*waves sheepishly*

Umm...hi?

So, about the whole not updating thing...yeah, a lot of things happened these past few weeks. I burned out, my grandma died, finals weeks came and went...and most of all, I got caught up in so many different creative directions that it took forever to come back down to this little story. Hopefully this silly update isn't a let down from the big wait!

Disclaimer: I don't own...hey, you can make it a drinking game of picking out all the stuff I don't own :D

Choko's POV

Choko woke up with a surge of energy, as if manually booting up. Throwing herself out of bed, she clamored into the pristine shower and shrieked when a halo of control panels bloomed around her face, glass glowing and feeding the urge in her soul to do all the things at once.

But she couldn't run around DQ in such a state—her hair was a total mess, and she swore she still smelled like iSterile—and decided to take the most intense shower of her life. While a spectrum of pink lit up the room and warm water jets soaked her skin in a custom cherry blossom soap/水飴 (mizuame) mix, she sang as loud as she dared to the Mr. Wonderful playing from the surround sound speakers. It was simply decadent, and she lingered in the shower for a good half hour reveling in the sensations, blue static playing against pink bubbles and sugared steam refreshing her system.

Reluctantly leaving, she pressed a button on a glass screen and the room was purged of steam and condensation, leaving her in a fluffy blue towel and idly wondering what to wear; she was off duty so her jumpsuit would be a little tacky, and her kimono seemed so...plain. Luckily Honey-neesan was much prepared for random trips, and the cat banged on the door with a muffled, "Come on, it's my turn! Just do your hair and get out here, I already picked up some clothes for ya!"

Choko quickly brushed her hair out and decided to leave it down, letting Honey-neesan take control of the bathroom from heaven. Skrillex-niisan had apparently woken up earlier, dressed in casual black and fooling around on his laptop. Cups of hot chocolate—that was right, Elsie-san had said that Disney hot chocolate was best chocolate—were balanced with cinnamon rolls on the nightstand, and he shrugged, "Had to check out the breakfast in this place. So far so good."

With zeal befitting a sugar rush (was it her or was everything so much clearer, more vibrant with little sparkles of blue just beyond her peripherals?) she drank a huge gulp of hot chocolate, and oh yeah, she needed to get this recipe. Did they put happiness in the cup along with whatever blend of cocoa? Skrillex-niisan was laughing at her expression, and had she not been reaching for a delicious smelling cinnamon roll, she would've thrown a pillow at him. Oh well, picking her battles and whatnot.

Halfway through her entirely too amazing cinnamon roll she realized that maybe she should put on more clothes, and ignoring Skrillex-niisan dramatically shielding his eyes, slipped into the sky blue (perfect blue really) dress Honey-neesan left her. It came with a pink striped pinafore, white stockings and a black hairband, so she suited up and span around giggling, "How do I look?"

Skrillex-niisan grinned, "Like you're ready for an adventure." He held up an artfully tattered top hat, "I think Honey gave us a theme; I knew I should've gone with her to the clothing store thing..." He let Choko fix the hat on him, smirking when she played with the sash trailing behind his head; it wasn't her fault it was so silky smooth and wonderful to her buzzing fingertips! "You figure she'll take a long shower since she's a girl, or a short one because she's a cat?"

"Like you have any room to talk, Mr. I'm Just Gonna Stand In The Shower For Two Hours!" Honey strutted out and Choko widened her eyes because her older sister was decked in red and black, hearts abound and the hem of her skirt hiding shiny black boots Choko knew were fit for running as well as modeling. "Now that we're all clean and at least partially fed...well, which floor do you wanna start with?"

Choko nearly bowled her over as she ran into the front room, looking for shoes. None of them seemed to go well with her outfit, so she just modified her racing boots to look like Mary Jane shoes. Much happier with how she looked, she looked around for her Action Replay until she remembered with a giggle that it was in her soul inventory, and turned to make a face at her siblings. "Come on, let's go on the Ferris wheel and ooh, can we check out the racing games? And the Sugar Rush from here? Oh, maybe this place has a Sonic the Fighters and AUGH if it does we gotta help so come on, move your molasses, dattebane!"

She didn't even care that she dropped a dattebane or that she sounded like Marzipanne-chan on crack, only that the three briskly walked—or at least until Honey-neesan shoved Skrillex-niisan, then they were running and laughing and tripping over themselves and too happy to care about the smirks passed between the various vacationers and DQ programs out and about—out into the pixie dusted atrium in themed style.

Adventure was out there, and she didn't die and regenerate in a miracle just to watch it pass her by.

Honey's POV

The Ferris wheel had been a barrel of gut-busting fun. The little gondolas did loops around the spinning circle of rainbow chrome, and nothing beat watching their hair fan upwards in zero-G as they tried to catch falling glasses and hats before they flew out the window. Honey was practically purring with delight as they got to stay on for another round, the ride attendant laughing that their shrieks of agonized joy brought in new customers.

Elsie showed up when they were lingering by a bubble blowing bar, trying to make hidden Mickeys from little iridescent globes. Skrillex was besotted with her as usual, although a bit more refined in his true love, and Honey resolutely focused on her bubble wand when he accidentally compared her eyes to the ethereal lights glowing through the atrium.

But she laughed it off with far more grace than Honey expected, earning much more brownie points than other girls whom Skrillex had ever made googly eyes at, and the ELA program handed Choko a little glass pad. "I may have mentioned to the heads of DisneyQuest's Sugar Rush about your interesting transport here, and when I described your previous jumpsuit—it said Codebuster on the lapel, right?—they extended an invitation for a tea party later today."

Choko squealed and Honey smiled as a fond rush of big sister feelings flooded her systems. The kid deserved all the tea parties her little stomach could handle, and Honey ruffled her hair, "Make sure not to wow them too much, babydoll, or they'll never let you leave."

Elsie laughed, and ok, she had a really nice laugh and her nose scrunched up like a bunny; totally adorable. But if Choko was now her little sis, then Skrillex was her vitriolic best brother, and not just any bunny-nosed guest attendant was allowed to make him swoon; Elsie was gonna have to work for it. "You busy tonight, Miss Elsie?"

She shook her head, "I have today and tomorrow's nights off thanks to a new batch of ELA programs starting work..." Elsie smiled, "I have to go greet the morning's big Brazilian group, but let's meet up. Say, the End of Line Club once arcade hours are closed?"

The End of Line Club was a glowing white nook in between rows of Axiom suites and various games that only opened once the arcade closed and people from all over DisneyQuest were really allowed to play. Honey nodded, as Choko was too young but otherwise occupied with her invitation. "It's a date then."

While Skrillex inhaled his bubble mix, Elsie grinned and went her merry way, becoming just another blue figure in the unending crowd. Honey adjusted her red and black gown, and declared, "Let's blow this bubble stand; the roller coasters are calling our names."

Really, the only downside to DQ was the ridiculous lines. And it wasn't even peak hours yet! They got caught behind an overly polite group of CHL boys, but once they caught wind of a little Tim Hortons outlet neatly plugged into the ride line, a gigantic mosh of suddenly rabid Canadian characters thrashed their way over and freed up breathing space for them. Honey blinked, unsure if she should appreciate the room or be concerned for the now swamped cashiers. "Wow...they must really like their coffee?"

"I should get some of that for Joel; one guy mentioned Timbits when we were screwing around in Minecraft with Bob and he just about exploded with glee."

Honey decided to pass the time by learning the insanely complicated hand games Choko learned from the other candy brats. And she was both mortified and amused by how dirty some of the singing lines got; the "Miss Suzy" ditty had Skrillex laughing and a pair of snooty parents cupping their precious snowflakes' delicate ears. As if those kids didn't already know the words, and at least Choko's version had nice candy puns.

Finally, finally they got to Cyberspace Mountain. It was one of the games that allowed characters to interact with a holographic version during arcade hours, and Honey saw visions of loops that looped around barrel rolls in her future. Bill Nye the Coaster Guy (and wasn't that a blast from the past? She remembered her Sonic telling her stories about gamers who kept quoting this doc and getting Mr. Litwak in on the fun) welcomed them in, and they got sorted into their own little booth. "Let's bring the chaos."

"We should obviously go to Grumba 12 and race our coaster through an asteroid belt." Choko began to giggle, "And then we drop through negative gravity for great justice!"

"I don't think it works that way?" Skrillex was such a little killjoy, looking all concerned about the chance of a lifetime to make loops in outer space.

"Move aside, Mad Hipster, the ladies are the ones with the plans today." Honey and Choko crowded over the coaster building machine, and began to create.

"Hang on for your life, of course, red is the color of the day."

"While I'm content in my blue, I must agree...woah, space is pretty!"

"Hey Mr. Nye, how to we get this thing to loop for ages?"

"Honey, that sounds—"

"Just use the tools on the left, and make sure to fit your track in the space allowed. We have more leeway since we're nothing the main game, but please don't crash into the walls of DQ."

"But that sounds like fun!"

"Babydoll, you need to redefine 'fun' to not include 'grievous injury to our persons'—"

"We blast off here and ramp up the first loop, so it can them spew us out into another inversion."

"Hmm, we need more speed to make the next set of pretzel loops and classic barrel rolls, so add another boost track between them. Nye-sensei, can we test with the crash dummy now?"

"Certainly!"

"...!"

"Ok, too much boost."

"Are you sure? Because—"

"Choko, the dummy turned into a rocket and blasted into bits against the asteroid."

"Fine, we can cut it back just a bit."

"We need more danger loops and nebula corkscrews for great justice."

"Guys—"

"And more speed boosts through the black hole!"

"Guys—"

"And a big layered quadruple butterly inversion top hat loop!"

"GUYS!"

"Yes, niisan?"

"...you know what? Screw it, just make sure there's enough drops to fill an album with."

Skrillex christened their beast of a roller coaster as the Atomic Banshee, citing the many screams it'll generate in its lifetime. Off the charts of the thrill-o-meter with 37 total inversions and top speed of 300 mph, some of the less ambitious builders decided to join them on their maiden voyage through the airspace of DQ.

They clamored into the seats, sharing the front four-seat row with a cheerful anti-virus in a purple hoodie. While she and Choko hit it off swimmingly, talking about tea and cinnamon rolls, the oldest member of their party was wringing his hat like a dish rag; what a baby. The Atomic Banshee was cleared for launch, and as they approached the track, Honey let out a whoop. "To the pain!"

And then the launch happened.

Pinned to her seat, Honey could only scream with delight as they rocketed into space and into the chaos she helped spawn into the universe. Twisting left only to flip right, she couldn't tell what was up or down and her stomach was doing more acrobatics in her throat than an Olympic gymnast.

Skrillex was screaming too, unlocking his secret post-hardcore vocal skillset and adding thunderdeath lyrics to their inane soundtrack of yells and prayers for mercy. Between Jack Sparrow in the back and Choko's friend's bell-like shrieks, she could only make out words during the airtime between bunny drops.

"EHUEHUEHUEHUE!"

"FUS RO DAH! FUS RO DAH!"

"HAS ANYONE SEEN MY BOWELS?"

"AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FO DAT!"

And beginning from a blonde flapper who was having the time of her life, "I CAN SHOW YOU THE WORLD!"

Choko belted out during whiplash from an atomic plunge loop, "SHINING, SHIMMERING, SPLENDID!"

More and more people, especially the Disney characters began to join in, and those who didn't were torn between trying not to laugh and trying not to lose their breakfast as they skated dangerously through a black hole. "TELL ME PRINCESS—" Honey stuck her tongue out at a falsetto Skrillex "—NOW WHEN DID YOU LAST LET YOUR HEART DECIDE?"

Their singing got screwed up when they approached the mega loop a depraved Choko and Skrillex built. They shot up nearly upside down through a loop, then curved under to shoot into a series of increasing loops and drops in angles that defied Euclidean geometry.

"A WHOLE NEW WORLD!" Honey laughed as the voices were strained against the piling G-forces, and soon nobody was saying anything. Only their mouths were wide open from the celestial winds pushing their skin back over their heads, and Honey swore her heart was going into palpitations as they ramped up over the giant loop.

A moment of suspended silence as they arced over the top hat, where she seemed to float and everything was just like a dream...

Then Skrillex cackled with a manic gleam in his pupil-blown eyes, "And this is where the drop goes!"

And they dropped. They plummeted and broke some sort of sound barrier and screams were forced from their lungs even if they didn't have any air left to spare. Dots fizzled in her eyes and woah, woah, where those Chaos Emeralds spinning in her brain or was that the flash memory of her Action Replay or was she just coming apart at the pixels again?

They landed with a gentle curve and gradually slowed down across a series of brakes, and they ended up in the station with wild hair and glassy eyes. Jack Sparrow coughed, "Did everyone see that? Because I will not be doing it again."

Skrillex's POV

For the rest of the day it was shaky legs and slow goings. Trolmir Fandov showed up again to take their pictures for a little special in the DisneyQuest Digest, and he hoped he didn't look as utterly mind-blown as he felt. As Choko wished her anti-virus friend (the poor kid's prosthetic leg had been arcing celestial fire the entire time and she said it made her feel all tingly still) goodbye, Skrillex offered Honey a soda to soothe her bubbling stomach. Ok, so maybe it was a bit more fun than he expected.

And there were less intense games to visit as well. They screwed around in Marble Madness, went head to head in a 4 player Pac Man and lost to a fourth player Marth, and Choko managed to charm their way into a Testarossa ride in OutRun 2. Not gonna lie, Skrillex was starting to see why some of his DJs liked fast-handing cars.

Eventually the arcade "closed" and Choko had her invite party to go to. "See you all back at the rooms?" She looked a little nervous; Skrillex chalked it up to either having to make a good first impression or actually separating for the first time since the whole iTouch incident.

"Just keep smiling and use the patented Choko Pockystix charisma." Honey pinched her cheek and laughed when Choko kicked up her skirt in protest, then they did a nice group hug and waved Choko off. Skrillex hoped she had a good time, as his lil' sis needed a proper tea party to unwind to. Honey turned to him, "Well then, off to the club?"

He straightened his top hat and hooked his arm with Honey. "Off to the club."

They battled with Kronk with control over the trippy elevator, and Skrillex had to fight down giggles when they finally stepped out to the End of Line Club; DQ was going to turn him into a toddler, that he was certain. Bass-heavy music was seeping through the ground into his ears and he exhaled away any lingering stress from the Atomic Banshee. It was like a home away from home, where his music needs could be sated.

Inside everything was decked in more blue and white, with leggy sirens walking around with drinks and two DJs making the dance floor throb with subtle, swelling trance. Honey pulled him to the bar because he was of full age and she needed some fairy cakes, and to his surprise a pair of twins no older than Choko were manning the bar. "Umm, hello?"

"Hi there!" The girl twin grinned, blue light reflected in her eyes and the barrettes on her pale braids, "Here's the end of the line on all drinks and desserts to keep patrons clubbing. What can I get for ya?"

"A...digitini for me, and a laserade for my friend. And a chocolate cupcake please." The barmaid, Elysia according to her flashing white tag, got him the drinks with a flourish of tiny arms. "Thank you lots."

"No problem sir...wait, no Aarun, you spit in the drinks of stiffers, not throw bottles at their heads." Elysia went to correct her twin on properly dealing with scumbag customers, and Skrillex and Honey laughed into their drinks.

"Cuties," Honey beamed as Elysia and Aarun had a burly recognizer of a security man bounce the stiffers out, "I wanna keep them."

"I'm afraid you're at the end of the line for trying to kidnap DQ's favorite bartenders."

Skrillex turned and saw Elsie sitting next to him, dolled up in a tunic dress lined with Tron lights that reaffirmed his headcanon that she was descended from a higher plane of existence. God tiers and all that dubstep, and she added with a laugh, "You figure people would at least ask before trying to walk out with them!"

"As older sister mentor to a very cute Sugar Rush racer, I can confirm that people kidnap first, talk second." Skrillex smirked when he remembered when he'd brought Choko to DJ Hero 2 for a spin; Suri and Pixie had tried their hardest to integrate her into the game, and Honey was guilty of possessive thoughts as well.

The song changed and he fidgeted; it was fast paced enough to not be an awkward slow dance number, and her gloved hands were practically demanding that he man up and ask, but... "Hey Elsie, can you teach this stick in the static how to properly dance? I'm afraid he only knows how to mosh."

Elsie grinned and Skrillex thanks his Action Replay that Honey was his winglady. "I do not only know how to mosh, thank you very much."

"Then let's go." Elsie grabbed onto his hand and it fit perfectly against his. She pulled him up and she smiled at Honey, "Will you be ok by yourself?"

"'Course." Honey nodded at a Classic Sonic, Viridi and the blonde flapper from the Atomic Banshee, who were calling her over to share with her steadily increasing amounts of cupcakes. "Have fun kiddies."

Skrillex and Elsie went onto the dance floor and to him, time melted into into a continuous dream as he managed to get insanely lucky one more time.

Choko's POV

Choko shyly walked up to the red-ringed Sugar Rush cabinet, then entered her invitation into the authorization slot. It beeped and she was permitted to enter, taking a go kart up through the cord to the opening of Mount Sourest. A racer with brown hair and green eyes greeted her, and Choko stopped; was this a..."Vanellope-hime?"

"Close." The Vanellope recolor smiled, "The name's Cathernilla von Candelius, Empress of Sugar Rush, Miss Pockystix. As you can see," She span around in her orange dress, "I'm a recolor of Vanellope von Schweetz, and this is the reason why I've invited you here today."

Choko blinked as Cathernilla-kougo led her through Sugar Rush, and either she was still a little dizzy from the roller coaster or the color palette of the entire game was different. Sugar Bean Castle seemed to be made of vanilla and orange crème instead of vanilla and chocolate, and inside the pink had been replaced with soft peach, purple and gold. "Sugoi..."

"And here's the rest of the party." She was led into what she knew what the main tea room from her tenure as the Queen's Secretary, and it was like her game's history all over again. Everyone was a palette swap, from Sticky Wipplesnit to Nougestia Brumblestain, and others she didn't even know. "Let's do a roll call, since our guest is here:

"Wanda Sparklemist, Creamolate Puddingpie, Persiphane Aprikernal, Orbette Spearsmith, Lemona Lisa, Velvetina Candelaria, Citrusella Flugpucker, Nougestia Brumblestain, Tiramissy Fluggermel, Slushine Colorstain, Sticky Wipplesnit, Torvald Suckertwist, Walter Meloncamp, Nutonio Fudgemunch, and finally..."

"Minty Sakura." Choko walked up to her recolor, who was giving her a cryptic smile. "I...I used to be you. But how—"

"Are we recolors instead of our original models, Choko-chan?" Minty Sakura-chan smiled and it was identical to Choko's. "Well, if we knew we'd tell you."

"Our game's been like this ever since we got plugged in." Walter-kun wrapped his arm around Citrusella-chan's shoulder, "Even when we got restarted, rebooted, plugged in and out...our game prefers us this way apparently."

Choko looked around and the palette swaps before being directed to sit next to Cathernilla-kougo and Sakura-chan. "That's very interesting; I bet it makes you stand out from the other cabinets at DisneyQuest?"

"You bet, but not as much as yours, Choko-chan."

"Wait, what?" Choko tilted her head, "You know about my arcade?"

"Of course we do." Sakura-chan was giving her that cryptic smile again, "Litwak's Arcade is all over Sugar Rush fan board and forums since your game is the only American console with the Japanese story mode and the European ability for costume changes."

Cathernilla-kougo handed her a tablet with a Mickey Mouse head in place of an apple or window. It connected through DQ's wifi to view a selected article from a Sugar Rush wiki. "Liwak's Arcade, off the 83 in...what is all of this?"

A giant screen fluttered down and the tablet's contents were shown for everyone in its glory. Orbette-chan spoke in a pleasing phone operator voice, "Owned by famous game tester and programmer Toby Litwak's uncle, it features a special Sugar Rush cabinet that features both North American, Japanese and European content, making it noticeable even in the International releases.

"Sugar Rush is infamous for its International that is, able to be played without region lockouts) arcade cabinets, that are unique for every one released. Scrapped characters from the "Official 16" were spread in those limited arcade cabinets, and have garnered fans from all over. After all, where would we be without the famous "Adventures of Borovnika Sugerplum and Ayaka Satomochi" YouTube machinima videos, or the unofficial Sugar Rush and Angry Birds crossover featuring Corporal Helmet? A recent fan poll on the "Best Extended Sugar Rush Roster Racers" revealed a large fanbase for characters like Vanillip von Schweetz, Cakehead, Sara Cherryeve, Creepie Treattricker and much more.

"The author of this article admits that her own favorite character is S'mourice Toastygraham from the Sugar Rush of her youth, and the fact that Litwak's Sugar Rush features content that she hasn't seen before is exciting for two reasons.

One reason is that even in games long passed by with newer and brighter sequels, new content and concept art can be found. The author has even made a trip to the Litwak Sugar Rush, and can confirm that the thrill of racing with a short haired, violet-eyed Vanellope and a Choko with banana yellow hair in a gray jumpsuit is worth its own sugar rush.

The next reason is the one we've all been waiting for..." Orbette paused as Choko read on and gasped. "With the new Sugar Rush: World Circuit game for Nintendo WiiU, Xbox One and PS4 coming for a 2014 release, the president of Tobikomi and father of the Sugar Rush series, Mtasuo Tobigawa, has announced that select arcades around the world who feature the limited edition International cabinets and those "with unique games that show off the creative spirit of Sugar Rush" will have their old Sugar Rush cabinets upgraded into a custom made Sugar Rush: World Circuit."

Cathernilla-kougo smiled as Sakura-chan added slyly, "25 arcades are getting them, you and us included."

Choko clutched onto her Action Replay, seeing stars and knowing that the future was full of them.

She hung out with the recolors, still a little heady from the reveal that she was getting a limited edition upgrade to her game. Citrusella-chan was very shy, much like her Bubblebetty-chan, but the actual recolor was the calm and confident Orbette-chan, who showed her how to properly blow a chewing gum bubble.

Their personalities were different just like their colors, but Choko liked it; she liked knowing that all around the gaming world, different versions of the "Official 16" and the extended cast were living their own lives and having fun. Everyone was at least linked by their love of sugar and speed, and Choko laughed when she refereed a spontaneous race around Candy Creme Castle.

The hours passed in a haze of different flavors she was used to, but sweetly all the same. And when Choko admitted in slight embarrassment (people have been playing her in her Red core suit and that was unintentional) about the functions of her duty as Codebuster, they immediately put her to work. Little glitches were eliminated, a tiny engine bug in level loading was fixed, and Choko triggered South Soda Summit to erupt and spray everyone with a shower of Sprite bubbles.

Everyone was laughing and she realized how much she enjoyed life. It wasn't like her to entertain these existential thoughts so much...but between gaining a true nakama and becoming an energizer bunny and just breathing in the air of a Sugar Rush she thought she'd never see...life was amazing.

She returned home with another invitation, this time extended to Honey-neesan and Skrillex-niisan, and couldn't help but skip along the way. She bumped into her friend Pixel-san the anti-virus from the Atomic Banshee and chirped, "I like your shoelaces."

"Thanks, I stole them from the President." They giggled, before Pixel-san tilted her head, "By the way, have you seen weird shadows around here lately?"

"Not that I'm aware of." Choko looked around; was she glowing blue and making weird light shows on the ground. "Is there a problem?"

Pixel-san shook her head, "Nah, it's just me being paranoid; the Statera Anti-virus Software was made before 2006, so it's pretty traditionally designed." She sighed; "I envy those Sugar Alice girls, I'm always on the clock."

"Well, I know the creator of the Zielinska software girls—" Choko matched Toby-sama's paramour Katarzyna-sama to the young, talented creator of many computer security programs "—so just let me know if you want an upgrade." Upgrades for everyone!

Pixel-san laughed, then they went their separate ways; Pixel-san for the Tim Hortons stand and Choko for her suite. Inside she found her niisan and neesan entertaining guests, and Honey-neesan waved her over, "Come on babydoll, you and Lottie were a match made in pink heaven!"

Choko smiled, completely content, and joined the group of happy people.

If she had seen the shadow lurking past the suite's window, she blamed it on the rainbow lights glowing overhead.

水飴 (mizuame): a Japanese sweetener similar to corn syrup

-kougo: an honorific referring to an empress; since Cathernilla's not a princess or a queen but even higher up, Choko is sure to use the correct honorific.

AND IT'S FINALLY DONE!1!1!

So let's talk chapter content.

The Cyberspace Mountain is a roller coaster building simulator. The Atomic Banshee is impossible to build at the actual DQ, but as stated, there's some leeway in the internal DQ. The part where they sing "A Whole New World" is based on me doing the same on roller coasters because why not.

Pixel, Aarun and Elysia are characters connected to my tumblr RP blog, choko-pockystix dot tumblr dot blah. Namely, it's Choko's friend Pixel, who's an anti-virus (a "traditional one" who's always working and is older than the Sugar Alice anti-virus, which was made by that Katarzyna chick), and the twins who are...it's a long story that's not important. Just know that it's a fond reference to one of my favorite tumblr buddies.

As for the recolor cabinet, it was just coded that way and became famous in the Sugar Rush fan community for its different characters. The OCs mentioned are also from my tumblr, and I propose a thing that explains why they exist:

There are four versions of the original Sugar Rush arcade cabinet. The 1-player Japanese, the 2-player North American and Euopean, and the 2-player International. The International version, able to be played anywhere, was released in veeeery limited amount and featured characters not in the "official" roster presented in Life in 16 Flavors.

This way, all OCs are canon, although this makes Minty Sakura a Choko Pockystix recolor. But since Minty Sakura kept flickering in and out of existence in the Japanese WiR, it has merit in my headcanon.

And finally...the big reveal of Sugar Rush: World Circuit. If you all read a throwaway line in Li16F or read the summary for this story's sequel, Through the Mirror Darkly, you already know that Litwak's SR is getting an upgrade. But this "custom made, limited edition" game is the whole reason why the next story exists at all...

But enough of that! I'm on winter break and hopefully I update again before the year ends, because we're heading into the DQ Damger plot with more people, more Skrelsie and more stuff! See you then!