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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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!

That's great. [He says with a real smile.] Now how about we get you set up with this game.

Okay! ...So what am I doing here.

[ seriously what ]

[He takes a moment to look it over.]

Huh. That's actually a good question. I'm not really used to being on this side of it. But you gotta... look at the screen and you gotta control that yellow character. If I remember right... you have to eat all the pellets and avoid the ghosts. [And he pokes at the joystick.] This looks like it does something...

[ W o w Ralph, helpful. But Ikki pokes the joystick, too, and at least guesstimates that hitting the start button will presumably...start things. 8| ]

[He looks the screen.]

I think it's starting. Make her go!

[This has to be easier than teaching Vanellope the controls of her kart... right?]

[ Okay, so...the stick thingy tilts and she makes the little figure thingy move in the direction the stick goes! Okay!

She can totally do this! Oh

wait

what just happened here

Yep she just got eaten by a ghost that did not take long at all what. ]

Not... not bad, kid! For your first try, that was kinda good! [Coming from someone who's seen more than his fair share of newbie mistakes over the years.] How about you try again? [He doesn't realize he's smiling.]

[ See, Ralph? You're not so bad.

...Yeah Ikki's pretty bad at this game, though. She gets a little bit further this time before getting cornered by two of the ghosts. HOW DO THEY DO THAT ] ...Sorry, Miss Pac Man!

[ well Ralph said he came from a game so logically she's basically hurting someone in there right? ]

It's okay. It doesn't really hurt. They're just going through the motions. Now, try to get to one of those flashing dots and see what happens.

[ Okay following the directions. OH HEY, that did something!!!! Ralph gets a grin. ]

Now we're talking, kid! Now you get to chase the ghosts 'til they get their color back!

So they can't hurt me 'till they do?!

[ yesssssssss take her pacmanish fury you fiends! ]

Yep! You can eat as many as you eat when you look like that - look, get that one right there!

Gooooooot it!

[ This is actually pretty cool when she doesn't die instantly, Ralph! ]

Way to go! Take that, Blinky!

D'you know all of them?

You could say that. I know all their names - they show it on the screen at some point, I think.

Have you talked to them, though?

Yeah. I mean, I'm more familiar with the normal Pac-Man set, but we talk every now and then. Us bad guys gotta stick together, y'know?

So that's what you meant by "bad guy"?

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