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Prologue
The year is 2005. The company called Nickelodeon is renowned for its many shows, its many cartoons, as are all cartoon channels. But what if there's more beneath the surface then there seems? Each network that hires cartoonists does not merely draw lots of pictures, color them and put them all together. What they do is bring the sketches to life, giving them personalities and feelings. They give them a whole other dimension to live in when new episodes are not being filmed, to keep them from the sight of the general public. In this world, the cartoons are given another job, aside from the acting on their shows. Instead of just drawing new characters to life, the companies charter the stars of each show to actually go inside the minds of their creator, to locate a certain idea in the cartoonist's head, and bring it back into their home dimension. Depending on certain traits the cartoonist's idea is made with, the new idea is given form and the chance to get a job on their deliverer's show. But to do that, the new cartoons must travel across the artificial world on a dangerous trek to the employment office at the edge of the world, where they will get a job depending on aforementioned characteristics. Most of the time the character is merely a bit player or an extra, but sometimes a character is something more. If a cartoon has what it takes to be something greater than an extra, like a regular or even a costar, then their method of travel to the employment office is greatly affected. If this new character is popular enough with the viewers of the show, then the star of the show stands to get a promotion and/or a raise. This system of incentive is good, for it keeps the cartoon employees of Nickelodeon in line and provides them with something to do offset. But what happens when the system is abused or even manipulated to suit the desires of one being? What happens if the company itself becomes corrupt? With this little teaser I leave you, for now…
Prologue
The year is 2005. The company called Nickelodeon is renowned for its many shows, its many cartoons, as are all cartoon channels. But what if there's more beneath the surface then there seems? Each network that hires cartoonists does not merely draw lots of pictures, color them and put them all together. What they do is bring the sketches to life, giving them personalities and feelings. They give them a whole other dimension to live in when new episodes are not being filmed, to keep them from the sight of the general public. In this world, the cartoons are given another job, aside from the acting on their shows. Instead of just drawing new characters to life, the companies charter the stars of each show to actually go inside the minds of their creator, to locate a certain idea in the cartoonist's head, and bring it back into their home dimension. Depending on certain traits the cartoonist's idea is made with, the new idea is given form and the chance to get a job on their deliverer's show. But to do that, the new cartoons must travel across the artificial world on a dangerous trek to the employment office at the edge of the world, where they will get a job depending on aforementioned characteristics. Most of the time the character is merely a bit player or an extra, but sometimes a character is something more. If a cartoon has what it takes to be something greater than an extra, like a regular or even a costar, then their method of travel to the employment office is greatly affected. If this new character is popular enough with the viewers of the show, then the star of the show stands to get a promotion and/or a raise. This system of incentive is good, for it keeps the cartoon employees of Nickelodeon in line and provides them with something to do offset. But what happens when the system is abused or even manipulated to suit the desires of one being? What happens if the company itself becomes corrupt? With this little teaser I leave you, for now…