[The racer in red winces slightly from his brother's jab, returning the favor by playfully flicking Tas's face. He's just trying to rile him up, as usual. Even after everything they went through, looks like old habits die hard.
When The Magician makes his guess as to what happened, Turbo still seems apprehensive. DID it make sense? Unlike the Twins, Turbo only saw the Out of Order sign on Turbo Time from across the arcade. It was gone when he got back to the game, he would have noticed that dreaded orange glow. The game wasn't broken, Turbo was just missing from it for a short time. Of course, gamers naturally assumed missing characters meant a broken game. Point is he made it back, and it's a matter of what happened after that. Maybe Ales was onto something. What if after Litwak had the game sent away, someone realized there was nothing wrong with it? If that was the case, then why wasn't Turbo Time just returned to Litwak?
... Unfortunately, Turbo knew the most likely reason why. Although it happened so fast, he could see the panic and the horror on the arcade owner's face when he slapped RoadBlasters and Turbo Time with those Out of Order signs. It's more than possible, after what he witnessed... Litwak didn't even want the game back. He was too terrified by what he saw. Whether or not Turbo Time was one of his very first consoles... Litwak was still human, and in the end, what did humans see video games as? Just machines, made for their entertainment. Nothing else. They're not meant to be anything more than that. Why would Litwak think or feel otherwise?
The one strange thing still hanging over Turbo and the Twins' heads, however, is the fact none of remembering being unplugged. They can't recall the abyss of nothingness, the dark death-like state of being inside a game with no power to keep it, or yourself, alive. Even if you were plugged in again, and "came back to life"... that state of existence, or lack thereof, doesn't strike Turbo as something that could easily be forgotten.]
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When The Magician makes his guess as to what happened, Turbo still seems apprehensive. DID it make sense? Unlike the Twins, Turbo only saw the Out of Order sign on Turbo Time from across the arcade. It was gone when he got back to the game, he would have noticed that dreaded orange glow.
The game wasn't broken, Turbo was just missing from it for a short time. Of course, gamers naturally assumed missing characters meant a broken game. Point is he made it back, and it's a matter of what happened after that.
Maybe Ales was onto something. What if after Litwak had the game sent away, someone realized there was nothing wrong with it? If that was the case, then why wasn't Turbo Time just returned to Litwak?
... Unfortunately, Turbo knew the most likely reason why. Although it happened so fast, he could see the panic and the horror on the arcade owner's face when he slapped RoadBlasters and Turbo Time with those Out of Order signs. It's more than possible, after what he witnessed... Litwak didn't even want the game back. He was too terrified by what he saw. Whether or not Turbo Time was one of his very first consoles... Litwak was still human, and in the end, what did humans see video games as? Just machines, made for their entertainment. Nothing else. They're not meant to be anything more than that. Why would Litwak think or feel otherwise?
The one strange thing still hanging over Turbo and the Twins' heads, however, is the fact none of remembering being unplugged. They can't recall the abyss of nothingness, the dark death-like state of being inside a game with no power to keep it, or yourself, alive. Even if you were plugged in again, and "came back to life"... that state of existence, or lack thereof, doesn't strike Turbo as something that could easily be forgotten.]
... Guess that's possible...