first gear ; action

[sugarglitch]

[It was early morning when Vanellope woke up and found herself staring up at a dreary, overcast sky. Huh. That was weird. Cotton candy clouds were always pink, sometimes stripey and vaguely stringy - the ones up there were fluffy and boring and dreary and grey. Even more curiously, she hadn't had to nap outdoors in a long while - she had a castle now, and it was pink and sparkly and covered in sugar crystals...

She turned over and gave a surprised yelp when the world suddenly dropped several feet around her. She glitched on reflex, appearing a few feet down and landed pretty painfully on something hard and brown - a branch, she realized, when she sat up. Was it chocolate? Most trees she liked to climb were peppermint flavored. At least the one she landed on wasn't double striped! It still hurt though - way more than it should, really - was there something painful on her back? She got up, feet planted squarely on the tree branch and rubbed the back of her neck as she craned her head to check on what that ache was -

and stepped back again in surprise when she saw the minty green feathers fluttering behind her - not that there was anything there for her to step on! She'd fallen several feet down the tree before she even thought of glitching down to safety, and so was a flurry of pixels and feathers and candy bits when she was closer to the ground. Hopefully she doesn't crash into anyone! Though to be fair, landing on someone would prooobably be better than hitting the forest floor. Well, better for her, anyway.]

Owww... Talk about waking up on the wrong side of the candybar...

[Later in the afternoon, when she was somewhat settled and finally convinced that she wouldn't be going home for a while, Vanellope can be found in the middle of town! She's mostly hanging around the bakery, hovering by the window and peering inside at all the the sweet treats ( "Why are they all so freakishly tiny!" ) - but at some points can also be found glitching from shelf to shelf at the grocery, item shop or clothes store at all the things that weren't made of candy!]

Comments

action; 1/3

[breezing]

[ It's a fairly normal day, so Ikki's out and about herself; she'll run into Vanellope at the grocery store, since she ran in to get a snack for both herself and Soren. A healthy one! Because rules.

She zeroes in on the other girl immediately for one simple reason: another child. 8D So she's already heading over when... ]

action; 2/3

[breezing]

[ holy crap did that girl just teleport without one of the teleporters. ]

action; 3/3

[breezing]

[ COOL ]

How'd you do that?!

action;

[sugarglitch]

[She was turning a corner when something fluffy and familiar caught her eye an down the aisle okay. Marshmallows are usually bigger than the ones in the bag she's holding, but they're a familiar sight so she got kind of excited!!]

[But yes- turning with a caught-red-handed look, guilty as charged.]

How'd I do what?

[Action] 1/2

[gonnawreckit]

[That sure feels like a tiny child bouncing off of Ralph's head. He almost instinctively opens up his hammy hand for her to land into, then he snarls down at Vanellope.]

Hey, kid, watch where you're falling!

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

[Wait a second... It can't be.]

Kid...?

[He says slowly and with recognition. It can't be... can it?]

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

[There's some groaning while she sits up, rubbing the back of her neck and shaking her head because wow world, you can stop spinning any time now!]

[But that voice is familiar enough for her to look up and blink and frown all annoyed like.]

Stinkbrain! Hey, you got any idea what's goin' on here? If you wanted to gamehop you could'a asked, y'know! And what is up with these crazy feathers? Did we get a new game and no one told me?

[Saying all this while she stands and brushes her - dress? since when did she wear dresses? off.]

[Action]

[feetoffury]

[Well that's not something you see every day. Crazy teleporting kid in the bakery...]

Hey, kid. You know you shouldn't be eating nothing but sweets, right?

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

Yeah? Says who? [She turns to give this lady a better talking to- but when she gets a better look at her, Vanellope just grins.] Oh! Hi Chun-Li! Didn't know you were stuck here too!

[Action]

[feetoffury]

Says me.

[She smiles to the kid, obviously someone else who knew her from some other world]

I am. But, I'm not sure who you are, kiddo.

[fierybluebird]

[Marco is grocery shopping when out of the corner of his eye he catches her glitching about. At first he ignores it, but after a second or third time, he's convinced he didn't just imagine it out of fatigue.]

Whoa! Neat power kid! Some kind of magic? [Gives her a thumbs up because seriously that is damned cool.]

[sugarglitch]

[People other than herself, calling her glitch cool...!]

[She grins up at Marco pointing at herself with a thumb.]

Nah, not magic. Just kinda my special superpower. I know, I know, it's pretty cool, huh?

[fierybluebird]

Aye! It is! Most superpowers are pretty lame if you ask me. [That might be a lie, but shhh.] But I've gotta admit that one's pretty sweet.

action;

[hachikuji]

[She doesn't land on Mayoi, thankfully. But she does land right in front of the path Mayoi is walking on.


...]

Ah.

Are you a New Feather by any chance? Sorry you didn't land in the fountain like most of them do.

[These New Feathers. Always falling out of the sky!]

action;

[sugarglitch]

[The Malnosso don't have much in the way of creativity, sadly! Vanellope sits up, shaking her head from the impact.]

Oof... Wow what a lame way to wake up... [She looks up!] What're you lookin' at, Pigtails?

action;

[hachikuji]

Isn't it obvious I'm looking at you? Hope your landing wasn't too hard. Well, at least it's technically still fall!

[complicatedliar]

[Loki stops by the bakery to acquire some bread for dinner, and... look at that, a child. The way she's looking around, it seems likely that she's one of the new feathers. Huh.]

You are new. [Statement rather than question.] Interesting talent ou have.

[sugarglitch]

[Vanellope glances over her shoulder.]

Thanks. Interesting hair you have. Does it always stick out like the Surge Protector just tazered you or is that just today?

[complicatedliar]

[Loki raises an eyebrow.]

No, 'tis just that your face it that horrifying.

[Action]

[origami_ninja]

[The ninja woman sees the child fall, and reflexively sends out papers that are far more durable than sheets of paper have any right to be to catch her. The papers form a slide and let the girl slide down to safety.

Once that's finished, Konan brings her papers back to their default postion - hovering around her wings. She doesn't like leaving them unprotected even now.]

Are you all right?

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

[It happens so fast, Vanellope doesn't have time to react until she lands on the ground safely, blinking and gaping. She's not even sure what just happened there!]

... Woah! What just happened?

[action]

[fabrecation]

[Luke had been in the grocery, holding a bag of flour and seeing if it's leaking anywhere. Nothing's worse than going home and realizing half the bag is gone and all over the village instead.

A flash of blue catches his eye, and when he blinks away from the bag SUDDENLY GIRL IN FRONT OF HIM

And now that flour is wasted, because he's dropped it while taking a couple steps back, back against the other shelves, and raises his hand over his face.]

Whoa!

[action]

[sugarglitch]

[Meanwhile, Vanellope is looking over at the bags of sugar! Over here's the white, the brown, the confectioner's, the different colors of sugar crystals...

Wow what's that white stuff at her feet and on the shelves?]

Oh hey, sorry 'bout that! Didn't see ya there!

[action] hope you don't mind forever lateness

[sketchingideals]

[Jeb's making another stop at the bakery. Ever since the draft, he's been consuming a lot of sweets--moreso than usual, even. He happens upon Vanellope and hears her question the size of the treats.]

Do you really think so? They look normal-sized to me...

[action] nope it's cool! :D

[sugarglitch]

If all you wanna do is eat 'em, they're okay-sized, doy. [Rolling her eyes!] But where are the giant jawbreakers? The cookie wheels, peanut butter cup upholstery seats?