#sorry for the inbox spam i am a heavy attention seeker and its legitimately affecting how i handle online people

[secret-room-item-pool]

lmao glad to see people like my Fucked Up thoughts :333

achem.

Toon creation happens in 4 stages. planning, incubation, the adjustment year and 'conditioning'.

planning is the concept art stage. sketch every single individual aspect of the Toon you want to make and run the design through one, two, three times. everything needs to be considered here. if theyre supposed to fly, make their bones hollow. if theyre supposed to be agile and athletic, make plans to adjust their circulation to prioritise muscles etc etc. this is one of the most important stages because every design is flawed, no matter what, and you need to think of how those flaws need to be patched up enough for the Toon to survive.

incubation is a lot less hands on and more waiting, but so much more finicky. a genetic stensil is put in an incubation tube, and a rough outline of the Toon's body will start to grow in coming months. the reason this is so finicky is that, unlike in human birth, not only do Toons use ichor [purified] instead of blood, but they won't need nutrients until their heart starts beating, and getting them into what is essentially an undeveloped fetus with no umbilical cord is a challenge. they need to be under near constant surveilance for this, because its an artificial dna stencil theyre using that mimics humanity, and if something mutates it needs to be fixed fast. about halfway in their heads are usually placed in a custom-made mold to develop the way they're supposed to. this isnt cruel, if the molds werent used youd just get a Toon unable to sense anything with a solid sheet of ichor for a head thatd starve to death in a few days.

after close to or slightly over a year in the tube, theyre removed from them. about this stage, they're pretty small, smaller than what they are ingame, and this is when handlers are designated. theyre then given a year to adjust to life and develop in the Gardenview facility. theyre pretty fragile and gummy for a bit, but when their skin goes firm, thats when they tend to start moving, speaking, the like. its important to let them around other Toons to get used to being around them, and give them a chance at being friends. if that cant happen for whatever reason, dandy [as the first and therefore oldest Toon made] has been 'conditioned' to keep them company so they dont go catatonic.

'conditioning' is when a Toon is taken from a group, connected to a machine and given a coded personality. the reason the adjustment year is so important is that it can directly affect how the Toon actually handles that personality. for example, scraps was supposed to be the original bully character, but that coding didn't work because her friendships overrode it. 'conditioning' is always effective, no matter how subtle, and it's always a stencil for a Toon to work around in figuring how they want to act.

except for shrimpo, but ill talk about him in another ask because hes a special case [my favourite] along with Toon death

- @secret-room-item-pool

wow this is so good?????