Synopsis

Here is the synopsis to Toontown, copy and pasted from the server.

What is Toontown?
Toontown, in our story, refers to a town, well, made of toons! The general idea is that this is an AU of HLVRAI, where, when Tommy was little, Gman used his powers to create an entire universe- albeit a really small one, only the size of a small town- for Tommy to stay in while Gman was busy with work, like a babysitter or daycare, but where everything is catered to one kid!

Every resident in toontown was created to fit Tommy’s needs, to ensure Tommy’s safety and happiness- fix-it bots to fix broken toys, teachers to help with studies, G-man even recreated some of Tommy’s favorite cartoon characters inside the town, so Tommy could be friends with his favorite characters!

Significantly, Gman also created three siblings for Tommy to have, each of different ages. [REDACTED] (soon to become Sen), the youngest out of the group. Nico (soon to become Sunshine), who’s more close to Tommy in age. And Cristatus, the oldest of the group. All of them resided in Toontown their entire lives, while Tommy moves back and forth between worlds.

Over time, Tommy grew up. He stopped needing something to babysit him, and grew out of the childish presentation that Toontown had. Somewhere in his teen years, he left the town for good, leaving Sunshine in charge in his place. Why didn’t he visit? The portal, after being dormant for so long, eventually sputtered out and died. Nobody could cross into either world, they were both stuck like that.

Now, something to note about the town, is that even though Tommy may not be in it, it’s still very connected to him. Directly with his emotions, in fact. Every time Tommy felt a lot of any emotion in the outside world, it directly affected town. Subconsciously, accidentally, Tommy would make new toons pop into existence every so often. If Tommy was really happy about something? 2 new toons would form into the toon world, smiling with the same energy he has. If he’s stressed? 4 new toons would manifest, all with some kind of traits that bled from the emotions Tommy was feeling at the time.

Over time, since all of these new toons weren’t created my Gman, they weren’t formed to appease Tommy. They had no idea who Tommy even was, half of the time. As such, the town started to change. Everyone formed their own lives, their own ideas, people began branching out and the town grew into something entirely independent.

But with independency, also comes the ability for chaos and evil.

The Prototypes
Now, while Tommy was a kid, Gman was still well working for Black Mesa- that’s why he had to create the toon world in the first place, he was so busy with his job. On the job, he met The Prototypes. For years, he simply did his job as was intended, until one day, he just couldn’t bare to see it anymore. He used his abilities to teleport every prototype out of Black Mesa, and knowing that toontown was the only place that the government couldn’t possibly find them, he made all of them residents there. On the agreement that all of them have to behave, stay at peace amongst themselves and amongst toons. And especially Tommy. This is important information to remember, because one prototype in particular will be very important for this next question...

What is “light”? What is the “void”?
“Light”, light energy, or simply called Energy at times, is the very power that Gman and Tommy control. Every toon is made out of Light, the town is made out of Light, the town is powered by Light. Only a Coolatta can harness and control light energy, so as of now, the only characters that can use light abilities that still reside within town are Sen, Sunshine, and Cristatus. Brings made from light are typically colorful, bright, happy. The more light you hold, the more neon and cheery you can be.

That being said, the “Void”, also called just void, darkness, shadows, is the exact opposite of that.

The void is controlled by a being named Betzalel (Yep, that’s that prototype I told you would come in later). Betzalel controls these two “rings” that surround the entirety of Toontown, like a border. In the very beginning, the void was harmless. It was used as refuge for toons with sensory issues, or toons who just wanted to be alone, because the bright lights and loud noises of town are a lot to take in for some people, sometimes overstimulating. The void was a nice, quiet, darker place.

Voidwalkers
Almost right after Tommy left, something happened to Betzalel, something that made Betzalel cross, angry. Spiteful. Hate rage. Betzalel swore off all toons, wanting to destroy all of them, destroy the town. B made the void infectious, dangerous to toons. B made it darker, now it consisted of two rings instead of one. Void and light are polar opposites, they hurt each other, and they can’t both coexist in the same place. Betzalel made it so that any toon that would venture into the dark borders of town would be infected- a “Voidwalker”. If a toon stayed in the first ring for too long, their body would slowly start to drain of color, they would get weaker, they would start forgetting things. Less happy. More unstable, in some cases, sometimes fading in and out of existence, glitching, or just falling apart. The infection is different for everyone, but the main idea is that once you’re fully infected, you’re almost an entirely different person. Either devoid of color or very minimal. Most toons forget everything about their past life in toontown, they forget they ever were a toon, they believe the void is the only home they’ve ever known.

In response to the infectious void, Sunshine (who is the main controller of the Light ever since Tommy left) made the light harmful to Voidwalkers as well. Light will damage Void, and void will damage light.