(Everyone seems on edge today… it feels like something’s going to happen.)
STUDENTS! I HAVE DIRE NEWS! PAC-MAN… HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY EVIL NAMCO HIGH! The revelation is like a jackhammer, cracking my heart open like a geode of despair. The very thought that someone could kidnap Pac-Man, my friend, and our beloved… … …What does he do here, anyway? It doesn’t matter!
We’ve all wondered about that, but you’re getting off topic… We have to rescue him! If only we could access the High Security Confiscatorium where all our special items are locked up!
I have the combination right here, students.
BECAUSE IT’S KING!
King roars and the screen goes white. 
GO FORTH, STUDENTS… SAVE PAC-MAN! HIS FATE… LIES IN YOUR HANDS!
(Okay who can I count on to help save Pac-Man?!)
Meowkie?
Huh, this is where she usually sits…
Meowkie, are you there?
Nya… I’m here, Boss…
Huh??? Meowkie, I hear your voice, but…
Are you a ghost??? Did you use up your ninth life?!
Nyah?? Boss, what are you talkin about?? You’re scarin’ me…
Oh, wait… You’re just hiding under your desk.
(If I bend down, I should see her…)
What are you doing, Meowkie?
I’m scared, Boss…
What, the ghost thing? No, I was wrong about that.
Jeez, Boss! I know I’m not a ghost! But maybe it’d be better if I was…
All the other students… They were all right about me, after all…
Why, Meowkie… Why would you ever say that?
They were right… I really am just an evil Meowkie…
Because now that Pac-Man’s been kidnapped…
I’m really, really angry.
I can’t stop feeling this way… It feels like all I have inside me! I can’t even pull my claws back in…
Meowkie…
I’m really really sorry, Boss… I know you believed in me. I tried real hard to be good.
…I never wanted to get angry…
…But I am… which means I’m as bad as they say.
But getting angry at something like this is the right thing to do!
Getting angry when something bad happens IS good!
…b-but… how can that be?
Because anger is just… a reaction.
Like feeling sad when someone breaks your heart. If you don’t feel bad when that happened…
It would mean you didn’t have any feelings about it to start with!
When someone you love gets hurt… It’d be wrong to have a happy feeling about that. Is that really so hard to understand?
…
Anger is something natural. It’s what everyone feels. It’s what everyone’s SUPPOSED to feel, at least sometimes!
It isn’t “bad” or “good”. Even if it does feel bad sometimes.
It doesn’t feel good to be sad, either… but I’d rather feel sad over a heartbreak… Than not have felt anything at all.
Boss. Is your heart… Are you really heartbroken, over me? J-jeez…
W-well actually… No.
I mean… I’m sad our date didn’t go so well…
But what I feel right now isn’t sadness.
To tell the truth… I’ve been pretty angry lately, myself.
NYAA? WHAT, REALLY?
Boss, how could YOU get angry? You’re so nice… you’re so good!
You’re, like… a hero or somethin’!
Haha. I don’t know about that.
But yeah, I’ve been feeling pretty angry.
…Okay… Yeah, Boss. I think I get what you’re sayin’.
You’re angry about Pac-Man gettin’ kidnapped, too.
Not just Pac-Man, Meowkie!
I’m angry because… Of how the other students here have been treating you.
…
You cared so much about how I was treated…
That it’s been makin you real angry?
All this time?
I care about you, Meowkie. If I wasn’t upset about how you were treated… I think I’d be a pretty heartless person.
Boss… I mean, Cousin.
I dunno what to say…
Evil Namco High is about to get away with kidnapping Pac-Man and attacking the school.
Meowkie… How does that make you feel?
…U-um… pretty angry… I guess.
Yeah, me too.
Then let’s show them how mad we are… U-um… together!
(…She’s… she’s grabbing my hand… we’re holding hands… Er, holding paws? Her claws are pretty sharp…)
Cousin… Come here… For good luck!
(I… I can’t believe it… She licked me on the cheek… Her tongue is pretty sharp too, actually… But still… I’ll never wash this face again!)
(YOU TWO! COUSIN! MEOWKIE!)
Eep!
Y-yes Boss?
ROAR!
He says:
“If you two are about to head into the ring- AGAINST ALL ODDS!
Then you both deserve… A MIGHTY PROMOTION!”
(King’s tossing something through the air at us…)
Oop! I caught it!
What is it? Do I even want to know?
…It’s two brand-new Hall Monitor badges… One for each of us.
ROAR! (I’M EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU BOTH!)
(He… doesn’t SEEM proud…)
King…
Thank you…
Heh.
C’mon, Cousin… Let’s show em what happens when you tick off a couple of official hall monitors! Er… I-I mean… if you want to.
…Yeah.
After you, Boss.
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You saved me! Thank you so much!
All in a day’s work… for a hall monitor!
We did it, Meowkie!
Nya… I hope I wasn’t holding you back too much, Boss…
Are you kidding?!
That righteous fury you unleashed on the battlefield… I’ve never seen anything like it!
Meowkie… you’re amazing.
Haha… I gotta admit, it felt pretty good… It was cathartic, you know?
But… I’m still not sure the other students will like it…
(As if on cue, the other students of Namco High swarm on Meowkie. They’re all so proud of what she did… They’re hugging her and congratulating her…
Meowkie looks totally stunned!)
You did it, Meowkie! That was amazing… it must have been your destiny all along.
I’m sorry I ever doubted you, Meowkie! I want an amazing fighter like you on my side anytime!
Come on everyone! Let’s celebrate!
(At Pac-Man’s words, they all rush off to party and celebrate our win… Meowkie and I are alone again.)
Wow…
See, Meowkie? They know what a sweet person you are… I have a feeling you won’t have any trouble from now on.
But… you don’t have to forgive them right away, you know? I mean, you shouldn’t have had to prove anything to anyone.
You’re not bad, and they never should have treated you like you were.
It’s alright, Cousin. What’s done is done, ya know? I’d rather just move on…
Thank you. For everything.
Thank you, Meowkie.
(She’s such a sweet person… Of course she’d forgive them right away… And I’ll go along with what she wants, of course.
But still, the jerks who were mean to Meowkie better watch their step from now on… Because as the new Hall Monitor of Namco High, I’ll be keeping a VERY close eye on them.
Heh heh heh!)
Namco High is going offline soon and I’m running out of time to get it done. Please leave comments to cheer me on if you can so we can immortalize this thing in the universe.
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