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The elevator creeks and rumbles out metallic screechs of clear use over the years it's been here as it ascended up to the surface, serving it's purpose to all the toons that travel up and down it to reach a impossible goal. A lone toon is seen within the metal box, adorned with many supplies that should last a good amount of toons for couple of weeks if they save and ration right. The toon looks over the supplies making sure he got all of it that he has collected. With his long noodle like arms hovering over the supplies he waits for the elevator to stop at his destination.

The toon steps out of the elevator door as it opens, revealing more toons behind. "GUYS! GOOBS BACK!! " one of the toons yells out -one that is a light blue, with a pink dress and pink bow ontop of their head- alerting the others of goobs return. Some of the toons rush over into the open elevator to get the supplies, while some walk over to goob to congratulate him on getting supplies. Many voices belonging to different toons start asking is goobs alright and if he needs anything "hey bro are you good? " "do you need a bandaid or anything?" "goob are you alright?" "Let the man breathe! He just got back! ", goob reassures them that he's fine but that he's just tired so they eventually back off after checking him over once or twice and handing him a bandaid just in case.

Eventually the toons started trickling out of the main lobby, taking the supplies to their designated places to be stored away till they are needed. Goob finally releases the breath he didn't know he was holding in and slowly makes his way up towards the tree in the middle of the three main elevators. " man.. What a run... " goob says, taking a big breath in between talking to steady his breathing again. 'Maybe I can sit down for now, at least until my lags don't feel like they might be tonight's spaghetti' goob chuckles to himself as he slowly walks over to the trunk of the tree, he smiles at the thought of sitting and happily sits when he's close enough to the base of the tree. 'Wow' goob thinks 'I didn't notice how tied I am after all that' he thinks some more, perhaps he should sit more often if sittings so nice. '... The others won't mind if I close my eyes for a second right...? ' he questions himself before he closes his eyes 'it'll only be for a second' goob told himself 'I'm just resting my eyes... '

Rodger and shrimpo are walking over to the elevators after goob didn't show up for dinner, he normally is always at dinner no matter if he just finished a run or not. So Rodger decided to go see if goobs alright (or if he's even there that is) and shrimpo just started following him as a result. Rodger doesn't question why shrimpo decided to follow him in checking up on goob but he didn't care to ask, but strangely enough shrimpo grabbed a lone blanket on one of the boxes they past by. Like he said, Rodger doesn't question shrimpo on what he does and so he thinks of what goob could be doing that's way more important then eating dinner.
But as they approach the tree soft snoring can be heard beyond the gardenview sign. Rodger didn't expect to hear snoring so he stops for a moment while shrimpo just keeps moving towards the tree behind the sign. It suddenly clicks to Rodger at why shrimpo brought a blanket with him on their walk, has shrimpo done this before so that he just knows what to do? Rodger doesn't know, but what he dose know it that shrimpo wouldn't tell him anything if he bothered to ask him. So Rodger quickly catches up with shrimpo and they walk over to the back of the room where the stairs are to the grass patch that has the tree in the middle. There was goob, laying against the base of the tree sleeping away, he looks surprisingly very peaceful. 'So this is where he was' Rodger thinks as he watches shrimpo walk up to goob and lay the blanket gentle on him 'and wow... Shrimpo actually being nice for once, that's new' Rodger thinks as he also starts to walk up to goob that now has a blanket covering him. "... So this is where he was" Rodger says finally breaking the silence that plagued their walk up till now. Shrimpo finally looks at Rodger for also the first time in their silent walk "yeah, now go" shrimpo says calmly for once in his life, witch shocked Rodger because he thought shrimpo would never be so quiet and yet here he is talking calmly and not as loud as he normally does. "What? " Rodger asks confused on if he heard shrimpo right "well, I got things under control here, so leave. " Shrimpo says calmly yet he looks a bit angry/annoyed at Rodger not taking the hint that he shouldn't be here right now... Wait... IS THAT BLUSH-

Perhaps shrimpo has some secrets he's not willing to tell Rodger or anyone for that matter, at least not yet that is.

So apparently sleeping is way more important then eating Rodger discovered, and a certain shrimp can actually be nice for once, and maybe goob looks kinda cute when he sleeps... WHAT.