The Tragedy of a Pinball Wizard

Taking to the Skies

"Oh god, Oliver! They took the 1986 Clive the Fly-Fishing Bunny table!" Wally cried out.

"Yes, Master Oliver, it would appear that the machine we need has been taken." Geeves concurred.

"What are we going to do? How are we supposed to train for the tournament when we can't learn how to play the table we'll be competing on?" Mr. Otis added.

"Gentlemen, there's only one thing we can do. We have to get the table back." Oliver replied.

"Are you sure there's no other way? That's going to be a dangerous mission. Maybe we should reconsider?" Mr. Otis wished desperately there was another path forward that could still lead them to the rescuing of Wally's Pinball Palace.

"I'm afraid not. This is the only way." Oliver replied. He then turned his focus to Wally. "Why is Milton's Arcade Palace coming after you? Who was the pirate?"

"I don't know who the pirate was. My guess is that he's just one of their hired thugs." Wally responded.

"Hired thugs? What is an arcade doing hiring thugs?" Mr. Otis asked.

"He's trying to snuff out the competition. He wants me out of the way. The Pinball Palace is one of the last large competitors of the Arcade Universe. Once he has us out of his way, it will be almost impossible to stop Milton from monopolizing the metropolitan area arcade industry." Wally explained.

"We can't let that happen." Oliver growled.

"What can we really do, Oliver?" Wally asked.

"I already told you what we're going to do. We're going to go after the American Captain, we're going to defeat him, and take back our pinball table. That's what we can do." Oliver clenched his fist with resolve. He knew in his heart that he and his friends could get the table back.

Geeves, Mr. Otis, and Wally all exchanged looks with one another. Finally, one of them spoke. "I agree with Master Oliver. We have to get the table back!" Geeves agreed.

"Well, what do you two say?" Oliver asked, giving both Wally and Mr. Otis an eager look.

"Hell, I'm in." Mr. Otis sighed.

"I guess if you guys are this confident that we can pull this off, I can have a little faith." Wally added.

"Then it's settled! Let's do this, crew!" Oliver announced.

The group began to walk toward the front door of the Pinball Palace. As they exited the arcade, Mr. Otis moved to walk side by side with Wally.

"Say, Wally. You mentioned back there that you're a man of faith. Is that true?" Mr. Otis asked him.

"I guess I would consider myself that. I'm not exactly a member of any religion, but I'm just trying to figure out which one is right. I definitely believe that there's something else out there, I just don't know what it is." Wally explained.

"Would you like to hear about my religion?" Mr. Otis inquired.

"Sure!" Wally answered enthusiastically.

"Hey! Geeves and I are having a much more interesting conversation than Mr. Otis and Wally are having! Let's ignore them and focus on us instead!" Oliver called out.

"I'm talking to you narrator!" Oliver continued.

"I love him, but he can be such a dick sometimes." Wally whispered to Mr. Otis.

However, the narrator agreed with Oliver that his conversation with Geeves was much more interesting than the conversation Mr. Otis and Wally were having. Let's ignore it and talk about Oliver and Geeves for a bit.