(Start in a classroom at Diamond City Elementary. There are students seated at the desks. 9-VOLT is sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. He sighs despondently.)
9-Volt-Math class again? Come on.
Shaggy-(offscreen) You look less than pleased.
9-Volt-Yeah 'cause math is the worst! Wait, who said that?
(SHAGGY jumps out of his shirt pocket.)
Shaggy-Uh, me.
9-Volt-Shaggy! Wh-what? Wh-why?! (whispering) We've been over this a million times. Pets aren't allowed at school.
Shaggy-Excuse me! I'm no pet. It's not as if you own me.
9-Volt-Hey, keep it down.
Shaggy-I'm worried, 9-Volt. Do you really hate math?
9-Volt-Uh, yeah. Kinda.
(SHAGGY begins looking through his textbook.)
Shaggy-Let's see here. 100 minus 56...
(9-VOLT groans.)
Shaggy-How about this?
(Ripple to a 16-bit knight facing off against a dragon on a natural background.)
Shaggy-(voice-only) A hero has a hundred HP and takes 56 damage from an enemy.
(The dragon breathes fire on the knight. A red "-56" appears over his face. The equation "100-56=" appears at the bottom of the screen.)
Shaggy-(voice-only) What's his remaining HP?
(Cut back to SHAGGY and 9-VOLT.)
9-Volt-Forty-four, right?
Shaggy-Exactly. Good work. Now let's try the next one.
(Cut to a 16-bit wizard facing off against the same dragon.)
Shaggy-(voice-only) A wizard casts 12 spells, and each deals 42 damage.
(The wizard begins shooting bolts of lightning out of her wand. Each one causes a red 42 to appear over the dragon.)
Shaggy-(voice-only) What's the total damage?
(Cut back to 9-VOLT.)
9-Volt-Five hundred and four!
Shaggy-Aha! See? You are good at math!
9-Volt-But that wasn't math. That was just video game stuff.
Shaggy-That's the idea! So just imagine math's a game. An RPG!
9-Volt-It's like...
(The classroom vanishes behind him, replaced by a red, yellow, and green swirl with 8-bit numbers flying around.)
9-Volt-Math is a war...
(He raises his pencil.)
9-Volt-And these problems are the battles!
Shaggy-Sort of.
9-Volt-Numbers are our enemies! Mortal enemies! They must be defeated! We need to fight!
(The background turns into a JRPG-style top-down map. 9-VOLT shrinks down until he fits on one of the roads. He is suddenly wearing a blue cape and holding a sword. SHAGGY drops onto his shoulder wearing a wizard hat.)
Shaggy-I worry about you sometimes, 9-Volt.
9-Volt-What is there to worry about? We're going on a math adventure!
(He marches forward. A dragon appears in front of him with the problem 99-58 written on its forehead.)
9-Volt-Forty-one!
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WarioWare, Inc. (Season 2)
FanfictionThis series is inspired by the "WarioWare" game series without being directly based on the games, instead using stories inspired by individual levels or created entirely by me using the characters. It's about a group of game developers who are a bit...
