Reader X Felix

Part 3

As soon as the arcade opens the two new games are plugged in. Without checking to see if they work the arcade owner plugs them in and then opens the door for the day.

At closing time as everyone comes out of their game for the night people start to realize two new games were plugged in.

Destroyer and Buck hunt. The hunting game was an animal hunting game. The playable characters all exit the outlet for the first time and look around at all the characters that are all walking around.

The three characters' names are Hal, the skinny one, chief, the strong looking one, and Lara, the female. And those were their basic descriptions in the character selection menu.

Felix and you had met up by the Sugar Rush plug and went to see the two new games. The hunting one you didn't even have to go in because the characters were standing outside the plug leaning against the wall.

"New game." Felix says excitedly. "Let's say hello."

You nod and follow him.

"Hello." Felix says walking right up to them. "I'm Felix Junior from the game Fix it Felix Junior."

Lara nods slightly. "Check out the kid over here." She says to her buddies.

Hal chuckles. "So small."

"Did you lose your mommy kid?" Chief chuckles.

Felix's ears turn red you can tell he's embarrassed. "I'm over 30 years old." He replies.

"Have you ever killed anything before?" Chief says, getting serious now.

"No sir." Felix replies. "My game doesn't have things to kill in it."

Hal raises an eyebrow. "Sounds boring."

"Not at all." Felix defends. "Fixing the building is what I do."

"Fixing a building?" Hal questions. "So you basically do the opposite of that other game." He points over at the plug for the other new game. "But tearing down a building sounds way more interesting than fixing one."

"I've heard of Fix it Felix." Lara says with a grin. "A game so lame I'd almost rather play that dumb looking candy racing game."

You could tell by the back and forth that the hunters were making fun of Felix and he was too innocent to understand. You were tall for a candy racer about the size of Felix but just a little bit shorter. You were also more mature than most of the candy racers. Often it kind of felt like you had to be an adult otherwise these kids would do something stupid. In this case Felix was an adult and probably could have handled the situation himself but you weren't going to let them keep picked on him either.

"Neither of you would last one round in that dumb looking candy racing game." You grumble. "At least Felix is a nice person unlike either of you who don't even know him." You huff and turn towards Felix. "Let's go away from these childish hunters. They can pick on someone their own size."

They stare at you.

Felix nods. "Right, let's go." The two of you walk away. "Jee I don't understand why they were so hostile."

You glance back and see them all talking to each other again. "Guess they don't play well with others."

The other new game with its four monsters blinked slightly as the four monsters exited the game into the main lobby.

The four monsters were twice the size of Ralph and looked scary. The bull roared as he entered the lobby which scared some of the characters.

The bull and the cat laughed at the panic they had briefly caused but that seemed to end their shenanigans. They shrank down to about Ralph size and began looking around.

"Maybe these guys will be friendlier?" You say hopefully to Felix.

He nods and the two of you approached the monsters.

"Hello." Felix says. "I'm Felix from the game Fix it Felix Junior."

"Weee man." The bull says with a smirk. "I am Jardon!" He glances over at his companions. "This is Muck, Dabble, and Trance."

The cat nods slightly. "Sup." He smirks, nodding his head.

The Rat nodded slightly glancing away to look at some other movement. "Hey."

The fox turned slightly and looked directly at you. "Hola!"

"Hu?" You question.

"Oh sorry I forgot to mention Muck only speaks Spanish." Jardon says.

Muck then begins talking rapidly and you can't understand a word he said.

"Oh yea they are very small." Jardon nods. "But I'm sure that's plenty big in their realm." He chuckles. "Where we come from we are used to being the biggest ones. We are glad to see such variations of size here."

"You were in a different arcade?" Felix questions.

"Not exactly." Jardon replies. "I'm not sure what it was but it was the same players every day and there were only a few other games.

"Someone's basement I'm pretty sure." Trance says. "They had a couple cats too. You could see them outside the screen."

Felix nods. "Oh I see. But that makes me wonder why they would have brought your game here?"

Jardon shrugs. "Who knows, but I'm glad for it. We saw so many new players today. It was very exciting."

Felix smiles. "Well that's good."

You talk to the monster guys a while longer and then you both head to Sugar Rush. The daily race was over which meant the track was free for anyone to use. Felix wanted to learn to drive so the two of you went to the custom car builder and built him a car.

Afterwards you showed him how to drive and he promptly crashed into a candy cane tree and it fell over.

He laughs tapping the cart with his hammer to repair the front damage. "Guess I should be a bit more careful."

"Luckily your special ability is handy when you need a quick fix." You chuckle. "Don't worry you'll get the hang of it."

After a few more driving lessons you and Felix race down an empty powdered chocolate path. At the end of the road you both drift into a parallel park.

"Easy peeezy." Felix says.

You nod. "You say that now but you have no track experience. Let's do something a bit harder."

You both drive to one of the easy race courses. It's a cane cane path dotted with candy cane trees, lillipops, and gumdrops.

"This is the beginners course." You explain.

"Alright I'm ready." Felix nods, adjusting his hat. He got a small strap to hold his hat down so it didn't blow away.

You both race down the easy path. You let Felix take the lead so you can watch him. He seems to have gotten the hang of the cart pretty quickly so you shift gears, do a drift all the way around him and then speed away.

Towards the end of the track you shift gears into a power slide and when you cross the finish line you park facing the wrong way so you can look back and see when Felix was going to cross the line.

Felix rounds the last corner and drifts along the edge but he overdoes it causing the back to blow out and the car to spin out. He is able to get it moving again after a brief pause. He stops next to you. "I don't understand how you blew me away. I thought I was doing good?"

You nod. "You aren't shifting gears with the right timing. You're leaning into the turn too heavy and blew out your engine drifting. It's ok, it's all these things you'll get used to."

"This is really fun." He says looking over his car. "I'm surprised it took me so long to try it."

You nod. "Maybe we should try other games and see if they are any fun?"

He shrugs. "We could. It wouldn't hurt anything."