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(Orson is standing off to the side, on a dirt road that heads towards Pac-village, looking forward, back turned away from the audience POV, he stays like this most of the way through)
(v1)
I still can remember the tear in her eye (a younger Pac Man is shaking hands with Orson, his other hand on top of their held hands, giving a large grin that says "I'll see you later friend!")
(Pac Man waves goodbye, being followed by Pac people, soon enough being surrounded by them, a few looking back to Orson with dirty looks and they all dissappear with the word goodbye) When she cast her spell and said nothing more than "goodbye"
The faces fade as the memories age (fade to a younger Orson)
(child pac man with the main 4 ghosts, running along happily) A lifetime lost and a childhood thrown away (they fade with the words "thrown away")
Best of luck to the world out there and I hope you'll be okay
(chorus)
(Transition to a room full of electronics, mechanics, metal pieces, blueprints, etc. still off the side of the POV, Orson is tinkering, back still turned away from the camera, clearly isolating himself)
Meanwhile, I'm feeling right at home with what I got around me
Seems like I would be all alone if no one ever found me
(Blinky, Inky Pinky and Clyde appear, all looking worried for Orson) If you come looking around for me, (then they fade) leave me be
'Cause the only friends I've got are all I need
(v2)
(Pac Man is now chasing the ghosts away, a fruit and power pellet in hand) The hunter finds his food for the night
With a quick-sharp aim and a hunger from deep inside (fades)
(Pac- boy appears, followed by Ms. Pac) The little bear goes where his mama will go
(Pac appears in front of them, Pac-sis appears in his arms) The mother bear goes where the little cub knows to follow (fades)
(many other Pac people fade in, then out, then the ghosts fade in then out at the end of the verse) The rest of them in the world out there have a different way of life
(chorus)
(Transitions to Orson in the Toc-Man mech, sitting on a ledge looking to the sunset) Meanwhile, I'm feeling right at home with what I got around me
(Transitions to inside his mansion, Toc-man is rallying the fellow ghosts there) Seems like I would be all alone (Pac Man appears in the back, moving through the crowd) if no one ever found me
(Transition to Toc-Man is destroyed, Orson in the middle of the wreckage. Pac Man is in front of him holding out a hand and a friendly smile) If you come looking around for me, (Orson turns halfway away from Pac, showing his face to the audience POV, eyes closed, frowning with guilt) leave me be
(POV slowly pans into Orson's face, everyone fades except him) 'Cause the only friends I've got are all I need
(Camera blurs white then with the guitar sting fades into a scene of Orson standing in the spectral realm -flames, chaos, spectral rips happening off the distance- back once again turned form POV)
[Time stamps for my imagination's convenience, don't mind me lolol]
2:18 (Transitions to Orson fiddling with a console in his workshop, showing Pac-Man on a body temp cam in the sewers, communicator at the ghost's side.)
2:31 (Transitions to Pac Man standing in front of Orson, conversing with him with attentiveness)
2:43 (Transition back to Orson in his workshop, watching the console monitor as Pac and one of the main ghosts (probably Blinky) working together with him)
2:50 (Transition to Pac Man defeating Erwin in the background, Orson watching from the foreground)
(chorus)
(Camera blurs white, to Orson standing in the middle of his workshop, busy as ever with the POV still on his backside) Meanwhile, I'm feeling right at home (close up of Orson, as he turns his head back, slightly surprised to see something) with what I got around me
(Camera turns, to reveal Pac Man walking in from the large garage-ish door)
Seems like I would be all alone (then focuses on him, beaming as he approaches Orson) if no one ever found me
(Pac holds out a hand, stopping a couple of feet away from Orson. Orson's eyes widen a bit, then shrink and squint down, frowning and misty eyed) If you come looking around for me, (focus back to Pac who blinks with concern and slight realization) leave me be
(Pac Man stretches his arms out towards Orson, a small warm and caring grin on his face)
'Cause the only friends I've got (Orson's eyes widen and tears form, lip quivering) are all I need
(POV having been pulled back, almost looking like silhouettes, PC near the lower bottom corner. Orson hurriedly floats over, pushing himself onto Pac with a tight hug, to which Pac reciprocates instantly, no hesitation) They're all I need
(final shot is of the two best friends gazing at the stars from a rooftop)