Game Plan/Transcript

[A camera pan of Simple Flip Island could be seen. As Tari and Theo walk together.]

Tari: Well I guess you are back home Theo.

Theo: I don’t wanna go back.

Tari: C’mon Theo. You saw yourself glitching out. It’s not safe for you to stay in our world.

Theo: But I’ve had so much fun being with you, Tari. I’ve… never had a human friend before.

Tari: I know Theo. But I can’t risk anything happening to you. Especially with Lucks out there hunting for us.

Theo: I’ll- I’ll mis you Tari….

Tari: Don’t worry Theo. I’ll still come and visit you here from time to time.

Theo: Really?!

Other Theo: Crackerjack!

Tari & Theo: Huh?! [They get startled as they look towards the direction where the voice came from.]

[They see another Theo essentially.]

Tari: Wait?! What?!

[And then the game starts glitching out.]

Theo: This is very weird…

Tari: Theo! What’s happening to us?!

[And then they start fazing out of the game.]

[Theme Song plays]

[Tari gasps heavily as she wakes up in the room again. She looks at MD-5.]

Sofia: Hey! You okay?

Tari: Uh- Yeah…

[Theo spawns in the real world.]

Theo: Uh- ah- Well that was disturbing.

Lamar: NANI?! What the hell just happened?

Tari: [Gets up] Ugh, I have no idea. I- I think the game just kicked us out.

Sofia: Hmmm- It must be THIS!

Lamar: What? What about it?

Sofia: This Ultra Jump Mania game already has it’s own Theo. So when it saw that Theo it didn’t know what to do. And booted the both of you out.

Theo: I don’t get it.

Tari: The game did’t know what to do with two Theos. So it exploded.

Theo: Whoa…Does this mean I get to stay here with you?

Masa: No. This means you need to get back into your own cartridge.

Theo: Boo!

Tari: Oh! Theo’s original cartridge is back at the speed running arena! Let’s go and get it!

Sofia: Uhh… Knowing Lucks he definitely would have taken it back to TASCorp.

Tari: No!… You have gotta be kidding me.

Lamar: That makes things a little harder.

Lamar: Don’t worry! We’ll get it back, guys! We’ll find a way!

Masa: Sofia. Do you remember operation “Silent Demon”?

Sofia: “Silent Demon”…Oh yes I do!

Lamar: Oh hell no! I’m gonna stop you right there, Masa. This wasn’t the original plan! We were gonna train her and get her to join the team. That’s it!

Masa: And how exactly do you expect to get Theo’s cartridge back? Just by getting her to join?

Lamar: I— I’m not sure. But it’s a whole lot safer than going on that near-impossible suicide mission, that’s for sure.

Masa: After seeing what these two are capable of… Hmph, I don’t think it’s impossible at all. If we train Tari and manage to pull this off, Theo will be able to go home. And more importantly. Lucks and TASCorp will be through.

Lamar: Sofia, help me out here! Tell this fool this is a dumb idea!

Sofia: He’s…right Lamar.

Lamar: What?!

Sofia: He’s… right! The longer we wait the riskier it is for Theo to stay in our world. And I think with Tari here, we’d actually be able to pull that mission off.

Tari: Uh… What is operation “Silent Demon” exactly?

Lamar: Grrr… God damn it! See?! Now y’all gone and planted this dumb idea in her head.

Masa: Get some sleep Lamar. That goes for everyone else. Let’s talk about this in the morning.

Lamar: Oh, now you wanna go to sleep? Before y’all wanted to fight Tari first. And now y’all wanna sleep. HEY! I’m grillin’ you here! Come back! God damn it…. Being emo doesn’t mean you are smarter you know! Stupid Masa thinking he knows what’s good for us…

Theo: Heheh.They’re funny.

Sofia: Uhhhhhh… let me show you guys to your beds.

[The scene cuts back to Belle looking at the Project Blue data file chip she just found. It then loads a video of a particular scientist doing a video log.

Sheridan: Is this thing on? Hello? Cool? Cool cool cool cool cool! Dr. Sheridan here, and this is an update on Project Blue! Wait, do I need to say my name? Gah, nah, it should be okay. [A flash as it transitions a bit forwards in time.] My life’s work is almost complete! Hahahah!~ Lucks is finally going to see the fruits of my research and more importantly I’m not gonna be fired! Heheheh!~ Wait, I probably shouldn’t have said that. [Another flash forward as he chugs down a cup of coffee.] Anyway the AI program I made works perfectly. It can optimally beat any game you put in front of it. All that’s left is to find a human host to download the AI into, and we can begin the final phase of my research! Hehehehe!~ [Chugs down another coffee cup] Ah~ Oh god, oof. That is some good coffee.

The video goes blank as Belle then swipes to play another video.

Sheridan: I’m [yawns] still… looking for someone. No one wants to be the host…. Not much time… [Hits his head on the desk by fatigue as he jolts up.] Oh god! I don’t have that much time! I gotta find someone now! [Another flash of time as it jumps forward.] Hehehe!~ I found someone! She’s a Meta Runner here at TASCorp! And we’ve made incredible progress. A really basic version of the AI has been downloaded into her Meta Runner arm successfully! From what I’ve seen, the host’s game playing skills have skyrocketed tremendously! He!~ Oooh, we are killing it aren’t we? Hehe. I think we are ready to take this experiment to the next level! I’m gonna use a more advanced iteration of the AI. Oh…this is gonna be so good. Hehe. I have no doubt she is gonna become the best Meta Runner at TASCorp! Hehehe!~ Ooh, Lucks is gonna love this! Hehe.~ Oh…I’m out of coffee.

The video ends as Belle tries to press next but the file was corrupted.

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Belle: What?

[She decided to play next instead.

Sheridan: Oh god no! No no no no no! Please please! No! C’mon! Shut off! SHUT OFF!!!

Woman: Doctor! What’s happening?!

Sheridan: Just hang in there!!! I am trying to-! Woman: AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

Sheridan: AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

An explosion happens as the video ends.]

Belle: That voice… [Belle is agitated as she falls down to her knees.]

[The scene cuts to back at the ramen restaurant where MD-5 are having breakfast with ramen. A bot-boy with a chef’s hat gives Lamar food.]

Lamar: All right! Food time!

Tari: Uh… Is that a new body pillow?

Lamar: Oh Satsuki chan here is my side chick. I’ve uh quite a few. I’m a bit of a player, y’know what I’m sayin’?

Tari: Right…

[Sofia and Masa comes in.]

Bot-boy: Welcome! Welcome!

Sofia: Hey Ramenbot! Goooooooooood morning everyone! [Everyone is just eating their ramen mostly.] Huh? Hmmmmmm, Hehehehe~ [Sofia pulls out a tablet as she presses something.]

[A kind of hologram appears as Tari gets startled and flips her bowl.]

Tari: Wha?!

Theo: Whoa! Cool! [Theo waves his arm at the hologram as he gets a feel for it.]

Masa: It’s time to get to work.

[Sofia presses some things. As chibi versions of them appear as they are in front of a castle representing TASCorp. The chili versions of Lamar, Sofia, and Masa charge forth.]

Tari: Oooh! They’re so cute!

Sofia: I know right! I made them myself! I like Masa’s miniature, he’s—

[Masa gives Sofia the stink eye.]

Sofia: I mean… [coughs] So it’s been a whole year since we’ve formed MD-5. And we’ve tried tirelessly to disrupt and take down the evil TASCorp.

[It cuts to the chips in front of the castle.

Chibi Masa: Don’t mess with me!

The all pull out their respective weapons as Lamar has the axe, Masa has the sword and Sofia has the water magic. The chibi Belle and Lucks laugh guarded by the TASGuard chibis. The chibis all charge forward as they attack the TASGuards.

Chibi Sofia: Ah hah! Hello! Chibi Sofia shoots blasts of water.]

Masa: But no matter how hard we try and fight… Lucks and TASCorp always come out scot free.

[Chibi Lucks uses techno-psychokinesis to throw the Chibi MD-5 away.]

Masa: That was until we came up with operation “Silent Demon”.

Lamar: Ugh. Here we go.

[The Chibi MD-5 get up again.]

Masa: The general idea is this. We hack into TASCorp’s network, and get access to their private files and records. [There is a montage of the TASGuard electrically showing a Runner, Belle laughing at a Runner in prison and Lucks throwing a cash of money at a TASGuard.] Any records on the horrible things they’ve done or plan to do, we’ll know about. Showing that kind of evidence to the public would completely ruin Lucks and his company.

Sofia: But but but but! The problem is TASCorp’s security system is suuuuuper tight. [A cage of metal appears to protect the castle.] From the outside there’s no way it can be hacked. I’ve discovered however that there is one way to get in. [Chibi Tari and Chibi Theo show up] And that’s where you guys come in!

[Chibi Tari and Chibi Theo wave.

Chibi Tari: Hello.

Chibi Theo: Crackerjack!]

Tari: Whoa! Awesome!

Theo: Hehe. Hi little me!

[Sofia presses a button as a shack appears as the full MD-5 appear before it. They enter in to find chips playing games on computers.]

Sofia: A huge underground e-sports competition is coming up. It won’t be broadcasted to the public, and more importantly TASCorp will be running the game on their servers!

Tari: What does that mean though?

Masa: It means that if the game crashes at any point during the competition, the servers will go down too. Which will give Sofia a small window to hack into their network.

[Theo scratches the back of his head as also Chibi Sofia waves.]

Sofia: Now I bet you are asking, “How are you gonna crash the game?”

Theo: Actually I was gonna ask for some more ramen…

Sofia: [chuckles a bit] Well there’s a glitch we can execute that should do the trick!

[Chibi Tari pulls out a magic wand.

Chibi Tari: Wah!!!

Chibi Tari’s magic shakes the entire chibiworld inside the shack.]

Lamar: That’s exactly why this is a dumb idea. The glitch is so difficult, so precise, that the chances of any of us doing it is next to impossible. And if this fails y’all can be sure as hell that Lucks will have our asses captured.

Masa: Tari. That ability to go inside games…that lets you see things others can’t, right?

Tari: Yeah… I- I guess you could put it that way. I haven’t completely figured it out yet but… when I think of a goal or task I can see the path to complete it.

Masa: Then think about it Lamar. This glitch is ten times easier if she can utilize her abilities.

Lamar: I- [sighs] I guess.

[It resumes back to Chibi Tari shaking the place as the gate opens.]

Sofia: After watching you play yesterday, I really think you can do it Tari. You’re the chooooosen one! [Everyone looks at her funny.] Hehe~ Anyway, [Chibi Sofia enters into the room recently opened] When the servers go down and I hack into TASCorp’s network, I’ll be able to extract all of their information. [Chibi Sofia returns back with scrolls as the Chibis celebrate.]

Masa: Not only will this bring an end to TASCorp but we’ll be able to source info on Theo’s cartridge [Chibi Masa walks to Chibi Theo as they nod to each other] and forge an order to get it sent back to us.

Sofia: Think of all of that information… All…that…power… Ooooohhh…. [Gets a bit excited]…….Sorry…

Masa: But we will only do this if you’re completely in. Otherwise, you’ll be putting all of us in danger.

Tari: So….I play a game, execute a glitch, and we take down TASCorp right?

Sofia: That’s right!

Tari: [sighs] What do you think Theo?

Theo: Yeah! Sounds fun!

Tari: Would you guys… be able to find records about me on their system? I feel like we might find info on who I am. And why I can’t remember anything.

Sofia: Yes! Of course we’ll help you.

Tari: Okay then! Lets do it!

Sofia: Yahoo! Alright!

Lamar:[sighs] If y’all honestly think you can do this then…I guess I’m with ya’s. But damn, this is a STUPID idea.

Masa: Good. Let’s get started. Go to the gaming room. We have under a week to train you up. And teach you this glitch.

Tari: Uh- What’s the game we’ll be playing in the competition anyway?

Sofia: Oh! It’s called Tempest! It’s a magical battle royal game!

Lamar: Ugh [Gets up as he picks up his Satsuki chan body pillow] man why do I keep hanging with you crazies…

Sofia: Because you love us!~

Lamar: Alright Ramenbot. Back in the cabinet you go.

Bot-boy: No! Don’t put me back in there! I love the taste of life! I just want to make ramen no— [Lamar shuts off the ramen bot.]

[The scene cuts back to Lucks in the room testing out the cartridge.]

Lucks: Okay, try now. Turn it on.

[The TAScientist types some stuff onto the computer to boot up the game as the TV turns on as they press something on the controller but the game still glitches out and shuts off.]

Lucks: God damn it!!! [Punches the desk] Why is this NOT working?…

[Belle walks in as she is breathing heavily.]

Lucks: What did you find Belle?

[Belle holds up the memory chip containing the video files. They watch the chip together.

Sheridan: I have no doubt that she is gonna be the best Meta Runner at TASCorp. [A flash forward once again.] Please Please no! Come on! Shut off! SHUT OFF!!!

Woman: Doctor! What’s the hell happening?!

Sheridan: Just hang in there while I’m trying to— AAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!

Woman: AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!! The explosion happens as the footage turns off.]

Lucks: So that’s what happened to Sheridan. All along I thought he blew that lab intentionally to cover up his failures.

Belle: Screw Dr. Sheridan! Do you hear that voice in the background?! [She replays the scene once more.]

Lucks: That does sound familiar…

Belle: [Pulls up the picture of Belle hugging a purple haired woman] It’s Lucinia! All that time we thought she was missing… When she…she… GOD DAMN IT! How did we not know about any of this?!

Lucks: I’ve never heard of this Project Blue before. She must have secretly done this of her own accord. [He eyes something on the frame shot.] Wait… Belle. Rewind the tape. [Belle rewinds the tape.] There! [Lucks takes notice of the input combo Sheridan did as he talks to the TAScientist.] You! Hand me the controller.

[The TAScientist hands Lucks the controller as he then does the button inputs that Sheridan did as the game now displays the crest and something else of interest as well as Lucks and Belle are surprised and check it out.]

[Episode End]