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Since the beginning of time, humans have always endured struggles. No matter how big or small these struggles are, they have a purpose to help us grow and build ourselves as individuals. Sometimes, these struggles can drive us towards a goal that would cause us to do anything to make said goal a reality, no matter how destructive or spiritually-crushing our methods can be. This is the story of a man with the ambition to rise above everyone else.
*Cue Metro City (Daytime) Map- Street Fighter 6 OST https://bitly.ws/36u5W *
Another day arrives in Shibuya City, Tokyo, where a man with red brushed down hair and a red and yellow suit, walked into a McDonalds that was located within the city, bringing his red-haired dog with him. This man carried a familiar and comfortable, yet unsettling aura to him. His presence shifted the air in the building, from being a vibrant place with people conversing about their day-to-day life, to one where everyone was talking about the man in the red and yellow . He then walked up to the female cashier, where he took his order.
“Irasshaimase. Welcome to McDonald’s. How may I he-,” said the female cashier, before she immediately got nervous, recognizing who this man was, “Wait a minute! I know you. You’re our mascot, Ro-“ The man raised his left hand up at her, as he spoke to her, “Hey, no need to get all crazy over me. Im just a regular guy that’s just going about his day. I’d like the cheese teritama burger, with a medium sized ‘Dr.Pepper’, and a macaron yuzu, please. Could you also give me a free smile~?” The female cashier nervously took his order, stating “Ok, that would be ¥1,050, sir,” before smiling nervously, before heading to the kitchen. A few minutes later, she came back with his food, with the man thanking her, before taking off to return to his home.
This man’s walk to his home was relatively far, and was filled with the sounds of nearby whispers about this man’s appearance, as well as his dog’s. About 10 minutes after leaving the McDonald’s, the man would arrive to his home, in a semi-secluded grassy area. He walked into his home, taking off his shoes as he sat in his small living room, which consisted of a table in the center for placing items, small mat, a big-boxed TV that sat on top of a small shelf that contained OVA tapes and DVDs, and a Red-and-Yellow Nintendo Switch, that sat next to the TV. The man opened his bag and began eating his food.
The man’s dog looked at him, wondering why his owner denied the lady’s request to finish her sentence, stating “Every time we go somewhere and people recognize you, you always shoot them down. You’re not a nobody, you’re the one and only, ‘Ro’-“. His owner responded “Must we go over this again? My name is ‘Donald McDonald’. Remember, Sundae? Sorry for sounding rude,” said Donald as he continued eating his teritama burger. “I honestly don’t even understand nor remember how all of this started. I mean, living in Japan is nice, but ever since we started living here, you’ve been acting so uptight,” said Sundae, as he laid in his doggy bed. “Well, whatever it is, it’s not that big of a deal,” said Donald as he took a sip of his Dr. Pepper.
However, to Donald, this change in personality was a result of a painful memory he had a couple of years ago. Back in the summer of 2016, Donald was visiting Japan for a business trip, working on a Ronald McDonald House for a local Children’s hospital, where he received a fateful call. The McDonald’s executives in America called him to tell them that he’s being dropped as their mascot due to concerned over leading kids into unhealthy eating habits, controversies surrounding clowns, and the “creepy aura” that he supposedly gave of. This was the call that broke Donald.
“Ever since that fateful call, I’ve decided to change my identity and live amongst the Japanese, observing their culture as well as partaking in the karate and wresting tournament that occurs around these parts. I don’t think of this as a form of punishment or anything bad,” said Donald as he finished his burger, giving his macaron to Sundae as he walked over to his Switch. Concerned over his owner’s emotional state, Sundae asked “What are you going on about?” “What I’m trying to say is to think of my former identity as an egg shell; it’s what everyone sees and what’s the most-identifiable part about me, then that call was the hammer that broke the shell apart, and think of the chick as the person that I am today. While I was in that shell, I wasn’t able to grow, but now that the shell has been cracked, I’m finally able to be able to do as I please,” said Donald, sitting down as he was about to play “Kirby Star Allies,” on his Switch. Confused by this, Sundae just nodded his head, as he sat by his owner.
During his time in Japan, Donald became somewhat of a gamer, with the Switch being his primary console. This was Donald’s comfort game, as he always loved the fact that Kirby could befriend various enemies and boss characters and have them accompany them on their journey, which reminded him as the better times as McDonald’s golden boy. It was his favorite game of all time, and he loved it to death. He loved using Susie as one of his allies, but his true reason of why he loved her remained a mystery to everyone except Donald himself.
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While playing, Donald reached Gatehouse Road, where an idea started to form inside his head. “I have an idea,” said Donald, looking at Sundae, “Remember that show we did with ‘Klasky Csupco’, the ‘Rugrats’ guys, and how we did a time-travel episode? Well, I remember hearing about how they also experimented with inter-dimensional travel after they wrapped up production for the episode.” “Where are you going with this,” said Sundae. “I say, let’s go on a crusade to different universes, taking in their best warriors to join us, so we can show those jerks that fired me, back in the US, that they made a huge mistake,” said Donald, taking off his suit and fixing his hair, revealing his red curly hair, and yellow and red jumpsuit with red and white sleeves.
Upon seeing that outfit again, a unnerving feeling washed over Sundae, as he knew that this meant that another adventure with Donald was about to begin. Donald then looked through his closet until he found the time/dimensional travel machine, opening the door and entering in the year. “Next stop, ‘Earth-42602’,” said Donald as he punched in the numbers into the machine to travel to a different dimension. The machine sparked and flashed as our protagonists were warped to another dimension!