Dread of the Dead: Toontown cogs' Ghost stories

Rudolph the depressed bigwig

The sky over Lawbot HQ was once again dark grey with smog, filling the air with a foul stench that can make anyone even cogs sick. Rudolph laid still in his bed, his eyes closed shut, his mind racing yet very tired. He was thinking about how once again, a sleepless night has passed. His insomnia was getting worse. Another night filled with just closing his eyes and resting on that uneasy verge of being awake and falling into that sweet REM cycle. It's been like this for a year now and it's starting to affect his work; in fact today he has a meeting about it with his superiors and the Chief Justice himself. Rudolph dreaded the idea about going especially so early in the morning. He's never fully himself in the morning, then again he hasn't been himself since the incident.

The alarm clock on his phone blared out it's usual loud sting of beeps; breaking the silence of the deathly quiet room. Rudolph groggily opened his eyes and shut it off completely. It was futile to try and sleep late, might as well get up early. He stood up from his bed, his body felt heavy and his head began to spin; yet, he still had energy. It felt like he was pushing his body to the most limits of fatigue and performance at the same time. He felt overly warm, yet clammy and pale. He turned on the light in his bathroom, the sudden flash burning into his retinas, he had no reaction to it, he was used to it at this point, along with the blurry vision and dry eyes he had. He stumbled in like a zombie and turned on the shower to the coldest setting. This is one of the many ways he attempts to energize himself in the morning.

It worked a couple times, lately its effectiveness slowly dwindled away as he kept doing it. He just stands there in the shower hoping to feel the shock of the icy cold water, but he has done this so many times. He thinks he's too tired to feel it anymore.

After he gets himself ready and fully dressed in the traditional lawbot suit. He began to make his breakfast. A cup of oil and half a pot of coffee. Yes, he drinks an entire half pot of coffee. Another one of his tricks to barely be alert for the day. It really just makes him tired with a racing heart, but it's better than nothing. As the coffee brews he uses an old curling iron to curl the ends of his hair into what bigwigs usually wear. He doesn't like the thought of wearing a wig. So when he was upgraded to a bigwig he asked for real hair to be implanted in his head. So now he has super long hair that takes forever to curl.

As Rudolph waited he curled up the overly long strands into a frizzy curled up mess. It looked almost like a normal bigwig hairstyle, so good enough. The coffee finished brewing so Rudolph sat down for breakfast. After breakfast he leaves his apartment. As he goes out another bigwig who happened to also be his brother, Isaac, walks down the hallway to go to his own apartment. Isaac was carrying his high heeled shoes in one hand walking barefooted. A closer look at his outfit showed that he had on his lawbot jacket, but a sparkly club dress was under it. Classic Isaac, always deviating from the norm.

Rudolph enjoyed his company and his witty banter. He never got to know about his life after he moved out, but he does speak to him from time to time.

"Shame! Shame! Shame!" Rudolph teased as Isaac walked.

"You know that to me that's barely an insult... How are you? Did you manage to sleep last night?" Isaac smirked.

"No... Just another 'close eyes and pretend that I did' senario again." Rudolph replied sadly.

Isaac stopped in front of his door before he took out his keys he looked up at Rudolph with concern. "You said you've been to every mechanic and spin doctor, right?"

Rudolph nodded. "I popped so many sleeping pills I might as well start a pharmacy. Even the strongest pill I can get doesn't help. I drank myself to a stupor many times, I drank scalding milk and tea. I bought so many essential oils I rival that of a facebook Karen. Nothing, man... I don't know what's wrong with me."