I CAME IN LIKE A WRECK-IT-RALPH

[rocketralph]

Who: Ralph and YOU!
Where: Goldenrod public park
When: Dec 2, morning
Summary: Ralph missing his motor-mouthed pipsqueak pal and blowing off steam by assaulting the local flora. Watch your heads!
Rating: PG
Log:



WHAM

A thud rang out from the far corner of the park. A tall tree shook with surprising force and all the snow that had collected on its bows rained down to earth. A few frightened Pidove escaped into the air. Down below, a brick wall wearing overalls and a little knitted cap rested with his fist against the trunk. He hadn't bothered taping up this morning so now a set of bright red scratches glowed across his knuckles in the cold. His breath fogged before him as he huffed and puffed like a bull. He drew his fist back and swung the other. Bark flew into the air as blow after blow fell against the tree. Pine needles covered his shoulders and stuck out of his cap and dark patches formed on his shirt around his neck and arms.

WHAM

This was not the first time he remembered having his powers for a short time. This was not the first time he blew off steam by punching things. This would not be the last.

WHAM

Soon the outer bark was chipped away, revealing the bright, living wood. It splintered and peeled and bled sap as he imagined it was the wall between this game and his own. He was so weak in this game! He was Wreck-It Ralph! He was supposed to be able to punch through anything! He wanted nothing more than to tear through the metal and wires and chip of this broken game and claw his way to the other side where he could scoop up that loudmouthed, bratty, gross, irritating, wonderful kid and take her somewhere she would be appreciated. Somewhere she could be a racer!

He hoped that the Ralph she knew back home knew what he was doing. If he didn't get that kid out of that crummy situation, he'd tear down the walls and beat himself up! He was already doing a pretty good job of that.


[Prose and brackets both welcome!]

Comments

[sincereheart]

Hey, mister.

[ Someone call for a kid? Well, it may not be the kid you're looking for, Ralph, but have one anyway. Mimi's got a new pink scarf wrapped around her neck as she strolls through the park. She's flanked by two Amauras, who are having the time of their life now that the weather's cooler. Mimi's a bit less enthusiastic about the cold, but given that she's Mimi, that's still really enthusiastic. So her tone is chipper as she calls out to Ralph, if a bit puzzled. ]

Why are you punching that tree?

[rocketralph]

<sub>[He doesn't hear Mimi over the sound of creaking wood. He's punched out an impressive chunk of the trunk and while it hasn't started leaning, it's not too far off. When he pauses to wipe off his knuckles he notices an extra shadow on the snow.]

[Ralph huffs and looks over his shoulder to the girl and her dino duo.]</sub>

Whadayou want?

_{[Ralph, that's not how you make friends.]}

[sincereheart]

[ Eh, she's dealt with ruder. ]

Oh, nothing! I just wanted to know why you were doing that! [ She gestures at the veritable crater in the bark. ] Is that tree a Pokémon? Because you're supposed to use your own Pokémon if you want to battle it, you know!

[ Reiji, the male Amaura, trills in agreement, while Yuki, the female, tilts her head. Tree-punching: a new game? ]

[rocketralph]

_{[The big man sniffs in the cold and lets his arms hang by his sides.]}

It's just a plain old tree. I'm working my way back up to bricks.

[sincereheart]

You used to punch bricks?

[ Wow. This guy was hardcore. ]

I guess I shouldn't get on your bad side, huh! I wouldn't want to end up like that tree! [ Her tone is teasing. Whoever this guy is, she doubts he'd actually beat up a ten-year-old girl. ]

[rocketralph]

_{[Mimi is a good judge of character. He wouldn't hurt a hair on her head for all the world.]}

Sure did, sister. Were you around for all that...weird stuff that happened the other day?

[sincereheart]

[ She just tends to see the best in everyone. Unless they're actively a jerk to her, or are a poop monster. Then all bets are off. ]

Yeah! Greed-san told me things would get weird in November, but I wasn't expecting so many people with crazy powers to show up! My one friend, he - [ Mimi cuts off, clapping her hands to her mouth. ] Oops! I'm not supposed to talk about that! Forget I said anything! But it was really cool! I just wish some of my friends from home would have been here too!

[ Excitable child is very excitable. Her tone does turn a bit disappointed at the end of that ramble, though. It's been months since she's seen anyone from home, after all. ]

[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph tilts his head as Mimi starts gushing about the events that took place over the past few days. Sounds like she had a better time than he did, even if she did almost let out somebody's secret identity.]}

Right...I hear ya. Pal 'a mine went home during all that.

[sincereheart]

Oh.

[ Mimi goes quiet. ]

Um. If it helps, mister... my friend went home a few weeks ago. He was one of my best friends here, even if he was really weird. [ She smiles, fondly but sadly. ] I miss him, you know? So...

[ She steps closer, attempting a comforting pat on one of those giant arms. ]

[awesmazings]

[While Jimmy has seen Ralph plenty of times during their circus performances, he really hasn't spoken to him quite as much as he'd like. After all, he was part of the family and all, and that just wasn't going to do. Plus, after the events of the past week, Jimmy's been left feeling pretty drained and just...not quite like himself, and it isn't a feeling he likes. He figures that getting out and about will help alleviate that, somewhat.

He walks up into the park flanked by two Furrets, both nearly identical save for the one that has a pink flower tucked behind one of her ears. They're sticking close to Jimmy's side due to the cold, but when the sudden impacts echoing across the grass reach them, one of the Furrets lifts her head. Her ears turn this way and that before she takes off without warning, darting across the grass as fast as her legs can carry her.

She scurries right up to Ralph, and just as his fist slams into the tree again, a noise rumbles out of the Pokemon that causes her whole body to tremble.

CRRRASSHHHH]

[rocketralph]

<sub>[And suddenly, Ralph's training session was interrupted by what almost sounds like an explosion happening right beside him. He misses the tree completely, pinwheels his arms, and lands face-down in the snow.]

[For a moment he's stunned but then he pushes himself up on his hands and shakes off.]</sub>

Whodawhat what what what...what?

_{[A FURRET? How could a Furret sound like that? It sounded like the whole forest was coming down!]}

[awesmazings]

[The Furret seems highly pleased by the reaction she was able to get out of him, bouncing a little in the snow before running over to where Ralph fell, looking up at him expectantly.

At that moment, Jimmy and the second Furret make it over, the boy pulling a hand from his jacket long enough to wave at Ralph.]

Hiya! Sorry about Yogurt...she likes to make noises like that, sometimes.

[She nods, but at the same time looks very serious. That wasn't just any sound, though! That was his sound, and it just happened to correlate well with the tree punching.]

[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph climbs to his feet and brushes the snow off of him before it gets a chance to melt. He's already sweaty and he doesn't need that on top of freezing cold. He'll get sick!]}

Yeah, well Yogurt here needs to keep her opinions to herself when folks are workin'.

_{[Here's a face he hasn't seen in a while. Jimmy's a good kid. His POKEMON on the other hand... Ralph gives the pleased little Furret a squint, momentarily forgetting his busted up hands.]}

[awesmazings]

[Yogurt is still bouncing in place, full of energy and apparently eager to see Ralph start punching those trees again. Cherry is slightly more subdued than that and stays by Jimmy's side, coiling around his legs once he's stopped to block the wind.]

Workin' huh? Are you trying to knock down that tree for some reason?

[He sees Ralph's hands even as he says that, but his voice is still light and friendly. Meanwhile, Yogurt seems pretty interested in Ralph and doesn't want to venture too far away, sitting up on her haunches with a soft rrrhhuuummm in the back of her throat.]

[rocketralph]

Mmmhm.

_{[Ralph continues to watch Yogurt's bouncing. How could anyone have that much energy in this kind of weather without being an ice-type?]}

If I'm going to be the circus strongman, I'm going to have to do better than I have been.... whadya feed this thing, kid? Coffee beans?

[awesmazings]

[That causes Jimmy to laugh a little, his breath visible as a burst of steam as he pushes his hands in his pockets again.]

Nope! She's been like that pretty much since I got her. ...well, almost.

[He's actually glad to see Yogurt this excited. It seems a bit sudden, actually, especially since the Pokemon had been rather uncharacteristically quiet for the past week or so...and rightfully so, since Jimmy wasn't her original trainer.]

[rocketralph]

_{[Ralph tugs a handkerchief out of his back pocket and starts mopping at his knuckles. Yogurt was still going. Yogurt was still going. Wait just a stinkin' minute here.]}

Almost?

[goestoextremes]

[She's out for a walk with her Growlithe, when they hear those sounds. What else would a curious girl with an even more curious puppy do than find out where they're coming from? Nothing, that's what.

Korra stops when she sees him, not sure how to approach or if she should approach at all. Looks like a man trying to get stronger or punching that tree because he's blaming it for something or pretending it to be something it's not. Been there, done that.

Naga the Growlithe doesn't stop to think about the situation at all though. She rushes to him, runs around the tree and then around his legs before she barks at Korra. Look, look, Korra, she found the reason for all that noise!!]

...Yeah... [good puppy, maybe.] So -- [ooops, she has no idea what to say.] -- do you punch trees often? [It's a horrible start!]

[rocketralph]

<sub>[Naga's barking finally manages to distract Ralph from his tree assault on her third pass around his feet. He lifts his arms and glares at the wayward fire-type until he notices that the pawprints in the snow lead to a person.]

[He's not sure he cares for that tone> Ralph's breath fogs as he huffs through his nose.</sub>

I'm in the wrecking business. It's what I do.

[goestoextremes]

[Korra looks at him and the tree, then back at him. Really, trying to break a tree? ...Well, admittedly she might do the same in some circumstances. Doesn't make her any less worried about this stranger here though.]

There's a business for that? So, you'll just move to the next tree if that one breaks?

[rocketralph]

Yyyyup. Y'see this one here's awfully close to some power lines and if the ice on the branches makes it fall over, it could mean bad news for the whole block.

_{[Ralph, there are no wires out here.]}

[goestoextremes]

[Guess who is trying to see those wires, that he's talking about? ... uh...]

I think it'd mean even worse news for you, if it hit with you with an electric shock while hitting those. So, do you want to talk about what started this business?

[That might help more than trying to hit some nonexistent stuff with the tree.]

[rocketralph]

_{[It slowly becomes apparent to Ralph that his story isn't going to fly. Instead of explaining himself, he turns and starts slamming his fists into the tree again.]}

Nope! I'm knockin' down this tree and that's that!

[goestoextremes]

[Stubborn, eh? Well, he's talking with a stubborn world helper, so there's that.]

Fine. Go for it, assuming no one's going to get in the way before you actually hurt yourself even more.

[rocketralph]

I will! You just watch! I'm gonna fell this whole park!