Prologue:
Years ago, make that millenniums ago, maybe more, in the bilions perhaps, there was a battle, maybe just an attack, against a group of deities called Moonflowers. While surviving scriptures don't give much information on what happened and why, it is known that some creatures mutated the Moonflowers, messed with their heads, and spread them throughout the multiverse. It is said that the Moonflowers became Olympians, angels, demons, and many others within every religion that existed. What the inscriptions of these mysterious Moonflowers do not say however, is something called the reincarnation of Little Dreamer. Not much is said about them, other than they created the universe and life. In case you are wondering, the name of the reincarnation has been lost to time, but they could be the all powerful god of one of your religions.
Story:
Tonka Joe Monopoly continued reading his history book, and got the part about the ruins, where this unorthodox myth was discovered. Amazing about how this was possible, predating all known religions up to that point. It made him feel like any thing was possible. He checked his iPad, and looked at his hidden plans to start his own company. He then took a picture off the page he read and put it in the folders app on the iPad.
Just then, he heard footsteps. He quickly put his iPad away, and turned his book to a different page. Mr. Monopoly, Tonka Joe's father, came in through the door. He asked him how he was doing on his college homework, in which Tonka Joe claimed he was doing fine. Mr. Monopoly reminded him that he has to study hard, if he wanted to inherit his company, Monopoly. Tonka Joe then reminded him that he was already a licensed engineer, and had an associate degree, but Mr. Monopoly claimed that he also would need a master degree in business, and a minor in literature. Tonka Joe took a deep breath. "I'm thinking of starting my own business in engineering." He finally said. Mr. Monopoly shook his head in disappointment, admitting that his company managed to take out his main competitors, even acquiring or merging into his company. "You'd be better off where you are right now." He said, before he closed the door and left.
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The next day, he confessed everything at his support group meeting. When asked what his company would be focused on, he claimed that it would be similar to his father's company. "It would be a multi purpose, but mainly engineering." He claimed. Some of the group, particularly Pops, Miko, Suzy Sparks, and Rusty, thought that it would be an interesting idea, understanding that the company was becoming more overpriced and adding unnecessary payments. "What would you call your company?" Sparks the American imageant asked. Tonka Joe claimed he would name it Tonka. No, not after himself, after the city he grew up in, Tonkaland, Wales, United Kingdom. (Try saying that five times fast.)
Pops, Miko, Sparks, and rusty all agreed that they would work for him, but unfortunately, Tonka Joe still needed more money, and it was too risky to take a lone. He wanted to drop out off college so his fund would give him more, but he knew that if he did, his father would scold him, and turn into a chatterbox. Thankfully, they all had passion projects they would like to make, and after hearing them, Joe like the ideas, and told him to present them at his garage the next day.
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The next day at Tonka Joe's garage house, Joe waited. He was looking at the pictures on his iPad, looking at his designs, inspirations, and plans. The designs were things he made in case his dreams come true. His inspirations were some of the things that motivate him to do design, or motivate him to keep going, such as the page from the history book. The plans, let's just say they put the first two parts together into one.
Soon, the group arrived with their projects. Mico arrived with a crane-like excavator she called "a mighty backhoe." Joe pointed out that it looked nothing like a back hoe, only for Mico to claim that it was a newer model. Sparks arrived with a dump truck, where the driver would sit on the left. Joe pointed out that the UK drove on the right, but Sparks claimed that she couldn't afford to correct it. Rusty arrived with a pickup truck with big tires. Joe asked why it had big tires, and Rusty explained that it was designed for extreme off road travel. Pops arrived with toy trucks. He explained that it would help not only legally market to children, but would also subliminally encourage parents to buy the vehicles. Tonka Joe facepalmed when he saw the toys explode. "These are all great ideas, but it looks like we've got a lot of work to do." He said. H then showed them his designs, inspirations, and plans, and explained everything to them.
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Soon, everyone was building, except pops who was still trying to perfect his toy ideas but with models based on the excepted. Finding parts at the scrapyard, they were able to build vehicles at a decent price. Although they to go to the hardware store to get some spray paint. They had to cut out shapes and letters, so they could spray paint the right things, including the a Tonka logo, which Joe designed. Some parts had rust, so they had to wipe it off. In time, they made a total of 10 mighty backhoes, 8 mighty dump trucks, and 20 4x4 pickup trucks, they ended up selling most of them. After that, it was a repeat of it all.
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Meanwhile, Mr. Monopoly was checking the profits. Seeing that they were starting to lower, he added monthly membership and shared account fees to his company's website. However, his attention focused elsewhere, when he saw a popup ad for a company called Tonka. Since he added on a free with ads and popups, he shrugged it off, as he had no major competitors.
Later he checked on the website and saw the ad again, just a button with the word Tonka, and some construction vehicles. "Is that a construction company or a construction vehicle engineering company?" He asked himself. He figured it wouldn't matter, since the company was clearly small and no one was talking about it. So he moved on.
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A few weeks had passed, and Joe was at his college, offering Tonka job openings. Every time someone showed interest, he'd open up with "Well hello, I'm Tonka Joe." which followed by a description of the jobs, such as vehicle painters, mechanics, toy designs, and janitors. A total of thirteen people signed up for positions. Most of them were part-time jobs.
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When Joe got to the garage, he told the main crew how many signed up. Pops told him that his father was wondering about what they were doing, and he told him that it was a study group to avoid dodgy. Joe looked disappointed, and told him that he shouldn't lie. "You know, white lies can cause more damage than regular lies." He said. Pops rolled his eyes.
Suddenly, a few taxis came, and the new employees came into the garage. One of them asked about the toys, and Pops showed them a group of mechanical toy construction vehicles, only for the toys to catch fire. They then asked if the toys were supposed to be dangerous. "They're a work in progress." Pops said. Joe asked if the employees were ready for their assignments, and gave each one their own.
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While everything was going on in the garage, back at the mansion Mr. Monopoly was checking the stocks. They weren't bad. The next, however, they got lower but still not bad. The next week, they were lower, but still not bad. The next month, when Tonka was making plans to move out of the garage house, Mr. Monopoly began to worry about the stocks. The next week, when Tonka had moved out of the garage and into a building, Mr. Monopoly realized that Monopoly had a worthy competitor.
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In the new building, which was built by the construction vehicles they made including the new ones, Joe was just finishing talking about the building. "So remember. We've still got a lot of rooms that need fixing up. I'll be in the office." He said, before entering his new office. Suddenly, Mr. Monopoly came in stomping, before stopping and politely asking where the CEO was, not knowing it was Joe. Since the door wasn't engraved yet, it made perfect since he was unaware it was on his left behind him two metres away. After Rusty pointed this out, Mr. Monopoly went back to stomping, and went into the office.
When he saw that Tonka Joe was in charge, he gasped and so did Joe. Neither of them expected to see each other. Mr. Monopoly demanded to know what was going on. After Joe told him everything, Mr. Monopoly claimed that he couldn't be successful forever. "I'll tell you what. Just to save you from trouble, how about you leave worrying about money to me, and let me buy the company?" He said. "I'm sorry, but Tonka isn't for sale." Joe replied. Mr. Monopoly then admitted that he was going to try to eliminate the competition and drive Tonka out of business. "You'll regret this." He calmly said as he left the room.
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Mr. Monopoly soon began taking risks and finance his own experimental vehicles, such as a bulldozer-backhoe hybrid and a steamroller that could go fast. Monopoly's stocks began to rise, while Tonka began to struggle. Monopoly's toy sales doubled while Tonka couldn't even get it right. Monopoly's construction vehicles began to build things faster than Tonka. Even the cars Monopoly had were selling better than Tonka's. Soon the stocks began to look bad, Tonka Joe knew he was in trouble.
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At his college, Tonka sat at the table, feeling gutted. Suzy Sparks came and sat down, with some chips. She told him shouldn't just give up, but Joe didn't listen. "You know. Where I'm from, chips are called fries, and crisps are called chips." She said. Joe asked her what was her point, and she told him it was a bit of a struggle to adapt to United Kingdom sortments. Therefore, it was obviously a struggle for him since he had little experience with management. She even told him she had to make sacrifices to carry on, and understand the things British words and systems better. She asked him how much was in his college fund, and just like that, he knew where she was going with this.
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Joe dropped out of college, and looked up one of his plans, which was a crane that could lift at least ten times its weight. He built it as if his life depended on it, and when it was finally done, he began working on construction beams forming a cubic structure. He tested the crane, and it seemed as though he has an advantage.
Pops came in to admit that he finally got the toys right. Now they don't explode or catch fire. Joe was proud of him, and requested to make toys based on the crane.
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Both the crane and the toys sold well, and once again Tonka had the advantage. Thanks to the crane, projects were built in just half the time. The toys were popular among kids who played in the sand. As a result, the sales of the vehicles increased by many. Tonka managed to thrive once again. In fact, the Monopoly's engineering department began to struggle. People felt that many of its vehicles were becoming outdated. Eventually, things got so bad that Monopoly was forced to sell their vehicle department, as well as their roller coaster building department, to Tonka.
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After a few years, Tonka became a company giant. While Monopoly still existed, it was unable to fully recover from the massive losses in stocks, as well as losing many supports, online users, and employees, all of which moved to Tonka. Mr. Monopoly's own greed and brashness was his undoing, while Tonka Joe's riskiness and compassion was his doing. Joe took a risk, and it was a struggle, but it paid off.