sanity I imagine Lukah reads joke books in her free time and erupts into laughter at the silliest of things.