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I rewatched Unikitty to jot down my observations of what the society and culture of the Unikingdom is like.

Then, I rewatched some episodes again to analyze the society and culture of Frowntown. I did my best with what little we saw of it. I went off of both what was shown in Frowntown, and what Master Frown and Brock were doing and saying.

This is your long post warning!

The Values and Opinions of Frowntown:

Uhhhhhh… frowning?

Being nice is discouraged, but is that just a thing with the Doom Lords, or does all of Frowntown discourage it?

The Doom Lords are responsible for all the pain, mayhem, and despair in the whole world

Being buff is seen as attractive (In one episode, Master Frown wears a shirt with abs on it and says, “I’m a beefcake!”)

Stories, Mythology, and Folklore:

Birthday wishes (although, they probably don’t know that you can’t say your wish out loud. By the way, that’s a fact of life in this world. When Master Frown said his wish out loud and blew out Puppycorn’s candle, it blew him back, and the flame regenerated.)

Ghosts (Brock dressed like one)

Witches (Master Frown dressed like one)

Chainsaw killers (Master Frown dressed like one)

Gifting someone presents

Magic wands?

The Tooth Fairy?

Santa Claus?

The Sandman?

Sentient Skeletons?

Magical things happening after bedtime?

Stories about pirates? (I wrote this in the Demographics section by mistake, my bad)

Laying down a towel to claim a spot at the beach… or is Master Frown just doing that to mess with Unikitty and her friends? We see Master Frown and Brock taking part in Unikingdom stuff many times.

Frowntown Geography:

Rocky?

Hills?

Little to no vegetation, from the looks of it

Cliffs?

Barren land?

Frowntown is confirmed to be in the south of the planet Unikitty is set on

What are those tall things way out in the background? Are they tall rocks? Are they more buildings?

The weather is usually overcast or rainy (“Frowntown- getting pummeled with rain!”), so that suggests the climate is humid

It’s prone to getting extreme weather, like thunderstorms and blizzards

A desert neighbors Frowntown and the Unikingdom

Naming Customs:

People in Frowntown have more proper names; they aren’t named after their being/what they are

Names can either be more realistic, like Brock, or less realistic, like Crankybeard

People can have middle names; Master Frown’s is Alan

Brock refers to his mother as “Mama Brock.” We never see her or learn anything else about her. On the other hand, he refers to his father, Crankybeard, as Dad

Unikingdomans also refer to their parents as Mom or Dad or other variants like it

The Doom Lords’ names are all Master (Insert Negative Thing or Quality here). How do they get these names?

In the episode Brock Most Wanted, it’s implied that you get your Doom Lord name when you take the job. They tried to initiate Brock as Master Party Ruiner

But if that’s the case, what was Master Frown’s name before he joined the Doom Lords? Does he have a name other than his Doom Lord title?

Frowntown Architecture:

Samey colors

Drab colors

Geometric shapes

Squarish, green-tinted windows

Circular windows, too

People live in apartments (and houses?)

One-story and two-story apartments

Unrelated people can live together in apartments as roommates

Single smaller doors on most buildings

Movie theaters with old-timey marquees

Condomiums? (Brock mentions his and Master Frown’s dream condo)

There are gas stations

Lots of highways and streets

Roads circle the whole city

Billboards, signs, and street signs

Traffic lights (all of them are red?)

Multi-paned windows

That one tall building that looks like Master Frown (What is it? Is it the Doom Lords’ lair? If it is, why do they berate him so much if the building looks like him?)

Smaller buildings connected to larger ones with metal rods?

Lots of metal rods

Triangular roofs

Pillars

Stairs

Red curtains

Carpets

Thin, wood tables

Candles and flowerpots are used as table centerpieces

Fruit bowls are placed on coffee tables as decoration/centerpieces

Electric furniture

People sleep in beds, the beds are dark and square

Frowntown furniture in general is plain, dark and square

Outdoor parade chairs?

Flag

In the Doom Lords’ lair, we see the following:

Bookshelves

Desks

The double doors to the lair are tall and have a silhouette of Master Doom’s head on them

A silhouette of her head is also on her chair

Red curtains

Columns (from ceiling to floor, against the wall)

A tiled floor

Frowntown Symbolism:

Frowns

Frowny faces

Clouds

Dark clouds

Rain clouds

Lightning (street lights and other things in Frowntown are shaped like lightning clouds)

There’s a yellow flag above Frowntown that looks like a swallow tail or a burgee. That couldn’t be Frowntown’s national flag, though, could it?

Demographics of Frowntown:

Humanoid figures (which aren’t Lego minifigures or humans)

Lego brick creatures

Anthropomorphic animals? (Master Plague is a plague doctor-like bird. Is Master Malice a bull of some kind?)

What is Master Doom? Is she some kind of monster?

People here can make sparkle matter, too. (We only see Master Frown and Brock doing it, but that proves it)

Flora and Fauna of Frowntown:

Square trees with brick-like leaves. (Are they trimmed? Are they topiaries?)

There are hardly any plants anywhere

Mega ostriches

Puppies?

Birds?

Crabs?

Bunnies?

Horses?

Sheep?

Possums?

Frowntown Society:

We don’t know who the leader of Frowntown is, or if it has one

In the episode Election Day, Master Frown suggested to Unikitty that she should, quote-unquote, “let the people decide” if she should be princess. She agrees to have an election. So, are there governmental elections in Frowntown?

Frown also says, “It’ll be more fun when you lose and I become president!” So, does Frowntown have a president?

Do the Doom Lords lead Frowntown?

Does philanthropy exist in Frowntown, and the Unikingdom? Master Frown says he’ll make the people’s lives better by giving out free stuff if they vote for him. (That’s probably not what philanthropy is, but still…)

There are landlords in Frowntown

Bosses call their employees

People use corded wall telephones

There are analog clocks and alarm clocks

People are seen buying and selling things, in stores and outdoor food stands

We don’t know what Frowntown’s currency is, but it’s probably dollars

Trash is disposed of in trash cans and dumpsters

Everyone eats alone, is stuck in traffic, and is going to the movies by themselves. Unikitty sees this as sad

People wait in lines. There are lines for everything in Frowntown.

Waiting in the lines is very time consuming. People spend many years (at least 10 years on average!) waiting in lines.

The Unikingdom often checks in on Frowntown, even though Frowntown is a separate country from them.

Brock is a foreign correspondent

Unikingdom TV shows air in Frowntown

The people of the Unikingdom don’t really like Frowntown? Puppycorn calls it the worst and says he hates Frowntown, and Unikitty and her friends see the people as cranky

Unikitty’s gang tries to cheer the people of Frowntown up

The Unikingdom and Frowntown both have a concept of pranking others, and a concept of war. They have a prank war in the episode Prank War

Brock and Master Frown often partake in Unikingdom stuff, as I said before. Mostly, it’s to ruin Unikitty’s day. Is there anyone else in Frowntown like them?

Courts in Frowntown don’t work like the Unikingdom’s. This is evident by Master Frown saying, “This is not how court is supposed to work!” when he goes to Unikitty Court.

A wiki editor compared Frowntown to Gotham City

The art director for the show compared it to Tokyo

Does Frowntown have any theme parks? How do Master Frown and Brock know what a theme park is? (I put this in the Architecture section, but I think it’s more fitting to put it here)

Art in Frowntown:

Darker, much more muted colors are used.

They are put together with brighter greens and yellows.

Vertical banners that look like vertical gonfalons and have frowny faces

Square shapes

Symbols like frowns, storm clouds, and lightning are utilized

Spray paint/graffiti

Portraits

Photography

Crocheting (In Float On, Master Frown says he’s working on crochet)

Master Frown’s art style- surreal art? Cubism?

Scribbles with pencils and color pencils

Drawings are done on small pieces of paper, or large pieces of paper. Easels are used.

Dark statues of figures making sad/scared expressions; they can have round or square heads

That thing in art where a shape starts on one page/canvas/whatever and ends on another

Sticky notes appear to be used a lot

Tongue twisters? (Brock was legitimately trying to say You Know You Need Unique New York in Unikitty News.)

Frowntown citizens have TVs, and it seems like they typically watch shows like Soggy Cereal (Master Frown and Brock were watching the Soggy Cereal marathon)

Sad Fellas is a movie that is playing at a movie theater

There’s a poster for Sad Times 4 in Master Frown and Brock’s apartment

Radios and speakers are used

Classical music?

Whatever song Omeletta is to the tune of

Rap music?

Turntables?

Singing

Traditions, Customs, and Holidays in Frowntown:

Birthdays are celebrated very similarly to the Unikingdom. There’s presents, cake, banners, and the Happy Birthday song.

Frowntown citizens also celebrate their birthdays IN the Unikingdom. Master Frown did when he was a kid. (How many people go to the Unikingdom to celebrate their birthdays?)

Valentine’s Day? (Master Frown and Brock were in a Valentine’s Day drawing by one of the show’s directors, Careen Ingle)

Halloween? (Master Frown and Brock were in both Halloween specials)

Christmas?! (Master Frown and Brock were in the Christmas special, and they had their house decorated)

No references to Christianity are anywhere to be seen in Frowntown

Snow Day. The Unikingdom observes this day as a fun winter holiday. For Frowntown’s residents, however, there’s slippery ice, they shovel snow, there’s lots of sadness and cold, people stroll down the street, it chills their hearts, and they fall on the ground

Parades? Parade Day? (Master Frown showed up in his own personalized float to ruin Unikitty’s parade)

Sleepovers? (Brock went to Unikitty’s sleepover. “Won’t Master Frown wonder where you are?” Dr. Fox asks. “Nah, I left a decoy,” Brock replies. But why would he need to leave behind a decoy? Couldn’t he have just told Master Frown, “Hey, I’m going to a sleepover!”? Especially since, in an earlier episode, they were like, “I’m having a party!” “Yep…”)

Do people also go sledding on Snow Day in Frowntown? Master Frown had a sled that he rode down a hill to knock over Puppycorn’s snowman

Roommates can celebrate when they became roommates (In Dinner Apart-y, Brock’s dinner party was to celebrate his and Master Frown’s roommate anniversary)

Kissing people goodnight is customary (Brock and Master Frown give each other a nighty-night kiss every night)

Telling people bedtime stories and tucking them in is also customary (this is also the case in the Unikingdom)

Mannerisms and Etiquette:

Honestly, Frowntown citizens’ mannerisms are very similar to the Unikingdom

In both the Unikingdom and Frowntown, slapping someone helps them to stay awake

People are okay with Master Frown and other citizens being rude?

Landlords want people to keep their apartments spic and span, even though Master Frown and Brock like to keep their apartment very messy

Any Language in Frowntown?:

As I said in my Unikingdom list, this show is set in a universe where Everyone Speaks English™️

Slang terms are very heavily used in Frowntown and the Unikingdom

Brock speaks Spanish, Japanese and German??

Education in Frowntown:

In my notepad, I wrote that just like with the Unikingdom, there’s almost no education to speak of in Frowntown.

But in reality, the Unikingdom has just a few references to college and medical school, whereas no kind of school is ever seen or mentioned in Frowntown

Fighting Styles and Weaponry:

Master Frown mentions karate, so do people practice it?

He also mentions ninjas, so do people know what ninjas are?

Chainsaws?

Mechas/robot fighting?

People don’t seem to fight much in Frowntown

Food in Frowntown:

About this list- Master Frown and Brock mention, eat, or carry most of these foods while they’re in the Unikingdom, but they know what those foods are. So, I assumed that Frowntown has all of these foods as well.

Popcorn

Pizza

Butter

Jam

Butter jam soup (Master Frown’s favorite soup)

Ham

Tortellinis

Juice boxes

Macaroni and cheese

Pickles

Some brown stuff in a bowl that Master Frown threw against the wall

Lots of pasta. Master Frown says his diet is “pasta based.”

Tacos

Carnitas

Peas

Honey

Pies

Whipped cream

Lollipops

Hot sauce

Chicken nuggets

Grapes

Omelettes

Donuts

Cookies and milk

Onions

Water bottles

Eggs (they go rotten pretty fast)

Scrambled eggs

Cheese

Popsicles

Ice pops

Turkey/chicken?

Corn dogs

Cupcakes

Spaghetti

Bananas

Cakes

What’s all that green stuff?

Beets

Ice cream

Churros

Candy canes?

Peppermint bark?

Salads?

Food is stored in refrigerators (that people put magnets on) and in cabinets

Food is cooked on appliances such as stoves and toasters

Similar appliances to the Unikingdom

Tools such as pots, pans, spatulas, and colanders are used

Drinks are served in bottles, mugs, and cups

Food is eaten on plates or in bowls

Utensils used are forks, knives and spoons

Napkins are probably used as well

Food is served in boxes at restaurants?

Straws are used for drinking and for firing spitballs

Frowntown Fashion and Dress Code:

Cloaks. Does anyone other than the Doom Lords wear them?

Clothes usually have dark colors

It’s a similar situation to the Unikingdom, where people don’t usually wear clothes, but occasionally, they do?

Aprons and mitts are worn when cooking

Hats and coats

Shirts?

T-shirts

Socks

Boots (like Brock’s comedically realistic sneaky boots)

Puffy jackets? (Not the Hotline Bling reference… 🤮)

Racing helmets? (Brock wore one while driving his little go kart at the parade)

Judge robes in Frowntown are folded to the right, while in the Unikingdom, they are folded to the left

Costumes?

Batman? (Master Frown and Brock dressed up like the Joker and Harley Quinn to stop Unikitty, who was dressed like Batman)

Princess dresses/crowns?

Headbands

Tied headbands, like hachimaki?

Baseball caps?

In the bathtub, Brock is seen wearing a bathing cap even though he doesn’t have hair

People rub on facial masks and put cucumbers over their eyes? Master Frown does it while taking a bath

Ski masks?

Brock and Master Frown wear desert wasteland garbs in the desert

Spikes on clothes and costumes?

Winter clothes:

Pom-pom hats

Jackets

Swimsuits:

Tanktops (worn by lifeguards)

Pajamas

Nightcaps

Face masks

Bathrobes

Formal clothes:

Tuxedos/tailcoats

Bow ties

Cummerbunds

Queer Culture in Frowntown:

Master Frown and Brock are gay.

No one gives them any shit for this, not even their landlord or the Doom Lords

But there’s no information on what it’s like to be a queer person from Frowntown besides this

Any History?:

Aside from character backstories, we don’t know anything about Frowntown’s history (when it was founded, by whom, etc.)

Brock and Master Frown have been friends since early childhood

Both of them have been to the Unikingdom multiple times

As I said before, they’re often seen taking part in Unikingdom stuff, mostly to ruin it for Unikitty and others

Okay… this is gonna be off topic. This isn’t a Unikitty Confessions post or a Unikitty Salt post, but I still want to point out that the show had two episodes where Master Frown and Brock had issues with their friendship that they needed to work out. Yes, no relationship is perfect and there’s gonna be problems, but I want to say this. I know Master Frown and Brock are meant to be partners in crime. Master Frown is meant to be a really mean guy, but a really good boyfriend. His main thing is making other people frown, and messing with Unikitty’s day. But, beneath his nastiness, he really does care. I get it. And for what it’s worth, I ship Frock, but I still wish that Master Frown would consider Brock’s feelings more. He could really shout much less, too. I feel like Dinner Apart-y could have been more about how, just because he doesn’t want to be at the dinner party doesn’t mean he has to ruin things for Brock and the guests. After all, the whole reason Brock threw the party was for him! And in Beach Daze, instead of smacking Brock’s sand condo, Frown could’ve said, “Wow, I love it! Maybe we can build it on that secret beach Unikitty’s looking for!” I don’t know. I just wouldn’t portray them as an old, bickering married couple type. (And all that stuff that happened with Brock in Unikitty and the Ice Pop Factory was super fucked up, actually.)

(Also, I’m not sure how I feel about the only main queer couple in the show being the one with the main character’s arch nemesis in it. I’m trying to balance it out in my AU by giving Unikitty a female love interest, and by having several other characters be queer.)

Sports and Games in Frowntown:

Again, all of these sports and games are stuff seen in the Unikingdom, and since Master Frown and Brock know what they are, I’m assuming Frowntown has them, too.

Cheerleading (Brock wanted to be the flyer on a cheer team)

Kickball (the Doom Lords play it against the Unigang)

Playing catch with balls (Brock was doing this with Puppycorn)

Video games with consoles and controllers (Brock often plays them, and he even has a gaming channel, BrockRocks93. People in this world can have gaming channels online)

Golf (Master Frown uses a golf club in Too Many Unikittys)

Charades (Unikitty brought it to the dinner party)

Staring contests

Cards

Pillow fights

Darts

Piñatas

Baseball?

Weightlifting

Fishing

Toys:

Stuffed toys

Rubber duckies

Pails and shovels

Frowntown Transportation:

People drive around in cars (and like I said, they get stuck in traffic very frequently)

Mostly cars with roofs, some are convertibles

Master Frown’s car can turn into a mecha; can other cars in Frowntown do that?

People also often get around on foot

Go-karts? (Brock was driving one at the parade)

Vans (customizable ones; Brock and Master Frown had a customized one for the princess election)

Buses (there was a bus stop)

Master Doom mentions splitting a cab, so cabs exist?

Helicopters (Frown has his own helicopter, the Frown-Copter; in fact, for a low-level Doom Lord, he and Brock have access to some pretty advanced tech)

Trains (Brock dressed like one)

Skateboards

Motorcycles

Hot air balloons

Rafts

Rockets

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Johnny sighed. “Look, I'm only telling you guys this because… well, it might help you. I don't know.” After taking a few shots of ducks and a pipe in the back, he continued. “RJ is a time anomaly. Probably shouldn't be here, but really strange things happen on Meraki.”

“What does that mean?” Kit had her full attention on Johnny.

“RJ… was originally Emmet Brickowski.” The words hung heavy in the air, a confusing anomaly on their own.

“How is that possi-!” Vito was interrupted by her cousin.

“It makes sense. The Rexcelsior… he hasn't used that ship in decades… and the past hurts him.” Kit played with her headband.

“Yeah, and for good reason. Vito, you can ask your dad: the Downstairs Realms have a history of being borderline antagonistic to him.” Johnny closed his eyes, almost out of embarrassment. “That's a history shared with RJ. The shared history splits when the town of Apocalypseburg failed to support a call to action to “save” Batman, Lucy, and the rest of the heroes of TAKOS Tuesday from a perceived kidnapping.” He rolled his eyes. “Imagine being your father, Vito. Wants nothing more than to help the ones he cares about. Decides to build a ship and head off after the ship his friends are on. Crashes his ship and ends up on an isolated desert planet for years with only…” His shoulders dropped. “...only thoughts of the things he had been told for years prior about how he wasn't good enough.”

“And my dad was in pain.” Kit played with the pull string of her hoodie. Things were starting to click in a way that made the girl uncomfortable.

“Yeah. It doesn't justify what he did, but I think the people of his timeline should have seen that coming. Only so far you can pull a light gun before it breaks off the cabinet.”

“Wait! Are Kit and I… siblings?” Vito scratched his head.

“No. The Assembly had asked Queen Unikitty's minister of science to provide a DNA sample when the whole Doom Lord incident was settled. Whatever kept him to this timeline rewrote parts of his genetic code. Changed him in ways we can't really understand, but was enough of a change for him to be more like Emmet’s brother.” Johnny shot at a few more ducks. “Keep shooting, kids. I'm gonna get some food.” With the bombshell dropped, he left deeper into the carnival.

“Kit, are you going to be OK?” Vito asked quietly.

“You know, that explains why he always liked the Unikingdom more than Syspocalypstar, why he didn't like going there on trips.” Kit shot a line of ducks.

“Do you know what Master Apocalypse meant with Uncle Rick keeping secrets, too?” Vito asked, hopeful.

“He once told me the story about how he fell in love with Dad and said that the Unikingdom was far older than most people think. He could be referring to that.” Kit kept most of her focus on the shooting game.

“Maybe we should ask your father about that once things are over. Knowing the kingdom has a history beyond Meraki is important.”

“I agree. Papa keeps saying he has his reasons, but I don't see them.” The smell of corn dogs and fried dough hit Kit’s senses as Johnny pressed a paper plate into each kid's hand full of the stuff.

“Eat up. This is some good stuff.” Johnny grinned as he took a healthy bite out of an oversized hot dog. “I saw our scores. Master Edgy has nothing on us right now!”

“Good. We need to beat that guy. I don't like how he's talking about his plans. It feels wrong.” Vito shook his head as he took a bite into a large piece of fried dough covered in a layer of sugar.

“I don't, either. He seems to have some real beef and I don't know what to make of it.” Johnny looked over to Kit. “How are ya feeling, kid?”

“I feel like… I think I’m starting to understand why Dad doesn't talk about his past now. It makes sense. Why would anyone want to remember being hurt so much?” Kit fidgeted with the stars on the ends of her pull strings.

“No one does.” Johnny shoved his hands in his pockets and watched pixel people shuffle up and down the midway. “Chief Starhawk is just another bully.”

Kit’s mind went back to the last time she saw her father at the Syspocalypstarian spaceport and the heartbroken look in his eyes as he was taken away. She also saw the man with his hands behind his back and his sickening, self satisfied smirk as he took her father away. Her hands curled into fists.

“What else had that jerk been doing?” She said after a silent moment.

“I'm mostly just referring to your dad. You wanna know why I'm really here?” Kit nodded slowly. “I needed to get away from the noise and connect with my friends. Despite all of the surveillance we've done on him over the years, the Assembly is on your dad's side. Chiffon is part of his legal defense. She volunteered, in fact. Completely pro bono. It's right now the old guard versus the new guard and… I'm sure you'll hear about it on the news.” Kit had already turned around and started shooting ducks again. “I don't blame her.”

“If you're trying to get away from the whole thing, why tell us anything about it? Usually talking about it adds more stress. At least it does for me.” Vito continued to rip into his fried dough.

“I guess I figured Kit at least would have the right to know what's going on with her dad. Also, I don't want some little twerp from Man Upstairs knows where to taint her memories of her dad. Wanted her to know that there are some people who know what he was about and are trying to fight for him.” He finished off a corndog and stuck the stick in his mouth.

“How long has it been since we've been gone? I think we're traveling with a time traveler and I'm a little curious.” Vito said between large bites of dough.

“It's only been about 6 hours. We haven't seen your mom in a while. We just thought that RJ being sent to prison was taking its toll on her.”

“I think mom's getting ready for whatever Master Apocalypse has up his sleeve. I think she would have come with us if she didn't feel she had to protect everyone else.” He sighed. “Are you going to have to tell Mom we're out here?”

“Yeah. Sorry, kid. I'll make sure she doesn't get too mad that you're gone.” Kit turned back, putting her rifle down. “You know what? I think it gave us a high enough score that we don't need to spend too much time in Donkey Kong Jr. Let's go play that Nintendo classic from 1982.” He led the two kids to his arcade cabinet, which quickly shed the trappings of a Carnival cabinet and transformed into one for Donkey Kong Jr..

They quickly found themselves in a pixelated jungle. The sound of crunching leaves and twigs echoes in the air. A voice cut into the ambiance.

“Papa! Papa, can you hear me?” Kit turned to see an ape in a white sleeveless shirt that had the letter J emblazoned on it in red. She knelt down to the ape’s level and frowned. “Have you seen Papa? He’s big and strong. Probably with a terrible human in a red hat.”

“No. But we're here to help you, kid.” Johnny flashed a reassuring grin, which put the primate at ease.

“Oh! Thank you! I'm Donkey Kong Junior. My papa is Donkey Kong, so you can just call me Junior.” Junior took Kit's hand and hopped in place. Kit shook it firmly.

“I'm Kit and,” she pointed to each of her companions in turn. “This is Vito and Johnny.” She spoke softly. “Where did you last see your Papa?”

“He was headed deep into the jungle in a cage with that…terrible Mario. I just… I want Papa back. If you can help me… I'm sure Papa will be grateful.” Kit’s expression was soft and sympathetic.

“Come on. Let's find your Papa.” She took Junior’s hand and they began walking towards an impossible rocky cliff face. Vines were everywhere, but they looked climbable. At the top was a very large ape in a cage.

“Papa! What luck! We found him already! It should be a snap to climb those vines!” Junior jumped to the nearest platform and grabbed on to one of the vines. A voice from above spilled down below them.

“You won't be able to get him, Junior!” Something about the voice of the ape’s father’s kidnapper sounded very familiar to Kit, but she couldn't place where she heard it before. “I made sure my friends are extra bitey today!”

“Why won't you leave Papa alone?” Junior huffed as he climbed. “Luckily for me, I've got friends to help this time!”

“What do we do to help Junior?” Kit turned to Johnny. He pointed to a key high up and hanging from the vines.

“He needs that key to free Donkey Kong. I think what you want to do is grab that key for him.” Before Johnny could say anymore, Kit was already climbing up a vine.

“Junior! Make a beeline for your dad! I'm going to get you the key!” Junior nodded and changed his course to the vines that would get him closer to his dad. “Vito! Tell me where I need to go. I want to focus mostly on climbing.” Vito called back a confirmation and the direction to stay on the vine she was on. Kit was deep in concentration with the small ape spoke.

“Hey, Kit! What brings you to my neck of the jungle? I don't see humans often around here!” Junior shouted as he started to collect fruit that were on the vines. Why Junior was making small talk during such a perilous mission was something that Kit couldn't quite wrap her mind around.

“I'm here to help my dad!” Kit shouted, following Vito's direction to move to a vine to the right of her.

“Don't tell me Mario has him, too!” The primate sounded outraged at the thought.

“No. My dad was taken by another, equally bad guy.” She was concentrating more on her task, but it was clear to even Junior that she was starting to get upset.

“Don't worry! We can take things one at a time!” Junior kept climbing, kept moving forward despite occasionally getting knocked down by Mario's traps. Kit had to admit that there was something admirable about that. This gave her strength, a renewed vigor for the goal. She did everything she could to avoid the enemies that seemed to focus more on Junior than her. Vito’s vantage point allowed her to dodge some of the hardest enemies with his detailed instruction.

This all changed when she got close to the key. The robotic creatures that were plaguing Junior turned on her and began to go on the attack. Kit struggled to reach the key, getting pushed away each time by the snapping, gator-like creatures. She kicked one away and two more snapped their jaws in her direction. While she struggled, Junior used the distraction to get higher up the cliff. He gave Kit an encouraging wave, kicking an enemy away. This gave her just a little bit more resolve, but she still had difficulty grabbing the key, now that it was so close to her grasp. She stuck out her tongue, her hands barely touching the pixelated metal. She heard an excited whistle from her bag and this made enough of a distraction for her to snatch the key.

“Hey! You're testing my patience.” Mario growled as he sent out a volley of bird enemies to attack Kit and Junior. Whenever one of them got closer to Kit or Junior, the other made noise to distract the birds away. She finally caught up with Junior and handed him the key.

“Distract Mario. I've got the cage.” Junior got behind Kit as she nodded. She approached the pixelated human in front of the cage.

“Mario, what are you doing? This isn't right.” Kit spoke calmly, close to the man whose voice still bothered her.

“The big ape over here kidnapped my girlfriend.” He patted the cage. “I'm just settling the score.”

“Revenge isn't the answer.” Kit walked closer, the pixel returning to her pocket. “It leads you to bad things. You're taking a dad from his kid. Does that mean Junior has the right to take your… your brother?”

“Of course not! He knows I would just take his Papa again.” Mario folded his arms.

“Exactly. It's a continuous cycle. One,” the sound of a metal door opening could be heard. “We are breaking up right now. So long, Mario!” Donkey Kong grabbed Kit as he fled with his son.

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