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[thebluejetpack]

Day 3: Travel

“Where do I plug in my stuff?”

Now Vanellope understands that Taffyta needed more specific instructions when she announced the weekend camping trip.

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Sugar Rush Inktober Day 29: Makeover

I seriously love Beezy with her hair down, I think she's beautiful when she isn't wearing her winter hat or braid. This is her brushing her hair for that.

And with this, this is my last Inktober prompt.

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[thebluejetpack2]

SR Inktober Day5: Crossover

Q*bert, the new character on the list of my drawings, he is a very cute little ball and a little strange, he has a strange phrase, but he is one of the best arcade games jubileena is weighing on him

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Day 22: Mistake

Never hurts to ask a question, right? Wrong.

Snowanna’s hair has always been a mystery to me. One that I’m not too keen on solving right now. It’s obviously styled to be an afro themed after a snow cone, emphasized when she sits in her kart. But…is it actually a scoop of snow cone shavings? Is it frozen hair? We’re talking about a world where mostly everything is made of candy and food, so…uh…yeah, I got nothing. That could be a reason why I don’t tend to dive into Snowanna all that much in my content. As much as she stands out visually, she ironically doesn’t stand out as a character in my mind. I just find others more interesting. I focus a lot of each character’s aspects when I zero in on them, and the hair is always a topic of interest. The number of times when Crumbelina’s hair has been a hot topic in my writing is countless by now (my previous Inktober entry was literally about that). Snowanna’s hairdo is definitely one of the things I would need to work with and don’t really have an idea on how yet. Fear not though, this doesn’t mean I exclude her. Snowanna is very much a staple on the Sugar Rush team. I’m just not in any real hurry to do explore the exact properties of her afro. But Gloyd is. Let him do the investigation for me and report back his findings. If I had a nickel for every prompt I drew this year that involved Gloyd with a girl’s hair, I’d have…oh forget it.

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 2: Power Off “Enough tube-goggling, soldiers! Your Random Roster starts at 2100 hours sharp!” shouted Calhoun. “I want to see tiny boots stomping to the starting line this instant! There are sugary karts that need bodies warming them A-S-A-NOW!”

But the racers were too busy watching Wheel of Fortune on Felix’s TV to hear. Maybe this week, there would be some actual racing on the show with a kart built with that lucky wheel as advertised in the title.

But as always, Calhoun demonstrates that she holds the power. In this case, the power button on the remote.

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 24: Nature

“Hold still. I can help you!”

“What are you doing?” Adorabeezle demanded peevishly. “I told you to beat it!”

The girl didn’t say anything. Instead, she was unraveling the red cloth. It was a handkerchief with little red hearts along the edge.

“What’s the matter with you, cherry-brain? Ya got Fun-Dip in your ears or something? Didn’t you hear what I said?” Adorabeezle spat, getting seriously ticked off now. “Aren’t you afraid of what’s going to happen to you if they find you with me?”

The red racer’s mahogany eyes suddenly looked up to meet her angry blue eyes, and Adorabeezle was taken aback upon seeing that the fear once present had been replaced by a strangely determined look.

“You’re hurt. I’m not leaving you. Please sit still and let me help you.”

The girl’s voice even sounded determined and forceful, but Adorabeezle detected strong desperation mixed in the middle.

So she didn’t say a word as the redheaded racer wrapped the handkerchief around her knee and squirted it with a sticky red substance out of that tiny bottle. This girl’s hands were very jittery and her whole body was shivering, no doubt freezing from the cold. Obviously, since no one in their right mind should be up here except Adorabeezle.

Adorabeezle, meanwhile, was combing through her memory banks, trying to remember this girl’s name. Nothing sprung to mind.

Just then, the redheaded girl leaned back, inspecting her work on Adorabeezle’s leg. “All done,” she said, sounding happier now. “Pain, pain, go away…don’t you bother Adorabeezle today!”

Adorabeezle scowled. “What the Hershey was that?”

“Just a little rhyme. Rhymes always make life better and help you remember things,” the cherry racer said with a smile. “Ok, big moment here: can you stand?”

She held out an outstretched hand.

Adorabeezle looked at the site of her injury. The handkerchief patterned with hearts was wrapped tightly around her knee and held securely with that red glop from the girl’s bottle. Roughly swatting the red girl’s hand away, she propped herself up and stood gingerly. Standing was fine. Walking was a bit wobbly. But she was okay now.

“What’s that sticky stuff you put on me?” she asked.

“Oh, just some of my homemade cherry syrup adhesive!” the red racer said cheerfully. She whisked out her bottle again and waved it in the air. “I call it Cherry Stick, the magic touch for healing injuries and fixing ripped book spines! This will stick anything together. You never know when you might need some, so I never leave home without it!”

The winter-themed racer looked at her before rolling her eyes. “Whatever. Listen, this was fun and all, but I gotta go. This knee is gonna slow me down, and I’m not losing a race because of you.”

The girl’s face fell a little. But she managed to put on another smile quickly. “Okie dokie, I’ll see you on the track, Adorabeezle!”

Adorabeezle stopped. “How do you know my name?”

The girl was smiling even more now. “I know everybody’s name!”

“But I’ve never talked to you before.”

“So? I still know everybody’s name!”

Adorabeezle cast her a weirded look. But then felt a bit awkward for still not knowing this girl’s name even though she knew hers. She didn’t even know how to ask. “Ok, well…see ya later…Citrusella?”

The girl laughed out loud. “That’s my sister’s name, silly! My name is Jubileena!”

“Oh. Right.”

Turning on her heel, Adorabeezle limped back to where she had parked her kart at the base of the mountain without looking back. Not even to check where her skis had landed.

That large chunk of literature, just like Day 15, is another sneak peek pulled directly out of the upcoming story. Not exactly a warm first welcoming. Adorabeezle, with a frosty heart as cold as ice, originally wanted nothing to do with anyone. But Jubileena’s caring nature could not stay put.

Ever heard of the trope Defrosting Ice Queen? You get the idea. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefrostingIceQueen

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 15: Magical Friendship

“Don’t worry, I won’t let go,” Adorabeezle promised as she took Jubileena’s hand, which was encased warmly in a thick red mitten.

Jubileena gulped nervously as Adorabeezle gently pulled her off the snowy turf and onto the frozen taffy that filled the massive pool. Her feet were secured in a pair of borrowed skates. Since all the racers were programmed with identical proportions, Adorabeezle’s equipment fit her feet perfectly. Her knees were shaking, not from the cold, but the fact that she was now on a very icy surface.

“I really don’t wanna land on my face like when we were skiing…this stuff isn’t as soft as ice cream snow,” she remarked with a small giggle, but Adorabeezle could tell that she was scared.

“Don’t worry,” Adorabeezle said again, giving Jubi a reassuring squeeze of her hand. “I gotch’a, girlfriend. If you do fall down, I’ll make sure I’m underneath you first.”

“But then you’ll get hurt!”

Adorabeezle laughed. “You kidding? Ice is my life…I don’t feel a thing!” she breezed. “If you fall, then we’ll fall together. That’s a fair deal, don’tcha think?”

Her confident tone did the trick, because Jubileena smiled too and then linked her free arm tightly around Adorabeezle’s for support as the skating expert pulled her carefully along.

“Promise you won’t let me go?”

“I promise.”

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 23: Speed Trap

It would be pointless to ask whether Wynnchel and Duncan’s speed trap from Day 10 for Citrusella was a success. Better luck next time. It’s back to the drawing board for the defeated duo. Maybe after coffee break.

But Citrusella will be back for them. As you can see, she has already lost most of her last tickets and wants more. But that’s another day.

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 4: Chilly Weather

When Adorabeezle and Jubileena first started hanging out, Adorabeezle was surprised to find that Jubileena didn’t seem to care about the cold weather that she would normally chill in. The red racer seemed perfectly happy to shiver in the frigid ice cream mountains and iced caves, as long as she was playing with her new friend and doing all the things that the blue racer did for fun. She even taught Adorabeezle how to use the mint chip ice cream to build what she calls ‘snowracers’. Even so, Adorabeezle decided to lend Jubi a spare pair of mittens to keep her fingers from freezing. Jubi felt very lucky to have a friend was programmed to own things in blue and red!

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 27: Bakery Duties

There was a big cupcake spill on the highway! Candlehead was happy to help with the clean-up.

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Day 12: Escape

What do you do when you find yourselves stranded on the very top of the ice cream mountains with killer bugs on the loose? You get out of there fast! With their karts turned into an instant Cy-Bug snack, Adorabeezle quickly realizes that their only chance of escape is to ski down to the finish line. This mountain has always been her personal playground to engage in her favourite sport. Now it has become the ultimate stage that will test all 15 years of her acquired skills as an expert skier while Jubileena defends them from the monsters using power-ups and a trick learned from Vanellope. Risky? Dangerous? Completely insane? All of the above. But what choice do they have? Adorabeezle’s only thought is to get Jubileena as far from harm’s way as possible. The girls must work together to get off the mountain in one piece or it’s game-over for both of them! If this is her last ski trip down the mountain, Adorabeezle is going to make this run one for the books…regardless if she’s even alive at the end to read it.

This is sort of a continuation from Day 14 of Inktober last year, where I teased the concept of utilizing power-ups without karts. The power-ups being used here are the Marshmallow JetPuff Pack and the Fluffy Flames. The JetPuff Pack propels the racer’s kart for a limited distance while the Fluffy Flames delivers a short-range, yet fiery marshmallow-roasting attack that really heats up the competition. Truly ridiculous names for some of the most powerful items you could pick up on the track, and if I had a nickel for every power-up in Sugar Rush that involved marshmallows spewing fire instead of being roasted in one, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but…ah you know the joke.

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 8: Authorities

Wynnchel and Duncan aren’t exactly the best at their job, but they give it their all to maintain order in Sugar Rush with zeal and vigor. Being a cop is no easy picnic, especially when those speedy little racers mess with them for some light-hearted fun (to the racers, that is).

But there is one delinquent in particular who never listens to authority and seems to have a little too much fun shattering the posted off-track speed limit. Wynnchel and Duncan have long-dreamed of catching this one, but the kid is shockingly fast and keeps evading them! Luckily, the cops never give up no matter how many times they’ve failed and Wynnchel has come up with a crackerjack idea to finally trap their prize. A comfy pillow will tempt the pesky racer into taking a power-nap, at which point, they will deploy their net and escort her straight to President Vanellope for a long-overdue punishment! Justice will finally be served and it’s going to taste sweet!

Can you guess who they’re after? Comment who you think this rebel racer is, then come back here to find out if you were right on Day 10!

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Day 11: Music Festival

Tapper’s titular game Tapper is a favourite spot in the arcade, perfect for unwinding with a cold drink after a long day of gameplay and you’ll easily find characters from all of Litwak’s games hanging out here after work. Tapper’s root beer is quite popular with the Sugar Rush racers. But too much of that carbonation can make you feel weird. When Swizzle and Gloyd engage in a chugging contest, things definitely get weird as they join in arms and start singing horrendously off-key. Okay, maybe not that weird since most of the bar patrons wind up joining in.

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Day 31: Spooks and Dress-Up

To pay Gloyd back for scaring her on Day 17, Torvald decided to fight fire with fire. Because whatever Gloyd can do, she knows she can do better! She had some help on the inside though and asked Crumbelina what scares Gloyd the most. As far as Torvald is concerned, Gloyd asked for this by messing with her first. He wants to scare her with a mask? She can do that too…only better.

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[thebluejetpack]

Day 29: Makeover

“You know, Pumpkin Pie, you look pleasantly gorgeous with eyeliner! Has anyone ever told you that?”

“Yeah. You did. Just now.”

What is love? Letting her put makeup all over your face, complete with eyeshadow, lipstick, and all those other girly instruments of torture. And even though you know you would get teased to death if anyone were to see and you’d rather be dipped in caramel sauce while swimming in the gummy-piranha infested lake, you still sit quietly and let her do this simply because you know how much she loves it. That’s love.

See Day 14 for another example of love.

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Day 7: Library of Knowledge

Minty isn’t just clever; she’s also really smart. She spends just as much time reading as she does working out in her gym or exploring the arcade’s games. She has a large library in her green-apple condo that is stocked with books ranging the literature scale from Oliver Twix and Lord of the Ring Pops to the exquisite plays by Milkshakespeare. Minty is eager to fill her head with knowledge, facts, and the proper terminology. Meanwhile, her counterpart Swizzle considers reading sessions to be the worst ‘date’ he could ever go on with Minty. He thinks reading is for slowpokes. Plus, books don’t make comfortable pillows.

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