Archive of Our Own ^beta

Chapter Text

     “Is this really a good idea?” Shelly questioned as Vee paired herself to the computer. “Why not? It’ll be entertaining enough.” “That’s not..” The ammonite sighed, shaking her head. Vee had the great idea, Vee’s word not hers, to start a Twitch channel. Though, with everything going on Shelly was still a bit nervous about it.

     “What would you even stream? Us doing extraction runs?” “That and other things. Plus, there isn’t any harm in it. No one comes around here anymore anyways.” The television shrugged, unplugging herself from the computer tower and into a portable camera. If even Dandy had approved the idea, it was probably fine (she had run it by him due to.. Certain circumstances.). Plus, maybe it could prove helpful in the future.

     Vee tapped away at her own screen, calibrating her microphone. “Nothing should happen, it should be fine.” The idea for a stream had sprouted from her lingering nostalgia of her game show, which she didn’t host anymore. So maybe this would fill the gap she was missing. 

     Vee booted up the app, her screen illuminating as it loaded. She looked down to the camera, then to Shelly. “Does everything look fine on this end?” Shelly had nodded in response, the camera still in working condition, thankfully. Vee thanked Shelly for her assistance, though Shelly didn’t think she did much, going off to do who knows what; probably set up the format for her stream. 

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     Vee booted up the stream, it had been a while since she last recorded anything, but she decided that she would use it for this extraction run. A few toons in the elevator; Herself, Shelly, Pebble, Astro and Brightney. What she didn’t expect was an immediate flood of users in the chat.

[Vee! Welcome back!!]

[Ayyy our streamers back, pog.]

[You actually doing a stream>>> Yessirrrrr]

[kekw]

[kekw]

[The way we all pulled up is crazy lol]

[WLECOEME ABACK YEAAAAH OUR STREAMCER LIVES]

[kekw]

     Vee blinked a few times, hummed, then instantly brought out her entertainer persona, a thing she hadn’t done in a while. “Well well, new and old, welcome back to the stream! I see a lot of faces in chat today, a welcome surprise for sure!.”

     The other toons in the elevator looked at Vee confused for a moment, before realizing what she was doing. “Oh? You’re doing that now? I haven’t seen you stream in a long while.” Shelly asked, looking over to Vee, seeing the setup on the screen. “Yes, I am. And we have quite a chuck of viewers today!” 

[Is that shelly omg]

[shell shell shell]

[shell pog omg]

[kekw]

[shes an ammonite guys oml,,]

[kekw]

[shellvision moment sheslviosn mentioend?!1?]

[oh oh who else is there hmmmmm]

     “I do believe that the chat wants to know who’s here today, everyone mind?” Vee had turned the camera to the other toons suddenly, most of them reacting how you’d assume. Shelly waved to the camera, giving a hello. Brightney waved, ‘Hello Vee’s chat, very nice to see you.” which did bring out a wave of “[MY EYES]” references from the chatters. Astro was using Brightney like a toon meat shield, waving from behind her. And Pebble, being a dog, barked. Which,

[PEBBBLLEE HOLY SHIT]

[THE DOG]

[ROK ROK ROK]

[Do they actually understand him]

[ROK]

[Ayo who let the dog out]

[rok]

[such a good boy we love little rock.]

[PEBAEBSNKDAJAE]

[hype hype hype he barked]

[love that for him]

     The door to the elevator opened, signaling the first floor beginning. Vee mounted the camera to the side of her head, giving a sort of POV like view. Pebble ran out, barking to attract the twisteds, just the common Poppy and Cosmo, away from the rest of the group.

[Good boy pebble!]

[Pebble pog]

[ROK]

[Best dog honestly.]

     Vee hummed, looking around and finding the nearest machine, beginning to twist at the handle as she read over her chat. “Pebble is indeed a good dog, and a good distractor. He’s very good at keeping the group safe.” Vee would look around as she worked the machine, looking back only for a moment for each skillcheck. When the machine beeped and turned green, only then did she walk away. She looked around, the nearest machine being worked on, so she moved in another direction. 

      She walked to another machine, just getting there as Astro did, who let Vee do the machine herself with a nod. “..How’s the stream going?” Astro quieres, lingering around Vee, this was the last machine on the floor anyway. “Going good, chat seems to be well entertained so far.” “That’s good.” 

[does anyone else think he’s a cutie patootie]

[agree]

[kekw]

[bro fr wants to take a nap trust]

[i want to turn my volume up to hear him but vee loud af aughh]

[he always looks comfy doesnt he]

      The machine quickly finishing with a ding, panic mode starting. Vee made sure to mute her audio for a few moments are she swiftly (kind of) moved towards the elevator. She unmuted as soon as the doors closed and the alarms stopped. “Floor one without any problems, looking good so far!” She unmounted the camera from the side of her head as she pointed it towards herself, her screen illuminated with her usual face on the monitor. 

      “Of course, this group is always one that does good, isn’t it?” Vee swung her microphone, catching it in her hand. Dandy’s shop opened up behind her, the flower raising up on the platform with a smile. “Hi friends! I got my items here for you!” Dandy smiled, rocking on his heels as he stood on a crate behind his counter. His expression only did change when he realized Vee had her camera in hand and pointing towards him, and his.. Not optimal set of items. 

[look at him,, look how he’s fallen]

[why is bro so short]

[genuinely small guy]

[caught in literal 4KHD with that]

[insane]

      Dandy shuffled his hands, still smiling. “I see you’re doing your stream, very cool! How’s it going?” “We’re currently at-” Vee hums, double checking the viewcount. “-2171 viewers as of right now!” Dandy blinked, surprised, maybe? “Well, congrats! Good to see it’s doing well!” Vee nodded as she turned away, Astro going up to Dandy to talk about who knows what.

A minute later, Dandy waved goodbye and the elevator stopped at floor two, the doors opening. “Well, here we go. To floor two and on.”

Chapter Text

     ‘I HATE YOUR STREAM. IT SUCKS.” Shrimpo stomped his feet as the camera was pointing at him, the one pointing being Vee herself. “You say that, yet you willingly wanted to be shown on said stream.” ‘BECAUSE I’M THE BEST. BECAUSE I’M SHRIMPO.”

[Does anyone else think hes silly]

[agreeing]

[^^^^]

[kekw]

[SHRIMPOOO YOU ARE THE BEST]

[shrimp boy makes an appearance]

[hes so mad for what]

     “At least the stream likes you.” Vee shrugged, pointing the microphone towards Shrimpo. Which was.. Not the best idea. Shrimpo grabbed the microphone, bringing up to his mouth and yelling. “YOU GUYS BETTER LIKE ME. I’M WAY BETTER THAN THIS TV HEAD.”

[Ow earrape]

[i turned down my volume as soon as he grabbed the mic LMAO]

[SDHAGDA MYEARSA]

[KEKW]

[YEEEEOWWWCH]

     Vee cringed back, shaking her head. “Try to not blow out my, or my viewers, speakers please.” “DOOON’T CARE.” The television pulled her tail back, putting the mic back to her. “You guys like this? Really?” Shrimpo stomped his feet again, crossing his arms. “WHO WOULDN’T. THIS IS PEAK.”

[paek]

[peak peak]

[kekw]

[kekw]

[PEAK]

[peakpeakpeak]

     Shrimpo crossed his arms, holding his head up high as he read the chat on Vee’s screen, proud of himself. “EVEN THE STUPID CHAT AGREES.” “I think they just repeat certain words, honestly.” “NUH UH.” The shrimp and streamer went back and forth for a few moments before a TTS (Text To Speech) message interrupted them.

     {Shrimpofan342 donated 300 bits!} [“You go shrimp boy, tell her off for real for real.”]

     Vee stopped for a moment, confused, they- shouldn’t be able to donate, that’s not something she set up. Nor did she have a bank account for any funds to be added to, at least to her knowledge. Shrimpo gave a devious grin, “LOOK, THEY LIKE ME SO MUCH THEY EVEN SENT MONEY. HA.” Vee pointed the camera to herself, giving a grin. “Well chat, I’m gonna be signing off for today to do some stuff. Might stream later, we’ll see!”

[BYEEEE]

[BYEA EEVVEV]

[byeeeee]

[wait whys she going so suddenly]

[BYEEE]

[kekw]

     Vee clicked the ‘end stream’ button on her monitor, she had memorized where it was at this point, ending the live and returning her interface to its standard one. Shrimpo furrowed his brow, even more than usual, squinting his eyes. “WHY’D YOU SHUT THE STREAM OFF?” Vee shushed him, going through some things on her screen. “We don’t have a bank account, I’m tryna figure out how they were able to donate.” “HUH. YOUR PROBLEM NOT MINE. BYE.” Shrimpo gave an exaggerated shrug before walking away, being ambushed and pulled away by Goob as he left. Vee walked off herself, still attempting to figure out where the donations would go.

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     “So, someone donated and you’re trying to figure out how..?” Astro and Vee were sitting in the lobby on a bench, Astro reading off of Vee’s screen. “Yes. They even had a TTS bot, which I also don’t remember setting up.” Astro hummed for a moment, wondering, “Did you ask him?” Vee let out a little groan, shaking her head, “No, though I feel like I should’ve known to go to him first. Just didn’t want to.” Vee stood from the bench, giving Astro a wave. “I’ll go ask him, but I doubt he’ll tell me what it’s for anyway.” “Bye..”

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     Vee knocked on the door of Dandy’s room, tapping her foot as she waited for him. He wouldn’t have set something up, right? What would even be the reason to set something like a bank account up.. How would he even set a bank account up? 

     “Oh that? I just set it up for funsies, ehe.” Dandy shrugged, returning back to piling his tapes on his table. “...But how?” Vee was, noticeably confused, though she doubted she’d receive and answer. “For me to know, you don’t need them anyway, right?” Dandy turned around, smiling at Vee widely. “I suppose not.. But still.” “Well if that’s all you needed you can go!” “Wait but-” Vee was pushed from behind, quickly escorting her from Dandy’s room before the door was promptly closed behind her. “-I don’t know what I expected from him.” She sighed, crossing her arms as she walked away from the door and off to her own room.

Chapter Text

[Before the stream]:

[Hey, so did anyone notice how vee signed off last stream? <//3]

[kekw]

[kekw]

[I did!!! It felt really weird? Like she had a whole epiphasndy or whaterver it is]

[startstartstart]

[right? One sec we’re vibing another sec shes all ‘okay byeee’ it’s cwazy]

[its probably nothing, right?]

[maybe?]

[kekw]

[if you say kekw ONE MORE TIEM HOLT SHART]

[..kekw X3]

     The stream signed on with what seemed to be an updated intro, with a whole cutscene look. The video opened up to Vee in the elevator, camera pointed at herself, mic in hand. “Welcome back everyone! Last time I logged off a bit quick, and that’s on me.” Vee shrugged, twirling her mic. “But I totally figured out what I was trying to do and everything should be good! Just some maintenance.”

[me when i lie but okay]

[kekw]

[HELLLLOOO MY STREAMER]

[veeevvevevaewbsdha eavb]

[wb vee]

[ur so cool don’t get water spilt on you and die </3]

     Vee coughed, a hand to her mouth. “Anyways! New run today, excited, we have a fun group today!’ Vee turned the camera to the others, who included; Goob, Rodger, Toodles, Pebble, and Sprout. 

[berry boy arrives]

[PEBBLE MENTIONED YES. 10/10 stream.]

[rodger looks like he doesn’t want to be here fr,, get bro some coffee]

[a child. Dropkick the child.]

[7 not 8?]

[kekw]

[DO NOT DROPKCIK THE CHIDL?] 

[what i wouldnt give to hug goob look at vro]

     Vee pointed the camera back to herself, adjusting her bowtie with her free hand. “Chat, enjoying the lineup I see. We would’ve had 8 here, but Scraps got soaked and we had to leave her to dry.” “She’ll be okay though!” Goob announced from off to the side.  

     The doors opened to the elevator, which signaled the start of the first floor. Vee mounted the camera to the side of her head as she stepped out.

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     It was floor 8 now, thankfully no one had died, but Pebble had taken a hit from a rogue Finn (No one was happy about that). After a close call with a twisted Boxten, Vee had to make sure no one donated during a floor. The TTS bot was loud, and couldn’t be muted through Vee. 

     Dandy had popped out during the intermission, without heals, which brought a nasty word or two out of chat. The eyes Pebble had given Dandy we’re pitiful. Vee was doing a machine currently, Pebble standing guard next to her as precaution as Goob distracted the twisteds. With a ding, the last machine finished, Vee muted her mic, and the two toons moved toward the elevator.

     Sprout had been standing there, kneeling down to Pebble and offering a treat which the dog excitedly took, gaining back a life. Pebble barked, ran in a circle around the strawberry and then walked off. 

[sprout clutch my man]

[POG]

[W berry L dandy for not healing the goodest rock]

[kekw]

[kekw]

[pog]

     Panic mode went without any problems, everyone getting back to elevator safely; now all with full hearts. As soon as Vee unmuted her mic, even before she unmounted her camera, a TTS message rolled in.

{CrystalsCavern donated 500 bits!} [“Which twisted do you guys think is the most unique?”]

     “Most unique?” Vee echoed, humming. “Can- Can we say that without being insensitive?” Goob raised a clawed hand. Vee looked towards him and shrugged. Rodger cleared his throat, to which the other toons gazes fell on him. “I don’t see a problem with it. They aren’t actually us, after all.” It was silent for a few moments until Pebble barked. “Woof!” Vee turned to Pebble, curious, “You think yourself? Why?” She crouched down, putting the mic to Pebble’s mouth, snout? “Arf, bark! Woof!” “I see, I see,” Vee nodded, “You want to be that big and fast to protect all us, yeah?”

[oh my gods he’s so cute what]

[BROOO U GOT THAT LIL GUY]

[kekw]

[WWWWWW]

[thats such a cute reason what,,,]

[idc how scary bro is thats such a good reason]

     “What about the rest of you?” Vee stood straight again, looking to the rest of the group as she pointed her mic towards them. She opted to keep her camera mounted on her head rather than take it off. 

     Toodles jumped up and down, raising a hand, ‘Uh uh, I think Shelly’s is kinda cool? I mean, she’s a whole dinosaur! That’s kind of her whole thing, right?” 

[can confirm]

[dinosawr]

[kek]

[she’s so cute you guys X3]

     Goob fidgets with his claws as he answers, “Tisha’s twist tends to just ignore me as I walk by sometimes, it’s kinda nice! They both do really like cleaning I guess-” 

[polite ahh maid]

[see how she doesnt chase? Very cutesy.]

[very demure.]

[oh literally shut up ^^^]

     Sprout just stares at the camera for a few moments before answering, “Can I say mine and Cosmo’s and get it over with.” 

[browniementioned]

[bro is alr sick of this LMAO?]

[bro does NOT wanna asnwer]

[nah but his is way to gd tall]

     “What about you, mister detective?” Vee turned on her heels, putting her mic towards Rodger. He thought for a moment, tapping his chin as he pondered, “Well, they asked which we think is the most unique twisted, correct? If we’re objectively speaking there’s specifically one that sticks out from the rest.” Rodger crossed his arms over his chest, “The most unique twisted would have to be Dandy.”

     There was a silence over the elevator for a few moments. That answer was not one anyone had expected, mostly due to the fact they didn’t try to talk about his twisted often. Pebble whined at the mention of the twisted, but no one else said anything. “Well.” Vee started, “That’s everyone here right now! We can ask the other’s next time they show up in a stream, if anyone wants!”

[has any1 else ever seen dandys twisted]

[nah]

[X]

[what does it even look like]

[tis probably so short thats why we dont see it]

[but hes a main character isnt he arent they unusually big]

[????]

     Vee cleared her throat as the next floor opened up, each toon leaving the elevator to do their own roles. “Don’t let Dandy see you guys calling him short, he already stands on a crate to open his shop.” . . .

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     After the extraction run, the toons came back up from the elevator. Vee had signed off of the stream when they reached around floor 20, since she needed to be able to focus. She had walked up to Rodger, touching a finger to his shoulder, causing him to turn around. “Dandy, really?” “They asked a question, I answered what I thought was right.” Vee sighed, shaking her head. “Even I know that we really shouldn’t talk about that, even if it was a viable answer.”

     Rodger crossed his arms, turning away. “Despite that, there’s nothing your ‘stream’ can do with the information.” “Even so, we all agreed not to talk about it.” Vee turned, walking off.

Chapter Text

     Vee adjusted the cape of her new outfit as she stood in the mirror, humming to herself. Shelly peered around the corner, fiddling with the red dinosaur onesie she now acquired. “Aren’t these cool! It’s nice to change up our looks once in a while..” Vee nodded, silently enjoying her new colour scheme, “Yeah, it’s nice. At least we have some variety now.”

                                                                ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     Vee’s stream opened normally, intro and all, and the viewers of said stream were treated with a new view of Vee herself. Her and the other toons lingering around her were all equipped with new outfits and colour schemes. Most noticeably, Vee, with her new purple colour, long yellow cape, and starry themed LED display; she was holding her camera in one hand, her mic to her mouth as she held it in her other. “Welcome one welcome all! Today do I have a treat for you!”

[Woah???]

[Holy shit who dripped out the toons]

[kekw!!!]

[OUR STREAEMER IS DRIPPED OUT?? BUT LOOK AT EVERYOEN ELSE?]

[looking good televeesion]

     Vee cleared her throat, grinning ear to ear (antenna to antenna?). “Yes, as you may have noticed, we all have a bit of new appearances today! Some are.. Better than others in my personal opinion!” “Are we doing a fashion show, since you wanna stream this?” Glisten leaned into frame, looking into the camera, new grey mirror frame and blue sweater on. “No.” Vee used the back of her hand to slowly push him out of frame, looking at him from the corner of her eyes. “It would be fun, come on! Endulge a little??” Glisten huffed from off screen, slightly exasperated. “We wouldn’t even have a set for such a thing, so deny.” “We could at least show them.” Glisten shrugged, shaking his head as he rolled his eyes. 

[wait yes id love that]

[streamer!! Let us see the drip!! Fashion show!!]

[shrimpo outfit???/!?!? :3]

[zest fest spitting facts.png]

[im getting so many screenshots if they do this i need a new pfp]

     The streamer looks around at the other toons, who didn’t seem adverse to the idea (hell, some of them seemed pretty excited at the idea), and sighed, shaking her head. “Well, guess I’m outvoted then, aren’t I?”

                                                                ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     How Glisten had set this up so fast was something no other toon understood, but went along with anyway. What did he set up, you may be asking; an entire runway along with seats for, seemingly judges? It was impressive, sure. Logistics we’re still a thing Vee couldn’t understand for the situation, and she was a whole AI.

     Glisten sat in one of the judges seats, crossing his legs as he spun in his chair, facing the other toons. “Well, how does this work, miss streamer?” Vee looked at him for a moment before sighing, shaking her head. “I’m impressed, to say the least. I don’t know how you had all this ready but I guess this is what we’re doing, isnt it.”

[He kinda cooked tho]

[DTI dupe is insane ngl]

[isnt DTI just any fashion show though]

[mayB]

[someone falls of stage just wait]

     “Well, you have all this set up, who do you suppose is judging?” Vee asked, walking up to one of the judges tables. Glisten responded immediately, standing from his chair and walking to Vee, pushing her towards the middle chair. “Well you, me, of course, and one other!” The ‘one other’ he seems to be referring to was Poppy, who was walking over to the third judge seat; sporting a new blue dress which was littered in lighter blue dots.

     Vee hummed, having accepting her fate of the fashion show by now, not that she had any choice in the matter anyway. Glisten even had a stand for her camera at the judge’s table, pointing towards the runway. 

[Honestly, this feel way too thought out]

[wooah]

[I love poppy’s dress its so cutee]

[very cutesy, very demure]

[vee succumbing to her fate is funny]

[eeee]

     Glisten pressed a button near him, and the lights to the runway shut off, then turned back on in a spotlight-like fashion. “Now, shall we get started with the outfits!” 

     The first toon came out, though he was moving slow, his blanket wrapped snugly around him. Astro walked out; half of his face looked extremely moon like, with a brand new blanket with tassels, and a long hat which dragged behind him. All giving much more ‘moon’ and ‘space’ than his normal attire.

[oh hes so cute!!]

[long ahh hat]

[wait i want one of those hats its so cute]

[kekw]

[oh wb kek ^]

     Poppy squealed, kicking her feet a bit as she saw the outfit. “You look adorable Astro! I love that hat on you, it looks great!” Glisten nodded, agreeing. “Five stars from me, you work the look very well.” Vee agreed, “It fits your normal theme, and builds upon it, so it definitely does work for you.” Astro smiled a bit before retreating backstage and away from the camera.

     The next one to walk out was Gigi! Wearing her yellow raincoat, yellow boots and her gachapon was blue instead of the usual red. She basically strutted out, giggling mischeviously and much more confident than Astro. “Mwehe, take a look!”

      Glisten nodded, humming as Gigi walked out, “Very nice, not much to say since its so simple, but it works.” Poppy gave two thumbs up, beaming, “Very nice Gigi! Didn’t take it from anyone either!” Vee drummed her fingers on the table, nodding, “It’s nice. While it’s more of a normal outfit, its different enough that it gives a new impression. The blue is nice.”

[cutie patootie raincoat ohemgee..]

[kekw]

[ohh she’s so mischievous]

[tf does poppy mean by didnt take it from anyone LMAO]

[gigi like taking items mm snatch]

     “Why thank you judges!! Maybe I won’t go take that mirror I was going to..” Gigi giggled as she walked off stage, the comment getting a scrutinizing look from Glisten, but he brushed it off (He’d have to watch his other mirrors now..). The next one to walk out was Goob, wearing a bright smile and a spaghetti like outfit! With a.. trail of red spaghetti sauce behind him. Glisten may have actually screeched (he denies this fact) as he watchd Goob create a trail down the runway. 

     Poppy winced, shaking her head with a forced smile. “It’s.. It’s nice. Mhm. Just.. a bit of a mess.” Poor girl was trying to stay positive as Glisten was having a silent breakdown across from her. Vee deadpanned, staring at Goob. “Goob, while it was a good idea, this execution may not have been the best. Glisten is in distress.” 

[oh honey no..]

[mommyyy not maaad at you babyyy..]

[I’ll dono 20 bucks if Tisha goes up there to clean.]

[I’ll do 40 if literally anyone else goes up]

[bet.]

     As Goob smiled sheepishly, trying to apologize to Glisten for the mess, and while trying not to make more of one, to no avail, a little visitor appeared on stage. Pebble, who was now donning a large rainbow flower bud, hopped on stage and started cleaning up the spaghetti sauce; in his.. own dog way

[H-H-H-HELL YEAH I WIN]

[well i didnt expect that. Pay up vro]

[okay okay wait jeez let me pull up the donation tab jfc]

[hurry up money guy]

{PebbleLover2003 donated 4000 bits!} [“I hate making bets but I’ll pay up anyway.”]

     After a few mishaps the stage was cleaned, thankfully, and the next toon made their way on stage; who just happened to be.. Shrimpo. A surprise he actually wanted to participate, honestly. He stomped his way on stage, and honestly, he had a pretty good outfit! He had a punk styled outfit; spiked bracelets, skull hoodie, eye makeup- heck, even his tail and limb fades were darker to work with the aesthetic. All things considered, he ate. 

[Oh shit wait he has style??]

[THATS MY BOYYY WOOO]

[ATE??]

[rare shrimpo w]

[common shrimpo w!!* ^]

     Glisten gasped, slamming his hands on the table so he could hold himself up. “Shrimpo! Who knew you actually had a sense of style!!” “Right??” Poppy turned to Glisten, just as surprised as he was, “He kinda ate that up honestly! Punk Shrimpo is a welcome surprise!” Vee looked at Shrimpo for a few moments. “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?” His brows furrowed, even moreso than they usually would, as he glared at the robot. “You, trying to comprehend how someone as tetchy as you actually has a sense of style.”

[did she eat?]

[what does that word mean, thesaurus ass LMAO]

[“bad-tempered and irritable.”]

[okay nerd]

     “DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK. AND I HAVE A GOOD STYLE BECAUSE IM THE BEST, OBVIOUSLY.” Shrimpo huffed, crossing his arms as he stomped off stage. From behind stage there was a bit of commotion, if you could call it that. There was a long groan before tired footsteps made their way on stage.

     The three judges- and a few others, even Vee,- had to hold back a few laughs as Rodger made his way on stage, seemingly forced on by Toodles. He had blue plaid pajama pants and a baggy werewolf t-shirt on. It was, comical to say the least. 

[LMAO? WHAT THE HELL]

[RODGER??]

[who forced this poor man on stage holy shit]

[ALPHA MERCH SPOTTED]

[im actually wheezing someone help him]

     Glisten was the first to crack. He was absolutely howling with laughter as he teared up, pointing at Rodger. “You- How did you come out here like that! I’m assuming the little 8 ball got you out here, but holy CRAP.” Poppy giggled not long after Glisten, but her giggling kept her from saying much. 

     Vee, while she wasn’t the best at emotions or ‘expressing herself’, still had a sense of humour. Somewhat. But she let out a short snicker at Rodger’s state before composing herself. “Rodger, you somehow make random pajamas work. Though, you look like you should get some more sleep; you look like you were dragged out of bed.”

     “I was..” Rodger grumbled, and from backstage a small head peaked out, waving and giving a thumbs up. Toodles was silently encouraging Rodger. Frankly, It didn’t do much; but she was a cute kid so it’s okay. 

[shes trying so hard..]

[rodger is not having it]

[let bro freeee]

     Glisten waved him off, standing from his chair. “I don’t think we beat that, honestly. Let him go sleep, we’ve had enough fun.” “That’s it, really?” Vee spun in her chair, looking at Glisten. She had expected to be here longer, not that she was complaining. “Yeah, end on a high note or whatever, right? C’mon Pops, we’re gonna go talk shit.” Poppy cackled, hopping off her chair and following Glisten away. They’d have to put away the whole runway later.

Chapter Text

     Solo runs. Something not every toon did for a good reason. They were.. Dangerous, to say the least. Especially for the slower and less stealthy of the toons. Despite that, Vee decided to drag herself to the elevator for a said run. Someone like Astro or Tisha would be a better candidate.. Why did she bring herself out here alone.

     Floor 15. She had went farther than she expected herself to and with her set of items, 2 bandages and an eject button, she couldn’t bring herself to go back up yet. But she was in a.. Predicament to say the least.  Three twisteds on this floor, and gods above she had prayed for anything else. Her luck was both the worse and best she’s seen in recent times. Three mains circled the floor she was on. By herself.

     A Shelly, fast and lowering her extraction speed to her dismay..

     Herself, who kept spawning ads on her screen and obscuring her vision.

     And Astro, who kept ruining her progress on machines every time she had to move to hide.

     By themselves and with a team, these three might have been fine; but Vee being alone, and them together, she was struggling a little. She was cooped up in a corner for the time being as she tried to regain her stamina, twisting the valve of a machine her ability helped her find. This run was slowly eating at her, and not in the literal sense of twisteds clawing at her. One of her hands reached up to the camera she had mounted on her head, touching it in thought. 

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

     How she ended up in this spot was something, and her chat was freaking out for her life. She was cooped up in a side room, the three mains lingering outside the door. She breathed harshly, catching her breath as she steadied herself on the wall.

[holy shit vee are you okay]

[this is stressful and im just watching..]

[she has items right? Hopefully they last her]

[how many machs she have left?]

[2 or 3? I can’t remember]

[why is she in a solo in the first place??]

     Vee focused on the twisteds outside the room. She had started streaming so she had something to keep her focused and not delve into her thoughts as she extracted. She just had to finish this floor and she could go back up. But the three lingering outside the room didn’t help..

[what if you use the button to run out?]

[the button?]

[yeah, the eject!]

[it would work, right?]

[she should wait until her own twisted gives her slow so she can remove it]

[yes yes yes!!! ^^^]

      Vee sighed as she pulled out the eject button from her pocket, holding it in her hand, ready to press it whenever. She was proud of her chat and how smart they were. “Hoping this works..” She mumbled under her breath, looking around the corner. The three mains were still outside, soft gurgling noises coming from them as they searched the area. Vee took a step outside the room she was standing in, trying to sneak off.

     Almost immediately, Shelly locked onto her, letting out a roar as she prepared to charge. The other two mains followed Shelly immediately, stomping towards the green toon. As soon as she had Tired and Slow she squeezed the button in her hand; the effects were quickly removed as she darted down the hall, almost falling as she turned the corner with high speed. She slid behind a crate and, from the lack of adrenaline, figured she got out of sight from the three twisteds fast enough.

[lets go!!]

[skilled streamer she ate]

[kekw!!]

[POG POG]

[POG]

[good job vee!!]

     Thankfully she had run towards a machine, which made it easy for her to start extracting as she caught her breath once more. Turning the valve idly as she listened around for footsteps, which she didn't hear any right now. Chat idly talked away as she moved through the floor, getting the last machine and bolting it to the elevator. 

     Once Vee entered she sighed, slumped against the wall as Dandy’s shop opened up, the rainbow flower smiling to her as he waved. “Hello friend, how’s it going?” Vee hummed, walking over to the shop as she placed a tape on the counter. “Going back up, I’m finished.” Dandy shook his head, shrugging as he pulled a lever. “Alright, your choice, up it is.” Dandy waved once more before his shop closed, the elevator starting to move back up to the surface. 

[r u k vee]

[i would be stressed too if it was me]

[its okay streamer ur okay!!]

[you got through it and thats all that matters]

     Vee nodded, fidgeting with her mic as she read though chat. “Yeah, thanks chat. Remind me not to go on any solo runs for a while..”

Chapter Text

   Vee walked into frame, staring at the camera. She was standing behind a table which had a box under it. She had her arms crossed, her face devoid of emotion.

[what the fuck]

[why is she staring at us]

[prolonged eye contact]

[kekw???nsajkda]

[chat did we do smth]

   Vee continued staring at the camera for a moment before leaning down, grabbing the box and slamming it on the table. She sighed, shaking her head. “How the hell did people send fanmail ???” Vee looked offscreen to someone else, but chat couldn’t see who. “How did they even get this address?? How did we even get mail?”

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

   Vee was standing behind the table, a few other toons joining her with her ‘Fanmail Opening (Somehow.)’, as she titled the stream. She waved her tail, grabbing it mid swing as she brought it to her mouth. “Well. Hello everyone! Guess we’re doing this now.”

   By her side were three other toons; Astro, Gigi and Cosmo.

{Soopersyck donated 2389 bits!} [“My favorite guy is back!!! Donated immediately for the moon boy!!”]

[Okay, who doxxed the toons]

[Isn’t gardenview a public address?]

[not for MAIL though, at least not for toons.]

[place has been closed for visitors too]

[i think we should stop askin]

[real]

[kekw]

   The three toons waved to the camera as Vee orginized a stack of boxes with labels on them. She cleared her throat (metaphorically), the three toons’ eyes falling on their host. “Today we got some mail from fans, apparently, so we have these orginized by toon and each will be opening their own mail! I.. Did not check these, Dandy did, so I assume everything in here is up to par.”

   Gigi scurried over, picking up the box on top and looking at it, which had an [ASTRO] label on it. “Man.. not mine, oh well!” She slid the box across the table towards Astro, startling both him and Cosmo, barely catching it with his sparkles. “Be careful.. We don’t know if it’ll break..”

[10 gifted subs says gigi breaks something in the next… ehhh 30 minutes]

[20 on she doesnt]

[fight fight fight!]

[insane, the lot of you]

   Astro looked down at the box in front of him, turning to Vee slowly, “Are we sure these are safe..?” Vee shrugged.

   Astro sighed, resigning to his fate as he slowly opened the box, which had a pot inside of it. Just.. an empty flower pot? Despite that, he seemed to like it, putting it off to the side. ‘Thank you whoever sent this..”

[pot]

[grow weed]

[bruh no twisteds eyes r alr red]

[insane work tbh, put dandy in it]

   The next box was a bit bigger, having both Gigi’s and Astro’s names on it. Gigi jumped in place, clapping her hands as she beamed. “More stuff! Better be something good!” Astro just sighed as he watched her bounce up and down, opening the box. 

   The box had a few items in it, more for Gigi than Astro. Astro pulled out a sparkly blue eyemask, putting it on his head immediately, seeming to enjoy it. Gigi gasped, reaching into the box and pulling out multiple figures of the vocaloid Hatsune Miku, which she held in her hands as she practically cackled. “These are great! I don’t have any figurines like this yet!!”

[holy shit hatsune miku]

[IM ON TOP OF THE WORL-]

[r those the expensive ones]

[Yeah lmao. -The person who sent those]

[ok rich boy]

   Gigi opened her capsule, putting the figures in her head and closing up as the next box was slid her way, also with her name on it. “Oh, another!!” She opened the box quickly, reaching in and placing what seemed like a compact slot machine on the table. “Well.. What’s this-?” 

   Vee looked at it from across the table, deadpanning. “Maybe, I don’t know, hit the lever and find out?” Gigi waved her off, laughing. “Jeez, give me a sec!” The gachapon pushed down at the handle, the slots spinning and hitting a perfect 777 jackpot, dispensing some candy. Gigi grabbed said candy, scarfing it down. “Jackpot! And free candy!!”

[oh we’re gambling live now, cool]

[shes gonna be cracked out on sugar now..]

[kekw]

[LOLL ‘slot machine! Oh and candy too ig..’ ahh]

   Gigi continued to roll the slots and eat candy in the background as Cosmo was handed a small box, which opened up to a small keychain and a note. “Oh, this is cute!” He held up the keychain, which was a chocolate chip cookie with a silver chain hanging from it. “And a note, let’s see, uh..” Cosmo skimmed his eyes over the note, his eyes widening as he looked over to Vee. “Vee- I uh- I don’t think I can read this aloud-”

   Vee walked over, taking the note in her hands. “It can’t be that bad, can it-?” She began, her eyes skimming over the note before her face was replaced with an exclamation mark on her screen, sighing. She looked at the camera as she deadpanned. 

[LMAOOO SOMEONE SCREENSHOT THOS]

[I NEED THAT AS A STICKER]

[aw hell nah what they say]

[kekwkekw]

[see like u cant give us that reaction adn not show us the note]

   Vee sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose, or where she would if she had one. “Wanwan, I’m assuming based on the signature at the bottom, why.”

[THE CALLOUT?]

[WHERES WANWAN]

[LMAOOO WHATD U DO @WANWAN]

[Wanwan: LISTEN LISTEN OKAY- HEAR ME OUT]

[NOO WAYYY]

[CMON MAN CHILL]

[insane work ngl]

[Wanwan: LISTEN. LISTEN. PLEASE.]

[BANNED IMMEDIATELY!!]

[lmaoooo]

   Cosmo shuffled his hands, looking at the camera. “I- uh.. I’m honored, I think, but let’s not.. Probably not with the other toons either..” “Glisten would take it as a compliment, at minimum.” Vee shrugged, “But yes, let’s not get, as I’ve seen chat say before, freaky with the toons, please.”

[the cackle i cacked]

[im dead]

   Vee placed the note back in the box, taking the box offscreen. She walked back, shaking her head. She turned her head to Cosmo and Astro, just those two since Gigi was preoccupied with her slots in the background. “Wanna end it for today?” The two toons nodded, seemingly in agreement. Vee gave a thumbs up as she walked around the table, walking over to the camera and picking it up. 

   “That’s all for today! Guess we’ll be taking more fanmail eventually.. Please be mindful of what you send. Until then!” Vee waved at the camera, putting it down and turning it off.

➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

   “So.. what did the note say?” Astro asked, tilting his head slightly to the side. Cosmo sighed, rubbing the back of his head. “I- ‘Let's just say.. I'd bake your cake.’ which is.. Something.” “Ah.” Astro nodded. “Yeah, okay.”