Level 7 [video/action for Sprout Tower]

[rocketralph]

<sub>[The scene is dim, lit only by candles and the soft glow of streetlights coming through the windows of Sprout Tower. Ralph has his 'gear angled down at his feet where there are about six curious Rattata. He's sitting on the floor and pitching pieces of what looks like soda crackers to them.]

[This is what Ralph does with his nights these days.]</sub>

These little guys are pretty friendly. I think the whole thing about this place bein' haunted was a load of bologna. I haven't seen a single ghost the whole time I've been here. They were right about the place bein' kinda wobbly though.

This place could do with some foundation work.

_{[He's quiet for a little while after that and just focuses on keeping the camera right-side up and angled on the purple rats.]}

I think I'm gonna try getting the medal for this place and then blowin' outta town. It's gonna take a while, though, because Rocky's only on level nineteen. My pal told me he's my best bet.

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[rocketralph]

Not really, no...a little poorly put together maybe, but not scary. All the other floors are just about like this one.

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[fabricatedheart]

Do you think it'll fall down?

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[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph approaches the center beam and hangs his thumbs off his pockets, inspecting it. Back in the day, a good blow to this baby would send the whole thing tumbling down...but not anymore.]}

Hmmmm...I don't think it will tonight, but if we had, say, a tornado or somethin', there'd be a good chance this place would be the first to go.

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[fabricatedheart]

[Mary watches him with interest before scurrying up beside him, likewise scrutinizing the wooden beam even if she has no idea what to look for. She seems to consider his words for a moment, then chimes in,]

Maybe it's old! [A pause, and she looks up at Ralph.] Are you old too?

[Y'know, since he and the building apparently have so much in common??? I'm so sorry about her.]

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[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph thinks about that question. Was he old? For a game that was still played being played and not sitting in some landfill...]}

I guess you could say that.

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[fabricatedheart]

[Without a trace of discretion:]

So how old are you?

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[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph puffs a little sigh.]}

Just turned thirty before I got here. That's pretty old where I'm from.

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[fabricatedheart]

[Thirty's a hell of a lot older than Mary can even fathom. Technically speaking, she is as old as that, if not older, but time has moved differently for her; she's still a little girl in every way possible. And though she's tried to imagine what it would be like to be older, her mind never went much past twenty. Thirty just seemed to far away, too unreachable. So to know for a fact that someone can be that old is... kind of amazing to her, and she regards Ralph with the same reverence you would give someone who ran into a burning building to save a kitten.]

Wooow... That is old!