i disown this fic lmao i made so many weird and uncomfortable writing choices in it. keeping it up for archival purposes only.
Baseball, Lightbulb, and eventually Balloon are captured by Test Tube and forced to partake in experiments that slowly get...
Bot slowly woke up, stretching their limbs and blinking a few times. They sat up in their bed and gave themself a few minutes to fully 'boot up'. They didn't really feel like eating breakfast that morning, which wasn't an issue since they didn't need to eat anyway. They grabbed their sketchbook from their bedside table and started doodling some random stuff in it. They heard a loud yawn from the other side of the room and looked over. Goo was just starting to wake up now, stretching himself up.
"G'morning goo!" Bot called out, going back to drawing.
Goo squished down back to normal and looked over at Bot. "Good morning!!"
They both sat in comfortable silence for a few moments, Goo taking some time to wake up.
"So, how's the investigation going? You guys find any new leads?"
Bot tilted their head, not looking up from their sketchbook. "Eh, not really. We asked a bunch more people but none of them knew anything. But that does give us a bigger list of people who didn't do it, so it still helps I guess."
"Mhm. That's a good way to look at it. Any ideas of who it could've been?"
Bot shook their head. "Nobody seems guilty at all, it's kinda weird."
They remained silent for a few moments. Bot finished a doodle, which even they were impressed by. They tilted the sketchbook over so that Goo could see it. "Dude check this out!"
Goo looked up at it. "Woah! That's so cool!!" He exclaimed.
"Right??" Bot tilted their sketchbook back.
Goo glanced at the alarm clock on his bedside table. "Wanna go get breakfast?" He asked.
Bot also looked at the time. They still didn't feel like eating, but they figured going downstairs to just hang out would be fun anyway. Plus, they could talk to Fan and Paintbrush about the investigation some more. "Sure." They agreed.
The two went downstairs and into the hotel's kitchen. Goo carried a plate of pancakes on his head back to a table and started eating them. Bot sat down next to him and they just talked about random shit for a few minutes.
Bot spotted Paintbrush and Fan talking near by, and waved over to them. They noticed them, and walked over.
"Hey! You guys get any new info?" Bot asked.
"We found out what Cheesy was doing yesterday, but that's it so far." Fan replied, Paintbrush nodding.
"Man, this sounds like a really tough case..." Goo observed.
"Yeah, I'm honestly getting kinda worn out from the stress of all this.." Paintbrush said.
"Hm... ever thought about calling the police?" Goo asked.
"No no don't call them they're looking for me." Trophy called out calmly from the table next to them. Everyone, including Cheesy who was sitting next to him, slowly turned to face him.
"...Whyyyyy....?" Paintbrush questioned.
"Arson." Trophy answered, casually eating his waffles.
"HUH-WHAT THE HELL DID YOU BURN??" Paintbrush leaned over and stared at Trophy.
"Trash can." He responded.
"They're looking for you over that?" Cheesy asked.
"Well then it spread to a tree," Trophy continued.
Fan blinked. "Trophy you could've burned down a forest-"
"And then to a building. And then I booked it outta there so I don't know what else it got." Trophy took another bite of his waffles. Everyone stared at him in astonishment.
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"Okay I'm just going to pretend that I didn't hear that-" Goo said.
"Right so the case." Bot stated, trying to get them back on track.
"Yeah yeah okay so what do we do." Fan looked at the others.
"Uhhhh... Maybe we could ask OJ to arrange a meeting or something?" Paintbrush suggested. "Like with everyone at the hotel. And see if anyone knows some other details about it."
"Yeah that could work," Bot agreed. "But what do we ask everyone?"
"Well I think Test Tube's lab was a pretty good lead," Fan suggested. "Maybe we could ask if anyone knows the code?"
Paintbrush took out their notepad and wrote that down. "Okay, okay, anything else?"
They all threw around ideas for a few minutes and eventually came up with a good list of questions and info points.
"Looks good to me," Fan said, looking over the notepad. "Let's go ask OJ to set up the meeting for tomorrow."
"Awesome!" Bot got up from their chair. "Be right back, Goo."
"Okay!" Go responded, watching the other three walk away.
Paintbrush knocked on the door to the manager's office and hear a faint "Come in!" from the other side. They opened the door and saw OJ writing on some documents at his desk.
OJ looked up and put the pen down. "Oh hey! Big lead on the case, I'm assuming?"
"Not exactly," Bot answered. "We're wondering if we could set up some sort of meeting or announcement thing with everyone tomorrow."
"Oh- Uh... Yeah I think I could arrange that. What exactly are you gonna say?" OJ asked.
Paintbrush handed him the notepad with all the points on it. "We'll just make sure everyone knows the basic info about it and ask a few questions on our major leads."
OJ skimmed through the notes and handed it back to them. "Ahh, okay, okay." He thought for a moment. "I don't think many people would be busy at 11, does that work?"
"That's great! Thanks!" Fan exclaimed. Paintbrush and Bot nodded.
"Alrighty, I'll tell everyone about it. Hopefully someone knows anything helpful." OJ said.
"Yeah, same." Paintbrush agreed. "Thanks for all your help so far, OJ."
OJ nodded. "Of course! They're my friends too, I want this solved just as much as you guys."
"See you at the meeting then!" Bot said, waving at OJ.
"Yep!" OJ watched the three of them leave his office. He booted up his laptop and started working on a flyer of sorts about the meeting. "Let's hope the printer will work right." He said to himself.
Bot slowly woke up, stretching their limbs and blinking a few times. They sat up in their bed and gave themself a few minutes to fully 'boot up'. They suddenly felt a breeze coming from the other side of the room and looked over. The window on the other wall was opened a bit, and the sun shined through and onto the bed below it. Bot looked down at the bed and suddenly realized something.
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