Everything was going great at Litwak's arcade. It had been three years since the game characters found out the truth about Sugar Rush, Vanellope being the true ruler, an old racer named Turbo masquerading as a character named King Candy and stopping Vanellope from crossing the finish line to reset the game, and the game and Vanellope being saved by a bad guy who wanted to be a good guy named Wreck It Ralph. During this time, an aspiring entertainer and part-time programmer named Paolo was working with Tobikomi and Disney to make an update for the Sugar Rush game. Once his update was approved, he was given the opportunity to add a character to the game as well.
What the two companies didn't know was Paolo was an avid fiction reader and writer. You see, he tried to get this job for the purpose of adding a character to the game. He wasn't a bad person but he did feel kinda lonely. A few years before getting the job, he almost lost his life. Ok so it sounded to morbid but he was actually paralyzed and didn't move. His rehab was actually, believe it or not, to play on video games so he can move.
After this he was almost better but his health kept still and didn't improve much after. His goal to be an entertainer was gone so he decided to go with his other passion, working on the very things that helped him get part of his life back, video games. When the update was approved, he added a character named Alden Monde.
This character was special. He recalled a friend of his, Barry, making an avatar when they went to college together to learn about programming. They went their separate ways after graduation but stayed in touch because they were both hired by Disney for the update. Barry already added his own character based on a story he did the year before. This character was coded to be funny, somewhat weird and often talked to the gamers by breaking character and the "fourth wall". Paolo decided to code his character with some similarities such as knowing about the gamers, although all the characters already did but they just didn't break character. The special thing he added was for Alden to be able to contact him in the real world through a special signal in his earpiece. You see Alden was also coded to protect Sugar Rush due to a new update having either issues or a dangerous character.
After the update was approved, Paolo tested it out without the two companies knowing about his 'special' addition.
"And so it begins", Paolo said to himself.
