Time Junction/Pilot, Part 1

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TIME JUNCTION
(The screen transitions from a flash of white light to Hat Kid wincing. As she opens her eyes she realises that she’s returned to her spaceship after a certain battle. She soon realises something and looks out the window to see Moustache Girl, unconscious on the planet below. She holds a Time Piece in one hand, consolidating whether or not to drop it down for her.)
Hat Kid: ...Nah.
(She tosses the Time Piece behind her, landing in a pile)
(Hat Kid gets in her pilot’s seat and presses a series of buttons, sucking all of the Time Pieces into the fuel tank. The counter on a screen on the wall ticks to show all 40 Time Pieces are intact.)
Hat Kid: Finally! After all this time, I’m finally going home…
(She is about to pull a lever to take off, only to jolt from her seat from a knock on the door.)
(Hat Kid walks up to the window and opens it. She sees a Mafia Goon, the Snatcher, the Conductor and DJ Grooves hanging from there.)
Mafia Goon: Don’t leave us!
Snatcher: (holding up an unsigned contract) Hey kiddo, let’s make another contract!
Conductor: Don’t you dare leave, lass!
Grooves: Let’s watch our movie, darling!
Hat Kid: Uh, sorry, guys… I really need to go. Also, most of you tried to kill me.
(Hat Kid takes a broom and pushes them all out. Then she returns to the lever, tears in her eyes, and pulls, sending the spaceship off)
Hat Kid: Here we go…
(The spaceship is seen cruising through space, only for a cyan rift to open up in front of it)
Hat Kid: Agh! What the peck!?
(We then return to inside the spaceship. Hat Kid is struggling to control the spaceship as it gets sucked into the rift.)
Hat Kid: No...
(As the spaceship falls into the rift, everything fades to white)
(The white fades, and the spaceship is seen in a black nothingness. Hat Kid looks at the sights around her, confused, then jolts from the impact as her ship crash-lands)
Hat Kid: Hey, I’m alive! ...Where am I?
(Hat Kid checks her fuel vault, finding the Time Pieces are all intact. Next, she tries getting the spaceship to fly again, but fails. She tries again, but fails. Giving up, she steps out of the spaceship to find a series of wooden corridors)
(Walking around a corner, she sees a pink cookie lost in the maze-like corridors.)
Hat Kid: Hi, uh, are you from here?
Cherry Blossom: I don’t know how I even got here… One moment, I was watching my friend play tennis, and the next I found myself here after a flash of blinding light.
Hat Kid: Huh? You just showed up here? The same thing happened to me!
Cherry Blossom: Well, at least we’re not alone anymore. But we still have no idea where we are.
(An orange cookie walks into the corridor, spots the two, and runs over to them.)
Orange: Cherry Blossom! You’re here! I’ve been utterly lost in this place!
Hat Kid: Who are you two? You look like cookies.
Cherry Blossom: My name’s Cherry Blossom Cookie. Pleased to meet you.
Orange: And I’m Orange Cookie!
Hat Kid: I’m Hat Kid… wait, if you’re cookies, how can you talk?
Cherry Blossom: We were baked by a witch. She used special magic ingredients to enhance the flavour, but it ended up making us come to life!
Orange: We didn’t want to get eaten, so we ran out her oven!
Hat Kid: Huh, interesting. But what caused the two of you to get transported here with me?
Orange: I have no idea. I was playing tennis and just hit the ball into the net super-fast… and then there was this big flash of light!
Hat Kid: I was leaving on my spaceship. I tried to boost away, but then there was that flash of light, similar to the one that happened to you two!
???: A big flash of light?
(a supposed human walks around the corner)
Corrin: The same thing happened to me, as well. I was caught in a great battle between Hoshido and Nohr. I saw this flash of light when I clashed my sword, and then...
Orange: Hoshido? Nohr? What are they?
Hat Kid: I’ve never heard of them.
Corrin: Two great warring kingdoms. I was from Hoshido, but I got captured by the Nohrians and raised among them.
Cherry Blossom: So you were in a battle, and you got sent here. I was watching Orange play tennis, and we both got sent here… Hat Kid tried to pilot her spaceship, but got sent here… This doesn’t make sense… There doesn’t seem to be any connection to these events…
Corrin: Let’s just keep walking. Maybe we’ll find something.
Hat Kid: By the way, who are you?
Corrin: Corrin.
Hat Kid: Ah. I’m Hat Kid, and these are Cherry Blossom and Orange Cookie.
(they all continue walking, and along the way spot a woman with a cyber gun in one hand)
Corrin: Somebody else is here? Hello, who are you?
Chell: …
Orange: Uh, hello? Are you okay?
Chell: … (she nods, and points to her mouth)
Cherry Blossom: She must be mute… or very angry.
Hat Kid: Well, I think I remember some basic sign language from when I had to interrogate a deaf passenger in a movie!
Orange: You’re an actress!?
Hat Kid: Kind of. (she turns to Chell) Do you know sign language?
Chell: … (She nods and begins signalling something in sign language)
Hat Kid: Right… (she turns to the others) Her name’s Chell.
Corrin: Good to meet you. Chell, how did you end up here?
Chell: … (signals something in sign language)
Hat Kid: She… was fighting a robot? There was an explosion, she was knocked out, and she came here? I don’t know, I’m not a sign language professional…
Cherry Blossom: If we ever make it out of here, I want to hear the whole thing. This story sounds interesting…
Orange: Next question, do you know anything about this place?
Chell: … (shakes her head)
Orange: ...oh.
Corrin: Looks like we’re all in the same boat on that one.
Hat Kid: Let’s just keep going.
(they keep walking, and Hat Kid quickly spots someone familiar around the corner)
Hat Kid: Huh? (waves and raises her voice) Bow! Bow Kid!
Bow Kid: (turns around) Hey, it’s Hatti! You got here too?
Hat Kid: Yeah! I was flying my spaceship, and I ended up flying into this weird light, and then I crash-landed in this weird place!
Bow Kid: Huh. Wait, you took the spaceship? I was in the middle of fighting this shadow guy when the flash of light appeared!
Hat Kid: Wait, shadow guy? Did he make you sign contracts?
Bow Kid: Yeah.
Hat Kid: Weird, he was clinging to my spaceship not long ago! Does that mean he’s from the past or the future?
Corrin: Hat Kid, what do you mean?
Hat Kid: It all makes sense now! This is a time nexus!
Cherry Blossom and Orange: A what?
Hat Kid: We ended up here because of errors in the space-time continuum!
Orange: Wait, are you saying my sick tennis shot was an error in the space-time continuum?
Hat Kid: ...well…
Chell: … (sign language)
Cherry Blossom: What’s that, Chell? A time barrier?
Hat Kid: That’s it! If things go fast enough, they don’t just break the sound barrier! They can break the time barrier as well!
Cherry Blossom: So… the burst from your spaceship… Orange’s super shot… Corrin’s sword clash… Chell’s explosion… Bow Kid’s fight with the shadow guy... they were all powerful and fast enough to break the time barrier, bringing us here!
Hat Kid: That’s right!
Cherry Blossom: But that doesn’t explain how I got here… I was just sitting and watching Orange play...
Orange: Maybe my shot was powerful enough to affect you as well! I am very good at tennis, after all!
Bow Kid: So… we know how we got here and where this place is, but what can we do?
Orange: Also, why is time-purgatory made out of… oak wood flooring? Tasteful wallpaper…?
Hat Kid: I don’t know what we do. Wait for more people?
(pause)
Hat Kid: No, that’s it! We wait for more people!
Orange: What?
Corrin: Are you sure?
Hat Kid: I’m serious! When more people come here, we help them! Give them a place to stay!
Bow Kid: Like a hotel?
Hat Kid: Yeah!
Corrin: ...what’s a hotel?
Cherry Blossom: It’s basically a building that people come and live at temporarily. If they’re travelling, or if they’re visiting someone in another country...
Orange: But… I can’t stay and work here… I have a life to attend to! We need to find a way out!
Hat Kid: Don’t worry! If this is a time nexus, time won’t flow! You won’t lose any of your life, and if an exit does show up, it can take you back anywhere you want!
Bow Kid: Oh, unless it takes us somewhere entirely different! What do we do then?
Hat Kid: ...then my assumption that it’s a time nexus is wrong. But I’m sure it isn’t, this is exactly what a time nexus would do! ...at least, hypothetically.
Bow Kid: True. But it seems like more than a time nexus… I don’t think you’re the Hatti I know… You must be from another universe entirely!
Corrin: Another universe?
Hat Kid: Other universes do exist! If, for instance, we never landed in this time nexus, that would create an alternate universe with a new timeline as the events caused by us entering the nexus would have never…
(Corrin is dizzy from all the information)
Hat Kid: ...you don’t get it, huh?
Chell: … (sign language)
Cherry Blossom: You’re right, Chell. She says that if we enter the time nexus and leave at the exact same point in time, would there even be any noticeable change from the universe where we don’t?
Orange: Hey, she’s right! We could stay in this nexus for years, and nobody back home would even know!
Corrin: But what would happen if we never left?
Bow Kid: They still wouldn’t know. And if it really is a nexus, we wouldn’t be getting any older. We could live forever… (shudders)
Orange: An endless life of tennis? Sounds like fun! But I would miss my friends back home...
Hat Kid: Okay, back to the hotel. If we’re going to make it work, we all need jobs! I’ll be the manager…
Corrin: You? The manager?
Hat Kid: I’m the one who knows the most about space-time laws.
Corrin: Ah, fair enough. What about my role?
Hat Kid: You run the complaints department. So if there’s anything the guests don’t like, they can tell you, and we can get to fixing it!
Cherry Blossom: Oh, because he’s so good at complaining! Makes sense!
Hat Kid: Cherry Blossom, why don’t you be the maid?
Cherry Blossom: That’d mean a lot of cleaning, right? Good thing I already love cleaning...
Hat Kid: And Orange, how about running the reception? I’m sure people could use your energy when they first step in!
Orange: Sure thing!
Hat Kid: Chell, what can you do?
(Chell demonstrates her use of the portal gun - she fires a blue portal to one wall, then an orange portal to the other)
(Everyone except Hat Kid is shocked by this.)
Hat Kid: Hey, are those portals?
(Chell walks into the blue portal, coming out the orange portal)
Bow Kid: Amazing!
Corrin: What kind of magic is that!?
Chell: … (explains in sign language)
Cherry Blossom: Apparently it’s not magic. It’s what she calls “science”.
Hat Kid: Hey, I’ve got the perfect job! You can be the porter, and use the portals to take guests to their rooms!
Chell: … (nods)
Bow Kid: And what about me?
Hat Kid: Quality assurance! You make sure that nothing’s going wrong!
Bow Kid: Heh, I guess I do have an eye for that sort of thing! I’m amazing at making sure everything else is amazing, aren’t I? ...Unless your universe’s Bow isn’t...
Hat Kid: (She’s not, but I won’t say that. Better not have dissension in the ranks.)
Orange: Alright, so that’s the jobs done, but what about the rooms?
Cherry Blossom: This just looks like corridors right now, nowhere to stay.
Chell: … (nods)
Hat Kid: Hey, I’m sure we can fix it! All we need is someone who can build.
(Corrin walks forward and steps on a small scrap of metal)
Corrin: Ow! Hey, what is this?
Cherry Blossom: Looks like metal.
Orange: Hey, here’s more!
Bow Kid: Now that you mention it, there’s a ton of metal lying around… It’s getting even more plentiful as we walk…
(they keep walking, and along the way, Hatti trips over a big piece of metal)
Hat Kid: Agh!
(Hat Kid lands and looks up, then sees a whole room filled with the metal parts)
Cherry Blossom: Hat Kid! Are you okay? ...Hey, where did all this broken metal come from? 
Chell: … (she recognises the metal, but says nothing)
Orange: There’s even circuitry and wires strewn around! It reminds me of Cyborg Cookie...
Hat Kid: Probably more stuff lost into time. Maybe I can use this to make robots! I’m quite good at programming. I even jailbroke my roomba and turned it into my pet!
Corrin: ...robots? What are those?
Bow Kid: They’re… like people made of metal, made by people.
Hat Kid: And they don’t understand the concept of love.
Bow Kid: But that doesn’t stop them!
Corrin: Okay, I get it. Metal people that can’t love.
Hat Kid: Now, let’s get started! With all the spare parts here, I could easily work on a batch of service robots for us to use!
Cherry Blossom: Wait. One more thing. We don’t have a name for our hotel!
Bow Kid: How about… Nexus World?
Orange: Doesn’t have a big ring to it.
Cherry Blossom: What about… Multiverse Station Hotel and Services?
Bow Kid: I don’t know, it’s too long.
Orange: Oh! I know! Time Barrier Break!
Cherry Blossom: ...eh?
Orange: It’s meant to be a pun. You know, you break the time barrier, then you take a break…
Corrin: ...What about… Space Junction?
Hat Kid: ...Eh… I feel like it doesn’t describe it accurately enough...
Bow Kid: Then why don’t we change it to… Time Junction?
Hat Kid: That’s perfect! “If you ever find yourself lost in spacetime, Time Junction is the place to go!” I like that, it has a nice ring to it.
Chell: (nods)
Bow Kid: Well, that’s settled! Starting today, we’re the Time Junction!
Hat Kid: Anyway, can you all help me gather up this metal? I have some great ideas for what I want these robots to look like…
(The group start gathering metal, except Chell, who hangs back with a concerned look on her face.)
(Montage of Hat Kid building the Roombots and testing them out)
Hat Kid: They’re done! I call them the “Roombots”! There are ten thousand of them and they do exactly what they figure is best for the hotel!
Corrin: Just what they consider good?
Hat Kid: What do you mean?
Corrin: Would they always have the same ideas as the staff? What if they attack us because they think what they’re doing is “right”?
Hat Kid: Don’t worry, they’re programmed to always help us. They can even work as our personal bodyguards!
Orange: Can I get one to be my tennis partner?
Hat Kid: Yeah, they listen to instructions we give them, too!
Orange: Alright! (turns to the nearest Roombot) Roombot number 575, I instruct you to be my tennis partner for all of time!
Roombot: ORDER ACKNOWLEDGED. WHAT IS A TENNIS PARTNER?
Orange: Oh, I didn’t think that far ahead…
Hat Kid: I probably should’ve programmed some knowledge into them… they’re dumb as bricks…
Orange: Even without knowledge, they’d still be better at tennis than Lemon is...
Corrin: We can teach them, can’t we?
Hat Kid: That’d take forever…
Orange: What about bit by bit? Didn’t you make them for the building?
Hat Kid: Oh, yeah! I forgot, they should be working! Alright, Roombots, go and build new rooms for the hotel!
Roombots: ORDER ACKNOWLEDGED.
(the Roombots charge off to start building)
Hat Kid: Thankfully I programmed one bit of knowledge into them.
Cherry Blossom: Wait, you didn’t specify what kind of room you wanted them to build!
Hat Kid: Hey, what’s the worst that can happen?
(Time skip to Hat Kid and Bow Kid checking some of the new rooms)
Chell: …
Orange: These rooms are randomly shaped, randomly sized, and most of them don’t even have doors! These robots really are as dumb as bricks!
Bow Kid: We’ve got to teach them how to make doors! Can you imagine a hotel without doors?
Hat Kid: How can I teach them, though? There are ten thousand!
Bow Kid: If only we had a dedicated IT department...
Chell: … (sign language)
Hat Kid: I can just install an update? …why didn’t I think of that before?
(Hat Kid runs back to her office - actually her spaceship - and finds a woman just sitting there)
Hat Kid: Hello? Excuse me, but this is my spaceship?
Jen: Your... spaceship?
Hat Kid: That’s right. You must be new here, welcome to the Time Junction!
Jen: The Time Junction? How did I get here, I was just presenting the internet!
Hat Kid: The internet?
Jen: Yes. The, uh, internet got destroyed in the presentation, and then there was a flash of light.
(Moss and Roy walk in from another part of the spaceship)
Roy: Jen, you wouldn’t believe what kind of stuff we found just sitting around here! Whatever you did to transport us here, it was definitely worth it for this massive house!
Moss: Assuming somebody doesn’t already live here.
Roy: But the elders of the internet will definitely kill us once they find out about this!
Moss: Seriously, Roy! Stop joking around! We’re in a real life time barrier situation!
Roy: For all I know I passed out or got drunk or something. But I’m so fed up of work I’ll gladly make the most out of this crazy lucid dream...
Hat Kid: (to Moss) Wait, you know about the time barrier?
Moss: Of course I know about the time barrier! It's a basic space-time fact!
Hat Kid: That’s good to hear! Most of the people who wind up here just don’t believe it!
Jen: Hey, how do you use this computer? I’m trying to contact work and tell them we won’t be in for the foreseeable future… I’ll tell them it was another RAM emergency or something... 
Roy: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Hat Kid: You know about computers as well?
Roy: Little girl, I’ve been working with them for years. I know them completely.
Hat Kid: Brilliant! How do you feel about working with robots?
Moss: No way, Roy! Robots! Real robots! And we’re experiencing a time barrier breach, and we get to work with real robots!
Jen: I just don’t know how we’re going to explain this… We’ll be sacked for sure…
Moss: They’ll never know, because we’ve technically never left! When a time portal opens up, we can just go back to where we left!
Hat Kid: That’s very good and all, but… I’ve got ten thousand Roombots who need a mass update to learn the proper structure and construction of hotel rooms.
Roy: Well, that’s easy. Just assign an update to their shared network. Moss and I can program the details. Anyway, have you got any booze in the fridge?
Jen: This is a little girl’s house, Roy, don’t be ridiculous.
Roy: You’re right. I’ll just grab a Cuke…
(Montage of the Roombots getting the update and getting to work on making proper hotel rooms)
Cherry Blossom: Wow, this new program is working amazingly! These rooms look amazing...
Corrin: They could use some decoration, though. Maybe some plants?
Bow Kid: Don’t forget running water and electricity…
(Meanwhile, at the under-construction reception, we see Herb, Sea Fairy and Lemon entering)
Orange: Welcome to the Time Junct- (gasp) Herb, Sea Fairy? Lemon! Is that you?
Lemon: Oh, hey! Orange! What are you doing here? I think I messed with my cube too much, because it exploded in a burst of light and then I found myself here...
Herb: Huh. I was just looking after my plants when the light hit me.
Sea Fairy: I got hit by a bright flash of light too.
Orange: Must have been a space-time error. Whenever that happens, you end up here, in the Time Junction!
Sea Fairy: …The Time Junction!?
Herb: Is there any way out of here?
Orange: Definitely no easy way… but this place doubles up as a hotel, so you can stay until we can get you out! Better yet, you don’t lose any time in the real world! You don’t even age!
Lemon: Huh, and you work here?
Orange: Yep! I’m…
(Cherry Blossom charges in, exhausted from running)
Cherry Blossom: Huff… Orange… we forgot to give… running water, electricity... and plants to the hotel… and the oxygen’s going to start running thin soon...
Lemon: Electricity? That’s not a problem, I can just use my cube.
Sea Fairy: I can always create water. Being a sea fairy.
Herb: ...my plants got left behind. But I think I have some seeds in my pocket!
Cherry Blossom: Perfect, we can grow them for more oxygen!
Orange: Looks like we have more jobs for the hotel! Follow Cherry Blossom, she can take you to the porter!
Lemon: Wait, how long will we be here?
Orange: Until we can get you out. Which could take months.
Lemon: Ah… well, as long as you’re here, everything will be fine.
Cherry Blossom: Alright, let’s go!
(Montage of Lemon installing electricity, Herb growing plants to give to the Roombots, and Sea Fairy making the water flow)
Bow Kid: We’ve got everything a good hotel needs… except entertainment…
(Susie enters)
Susie: Wait, did you say entertainment? Also, where am I?
Bow Kid: You’re at the Time Junction. If you get lost in time, you end up at this hotel.
Susie: Ah! That explains it. I was in the middle of a time machine experiment before I got here.
Bow Kid: So, what about entertainment?
Susie: Well, I was very good at entertaining employees in the Haltmann Works Company. I was just a secretary, but I was quite popular among the other workers.
Bow Kid: A charismatic person, that’s good to hear! Now, what ideas do you have for entertainment?
Susie: In a hotel? Hmm, a swimming pool, maybe some indoor climbing and ice skating… and you can’t forget the classic 450-pin bowling!
Bow Kid: Four-fifty?!
Susie: How many do you usually with?
Bow Kid: Just ten.
Susie: I take it you’ve never seen a Haltmann Works bowling alley, then…
Bow Kid: Well, be sure to give your ideas to the Roombots! ...oh, wait, we need to tell the IT staff about you…
Orange: I can give them a call. (dials the phone)
(Meanwhile in the IT department)
Roy: (picks up the phone) Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again…
Orange: Not a technical problem. I’ve got a new staff member who’s our entertainment manager! (hands the phone over)
Susie: Hello, I’m Susanna Patrya Haltmann. Do you think you can sign me in on your network of… Roombots?
Roy: Yeah, sure, whatever. (puts down the phone) Moss, I thought in this dream I’d at least get to do some fun stuff, but it’s practically just like working at Reynholm Industries again!
Moss: You don’t get it, Roy! This isn’t a dream! This is real life! The time barrier is a real scientific thing!
Jen: Look, I don’t know a thing about this time barrier stuff, but at least try to lighten up a little, Roy! If we’re all dead, can we at least have fun with it instead of acting like you’re at work!
Roy: Fine. I’ll drink another can of Cuke.
Jen: That’s the spirit!
(Montage of the Roombots building the pool, the bowling alley, the ice rink, the climbing, and more. One roombot falls into the empty pool and the other roombots continue filling it up)
Hat Kid: This place is shaping up to look like a real hotel! Now, are we missing something?
(Hat Kid gets a call on her phone)
Hat Kid: Yes, who is this?
Bow Kid: It’s Bow. Listen, Hatti, there’s one thing this hotel really needs.
Hat Kid: What is it?
Bow Kid: The guests! Every guest so far, we’ve just been giving staff roles!
Hat Kid: You’re right… But the hotel is still in its early stages. We need all the staff we can get!
Bow Kid: But we aren’t making any money!
(pause)
Bow Kid: Wait. Hatti. You are going to pay us, right?
Hat Kid: Where am I going to get money in this place?
Bow Kid: Why don’t you… have one of the Roombots make Pons for you?
Hat Kid: Great idea!
Bow Kid: And we’d want to charge our guests, too. But hopefully not too much, since they might be stuck here with no other choice.
Hat Kid: How do we charge them, though? Do we just… convert their money into Pons? We need a Roombot for that, too!
Bow Kid: I’m not even sure… There’s all types of people with different currencies… I wish we had somebody to help us with that…
(Suddenly, Hat Kid notices her shadow extending behind her. The shadow rises up to the air, and shapes to form the Snatcher)
Snatcher: WHY, HELLOOOOOO THERE! My, what a juicy conversation you were having! So you need someone for your money deals?
Hat Kid: EEEEK! Wait, how did you hear that, Snatcher? I was on the phone!
Snatcher: The perks to taking your shadow, kid.
Hat Kid: ...How long have you been hiding in my shadow?
Snatcher: FIVE MINUTES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Hat Kid: (sigh) Do you think you’re cut for dealing with money?
Snatcher: My whole thing is contracts, kid. Of course I am.
Hat Kid: Well, how quickly can you make those Pons?
Snatcher: I have some quick-acting magic for that, kid.
Hat Kid: Hired!
Snatcher: I’ll get to work right away! (slips into the floorboards with maniacal laughter)
Hat Kid: Something tells me not to trust him… but oh well, at least I have money! (puts the phone back to her ear) Bow? Bow, I’ve found a financer!
Bow Kid: You have? Great! Who’s the financer?
Hat Kid: Uhhhhhhhh… the creepy contract guy… 
(cut to Bow Kid on the phone in a large, wide open area, the hotel shopping district. Roombots are going around, building the new shops.)
Bow Kid: WHAT?! HIM!? HE TRIED TO MURDER ME!
Hat Kid: And me, but I guess I beat him up really badly afterward.
Bow Kid: Well, at least you lived to tell the tale… so we can trust him, right?
Hat Kid: Until further notice.
Bow Kid: Riiiight… anyway, call me back!
Hat Kid: Will do!
(Bow Kid hangs up and begins running around the shopping area, when she ends up bumping into a penguin)
Bow Kid: Ah! I’m so sorry!
Dedede: Hey! What’s the big rush!
Bow Kid: Nothing… I’m just looking around this empty shopping center.
Dedede: Same here. The name’s King Dedede! I thought I could set up shop in one of these empty facades. I have a general store brand, you know!
Bow Kid: Sweet! What’s it called?
Dedede: The one-and-only Dededemart!
Bow Kid: You sound like you made that up on the spot.
Dedede: Okay, fine! I don’t own a general store brand! But I’d like to!
Bow Kid: We can certainly arrange it!
Dedede: If this place can be in a time nexus-thingy, I can run a general store! I don’t even remember how I got here, but the receptionist explained things nicely!
(Kirby walks by)
Dedede: Hey, Kirby’s here too!?
(Another Kirby walks by)
Dedede: And Kirby!?
(Three Kirbies walk by)
Dedede: Even Kirby, Kirby, and Kirby!?
(Five more Kirbies walk by)
Dedede: Agh, I think I’m losing my mind! Where did all these darn Kirbies appear from!?
(The ten Kirbies gather around a floating star-like being, as Susie walks by)
Dedede: And what’s that star-thingy!?
Susie: Hmm… These appear to be the Kirbies from the documented “Necrodeus” event in our company records.
Dedede: Who are you!? And how do you know about Kirby!?
Susie: My name is Susie, a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I’m the chief secretary at Haltmann Works Facility. You were one of many specimens we took into our facility to be researched… King Dedede of Dream Land.
Dedede: Halt-what-now? I need a lie down… First this time nexus, now ten Kirbies, and now this alien woman is claiming to know everything about me…
Bow Kid: I guess I’ll leave them to it…
(She walks away and ends up bumping into another figure)
Bow Kid: Agh! Why am I so clumsy today!?
Octavio: HEY, SQUIRT! WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING! I COULD’VE DUBSTOMPED YOU!
Bow Kid: Sorry, sorry, sorry. I’m Bow Kid, the quality assurance manager. Who are you?
Octavio: I’m DJ Octavio! My wasabi beats are UNMATCHED! Say, have you seen a young squid kid about 14 around here? I have some revenge I need to attend to! That impudent inksquirt blew me up in my dubstep combat-mech, and now I’m here!
Bow Kid: No, no squids here… that I’ve seen. But what’s this about wasabi beats?
Octavio: I’m talking sweet jams! Bops! You know, that kind of thing, that’s what a good wasabi beat is!
Bow Kid: So, music? ...hey, that’s a great idea, music!
Octavio: More than just music! These are original and unique WASABI BEATS I’m talking about! You won’t find anything like it! Especially not from those squid idols these days!
Bow Kid: Amazing! Maybe you can take one of our empty shops and sell your wasabi beats to the guests!
Octavio: Well, I won’t say no to an opportunity to prove my greatness! Count me in!
Bow Kid: Well, we’ll see about “great”...
Octavio: Huh?
Bow Kid: Uh, nothing! Gotta run!
(As Bow Kid runs to keep tabs on the Roombots, Hat Kid comes down a set of stairs in the background. We zoom in on her as she runs down, calling for Bow Kid)
Hat Kid: Bow Kid? Hey, Bow- (crashes into a cat in a coat) AGH!
Garfield: Hey, it’s a child! What are you doing in a time nexus? This place is totally cool!
Hat Kid: Sorry about that! ...uh, who’re you?
Garfield: I’m Garfield, the Deals Warlock! I live for tasty lasagna meals! Mmmm, lasagna... Anyway, I sell potions and stuff. But at the moment I haven’t got a shop to tend…
Hat Kid: We’ve got a bunch of empty shops in this district. Why don’t you open business in one of them?
Garfield: Yesssss, a fine idea! I’ll go on ahead and set up!
Hat Kid: Okay. Anyway, Bow!
(Hat Kid runs after Bow Kid again)
???: CUT!
(Hat Kid stops in her tracks as she hears this)
Conductor: Lassie, you got in the way of our shooting!
Hat Kid: Wait, shooting? (turns around) Conductor! You’re here, too?
Conductor: That’s right! Ever since I landed in this… nexus-place, I…
(pause)
Conductor: I’ve had a right pecking pain in my neck! But the show must go on...
Hat Kid: Well, filming in our hotel’s fine-
???: Darling, darling!
(DJ Grooves skates into the scene)
Grooves: I never thought the star diva of my productions would be in charge of this joint!
Conductor: GROOVES! GET YOUR FAT PLUMAGE OUT OF MY SET!
Grooves: Conductor, darling, I’m just looking for an angle to shoot this scene!
Conductor: ANGLE YOURSELF SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU SON OF A HEN!
Grooves: Darling! I can’t believe you would insult my mother like that!
Hat Kid: Hey, can’t you both film your own movies? Just use opposite ends of the shopping district!
Grooves: Wonderful idea, darling! You truly have a bright mind!
Conductor: As long as I’m far away from HIM!
(Hat Kid leaves the scene and runs to find Bow Kid, who is busy chatting with Lemon Cookie and Sea Fairy Cookie)
Bow Kid: So… We have a receptionist, head maid, porter, electricity, oxygen and fresh water, head of complaints, quality assurance, finances, entertainment, shopkeepers… and a whole bunch of service robots.
Lemon: Sounds like we’ve got everything.
Bow Kid: Do you think we’re ready to hold our grand opening ceremony?
Sea Fairy: Certainly.
Lemon: We’re going to need a big red ribbon, though. Where can we get that?
(Herb Cookie runs in)
Herb: A ribbon?
Sea Fairy: For our grand opening ceremony.
Herb: I just picked one! It’s in perfect condition, and-
Lemon: Where did you find the ribbon?
Herb: I just… grew it. Off the vine.
Bow Kid: Grew it?!
Herb: Yeah, you’ll never believe the kinds of seeds I have back at home.
Bow Kid: Well, it looks like we’re all-
Hat Kid: Bow! Hey, Bow!
(Hat Kid pushes past the crowd to get to Bow Kid)
Bow Kid: Perfect timing, Hatti! We’ve just got plans for the grand opening ceremony ready!
Hat Kid: Brilliant! Quickly, let’s get the Roombots to fix us up!
Bow Kid: You’re really going to trust them with delicate decorations? Those things are like bulls in the biggest china shop ever made!
Hat Kid: ...actually, extremely good point. Let’s just get the decorations up ourselves.
Bow Kid: I’ll contact the staff and get everyone to go to the reception!
(transition to Hat Kid, Bow Kid, Cherry Blossom and Corrin working on the opening ceremony)
Hat Kid: We can’t get the ribbon up to the ceiling! What can we do?
Corrin: Hold it still. I have an idea.
(Corrin pulls out his Dragonstone, and summons a water cyclone around him. When it clears, he is seen in dragon form, stretching up to move the ribbon into position with his antlers)
Hat Kid: Wh-Wh-What? You can do that?
Bow Kid: Woah… That’s awesome!
(Corrin reverts back)
Hat Kid: How’d you turn into a dragon like that?
Corrin: I’m… not quite sure myself.
(Orange Cookie and Lemon Cookie are blowing up balloons)
Lemon: (blowing really hard) I really don’t have the lungs for this… I mean, neither of us even have lungs.
Orange: (gives up on blowing) Now, who’d be good with balloons?
Jen: (walking in) Definitely not Roy, that’s for sure. They give him “a little fright” when they pop…
(Snatcher seeps in from the floorboard)
Snatcher: HAHAHAHA! LEAVE THIS TO ME! My lung capacity is EXTREMELY LARGE!
(Snatcher takes the balloon)
Snatcher: HAHAHAHA! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- (the balloon blows up as he speaks through sheer volume, but goes too far and pops)
Orange: Uh… too much air.
Snatcher: Oops.
Lemon: Should we just give the balloons to Dedede? He looks like an air-blowing machine.
Orange: Sure. I’ll go and find him.
(Meanwhile, Dedede is walking over to the refreshments bar, only to find the Kirbies have already staffed it)
Dedede: Uh, excuse me? Tending the refreshments bar is MY job!
A Kirby: Poyo?
Dedede: That’s right, guys! Go ahead and get out of here!
(None of them understand him)
Dedede: I said get out!
(Orange Cookie walks over to him)
Orange: Hey, Dedede? We need some help with these balloons.
Dedede: Ugh, fine. But when I get back, I expect to see this bar empty! Understand?
(None of the them understand him)
Dedede: ...I give up. Have fun, guys...
(Orange Cookie hands the first balloon to Dedede, and he starts to blow it up.)
(Meanwhile, Herb Cookie is busy planting flowers as DJ Octavio checks his sound equipment for the party. Chell is dragging Octavio’s equipment and speakers through portals)
Octavio: Check, one two… Is this thing working right? Hold on, let me press this button…
(The room is filled with horrifying mic feedback sounds)
Octavio: Ow, ow, apparently not!
Chell: …
Herb: This noise is bad for my plants… Maybe I should move them further away from your setup…
Octavio: I guarantee you my wasabi beats are beneficial to plants! Wasabi’s a plant, after all!
Herb: If you say so…
(Octavio tweaks his equipment a bit as Garfield comes in)
Garfield: Hey, those plants could use a little something! Try one of my growth potions!
Herb: Great idea!
(Herb takes a potion and pours it over a plant. The plant, however, ends up bursting into flame)
Garfield: Whoops. Uh… I may have gotten the labels mixed up. Hey, is there lasagna at the refreshments table? I gotta take a look...
(Garfield walks away)
Octavio: ...that should do it. Now, let’s start the beat!
(Octavio presses a button, and the scene instantly transitions to the complete grand opening as the music begins to play)
Hat Kid: Welcome, one and all! We’re here at the Time Junction, the nexus hotel for everyone lost in space-time!
Bow Kid: And today, we’re proud to present our grand opening! Our entire hotel is finally ready for guests!
Hat Kid: We now declare this establishment...
(four Roombots cut the ribbon with secateurs)
Hat Kid: ...open!
(Applause from the other staff members)
Octavio: Okay, that’s enough talking! Time for W-W-W-WASABI BEATS!
Bow Kid: (whispering to Hat Kid) I’m a little nervous of those wubs…
(Octavio drops the bass on his latest track, I am Octavio)
(The staff dance to the beat, except for Orange Cookie, who sneaks to the reception to await guests)
Orange: Okay, let’s see who our first guest will be… hopefully Chell’s portal thing works and the guest ends up here, not in the pool or something!
(a time portal appears)
Orange: Right on time! Who is it?
(the portal fades out as a certain red-hooded girl steps out)
Moustache Girl: Whoa! Where am I?
(Hat Kid runs into the scene)
Hat Kid: Hello, welcome to the Time-
(Hat Kid recognises Moustache Girl and is shocked. A brief flash to when she saw Moustache Girl from her spaceship is shown.)
Hat Kid: YOU! What are you doing here!?
Moustache Girl: Who’re you? Why’re you so angry?
Hat Kid: Wait. Are you… From before…
(pause)
Hat Kid: Well, anyway, welcome to the Time Junction! Our receptionist will be happy to book you a room, and feel free to check out and enjoy all our facilities and shops!
(pause)
Hat Kid: But, uh, most of the staff are partying right now… So… You may have to wait here for a bit.
Moustache Girl: Wait, so is this place stuck in time?
Hat Kid: Kind of. It seems to be outside it altogether… I don’t really understand it yet. But enjoy your time here anyway!
Moustache Girl: Okay. Thank you. (she walks to Orange Cookie.)
Orange Cookie: Here are your keys. (hands over Key 0000001) Have a nice stay!
Hat Kid: (This feels weird… But she’s not that Moustache Girl. This is different. It’s my job to be a kind and compassionate host.)
Hat Kid: I’ll call our porter, and she can show you to your room and carry your luggage. If you have any, of course.
Moustache Girl: Hey, one more thing… (walks over to a statue replica of a Time Piece in the lobby)
(pause)
Moustache Girl: What is this…?
(fade to black)
Written by MirrorSamurai and MR Z BRAINZ
(post-credits scene)
(Roy is placing down boxes of stuff in the newly built IT department. Thankfully it’s not in the basement.)
Jen: Hey, uh, Roy? What’s the wifi password again?
Roy: Huh? The wifi?
Moss: Sorry, Jen. I haven’t set up the network yet.
Jen: No, no, it says there’s an available network. Right here… See?
Moss: But… I haven’t set it up yet.
Jen: “AP_SC_7282383”.
Moss: That’s not our wifi network, Jen.
Jen: What, you’re saying somebody else set one up first?
Roy: Whoever it is, they can take our job. I want to go home…
Moss: The connection isn’t from within the nexus, Roy. This is weird.
Roy: Eh, it’s probably just a bug. The Internet was broken, after all…
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