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|^.[ Little Thief ].^|

(Very sorry that I haven't gotten to writing the requested ships! Life as always has been busy and
motivation is running low. But anyways, enjoy!)

The room hummed with music from the radio sitting on the counter top.
Two toon handlers sat at a table in the background, chatting and drinking pop soda. Across the room, one toon handler was knelt down on the floor, giving a toon handfuls of candy. The toon shoved the half candy in her mouth while tossing the rest up and into her head. The toon handler loved watching the toon try and do tricks as she tossed the candy up into the air, giving a small applause each time.

"Ehh, you know it's unhealthy to feed a toon too much candy, right?" One of the toon handlers sitting at the table said, turning to watch the two. "But look at the cool tricks she does!" The first toon handler argued. "Still." The third chimed in "Be a little mature won't you? Stop giving her candy." The first toon handler grumbled and put the remaining pieces of candy he had in his pocket. The toon stared up at him as he walked away, a slightly annoyed expression painted on her face.

The first toon handler walked over to the table "You two got a pop to spare?"
"Sure." The third handler said, passing him a soda.
The three got looped into a conversation, ranting about their fellow staff members and random stuff.
"Haha! And the-"
"Uhm.. Was the door always opened?"

The three handlers quickly turned towards the door, anxiety rushing over them.
"Where'd Gigi go?..."

...

Toodles scurried through the hallway, bouncing up and down as she knocked on Rodger's door. "RODGER RODGER RODGER!!" The little child chanted. Rodger tiredly opened his door "What is it Toodles?"
"THERES A NEW TOON!! A NEW BEST FRIEND!!!"
"Oh Toodles." Rodger patted her on the head and chuckled "They're not arriving for a while. Sorry kiddo, but the toon handlers are still working with them."
Toodles frowned and sighed.
"But don't worry, I'm sure you'll see them eventually. Why don't you go help out Goob and Scraps? I heard they were working on some crafting today."
"Okay Rodger!!" Toodles said, her spirit immediately lifting at the thought of crafts.

She skipped towards Scraps and Goob's room with a cheerful attitude. Toodles knocked on their door, staring up at the yellow paper craft as she opened the door. A disappointed expression was planted on her face, concerning Toodles. "Scraps!! What's wrong?!" The little eightball asked. "Well, me and Goob were about to make bracelets, but all our supplies disappeared!" Scraps replied, sighing as her ears drooped. "That's awful!!..." Toodles hesitated before a confident smile appeared on her face "Don't worry Scraps! I'll find your supplies!" Scraps ears went up and her eyes widened with hope "Really?"
"Yes!! I'll go look for them right now!!" Toodles said before turning and running down the hallway with determination.

Halfway down the hall, she stopped and realization hit her.
It wasn't gonna be that easy to find Goob and Scraps art supplies, she needed to think, which for a little kid, that was REALLY hard to do without being so distracted and impatient. She didn't want her friends to be sad! She wanted to find out where the supplies went as soon as she could so she could make Scraps and Goob feel better!! Toodles suddenly noticed a small shimmering on the ground. Glue and glitter was dripped on the carpet by her feet, leading further down the hall. Toodles eyes widened, immediately beginning to follow the trail. It lead her pretty far, through the toon rooms, to the kitchen, and eventually to the middle of the Lobby where the trail ended. Toodles frowned "Where are those supplies?!" She shouted down at the little puddle of glue and glitter that was left.

Suddenly, rummaging could be heard coming from Dandy's store.
Toodles quickly turned around and ran over to the shop. She jumped up and clutched the edge of the counter, trying to pull herself up to see what was going on back there, but her hands slipped. Before she could fall backwards onto the floor, a set of arms caught her and pulled her back up.

"Mwehehe! An eightball? I don't have one of those in my collection yet!" A strange red toon said.
"Wha- Let me go!!" Toodles frowned, squirming.
"Huh?! It's alive?!" The gachapon said in alarm.
"Yea! And I don't belong in a collection, thank you!"
"Huh, no wonder. I thought you were a little too big for a regular eightball." The red toon sat Toodles back down on the counter "Hey kid, what's your name? Im Gigi!"
"Im Toodles, you don't look familiar... Rodger always told me to be careful around strangers!"
"I'm no stranger little eightball! In fact, I'm the new toon!" Gigi proudly announced.
Toodles let out an awed gasp "Woah, really?!"
"Yeah!!.. But the toon handlers don't know I'm out here and I'm really not supposed to be..."
"..So you're breaking the rules? But that's bad!"
"Shhh! You can't let anyone know I'm here! Promise to keep a secret?"
Toodles eyes directed from her to her transparent head with a smile "Only if you give me back those art supplies."
"Awwwwhh... Are you sure?" Gigi said with Toodles nodding in response.
"Fine.. But don't go back on your promise or else I might put you in my eightball collection!" Gigi joked.
"Hehe!.. You won't really.. Right?"
Gigi giggled "..Maaaayyybeee..."

Gigi popped open her head and handed Toodles the taken art supplies.
Toodles turned around, noticing two worried toon handlers walking by, looking around as if they were searching for something.
By the time Toodles shifted her gaze from them Back to where Gigi was, she was already long gone. A little disappointed she didn't get to say bye, Toodles began walking back to the toon rooms with the retrieved art supplies in hand.

...

A toon handler came walking into the room, exhausted and worried.
He had searched everywhere for Gigi, but had no luck. His gaze turned from the floor to the small makeshift bed made for Gigi, the tension in his mood fading as he noticed the gachapon lying sound asleep in bed. What was strange was there were new things in her head... Had he given her those before?

The toon handler shook the thought off.
He walked over to the light switch and flicked the lights off,
heading to his desk to finish his work before going to bed.

(1099 words!)