Disclaimer: I don't own Super Smash Bros or Skullgirls. If I did then I'd be able to say 'Hey... That's pretty good'
The RV rolled into the Mansions parking lot, taking up two spaces and jutting out two car lengths. The cast climbed out, and most of them lost balance suddenly. "Damn sea legs" Cerebella mumbled as she made her way out. Cerebella bumped into a shorter man, in red apparel and blue overalls, tapping his foot impatiently
"You are the one they call "Cerebella" yeah?" Said the moustached plumber.
"The one and only!" Cerebella bowed for him, and fell flat on her face. "Hey, what's with this place and it's gravity anyway? Keep on tripping, and it's annoying!"
Mario scratched the back of his head "Er… how do I put this… Over the course of you entering, you may have been… hehe... 'cut down'" Cerebella looked down and, surprisingly, saw her own shoes. She screeched quite loud enough to set off a few car alarms.
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"THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BODY! THESE CLOTHES ARE ATROCIOUS AND-" Cerebella was interrupted by a disgruntled Peach
"Now, put him down." Peach suggested in a soft voice that had way too much edge to belong to her. Cerebella obliged, letting the plumber drop two feet to the ground. He scrambled and ran behind Peach. Peaches smile returned to her face with uncanny speed "Hello, ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for any confusion that may come with the travel." Peach motioned for the party to follow her inside, all of them deciding that another "upset" would not be tolerated.
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Once they were inside, Bayonetta eyed the "group" she was assigned to explain. Cerebella, the orange acrobat, Parasoul the queen in black and Valentine, the nurse. She subtly pulled them away from the rest as they passed through the entrance.
"Ladies, before I begin, I'm sure that you have the photos that I asked you to take of yourselves...?" Bayonetta was immediantly handed a phone and two photographs, one in sephia and the other in black and white.
"You mean the selfies? Oh man, I was all over that-" Cerebella was cut off mid sentence with a sharp snap of the air
"Rule number one of dealing with me, your 'hip slang' is prohibited. Period." Bayonetta said with a deep finality.
"She can't be serious..." Cerebella mumbled, while both Parasoul and Valentine smiled with relief. They swore if they had to hear that one more thing was "glass" they were going to jump out of the RV and never return. Bayonetta's eyes, meanwhile, flashed with sympathy.
"Oh sweethearts, you used to be so fabulous... especially you Cerebella." Cerebella lit up at this attention. "I still don't understand why they don't stretch this to "T" you know." She said talking more to herself than them "Well, to be blunt, however much I hate that, you have been localized"
"S... 'Sense-Ored'" Cerebella said dully with ignorance as Parasoul spoke up
"You mean to say that our appearance was too sexual? So the universe adjusted us to fit it's standard of 'appropriate?'" Parasoul was displeased as she spied each of thier apparel individually.
She herself had her short dress replaced with a snug cardigan, black sweatpants covering her legs. She looked... common. Displeased, she looked on. Valentine had her top extended to a polo, humorously tomboy-ish on her. As a bottom, she had her original skirt, albiet lengthened to her knee. As she was beligerently unbuttoning as much as she could, so she could access the 'tools' she kept in there, she noticed what seemed like a metal plate on her chest. She shrugged, and looked on to Cerebella, who clearly had it the worse. What used to be pretty much a glorified bra had turned into what looked like a grandma knit sweater, making her look like a traffic cone. Her bottom was equally uncomplimentary orange jumpsuit pants, skin tight. Cerebella pulled off her sweater to find herself in a modest (for her) D cup. She teared up as she pulled the sweater back on.
"I know this must be incredibly hard on you girls... here, this is what I looked like before I came here" Bayonetta handed them a picture of her. They gazed and gasped in awe
"Woah, that isn't clothing, those are straps!" Cerebella felt humbled "I mean, panty shots are one thing, but holy..."
"Fricken hell," was all Parasoul could breath, acting much as her sister, Umbrella, would. All Valentine did was shrug.
"Please, if you need any help going through this, ask me." Bayonetta had the tone of voice one would with another who had lost a close family member.
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"So, we're gonn' split up, that's what you're saying, right?" Peacock was gnawing on a cigar, which now that she thought about it, was awfully un-cigar like. She spit it out to find she had been chewing on a fire cracker. "Ay, what gives? This used to be-"
Shulk pinched the bridge of his nose. Why was he the one asigned to introduction duties? Oh yeah, he remembered, can't say no to Lucina. Damn, sometimes he swears that girl will be the end of him. Of course, he didn't mind that. His daydreaming of Lucina was interrupted by a sharp, slightly metallic voice "Ay, I asked you a question, bub!" Peacock tried to burn him with the firecracker, to her obvious fustration.
"Hey you brat, imagine if that was- Ugh, listen, they don't allow any 'drugs' in this realm, needless to say children using them." Shulk snapped impatiently, stressing 'children' with a jab of the finger, before turning to the rest of the group, looking at him in obvious sympathy. "There are a few girls in your group getting a special version of this talk, but I'll cut it short and sweet, all right? Some of you had stuff about you that would mislead kids," His eyes were pointing daggers at Peacock, her shrugging in false innocence "And more importantly, offend their parents. It's all been taken away. It shouldn't affect you too much but it will take some time adjusting to."
Shulk surveyed the group, his eyes landing on a girl with deep red eyes. Her hair was really long and black, and hot damn, he didn't even know he had a thing for school girls until looking at her. His mouth watered as perverted thoughts ran through his mind. A woman, tall and lean with caramel tanned skin, spoke up.
"And I suppose that's the reason I have this dreadful top on?" She pointed to the simple black shirt she had on, sparkling with jewels. The transistion surely was kind to her, compared to the three he'd been told about.
"Yes, that is exactly the case. Now, we at the smash mansion, after reading up on your personalities, we have divided you up among smashers who volunteered to assist you in learning the ins and outs of the mansion and, more importantly, the tournaments you will be participating in."
"That's a run on sentence, dear" Eliza noted uncharacteristically grammar nazi-ish "You musn't do that, it makes you look like you haven't thought what you're saying through."
Shulk scratched the back of his head "Yeah... right..."
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Robyn and Lucina were watching from afar, their eyes never leaving the group, watching for their nods of acceptance. It came as Shulk led them away to thier groups.
"So, that's it then" Lucina sighed in relief. "I hope this ends well... Though I still wonder about something"
Robyn laughed a little "What could possibly be bugging you now?"
Lucina tapped on the table "How is it that I have so much influence over Shulk? I understand that I'm a natural leader" She smiled, allowing herself a small break from her constant humility before snapping back to her standard demeanor, "but I don't doubt that if I told him to march to his death that he'd refuse... or even complain for that matter."
Robyn laughed again "I don't see how you can't... well see it."
Lucina raised an eyebrow "You didn't answer my question..."
AN: Yeah, sorry for hella neglecting you, I have been tending to my youtube channel. But hopefully, I'll be able to update more often now that I'm out of my writers block. On to the chapter, This is still just a bunch of bullshit buildup, but it's still interesting (right)? I'm really trying to make the Skullgirls' cast clash against the Smash Bros' one, though I'll admit, this is a lot of characters to juggle. Hopefully this will end well. Until then, Tardation is out.