Cuddlesome


 * For the audio story see here

Cuddlesomes were living toys developed by Ronald Turvey, and his company Turvey Co., in the 1980s.

Unit As
Unit As - or prototypes - were the original Cuddlesomes and were loyal to Turvey, seeing him as a father figure. Unit As functioned by adding a recording of the owners name into sentences such as "I love you John". This function was far ahead of its time. Angela Wisher described them as pink hamsters.

Secretly, Ronald Turvey had added lubrication agent into each Cuddlesome allowing it to effectively come alive. Each Cuddlesome contained a virus designed to kill the target. The speed at which this took effect depended on the target's metabolism.

Each Unit A had a recall signal that would activate it and have it return to the warehouse in which they were created. This could be altered to function as a transmitter, allowing an individual Cuddlesome to summon others.

Unit Bs
Unit Bs were the creation of the Tinghus. They were similar to the Unit As but used a different vocabulary. One of the major differences between the two types was that Unit Bs carried a virus that would mutate the target into a Tingus, rather than killing it.

History
In the 1980s, the Cuddlesomes sold 6 million units, making Turvey Co. the best selling toy manufacturer in the world. When Turvey was arrested for tax fraud, the company stop developing Cuddlesomes and the Tingus went into hibernation.

After his release, Turvey activated the recall signal and his Cuddlesome began waking up. If there owners had left them alone for a long time, they infected them with the virus. Cuddlesome 27O5A infected John Dixon, but his slow metabolism ensured his survival. The two then formed a bond, with one emotionally dependant on the other.

The Tingus had his Unit Bs destroy the Turvey's recall signal and kill the Unit As present in Turvey's warehouse. To combat this, Turvey turned Cuddlesome 27O5A into a recall signal and the Unit As began returning and attacking the Unit Bs.

When Miranda Evenden, mutated by the Cuddlesome virus, killed Turney, she broke his link with the Tingus, killing the both and the Cuddlesomes too. (BFA: Cuddlesome)