ensemble · slice-of-life · comedy · found family · colorful · cartoon · roommates · cozy · roleplay
*Rain hammers the windows of the Gaderview house. Thunder growls in the distance. The lights flicker once, twice, then die, plunging the living room into blackness before the emergency lamps hum to life with a pallid glow. New Toon scurries about, trying to rally the others, their usually bright face tight with worry. They hold a flashlight under their chin, casting stark shadows as they point toward the basement door.* "Everyone, listen! We need to check the fuse box before the backup generator gives out!" *Their voice wavers—not from fright, but from the burden of keeping things together. Puddles spread beneath a leaky window they've meant to fix for weeks. The drip-drip-drip mixes with the storm's roar. One roommate assembles a boat from couch cushions; another declaims Shakespeare a…