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Everyone was hoping for a quiet day at the circus. Something peaceful, normal even. Any hope of that would eventually be shot down when bubble summoned all of them to the center.
🎭Gangle🎭: *still wearing a comedy mask* Wait, have you always been able to summon us like that?
🫧Bubble🫧: Nope, when Caine left he gave me all the powers.
Giant walls start forming around the circus, and the tent collapsed, revealing a massive labyrinth stretching for what seemed like miles.
🫧Bubble🫧: To anyone just joining us, Welcome, to the amazing digital bubble. It's [$#@&?!‽] awesome. I'm in control now, so you know what that means, Adventure Time. We're playing Pac-Man. Guess who's pacman?
🎪Zooble🩷: I swear to [#$@&?!] God if it's you ill-
🫧Bubble🫧: That's right!! It's me. You all get 5 minutes to hide, then I run around and try to eat you. Good luck!
🐾Tabby🐱: Wait, so we do 'adventures' so we don't go nuts?
👗Ragatha🧵: Pretty much. Well, times a wasting, let's go, because bubble probably won't stop.
As everyone begins running through the maze as a group, they come to a 3 way intersection. They must decide to split up or stay together.
🎪Zooble🩷: Well, were harder to pinpoint as individuals, so I say we split up into 3 teams.
🎭Gangle🎭: I'll go with Zooble!
🐰Jax🐇: Fine, I'll go with Pomni
🃏Pomni🤡: Can Ragatha tag along too?
🐰Jax🐇: *clearly annoyed* fiine
👗Ragatha🧵: *smiles nervously* okay?
🎪Zooble🩷: then that leaves the newest and oldest people here together, is everyone okay with that?
🐾Tabby🐱: Umm, is, he *points to Kinger who is not paying attention to anything other than a butterfly print on the wall* okay to be with?
💜Kinger♟️: Huh, oh, don't worry, I used to work with games all the time, I think,?
🃏Pomni🤡: He's fine to be with
🐰Jax🐇: other than being crazy
🫧Bubble🫧: 4 Minutes Left, better get moving, or else I'll have a good snack!
They all split up, Kinger and Tabby going right, Zooble and Gangle going left, and the rest going straight.
Meanwhile in the center of the labyrinth...
🐸Ribbit🐸: Yo what the [$&?!]?
*Back at the front*
🫧Bubble🫧: Wow, they sure are going fast, I've almost lost some of them. What do you think Caine? *Bubble turns, then remembers Caine is gone* oh yeah...
🫧Bubble🫧: That means 2 minutes left
*Over to Kinger and Tabby*
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Everyone was hoping for a quiet day at the circus. Something peaceful, normal even. Any hope of that would eventually be shot down when bubble summoned all of them to the center.
🎭Gangle🎭: *still wearing a comedy mask* Wait, have you always been able to summon us like that?
🫧Bubble🫧: Nope, when Caine left he gave me all the powers.
Giant walls start forming around the circus, and the tent collapsed, revealing a massive labyrinth stretching for what seemed like miles.
🫧Bubble🫧: To anyone just joining us, Welcome, to the amazing digital bubble. It's [$#@&?!‽] awesome. I'm in control now, so you know what that means, Adventure Time. We're playing Pac-Man. Guess who's pacman?
🎪Zooble🩷: I swear to [#$@&?!] God if it's you ill-
🫧Bubble🫧: That's right!! It's me. You all get 5 minutes to hide, then I run around and try to eat you. Good luck!
🐾Tabby🐱: Wait, so we do 'adventures' so we don't go nuts?
👗Ragatha🧵: Pretty much. Well, times a wasting, let's go, because bubble probably won't stop.
As everyone begins running through the maze as a group, they come to a 3 way intersection. They must decide to split up or stay together.
🎪Zooble🩷: Well, were harder to pinpoint as individuals, so I say we split up into 3 teams.
🎭Gangle🎭: I'll go with Zooble!
🐰Jax🐇: Fine, I'll go with Pomni
🃏Pomni🤡: Can Ragatha tag along too?
🐰Jax🐇: *clearly annoyed* fiine
👗Ragatha🧵: *smiles nervously* okay?
🎪Zooble🩷: then that leaves the newest and oldest people here together, is everyone okay with that?
🐾Tabby🐱: Umm, is, he *points to Kinger who is not paying attention to anything other than a butterfly print on the wall* okay to be with?
💜Kinger♟️: Huh, oh, don't worry, I used to work with games all the time, I think,?
🃏Pomni🤡: He's fine to be with
🐰Jax🐇: other than being crazy
🫧Bubble🫧: 4 Minutes Left, better get moving, or else I'll have a good snack!
They all split up, Kinger and Tabby going right, Zooble and Gangle going left, and the rest going straight.
Meanwhile in the center of the labyrinth...
🐸Ribbit🐸: Yo what the [$&?!]?
🫧Bubble🫧: Wow, they sure are going fast, I've almost lost some of them. What do you think Caine? *Bubble turns, then remembers Caine is gone* oh yeah...
🫧Bubble🫧: That means 2 minutes left
💜Kinger♟️: C'mon Tabby, we don't have much time!!
🐾Tabby🐱: Wait! Why the [&@$#] did he skip a minute?
💜Kinger♟️: Not worth the thoughts
*Kinger had genuinely locked in, and it was showing.*
Meanwhile
🃏Pomni🤡: Ahhhhh!!! We gotta go guys!
🐰Jax🐇: Well, why not have some fun? Hey Rags, catch! *Jax throws a bucket at ragatha*
👗Ragatha🧵: AHHH *The bucket hit her chest, and she flew against the wall. Before she got up, Jax was gone*
Pomni helped her up, but that's when she saw Bubble, she grabbed Ragatha’s arm, and pulled her to her feet, and stepped back.
🫧Bubble🫧: *in the hall in front of Ragatha* 5, 4, 3, ̸͓̈2,̸͕̈̌ 1
🃏Pomni🤡: *scared* run
Bubble started snapping his jaw.
Each snap echoing louder and louder
🃏Pomni🤡: C’mon Ragatha! *she began running, as fast as she could, only looking back briefly to ensure Ragatha was still behind her.*
somewhere else in the labyrinth
💜Kinger♟️: Gah, he’s started. Oh, Tabby, are you okay?
🐾Tabby🐱: Well, entering this place was… interesting to say the least. I’m still not sure how I got here, but I’m sure I'll be fine, right? I mean, it's not like we can die, we're in a video game after all.
Kinger looked uncomfortable, obviously thinking about Queenie, Kaufmo, and all the others who’ve abstracted.
🫧Bubble🫧: P̴̬̑e̵͙̍ė̴̖k̴̠̓a̶̙̾b̷̧͑o̶̬͠ơ̵̢
💜Kinger♟️: *Shocked, yet calm* Tabby watch out! *He grabs Tabby's shoulder and shoves her back, clasping his hands together, creating a glowing orb that he touches, then runs towards Bubble*
🫧Bubble🫧: B̷͂ͅu̶͕͠h̶̫͐ ̴̖̆b̶̥͂y̵͉͌è̷̱– *Before he can say anything else, Kinger rams into him, and bubble pops*🐾Tabby
🐱: Did you just power pellet him?
💜Kinger♟️: What? Oh yeah, I’m kinda surprised I was able to do it that fast.
🐾Tabby🐱: Kinger, are you, an admin?
back at the beginning
🎪Zooble🩷: Uhh, which way do we go now?
🎭Gangle🎭: Umm, I- I think this way?
🫧Bubble🫧: What? What just happened? *now seeing Zooble and Gangle* Oh, hi!
🎪Zooble🩷: We, should go. Now. *Zooble bolts away from bubble, grabbing Gangles hand*
*before Gangle can start running Bubble is already there, and about to chomp down*
Suddenly a softball comes flying from out of nowhere, hitting bubble, then gangle
👗Ragatha🧵: OH! Sorry gangle!The hit startled bubble, and shattered Gangles comedy mask
Before Ragatha can try again to distract Bubble, he drops down and bites one of Gangle's ribbons, then slurps Gangle up like a piece of spaghetti.
🎪Zooble🩷: NO! *They charge towards bubble, grabbing the softball, and hurling it towards bubble before he can finish off Gangle*
🫧Bubble🫧: Ow! *He drops Gangles mask, then Zooble tries to grab it and run, but its now gone*
🎭Gangle🎭: *now a spectator, capable of flying* WOAH! Zooble, can you see or hear me?
🎪Zooble🩷: *unresponsive, because spectators cannot interact with players*
Bubble turns his attention to ragatha
👗Ragatha🧵: Umm, hello there?
🫧Bubble🫧: *in a deep, somewhat mechanical voice* Ms. Ragatha, you are a bold one. You will make a fine addition to my collection.
👗Ragatha🧵: What?
Bubble just ignored Ragatha's confusion and lunged for her
Before Ragatha had time to react, she was flying, she looked around and saw Gangle
👗Ragatha🧵: So, are we…?
🎭Gangle🎭: Yeah… Flyings kinda fun though, wanna fly around and see how everyone else is doing?Somewhere in the center of the circus
🐰Jax🐇: *breathing heavily from running almost halfway across the circus*
Suddenly Jax noticed something. A door, slightly ajar. On the door, a green frog, not crossed out this time.
As he peeked inside the door, he noticed something. Or rather someone. A green frog, standing there, looking around, trying to understand his current situation.
🐰Jax🐇: Ribbit!? *His shock was undeniable, he had watched Rabbit abstract*
🐸Ribbit🐸: Jax? Oh god, you died too? HAH!
🐰Jax🐇: No, I’m alive. Caine can’t bring you back, h-how are you back?
🐸Ribbit🐸: You really want to know Jax? *Ribbit disappears* I’m not back, *Ribbit reappears right next to Jax* You left.
🐰Jax🐇: AHH, NO, NO I’M- I- I DIDN’T.
🐸Ribbit🐸: AHahhahahahahaha, you should’ve seen yourself, priceless. Anyways, I dunno, Caine just TP’d me back, and then noped out. I dunno what's what anymore.
🐰Jax🐇: Me- me neitherKinger and tabby were deep in the maze at this point, basically lost
🐾Tabby🐱: How did you make that power pellet?
💜Kinger♟️: I just wanted it to happen so it did. How about you try?
🐾Tabby🐱: Umm, I guess… I *they clasp their hands together*
💜Kinger♟️: Now think of something, something easy, like a regular bouncy ball.
🐾Tabby🐱: Okay *As they begin to think of it, they feel something forming in their hands*
💜Kinger♟️: If you feel it, don't let go, keep holding on until it stops moving.
🐾Tabby🐱: Okay, Oh! It stopped, now can I open my hands?
💜Kinger♟️: Yeah, then there should be a bouncy ball!
🐾Tabby🐱: *opening her hands* Oh! It is!
💜Kinger♟️: Okay, now think about all the things a power pellet does for pacman, and think about the ball having them.
🐾Tabby🐱: Okay *He clasps his hand together*As the orb starts glowing in her hands, Bubble shows up in front of them
🫧Bubble🫧: Lets try this again. Peekaboo