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"Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3," Vee whispers, making sure everyone's microphone's are working.

"Hello everyone!"  Dandy says after a few seconds, standing in the middle, holding Pebble, the rest of the toons standing behind him. 

A spotlight is shining over all of their various different expressions. 

Some annoyed, some happy, some apathetic, and Dandy, of course, sharing his constant grin.

"Today I wanted to give everyone the chance to ask us, the toons, questions!" 

"But mostly me, I'm sure," Glisten says, examining his fingernails and smirking.

"Shush, Glisten," Sprout whispered, elbowing him.

"Don't tell me to-"

"Anyways!" Dandy interrupts them both, eye twitching in irritation.

It's clear he dislikes being interrupted.

"Just ask us anything you want, and give us gifts if you'd like!"

"YEAH LIKE CANDY!! HAHAHHHHHAAH-"

"Psh. Like you need anymore candy, Yatta."

"I ALWAYS NEED MORE CANDY VEE!!!"

"Yeah right-"

"VEE. BE. QUIET!" Dandy yells, then takes in a deep breath, and smiles again. 

"Arf!"

"Please I didn't do anything-"

"Yeah Vee, stop Clown-fishing around."

"SOMEONE GET ME AWAY FROM FINN PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"Aww Glisten, Snapper out of it! I I wouldn’t be cod dead trying to annoy you-"

"UGHH."

Dandy rubs his eyes, his smile dropping for just a second before he pastes it back on.

"The only rules of this QnA is to try to keep it PG! We don't want any little ears to be hurt!"

"Woof!"

"You can even ask the Christmas toons and Easter toons things, but uh, it'll be a little more difficult."

Flutter and Cosmo shift uncomfortably.

"But that's all for now, make sure to drop your questions to us! Toodaloo kids!"

Everyone waves, and the camera cuts out.

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MAINS.

"Dandy, what do you do in your free-time?"

"Hm, what a great question! I spend plenty of time playing with Pebble, and re-stocking my inventory! When I'm not doing that, I watch old episodes of the show! I have plenty of tapes, and I love watching everyone! I have...a-lot of free-time recently...I suppose everyone has just been too busy to hang out with me lately!! Haha!!" 

"Astro, what do you do in your free-time?"

"Well...I typically take long naps. I spend so much time making sure everyone else is sleeping peacefully, I have a hard time sleeping myself. Then, when I'm not doing that, I read books for Brightney's book club. I also like watching old episodes with....Dandy...even though he's been acting a little unusual lately. His dreams have certainly been disturbing."

"Sprout, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"I spend most of my free-time with Cosmo, baking. Most of the time we have to cook for the entirety of Gardenview, so it's always nice to only bake for fun. When I'm not doing that, I enjoy drawing and making jewelry."

"Vee, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"I find most things to be a waste of my important time, so I normally don't engage in it....but...I do enjoy singing, sometimes.

"Shelly, what do you do in your free-time?"

"Huh?! Oh your asking me? Well, I'm glad you asked! I love reading books about dinosaurs, and sewing!! Especially making little plushies!!"

"Bobette, what do you do in your free-time?"

"I'm so glad you asked! I have.....so much free-time throughout the year......mainly I focus on crafting stuff for the Christmas season!! And watching TV on the little screen we have!"

"Bassie, what do you do in your free-time?"

"I rip apart Cocoa plushies."

"Actually...?"

 HAHAHAHHA-Just kidding! I like reading, and writing poetry! Plus I of course love gardening!" 

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The_Big_Dingle_(V2).wav (Guest) has a question for Finn!

":D finn can you PLEASE attempt to be shrimpo's friend?"

Finn beams at the camera, his signature grin that's missing a tooth. 

"That's a Gilliant question!"

He chuckles at his own joke, his eyes beaming in the spotlight.

"Of course I can try to be friends with my Nemo-sis! He even listens to some of my fun facts!" 

Finn sighs.

"Not even Glisten does. He wouldn't be cod dead acting like he liked them! But I bet he secretly does!" 

Finn laughs again.

"Maybe I'll go over to Shrimpo's room later? Anyway thanks for Tuna-ing in!!"

The_Big_Dingle_(V2).wav (Guest)  also has a questions for Shrimpo.

"I HATE ANSWERING QUESTIONS!!!!!"

Shrimpo screams, scowling, crossing his arms in irritation.

"shrimpo did you know your my favorite toon??"

Shrimpo looks a little surprised for a moment, almost smiling, before he goes back to a scowl.

"I HATE THAT I DON'T HATE THAT QUESTION!!!!!!"

He stomps his foot like a child, refusing to look at the camera.

"Also try to tolerate finn pls." 

Shrimpo huffs.

"WHY?!!? I HATE HIM AND--well....I don't hate everything about him BUT I STILL HATE MOST OF HIM!!!!"

A friend who I'll call K for privacy reasons has a question for....Devan Reed.

It takes Devan several minutes to show up, clearly not expecting a question for him. 

He's dressed in his usual outfit, his hands clasped behind his back, his smile just a touch more nervous than usual

"Between Pebble and  Dandy, who do you like taking care of the most?"

Devan takes a few moment to answer. 

"Well, as much as I like both of them! I'd have to say Pebble." 

Devan says flippantly.

"Don't get me wrong, Dandy is extremely...useful..." Devan's smile is tight now, his eyes glinting with some unknown emotion.

"But he's got such a temper, that Arthur is constantly having me work overtime to make sure he's calm."

Devan sighs softly, shoulders slumping a bit.

"But every toon is just as loved here as the others!" He says, tilting his head.

"That's all the time I've got! Have fun now!" 

K also has a question for Vee!

"Trivia for everyone: Is this a waste of my time? The answer is absolutely!" 

Vee says, one hand on her hip, one hand twirling her microphone.

"Just give me the question.

"Vee, do you have a charging station, or what happens if you glitch on stage or run out of battery." 

"First off," She says, almost condescendingly, though that does seem to just be her normal voice.

She takes her hand off her hip and starts counting on her fingers.

"I don't have a charging station, I run on batteries that get changed once a week." 

She taps her foot impatiently on the ground. 

"Second off, I get a warning alert when I'm about to run out of battery, sounds something like:"

Vee mimics a very irritating alarm sound.

"And then I don't glitch on stage very often--unless Finn is being an idiot--" She scowls, then gets back to her original speech.

"But on the rare chance I have an...episode on stage, there are multiple people there on standby just for that. Happy? Good! Now back to working on my scripts."

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Kitty (Guest) has four questions and a gift for Glisten. 

"Of course she does! Who wouldn't?" Says Glisten, examining his fingernails, then smirking at the camera. 

First question: "Why are you the best toon?" 

Glisten absolutely beams at this, his eyes sparkling.

"My goodness! There's so many reasons for this I could hardly count..." He sighs dramatically, then laughs.

"But I'll sure try!"

He starts counting on his fingers, listing off different reasons.

"Let's see, there's my dashing looks." He twirls, showing off his bow.

"My wonderful personality, my amazing ability, the fact I can complete machines faster than anyone!" 

Glisten laughs, waving his hand.

"Really, there's to many reasons to count!" 

Second question: "Are you zesty?" 

Glisten shakes his hand in a so-so gesture, and adjusts his bow.

"Well, we toons don't really have genders. But I'm bisexual, so you're half correct about me!"

Glisten crosses his arms, seeming very pleased.

"I suppose I'm just so irresistible that every toon wants to be with me." 

Third question: And also, have you ever listened to a song called "Joyride?"

Glisten props his lower mirror on his hands, and grins. "Yes, and I loved it!"

For a brief moment, he starts scowling. 

"But I'm not a big fan of how everyone started calling me "Joyride." I prefer to be called perfection incarnate."

And also, also, have a gift box! (3 Glisten plushes, a cute mirror with a matching bow, a gay flag, and a VHS tape with 5 songs for Glisten (Including Joyride)

Glisten instantly starts looking at himself in the mirror, pulling out a makeup kit from seemingly nowhere and fixing his blush.

Joyride can be heard playing in the background.

"Thank you so much for the gifts! I'll cherish all of them!" He replies.

Extra Question for Glisten: You are my FAVORITE toon! Ty!

Glisten's eyes start sparkling, his pupils dilating in pure joy, but he clears his throat and pretends that he doesn't care.

"Of course I am! Now have an amazing day, darling!"

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Bromok (Guest): Has a question for Shrimpo.

"WHAT IS IT!?!" Shrimpo screams, scowling.

"Gun to your head, name 5 toons you hate the least that ain't you."

"WHAT A DUMB QUESTION!!!! DO I HAVE TO DO THIS!?!?!!"

He stomps his foot on the ground, angrily. 

"Yes you do," Says someone behind the screen, and Shrimpo growls. 

"UGH!! FINE!!!!"

He crosses his arms, glaring like a child.

Shrimpo then starts talking so fast it's almost incomprehensible. 

"Finn, Goob, Shelly, Toodles, Rodger. THERE!! HAPPY!?!!?!?"

Shrimpo makes a crude gesture, and says a few things that have to bleeped out. 

Bromok (Guest): has a question for the twisteds!

"H-hello..." Twisted Glisten whispers, his hands, while not tied, are tightly hugging himself.

The cracks in his mirror are less wide, letting his right eye and mouth show.

 His middle and hands have been bandaged up, and his eyes are more pink than red.

"I appreciate you asking...I'm sorry but I'm the only twisted whose at Gardenview right now so I'll have to answer...." '

 "What toon is your favorite to chase?"

Glisten's lip quivers a little.

"I don't like to chase anyone....If you mean when people leave me alone, I'm just trying to hug them."

Glisten pauses for a bit, shaking his head, then looks back at the camera.

"My favorite toon to 'chase' is Goob, because he pulled me into the elevator."

Glisten says, smiling. 

"I hope that helps...." 

Sovietdoggo has a question for Yatta!

"YAYY!! QUESTIONS FOR ME!!!!!!!! ALL MINE!! HAHAHAHH!!!!"

Yatta laughs, looking everywhere except the camera, bouncing around the room.

"What is your favorite type of candy?"

"HOW CAN I CHOOSE JUST ONE!?!??! I LOVE THEM ALL!!!!!!"

Yatta somehow finds a piece of chocolate in the interview room and shoves it in her face. 

"On one hand, there's SO MANY CANDIES IN A BOX OF CHOCOLATES!! AND THEY GIVE ME ENERGY??! ITS JUST TO GOOD!!"

Her tails are wagging, but she's stopped moving so much, deep in thought. 

"BUT JAWBREAKERS ARE FUN CAUSE THEY LAST SO LONG!!!!" 

She starts searching the room for more candy, and has to be told off by someone out of view of the camera.

"But I'd say my ultimate favorite candy is SPEED CANDY!!!! I LOVE ENERGY!!! HAHAHAH!!" 

Her eyes are glowing. This is clearly one of her favorite topics.

"HOPE THIS HELPED!!! THANKS FOR ASKING!!!" She says, waving to the camera.

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This question was asked by my friend. For privacy reasons, I will call her friend one. 

"Glisten, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"Well, I work on my makeup of course, and think about how perfect I am!!! ...And sometimes I practice my reflection trick. NOT THAT I'M NOT ALREADY PERFECT AT IT!!"

"Rodger, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"I'm very pleased that you asked! In my free-time, I enjoy reading mystery novels, drawing, reading books on how to comfort friends, and playing with Toodles, along with many other things."

"Toodles, what do you do in your free-time?"

"Hehe!! Well I like playing with my dog plush!! Oh and helping Rodger with his cases!!! And I also like doing my makeup, but I'm not super good at it yet, so I ask Glisten to help!!!"

"Yatta, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"I EAT LOTS AND LOTS OF CANDY!!! AND I GO TO LOTS OF PARTIES!! I LOVE PARTIES!!!!!!!"

"Connie, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"Heh...I scare people. Or practice scaring people. Or eavesdrop on juicy conversations. On a good day, I do all of the above."

"Flutter, what do you do in your free-time?"

"!!!"

"Really? I wouldn't have expected that from you!"

"?!"

"Fascinating. Tell me more later!"

"Shrimpo, what do you do in your--"

"I HATE FREE-TIME!!!! I HATE DOING THINGS!!!"


"Tisha, what do you do in your free-time?" 

"I don't have very much free-time, I'm to busy making sure everything is spotless! This place is always so messy...! But when I do have free-time, I like reading, and watching TV!"

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A friend called A has a question for Dandy.

Dandy beams, smiling as big as ever, his hands clasped behind his back. 

"Ask away!" He says cheerfully, unclasping his hands and waving at the camera.

"Why did you do it." 

There's a complete moment of silence for a few seconds. 

Dandy's eyes widen, his smile drops for a moment, before being very obviously faked back on. 

His hands clench into fists.

"What do you mean...?"

He says, his voice an octave quieter than usual, refusing to make eye contact with the camera.

"If you're talking about the ichor operation...." Dandy sucks in a breath, his eyes glowing a dim red color. 

He's breathing to fast, his nails noticeably sharper.

"Then it's what's best for everyone. That's what Delilah told me. It's the only option."

He looks down. 

"It's the only option." 

Dandy smiles again, the red completely fading from his eyes, and he laughs. 

"Don't ever bring it up again, ok?" He says, so cheerfully, you almost couldn't hear the anger in his voice. 

He whispers something barely audible that sounds like:

"It's the only option..." 

Kitty (Guest) has a question for Finn!

Good cod, why do you make such bad fish puns? Please be reel with us, and not just wave us off. I'm shore your answer will be reelly good.

Finn beams, slapping his knees and laughing.

"Your FIN-tastic!! Talk about a pro!" 

Finn straightens up, still smiling. 

"Anyway, if you hate my fish puns, wouldn't you say your Aiding and a-bait-ing?"

There is a small groan from someone behind the camera that Finn ignores.

"Anyways, here's a fun fish fact for you! Did you know pufferfish contains one of the most deadly poisons? Ouch! Talk about a mussel'd up fish!"

Finn laughs again, then waves at the camera. 

Kitty (Guest) has a question for Gigi!

"Heyyyy wassup?" Gigi asks casually, hands stuffed into her pockets.

 Have you tried to collect bootleg plushys? If not, have this! (The Gigi, Toodles, and Sprout bootleg plushys, plus a extra bald Dandy plush)

Gigi's pupils get absolutely wide, as someone, whose face is not shown, hands her three plushies.

"GIMME GIMME!!" She squeals, hugging them all close to her. 

"I totallllyyy don't have a collection of these already, and totalllllyy need more!!" 

Gigi says, nodding seriously.

"Yep. That's right." 

"Gigi has an entire collection of plushies.."

"SHHHH! EVERYONE GIVE ME MORE OF THESE!! I NEED MORE!!!!"

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" Swiss_Cabbage  has a question for everyone, but Sprout and Cosmo will be the first to answer!"

"Is the question about Sprout?"

"Is the question about Cosmo?"

Sprout and Cosmo say at the same time, standing together.

Cosmo is fiddling with his sweet charm, whereas Sprout is looking dead at the camera, looking a little annoyed. 

"Because I could be baking right now."

"Hey, question for anyone and everyone, have any of y'all seen any of the more...unhinged pieces of fanart and fanfic floating about on the Web? If so, what did you think?"

Cosmo shuts his eyes tightly, looking like he's going to be sick, then buries his head in his hands.

"Nope, nope, nope, never want to think about that again. Never ever."

Sprout sighs and rubs the bridge of his nonexistent nose.

He looks over at Cosmo, then throws an arm over his shoulder.

"Ugh, we have. Unfortunately. Cosmo stayed up all night after seeing some of it."

"Me and Sprout," Cosmo says, head out of his hands, but still refusing to look at the camera. 

"We don't do stuff like that," Sprout finished, his eyes narrowing in irritation.

"None of the toons do." 

"So...please stop making stuff like that..." Cosmo says, uncomfortably. 

"For the sake of the kids eyes and ears," Sprout says, annoyed.

Dandy and Astro will now answer Swiss_Cabbage question!

Dandy and Astro are both blushing bright red.

"Oh...that...yes we've seen it...." Astro says, yawning.

"Haha," Dandy's laugh is more anxious than anything, as he grips his arm with his free hand. 

"Well, we toons aren't like humans! We don't have.....parts..." 

He gestures at his legs, his smile pasted on, eye twitching.

"Me and Dandy were both made...uncomfortable...by that."

"Haha! We sure were! So stop."

Dandy's smile drops, and he looks dead at the camera, his eyes glowing red.

"Seriously, stop." 

Toodles will now answer Swiss_Cabbage question!

"Ummmmmm," Toodles says, swinging her arms.

"I saw some of that stuff? But I don't really know what it means..."

"It's good you don't know what it means, Toodles..." 

"All I know is Rodger got really mad!" She giggles. 

"Like really mad!!! I've never seen him like that!"

She pauses, looking at the camera briefly.

"I wonder what made him so angry about it...."

Glisten and Rodger will be the final people to answer Swiss_Cabbage question!

"Listen, I know I am perfect and all, so of course people will be interested in me!" Glisten says, hand on his heart, smiling uncomfortably.

Rodger is standing next to him, looking annoyed and a little perplexed.

"But, as Dandy mentioned, we Toons don't have the capability for that."

Glisten lets out a laugh, looking at Rodger.

Rodger rubs his one eye, sighing. 

"Listen, I do not care what people do, but do not make that kind of work of Toodles." 

Glisten's smile also drops, and his eyes narrow. 

"Rodger is right. She's a child. And I take personal offense that you would--you would--"

"Think any of us had a romantic attraction to an eight year old girl," Rodger finished smoothly. 

"Exactly!" 

"But also," Rodger starts. "I'd prefer if you didn't make that kind of work for us either."

"As would I..." Agrees Glisten.

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"Question for any of the normal toons: Have any of you been twisted in the past? Like, have you twisted but then un-twisted later and gone back to live amongst your fellow normal toons? If so, what was it like being twisted, and what was in like to twist and to un-twist?"

Glisten walks in front of the camera, with a tired half-smile on his face, and waves.

His face still has a massive crack in it, but his right eye and mouth are now revealed.  

"I have been twisted...as you can see..."

He gestures at his middle, which is covered in bandages.

"What was it like being twisted...?" Glisten shudders, hugging himself tightly.

"It hurt so much. I could feel everything!"

His pink-ish red eye fills with black tears, which he quickly wipes away.

"And I was completely alone. I was just left wondering around for days and days." 

Glisten absently takes some ribbon from what appears to be thin air, and begins tying a bow. 

"I thought I would be alone forever." 

He ties and unties his bow, seemingly without thought. 

"And then I felt my mind getting cloudier and cloudier...but I didn't want to hurt my friends. Not like the others." 

Glisten ties his ribbon into a flower shape, then unties it, faster and faster.

"And I didn't! Which is a good thing!" He smiles a little, still fiddling with the ribbon like it's a toy.

He sits down on one of the bean bag chairs in the office space.

He crosses his legs briefly, then winces, and just lets them touch the floor.

"As for what it's like to un-twist? Hm..." He pauses for a moment to think, and his smile dissipates. 

"Well, I suppose I haven't fully un-twisted yet..." 

He looks down at the floor, grimacing.

"Right now it's just Sprout and Cosmo trying to heal me."

He sets the ribbon down, then starts counting on his fingers.

"Cupcakes, bandages, pain killers, that kind of stuff. And there's always someone with me, which is nice."

Now he grabs a makeup container again, seemingly out of nowhere. 

He touches up his blush methodically, not looking at the camera.

"Hopefully soon I'll be completely fixed. At the very least I'm not in very much pain anymore. So that's nice."

He shrugs.

"I guess I'm just glad that they still...care about me...even if I'm not perfect anymore." He smiles, this time genuinely, then looks directly at the camera.

"Well, I'm sorry, but that's all I can do today. Sprout and Cosmo said I shouldn't be out of bed because it might reopen the wound, so, ta-ta!"

He waves, and the camera cuts to black. 

We're going to ask the same question to Dandy, now!

Dandy looks incredibly uncomfortable. 

Despite his smile, his eye is twitching, and there's a glowing red dot in his pupils.

He waves the question off flippantly.

"I-yes, friends, I have actually twisted before." 

His voice is cheerful and upbeat, but has a growing discomfort behind it. 

"Because my friends like to ignore me-" 

The ends of his fingers sharpen as he clutches one arm with his free hand. 

"Even though those tapes are mine. And this show is MINE--!" 

The camera briefly glitches, and covers in static. 

The only thing that can be seen is glowing red eyes, before it returns to normal.

Dandy clears his throat, his smile shaky.

"Ahem. Where are my manners?"

He swings his eyes back and forth, staring straight at the camera. 

"As for what it's like being twisted, well," He lets out a cold laugh. 

"I'm still aware, somewhat, unlike the other toons twisted's who lose their minds completely but I..."

He looks down, and his smile drops.

"I get blinded by my emotions. Like I can't think of anything else at the time and I--"

The camera glitches again. Static, static, static.

Dandy's voice glitches in and out with the TV:

"I get so angr-"

"And I--"

"I didn't mean-"

"I didn't mean to kill-"

"It wasn't my fault-!"

"IT WASN'T MY FAULT!"

The camera cuts back, with Dandy panting, the ends of his fingers now lined with rainbow colored claws.

"Anyway, as for the untwisting, that process is generally painless!" 

He hums, then looks down, irritated. 

"But sense my store leads down directly to my bedroom, it's always a pain to clean it after. Ichor splattered everyone and such." 

Dandy smiles hollowly. 

"Hope that helps, friend!" 

Also, important message for Dandy; hear me out, bud. What Delilah told you was wrong. She's a maniacal scientist with little to no care for any toon's well-being, and frankly I'd like to complain about her with the Eggman announcement (if you've never seen the Eggman announcement, then...steel yourself). This ichor experimentation stuff is not the only way. It's not too late to turn back. And even if the assholes of the world are unwilling to forgive you, then, well, at least I am. I understand why you did what you did. But you gotta stop. For everyone's sake.

Dandy's breathing heavy.

His smile is barely visible as he looks down at the ground, his fist clenched at his side.

He stays there for a few moments.

"Haha..."

Dandy buries his face in his now clawed hands, and starts laughing.

Quietly at first, then louder, until it's more of a screech than anything. 

Dandy looks up at the camera, his eyes filled with black tears, and his smile stretched wide. 

"What else am I meant to do!?" He demands through his laughter.

"Disobey Delilah? When she could replace me at any moment?"

He starts pacing, his face still in his hands, the only thing visible being the red in his eyes. 

"No. No, no, no, no. She trusted me with this. I can't just stop."

He sits down on the bean-bag chair, fiddling with his petals lightly. 

"I can't just let Gardenview stay closed forever!" 

He whispers.

"I don't care what anyone says. I'm fixing this. No matter what!"