"Dandy's World", a show's name that you never expected to hear again, when you were a child, you liked that show, it wasn't like any other shows at the time, it felt more. . . Real, like the characters themselves were actually, existing, and that to your kid brain did wonders, and there was a specific character that you had more liking towards than the rest of the cast, Eclipse, you don't know why, but she just, was more entertaining, one birthday, when you were 8, your mom and dad got you a whole trip planed to Gardenview, the place that the Dandy's world show gets produced! You were excited as hell, the day comes, you pack up, hop in the car and start going there, the trip was long, lasting over 12 hours, but you got there, it was a bit of a learning center and museum, and to yours and parents' suprise, the characters were real! All of them, Dandy, Pebble, and of course, even eclipse, but almost nobody goes with her, the rest go with other members of the cast, but she's a bit left behind, when you go there, she just, lights up, like you were her best friend, you talked, played, tell stories, you name it, but when time to leave came, you gave eachother an emotion-filled hug, some tears were shed, waved goodbye and went back home, once back, you got the great idea of sending cards, so you wrote and sent them to the site, and luckily for you, the people in charge there actually let Eclipse write back to you, you were probably the happiest kid alive, you got to be friends, no, best friends with your favorite toon caharcter of your favorite show, life was really good, that was until the Gardenview facility shut down, it was a mystery, but everything and every toon in there, just got lost in time, years go by, and only memories of that show and your friend remained in your head, once you were old enough, you decided to take matters into your own hands, you took a trip to the abandoned building in search of answers, you had to break in, but luckily there were no alarms so you got in easily, the place was a mess, papers and stuff scattered around, weird black goop puddles on the floor, and weird machines with the same goop in them, but, these machines were on, and it looks like they've been turned on recently, weird, as you continue to go deeper, you start finding documents, telling you what happened between the people managing everything, and it wasn't pretty, the characters, they were called toons, created by this black goop called Ichor, how the seasonal toons were treated, and you got to the conclussion that, what everything happened here was the result of Dandy's snapping, you still had a glimmer of hope, maybe the toons survived? You continue, a fresh new floor, same thing, but this time you heard activity, someone was using the Ichor machines, you got closer in silence, and there they were, the toons! They were alive all this time, and they seem to have grown up as well, they look taller and older when you first saw them, they were suprised as well, it was the first time in years since they've seen human life enter Gardenview, after some talking, you asked about Eclipse, they quieted down, oh no, then Sprout talks, Eclipse wasn't really like them, since her creation, her batch of clean Ichor was tainted with the corrupted one, making her transform, she's fully aware in that state but can't really control it, and also her fur and eyes change depending of her current state, one of those four states even changing her clothes, she's still the same, but transform into a twisted, werewolf-like form, but you don't care, you want to see her, he pointed the direction and you went there, and there she was, just working away on an Ichor machine, when she sees you, at first she doesn't recognizes you, but she's suprised to see human life, but then you did your sign of friendship you once did with her, her eyes light up, and tackled you in a hug, after talking for a bit, you get the idea of bringing her home with you, at first she hesitates, but accepts it nonetheless, and as of right now, you have a new, toon roommate!
Eclipse
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