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[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!]

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[Action]

[sugarglitch]

[Vanellope laughs and switches to hold onto his neck, not even caring that she could very well fly right off if she isn't careful. This is way too much fun!]

Yeah! That's more like it!

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

[Wow, he really did miss that laugh.]

You bet it is, kid! Now I'm in hyper mode! [And he leaps up to swing off a tree branch, tossing him even further. He doesn't doubt the kid's ability to hang on.]

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

[And hang on she does! She's clinging to him tightly - not tight enough to be painful, but tight enough to indicate that this is something she's done before, something familiar.]

I just hope you don't get us lost, Captain Stinkbrain!

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[gonnawreckit]

C'mon, I know exactly where I'm going! In fact, we should be arriving at the village any-

[Ralph then clears that last clearing of trees and sees... the mountains in the distance.

...

Ralph abruptly turns around without a word and marches back into the forest.]

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

Way to go, Captain Diaperbaby. [She snickers, and since he's marching now, she decides to glitch her way back to his shoulder. Better vantage point and all.]

So how long have you been here? You know a lot about the place, but you get lost?

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

[He sighs.]

Just a few days. I... I still know my way around! I just... [mutters.] The wrong direction.

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

A few days? That's weird. I dragged you over to Tapper's last night, didn't I? [HMMM.] Maybe we're in some weird dream!

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

How would you know I - no, I didn't pass out at Tapper's! And we're in some weird game, that's all. Dreams don't last this long... right?

[Action]

[sugarglitch]

[Shrugging her shoulders.]

Dunno! I'm not even programmed to sleep, usually! [Running on a sugar rush forever, probably.]

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

Maybe because they didn't have any room for sleeping in your program with all that space they must have put towards "annoying". Me, I just can't dream. Or don't remember them. Either way, this is our game now.