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“Sit here, Hootsifer. Things are about to get real intense, I don’t want you to get hurt.” Lilith’s almost out of place calmness struck Hooty as she placed his port-a-hooty container on the ground.
"But I can fight with you! I’m a big boy house!” Hooty cried out as Lilith turned to fight The Collector, Hooty’s voice going unheard.
Hooty could simply do nothing but watch as Lulu, Eda, Luz, Amity, Willow, Gus and the angry blonde kid all faced off against The Collector in one final battle. Hooty felt helpless as all he could do was watch as his friends and family were beaten to the ground by the godly child. Behind him, the soft sound of paws hitting against the stone ground echoed.
Hooty extended his neck to turn around and see King’s face, which was potentially even more distraught than his own. Hooty sadly retracted back into the port-a-hooty, wondering how he could help. “Augh! No fair! I hate this game!” The Collector shouted as Eda chucked an explosive potion at him.
And then Hooty, in a moment of sheer brilliance and determination, started on his journey. “Wai- Where are you going?” King questioned Hooty as he stretched all the way out of the cavern. But Hooty wasted no time to stop and answer, he was on a mission. Through bush, through tree, through sea and government property, Hooty burst through the walls and trunks of them all. Everyone needed his help, and he knew exactly where he was going to get it. Eventually, after what seemed to be seconds (maybe because it was) Hooty had found it. The Hextendo shop. He entered the shop, feeling prideful in the genius of his plan. “Welcome to Hextend-WOAH-” The overworked teenage employee was spun off their feet as Hooty grabbed the first console he saw off the rack, speeding out of there as fast as he could. “You still need to pay for that!” The employee yelled. Hooty coughed up a single snail as payment. “That should be enough,” Hooty thought to himself. He now retracted at the same unbelievably fast speed, bursting through the same obstacles he had before. When he made it back to the cavern, King looked even more worried. "Hooty.. What are you doing?" King said as Hooty tore open the console's box. He had taken the infamous WiiU. Hooty couldn't reasonably hold the device, so he laid it on the floor and tapped the buttons with his beak. As Hooty installed Boiling Kart 8 for the WiiU, The puzzle pieces on what Hooty was plotting clicked in King's mind.
"Hooty… This seems like a bad idea. Once you start playing games with him, he won't sto-'' Hooty cut him off. "Too late! Hey Collector kid!" The Collector, along with everyone else, turned in Hooty's direction. "I have a BETTER game we can play!" King facepalmed. "Oh? How do you play?" The Collector floated down from his previous position mid-air to meet Hooty on the ground. "You just have to move the little people inside the screen to go really fast and reach the end of the map before all the other little people! Me and Eda used to play it all the time, but she's been too busy recently. But that's okay!" The Collector looked intrigued, sitting to think for a minute. "Okay!" As the Collector took one end of the controller, Eda spoke up. "Hooty, what do you think you're doing?!" Hooty chose to ignore Eda. Hooty started the game. "If I win, you have to stop destroying the isles and leave my family alone." Hooty stated. "And if I win?" The Collector asked. "Then you can uh.." Hooty thought for a moment, he actually wasn't sure what this kid wanted. "Then we can have a tea party for as long as you want!" The Collector held out his pinky to pinky swear on it, before quickly taking it back after realising Hooty lacked fingers. "Sounds fun!" The Collector responded awkwardly.
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The duo decided on the Painbow Avenue map. The Collector chose the "Baby Belos" character, which had a low speed stat but a high control stat. Hooty chose the "Coven Scout" character, which had high speed but low control. As the two entered the map, a huddle of everyone in the area formed around the screen, leaving little personal space for both Hooty and The Collector. As the countdown to the race began, all parties involved tensed up. The stakes were high, and everyone knew it. Then, the horn sounded and the begining flag was flown. Hooty skillfully navigated down the winding streets of Painbow Avenue, leaving the collector in 2nd place. Unfortunately, Hooty was soon knocked out of first place by a computer controlled character and The Collector took the lead, cackling to himself as he did so. They both met their first item box, The Collector getting a coin and Hooty getting a mushroom. Hooty used his natural speed advantage to get close to The Collector's kart and then used his mushroom to leave The Collector in his dust, speeding ahead faster than ever.
The crowd cheered. The Collector grumbled. The Collector fell down the ranks, computer controlled players passing him by. But it wasn't over for The Collector yet, he refused to give up now. He grabbed an item box, and earned a blue shell.
"Lookout Hooty!" Luz shouted as she saw the blue shell. Hooty turned around to go backwards, giving up his spot in first place and letting the shell hit someone else, before reclaiming his spot at 1st place.
"No fair!" The Collector whined at his failure, still not letting his focus waiver from the screen. Hooty reached his second lap, while The Collector was still on his first. Everyone grew dead silent as the tension rose. The Collector got lucky with a few item boxes, getting a collection of mushrooms every time. Using careful planning and prediction, The Collector met Hooty in second place by the time the final lap began. Hooty rammed into the side of The Collector's kart. However, thanks to the extreme control of The Collector's kart, Hooty had barely any effect on him. The two were neck and neck, and they only had half the track for someone to take the lead. The Collector hit Hooty with ink, but Hooty was able to work just fine with the lack of sight.
The finish line was in sight now, and the winner was still uncertain. The audience waited with held breath, the suspense killing them all bit by bit. Even Hunter was intrigued now as everything became more and more intense by the millisecond, nobody entirely sure who would win or lose. And as the two each reached the finish line, Hooty had touched the check-board pattern end line sooner than The Collector by just under a second. The Collector dropped the WiiU, cracking the screen in rage. "No fair no fair NO FAIR!" The Collector raged. "C'mon, a deal's a deal." Eda pointed out. "Fiiine." The Collector turned around and begrudgingly walked out. "I'll just go find another universe to toy with." The people cheered, picking up Hooty and throwing him up and down in celebration. They chanted his name and spread hopeful messages around him. Not long after, A statue was built in his honor and he became president of the world. He could do whatever he wanted, and he felt amazing. A little too amazing, actually. Everything felt… off.
Hooty woke up. He was still in the conformitorium with Eda and Lilith. It was all just some dream, some figment of Hooty's imagination. Hooty felt cheated.