A/N: Well, the first chapter was a good result. I had a bit of difficulty writing this chapter, and I had to keep on staring outside to think of what I could do. It's a bit like writing a fun essay. Anyways, here you go!
The next day, I woke up pretty early and checked the first part of the piece of paper Mr. Litwak gave me again. It said:
Opening Time: 9:00 A.M.
Closing Time: 7:30 P.M.
I thought it was pretty simple, and I'd only have to stay there for around 10 to 11 hours. So, grabbing my backpack I had packed earlier that night (it had my keys, wallet, note, and mostly everything I needed, including lunch), I headed over to Litwaks' Arcade.
When I had arrived there, a crowd of kids had already gathered at the door, and they were all very excited. Once I unlocked the door, they all ran in like crazy and almost trampled me. I was about to tell them that it wasn't opening time yet, but then I thought to myself, "Who cares? It'll just allow Mr. Litwak to earn more money." So I went into the counter, and sat down, looking at those children excitedly playing the games.
At around noon, I ate my lunch while rereading the rest of the piece of paper Mr. Litwak gave me, hoping that I would be able to remember some of the important things included in there. Suddenly, a little girl came up to me and said that Sugar Rush wasn't functioning properly.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Well, the game somehow doesn't show the players!" She cried out, and then gestured for me to follow her to the game.
It was true. The screen showed the 'Chews Your Racer' screen, but none of the characters seemed to have appeared. Just as I was about to dig into my pocket and give the little girl her quarters back, the racers suddenly appeared, acting as if nothing strange had happened at all.
"Hm. Problem solved, I guess. If anything else goes wrong, just tell me again, okay?" I said, slightly confused.
"Thanks, mister!" She then jumped onto the chair, selecting Taffyta, and proceeded to the game almost immediately. However, as I was about to go back, a thought just hit me. Normally, when a character was selected, they'd do a little dance or action before loading the race. "Well, at least now I have an excuse for staying in late at night to inspect the games." I thought to myself.
At around seven, the children started to go back home and there were only a few people left at the arcade.
KA-BOOM!
"Oh, not again..." I looked outside and sure enough, it was raining heavily, with an occasional flash.
After a long 30 minutes of me just staring out of the glass door, hoping that the rain would end before I left, I noticed that it was closing time, and I shouted, "Closing time!" The people who were still in the arcade sighed, and then left their games, heading for the exit.
When they left, I checked the arcade for a small while, trying to see if anything peculiar was happening. I also checked the back of the games, seeing if something was hidden there, but nothing special was found. Afterwards, I took Mr. Litwaks' keys out, went outside and locked the doors. However, as I was halfway back to my home, I realised something: I had forgotten to take the quarters out! Knowing that, I turned around and ran back to Litwaks' Arcade.
As I unlocked the doors, something definitely strange was happening. Fix-it-Felix's screen didn't show Ralph in it and there seemed to be a party going on in one of the apartments, DDR's how-to-play screen didn't have Yuni in there, and once again, the screen in Sugar Rush showed the demo race, but the views were definitely different and I had never seen that map on the demo race before. I freaked out, and dived behind the counter.
"What in the world is going on?"
A/N: Well, that's chapter two. Sorry about this one being a bit shorter than the other one, but I wanted to put this out on the same day. Tell me if there's any problem with my writing so far, and do review on what you think should happen next! Also, I'm sorry if you think I'm going too slow, but that's how fast I like my stories to be. Until next chapter!
Votes:
Me going into the game world: 1
They going into the real world: 2
