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Chapter 9: Return to the Prison
^Fix-It Felix Jr.^
Once Felix fixed the stall door and everything was explained to Tapper, the group retreated to Niceland to settle things with Edith. To avoid Edith running off, Edith had been tied up to Ralph's old stump while everyone else conversed on how to approach her with the idea of going back to the gamer world. In a matter of minutes, Agnes was found to be no help in coming up with ideas so Agnes kept Edith company with her story of staying in Sugar Rush the last few days. As Agnes rambled on about the places Jubileena took her to on the tour, Edith half-heartedly paid attention. One side of her wanted to get out of this by banging bricks on her head while the other side wanted to listen to her little sister since it's been almost a week since seeing the toddler and her unicorn toy.
"Edith," Margo began. "I know you don't like Miss Hattie but we have to go back. We weren't meant to be here. There are parents out there that are probably thinking about adopting three daughters so we have a chance at getting adopted. We don't want to blow it do we?" Margo explained to her tomboy sister, the latter rolling her eyes at the last statement. Seeing this, Margo decided to play to her sister's pleasure. "Not blowing it means we could be adopted and never have to deal with Miss Hattie again…" This got a half smile from the blond.
Though she half smiled, Edith scoffed. "The keyword is 'could' Margo, meaning that it might not happen."
"We have to try though right?" Margo countered. Edith seemed to think a moment.
When she looked back at Margo, she smiled. "How about this? We don't try at all and stay here where she can't touch us. Here, we can goof off all day. It sounds like a good idea to me."
Margo slapped her hand to her face which got a confused look from Agnes, who didn't understand what to do when frustrated. There were times where Edith was stubborn, most times involving the middle child getting into trouble and other times were Edith refusing to do something. "Sometimes, you're impossible Edith." Margo quipped as she walked away to think of another tactic.
Next, Calhoun came up to her. "Kid, why don't you leave us alone for a few minutes?" Gently, she asked Agnes to go elsewhere, sending the toddler to go play hide and seek with Vanellope. Turning back to Edith, Calhoun said what she needed to. "Look, I know you don't like this Miss Hattie person."
Again, Edith scoffed. "Who doesn't know that about me?" She asked rhetorically.
Calhoun nodded to the rhetoric question. "Still, there's a line between being selfish and being ignorant. You, on the other hand, have managed to combine them." Clearly she wasn't making any sense to Edith because she raised an eyebrow that said she had no idea what Calhoun was talking about. "Your sisters want to go home together but you're holding them back. They don't want to leave you here so until you agree to go home with them, they're stuck here. That's selfish on your part for not caring about their opinions and their dreams. That's ignorant because you don't seem to acknowledge that they want to go home with their sister and get adopted by parents that want them."
"But I hate Miss Hattie! She's so annoying and bossy. I've wanted to escape that place since the first day we got there. Of all the places that the social workers had to send us, they had to send us to her orphanage." Edith snappily retorted.
"If you wanted to leave so bad then why did you stay? When other parents wanted you, why did you stay?" Calhoun snapped.
"Because I promised my parents and my sisters that we would stick together!" Edith screeched back.
"Why did you promise them that?" Calhoun asked.
"Because, Moron, I love them. They're my family, I would do anything for them." Edith screamed. That was when Edith realized that Calhoun tricked her.
Calhoun scoffed in victory. "Hah, so you would do anything for them? Would you be willing to go back to the orphanage with them even if it meant seeing Miss Hattie again?" Edith lowered her head in surrender.
"I guess…" Edith murmured.
"Do you promise not to run anymore?" Calhoun said.
Edith nodded. "Yeah…"
Calhoun untied her from the stump and sat in front of her. "Look, sometimes you have to ignore your hate to make your loved ones happy. Why do you think I'm able to stand going to Sugar Rush despite that annoying theme song going on all the time?"
"Sort of reminds me of Agnes singing in the middle of the night…" Edith mumbled.
"That must get annoying." Calhoun agreed. Little kids tend not to be the best singers. Edith nodded in agreement. "Fix-it, Wreck-it, and Fun Size over there are my family." Calhoun pointed to the three that were talking to Margo and Agnes. "I know how it feels to care about someone so much and feel like wanting to do anything for them. I understand you more than you think I do."
Edith stared at her. In Calhoun's eyes, she saw someone that's tough, someone independent, someone who knows what it's like to lose someone, she even saw someone that likes to create mischief. Sure Calhoun probably had a different version of mischief but she definitely saw mischief in the sergeant's eyes. "You do understand me." Edith whispered. She knew Calhoun needed Ralph, Felix, and Vanellope, just like she needed Margo and Agnes. No matter how annoying they got or how big of fights they can have, they always were family, a family that won't be broken apart. "I'll go back. I'll go back to the orphanage with them." Edith answered the sergeant.
"Good," Both got up from the ground. "Did you really shoot seventy cy-bugs today? You didn't even let them get near you?" Calhoun asked curiously.
Smirking boastfully, Edith shook her head. "Nope, not a single time. And about the cy-bugs, I kept count and I know I got at least seventy."
Partially proud of the kid's skill even though she never played the game once or shot a blaster before today, Calhoun couldn't help but smile. "Interesting… might have to take you to the shooting range sometime to see what you can really do." Her sharp ears caught what Calhoun thought to be a really quiet 'awesome' from Edith as the child pumped her arm back. Felix and the others seemed to notice their conversation was over because they all looked up in their direction as they came towards them. "Alright, let's move out." Calhoun ordered. "We've got to get these three back to the gamer world." Everyone knew the tunnel that belonged to Mr. Litwak for whenever he comes to visit so getting there wouldn't be a problem.
^Gamer World Portal^
The blue glow of the portal was the only light besides Felix's golden hammer and Calhoun's armor that illuminated the room. Getting the portal open was easy but the good-byes were much harder.
"Thanks for letting me stay in your house, Ralph." Margo said as she and Ralph hugged. "A lot better than the beds at the orphanage."
"No problem," The wrecker shrugged. "Besides, a bed is better than sleeping on a pile of bricks." He joked. Margo laughed.
Moving on, Margo next said good-bye to the Fix-Its. "It was really nice to meet the both of you. You two weren't what I expected but I'm happy with it." Felix gave her a hug then Calhoun stepped forward to give hers.
"Just know that you're always welcome to the arcade world if you want to visit. I'm sure Mr. Litwak would let you." Felix offered.
"And keep a better eye on your sisters so you don't lose them next time." Calhoun said jokingly. After having another laugh, Margo moved onto Vanellope.
Though Vanellope was a year younger and less experienced with watching Agnes, she still did a good job. "Thanks for watching Agnes for me."
Vanellope shrugged. "No problem, kids got to watch out for each other right? I can't take all credit for it, I had some help." Before Margo could answer the question in any statement, Vanellope jumped forward to hug her. "I'm sorry you had to go through that during that camping trip." They stayed like this for a couple more minutes and all Vanellope heard was a quiet 'It's okay'. They released each other from their hug and Margo stood over by Agnes.
Since Edith didn't know them all that well, she got through her good-byes pretty quick. During a fist bump good-bye with Ralph, Edith said that he was an awesome bad guy. When she got to the Fix-Its, Felix apologized for catching her in Tapper's while Edith apologized for invading Hero's Duty and agreed to take Calhoun up on her offer of the Hero's Duty shooting range. After shaking hands with Felix, Edith jumped up to hug Calhoun. Neither Vanellope or Edith were at the level of being comfortable with hugging so they settled on fist bumping like the good-bye with Ralph. Edith promised that she and Taffyta would beat her the next time they raced in the game. Vanellope retorted that since Agnes is a better racer now the idea would be harder to achieve and playfully stuck her tongue out.
It was finally Agnes's turn to say good-bye. While saying good-bye to Ralph, Agnes apologized for calling him a 'big meanie' and for kicking at him back in Sugar Rush. Delicately, Ralph picked her up and gave her a hug. Agnes said good-bye to the Fix-Its and thanked them for taking care of Margo in addition to giving both of them hugs. Her hardest good-bye was with Vanellope.
"Thank you for helping me learn how to drive a kart." Agnes thanked. "Too bad that I didn't get to be in a real race with you and the others."
Vanellope smiled and patted the top of Agnes's head. "It's okay. And don't worry about the Cotton Candy Unicorn, I'll take good care of it. Whenever you come to the arcade to play Sugar Rush, I'll drive it just for you. We look like sisters right? When you race, it'll look like you're actually racing in it."
Agnes smiled. At least her kart will get to keep racing. Though, the Cotton Candy Unicorn isn't the only thing that Agnes wanted Vanellope to have. Sighing in a mixture of happiness and sadness, Agnes gave Fluffer one last look. Giving her unicorn toy a hug, Agnes thrust the toy out in front of Vanellope. "Here, I want you to have Fluffer."
Taken back by this gesture, Vanellope was a bit speechless. "What? No, I can't do that. Fluffer is yours." Her eyes still locked on the toy held out in front of her.
"I want you to keep him, to remember us by. If we never get to come back, at least you would have something to prove that we were here." Hesitantly, Vanellope took the toy in her hands. "Miss Hattie would probably take him away when we get back anyway. This way, I know he's always safe."
After looking at the unicorn toy in her arms, Vanellope nodded in understanding. "I'll be sure to give him a place of honor at the castle." Then with no words left to be said, they wrapped their arms around each other in an embrace. "You'll always be Terror Toddler to me. Don't forget that! President's orders!" Releasing each other, Agnes stepped over by her sisters, now empty-handed just like them.
Taking a hand from each of her sisters into her own, Margo started the countdown. "Let's go on three. One… two… three!" At the same time, all three sisters ran towards the swirling portal and jumped into it.
^Litwak's Arcade^
This being the first time the girls have returned through the portal, they had no idea how to react. As a result of this new feeling, they fell flat on their bellies in the closet. Shortly after they landed on the other side, the portal flashed away, leaving the girls unable to go back through.
"Yipee! We're back!" Agnes cheered as she got up. Being the first to recover, she reached up for the door handle only to find it was stuck. "But we're locked in the closet." She said to her sisters as they recovered.
Straightening her hat, Edith tried to think of an idea. "What now? Do we start pounding on the door?"
As Margo fixed her glasses, she tried to think of a solution. "No, it's probably useless. Litwak's probably at home since it's probably in the middle of the night." Seeing no other way out of the closet, Margo sighed. "We have to wait until morning. Let's try to get some sleep." Apparently Agnes agreed with this because as soon as Margo explained what they were going to do, she yawned. Nestling up against a wall on the side of the closet, Margo sat down, Edith sat down next to her and propped her head against Margo's shoulder, and Agnes laid down on the floor while using Margo's lap as a pillow. Even without her toy to comfort her, Agnes still fell asleep quickly. Soon after, Margo and Edith found it hard to stay awake and joined Agnes in dream land.
^Saturday^
Still a little weary from last night, Margo forced herself to wake up. Once she moved, Edith and Agnes awoke as well. Upon gaining all their senses, they heard someone humming outside. "Start banging on the door, it's probably Mr. Litwak." Margo ordered after listening to the humming.
Outside the closet, Mr. Litwak was indeed in the arcade. He was finishing the usual set-up routine when he started to hear banging. "Does anybody hear something?" He asked the characters in the game consoles.
"It's probably Margo, Edith, and Agnes, sir." Felix piped up from the Fix-It Felix Jr. console. "They're probably locked up in the closet since they got through the portal last night."
Mr. Litwak raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "They aren't game characters are they because if they are, this is a bad time to visit the real world with the arcade opening soon."
Felix's 8-bit appearance jumped in worry. "Oh no, Mr. Litwak, they're just some gamers that found the portal by accident." Mr. Litwak hummed in understanding. After a quick duck into his office, Mr. Litwak unlocked the closet door that led to the fuse box. Turning the handle, Litwak found himself surprised at the sight of three little girls in his closet.
"Woah!" He blinked in surprise as he looked down and saw the three girls in front of him. "Hello girls," He greeted after overcoming his initial surprise.
"Hi, Mr. Litwak," Margo started off sheepishly. "Sorry for intruding, we got locked in during closing time last Saturday."
Litwak nodded in understanding. "I see, and judging by you being in the closet. I assume you know everything then."
"Totally!" Edith exclaimed. "We know all about the portal. We know all about the station. We know all about the secret lives of the game characters. We know everything." Litwak chuckled at her excited appearance of knowing the arcade's secrets. "Don't worry, we won't tell anybody." She added at the end.
Agnes hopped in front of her sisters. "We also know you visit the game world too. You're lucky, it's fun there. I got to stay in Sugar Rush the whole time."
Again, Litwak chuckled. "Glad to know you had a good time." He stepped to the side so the girls could get out of the closet. "Now how about I unlock the doors so you can go home?"
"Yes, we'd like that." Margo responded. "Thank you, we need to get back to Miss Hattie's as soon as we can. Miss Hattie is going to flip when we get back." In a minute, Mr. Litwak had the front doors unlocked so the girls could leave. As they left, Margo waved good-bye one last time to Fix-It Felix Jr., Edith waved to Hero's Duty, and Agnes waved to Sugar Rush. Despite being 8-bit, Felix and Ralph still got their waves across for Margo to understand. Calhoun saluted to Edith which gained a salute back, and Vanellope winked back to Agnes while holding Fluffer on screen for Agnes to see.
^Miss Hattie's Home for Girls^
The walk back to the orphanage was relatively short considering it was only a few blocks away from the arcade but since the girls were anticipating a bad welcome back, the walk seemed terrifyingly long. Once entering inside, the girls went straight to Miss Hattie, knowing it would be the best confrontation. As they had expected, Miss Hattie gave them a long rant about gallivanting and taking their sweet time in getting back. She coldly explained how she had to send Darla and Penny to deliver cookies which was their job and how to avoid raising suspicion, she had to call their dance class instructor and tell her that they were sick with the flu.
"You aren't getting off easy, girls." Miss Hattie hissed at them, making Agnes hide her face in Margo's sleeve. "You will be punished for this disobedience."
Edith rolled her eyes, used to Miss Hattie ranting. "We just got lost, Miss Hattie. We were leaving the arcade when these bullies cut off our path and chased us. When we finally lost them, we had no idea where we were. We knew you wouldn't want the police to get involved so we just hid away for a few days until we could figure out where we were and how to get back." She lied. Like she was going to tell Miss Hattie about the arcade. She promised that it would be kept a secret and if Miss Hattie heard this come out of her mouth, she would have Edith shipped off to a place for kids with mental problems.
Miss Hattie narrowed her eyes at the girls. "Even so, your disappearance made me have to act." The sisters looked down in shame, giving Miss Hattie the clue that they got the point. "Until I find a punishment suitable for this, you girls are confined to your room and no breakfast, lunch, or dinner." The girls said nothing. "Now go away!" Miss Hattie snapped. As the girls moped to their room, they passed Darla and Penny, who were in the box of shame for doing a poor job on the cookie delivery run.
"Hi, Penny… hi, Darla…" The girls murmured. "Sorry…" They apologized as they walked through the door.
"It's okay…" The two girls in the box said.
^Margo, Edith, and Agnes's room^
Pushing the door open, the girls walked inside their room with Margo shutting the door behind them. "Sweet mother of monkey milk!" Agnes squealed. She held up a book that she took out of her suitcase. "Three Sleepy Kittens! It's still here!"
"Sweet mother of monkey milk?" Edith asked quizzically.
"It's a saying that Vanellope uses when she's happy." Agnes answered. Finding the answer reasonable, the girls continued to check their room to make sure all of their stuff was still there. Even after practically a week in a world of video games, no one had touched their stuff. "What do you think Miss Hattie is going to make us do?"
Edith glared at the door. "Who cares? Even if we have to do something, there's a chance we'll get adopted and it'll stop then." Margo had to agree. Once they would be adopted, they would no longer have to put up with Miss Hattie. Whatever Miss Hattie had for them, they would power through it and hope to be adopted to cut the pain short.
^Sugar Rush^
To some of the racers, today felt like a slow day. Gloyd, Jubileena, and Candlehead felt like something was missing. Before Vanellope and Agnes left with Ralph and the others the other day, they had said good-bye to Agnes. Both Jubileena and Candlehead, two of the game's sweetest racers, had ended up crying out of heartbreak that they might not see their young friend again. In addition to their saddened feelings, after seeing Agnes fight with Margo, it was hard for them to focus on the Random Roster Race which resulted in all three of them not finishing in the top nine so they weren't playable for the day. Vanellope too was off the roster. Even so, Vanellope pushed on and gave the gamers a run for their quarters. Agnes could have really passed off as her sister. While she wanted Agnes to be here racing, she knew that she had to go back to her world. Though Agnes probably wouldn't return to the arcade so soon, Vanellope kept the Cotton Candy Unicorn near just in case she would show up.
^Fix-It Felix Jr.^
Both Felix and Ralph's heads were elsewhere during the day as well. Felix had spent a week helping Margo search for her sisters and came to know a little bit about her in their time together. He knew she was a responsible eldest sibling, she hated the sewers, she wasn't a fan of fighting games, and that she had a tragic past. As much as he tried not to worry about her, he ended up worrying anyway, he couldn't relax knowing that there was a slim chance Margo and her sisters would find parents that wanted all three and also knowing that Miss Hattie was such a greedy and selfish woman only added to his concern for Margo and her sisters' safety.
Ralph also had the same thoughts. This morning, it felt weird not waking up and going to wake up his guest. He had a weird feeling, knowing that she was no longer off to the side with Q*Bert and the bonus Nicelanders, watching the game. He had felt a little comforted once he saw that Margo had made the guest bed and organized his house a little. Not only that but she also reminded him of Vanellope. Margo was a wise girl at such a young age and could be sarcastic, cynical, and cool. If given more time together, Ralph was sure she could have made really close friends with Vanellope.
^Hero's Duty^
Even though she was busy at work, guiding players to the top of the tower, Calhoun still found little time to think for herself. Honestly, Margo and Edith had grown on her a bit. When it came to Margo, Calhoun liked the fact that Margo seriously cared about her sisters' well-being and wouldn't give up in finding them. Like her, Margo showed to be a bit stubborn when it came to fighting games and refusing to go in the sewers of the turtles' game but did it anyway if it meant finding her sisters. Edith, she was a little fond of. The girl showed no fear in battling cy-bugs, showed that she was just as tough as she was, and somehow made Calhoun feel proud of her in the short time they had known each other. She could relate to the sisters in terms of losing someone. The girls had lost their parents in that fire as she lost Brad to the cy-bugs on their wedding day. It must be even more painful for them since they actually lived through that moment while she only had the loss of Brad programmed in her backstory. Now that they were back where they belonged, Calhoun had a feeling they would be okay. They had each other, they had hope of getting out of that orphanage, and they were strong, even little Agnes who gave up her dream of racing in Sugar Rush to rejoin her family. Yes, they would be okay as long as they were together.
^Miss Hattie's Home for Girls^
Slowly, the hours passed since the girls returned to their room. Margo was lying in her bed, thinking about what their possible future parents would be like. Her personal favorites were a mother who was a book author while the father was an inventor, Edith's favorites were a super villain dad and a secret agent mom, and Agnes's favorites were a veterinarian mom and a candy maker dad. Edith was watching the city out the window, currently laughing at a kid who put gum in a girl's hair as a prank. Meanwhile, Agnes was sitting on her bed, pretending it was a kart and was driving while singing Sugar Rush's theme song.
It was getting late and Margo's clock told them that it was past dinner time down in the mess hall. The next thing they knew, Miss Hattie barged in. "Good news girls, I figured out a punishment for you." Margo and Agnes cringed while Edith remained unsurprised. "Tomorrow, you'll be cleaning up after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I was going to have Darla and Penny clean the bathrooms tonight but I think they've suffered enough punishment today by having to deliver all those cookies and spending the weekend in the box of shame." When the girls stayed quiet, Miss Hattie continued. "Anyway, this is only the beginning of the punishment I have for you. Expect more tomorrow. Now get to work on those bathrooms." Begrudgingly, the girls went to work, not daring to say a word back to Miss Hattie.
So for the next few hours even after lights out, the sisters scrubbed the bathrooms clean including Miss Hattie's personal bathroom. They were exhausted and gladly crawled into their terrible beds to get much needed sleep and recover from their tiring work.
^Sunday^
The girls eat and absorbed every piece of breakfast they had. Miss Hattie said that they would only be getting breakfast today and then they had to wash the dishes from all three meals. Carefully, the girls washed the dishes, dried them, and put them away in their cabinets, knowing if they even let one dish have one little speck then Miss Hattie would throw a fit. The process was a long one with something like forty girls living at the orphanage and the process had to be done three times. After returning to their room for the night, a chill ran down their spines as Miss Hattie's voice came through the intercom.
"Would Margo, Edith and Agnes please come down to my office," They could almost tell that Miss Hattie was sneering at them on the other end of the line. Almost scared to know what Miss Hattie had in store, the sisters still went down to her office regardless. When they entered, they stood at the line of black and yellow tape in front of Miss Hattie's desk. "Good evening girls, guess what? I have more good news for you."
"You're getting fired?" Edith deadpanned.
Miss Hattie narrowed her eyes at her least favorite troublemaker. "You wish! I have found the perfect punishment for you."
"You're making us do your hair?" Agnes guessed.
The nasty headmistress merely shook her head. "Like I would ever let you little brats touch my beautiful hair. Since the three of you were gone for a week, I've decided that I can't let you make any more trouble. In order to do that, I've arranged for you girls to be split up in different orphanages."
"What!" All three sisters exclaimed.
"Miss Hattie, you can't do that. We had arrangements." Margo stammered.
"We can't be separated, our parents wouldn't want that." Agnes added.
Agnes recoiled as Miss Hattie got up from her chair and walked around her desk to look the girls in the eye. "It doesn't matter. I've already made the arrangements." The sisters held onto each other in fear. "Margo will be staying here. I doubt she'll get adopted even if she would change location. Edith will be sent to the Wiggins Orphanage two towns north of here. As for Agnes, she'll be sent to the Children's Sunny Orphanage over in Elson." All three frowned in sadness upon hearing that they'll be farthest from each other than they've ever been. "Edith and Agnes will be picked up tomorrow evening at nine. The orphanage heads want to make sure their kids are in bed before they leave to come over here. Knowing you'll ultimately be torn from each other forever tomorrow night, I'll allow you to spend tonight and the remainder of tomorrow together. I know you would want to spend as much time as you can in your last moments of family time." Seeing the sad looks on their faces, Miss Hattie was satisfied with the damage. "Enjoy what time you have left. I'm enjoying this already and I'll enjoy it for the rest of your miserable childhood. Up to bed!" Depressed by this news, the girls wandered up to their room. After the girls went up the stairs, Miss Hattie got ready for bed knowing that she'll be rid of two children tomorrow and she'll have crushed the spirits of all three of them.
^Margo, Edith, and Agnes's room^
"This is awful." Agnes mumbled as she and her sisters went into their quarters. "We just got back together after being in the arcade and now we're going to be separated again."
Seriously angry, Edith kicked the frame of her bed. "This is so stupid. It's totally unfair. It's one thing to make us sit in the box of shame. Then it's another thing to make us clean her office from head to toe but splitting us up? That's crossing the line!" Edith began to grumble something about bombarding Miss Hattie with water balloons.
Margo flopped onto her bed. "This is all my fault. I didn't get us back here fast enough."
"Margo, it's not your fault." Edith stated. "We chose to come back here and look what it got us." Edith sighed as she shoved her head under her pillow to block out the world.
Sighing, Margo stared up at the ceiling. The ceiling made her think of Ralph. Outside, it began to pour rain. "Edith, I'm sorry. You were right. We shouldn't have come back here. We should have just stayed where we were. Maybe Mom and Dad wouldn't have minded that we lived in an arcade or you shooting cy-bugs or Agnes living in a game where everything is made of candy. Maybe they wouldn't have minded that if it meant we would be together."
Tired of walking around the room, Agnes sat on her bed and took out her Three Sleepy Kittens story. "Yeah, maybe they would've been fine with me racing." She smiled at the cover of the story. "At least we have our stuff to remember each other by. Just like how Vanellope has Fluffer to remember us." Hugging the book close, Agnes flopped down on her pillow.
While Edith and Agnes seemed to give up, Margo did not. She remembered how happy she was when she was on the roof with Ralph and how happy she was when she and Agnes embraced each other in Diet Cola Mountain. What she wouldn't give to go back to those happy places. Wait… that's it! "I just thought of something." Edith and Agnes sat up, wondering what their sister had in mind. "Who says we can't go back to the arcade? Who says we have to wait until those people come to pick you two up? Who says we can't live in the arcade? I say we go back. Mom and Dad probably wouldn't care where we were as long as we were happy. If you ask me, I was happy in Fix-It Felix Jr." Margo slid off her bed. "Who wants to leave and get back to the arcade?"
"I'm in!" Agnes chirped as she hopped off her bed to join Margo in the middle of the room.
Edith jumped off her bed. "No need to ask me twice!" Edith put her arm out. "Arcade Orphans?"
Margo and Agnes placed their hands on top of hers. "Arcade Orphans!" They quietly cheered, not wanting to disturb everyone that was sleeping.
