Chapter 7 ~ Meeting the Fudge and Pomni is back!
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(The scene cuts to where the truck fell into the chocolate river.)

Ragatha: (Groans) Is everybody okay?

Gangle: No... (Puts head down)

Ragatha: Oh, man. Poor Pomni. I hope she's all right.

Y/N: I think I saw heaven...

Jax: "Poor Pomni"? How about "poor us"?!? We're one tanker away from being Augustus Glooped!

(The Fudge appears out of the fudge.)

The Fudge: (Groaning) Oh, what's that? Do my eyes deceive me? A delicious gift from within the kingdom gates? Don't mind if I do. (Picks up truck)

Y/N: WHAT THE ?@!# IS THAT?!

Ragatha: (Scared) Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, buddy! We're not food! We're not candy! We're none of that! You don't want to eat us!

The Fudge: Wh- You're not candy? How am I expected to eat something that's not made of candy? I'm sorry. (Sad and puts them down)

Kinger: Pomni always seems to miss the big, gloopy monsters.

Jax: Who are you, anyway?

The Fudge: I am the Fudge. I used to live within the kingdom walls, but I was banished by that rotten princess after I ate too many of the delicious townfolk. Oh, they were so delicious. Sometimes I can hear them... calling to me. (Townsfolk screaming)

Ragatha: Oh, God. That just sounds like murder.

Y/N: Super murder....

The Fudge: Is it really murder if it's delicious? Answer me that.

Jax: You make a great point.

Ragatha: (Worried) Uh, no, bad point!

Jax: Why don't you leave this to me before I start thinking your hair looks like licorice?

Ragatha: Jax! (Grabs and pulls her hair in anger)

Kinger: Oh, wow, it kind of does.

Ragatha: Stop!

Y/N: I see it!

Ragatha: Y/N!!

Jax: Well, Mr. Fudge, you seem like an upstanding guy with real noble goals.

The Fudge: Oh, I'm not. If you knew what I did in my free time- Oh, you'd be sickened!

Jax: (Clears throat) As I was saying. I happen to know a way into the kingdom walls (pulls out the key that Ragatha had, while Ragatha notices the key is not in her pocket) if you'd be willing to help us out in return.

Ragatha: Hey, when did you-

Jax: Shut up, licorice hair.

(Ragatha glares at Jax)

Kinger: Here, hide it with this. (Puts a bucket over Ragatha's head and Y/N chuckled)

The Fudge: Oh, you must be some kind of master of unlocking things, come to free me from my outdoor prison.

Jax: That's me. All we need you to do is help us bring some dirty bandits to justice.

(Said bandit's truck falls into the fudge.)

Max: I saw the reaper wink at me...

Y/N: I saw heaven for a minute. 

Ragatha: Wait, w-w-what just happened? (Takes bucket off her head)

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(The scene cuts to the two trucks on The Fudge.)

Jax: (Disappointed) Gotta say, this is a lot more anti-climactic than I was hoping it'd be.

Gangle: (Looks over) What were you hoping for?

Jax: You know, like, one big, final battle. Bloodshed. Death. Chaos! Whatever.

Y/N: I was hoping for a wonderland.

(The camera cuts to Ragatha talking to Max and Chad who are tied up.)

Ragatha: Are you sure they disappeared? It wasn't that they fell off, or something?

Chad: (Stammers) I can't say for sure, but, uh- yes, definitely.

Max: It's not like the boss to vanish with a clown. Very unusual.

Ragatha: Well, that's...concerning.

Kinger: (Muffled, bucket on his head) Well, if worst comes to worst, we could always ask Caine to find her.

(Max and Chad try to escape but keep falling over.)

Y/N: Hey don't think of escaping for I will have your head!

Max + Chad: YES MA'AM!

(Jax and Y/N smirked and hi-fived)

Jax: Nice!

Ragatha: I'm more worried she's having another horrible experience. She still seems really upset about what happened yesterday. I don't think she really likes me that much.

Kinger: It's a lot for anybody to go through. Don't take it too personally. I remember how long it took for you to adjust.

Ragatha: O-Oh. Yeah. I'm surprised you remember that.

Kinger: (Pushes bucket up) Remember what?

(A purple flash is seen in the distant. Gangle tries to look with theroscope, but Jax takes it from her and looks by himself.)

Jax: Do you guys have a second truck that flies?

Chad: Yeah. Oh, wait- No, we don't. No, not at all.

(The truck strikes The Fudge, causing him to melt into nothing more, than chocolate syrup or liquid.)

The Fudge: (Groans) Down I go.

Y/N: It's pom pom and the gummy guy!

Ragatha: Pomni! Are you okay? W-What happened? (Runs up to Pomni on the fudge created from the Fudge's melting that caused a splash, with relief and concern for her.)

(Max and Chad hop towards Gummigoo)

Pomni: Yeah, I'm fine. I, uh- I made a new friend.

Max: Boss! Where have you been? We got fudged.

Gummigoo: (Relieved) You don't wanna know. Good to see you, lads. (Hugs Max, and Chad)

(Kinger, Y/N, and Gangle, walk up next to Gummigoo, Max, and Chad.)

Gangle: (Confused) Why are there two bad-guy trucks?

(Kinger walks up to the trucks and turns the knob, releasing syrup on top of him.)

Kinger: This one's full of syrup, too.

Y/N: Nice!

Gummigoo: Oh, yeah. Suppose it is. Well, uh, you don't suppose my mates here could, uh, take this one back to the village, could they?

Ragatha: I guess. Since there's two of them, there'd be no real harm.

(The camera cuts to Jax sitting in the fudge, disappointed in the background, as Ragatha walks up to him, while Gummigoo unties his lads, from the rope.)

Jax: I'm so unbelievably disappointed right now.

Ragatha: Well, maybe there'll be blood, death, and violence in the next adventure. (Tries to give Jax hope for the next Adventure)

Jax: (Sarcastically) Ha-ha-ha-ha. How wholesome.

(Pomni and Gummigoo walk up to Ragatha, as Max and Chad are seen both dancing in the background)

Pomni: O-O-Oh, yeah. Uh, this is Gummigoo. He's gonna come back to the circus with us.

Ragatha: Oh! Uh, i-is that allowed? (Unsure)

Pomni: His reality was kind of... completely shattered? I feel like it was the least I could offer him. Opposed to just leaving him behind.

Ragatha: (Chuckles) Hey. That's good of you, Pomni.

Jax: (Annoyed, with the exaggerated use of "DUMB" in his phrasing) UGH! Let's take this DUMB truck to the DUMB kingdom, I guess!

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(The scene cuts to Candy Canyon Kingdom as Loolilalu congratulates them on their efforts.)

Princess Loolilalu: Thanks to you brave knights, our kingdom will once again thrive. I'm sure it was no easy task.

Jax: (Under his breath) You have no idea.

Y/N: Don't worry, maybe next time we have more gore and fighting like guns!

Princess Loolilalu: (Portal opens) Farewell, brave knights. Have fun executing that bandit fella!

Pomni: Yes. That is what we're doing.

(The Fudge is suddenly heard in the distance.)

Jax: Oh, hey! Maybe I didn't leave the gate unlocked for nothing after all. (Smugly, as he gazes with glee towards the background)

Ragatha: Uh, what? I-I thought he was dead! You still did that?! (Confused)

Princess Loolilalu: (Worried) Okay, wait. Y-You did what, now?

Jax: Well, love to help you again sometime! Bye! (Runs ahead of everyone going through the portal at the same time, while the others look worried)

(The Fudge laughs while the citizens of the Candy Kingdom scream in horror. The gang is back in the circus tent as Caine welcomes them back.)

Caine: Welcome back, my little hard-shelled hamburgers!

Y/N: Hii Caine.

Gummigoo: So, this is the circus, huh? I could get used to this. (Puts up his hat, before looking at Caine)

(Caine notices Gummigoo.)

Caine: Oop! Looks like one of these guys made it through. (Snaps his fingers)

Gummigoo: Wait, wha- (explodes into confetti as a silhouette of his last pose is shown) Blagh! (The pose dissipates quickly)

Pomni: (Shocked and confused) W-W-Wait, wha-?

Y/N: That just happened!

Caine: I know you guys love your NPCs, but if I start losing track of who's a human and who's an NPC, who knows... what could happen...

(Caine looks in horror in front of him, while Pomni starts setting up a maniacal laugh)

Pomni: (begins laughing like a maniac)

Y/N: Pom pom?

Caine: Welp, I'm gonna go drink water! It's been a while since I've done that. (Caine disappears)

(Caine leaves and Zooble peaks out of a wall.)

Zooble: (Relieved) Sheesh, I thought he'd never leave.

Ragatha: I'm really sorry about that, Pomni. At least you tried. You know, he might be back in a future adventure. I know Caine sometimes likes to reuse NPCs. (Gives Pomni hope, for Gummigoo's potential comeback in the future.)

Zooble: Got everything ready.

Ragatha: Hey... you at least wanna join us for Kaufmo's funeral? We like to have a little funeral service to remember the people who abstract. This one just got pushed around a bit with your arrival and everything. (Offer's Pomni an invitation to Kaufmo's funeral, in remembrance of his presence in the cast)

(Jax walks away while having a sad look, before changing his face back to annoyance as Y/N tilted her head in confusion.)

Kinger: It's the least we can do to honor their memory.

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(The scene cuts to Ragatha, Y/N Pomni, Zooble, Gangle and Kinger at Kaufmo's funeral Ragatha walks up next to his coffin.)

Ragatha: Oh, man. I always think I'm prepared for these things, but then you set up the picture and, well... I'm already breaking.

(Gangle shows a picture of her and Kaufmo hanging out before sobbing, Kinger prays, Zooble looks sad and looks away as Y/N patted Pomni hoping she knows her friends will be here for them and they looked at the picture of Kaufmo)

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