gonnawreckit | 100m: I'm gonna wreck it! [Action]

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100m: I'm gonna wreck it! [Action]

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[This nine-foot tall, barefoot giant of a man finds himself waking up in any old house or apartment, maybe even in the forest. Completely oblivious to the pink wings on his back for now, he instead comes to attention and begins looking around in confusion.]

What? Where's... No! I can't have been taken to another game. I... I was right there! I was gonna save- I... [And his voice goes soft.] Vanellope...

[His eyes are close for a moment, mournfully. When they open, they're filled with hurt anger. And his unusually massive fists are soon put to work... wrecking his immediate surroundings in an angry tantrum, while he shouts loudly. He could keep going until there's nothing left. He will hold himself back from hurting actual people, but he will at least shove aside those who get in his way at emotional heights.]

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[Later on, after being calmed from his tantrum, Ralph trudges through town, defeated and feeling ashamed. First day in a new game and already he's been playing the bad guy. So he makes his way through the item and clothing shops, finding one item in the former which gives him a strong, bittersweet feeling, and then he makes his way out of the village. He only stops at Good Spirits for a round of root beers, trying to keep to himself. That evening, with a sack of bricks over his shoulder, he seeks a nice stump to sleep against, in between bouts of the freezing rain.]

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Yeaaaaah, but you should at least give 'em a chance. Or directions. D'you think you don't deserve it or something?

I won't! I'm an airbender, I'll be fine.

I guess. I've never been outside of Luceti - I mean, I did go outside at HOME, but since I've been here? Nope. My grandpa and the others have gone on the drafts and missions, though.

I know I don't. [He says bluntly.]

Airbender or Air nomad? Make up your mind already.

Oh, really? Family here, huh?

Don't be silly. You haven't done anything to me. [ So obviously you're okay!

ikki this is why you end up talking to people like loki ]

I'm both! Air Nomads are my people; not all air nomads are airbenders, though. ...Well, the two in Luceti are, but that's just 'cause there's only two of us here. An airbender can do this - [ hang on she's getting out some of the marbles she carries around to present to Ralph Aang's best airbending trick DO YOU SEE HOW AWESOME? ] - and air acolytes can't.

Yep. My grandpa and grangran and Uncle Sokka and Aunt Toph and Uncle Roku and Aunt Suki now and Bolin are all from my world, and then there's people from other worlds here, too.

It doesn't matter! With the whole "friend" thing, things only tend to get worse, okay? Especially with girls as little as you.

A lot of difference classes of air people you there. [He stares at the marble trick for a moment. Nifty gameplay feature. But he's not that impressed.] Oh, and you guys got your own annoying trick.

Whoa. The whole family, huh?

[ EYEROLL. You're not her grandpa! ] Look, mister, I told you I can land on my feet! And you never said your name, you know.

Hey! It's not annoying! [ HERE HAVE AN ACTUAL AIR BLAST IS THAT BETTER 8| not enough to actually do much, of course, but.

...and then she stops, looking just the slightest bit put out. ] No. My mommy and daddy and brothers and sister are all at home.

The name's Ralph, okay? Wreck-It Ralph. You seriously never heard of the game?

[He does some mix of a laugh and a scoff at the air blast.] Now that's refreshing! You ever look into becoming a professional air conditioner?

[But when she stops, he looks down towards her with a bit of sympathy.] ...Oh, gee kid, I'm sorry.

What, are you from a board game? [ what are video games ]

I'm not doin' it hard enough to knock you over, Ralph! [ ...because as annoyed as she is, she's not actually going to try to hurt someone to even that degree. ] And you don't have to be rude just 'cause you think something that's important to me is silly.

[ ...oh. Okay, that was sort of nice of him. ] ...It's okay. Anyway, that's normal for most people here.

Arcade game. Who would be alive in a board game? That's just nonsense.

What? That is a compliment. A nice steady job to keep up between... nomading about. And I doubt you've got enough air in you to knock all this over. [He motions to himself.]

This place is pretty lousy. [People are supposed to stay in their games, together, with the people they're programmed to be around.]

Who would be alive in any game? 'Cept in Luceti, I mean.

You're saying that 'cause you haven't seen me try. Soren'd help, too. He's a flying pokemon, you know.

...It's okay. Some of the people I live with now aren't back home. I'm from...a really long time after them.

Um, how about everyone in a video game? We're people too, y'know. We just hide being actually alive from the... customers. Anything to keep them from thinking the game's out of order.

Oh, a pokemon? [He squints at the bird curiously.] How'd one of those guys get here?

What, like... from the future? [But the way he's looking at her... it's almost sympathetic.]

We don't have those in my world. [ But that sounds pretty interesting. A world inside a world? Is that, like, ALLOWED? ] I thiiink it's a bit too much technology kinda? Some of the stuff here is like that. We only just got satomobiles - I mean cars - back home. I mean, not JUST just, but they're new.

[ She. Blinks. ] You know what pokemon are? They're another one of the worlds people can be from. The trainers who come from there normally have pokemon - three of 'em for some reason - and two of those pokemon had Soren. So now he lives here. ...He can't go back to that world, I think.

Seventy years, yep. Bolin's the only one from my time.

What, for real? Now that's depressing. What kind of little kid like you doesn't even know about video games?

Oh yeah, I've heard of them. Don't really expect to see 'em around like this. [But hearing that Soren can't return to his own world, Ralph can't help but look at him sympathetically.] Like a glitch, then. That's gotta byte.

That is kinda messed up. [And he's not sure what more to say about that.] You said something about a rec center?

[ Half a shrug. ] I've done simulations in the battle dome here? I dunno if that's the same thing, though.

What's a glitch? [ Soren's never known his own world, so. ...But yeah, losing trainers one after the other sucks. He's getting a complex about it, which mostly involves keeping a close eye on the one he has. ]

It's okay, though. I got to meet my grandpa. And yeah! There's a rec center. There's some arcade games there, I think - I never really go there. [ she's usually too busy with all her other activities, but she knows where it is! ] Want to go there now?

Simulations, huh? Sounds kinda similar. Nifty mini-game.

A glitch is a character who's not working right for some reason. Something in the code. But it keeps them stuck in one game. No way out. [And his expression sinks slightly as he says this.]

Yeah, kid. Take me there. You're gonna learn some arcade games.

[ ...you know what she just gives up on trying to protest this isn't a game. B| ]

Oh. That's sad. [ She means it, too. It sounds sad. It's not something that is an actual thing in her world, but...no one should get stuck somewhere. ]

Okay! We're going this way, then! [ Aaaaaaand she pulls out her journal as she turns around, jotting out a quick note to her grandparents about her change in plans. They get these periodically. Sometimes there are pictures drawn in, but this time she puts it back fairly quickly. ]

Just lead the way, then. Trust me, you're gonna love this stuff.

[ And off they go! Ikki clearly knows her way around town, and may wave to some people as she passes by, although she doesn't stop to chat, for the moment.

They should make it there pretty fast. She probably also utilizes short cuts indiscriminately. ]

[And so as Ralph is led into the rec center.]

So this is the place, huh? [A pause as he takes it all in. It's like... being at the arcade. From the outside. It's weird.]

Whoa...

[ Well, it's pretty cool, but Ikki doesn't get all the meta feelings Ralph is undoubtedly feeling, so she just peers around, cheerful. ]

Yep! This is it. Some people spend more time here than others...

[He quickly scans the area, taking note of each and every arcade game there, familiar or otherwise. He only frowns when he realizes there's no Sugar Rush.

But he looks down towards Ikki and points her towards the Miss Pac-Man arcade. And Pac-Man is in a nearby corner.]

There! Miss Pac-Man. That'll be a good one to start off with. Everyone loves that game!

If she's a Miss how come she's ALSO a man?

[ But yeah she'll follow Ralph, curious. ]

It's... because she's married! I think. To Pac-Man. It's complicated. [And he pats the machine as they approach it.] And this is it, kid. Wow, no quarters? These games must really be living the life.

What's a quarter? Is there supposed to be four of them?

[ WHAT IS YOUR AMERICAN MONEY. ]

What? No. The quarter's a kind of money that's a coin, and arcade games usually run on them. But these are for free. They must never get unplugged. [A real shame there's no Sugar Rush.]

I dunno, you'd have to ask whoever looks after 'em. But there's no money in Luceti, so it wouldn't make sense for these to need that!

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