(Start on the Isle of Tims. It is daytime again. LEO and EMMA are in their sleeping bags when suddenly, BALAN shows up with a bucket of water and dumps it next to EMMA. He now has a red heart-shaped patch on his sleeve where the tear was with a gold fleur-de-lis embroidered on it. They both wake up.)
Balan-Okay, lovelies! It's time to wake up! I believe it's...
(He summons a watch on the opposite wrist from last episode and looks at it.)
Balan-Eight o'clock!
(LEO groans.)
Leo-Two more hours...
Emma-Did you have to use the bucket of water?
Balan-Well, yeah. I thought it would be appropriate considering...
(He gestures towards door 11.)
Balan-Where we're going next!
(EMMA slowly sits up.)
Emma-Then why not go the full nine yards and dump the water on us?
Balan-I just didn't want to get your clothes wet. After all, I take care of mine.
(He points at the patch.)
Emma-Hey, you patched up your shirt.
Balan-Actually, strictly speaking, this suit is alive. It patched itself up.
(LEO and EMMA both look confused.)
Balan-But why are we still sitting here? It's 8:01! Come on! Get up!
(LEO and EMMA get up.)
Balan-So how did you sleep?
Leo-Terribly. I just couldn't stop thinking about things.
Emma-And he was thinking about them very loudly.
(They walk to door number 11. Door 11 has a building bathed in red light and a fire truck in front of it.)
Balan-Doors 11 and 12, as you can guess, are our newest arrivals. I didn't know where to put them, so I stuck them in the middle. After these two arrived, I decided I simply couldn't let any more people into Wonderworld.
Emma-But what if there's someone who needs your help?
Balan-Um...
(Opening theme. Cut to a platform with square tiles in a rocky cave. BALAN, LEO, and EMMA are standing on a circle together.)
Emma-You were spying on me?!
Balan-You needed my assistance, but there wasn't enough room in Wonderworld, so I decided to gather a little information so that I'd be ready when someone finally decided to leave, and you could take their place.
Emma-You couldn't have just walked up to me and told me who you were?
Balan-Well, that wouldn't be customary.
Emma-Nothing about this is customary!
(She runs away.)
Balan-Wait! You forgot your costume!
(He flies after her. LEO starts running, too.)
Leo-What about me? Did you start spying on me?
Balan-Actually, I didn't know about you until a minute before you showed up. I sent two Tims to retrieve Emma, and one of them strayed from his path and found you. Said your situation was "equally pressing."
Leo-So I'm not wanted?
Balan-You're not unwanted. You're just unexpected.
(At this point, EMMA is at the other end of a long walkway. The lava covering the floors disappears. EMMA jumps down to the obsidian below and onto another small platform. She finds a key and puts it into a costume diamond. She is now wearing the Key Mouse costume.)
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Balan Wonderworld Goes to Hell
FanfictionThis series is based on Square Enix's biggest failure of 2021. It stars these two kids named Leo Craig and Emma Cole. Leo had an argument with his former best friend five years ago, so he decided, "I don't need friends. They disappoint me." Instead...
