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Doorstopper sighed. How were they ever going to find Weathery now?

Recently, Animatic, the host, hosted a challenge where basically, she kills everyone because some idiot gave her caffeine. And unfortunately, Doorstopper's team was a victim of her spree and now they were up for elimination.

And because of this, Weathery had ran away. They'd already search the main area of the foolish fields but alas, couldn't find them.

She lied down, what should she do? What COULD she do? It's obvious Weathery wasn't coming back anytime soon, they seemed so hurt.. She didn't mean to lie to them, she didn't even know Animatic would end up killing them! She felt angry. That stupid host... These stupid people! Who in the right minds would feed ANIMATIC caffeine?? She swore, once she found that person, SHE WOULD-

"PEEKABOO!" Screamed the unfortunately familiar static-like voice of Animatic. Doorstopper flinched, she didn't expect them to show up. "Oh, its just you.." She sat up. Looking at the host, who had its usual manic grin, this was the last person she wanted to see. "Err... Do you need something?" Doorstopper asked.

"YEAH ACTUALLY!!!" The animatic squealed with enthusiasm, waving her arms around. "You GOTTA follow me Stoppers!" She stared at Doorstopper. It didn't seem like they were going away anytime soon, and even if Doorstopper DID say no, she would be teleported against her will. "Fine.. But could you at least exp-"

Doorstopper frowned, she wasn't used to being teleported like.. At all. Of course, Animatic doesn't care, why would she care? "HERE WE ARE!" She exclaimed in her sing song voice. Doorstopper looked around.. It looked like some sort of, chemistry lab? "You can't tell ANYONE about this place, okay Stoppers? This is a ME AND YOU THING!!". Doorstopper blinked, her mouth wide. " why are... We in a lab?" She asked, hoping the host would provide an explanation.

Why did she suddenly have a hat. "You see, Doorsy.. I've had something rather unfortunate happen to me..." She sighed. "IM BORED! I've realized that after challenges, I gotta wait for voting results.. But then what do I do? There's no one to bother! No one to interact with!" She threw her arms flew into the air. "I was stuck in this predicament for a long looong time... Then one day, I was watching the funny glowing box and saw these really weird things called humans make this crystaly stuff! Seemed totally fake, right?" She got up into Doorstopper's face. "Turns out, NNNOOPPEEE! I can do it too! But, I can't do it alone, you see! And I could ask anyone! Oh no no no!" She used a deeper, chilvarous voice. "I needed someone powerful, violent but at the same time someone no one would EVER SUSPECT! they'd be the perfect helper, they'd deliver it for me! No one would ever know! If it was someone like YOU!" She smiled.

Doorstopper blinked. "Me?? But why not Diaoptase! I mean, not that you should use her but still!"

But Animatic just blankly stared. Not saying anything, just grinning. Like she knew something. She probably knew Doorstopper would say yes either way, whether she forced her or not. Doorstopper reluctantly sighed.

"Ok.. Fine.. I'll do it." She sighed, flinched as Animatic excitedly squealed and violently put a beanie on her. "GREAT! I KNOW WE'LL MAKE A GREAT TEAM! I'm positive of it... "

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Doorstopper groaned. It's already been a week since Animatic asked her to work for her and so far.. It sucked. 

Animatic had taught her how to MAKE the products but it was just a bunch of Animatic PRETENDING how to know how to make it, but just mashing random stuff together. Would this really work? Was she hoping it would work? Of course not...but, to entertain animatic so they eventually get bored wasn't THAT bad of an idea..

Suddenly the phone rang. Animatic gasped, "FINALLY! A COSTUMER!!!" She ran up to the phone. Doorstopper was counting boxes as Animatic was on the phone, cheerfully discussing illegal information. She never realized how BAD this could be. If then end up getting caught, then what? Her place in the happy nice club, GONE! She dreaded that. She had to find a way to get out of this, and fast. But how? If Animatic knew she told someone, she would DEFINITELY be eliminated, or permanent killed. What could she do... 

In the midst of her zoning out, Animatic was staring at her. "Huh? Oh, you're still here" She was hoping it was just a dream. "Obviously I'm still here! We got a costumer and you gotta deliver!" They hand the boxes to Doorstopper. She blinked. "I don't... Have any arms..." She looked at the taller one. Animatic sighed. "You can manage" He rolled his eyes. Animatic wasn't wrong, Doorstopper just didn't want to. 

"Hey.. What exactly is IN these boxes." She asked. Animatic backbended instead of turning around like anyone normal would. "Oh! Pffft- I don't even know myself!" She shrugged, running back into her little crafting corner as the guiding arrows followed.  Doorstopper sighed, she better get started. 

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Doorstopper stealthily walked through the foolish fields. It wasn't too far to get where the place was, but this felt WRONG on so many levels. But.. Maybe it wasn't so bad..

But, just in case it was illegal substances, it wouldn't hurt to check, right? Doorstopper sat down on the grass and began to try and open the box, only to be startled by Crazy Food and Tea. 

"Hey Doorstopper!" The burger waved. "We were just about to have a happy nice club meeting!" She explained. "It would be delightful if you came" Tea smiled.

Doorstopper blinked then looked around nervously "Oh.. Uhm, I would love to, but I'm busy at the moment.." She grinned. She was never good at telling lies. "Oh? Busy with what?" Crazy food blinked. Shoot, she didn't have an excuse ready for this. "I'm.. Visiting a friend! You guys don't know her, it was waay before the competition" Doorstopper explained. Surprisingly, Tea and Crazy Food must've believed her. "Oh! Alright! Well, we'll get going. See ya later Doorstopper!" They walked off. Doorstopper sighed and continued her on her way. 

That was close, she better be careful later. 

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You'd think, with her stamina, she wouldn't be so tired climbing hills. But Doorstopper was EXHAUSTED. Between leaving Foolish Fields and reaching it to the next area, many had questioned where she was going and why she had a box with her. She used the same excuse she did with Crazy Food and Tea, and while some believed it, most weren't that easy to trick. Doorstopper felt bad, she hated lying! But, she shivered at the thought of one of her friends finding out about this. After all, Animatic wouldn't be very happy and she was overwhelmed at the thought of what animatic could do to them. So she kept on. 

Finally, she made it to her destination. It was rather similar to Foolish Fields, a bit more chilly honestly. She made her way down and walked through the neighborhood, looking for the house number. 

"PSST!" a voice from the shadows arose. Doorstopper whipped around, getting defensive. She stared at the object. "Calm it buddy, I just need to know if you got my order" They explained. Doorstopper blinked. "Are you the guy from House 2265?" The object nodded. "I was surprised objects even had businesses like these! I thought they'd died out after the whole 'we care about others safety' thing rolled out" They chuckled. Doorstopper gulped, this really WAS illegal. She reluctantly gave the object their box and took the money. "Thanks..." This felt unsanitary. Not like it usually bothered her, but something about this felt wrong.

She walked away, hoping she wasn't too suspicious. 

She really didn't know what she was getting herself into.

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Doorstopper opened the lab door, sighing. Animatic gasped, "STOPPERS!!! you made it!" She exclaimed, wrapping her arms around the spring like object. "I knew you were the perfect choice for this job!" Animatic grinned. Doorstopper was unnerved. Did Animatic realize how BAD this was, did she even care? When has she ever cared? She always does whatever she wants, even at the cost of someone's life. 

"Yeah, I guess" Doorstopper shrugged (well, at least tried). Maybe she could convince Animatic to stop! Surely, if Animatic knew how illegal this was, she'd stop, right? "Yknow, they mentioned something about this whole business being illegal.." She began only to be rudely cut off by Animatic laughing (to her despair). "PFFTT- BAHAHAAHAHAHAAAaaa, please Stoppers! Its only illegal if we get caught! I don't see any bad things happening so what's the harm!" She shrugged. "Like you know what's good or bad." Doorstopper rolled her eyes. 

"Mmm? You got something to say?" Animatic tilted her head. Doorstopper squeaked. "No.. Not at all!" She sighed. Animatic let it go, scrambling away. "Remember Stoppers! This is a me and you thing! Lets just have fun!" She giggled. 

Something told Doorstopper this wasn't going to end well.