Inner monologue


#1

Context: after defeating the Mushroom Boss, Frogatto begins to think out loud while traversing the wastes.

(Frogatto runs downhill)

When I woke up today, I was worried about being unproductive.

Now I’m worried about being boiled alive in acid.

What am I even doing out here?

I’m walking across the world, through places where everything wants me dead.

All to barge in on a man who just invaded my home with a proper army.

If I can even make it there alive, what happens next?

(Frogatto steps into a tight area. Gates close behind and in front of him)

He’s probably just going to lock me in prison for the rest of my life.

(Frogatto finds a switch that opens the gates)

But what choice do I have?

(Frogatto runs uphill)

My whole life, I’ve been waiting around to see what comes to me.

It’s time to get out there and look life in the eyes.

And if I can defeat a gargantuan incarnation of nature’s corruption…

…then I should be able to punch an angry billionaire in the face until he’s nice to me.

Time to get action.


#2

(Rewrite)

This is not what I signed up for.

I almost got boiled in acid.

What am I even doing out here?

I don’t even know where “here” is anymore.

Can Berd even still see me? Is he even still up there?

I guess I’ll just keep going forward. This swamp has to end at some point.

I just hope I’m alive to see it.