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A group of technicians sat around in computer chairs, inspecting several computer screens as they all seemed to be very intently working on a project, with keyboard tapping so loud, one could expect a few keys flying all over the place, passing around USB drives back and forth as they were preparing for what could possibly give the life sphere a MASSIVE boost of energy. After all, everything should become much better if that happens.

When Luigi and Pac-man would arrive, they would immediately be greeted by a scientist, obviously dressed as if he were from the world of Pokemon.

"Ah, you two, welcome! Please, come in. Now, there's little time for introductions, Plenty of time when were all celebrating with increased power for the whole life sphere at the bar!" The eccentric scientist said....Wait, didn't this guy do some dimension hullabaloo in nether plains? Ah, whatever. 

"Let me explain what will happen. Were going to use digital head pieces, dont worry, they're custom made to fit you two, to transfer mental waves into those of the .Exe Programs we've developed around your abilities. See, back in my world, the code for power plants was made with energy barriers that reduce use of power, for fear of using too much. When this code was used for this power plant, weve lost the Admin Key to pass through these walls, which is a cause for such little power in the life sphere."

"Now, you may be thinking you just need to hop into cyber-space, help our Installer Program upload an assimilation code to destroy the walls, and be back in time for brunch? Not likely! See, being that this is the Black Market Power Plant, the internet services here are rather seedy. So, you will be on guard, to make sure that the virus's uploaded around here remain far away from our installer, ok??"

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In the ceiling above the technicians came a rumbling from the air vents. There was something, or someone inside tunneling its or their way through. Whatever it or whoever they were was also mumbling something in Italian, rendered indiscernible by the acoustics of the ducts.
When it or they finally reached an openable hatch, out fell a thin lanky plumber dressed in a green shirt, denim overalls and a green cap with an L on it. It was a person after all, and that person was Luigi… who did not stick the landing at all.



“Oho. Mama Mia.” He groaned in discomfort, face down on the ground.
After pulling his face, and his bulbous nose off the ground, he rubbed his eyes and looked around.

“I’m-a must-a say, your plumbing system’s all kinds of weird.” Luigi commented in a daze. As it turned out, the pipe through which he traveled here fed right into the ventilation system.

Maybe he was still dizzy from the fall, but Luigi found it difficult to follow what the eccentric scientist was saying. All he could do was nod politely, pretending to understand.

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PAC-MAN walked into the scientist' research center, mouth made into an O as he gazed at the technical wizardry in amazement. They sure knew what they were doing here. He wasn't that familiar with computers and this would easily go over his head unless he was paying attention. One of the monitors he saw on his way in was being filled with symbols at an alarming rate which made him take a small step back. This energy boost was going to be a lot larger than he thought.

The idea of strapping on some tin foil and being warped into a computer gave him mixed inputs. He wasn't quite sure on the science behind, not that he was a genius or anything but it sounded like something from a fantasy movie. Then again, with what he had seen with a few strolls around the Sphere, it could have been possible for all he knew. The idea of going into a batch of coding and fighting off cyberdemons or whatever they needed to be torn down felt familiar. He thought over a few of his adventures and he remembered having to run away from a certain glitch on time. Hopefully, none of those would crop up. He wasn't too fond of those.

His joy ride through memory lane was interrupted by the sounds of a grate opening and the sudden smashing of face on ground. Pac jumped back a few feet, stumbling over his own feet and toppling on one foot before catching his balance. Jeez, were there bugs infesting the ventilation, too? He took another glimpse up at the duct above. Somebody would probably need to fix that back up. Bringing his sight on the now developing green man, he looked kind of familiar. A Green Mario. His mouth moved a bit to the side as he tried to recall where he had seen him before. Did Mario have a brother? The more he thought of it the more it felt right. Ah, either way he was glad to meet new people. A friend of Mario's was a friend of his. Pac tossed a friendly wave over at the green man. This plumbing mess might need to be discussed though..

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The Scientist greeted PAc-man happily, waving his hand as he gestured him in...Before seeing Luigi fall in face first, making the scientist look very disturbed at the fact luigi caled there vent System "Plumbing." Which, only made the scientist remark "If you're using our air vents as Plumbing, Were gonna have to ask you start cleaning, and were probably gonna send you some hefty bills..." Regardles, the scientist shook his head, realising his science babble wasnt getting through to them.


"EErrrr....Put things on head and you'll be in the internet, Ok?" The Scientist claimed in Lame-man's terms, handing Pac and Luigi a series of headsets, as the scientist nodded, giving thumbs up. "Ok, the important part is that, when you go in, you will find a fellow Program named "Praised.Exe." When you find him, he will explain where to go, and what to do. Just protect him from things that wanna delete him. Good luck!" The Scientist said, as a surge of electricity came to the headsets on Luigi and Pac-man;s head, causing there consciousness to shift over...

The two would land on a colorfull looking floor, with the sky being adorned with several lightning-bolt symbols to show they were currently in the Power Plants Network still. Luigi and Pac-man would find there appearances were covered in, what looked to be a black latex suit, with several bits of Armor, colored yellow and green for Pac-man and Luigi, respectively. While Pac-man retained its form of a giant head with arms and legs, Luigi would find himself with his armored appearance, a helmet adorned with a bright L, and a few boosters on his boots to retain his jumping ability.

(If you ever played megaman Battle network, imagine your character, dressed in that kind of style.)


A little rabbit looking machine suddenly hovered over to Pac-man and Luigi, a permanent smile on its face. "Greetings! I am Praised.Exe! Are you my protectors??"

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“Does this-a mean I’m-a finally got-another plumbing mission?” Luigi non-sequitured with a scratch of his hat. Gathering his bearings and looking around the room and finally caught sight of the giant yellow orb standing beside him. It took a few seconds for the familiar figure to register, but when he did…

“Oooh!” Luigi gasped in recognition as his jaw dropped and his eyes formed big O’s. “It’s-a you! Pac-a-Man!”

Luigi could barely keep his feet on the floor in his excitement. “I’m-a can’t believe it’s-a you!” Luigi took his hat off in embarrassment. His face became as red as a moustached tomato. “I’m-a so sorry, it’s just-a that, ev-a-rybody in-a my family is such-a big fan! Especially my papa!” Remembering his dad and the etiquette he taught him, Luigi extended a friendly, albeit shaking hand for, a shake.
“It’ll-a be an honour to work with-a you, Mr. Man.”

The scientist managed to draw Luigi’s attention away from his idol and back to the mission at hand with his explanation.

“Mama mia. How far technology has-a come.” Luigi mused as he was handed the headsets. He took a careful peek inside the helmet before turning it on.

“W-wait what-a you mean Deleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-?” He began to ask before being zapped by the surge of electricity and consciously shifted into the digital world.

“Tanta Technologia!” Luigi gasped at his new virtual environment.
“It-a feels like just-a yesterday we were all-a laughing…or crying about-a the Virtual Boy.” He mused, turning around to get a 360 view.

“Nice-a digs Mr. Man.” Luigi complimented, getting a gander at PacMan’s new look. But if Pacman looked like this in this new world, what did Luigi look like? Turning his eyes down to himself, he found out.

“Oho yeah! Work it baby!” Luigi cat called cooly at himself, approving his new outfit. “Wait-a till Daisy sees-a me in this! Eat-a your heart out-a Mario.” He laughed as he began to make increasingly goofy runway model. “It’s-a like I’m-a wearing nothing at-a all!”

Luigi was brought out of his brief self-absorption by a little rabbit looking program’s greeting.

“Oh so You’re-a Praised.Exel! Pleased to meet-a you.” Luigi greeted the program, which was admittedly much cuter than he imagined it. “I’m-a Luigi, number 1! And this is-a Pac-a-Man, number…” he scratched his head searching for a number ranking higher than 1.

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Pac watched as Luigi became star-struck by his presence. He thought the green plumber was going to faint for a moment as he bursted with such strong emotions. Pac laughed a bit, a big smile taking form on his face as he gladly accepted the hand-shake, giving Luigi's trembling hand a good shake. He was turning out to quite the popular little sphere.

Back to the technical mumbo-jumbo, Pac took the equipment and looked over it. Into the internet? Luigi said it best. He took the gear and put it onto his head. Now, wha-- PAC-MAN clenched his jaw together and froze up as the electric current ran through his body...

Pac got up, rubbing his head as he walked along the colorful flooring. So this is what the power-plant looked like. He glanced up, seeing the lightning bolts above, and then around at the space around him. It felt strangely familiar. He gave a confused look to Luigi until he looked down at his hands. His gloves had been changed along with his boots, kicking one and then the other out in front of him. Ha-ha, this was pretty cool! Turning his attention towards the floating, yellow rabbit, Pac nodded. He kept a smiling matching the rabbits while his enjoyment was just bubbling.

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"Oh, you two are meant to be the programs to help defend me while i go break down the data walls! Excellent!" Praised.exe nodded, as it turned around, hovering in a direction of, what looked to be a hole in the wall. "This path will lead us to the first data wall! Yay!" Praised.Exe said aloud, before going inside, expecting Luigi and Pac-man to follow it. Assuming they would, they would find themselves in, yet another colorfull world adorned with lightning bolts, except the sky, while still full of lightning, had changed colors to a direct orange.

Which, possibly was a tell, as then a group of ruffians came up to the three.



"Oi! What're you punks doin 'ere? This is our Network Turf man!"

"Yeah man, its our turf, get off of it!"

"Yeah, turf!"

The three Viruses swung there little lance arms, trying to be threatening, despite looking like the bratty little brother of pac-man. Praised.exe's face remained unchanged, as it then moved directly behind Pac-man and Luigi. "Delete the viruses before they attack me! Yay!"

...Boy, it was really happy about everything.


"Oohh, you gonna delete us, eh? The three Billy's?? "

"YEah man, were Billy's!"

"YEah, Bill's!"

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Luigi’s eyebrow twitched like a glitch upon being reminded what the mission was.
“Defend? From-a who?” Luigi asked cautiously as Praised.exe turned around and floated away.
“From-a plates of Spam? Or the viruses? Because my bro know’s-a lot about the viruses!” He continued to inquire, following Praised.exe through a hole in the wall.
“Or is it Ad-Where are-a we?” Luigi asked, noticing the new environment around him. “It’s-a like the Lightning Cup Grand Prix at sunset!” He basked in the atmosphere.

The pretty sunset-like landscape would too soon be spoiled by a gang of Viruses up to no good.
“Oh Mama Mia. It is-a the viruses.” He sighed wistfully , reaching into his digital pockets for any pills. He didn’t have any.

“How are-a we supposed to-a do that?” Luigi asked about dealing with them, hiding behind Praised.exe the way it hid behind him and Pac-man. “Where’s-a the delete button?”

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Pac followed along, taking in the digital world as he followed along. It was quite expansive, seeming to stretch on for miles with it's rainbow pixels. Something was a bit off but he couldn't place his finger on it. His face shifted to that of deep thought for a bit while Luigi talked of viruses and the yellow bot led them forward. He suddenly shot up, much like a light bulb that would appear over someone's head. He took a look around, spinning in a 360 and then back forward, looking around. It was that his ghost group was not present. If they were, they would surely be out running around, investigating the environment and running amuck, doing there usually gimmicks. Pac guessed that he forgot to mention that. Even then, how exactly would one put a ghost into a machine. He shrugged off. At least they wouldn't be in harm's way here.

With the two cowering behind him, Pac shook his head. The three viruses didn't look that threatening, aside from the sharp bits they were twirling around. Well, Praised said to "delete" them.

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He went forward, blinking a bright flash of yellow as he took on his retro form and delivered a few bites towards the digital menaces.
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Praised.exe watched with a continously open mouth of joy as it watched Pac-man try and bite the Billy's, which only lead it to answering Luigi's question. "Like that, but your supposed to actually hit them! Boo!" Praised replied, to which the three Bily's easily avoided Pac-man's bites, each of them laughing heartily.


"Haha, man this Pac-loser dont know how to attack nothin!"

"Yeah, Pac-man stinks!

"Yeah, Pac-stink!"

The other two billy's then stopped, looking at the third short-talking brother as the first of the billy's replied with a frustrated "Would you shut the hell up?"

To which the second would say "Yeah, Shut it!"

And the third would say "Yeah, Shut!"


The two gave a defeated sigh as they then conducted a stream of electrical power, and sent them out in several Electric-charged bullets it at the group!!

(Luigi and Pac-man! Roll a 9 or Higher to avoid the Electric Shot! If not, 9% Damage!)

[TartoonHand94]

Luigi lost a hiding place when Pac-Man chomped at the viruses. To be honest, even though he missed, Luigi thought it was a pretty cool thing to see.
“What are-a you doing Luigi? You’re-a embarrassing yourself in-a front of your hero!” Luigi thought to himself. “He’s-a even-a Mario’s hero! And he needs-a your help!”

(C1UiczLwp_1d20+3 Luigi's Dodge of the Electric Shot.)

“But what-a can I’m-a do?” Luigi answered right back to himself.
Hearing the viruses mock Pac-Man however triggered something in Luigi. This, that was not a right thing to say. Luigi wasn’t going to let them get away with that.
“What would-a Mario do?”


“Why don’t-a all of-a you three shut up-a you mouth?” Luigi boldly spoke up, setting his hands on fire.
“All three of your breath’s-a stinky!” He whipped a fire ball at each of them.

(p_1d20+3 Luigi’s Fire Ball. Does 4% Damage.)
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Luigi
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal
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PAC-MAN's limbs returned, popping out with another flash of light as he returned to his cyber-space appearance.  He caught himself in time to see the bolt head towards him, to which he took a sharp step backwards, leaning out of the bolts way to led it tread onto who knows where.  Pac was a bit annoyed, maybe a bit upset too, with the rude words at his attempt but shrugged it off and held it his hand up.  A burst of bright pixels formed in his hand to then form into a series of fruits.  It stopped at brilliantly, red apple that Pac took out of the air as if it were held by an invisible tree and threw it at the group of viruses.  The fruit bounced along the ground, holding a static 8-bit image as it made it's way for them.
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While that was going on, Pac knelt down, taking a running start as he began to build speed, kicking up a storm of dust from underneath him.  His feet soon became a red blur of motion.  He took sight of the pretend pins before letting loose and letting his feet throw him into a forward roll, aiming for a strike.
p_1d20+0=12 (Rev Roll, 15%.)
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The third billy watched as the lightning shot flew by, before blinking as if getting ready to say something, before deciding against it, wanting not to speak out of line. 

"Alright, Now we c--"

The billy was interrupted as Luigi's first fireball hit him across the face, making him shut up.

"I-i mean, Now we c--"

Second fireball hit as well. Hm.

"Boss, shouldnt you try to, you know, dodge?"

"I KNOW WHAT IM DOIN'!"

The First billy finally learned to Duck, avoiding the third fireball, and then ducking to dodge the Pixelated fruit thrown by Pac-man. "Haha! See, i got the hang of the whole dodgin th--" before Pac-man's Rev Roll knocked the billy across the room, with a goofy "YAAAHAAHAAHHOOOOEY" sound.

Praised.exe laughed, smiling wide. "Wow, you knocked him out! Keep Going!"

"Shaddap, Thats my boss!"The billy yelled, firing a bolt at Praised.exe!


(Roll a 5 in Dex to try and jump in place of the Billy Bolt to protect Praised! Alternatively, roll a 7 in STR to push Praised out of the way!)

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HP: 23% 

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HP: 0%

Billy Lil' Bro

HP: 0%

[TartoonHand94]

Luigi had to stifle a giggle at how poorly the boss was faring against Pacman. Luigi himself would easily get lost in the moment of fighting with one of his heroes if his survival instincts weren’t stronger.
“Get-a Down!” Luigi wailed as he sprinted over and tackled Praised.exe out of the way of Billy’s bolt.

(WPGpMamep_1d20+3 Luigi’s Tackle of Praised,exe out of the way of the Billy Bolt.)

Luigi rolled with Praised.exe before stopping on his back and holding her up like the winning football.
“Ay! I got it!” he smiled in relief.
Putting Praised.exe back down Luigi decided it was time to get back into the game.
Luigi charged up in place and mailed himself to Billy at the speed of your best friend’s internet.

(p_1d20+1 Luigi's Green Missile @ Billy. Does 21% Damage.)


Luigi
Damage: 0%
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Pac skidded to a holt, pulling himself out his winning strike and popping back into reality. He laughed, glad that his attempt to bowl one over had worked, getting a good hoot out of it and felt himself pep up with his yellow joy. He tensed up when they began to start going after Praised but luckily Luigi managed to get it out of the way. He exhaled the tension, flattening down onto his feet and took a charge at the viruses again. Pac leapt forward and open his jaws, looking to munch down on one of the yummy yellow pellets before him.

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