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Bassie, the struggling Easter Toon herself was not doing too shabby for her standards today. She was getting the hang of being out and about again and not in storage thanks to a certain strawberry baker Toon egging on Dandy and Dyle to let their other friends out. GardenView just wasn't what it was back it in it's prime. There was just no longer a need to keep them in storage, especially away from any of the others who could keep them even more company. This also did include Bassie and her crew (Flyte, Eggson, and Cocoa), Bobette and her Christmas friends (Ginger, Rudy, and Coal), and finally Gourdy and his halloween buddies (Ribecca, Eclipse, and Soulvester). To compensate for the growing demand with all the event Toons living on the surface with the others, Dyle had to make more arrangements with the coming and going of supplies for GardenView's only residents now. And on top of that, all of them had to go into a partner system. Meaning that some of the Toons had to sacrifice the luxury of having their own rooms to themselves.
Yet of course, there had to be a problem. There were some rooms available for the taking where all of the other Toons stayed, yet there wasn't enough for ALL of them to reside in. So some of them made some sacrifices while others got the luxury of having their own rooms.
It went as follows.
Flyte went with Flutter. Eggson to Rodger (who helped take in Toodles along with Gourdy now as it would be in poor taste NOT to have the two kids be together. Teagan, Ribecca, Eclipse, and Soulvester would visit to help take care of the kids of course!) Speaking of, Eclipse, Rudy, and Cocoa would all get to stay in one big room together as it was a bit difficult to delegate where all the animal likeness Toons would go. So they decided to group all of them together nearby Scraps and Goob's room.
Bobette and Ginger (+Coal) would also get to have their own room courtesy of there being even more freed up rooms converted into their own to call home. This would be near Sprout's and Cosmo's rooms. Soulvester would go to Connie's room for the siblings to reunite together. Ribecca would really either cycle between the Animal Friends' room or Shelly's room. Not much more to say there.. and well Bassie?
Bassie would be getting to stay with Sprout as he volunteered to have her in his room. Especially because the Main Toons rooms were bigger, they had more room to divide between each other. Sprout as being modest as one could be let Bassie have the opportunity to take much more of the space, but there really wasn't much to add from her requests besides obviously her own bed to sleep in and a newly implemented divider for the both of them to be able to tell where their space was. Bassie also made her side of the room now easter themed, obviously. It sort of complimented Sprout's own side of what used to be his own room. As Sprout's side was decorated with two different shades of red on the walls alternating. His own bed, a desk which mind you had a stack full of papers filled with recipes last time Bassie checked. A closet, their own bathroom, whatever you'd expect for a room! Duh! Bassie's side had more or less the same thing but her desk was filled with flower pots, and a bit of an artsy side with painted eggs. As well as some of her makeup whenever she was done with getting ready from the bathroom. Her own wallpaper was purple like her shirt, and her own closet was full of her own different outfits when she wasn't always just wearing her beautiful flower skirt.
She sighed as she looked at the mirror, she was getting self-conscious again as she looked at her own reflection in the mirror of the bathroom. "I.. why am I like this?" She frowned as her basket head looked down in defeat. It was now morning in GardenView, Sprout had already woken up and left the room vacant. Bassie herself was a quiet morning person, she wasn't as hardworking as Sprout she thought.. she didn't know how he did it. She admired him for all the work he did for the others since he already seemed so busy to her before. But along with Cosmo, he was the one who helped feed every Toon in GardenView, he was the one to help resolve issues should they have stemmed. He was.. a really hard worker and Bassie strived to be like Sprout. "How does he do it..?" Bassie felt the pit of her stomach growl, she was hungry and she had to eat. Looking into the mirror she saw herself as a bit frail, in reality she wasn't but the years of being confined in storage only to wait for a certain season had made her used to things. At this point to everyone except her, she had a sort of eating disorder that made her consume more food than any other Toon. She was privy to her image but the others weren't sure if they could confront her about it. Knowing how it could potentially make her feel in the end if they HAD to step in.
Meanwhile at the otherside of GardenView, Sprout was doing his usual thing with his best friend Cosmo, baking or cooking, he was all too familiar with the process now. Hand rested underneath his chin he was pondering something. "Hey Cos?" He called out to his best friend who was otherwise at the other side of the kitchen making more than the usual amount of sweets for the others. "What's.. the occasion for those?" His gloved hand pointed at the more than generous amount of said sweets. Cosmo looked puzzled as well as he recalled. "Well you know how we now have a suggestion box for us to get feedback on? Yeah, someone apparently was so disastisfied with how much we apparently don't give enough of. So I'm doing all of this just in case." The swiss roll answered as he finished one of the last for his own batch.
"Do.. you know anyone in particular who could've requested that?" Sprout asked with obvious curiosity, he didn't know any toon who could even want much more sweets. Maybe Squirm..?
"Heh.. beats me Sprout, I'm just happy they like your.. our-"
"Our." Sprout said with more vehemently, knowing that Cosmo wasn't used to inncluding himself yet.
Cosmo felt a sweat drop form on his head, he nodded awkwardly and smiled at Sprout. "Yes.. our baking, and cooking. So-"
Sprout cut in immediately by going up to him from behind, wrapping his arms around Cosmo. Pulling the swiss roll into a hug into his arms. "No need to apologize Cosmo! We may be strong together, but we ARE supposed to strong FOR each other too right?" This was followed by Cosmo feeling his face flush from embarassment and leaning into Sprout for comfort.
"I'm happy you think of me still Sprout.. I know us being apart more often now is different but you seem to be holding yourself up pretty well.." Cosmo observed, haivng no full idea of the actual picture going on with Sprout.
Sprout stifled in a chuckle, knowing Cosmo could hear it but he went on with the current painted picture he was showing off. "I hope you can find yourself the way you apparently see me as Cosmo. He soon let go of him, letting Cosmo continue baking while he went on to start on his own batch of sweets. The strawberry baker had gotten a lot more skillful, by that meaning.. he was now more flexible with the kitchen side of things. Knowing how to cook now as well, he'd think to himself he'd get to teach Cosmo soon. Both of them would probably like that.. but they promised each other they'd see more people than just the other.
They still both wore each other's friendship bracelets, neither of the two would ever think of removing it from themselves. It was a symbol of their close friendship, and maybe in another time something more. But the two had reconciled with each other in those feelings, making it also a point to not let it get in the way of any of the other Toons.. like that would matter since the two were always stuck with each other.. until recently.
Sprout stared idly into an empty bowl, his gloved hands were gripping the edge of the countertop as something seemed to be stuck in his mind. The promise rung in his head, and for some reason it wasn't as strong as it was. He held his chest tightly with his left hand, the one with the charm. It hovered over his heart, and he wondered why.
"I need to find someone else in my life.." He said banging his head on the table pathetically.