Post by Duckguy on Sept 24, 2013 20:05:59 GMT -5
The colors faded more and more the closer she got to the end of Tenor Terrace.
To Brittany it looked like the brightness was leaking out of the scenery and the sky itself. Like bright paint being washed away and replaced in greyscale. And those were just where the Cogs hadn’t already converted the shops to their own use.
All in all, maybe two or three empty shops still remained. The rest had been absorbed in quick succession.
As she walked down the street she had to continually move around the scattered remnants of the battles, . The Toons had tried rather valiantly to keep a hold on the Terrace, but they ultimately had to retreat. Donald’s Dreamland had fallen in similar fashion. They had fought tooth and nail against the robots, but the Cogs had had the upper hand with their new tactics.
The pieces seemed to be from the Toons’ own strategies. Luring Toons into a trap and quickly hitting them with a strange new blaster.
Toons hit by this new blaster were left frozen where they stood. They were not saddened, but rendered completely helpless and unable to flee. Most of the afflicted were captured after every battle was said and done, but those recovered from the field proved hard to treat. It was said that Loony Labs scientists had to use intense and undisclosed methods to free the victims.
What had happened to those who were taken, no one could say.
Brittany did not consider herself sentimental by any stretch of the imagination, but seeing this all made her feel a tad sad. Whether it was because of actual emotion or a knowing that things were only going to get more difficult for thieves, she couldn’t say. She suspected the latter.
Either way, knowing what happened to the unlucky ones that crossed the Cogs’ path, along with the wild rumors, effectively put the cat on edge.
She was nearing the end of the street, and it looked like all the life had been stolen from it. Not only that, the tunnel entrance seemed to be a yawning mouth that held nothing but darkness. Hesitating at the threshold Brittany noticed hurried scrawl on the ‘Lullaby Lane Ahead’ sign. It was barely coherent, what she could make out was a sloppy painting of a gear and several exclamation points written in jagged black.
She sighed, and was about to step in when a rock skidded across the way towards her.
The thief grinned, of course he would be ahead of her already.
A short blue bear with a knack for stealth leaned on the wall, shadowed.
Brittany motioned to her arm and Benton returned that with a grin and a quick flash of the Code Injector prototype.
The Code Injector was a marvel and far ahead of most Toon technology. From what both of them knew, it could literally force commands into machines and electronics. Neither knew the technical specs, they doubt it mattered anyway. The thing was relatively simple to use, and had worked on the machines they had tested.
Currently it was strapped on Benton’s wrist. It was a small thing, covered in clear plastic to protect the complex things within. It had several codes preloaded and set on neatly labeled buttons. They read: KNOCKOUT, DISCONNECT, and READOUT.
That prototype was a prize between the two. Their mission to steal it in the first place was worthy of a movie, at least in Brittany’s opinion. Though Loony Labs had decent security, it was mostly set to work against Cogs or their devices. Clearly the scientists thought that bad Toons either weren’t clever enough to take them on or didn’t stick around the brighter side of Toontown. While that was true in most cases, the pair of thieves had the ability to keep themselves looking normal and straight edged. They saw it like a game more than anything else.
As they moved towards each other they did not greet each other or even say a word; they simply nodded in acknowledgement. Brittany wasn’t sure if their refrain was necessary or pointless. If the Cogs had placed cameras around the street, then they would be seen, silence or not. But no one had been sent to scout the area, so that’s all they could hope for at the moment.
The two walked together to the tunnel’s entrance. The blackness therein was complete, but with a bit of reassurance (and pressure) from the other, the two stepped through and into the dark.
--
She and Benton, a fellow thief, were going to infiltrate Cashbot headquarters. He wanted help in stealing part of the cog's technology, claiming that the tech would give them power over the toons. His reasoning did make sense, as the cogs have grown to be more powerful, and perhaps this tech would make Brittany and Benton more powerful as well.
--
The two tensed. This prototype had no guarantees, and if it failed then they’d be lucky to make it out in one piece.
Benton, who seemed much surer in this whole thing than Brittany could even pretend to be, moved forward an inch at a time. His steps were slow and soundless. The two were very practiced at stealth, and that was a very good thing since the two large Skelecogs in the immediate area seemed to be very alert.
'Not like they used to be.' The cat thought uneasily.
The Cogs she was used to were not contemplative or curious. They always seemed to just be follow orders or their programming. To Brit and Benton, they had never posed a real threat given their short sightedness and their apparent inability to run. Most of the time, they could simply be avoided or maneuvered around. And even if it came down to a fight, they were simple to destroy no matter the power or rank. (Excluding the Bosses, who seemed to never really go away properly.)
--
The Skelecogs scanned the room with their eyes. They didn't move or indicate that they had heard anything. The two Toons couldn't be sure if that was actually the case.
Brittany felt tension rising in her stomach. If they were caught and couldn't get away, it wouldn't be pretty for either party.
Benton knew exactly what to do. He pointed the pointing device at both of the cogs and hit the DISCONNECT button. Then, the robots spotted the toons and the first one tried to contact the cog bosses while the second one pulled out his sadness blaster and started firing. One blast from the device barely avoided Brittany's knuckles, leaving behind a little burn that made her lose a few of her laff points.
The first skelecog was repeatedly shooting his sadness blaster while the second robot was repeatedly trying to contact the cogs and post a red alert, but to no avail. When the second cog saw that contacting the other cogs was useless, he pulled out his own toon saddening device and started blasting it at both of the toons. This didn't surprise Benton nor scared him. He hit the KNOCKOUT button on the code injector and the skelecogs stopped moving for a second. Then the robots exploded. Brittany and Benton fell to the ground and put their hands over their heads.
After the gears settled, the toons pushed themselves up using their hands and going into the massive tunnel. It read: COG HQ
-------
This is...
BREAKING REALITY
A collab between Breloom, Harmonify, Domino, and Duckguy
COMING SOON
To Brittany it looked like the brightness was leaking out of the scenery and the sky itself. Like bright paint being washed away and replaced in greyscale. And those were just where the Cogs hadn’t already converted the shops to their own use.
All in all, maybe two or three empty shops still remained. The rest had been absorbed in quick succession.
As she walked down the street she had to continually move around the scattered remnants of the battles, . The Toons had tried rather valiantly to keep a hold on the Terrace, but they ultimately had to retreat. Donald’s Dreamland had fallen in similar fashion. They had fought tooth and nail against the robots, but the Cogs had had the upper hand with their new tactics.
The pieces seemed to be from the Toons’ own strategies. Luring Toons into a trap and quickly hitting them with a strange new blaster.
Toons hit by this new blaster were left frozen where they stood. They were not saddened, but rendered completely helpless and unable to flee. Most of the afflicted were captured after every battle was said and done, but those recovered from the field proved hard to treat. It was said that Loony Labs scientists had to use intense and undisclosed methods to free the victims.
What had happened to those who were taken, no one could say.
Brittany did not consider herself sentimental by any stretch of the imagination, but seeing this all made her feel a tad sad. Whether it was because of actual emotion or a knowing that things were only going to get more difficult for thieves, she couldn’t say. She suspected the latter.
Either way, knowing what happened to the unlucky ones that crossed the Cogs’ path, along with the wild rumors, effectively put the cat on edge.
She was nearing the end of the street, and it looked like all the life had been stolen from it. Not only that, the tunnel entrance seemed to be a yawning mouth that held nothing but darkness. Hesitating at the threshold Brittany noticed hurried scrawl on the ‘Lullaby Lane Ahead’ sign. It was barely coherent, what she could make out was a sloppy painting of a gear and several exclamation points written in jagged black.
She sighed, and was about to step in when a rock skidded across the way towards her.
The thief grinned, of course he would be ahead of her already.
A short blue bear with a knack for stealth leaned on the wall, shadowed.
Brittany motioned to her arm and Benton returned that with a grin and a quick flash of the Code Injector prototype.
The Code Injector was a marvel and far ahead of most Toon technology. From what both of them knew, it could literally force commands into machines and electronics. Neither knew the technical specs, they doubt it mattered anyway. The thing was relatively simple to use, and had worked on the machines they had tested.
Currently it was strapped on Benton’s wrist. It was a small thing, covered in clear plastic to protect the complex things within. It had several codes preloaded and set on neatly labeled buttons. They read: KNOCKOUT, DISCONNECT, and READOUT.
That prototype was a prize between the two. Their mission to steal it in the first place was worthy of a movie, at least in Brittany’s opinion. Though Loony Labs had decent security, it was mostly set to work against Cogs or their devices. Clearly the scientists thought that bad Toons either weren’t clever enough to take them on or didn’t stick around the brighter side of Toontown. While that was true in most cases, the pair of thieves had the ability to keep themselves looking normal and straight edged. They saw it like a game more than anything else.
As they moved towards each other they did not greet each other or even say a word; they simply nodded in acknowledgement. Brittany wasn’t sure if their refrain was necessary or pointless. If the Cogs had placed cameras around the street, then they would be seen, silence or not. But no one had been sent to scout the area, so that’s all they could hope for at the moment.
The two walked together to the tunnel’s entrance. The blackness therein was complete, but with a bit of reassurance (and pressure) from the other, the two stepped through and into the dark.
--
She and Benton, a fellow thief, were going to infiltrate Cashbot headquarters. He wanted help in stealing part of the cog's technology, claiming that the tech would give them power over the toons. His reasoning did make sense, as the cogs have grown to be more powerful, and perhaps this tech would make Brittany and Benton more powerful as well.
--
The two tensed. This prototype had no guarantees, and if it failed then they’d be lucky to make it out in one piece.
Benton, who seemed much surer in this whole thing than Brittany could even pretend to be, moved forward an inch at a time. His steps were slow and soundless. The two were very practiced at stealth, and that was a very good thing since the two large Skelecogs in the immediate area seemed to be very alert.
'Not like they used to be.' The cat thought uneasily.
The Cogs she was used to were not contemplative or curious. They always seemed to just be follow orders or their programming. To Brit and Benton, they had never posed a real threat given their short sightedness and their apparent inability to run. Most of the time, they could simply be avoided or maneuvered around. And even if it came down to a fight, they were simple to destroy no matter the power or rank. (Excluding the Bosses, who seemed to never really go away properly.)
--
The Skelecogs scanned the room with their eyes. They didn't move or indicate that they had heard anything. The two Toons couldn't be sure if that was actually the case.
Brittany felt tension rising in her stomach. If they were caught and couldn't get away, it wouldn't be pretty for either party.
Benton knew exactly what to do. He pointed the pointing device at both of the cogs and hit the DISCONNECT button. Then, the robots spotted the toons and the first one tried to contact the cog bosses while the second one pulled out his sadness blaster and started firing. One blast from the device barely avoided Brittany's knuckles, leaving behind a little burn that made her lose a few of her laff points.
The first skelecog was repeatedly shooting his sadness blaster while the second robot was repeatedly trying to contact the cogs and post a red alert, but to no avail. When the second cog saw that contacting the other cogs was useless, he pulled out his own toon saddening device and started blasting it at both of the toons. This didn't surprise Benton nor scared him. He hit the KNOCKOUT button on the code injector and the skelecogs stopped moving for a second. Then the robots exploded. Brittany and Benton fell to the ground and put their hands over their heads.
After the gears settled, the toons pushed themselves up using their hands and going into the massive tunnel. It read: COG HQ
-------
This is...
BREAKING REALITY
A collab between Breloom, Harmonify, Domino, and Duckguy
COMING SOON