Author's Note: Mario is owned by Nintendo.

Yup.


Prologue

With the moon and the stars already in the night sky, the people of the Mushroom Kingdom are seen doing their nightly activities.

While some sit down to have dinner, some with family, and others alone, some are preparing for whatever project that was gonna happen in just a matter of hours.

Some people, just want to forget everything and move on.

Captain Toad looks around the diner. There must be at least two dozen other fellow Toad citizens not all that different from him sitting at the booths and tables. A wide variety of food that was continually disappearing as fast as it was presenting itself by the waiters and waitresses.

Letting out a long, almost angry yawn, The Captain had his mind set on one thing. He is tired.

Having just completed a fourteen hour long shift at his job as an Overseer of the Royal Guardsmen as well as his other countless expedition projects, he knows that he has only ten hours to himself before starting the cycle all over again.

He's getting sick of it. A man can only take so much.

Earlier today, when he took off his Toad cap, he noticed more gray hair than usual, further reducing the amount of pitch black hair that he has.

He isn't even thirty yet.

"Ah! Captain Toad. Fancy seeing you here!"

He looks up from his coffee to see the guy who walked up to him.

"Toadsworth."

The elderly Toad chuckled then sat down in the booth facing the Captain.

"Another fine day as always, Captain. A wonderful privilege it is to serve our royal highness."

"Yeah, um… Princess Peach. Even though she technically isn't a princess. She's a queen. It does sound classier, though. With the P's and all that."

"Hey, watch your mouth! You may be off the clock, but you're never off duty! Don't talk about her like that!"

"Toadsworth… I .. I'm just tired after a long shift, okay? A year ago, I was all happy and joyful and shit, but that's not who I am now. Just look at me. I'm a miserable, overworked, depressed motherfucker."

After taking the Captain's words into account, Toadsworth let out a long sigh.

"Okay, I understand. I'm sorry. Everybody has a breaking point, including you. I remember back when I was your age. Staring thirty in the face. Makes you feel… unsatisfied with life."

He looks out the window, with the Captain following his example.

"I look at this kingdom and see decades of hard work and success entwined together to define our present. We must do the same for the future. Even when faced with…"

The two guys shifted their attention to a gathering of about 20 Toad citizens on the street. They are listening to a toad… preaching. It's as if each word he spoke tries to take a physical form once it's spoken.

"... other options."

"Yeah, I've heard of this guy. Calls himself Toadarius. I listened in on one of his 'sermons,' he mostly talks about how 'entitled' the citizens are to a better life. The message overall is simple. Kill Bowser and his whole army AND maybe start a… revolution."

"I keep hearing this guy's name almost as much as I hear Mario's. How is he, by the way? I haven't checked up on the lad."

"I haven't heard very much about him ever since he went back to his plumbing business. Did you know that his brother, Luigi, is a doctor now?"

"Yes I have, actually, ever since Professor Elvin Gadd's tragic passing. He was 97. Depressing for me, really. I'm 78. Time just keeps slipping by. Anyway, I believe that he actually changed the name of his business. It's just Mario's Plumbing. No Bros."

"Yeah, 'The ONLY plumbing company in the MK!' That's the motto the guy he hired came up with. Now here's what I don't get: why would he need a marketing guy if you already have no competition!? Just seems like a waste of money!"

Captain Toad shrugs his shoulders at his own question.

"We're getting off topic here. Anything else you got for me about Toadarius?"

"He hasn't done anything illegal yet, so we cannot arrest him. Just… in my opinion… these bastards are here to start a war. We need to be prepared. It's only been four months since Bowser tried to force Princess Peach to marry him… on the moon for God's sake! You've already noticed… but we are not equipped to deal with another massive scale assault! We can't provide further funding for the guardsmen by raising the taxes like we did five years ago. The images of that riot are STILL fresh in my mind."

Captain Toad rubs his tired eyes. He really needs to get some sleep soon.

"Yeah, with what Bowser did… I don't understand. If love makes you do stupid shit and makes you think stupid thoughts, I'd just avoid love altogether. Also, the people want to have things both ways. High safety and security while they pay next to no tax for it. I'd like to sit back and watch them all try to do MY jobs. For once. Okay, I'll be honest with you, Toadsworth. If this… revolution really does happen,

I only hope that I'm on vacation and halfway across the fucking world."


Author's Note: Yeah, I had this on my mind for quite some time. I like to work on multiple stories.

So what do you guys think of this so far? Sound promising? Looking forward to the meat of the story? I know I am.

I told you all that I would deliver something. This is something.

Anyway, thank you all for reading and have a great day.