Andrea O.- Plot Summary

Exposition: The story starts with the protagonist, Ian, and his 5 closest friends:Seymour, Zane, Kou, and Rasta. They are driving home from a 4-day-long anime convention, and they're still hyped up about it. So excited, in fact, that they're still wearing their costumes from the convention. They are cosplaying playable characters from the video game Super Smash Brothers: Brawl. Ian is dressed as Link, from Legend of Zelda; Seymour is dressed as thePokémon Trainer character; Zane is dressed as Pikachu from Pokémon; Kou is dressed as Prince Marth from Fire Emblem; Rasta is dressed as Samus from Metroid. Overall, everyone is still having a good time.

Inciting Incident: As the friends are driving, one of their tires blows out, sending them spiraling off of the road into a deserted embankment in the middle of nowhere. They went so far off that they can no longer find their way back to the freeway. Everyone is unharmed, except for Ian, whose head slammed against the steering wheel as the car lost control. He is unconscious for a few brief moments before he wakes up speechless. His friends soon realize that there is something wrong. Ian actually believes that he is the real Link fromLegend of Zelda.

Rising Action: Some of Ian's friends panic, while others stay calm. This leads to an emotional conflict between the friends. The only person who seems to be unaffected by all this is Ian, who is more concerned with "finding his way back to Hyrule" and "saving Zelda". They hear a chainsaw in the distance and panic, thinking that they are in some sort of slasher film where they all getbutchered. However, they then find out that it was just Zane and Rasta playing a trick on them using Zane's phone. They realize they can use the phone to call for help, but their hopes are crushed when they find out that there is no signal in the area where they're stranded. Seymour begins to worry that furious wild animals will come from the woods and attack them. The worry spreads throughout the group, not including "Link", and they all scream in horror as a creature comes out from the shadows of the woods. Even though they realize that it was just a small cute bunny, they are still frightened of what else could be in the woods...

Climax: Soon it is dark, and all the friends begin getting scared. Seymour begins crying while Zane paces back and fourth nervously; Kou seems unfazed, her arms crossed, glaring off somewhere else; Rasta is sitting with his face in his palms, really just wanting to go home; while Ian, or "Link", is attempting to guard the friends, wielding a "menacing" plastic sword. The sounds of wolves gets closer, and Ian runs off somewhere. The friends are afraid they've lost him, but follow his footprints.

Falling Action: The friends follow his footprints all the way out of the forest and to what seems to be a truck stop. They see him running towards the In-N-Out, but he trips. The friends scurry over to see if he's okay.

Resolution: When Ian falls, he hits his head again and is knocked back to his senses. Everyone is relieved and they use the nearest pay phone to call for someone to come pick them up.

Dénouement: The friends spend the rest of the night in the In-N-Out, waiting for their ride home and telling Ian all about what had happened.