Artificial Normalcy

Artificial Normalcy

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Lightbulb wakes up in Hotel OJ to find everything... perfect. Too perfect. Everyone's acting like the best possible versions of themselves - Knife is gentle and soft-spoken, Taco and Pickle are happily together with no tension, and Balloon has completely dropped his desperate people-pleasing act. Even MePhone seems more stable and kind. At first, Lightbulb thinks this is amazing! All the conflict and drama that used to stress her out are gone. But something feels fundamentally wrong. The conversations are too polite, the smiles too consistent, and everyone keeps insisting they've "always been this way." When Lightbulb tries to bring up past arguments or drama, everyone looks at her with genuine confusion. "Lightbulb, why would you think Knife ever threatened anyone?" "Taco would never manipulate people, that's such a mean thing to suggest!" They seem genuinely hurt that she'd imply they were ever anything but perfect. She has to choose: pretend to be the "normal" version of herself that they want, or risk everything to restore her friends' true selves. But the more she fights against the artificial normalcy, the more she questions if maybe being "fixed" wouldn't be so bad after all... Content warning: Contains descriptions of medical content such as needles, surgeries, and existential stress. Also implied Lightbrush and a tad bit of Mephoj. Inspired by Will Wood's "Love Me, Normally", along with other songs. All characters are courtesy of Adamation, song references are courtesy of Will Wood. All cover art is mine. Woaahhh love me normallyyy woahh yeahhh woah yeaahhhh
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Hello! I am sprinklutzzz, and you are reading my OLD, BAD fanfic on the Roblox game, Dandy's World. This is a description on what this is about and a list of things to note as you read. So, let's dive in! Loose Strings, previously called The Ichor Operation (28/4/2025 - 23/10/2025), is similar to what Dandy's World is about: Toons are trapped in the Gardenview Education Center and Museum, which has closed on June 29th, 2002 due to allegations, lack of safety regulations, and a malfunction occuring. Now, they must survive with what they have, while doing machines to keep themselves alive. (This is why I think machines are done. Yes, I changed it.) Be careful though, don't touch the mysterious black substance called Ichor, or it'll turn you Twisted & thirsty for more. You wouldn't want to hurt your friends, right? (So much.. cringe.... *SOB* 。°(°¯᷄◠¯᷅°)°。) Things to note: " " = Someone is talking. ' " = Someone is thinking & saying something at the same time. ' ' = Someone is thinking. " ' ' " = Something is quoted. ' " " ' = Someone is signing something. I started writing this fanfic on April 28th, 2025 on Grammarly. I try to keep a high readability score + have good grammar, but there are some mistakes! Let me know if you see any! I've also used words to replace the word "said" from a website since I get sick of using "said" a lot! Link; https://www.spwickstrom.com/said/ I have added my Dandy's World OCs into this... a shit ton of 'em. All toon & twisted (re)designs will be revealed in a seperate book... look out for those if interested! I (try to) do my research before writing. I am staying true to most of the lore while adding bits of my own theories into this piece, along with ships and other shit. Cover picture isn't mine, just a placeholder till I make one! The rewrite may take a year or so, due to school, mental health, LOTS of needed research, and frequent demotivation. Thats all, byee! :3

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