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hi if i go too long without making toontown lore posts ill die so heres some more worldbuilding for my toontown story (mainly related to cog fighting) ive been meaning to put down for a while LMAO

cog fighting is completely voluntary and not something the toon council forces on toons. forcing a toon to fight cogs instead of letting them choose for themself is very frowned upon by the toon council and most toons in general, and there can be repercussions for it. of course the toon council wants all the help they can get but theres plenty of reasons why a toon might not fight cogs. for example, most shopkeepers wouldnt have the time to fight cogs as theyre mostly focused on running their shops where they provide different and still necessary services to toontown

its actually very crucial that some toons dont fight cogs, if every single toon was a cog fighter, there wouldnt be enough doctors, firefighters, janitors, cooks, etc, and all of that stuff is pretty important. even most sos toons dont fight cogs a whole lot most of the time, and mainly just do so when theyre called in for help from their sos cards. for toons who provide important services that do fight cogs as well, they usually only have a very limited amount of gags, typically just carrying one or two gag tracks

usually, the youngest age a toon can start fighting cogs is 13 with parental consent, in some cases they can start fighting cogs at age 10 with parental consent and specific approval from the toon council, though these cases are uncommon. if a toon starts fighting cogs under the age of 13, they will need to have an older chaperone with them at all times when fighting cogs. in general, toons below the age of 16 are under curfew, where they after a certain time, they have to be back home or stay in the playgrounds in the presence of their parents or other trusted guardians. after the cogs started invading toontown, curfew was extended to fighting cogs as well. cog-fighting curfew is earlier than regular curfew however, which means that toons under 16 can only fight cogs for a few hours each day

to join the toon resistance, toons have to be at least 18 years old and preferably already have a decent amount of cog-fighting experience. the toon resistance deals with more dangerous and urgent matters in terms of fighting cogs, and so its deemed incredibly unsafe for toons under 18 to become resistance rangers

with there being a lot of toons who have volunteered to fight cogs, gags are in somewhat limited capacity. hammerspace does leave a lot of room but its not infinite, which is why toons are only allowed to carry up to six gag tracks and just one of each level 7 gag, with toons who have earned the smasher badge being allowed to carry just one extra level 7 gag of their choosing. if every cog-fighting toon was able to carry all seven gag tracks, there wouldnt be enough gags for all of them to use

toons typically start off with just two gag tracks, though some only choose to have one. most toons start off with throw and squirt, but are able to choose any one or two starting gag tracks, and whenever theyre able to start training for a new gag track, theyre able to choose any new gag track to train for that they dont already have. toons are able to change their gag setup if they so desire, but they have to specifically arrange this with the toon council, and are only able to change their gag setup a very limited amount of times