15th Short - [Action/Video] (Forward-dated to Friday the 16th)

[kingofwaste]

[The day started off like any other day for Oswald. He rolled himself out of bed, spent half an hour trying to wake his lazy mechanical cow, checked the journals and got to work on his model of Wasteland. He was just making some real headway on Bog Easy when he realized he'd run out of suitable parts.

Early in the afternoon, he decided to scavenge the stores for useable supplies. Match sticks, glitter, screws and nails... Anything he could get his hands on. He'd learned a long time ago that even the most worn junk could still be recycled- Wasteland prided itself on that art. He was just going through a box of small gadgets when his eyes fell on a familiar device. A remote. His remote. It'd been created to control Beetleworx, but it could essentially hack into most machines in Wasteland. One quick press of a button told him enough. The remote's broken.

From that point on, people can find Oswald sitting by the base of the fountain, screwdriver in one hand and the remote in the other. It's been a long time since he last held the device in his hand, but he still remembers what makes it tick. Fixing it should be done in a jiffy. ... Is he humming It's A Small World while he works? He sure is!]


[Video]

[It's been almost two years since Oswald first arrived in Luceti and he's been plagued with doubts lately. Doubts about what it means to have left Wasteland. To have made so many friends since he first arrived here. Not just fans- actual friends. Mostly, he's wondering if perhaps he's already regained what he lost so long ago without realizing it. How would he check? He may be a toon, but he can't reach inside himself to feel around for it.

So he decides to turn to the journal system when he returns to his apartment later in the day.]

Hey folks, I got a question for y'all. I'm not really lookin' for one answer in particular, so be as elaborate as you like. That is... What do you think it means to have a heart?

Comments

[Voice]

[gonnawreckit]

Kind of! A lot of the newer games get most of the attention these days, but Fix-It Felix Junior is still chugging along. [Of course, this is before the game goes through its resurgence in popularity.] Guess it's our seniority carrying us along, huh!

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Sounds about right! But uh... A game ain't quite like a cartoon. It's not somethin' that's recorded once, it always being restarted for the player. So... Does that mean you've gotta have the same adventure over and over again every time someone plays your game?

[Voice]

[gonnawreckit]

Yeah, basically. It gets kinda full after thirty years, but hey... it's a living. A good, steady job. [Pause] But, uh... technically it's not my adventure. I'm kind of the bad guy.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

The bad guy? You?

[Oswald's surprise shows in his tone of voice. He's met a lot of bad guys in his day, from the Mad Doc to the Petes to Hook, and of course he knows about other Disney villains. Ralph doesn't strike him as a bad guy at all.]

[Voice]

[gonnawreckit]

Yep. [Some nervous laughter.] I mean, I try to be nice when I don't have to be bad, y'know? But being a bad guy, it's in my code. I wreck buildings, and Felix has to fix them.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Huh... Yeah, I think I get what you're sayin'. [So when it comes to bad guys, Ralph is basically like Big Bad Pete, except nice. Most other villains he knows really are true blue villains.]

So this Felix is the hero in your game, then?

[Voice]

[gonnawreckit]

[While all the bad guys Ralph knows are pretty much decent or average guys outside of their games, and the only truly bad guy he knows started off as a main character.]

That's right! Fix-It Felix Junior. He's really nice guy, enough that it can get on the nerves sometimes, y'know? And he can fix anything I wreck, but only with that magic hammer he got from his dad.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

A magic hammer that fixes anything? [That sounds remarkably like a certain brush belonging to a certain mouse he knows.]

But it can't wreck anything? You're the only one who wrecks?

[Voice]

[gonnawreckit]

Yeah, it's a gimmick alright. No normal carpenter would be able to keep up with my damage.

And yes, I am! Without needing any tools, either. My king-sized hands where can wreck anything down to nothing. [He says with some pride. He's quite proud of his handiwork.]