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Mike duds would always be at the stands of Sugar Rush, messy dark hair, tan-ish skin, as a NPC cause thats how he was coded. Mike wants more than just the same old racing scheme in his game, besides, he never liked racing as much like his parents did, he wanted something new, something fresh...
Wait
One of his friends from another cabinet just told him about a basketball arcade game across from his own game.
Basketball...how he understood it, quite basically being a basketball fan day one of when he first discovered it, now he really thinks thats new AND fresh!
Oh, but his parents...he knew they would immediately say no to that idea...
Hmmmm...
Oh! He could lie to get his way to freedom! Even if he isn't that good at lying, he could plan his way to sweet basketball newness!
And so Mike was on his way to his parents...to lie to them...sounds better in his head than when actually lying to his parents but that's just himself.
Mike would approach his parents just a short way from them in the 'salmon' colored castle as his dad said, washing the dishes.
"Uh...hey, mom, dad? Could I hang out with some friends at a game cabinet juuust a short way from ours?" Mike said nervously.
"And what game might that be?" King candy said, questionable to his sons words.
"Just a...random racing game, nothing that important, really, you won't have to worry about me!" Mike would say, trying to be cheerful.
"Hmm...well, you can go, if you let Sour Bill come with you while leaving." Queen Scarlet said firmly.
"Aw, not Sour Bill..."
Mike would walk up the entrance to Sugar Rush with Sour Bill. "Come along, the sooner you visit your friends, the sooner you return here..." Sour Bill said.
"Okay okay...I promise it will be very quick, like, super quick, you won't even notice me leaving it!" Mike would say, trying to ease his own nerves.
"Mhm..." He said.
Of course Sour Bill didn't care enough, even though he was his fathers assistant, he didn't have the widest range of emotions rather than having the enthusiasm of a dehydrated plant.
"Okay, this is it...make sure to return by sunrise..." Sour Bill would mention as Mike would slowly leave Sugar Rush.
"Yeah, yeah, I know! I'll be back before you know it! Bye!"
Mike waved goodbye to Sour bill as he would enter Game Central Station, going to the basketball game cabinet entrance like he always wanted, finally...
He was gonna be a baller.