A fun thing for  theheliumtiger of Helium and Charlotte, experimenting with a weird Animal Crossing game Helium purchased from MistressSamX1991 off ebay... noting the suspicious username but choosing to ignore it!

Plugging it in, the power for the whole house seemed to flicker a bit, surging into the console and causing a rather loud bang! A flash, and suddenly the pink dragoness and rubber tiger were sent hurtling back against the couch, slightly dazed and very confused.

There was a loud hiss of white noise as the animal crossing title theme played on the screen, seeming somewhat fuzzier than usual... as if the colour was seeping out of the television, corrupting the air around it. Helium slowly sat up, advancing towards the glowing box, his hand extended, reaching forward.

No, DON'T! Charlotte yelled, but it was too late! She barely had time to grab Helium by the ankles as he was sucked head first into the screen, a scream which was instantly silenced as he fell through, Charlotte pulled after him as the two friends were hurtled at breakneck speed to the back of the seemingly endless box, pulled deep down, as if being crammed through a tube, getting tighter and tighter as they were compressed, digitally, into characters within the game!

In the code of the game //<Charlotte:/ and <//Helium> popped into existence, the code fluxing as their physical forms were reconstructed into cute polygonal representations of their real-life appearances. Simplified, fitting of the world.

Helium looked around, his mind in a state of utter confusion as he began to panic. The colourful cartoon world piercing his eyes, his head spinning, feeling nauseous, scared.

A soothing voice seemed to enter his mind, do not fear us, we mean you no harm... It was the game, accessing his files, helping him adapt to the new world he would be living in.

He tried to speak, but a mess of garbled english came from his small, now painted on mouth. His stubby fingers and legs making adorable little cartoon noises as he moved back and forth, he could just about see Charlotte standing nearby, following the same process. Looking down, he noticed his crotch was missing! Well the game was a U after all... do animal crossing folk even procreate?!

He blinked, suddenly realising where he was, who he was. He was Shiny the Tiger! A cute and lovable tiger character who had moved to the sunny town of TOWN_NAME_HERE from the big city. A strange pink dragon was trying to communicate with him, but she was speaking... ungarbled, he couldn't understand her.

Charlotte's mind span more as her own files were overwritten, the world fading around her as she assumed her new life in the game. She was now Pinky the maid, an adorable dragon maid who was employed by Countess Buckingham, the wealthy deer who owned the local museum, she would be needed right away to clean the trinkets!

The two silly little characters greeted each other, exchanged mindless, pre-programmed dialogue before waving goodbye and going their separate ways. They would need to visit the market to pick up tools and pay for their inevitable loans soon, never once being bothered by their none-animal crossing existance.

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Back in the real world, Sammy keyed her name into the game as she created her character, giggling to herself and noting down the effects of the 'experiment' in her logbook. In the game she could see Pinky and Shiny going about their business, trying to interact with them, she'd help Tiger find his favourite sweater, help Pinky bury a time capsule, serve them coffee, trade with them, keep them company and happy. Years pass and she'd visit them less, but it didn't bother them, they lived an idyllic existence in HAPPY TOWN, gardening, fishing, cooking in blissful ignorance.