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Chapter 2
I waited a couple of minutes for Wolo's game to finish. That turned into about half an hour, but I finally got a sign. Bobblun beckoned me to another Bust-a-Move machine, so I followed.
I saw the Wule I assumed to be Wolo with no one else around. Bobblun explained that Wolo would be playing with a bubble machine instead of one of the Bobblesaurs. He then complained that none of who I assumed were his siblings would help him out. I didn't want to listen to that.
After the blue Bobblesaur's tirade, he finally calmed down, spat out the starting bubbles, and said, "Ready?"
Wolo nodded his head, so I did too.
Bobblun then shouted, "Start!"
I quickly realized that this blue Wule was better than me. I noticed that bubbles were quickly dropping on my playing field, while they weren't dropping on his. Those bubbles got a bit annoying (they nearly reached what Bobblun called the "deadline"), but I managed to get rid of them.
After that, it got a little bit easier. Bubbles weren't dropping as often, and I even managed to pull off some small attacks. I even got to accumulate them into one big attack (which promptly dropped on Wolo like an avalanche) before bubbles started flooding me again.
I snuck a look at his playing field and saw that a huge chunk of bubbles were dropping off his field. I looked back at my field and saw my group of bubbles advancing closer and closer. He was loading the top of my field with his big attack! So that's what Bobblun meant by "top"…
I was still wondering whether that case was dumb luck or good strategy when my bubbles reached past the deadline. I had lost! Well, at least that wasn't unexpected.
I asked Bobblun what to do next, and he said that I would play against Green Wolo afterward. I was pondering whether this other Wolo was related to the Wolo I played against, but I quickly stopped thinking about it and decided to interact with my fellow league members.
I walked to the main area of Mog's living room, as most of the SBAM League was gathered there. The first person I met there was Moga, though.
"Hi, Mogu!" she greeted. "You've really joined this league?"
"Yes," I replied with conviction.
"Have you learned how to play this game?" she asked.
"Of course," I responded. "I've played against a couple guys so far."
"You should meet everyone," Moga suggested. "You might like some of them."
My sister. She's always so friendly with everyone. "I will," I called out as I left her and moved to the main body of people.
I soon smacked into a mildly familiar white Fetch. My sisters had invited him over to their house a couple of times before, so I had met him before. Thing was, I suddenly couldn't remember his name.
"You're…hold up…I've seen you before…but I can't remember your name!"
"I think I've seen you, too," the Fetch said in reply, then answered, "I'm Catch."
"Oh, yes, that's it!" My memory was triggered by the mention of his name. "I didn't think you would join!"
"I didn't think you would, either!" Catch responded. "So how are you?"
"Fairly good," I answered. "I've learned how to play and I've beaten someone already."
"Who, Katze?" Catch asked, though he didn't think I could beat this guy called Katze.
"Er…no. I've beaten Yam, though."
"He's usually bad at it, even if his brother's accompanying him. Anyway, are you trying to meet everyone?"
"Or at least as many guys as I can meet."
"Okay, then. Hope you have a good time with everyone!"
I left the Fetch and soon met Yam. He was still huddling close to the tall Izzard I now assumed to be his brother.
"Hello, Yam!" I greeted. "Who's your brother over there?"
"He's Tom, and I don't think he's feeling too good today," the young Izzard replied.
"Stupid Bom and Sam beat us today!" Tom grumbled.
"I didn't like it," Yam muttered.
At that moment, Bobblun beckoned me again, so I had to follow him.
"Bye, Yam!" I cried as I walked off towards another Bust-a-Move machine.
At that machine, I saw who I thought was Green Wolo. He looked just like Wolo, except he was green. A red Bobblesaur accompanied him.
"Hi, Bobblun!" the red Bobblesaur said.
"Hello, and thanks, Roja!" Bobblun responded before he distanced himself from me, spat some bubbles, and shouted, "Start!"
Green Wolo immediately made his move on his winch, and soon I was in trouble. My bubble formation only lurched two rows down before it stopped, though.
I emitted a small "Whew!" and settled back to my game. I soon found a cluster of orange bubbles with some green, blue, and purple bubbles underneath. I shot an orange bubble at the cluster and pulled off a big attack.
That attack only cause Green Wolo's field to heave down one row, so it was disappointing. But I soon managed to get another big attack, though it was mostly luck.
The rows just kept on cascading down! Poor Green Wolo couldn't handle it, and by the end, he was defeated. Then again, my win was only due to a fluke, and I knew it.
"Congrats!" Bobblun praised. "He's not bad, so at least you beat someone significant. It'll just get easier, though, as you'll be facing Pinky next."
Pinky was sounding a lot easier than Wolo, as far as I could tell…
