Help Wanted
"Well, you did it." Bowser said matter-of-factly. "You took a blender, three jump ropes, and an industrial sized motor, and a bag of peanuts and managed to destroy the entire castle. What do you have to say for yourself?"
"I'd say that I won our bet." Iggy stated, then turned to his brother Larry. "Now pay up." Groaning, Larry reluctantly handed over the wagered money: a grand total of five coins.
Now Bowser was infuriated. "LOOK AROUND YOU! We are standing in the ruins of my once awe inspiring palace! Now look at it! Do you expect this pile of junk to strike fear into the denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom?"
"No." Ludwig said uninterestedly. "Pity, maybe. But fear? No."
Bowser growled, smacking his palm against his forehead. He sat down on a crumbled statue of himself, its destroyed face offering a perfect stool.
Twelve minutes. He had left them alone for twelve stinking minutes and this is what they had managed to accomplish. And worse yet, he seemed to be the only one who cared. Iggy was gloating over his victory to Larry, Wendy was taking a selfie in front of the demolished foyer to upload to Facelook, Morton and Lemmy were tossing a crumbled Bowser bust back and forth, Roy was lifting the heaviest pieces of rubble he could find, and Ludwig was tuning an instrument he had managed to salvage from the wreckage.
Despicable. Absolutely despicable. Now, Bowser was not known for his morals or sense of responsibility, but even he could tell that this was not something that could be overlooked or forgiven. No, the line had been crossed. This was something that his children would have to take responsibility for, whether they liked it or not.
Finally, with the force of a raging volcano and intensity of a thousand earthquakes, Bowser let loose an earsplitting roar that shook the very heavens.
For a brief moment, this was able to capture the attention of the seven Koopalings.
"You ungrateful, irresponsible little BRATS!" Bowser yelled. "Do you realize the severity of this situation!? Can you not comprehend what you have just done?"
Lemmy paused for a moment and tapped his claw against his chin. "Hmm...King Dad, are you angry?"
This was when something snapped within the Koopa King. "I...am SO ANGRY!"
Perhaps it was the way the ground cracked and crumbled when Bowser's voice exploded from his mouth and echoed through the air like a shockwave, or the way that every muscle in his body bulged and every vein in his temple twitched, but something about their father slightly unhinged the kids.
"Um, look, I know this looks kinda bad." Larry started, hoping to calm the fuming King of Koopas. "But we can fix it? Right, guys?" he said, turning to his siblings for help.
Morton stepped forward, hesitant and unsure. "Oh, yeah! All we need is a little, you know, glue and scotch tape, and uh..."
Bowser crossed his arms and shook his head. "Oh yes, you will be fixing it. ALL of you. By getting the money needed to pay for a brand spanking new castle! I'd say about 100,000,000 coins oughta be enough."
"What? Where are we gonna get that kind of money?" Wendy asked.
"By getting a job and earning it!"
This was met with several protests and excuses, such as, "What? Impossible!", "But I'm only a kid!", and "I don't wanna work like a peasant!"
"Enough!" Bowser silenced. "You WILL work, you WILL get the money, and you WILL not argue! My word is FINAL! Now, go find some work and earn some money!"
With that, Bowser Koopa promptly stormed towards where his broken, destroyed bed was, intent on taking a nap to relieve some stress.
The Koopalings looked at each other, at a loss of what to do.
"So, uh, how we gonna do this?" Roy asked. "I mean, are we just gonna stand around out here all day and hope the money just comes falling down from the sky and into our laps? 'Cause I'm cool with that!"
"No." Ludwig sighed, once again feeling as if he were the only one with a brain in his family. "We should start by going into the city and searching for any places that may be hiring."
"Fine, if we have to..." Wendy groaned.
As the Koopalings left the ruins of the once proud Bowser's castle, Iggy said, "Hey! How about I add the coins I won from our bet to the debt?"
Previous debt:
100,000,000
Coins earned:
5
Current debt:
99,999,995
"Oh yeah, we're on a roll now, baby!" Roy cheered, slapping high-fives with all of his bros.
Ludwig sighed. "This is going to be a long road ahead of us..."
Well, here's my new Koopalings fic! I hope it'll be as entertaining and hilarious as I plan it to be. I have a bunch of ideas for different jobs that our wacky Koopalings can get, but if you all have any ideas, please let me know. Now, I probably won't use every idea you guys give me, but if you suggest a job that I think would be good for the story, than I just might use it. Anyways, thanks for reading, and please review!