Wu Zhiruo/Arcade

==Temporal Gladiators==
===Prologue===
(Lastly, in the third and final mid-narration cut, the angry town matchmaker, a fat, middle-aged Chinese woman, now with first-degree burns as a result of having tea splashed all over her, which has also ruined her makeup, stands in front of her house, her makeup ruined, as Zhiruo runs out.)
*Zhiruo: (narrating) My parents always expected me to be a good daughter for them, and this is what happened.
*Matchmaker (voiced by Amy Hill): Xiūrù nǐ de fùmǔ (dishonor to your parents)! They have failed to raise a good daughter!
(A few seconds later, the royal chancellor enters the village on horseback, accompanied by his entourage.)
*Chancellor: Gēnjù huángdì de mìnglìng (by the Emperor's decree), every family will contribute one man to fight in the Zhōngguó Jūnduì (Chinese Army) in the forthcoming battle against the Xiongnu. Starting with... the Wu family!
(The chancellor then hands a conscription scroll to Zhiruo's father, Wu Jun, a late-40s Asian man, which he then proceeds to take.)
*Zhiruo: (running in) Fùqīn (father), you are too old to continue this.
*Wu Jun (voiced by Ron Yuan): Zhiruo, stay out of this.
*Zhiruo: Furthermore, you have already fought bravely.
*Wu Jun: You will dishonor me further.
*Zhiruo: Why can Longwei not fight in your stead?
*Wu Jun: Because your brother is only seven, and therefore, too young to take my place.
*Zhiruo: But, Fùqīn, you...
*Wu Jun: I KNOW MY PLACE! It is time you learned yours. Wǒ huì zài zǎoshang líkāi jiā (I will leave home in the morning).
(That night, Zhiruo is in her parents' bedroom at night, and she, while they're asleep, opens a nearby closet, and in it contains her father's armor, then puts on all but the helmet. Next, with his prized red horse-hair qiang, while kneeling down on the floor, Zhiruo cuts her own hair to neck length, followed by putting on the helmet. She then proceeds to leave town on her father's prized war horse. We then cut to the parents' bedroom, the next morning, where Wu Jun enters with his wife and their seven-year-old son, Longwei, to find his armor and qiang missing.)
*Wu Jun: Méiyǒu (no)... Everything that I require to serve my 23rd year in the Zhōngguó Jūnduì has been mysteriously stolen! My armor, my horse, my qiang, the conscription scroll... Everything!
*Zhiruo's Mother: Who would do such a despicable thing?
*Wu Jun: An additional, fifth thing has gone missing as well. (picks up the hair comb, for which she swapped the conscription scroll earlier) Zhiruo.
*Zhiruo's Mother: Then you must go after our daughter. Qīnlüè jūn (the invading army) will kill her!
*Wu Jun: If they discover her identity, our own army will kill her.
(Wu Jun is then seen standing at the ancestral shrine in front of some burning candles.)
*Wu Jun: Zǔxiān, tīngdào wǒ, huídá wǒ de dǎogào (Ancestors, hear me and answer my prayer). Make sure Zhiruo is safe out there.
(We're then taken to the Chinese Army's training camp, where Zhiruo stands face-to-face with the commanding officer.)
*Commanding Officer (voiced by B.D. Wong): You, xiàng qián zǒu (step forward). What is your name, soldier?
*Zhiruo: Wu Po, Zhǐhuī Guān (Commander). Son of Wu Jun.
*Commanding Officer: I never realized Wu Jun had a son old enough to serve in his stead. ...I suppose, in that case... You are hereby declared fit to fight in the forthcoming war against the Xiongnu. We will begin training first thing tomorrow.
(Later, we cut to a montage of Zhiruo and some other army recruits training under the commanding officer.)
*Zhiruo: (narrating) I will defy tradition and law to fight among men, so long as wǒ de zhēnshí shēnfèn (my true identity) is not discovered!
===Ending===
*Emperor Gaozu (voiced by Keone Young): I have heard so much about you, Wu Zhiruo. You stole your father's armor, war horse, conscription scroll, and qiang, ran away from home, lied about your gender in order to infiltrate the Zhōngguó Jūnduì, broke the established rules of time, and jeopardized the future of the Han dynasty! In the end, however, you saved us all, and for that, your story will be written of for centuries to come.
Category:Temporal Gladiators
Category:Arcade