💥 SECTION 1 — NEW ARRIVAL #1: GAMBLER (CRASH-LANDING)
Far above the island, a sizzling noise crackles through the night sky.
Stormy (ears up): “Uh… what’s that sound?”
Lazarus: “If it’s what I think it is, we should move.”
A flaming object spirals overhead — a plane, barely holding itself together, glowing green with radioactive scorch. And inside, a stick figure is YELLING with the confidence of someone who has lost every contest in life but won the right to act like he hasn’t.
Gambler (screaming): “I BET THREE TO ONE THE WINGS HOLD! I BET TWO TO ONE THE ENGINE DOESN’T BLOW! I BET FIVE TO ONE I DON’T DIE TONIGHT, BABYYYY—!!!”
The plane detonates mid-sentence.
Gambler is launched like a javelin straight into the forest, slamming into a tree, sliding down, hopping up as if that was intentional.
Gambler (dazed): “…I WIN.”
Sasha: “Bro you exploded.”
Gambler: “AND I GOT A PERFECT LANDING. DOUBLE OR NOTHING?”
Reactions Across the Forest:
Scampton: “[NEW PLAYER ENTERED THE [ARCADE]!!]”
Skrunkly: “WHO THE HECK IS THAT!! HELLO NEW CHAOS FRIEND???”
Oliver: “We are NOT recruiting that.”
Parcelboy: “We should recruit him.”
Zap: “Yeah. Definitely.”