[center][h3][color=fdc68a][b]PATCH[/b][/color][/h3][/center]

[color=fdc68a]Safely under the sofa, Patch leans over with her hands on her knees to catch her breath. She smiles, suddenly exhilarated with the thrill of the adventure. How good it felt to [i]run![/i] Patch peeks out around a leg of the sofa as the booming sounds get louder. She soon feels herself bounce into the air just a bit as two enormous pairs of shoes scamper by along with the same childish giggles. She thinks to peek out more to catch a glimpse of the giant toddlers, but remembers the others and pulls her head back around the sofa leg.

[b]"I'm okay,"[/b] she says in response to Snix, though avoiding eye contact by scanning the group. Everyone seems to have made it in one piece. They could handle a tiring sprint, she thinks. Then her animated gaze falls upon the suited fox. 

[b]"Hi,"[/b] Patch says with a short wave. [b]"You got here in the middle of...well, an adventure. And we probably won't have time to sit and chat, so we might need to explain things on the way. I'm Patch, and there's Clover, Pomni, Gangle, Ragatha, and Snix. We have three more friends but they went a different direction."[/b] Patch points at everyone as she says their names. [b]"Long story short, you're kind of in a video game. Kind of a [i]forever[/i] video game. And right now we're trying to get big again. We were shrunken, and it looks like you were too!"[/b] Patch looks back at the rest of the group. [b]"So, what's the plan? I bet getting big again will somehow involve those two babies. They, um..."[/b] Patch thinks for a moment, then points toward Ragatha. [b]"Their shoes kind of looked like yours, Ragatha!"[/b][/color]