The Gardenview’s been dead quiet lately—its spark gone, no human footsteps for ages.((And the Toon Handlers? GONE.))
But abandoned? Ha! Not with the toons still running wild. They bicker, prank, break stuff, make up, and start it all over again.
Dandy lounged on a crate, Pebble snoozing in his lap, selling trinkets with that classic smug grin. His petals were perked—he was clearly hyped for today. Dyle sat opposite, selling clothes while his arrow-shaped moustache clicked away… even though all the sweet tapes (worth more than gold!) went straight to Dandy anyway.
In the kitchen, Sprout, Cosmo, and Ginger were “peacefully” baking cupcakes… until Ginger mentioned gingerbread. The second that word dropped—BOOM—RUDIE exploded into the room.
Rudie: DID SOMEONE SAY GIN—
Sprout: NO GET O—
Ginger: SHUT UP. Anyway, Christmas is close, so we should make G-I-N-G-E-R B-R-E-A-D.
Rudie: Make what?..
Cosmo: You didn’t hear? Make Gin— gets muffled by Ginger who whispered to him: He gets chaotic if you say it… also he can’t spell.
Across the hall, Shelly rambled about dinosaurs to Finn, who tossed in sea life trivia, the fish in his head nodding along like it had tea to spill later. Shrimpo would “not listen”… but totally listen.
Shelly: Stegosaurus brains were walnut-sized! pretty silly for such scary dinos—
Finn: Oh my? A walnut—pff! Did you know fish have personalities? Wonder if there’s a sassy one…
Vee was hunched over her notebook, scribbling sneaky questions for her gameshow, hiding them from Scraps (who always wins). Scraps was busy making origami ears for Goob, snickering at how goofy he’d look.
Astro, Brightney, and Razzle & Dazzle sat in their cozy little bookclub room, whispering dramatic theories over tea and cookies as rain pattered outside.
Meanwhile, Teagan’s tea party for the Easter toons was in full meltdown. Flyte kept hovering nervously, refusing to touch the teapot for fear of scorching his wings, Eggson poured for him like a gentleman, while Bassie silently munched on biscuits, eyeing Cocoa awkwardly- (Cocoa was NOT playing around rn)
Bobette patrolled the halls with Coal lumbering beside her, making sure her oversized bitey girl didn’t get another “incident” on her record.
The circus trio were “practicing.” Yatta nailed a headstand, Looey went for it and invented the head-FALL, and Blot just stood there, sighing, bouncing BLOT JR. in his arms.
Yatta: Check this out! flips into a headstand
Looey: OH LET ME TRY— faceplants AHH-
In the main room, Brusha was vandalizing—uh, “decorating”—with paint, including a glorious moustached portrait of Tisha. When Tisha spotted it mid-cleaning, she snapped, chasing Brusha around with a duster.
Tisha: COME BACK HERE YOU—
Brusha: NE NE! sticks tongue out CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, SLOWPOKE! MWUHAHA— runs straight into a freshly-painted wall, now covered head to toe.
And somewhere down the hall, Rodger was still “calmly” searching for his missing documents… clueless that Gigi had already claimed them for her collection of shiny stolen things.
Rodger: WHERE ARE MY- *scream of agony and frustration
Gourdy meanwhile was playing a game of tag with his beloved friend - Toodles, both of them giggling like the children they are as they knocked down a few things.
Ribecca meanwhile was making some halloween costumes, her needle being swift and fast which was impressive- and Eclipse was watching in excitement, her tail wagging a little as she wanted to try on one of the costumes
Soulvester meanwhile was.. walking around searching for his sister Connie, hes a bit of a egoistic bastard since he sees himself as the strongest, even though he got beaten up by Shrimpo a few times-