Ascot, who had been recovering from the candy rocket strike using healing spells and items, was finally up and running just in time to search for Jake and the others for several minutes, meandering here and there, occasionally eluding Candy Troopers, until finally, he and Ralph found...a Moogle Shop where Ascot can buy more healing items and food, something that he needed.

It seemed as though the group would never find Jake, Amaya, and Vanellope, until finally, they got lucky; and managed to find the car factory, where the others were. Of course, they had to sneak in, which was harder now that King Candy's troops were on high alert. Ascot felt guilty about assaulting King Candy's holdings just because he was bullying Vanellope; at the very best, it was disproportionate retribution...

...But, well, the boy had had enough of having villains with good publicity running around, sitting pretty in their castles while they tyrannized over people. Yes, Ascot was still convinced that King Candy was such a villain; because at the previous worlds that the group had roamed in, it was [i]always[/i] an authority figure who was the villain. Yzma, Shere Khan, Long John Silver, and most infamously, the White Witch.

Counterargument: there were good authority figures as well, like Captain Amelia and Aslan, but while the two were theoretically more powerful than their opponents, in practical terms, LJS and the White Witch held the largest amount of temporal power. Still flimsy logic to judge King Candy, to be sure, but, well, one more thing: The Worlds, he noticed, ran on [i]stories[/i].

Tangent: Was there a 'Narrative Force' that governed stories? Is this 'Narrrative Force' more powerful than the Light or the Darkness? Was there an energy that bound worlds, people,and places into patterns? If so, can he tap it? [I]Should[/i] he tap it? It might be unethical and dangerous if he tried to do so, but, if his theory was right, then he might discover a game changer...