Chapter 2: Roommates
The day was ending, Link had finished kicking Roy's ass, and the whole arena was calming down. Everyone had gathered once more for room assignments. The system was: 6 or 7 people to a flat. Who was with who was determined by how people interacted with each other during the day. People from the same game were always in the same flat.
"First up, we have the cast of Mario, with Yoshi in flat one." That was no surprise.
"In flat two are the Pokémon, Kirby, and Ness." Once again, no surprises. "Flat three will house the cast of Zelda, the cast of Fire Emblem, and the Ice Climbers. Even though there are eight people, Popo and Nana will be sharing a room." The Ice Climbers, huh? To be honest, I'd expected to be put up with the Zelda guys', but none of us had talked to the Ice Climbers at all today. Then again, no one else did either. Maybe they were shy? No… that wasn't it. I guess they were just reclusive.
"Flat 4 will be home to the cast of Starfox, Mr Game and Watch, Samus, Captain Falcon, and DK."
The crowd dispersed, grouping together with their new roommates. We were already standing with the LoZ guys, so we all looked around for the Ice Climbers. I kind of felt bad for them; the game they were from wasn't nearly as popular as Fire Emblem, let alone LoZ. Zelda brought me back to my senses when she noticed them.
"Look, they're over there." She said, pointing. We began to walk over, except for Roy and Link, who ran. When he ran past, Roy commented
"pointing is rude." She looked like she was about to make a witty remark, but Roy was already gone. Roy's lucky he's royalty too, or else he'd never get away with that without a lecture or something. When we reached them we all said our greetings.
"Hello" the Ice Climbers said in unison. Roy leaned over.
"That's so creepy man." He whispered to me.
"What did you expect?" I hissed back at him through my teeth. We made our ways to the flat. Link and Roy both immediately called dibs on the room closest to the door.
"You wanna fight over it?" Link challenged.
"What kind of question is that?" They ran off to the arena again.
"Should anyone tell them the arena's closed for the night?" Young Link asked.
"Let them figure it out." Zelda scornfully remarked, glaring at Roy as he ran off. Once they were out of sight, we all did rock-paper-scissors on who got the room they were fighting over. Once Zelda had comfortably settled in, the rest of us chose our own rooms. The 2nd room belonged to Young Link. 4th was for the Ice Climbers. I got the 5th. Ganondorf chose the 7th, probably because it was furthest from Zelda. We decided to give Link the 3rd and Roy the 6th.
The two idiots trudged back in a few minutes later. They took one look at the closed door of the first room and nodded tragically to themselves. Evidently they saw this coming. Young Link poked his head out the door of his room.
"Link" he pointed at the next room down and shut his door again. Link seemed to understand, as he walked into his room and shut the door.
"Man, how could you let this happen Marth? I've got the worst room." Roy complained.
"What about Ganondorf?" I said, pointing to room 7.
"Do you really think he cares?" He had a good point. But I had a better one to come.
"Do you think I care?" I replied as I shut my door on him.
When we woke in the morning we had about an hour before the game begun. Roy glared at me all trough breakfast, which wasn't that long considering how fast he eats. We made our way to the opening ceremony. Roy was still glaring at me.
"How long do you think you'll be able to keep that up?" I questioned.
"A few more minutes… maybe." He admitted. I sighed and began to walk faster. The players all gathered on stage, while the spectators, regular people and characters who didn't make the cut and such, gathered in the stands. The commentator began.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I will be brief. Welcome to Super Smash Brothers Melee!" The crowd went wild. The game had begun.