Hidden Cliques (WIP)

Intro

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We open on a starry background. The words "SUPERVIPERT302 PRESENTS" are spelled out in white, pixelated letters starting from the "2" and having each letter fade in outward until the full phrase is complete. Afterwards, a Kas Nite and a Zep Nite fly in and pause on each side of the phrase. They eventually join into a Sheonite, crushing the words between them in the process, and fly out of sight.

A few seconds go by, and a Boss Galaxian flies into the scene from above, escorted by two red Galaxians. They perform two counterclockwise loops before splitting up. The Boss Galaxian exits through the top of the viewing field, while the red Galaxians split towards the left and right sides, leaving trails of letters behind them. The letters decompress themselves to spell out the phrase "STARRING AVERY...", and then compress themselves into a Power Pellet that bounces to the left three times before coming to a stop.

Pac-Man appears from the right, followed by Dig Dug. Pac-Man tries to reach the Power Pellet, but Dig Dug stops him in his tracks with his harpoon. Pac-Man is able to escape after a few pumps, but only makes it a few more inches before getting caught again. This time, after Pac-Man is released, he is much larger than before on account of having a lot of air stored inside of him. He reverses course and chases after Dig Dug, exiting the same way through which they entered. He drops another compressed set of letters behind him as he leaves, which stretches out to read "SKYLAR..."

The words eventually fly up to the top of the scene, and nine pellets fall from above to take their place. A translucent blue field surrounds the narrow strip containing the pellets and the Power Pellet that's still present, while Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde show up below them and start roaming around randomly. Pac-Man returns from the right again, having deflated back to his regular size, and eats his way through the pellets. Each pellet turns into a letter upon being eaten, eventually spelling out "SAMUEL...". When he eats the Power Pellet, he stops moving, and a couple seconds later, the letters drop onto the ghosts, scaring them and knocking them out of the sky. The blue strips also disappear.

Mappy stumbles across the now innate Pac-Man. Unsure of what the entity is, he tries jumping on top of him and riding him around as if he were a circus ball. About halfway through their trip, Pac-Man catches on to Mappy's presence and starts moving his mouth, causing Mappy to flip and tumble all around. The phrase "ELLE..." stretches out behind him while this happens. A Meowky trails behind Mappy and Pac-Man and tries to follow them by hopping on the letters, but the letters move out from underneath the Meowky, sending it falling down to Earth.

Next, a Solvalou flies in from below. Using its bombs, it's able to uncover a few invisible targets in the sky that are arranged in a diagonal strip from top-left to bottom-right. Once all letters are revealed, they rearrange themselves to form the word "HEATH...". The Solvalou then bombs a certain spot below the word to reveal a Special Flag, which it tries to nab.

But unfortunately for the Solvalou, a Boss Galaga swoops in from above and takes the Special Flag at the last moment. The letters that were there before move out of the way for the Boss Galaga, and are replaced with new letters: "LUKE" coming from the left, and an ellipse coming from the right. The Boss Galaga flies to where the Special Flag was and activates its tractor beam. The Solvalou gets caught in the tractor beam and is captured, turning the entire ship red for some reason. Once the Solvalou is fully in the Boss Galaga's custody, they fly away, and the two halves of the phrase "LUKE..." are able to combine safely.

After they vanish, a Red Will 'o Wisp comes in from the left and a Blue Will 'o Wisp comes in from the right. The red one spits out the letters "AND BR" while the blue one spits out "OOKLYN". They sidestep each other when they meet, moving past each other to the opposite sides of the area while leaving their letters behind, which spell out "AND BROOKLYN". As they're exiting, a treasure chest appears below them. Gil enters from the bottom and opens this treasure chest, revealing the treasure to be another Power Pellet. A Mage and a Wizard appear on each side of the letters to shoot spells at them and push them out of sight, disappearing after the letters are gone. Gil carries the Power Pellet on his sword to where the Blue Will 'o Wisp exited, then exits through center stage right.

This begins the grand finale parade. Pac-Man enters from stage left and makes his way towards the Power Pellet. Following him is Dig Dug, Mappy, the Solvalou, and Gil. Another group of seven trails behind them, featuring a Pooka, a Toroid, a Meowky, Blinky, a Boss Galaxian, the Gosenzo Coin, and a Fygar. And lastly, Goro and the Boss Galaga make up the last of the three huddles. Once Pac-Man reaches the Power Pellet and eats it, he turns around and eats the now scared Blinky.

The characters assume their final positions and begin transforming into larger letters. This goes onto until they form "HIDD ENCLI" (with Pac-Man taking the form of the "C"), after which Fygar turns around and uses its fire breath on Goro and the Boss Galaga to turn them into an E and a S respectively. Afterwards, Fygar transforms itself into a U, and the letters shift themselves around to read, "HIDDEN CLIQUES", plastered against the nighttime sky.