Moxy's Return

Returning in complete imperfection.

Moxy stepped into the institute of perfection, the weird set-standard city that rejected her the minute she arrived, at least the slide was still as fun as the first time. She stepped up to the machine, the exact same one that malfunctioned the first time, coincidently, although the Machine didn't blow up in her face this time, no no, now Moxy was "perfect", and that machine was programed to pamper people like her now. The Machine spoke.

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝/𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕." Moxy wasn't too surprised, she had always been the crafty type, the Recycling bin didn't change that. A few of the dolls looked at her weirdly, not because of her appearance, but because it wasn't everyday a doll got a more creative job. A few of the dolls made small talk about the new doll, whispering to each other. "Say, does her hair look familiar to you two?" The other boys nodded. "Honestly...kinda, yeah-" Moxy simply whipped her hair and strutted to where the lessons take place. She wasn't scared of anyone finding out it was her, in fact she was counting on it. She was waiting for the moment to see the fear and regret is Lou's eyes, and besides, she wasn't here to make friends, the people at the institute were too judgmental for her liking, even if she was "perfect" now and wouldn't face it, she'd still rather not be around people who would be willing to do that. Moxy was here for one thing, and that was to pace the gamlet. If Lou was right about one thing, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥.

It was getting late at the institute, and Moxy wasn't exactly sure where everyone was supposed to go, she groaned, looks like it was back the the old supplies room. Moxy walked into the room closing the door behind her, laying down on some of the boxes beforing hearing a yelp. "WOAH! Sorry, I didn't know this place was taken." Moxy's eyes widened, was that Lucky Bat!? "Hey, calm down! It's okay, I just went into the supplies room because I didn't know where all the other dolls designated spots were." Lucky Bat nodded, smiling. "Alrighty then...say, have you seen a pink doll kind of similar to me running around the institute by chance? She was of threat of getting recycled about a year ago, and I'm afraid we were too late..." Moxy looked at the ground, saddened. She new he wouldn't believe it was her, but at the same time, she didn't want to scare him, so she thought of a quick story. "I did actually! She came back recently and Lou's actually letting her run the gamlet, surprisingly with no hesitation." She wasn't exactly fibbing, she did recently come back, and she did meet Lou's stupid expectations now, she most likely could. Lucky Bat sighed in relief, almost tearing up. "Oh my goodness, that's such a relief! I thought she was gone...but I can't help but be suspicious of Lou's sudden cooperative nature..." Moxy shrugged. "Same here, Honestly. Don't worry, though! If he knows one thing, it's that she's unstoppable." Lucky Bat smiled. "Yeah, that's sure true." He went towards the door. "In that case, I'm gonna go find her. Say, what's your name?" Moxy chuckled. "We have the same name. Nice meeting you!" Lucky Bat nodded. "It sure was, I'm Lucky Bat, before I go-" He closed the door as he started running in excitement. Moxy's smile soon turned into a frown, Lucky Bat was never gonna find Moxy, not the one he remembered anyway. There's no way he'd believe she got recycled and somehow kept all her memory, so she basically told him that just to disappoint him. She sighed as she crossed her arms behind her head, slowly falling asleep.

Moxy woke up the next day, pumped up as she ran to where the lessons would be held. She sat herself in a desk in the third row, smiling evily as Lou got up on stage, today was going to be fun. Lou adjusted his tie as he soon began to explain the lesson. "Good morning, everybody! I see some new faces in the crowd, and wow, this is new, I can't see a single imperfection about any of you." Moxy chuckled, oh how the tables have turned. "I'm glad to see the improvement. Now, let's hope you don't unlock any bruises during today's lessons, because we're going through one messy obstacle course, and believe me, getting through that without a single mark is your ticket to avoid in the wash, and believe me, you want to stay out of there..." He made his way towards the washer. Moxy sighed, already knowing all of this from her first visit. Once Lou was done explaining, he handed everyone a sewing pin as he explained the challenge. Moxy gave a determined smile as she looked at the pin, she knew she could do this, especially without any biased cheating. "I see the determination in your eyes ma'am, and I like it!" Lou took a closer look at her "Say, have we met before, I swear something about you is so familiar." Moxy shrugged. "I was made literally yesterday, so I don't think that's possible." She didn't want Lou to know who she was just yet, she wanted to wait for the perfect time. "Alrighty then...everyone, to the starting line!" Everyone nodded as they made their way there, getting ready to run. "Remember, if you get a single mark, it's straight to the wash!" Moxy rolled her eyes. "On your marks, get set, go!" Moxy almost immediately took the lead, speeding through the course with ease. It was definitely helping now that she had a more human figure, it put her stubby legs having to master this to shame, now she was a pro, with seemingly no flaws. Moxy jumped onto the Trampoline, back-flipping past the finish line, karate chopping it aggressively before posing innocently in front of Lou. "That was amazing! What's your name, because oh my God, that was fire! There's no way you're knew here." Moxy smiled, now was perfect. "Maybe because I'm not..." She posed with her sewing nail, giving her classic smile. Lou looked at her in complete shock. "Moxy...?" She smirked. "Long time no see, Louis..." Lou's face soon went from shock to a bright smile, confusing Moxy. "I knew it...." Moxy looked at him weirdly.. "Know what?" He gave his classic smile. "That we'd see each other again." He went to hug the determined girl. "Welcome back, Moxy..." Moxy stood there, not scared or happy...just....so confused....

"𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣..."

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅.