Are you from Tennessee? Because.... Spoiler I've been court ordered to stay within the general Nashville area
SUGAR RUSH The racers all took their starting positions as they walked to the front of the line. It seems like everyone cars were already parked there. Including Taffyta's and Candlehead's ripe for Base and Ananta to ride. From the pedestal above them, sat a short man with a purple tailcoat and white vest, covered in glitter, lace collar, and cuffs. There were also two golden buttons on the back of the tailcoat. A notable feature was also his red bow-tie, which resembled a candy wrapper. He also wore poofy golden pants and purple slippers with red gumdrops at the tip that jingled whenever he moved frantically. The king's most notable feature would be his tiny, golden crown that is usually slanted atop his large head. "Hoo hoo! Hallo, my loyal subjects! It is I! King Candy!" He cheered, tossing candy at the stands of cheering people. "Thank you to today's avatars. It truly is a wonderful day of racing. It was.. but the arcade is almost closed which gives us time for one last race!" He looked at the racers. You don't have to pay to play in this one, but seeing as how you all have already paid your entries today I assume it's alright to begin!" The player's names all showed up on the leaderboard being accompanied by an announcer. Rancis Fluggerbutter! Jubileena Bing-Bing! Snowanna Rainbeau! Crumbelina DiCaramello! Gloyd Orangeboar! Swizzle Malarkey! Minty Zaki! The King himself seemed a little unsure with 2 racers missing. "Wait a minute, where are Taffyta and Candlehead!" "Maybe they were caught by the glitch!" One of the racers were panicing. "Now Now my subjects, everything is fine. Look, we have to replacement racers right there!" He looked at Base and Ananta and scanned them so their names would appear on the leaderboard. BANANTA STRAWBERRY! JELLY BASE! "See? Glitches wouldn't appear on the leaderboard. Now rest easy. My guards are on vigilant patrol looking for Vanellope as we speak. Now go and race!" He gleefully chuckled in his semi-lisp voice. The racers all ligned up as the countdown began. 3.... 2.... 1.... GO!!! MISSION START! HERO'S DUTY As Glen and Steel fought off the Cy-bugs there waas a loud explosion from the tower. A single spaceship could be seen spinning out of control from the tower and smashing through the ground as it ricocheted passed the two keybladers. For a moment, everything was in slow motion as they saw Ralph in the cock pit, trying to remove a tiny cy-bug off his face. His face stretched in pain as he was trying to get it off. The The ship continued to crash through the ground as it skid through the portal and into game central station. As TRON's team was victorious, Sark stepped back from his balcony. He was in shock from the sheer fact that his team had lost. He would have to relinquish his power over Space Paranoids back to Tron. A commanding presence he did NOT want to give back. "Prepare my Solar Sailor!" He barked at an underling. As he fled his balcony, the SOS Party was being cheered below. Hikaru slowly decelerate his light cycle as he eventually stopped. "We won?... I mean, we won! Haha! Nice!" He held his fist to Stratos. "Fist Bump! Do we fist bump? Do you fist bump? Who cares we won!" Hikaru needed a good win and still kept his fist there to see if Stratos would comply. Tron raced onto the arena and clapped happily. "I knew you could do it," he smiled. "Now we just have to get Sark to..." He looked to the balcony to see that Sark had vanished. From behind the arena, they couldsee a large flying vessel slowly take off and leave the arena. "That corrupted program! I knew he wouldn't give it up honestly! There's not an honorable line of code in him!" He took out his light cycle cyclinder to try and give chase. "We have to beat him to the command terminal! If he gets there before us, he'll be able to assign himself as the game admin forever!" MISSION START!
In the North... Tango seemed intrigued by Koa's willingness to speak. "Ahh... You speak Spanish?" He seemed to let his guard down lightly. "And as a matter of fact, I do dance. Many forms in fact." He looked to Lea. "But something tells me you are not here for a dancing lesson, eh?" Lea's attention drew focus onto the sleeping pod behind the latin man. "What's in the pod?" Tango shrugged back. "How am I supposed to know whose in there?" Lea's eyes intensified. "So there's a person in there, huh?" Tango looked back at the pod and chuckled. "Suppose I let that one slip by, yes?" He watched the others carefully in case they made any sudden moves. "Though I must say this is certainly a change of pace. Most who wander the darkness attempt to duel me. An unwise decision, for I have yet to be defeated." Lea walked forward a bit to get a better look. "What do you want with it?" "Me? Nothing. Nequa? Who knows. The purple lady asks me to locate a pod she says was hidden from the realm of light by some one. I forget his name. Some hombre sin corazón or something. Lea was curious what he meant and looked to Koa. "What does that mean?" ------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, in the South... "Sheesh, you got a real mouth on you don't yah?" The old man grumbled, catching her whip in his bare hand. The whip wrapped mostly around his wrist and forearm. The bladed whip pierced at his skin, blood dripping down his fist, only for his wounds to be scalded by the flames. He continued to grip it, as if showcasing his resilience to pain. "And I wouldn't be trying to pick a fight here little girl- I've been fighting in wars since before any of you were even born!" He threw her flaming whip on to the ground as he stared her down. "I haven't been this annoyed since... Wait a minute here." He held his grip against the girl's wrists as he inspected Kiara. "Hehe... Well isn't this a small realm. Yer Xeres' girl aren't you?" He didn't wait for a reply. "Don't try and deny it. I know those hateful eyes anywhere. Just like your old man. So angry. So full of certainty in your abilities." He spit across the path. "Makes me sick just thinking about it... He would just walk all over everyone like he was a god. And you're no different." He looked to the other three in her party. "And I take it you maggots share that same passion for whatever reason?"
Aux left the room. No words spoken No actions made. No cares given.
Noroz, Xara, D'daear and Shapur were all lined up to battle them. This was especially hard on Hikaru because he had allied himself with each of them at one point or another. Noroz was one of the first he'd met with Kel in Deep Jungle. D'daear he had fought alongside in Beast's Castle, and Timeless River. He even fought bravely with him and Kel against the Shadow Blot. Shapur he recalled briefly from the days of Pachyderm Parade and Wonderland. And the memory of Xara was still fresh from their time in San Fransokyo. At that moment, he realized just how much harder this may have been for Kel. Someone who was with Hikaru since the very beginning. Kel had also fought with Xara in Nottingham, D'daear in Wasteland, and Noroz in Deep Jungle. There were so many people he wanted to thank for so many reasons. Something that he would have to remember for later. "They're just copies... They're not real," he said trying to reassure Kel and himself. He looked onward to his soulless former allies. "I guess I'll keep Shapur distracted since I'm the only one he's fought alongside... Maybe that can give me an advantage." From what he remembered, Shapur liked to fight a lot. He was quiet, but had the heart of a warrior. The announcer's voice blared. "FINAL MATCH! TEAM SARK vs. TEAM TRON!" "Are you ready! 3... 2... 1.. GO" In perfect synchronization, all four of their enemies started up their light cycle and charged forward. "Wh-okay!" Hikaru stammered, quickly pulling out his light cycle and racing on." MISSION START! CLU held his fist tightly as he watched. "Theses programs are dead space... What in the code made me agree to using them..." He looked to Rinzler. "Rinzler!" Go down and help up the difficulty..." CLU turned on the announcement panel and made his declaration. "It seems our new programs may find Disc Wars to be a bit of a walk in the park for our newcomers... So let's give them a real challenge with Level 2!" He pressed a button on his panel which seperated everyone into seperate rooms, divided by thin transparent blue walls. "You're all strong as a unit, but how do you fair individually!" The stadium split into for smaller arenas, pitting Beuce against Anora, Ignis against Eon, Kaida against Cat, and Luna against Etrius. Rinzler was shown to pass through the walls easily as he could freely go to any arena he wanted. "And to keep things interesting, Rinzler will be a wild card! He can pass through all arenas and help my fellow programs." The crowd cheered as Rinzler made a very impressive discus throw and bounced his Disc off the wall, hitting every all the SOS party members. He then stood on a high platform in the middle of the stadium, outside the reach of any of the players. CLU was playing dirty... "And if you have the gall to beat Level 2, you get to find out what awaits you in the boss level," he smirked. Beuce: 3 Ignis: 1 Kaida: -1 Luna: 1 RINZLER: 4 Anora: 0 Cat: -4 Etrius: -2 Eon: -2 SUGAR RUSH What remained of their digital foes were melted down into digital pieces. As they watched their former allies dissolve, two bright and shiny coins could be seen not too far off from them. It seems Taffyta and Candlehead dropped them as they raced off. Ananta and Base recieved x2 Gold Coins! Not far off, a small boy with a pumpkin on his head noticed the coins that Base an Ananta were holding. "Hey guys! Hurry up the race is about to start!" MISSION START FIX IT FELIX JR "You make a good point," he said as he punch in another window. He held his gloved hand to his cheek as he called inside the building. "Hey, is anyone in the building!" "Yes!" a few quaky voices called out. X was a bit taken back by this. "Oh... well we're punching the building because you're big monster man isn't here right now." "Is Ralph coming back!" the voices asked. "I dunno, but I've already smashed like six windows," he said, punching another one. "Seven. So for now we're just going to continue with that if that's okay. If not, too bad." he punched another one in. "Eight." He looked to AJ to ask something quickly as he hung off a ledge. "So how does scoring work in this game? Is it co-operative or competitive? Because I think I'm winning..." He punched in one after another in succession. "Ten."
One thing I really love about Kingdom Hearts games is that each new release improves the scope of the player. Therefore I'd love to see new bosses feature impressive abilities as well as show how collosal they can be compared to the player. Disney The Titans from Olympus Colisuem - All of them... At Once. The Headless Horseman - Maybe if Sora or someone is on a keyblade glider, they can be racing alongside their enemy. The Shadow Blot - Just for the interesting battle and possibility of bringing Oswald the rabbit into the franchise Dr. Facillier - I mean come on, he's called the SHADOW MAN. Cruella De Vil - Put her in a car. Done. It'd be like one of those annoying cars from Timeless River, but worse Yzma - I love the idea of her throwing potions at you and turning you into different things The Black Cauldron - Just the Horned King summoning hordes against you would be neat. Square Gilgamesh - What item is better to have than the keyblade? Bahamut - I just want to see Donald and Goofy fight this thing... Sho Minamimoto - I would like to see all the noise form attacks in 3D. It's possible since the TWEWY characters have appeared before.
[VOLUME 1] - CHAPTER II - FIRST CONTACT In the North... Lea led his team of Vallus, Koa, Aeira following along the Northern path. Much of the path remained in his memory banks during his older days in the organization. "Shouldn't be too far from here." There were large assortments of earth pillars emerging from the ground as they continued to travel. An area that could be easy to get let in if they all weren't within reach of each other. "There you are my small friend..." A voice spoke out. The voice was that of a suave and young Hispanic man. Lea hid closely behind a large pillar, putting two fingers to his mouth and signalling the rest of his group to stay quiet. Motioning his hand for them to stay out of sight, he listened on, glaring at the man from the corner of his eyes. The man he was spying on, had black hair that was obviously well groomed and a thin mustache to go along with it. The man in question was sharply dressed. He wore a short sleeved red shirt, fully buttoned with a sleek collar. On his lower half were black dress shoes with the pants to match. On his waist was a long orange scarf, tied at the hip. The Latin man has just finished dusting off the mild rubble that had fallen along a sleeping pod. Roughly the size of a suburban couch, the pod was white and rectangular at the sight of it. Who was in the pod had yet to be confirmed. "Co-ordinates precisely where Señora Nequa said they'd be... It's almost too simple a task for a many of my... many talents," he chuckled. He turned his head to the pillars where Lea's group were hiding. "Wouldn't you agree my little espías?" He smirked as he stood in front of the pod leaning on them. "Not very experienced in the spying game are we niños?" Lea scoffed at being found out, and walked out into the open, hoping he didn't catch all of the members in his group. "Well at least you brought your abuelo, eh? Haha," He laughed softly as he called out to him. "So what can I do for you?" Lea thought for a moment. "You said something about Nequa... What exactly is your affiliation with her?" "Something platonic I assure you. Why? Do you fancy the magic chica? I think she is far too young for you Señor..." "You know what I mean!" Lea kept a strict face, trying to decipher the newcomer. "I'll start with something easy... Who are you?" "A straight forward man. I can appreciate that..." He drew out a keyblade that looked akin to a fencing blade and stuck it into the ground in front of him. "My real name must be earned, but for our short time here... you may call me; Tango." He looked at the rest of the pillars. "If you all plan to attack me, I'd be careful. I don't go easy... Even on the children..." ------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, in the South... Kiara, Luther, Arctus, and Melus went southbound to a large clearing, blanketed by snow. As the followed the blinking dot Lea gave to Kiara, they saw anelderly, but very muscular man. White hair on his head and scars all over his arms. He wore a military vest and cargo pants. Black laced boots and dog tags around his neck meant he had some serious military background. He was towering over a timid blonde girl who looked to be in her teens. The man towering over her spoke. "Alright you little temptress... where is it?" He summoned a very heavy keyblade at his side. The shy girl looked up to him. She was petite and slender, with big green eyes. "Wh-where's what?" She stuttered out, eyes tearing a bit. "Oh don't give me that vicitimized look... Nequa wouldn't have let you join if you were that pathetic. Now I'm not going to ask again! Hand it over!" The blonde girl looked to the ground, looking like she was about to cry. Her small hands in fists in front of her bent knees. When she lookd up again, her eyes widened with shock as she spotted the four. "What are you starin' at?" he asked, turning to face them. His expression went unimpressed. "Great, more brats, just what I need..." He grabbed the girl by the arm and dragged her to feet. He looked at them directly with his cold blue eyes. "Now move along..." He threatened, holding the girl's wrists tightly.
Tron sighed. "If I could substitute for her, I would volunteer in a nanosecond. Unfortunately Sark has my ID disc. It's the very thing that allows me to compete. After he won it from me in the last tournament, he's been using it to complete change the way space paranoids operates..." Hikaru quickly halted his cycle to note Aislinn's tragic past. "If worse comes to worse... we can do all the grunt work." He got off the bike and thought to himself. "From what I've seen, they can do as much damage to themselves as we could... and seeing as how hostile our opponents are, we could easily trick them into crashing into a wall or something." He looked to Aidlinn realizing 'crash' may not have been the best word. "I mean... all I'm saying is if we outmaneuver them, we may not even have to make contact. The light coming off our cycles could do the trick..." --------- FIX-IT-FELIX JR As Gwendolyn and Aden prepared their final assault, a large beeping sound was made. As if to signal them that their time was up. The two of them froze in mid-air and were digitized out of the game. A flash of blue light and the two of them vanished. The black hooded man looked onward with little to no phasing whatsoever. "Victory," X proclaimed as he dispersed his keyblade. "What in the world were those two doing, friend?" Felix questioned, hopping down from repairing the last building. "Doesn't matter. They're gone and so are we. Come, blondie." As X was ready to march offm the gate back to Game Central Station closed off. "No no. We're done. Let us out, tiny man." He called back to Felix. The small handyman was in a bit of panic. "Oh no! Some one put in a quarter!" X looked around. "Put it where?" "No I mean, the game's starting! And without Ralph here to wreck the building, the game can't continue!" Felix looked down at his hammer. "I've been doing this for 30 years, and I've never once missed a game." He looked up to AJ. "I know this isn't your game, but do you think, you and your friend could wreck the building for this game? Afterwords, I have to find Ralph and bring him home!" He looked to the left of AJ. "Huh? Where did the hood fella run off to?" MISSION START X had already begun trashing the windows unseen to Felix. His keyblade wasn't even out. The hooded man was just climbing the building via parkour and began punching the windows with his gloved hand. "I assumed this was the outcome." He quickly jabbed and broke another window. HERO'S DUTY The digitized versions of Karina and Leo vanished in a flash of light. A beeping sound could be heard as if to signal them away.Commander Calhoun had arrived on the seem to see both Steel and Glen seemingly fighting nothing. A heavy gun was hurled at Steel's head, knocking him forward a bit, while another was ricocheted harshly at Glen's soldiers. "Soldiers! What in the name of nebulous 9 are you two doing!" She cocked her gun and shot down another cy-bug. "Pick up the guns and fire at the bugs! Are you waiting for your momma's permission?! I said move it! We have to stall them until the beacon is activated!" MISSION START!
"TEAM TRON WINS!" The announcer declared as the arena was cleared, save for Aislinn, Hikaru, Kel and Stratos. "STAY TUNED FOR THE FINAL ROUND!" The players were picked up by a rectifier and brought back to the waiting room, where Tron stood, eagerly waiting to greet them. "You did it! You made it through the round, but things are going to be even harder in the final round... Sark's team is merciless." He opened the doors to the practice arena. "I know you didn't get much practice time, so I hope you use the time before the next match to really hone your skills. MISSION START Hikaru felt bad he didn't do a lot in the last round. "This time I'll do better!" he claimed as he gripped his fist. "So... what's a good strategy?" --------- FIX-IT-FELIX JR The hooded man watched as AJ leapt into action, standing at the ground level. Who observed as the blonde youth attacked the digital iterations of the keybladers. from the force he was attacking them at, it didn't look like he recognized either of them. Aden was very familiar to X for some reason. "H-hey, aren't you gonna help him?!" He looked back as AJ had managed to synthesize his own quicksand. "Seems to be doing fine to me." Felix held his tongue as he looked at the window breaking. "Well, some hero you are!" He jumped to the windows and began repairing them as AJ continued to duke it out against the two of them. "I never said I was a hero." He summoned his blade. "I'm far from it." He pointed his keyblade to Aden and let loose a fire spell, knocking the program onto his back. "Well... I helped." He put the keyblade over his shoulder and continued watching.
A small ringing noise echoed across the stadium. A female announcers voice came into earshot. "Semi-Final Round complete. Team SARK wins." As the digital personnas of their former allies left the stadium, the group was left with more questions than answers. A roar fell over the crowd as the announcer provided the next match up. "Next Round. Team TRON vs. Team RAM." Hikaru looked to Stratos. "Let's just try and make it through this round." Tron jumped off his light cycle and joined his team. "Sorry you couldn't get more practice in... I wish you the best of luck. Judging on probability alone your chances seem quite high!" Tron's words were a bit reassuring at least. Aislinn, Kel, Hikaru and Stratos were put onto platforms as they were lowered into the arena. Their opponents were etched in green circuitry. As Hikaru looked at them, he felt a little guilty. Maybe they were forced into this situation and didn't want to fight. Maybe they could be reasoned with. But befre he could even call out one of them to try and make peace, one of Team RAM's players yelled at the group. "Prepare to be derezzed you turbo scum!" "Hey! Avatar with the black hair! Your ASCII is mine!" one of the girl programs taunted. Hikaru looked up and down at his partner. "I think she's talking to you" Hikaru whispered loudly. A booming male voice appeared and began the countdown. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... GO! Team RAM immediately jetted into action forming fout lined on the grid headed straight for them. Hikaru fumbled with his cycle cylinder but eventually aligned it to assemble his cycle as he skated forward. He was headed straight for one of the anemy programs before taking a hard left, with the program moving in the opposite direction. "It's just like a glider, It's just like a glider, It's just like a glider," he kept repeating quietly and rapidly to himself. Panic was setting in. MISSION START! "Very eager I see," CLU smiled. The rules of Disc Wars are simple. Use your game discs to hit players on the enemy teams. You can dodge, or block them, but if you get hit by even a graze..." Etrius zoomed ahead and slid along the ground before slinging his disc at Kaida. While it seemed to barely phase her, a small cut was made on her ankle, causing the scoreboard to change. BEUCE: 0 LUNA: 0 IGNIS: 1 KAIDA: -1 ETRIUS: 1 ANORA: 0 CAT: 0 EON: -1 "As you can see, getting hit with the disc will cause you to lose a point, but hitting someone else will allow you to gain a point. The top two players from each team will move on to the next round..." The rest of he players dashed forward to claim their points with looks of malice and cruel intent in their eyes. MISSION START NOTE: "Warriors will have quicker throws, Hunters will have a speed advantage, Guardians are better at deflecting, and Mystics have better aim. (Cat was a warrior, Etrius was a hunter, Eon was a guardian, and Anora was a mystic. Furing this mission, fight fairly with believable results!)
Lea smiled as everyone seemed to be mostly on board with the situation. "Okay, noe that we've all had a chance to think some things through, I can get down to business" He reached into his pocket. "This is a key finder... It tracks down any keyblader within a 10 kilometer radius. Don't ask me how it works, but it involved with something to do with experimenting on a heartless and why they hunt the keyblade and... I just didn't ask questions when this this was being made." He showed the locator to the seven in the room. Now as you can see, we can see two places in opposite directions from where we are. Now here's the funny thing... There are two keyblade wielders in each spot." Two blinking yellow lights could be seen on the green screen. "So my plan is as follows. Depending if they are friend or foe, we divide into two teams of four." He gave the locator to Kiara. "Now seeing as Kari- I mean.. Kiara has been at this the longest, she'll be leading the second group while I lead the first. Judging by everyone's elemental and battle experience, I divided the teams to match your ability to work in a team." He pointed to a spot on the radar. "Kiara and her team of Luther, Arctus and Melus will follow the south path, while Aeira, Vallus and Koa will follow me to the northern point. Thankfully I know where this place is so Kiara will keep track of the key finder until we find out just who these mystery folks are." He patted Kiara on the shoulder and whispered quietly in her ear. "You're gonna do fine." "Okay, we move out in five! If you find they are hostile, do NOT engage! This is a recon mission. If they're friend, bring them back to base. Eveyone report back within 2 hours!" He nodded with an assertive grin. "Let's move out!"
Buying counterpoint. Spent 3,000 munny.
I flipped out when I saw this trailer. I mean I knew they were going to include Pixar at some point, but I'm just so happy we get it in the next game!! I'll gladly wait for 2018 if the worlds are plentiful in volume and quality.
Tron nodded his head in thanks. "You're right to be sceptical. I don't blame you if you have second thoughts. The team I fought with got derezzed in the last round. I managed to win the match, but was the last survivor unfortunately..." Tron took a moment of reflection to mourn the nullified programs.But their deletions will not be in vain. Their bravery will forever remain in my memory banks." He looked to the arena as Team Sark had just won nother victory. "Looks like Team Sark made it to the semi-finals. If we beat this next team, we can face him in the final match, and restore the Space Paranoids to it's former user friendly state." He reached into his suit and pulled out four cylindrical rods, handing one to each of the weilders. "Here are your light cycles." Hikaru looked to his partner and shrugged. "Well, I'm sure you save on fuel..." He chuckled, trying to make sense of the thing. Tron was surprised at their lack of knowledge. "You've never riden a light cycle? Truly you all must be from another game. If I wasn't so desperate for team mates, I may have had to apprehend you," He smiled. "That was humor. Users use it all the time to help lighten spirits." He demonstrated the light cycle summoning by grabbing the cylinder with both hand in a horizontal position. In a beam of light, the cylinder spilled out data to create his light cycle. "Try getting the feel of it. Wheels up in 5 nano's." He revved up as he began to circle the practice arena. "And try not to go Turbo on me if we win!" Hikaru looked at his cylinder and then back to the arena. Sark's team was playing to the crowd and reveling in their latest win. "Team Sark looks tough." The programs took off their helmets as four familiar faces were brought into view. "Xara, Noroz, D'daear, and Shapur all had wide smiles as they locked eyes with the party. Xara smirked as she closed a fist and slashed her thumb across her neck. Hikaru blinked in disbelief. "Uhh Stratos... I need help reacting to something..." High above the keyblading crew, flew over an enormousflying machine, its core giving off a bright light. The Recognizer pulses with energy as it soared above the city. The Recognizer scans all four of them as it eventually hovers to the ground and lowers it's passenger bay. A group of Black Guards with orange circuitry stand at the ready preparing to interrogate the newcomers. A black guard apprached the group with a small device in his hand. "Identifying programs..." A small blue light ran over Kaida. "Handle not found." The same was done to Luna. "Handle not found." Then to Beuce. "Handle not found." And finally to Ignis. "Handle not found." The black guard turned to his partner. "Stray programs identified. Isolating for quarantine." Before anything could be said or done, all four of them were placed in digital handcuffs. No keyhole to unlock in sight. These control programs were quite efficient and had little time for talk. The guards beamed the four of them ontot the rectifier as it flew quickly back to the game grid. Flying over the grid, the streets were empty and roars of applause could be heard from an arena they were approaching. The rectifier opened it's doors upon arrival to the digital coliseum, the black guards shoving the group into the stadium before flying off in their rectifier. CLU stood atop his vantage point as he smirked to the newcomers. "Welcome, our latest contestants!" He called out, the crowd reacting very positively. He eyed the programs closely as one of his subjects handed him a datadisc. He read it quickly enough and handed it back, placing his hands behind his back. "So I see we have a couple of stray programs. No function or handle in our game! I dare say say we have another turbo fiasco on our hands." The crowed booed and jeered at Kaida, Luna, Ignis and Beuce. Bits of trash were thrown at them, and eventual shoe being thrown straight t Beuce's head. "But worry not! The game grid helps rectify any stray trespassers. Normally, you would be deleted on sight, but you're in luck. Only a special few are granted 'Disc War' privileges." He pushed a button that expanded the arena. "Allow me to explain since you still look confused. My name is CLU. The game master of the grid. You four are to compete in a death match with four other programs. Winners move on. Losers, get derezzed." He was joined thereafter be his right hand man in jet black armor. "Manage to defeat them, and you will be able to access the password you so crave. It just so happens, Rinzler here, has the secrets you desire." He smiled devilishly, knowing what they came for. "That's what you're after isn't it? Yes, you're own game master has told me everything... A Mr. Sho Minamimoto I believe his name was. He even gifted me with the programs you'll be fighting against." He pushed another button, having four programs in the black armor and orange circuitry appear before them. They took off their helmets to a very alarming sight. The faces of Etrius, Anora, Cat, and Eon. "I do look forward to your decision..." CLU ordered. FIX-IT-FELIX JR "Ralph's gone Turbo!" Felix panicked. "Oh no no, this is very bad!" He looked to AJ and the man known as X and was confused at their lack of reaction. "Wait... you don't know who Turbo is do you?! Guess your game must be pretty knew then, huh? Well, back when the Arcade first opened, TurboTime was by far the most popular game... ..and Turbo... Well, he loved the attention.. So, when Rogue Blasters got plugged in and stole Turbo's thunder... boy, was he jealous! So jealous that he abandoned his game and tried to take over the new one. Turbo ended up putting both games and himself out of order.. ..for good. And that's why I have to get Ralph home or the same thing's gonna happen to my game. Without him, no one's gonna wreck the building!" X looked up and saw two keybladers smashing the building. "Those two seem to be filling the role fine," he blankly stated. A few stories up, a digital copy of both Aden and Gwendolyn were smashing the windows of the building. "Friends of yours?" he asked AJ, the programs catching them at the corner of their eye. X watched and seemed a bit intrigued as one of them looked familiar. Aden and Gwendolyn prepared to brawl with AJ and X as Felix jumped and quickly began repairing windows, trying to restore it's stability. HERO'S DUTY Glen and Steel were lined up with the rest of the soldiers, including a very bulky Ralph who stood next to the others in the first row. The ship took off at an alarming speed as they zoomed through the sky. The commander was barking orders at the front. She was a tough, but slender woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. She stood in front of the group and gave her opening speech. "Attention maggots! I am your commanding officer; Sergeant Calhoun. Now listen up, cause I'm only gonna say this once. Fear's a four letter word, ladies. You wanna go pee-pee in your big boy slacks, keep it to yourself. It's make your mammas proud time! - I love my mamma! Consider this a test run for keeping everyone loose and limber. Remember that we are humanity's last hope. Our mission.. ..destroy all Cy-bugs. Our job is to get the gamers to the top of that building.. ..so they can get a medal and that's it! So, stick to the program, soldiers!" She cleared her throat as she knocked on the door twice. "You ready rookies? Let's find out." The ship landed quickly as the docking bay doors opened to reveal a horrific wasteland. Giant cybernetic bugs roamed the skies as they dove and charged at the enhanced soldiers. Sweet mother Hubbard!" Ralph gulped as he held his gun tight. Cy-Bug, 12 o'clock! Take it, newbies!" Calhoun ordered at Steel and Glen. "And be sure to watch it, rookies! These monsters become what they eat!" This was made apparent as Ralph had already lost his gun. A cybug had gotten a hold of it and it's arms turned into guns, firing at the rampant giant as he ran away. "Shoot the eggs before they hatch!" She continued barking. As Glen and Steel were prepared to fire, they were cut off by two of the Troops from the sergeant's squad, pointing their guns at them. Their helmets dispersed to reveal Karina and Leo, armed and ready to shoot. Leo took aim at Steel and took a few pot shots and Karina reloaded. SUGAR RUSH Taffyta scoffed. "Yeah, right... Prepared to be told on you glitches!" She reached for her whistle and blew it, summoning two familiar faces in sprinkled armor. Though it looked a bit silly, they were still threatening to be sure. Candlehead tugged at Taffyta. "Come on let's get out of here! We're gonna miss the race!" Taffyta sighed. "Aww, I always get to miss all the action. The two little girls raced off as Base and Ananta were stood to face off against digital copies of Flora and Kross.
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FIX-IT-FELIX JR The black robed person followed AJ into the Fix-It-Felix Jr. gate to find the blonde boy staring up at the more than ten story brick building. There was nothing around them but a limited patch of green grass, and a brick junkyard in the rear. "Not much detail, is it?" X reluctantly spoke. As the tall building stood before them, a frantic handyman, not even reaching four feet tall was bouncing around as if he hit a power up. "Oh no, this is bad! So very very bad!" He looked at X and AJ and stopped bouncing. He approached them and looked upwords, his color pallete being of mostly light blue colors. "Excuse me friends... I'm looking for my co-worker; Ralph. He's about this tall!" He jumped up high just passing seven feet. "Kind of a smelly guy, mean attitude, giant fists... I don't suppose you've seen him anywhere have you? He's the game's bad guy and we can't really start the game without him, see? If he doesn't wreck, I can't fix!" He showcased his golden hammer as it shimmered in front of them. HERO'S DUTY Ralph looked round him as he quickly threw on a battle suit and entered a battalion of fully armored soldiers ready to depart for a new mission. SUGAR RUSH "Umm excuse me!" A teenage girl's voice blared. As Ananta and Base turned, they looked down to find two short racers with giant heads approaching them. The one who spoke had tan skin, rosy cheeks, pink and short platinum blonde hair in a bob-cut. She batted her thick eyelashed unamused at the newcomers. Her companion had short green hair pulled into pigtails, and a candle themed helmet. "I don't know what you think you're doing, but I've definately never seen you two around here!" The Candle headed one gasped. "Taffyta! What if they're glitches?!" "Well then Candlehead, that gives them even more reason to leave! King Candy says glitches can't race." The girl was rude and bossy, folding her arms. "You better get out of here fast or you'll be in real trouble if the king finds you!" "Kel.. Aislinn..." Tron nodded to the both of them. "Thi is Tron, he's a security program here," Hikaru summarized. He tried to think quickly of what he could call themselves in terms of program format. They had keys for starters. Keyblade weilders are practically security warriors right? "And uhh... we're security programs too!" He looked to Kel and Aislinn to try and catch them up to speed. "Tron says that Sark guy has been controlling this place... Maybe he could get us the access code we need?" Tron shook his head. "Unlikely. Sark wants to remain in power... There is a seven password system to open the gate and only he knows it. Sark is all about power and control... He wouldn't just give it away. And to make sure he doesn't get challenged for it, he's threatening up and coming programs with the possibility of being derezzed." Hikaru tilted his head. "Derezzed, huh?" He shrugged to the other three. "That doesn't sound too bad." Meanwhile, in the light cycle arena, one of Sark's programs had just sped in front of a competing cyclist, causing the program to shatter. "AND ANOTHER PROGRAM IS DEREZZED FROM THE PRELIMINARY MATCHES!" Hikiaru's mouth dropped a good few inches. "So uhh... where do the derezzed guys respawn?" "Respawn?" Tron looked confused. "What is... respawn?" Hikaru gulped... "That's why I'm looking for four players to elist as a challenging team.. to end Sark's reign as Grid Master!" "And you'd just give it to us?..." Hikaru asked. "Security programs mend and defend. I trust you wouldn't go against your programming any more than I would," Tron smiled. Hikaru looked to his partner. "What do you think Stratos?"
A program with the appearance of a man stepped forward onto a platform in a large digital arena. The program was tall and slender, with antenna-like structures on his head and red circuits over his body. He held his hand high to silence the crowd of cheering programs sitting in the stands. The entire setup was like that of a chariot coliseum. "My fellow programs! Today's rotation shall mark the glorious occasion of a new reign. I, commander Sark, will take charge of our newly invented light cycle tournament!" More cheers from the stands in the program. "The rules have not changed... eight teams of four shall be chosen to compete in a fast paced battle royale across the game grid arena... the winner, will be awarded new dominion as commander of the space paranoids!" He shouted to the programs. "Over my derezzed code..." he whispered to himself over the cheering bystanders. Returning to his grandmaster personality, he snapped his fingers as four pillars brought of 4 programs to rise behind him with red circuitry armor. "These four programs represent Team Sark. The current title holders that have brought me into power. Defeat my team of light cyclists, and you shall be awarded graciously... but lose... and be nullified." The four programs stood at attention to their commander. "Programs D36, E24, X20, and S22 shall take any and all challengers! So assemble your teams, but head warning, challenge the resign of dark, and face utter deresolution!" As the crowd cheered for more entertainment, a slender program with blue circuits over his body and a short cylindrical cap watched in worry. "This isn't good," he whispered allowed to himself. "I may need some help with this one..." At this time, Hikaru had followed Stratos into space paranoids as both appeared in the stands with the rest of the programs. Hikaru examined the blue circuitry over his body In awe. He hadn't felt like such a different change in style since his time in timeless river. "Were definately digital now," he mentioned to his partner. THe blue program noticed Hikaru and Stratos walk in from the game terminal and approached them, hoping to seize an opportunity. "You two seem unfamiliar... my names Tron. I was a security program repurposed for this arcade game... What's your format?" He asked in a friendly tone. Atop the highest tower in the grid, sat what looked like a dictator in a tall black chair. The program wore a black suit with yellow circuitry. He was tall with brown sleeked back hair, watching over the grid from his penthouse view. One of his minions came to report. "Master CLU... I'm afraid our rally is still short for today's tournament." He didn't seem to happy about that. "THen send out the rectifiers and grab more programs.." "We already have sir," he said nervously. "Too many programs wish to remain... undeleted though." CLU leaned back in his seat. "That's the price you pay in trying to perfect the perfect game... impossible odds, life or death, the thrill of a comeback win... that's what's going to make us the most payed game in the arcade..." his minion winced a bit at the power hungry CLU. "Sir, you're starting to sound Turbo on us..." "Don't compare me to that urban myth! Now find me more programs, or I'll put you in the disc wars!" The minion quickly raced off as CLU watched from his tower. "I know there are more programs out there just waiting to make things interesting around here..."
You can really tell they had their practise with kh 0.2 when it came to fleshing out the gameplay mechanics. I also like how the black box from chi is teased at more and more.
X scoffed at AJ's attempt at lying. "Yes. We're from... that. Now enough talk, take us to your portal!" He pointed his blade at hime. "Huh? well careful with that kid, you can poke your eye out!" Ralph soved his keyblade out of the way with impressive force. "And if you really wanna know, I don't know anything about any portal... but I'm sure you'll find one in some of the games. Now if you don't mind, I gotta medal to win!" Ralph moved pass them onto the track of the Hero's Duty game station. Above each of the game gate, was a number. The Grid: 0/4 Space Paranoids: 0/4 Sugar Rush: 0/2 Fix It Felix Jr: 0/2 Hero's Duty: 0/2 From the looks of it, there seemed to be only a certain amount of people allowed per world. X looked at each of the worlds, uncaring of which they went to. "You! Blonde one. pick," he commanded. "Where did you want go check out first?" Stratos asked Hikaru. Hikaru looked at each of the five stations. The Space Paranoids gate caught his eye as the flashy lights and colors made him feel pretty excited. "That one looks pretty cool. I mean.. it's retro right? Is retro cool?..." He was getting inside his own head again and shook it off. "Nevermind... Anyways, that world looks as good as any." He pointed to the Space Paranoids gate with a look of optimism. Shaking his head to get his bangs away from his face.
Going to Space Paranoids.
