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lolrus555 - thanks a lot! and yes, that is the Pairing
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Dapper Dee VI - You don't know how much it means to me that you want to follow it!
Well, this one doesn't have anything interesting in it, but it needed to be done. As for the map, imagine the one from the 3DS Version of classic mode. I named each place, so if you want to know them, PM me so I can upload it to my Deviant.
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With the last whistle from its engines, the great train came to a halt, in front of the mansions doors. All of the newcomers had gathered in front of the doors, anticipation raising even more as they were slowly opened, mocking the crowd outside and inside alike; truly in the fashion of the hand. The mansion itself was located at the southern side of the Plain Plains, with a beautiful view across the plains and the Endless Ocean, up till the Heroes' Canyon on the far horizon.
The hand had chosen this place specifically, because it allowed the most secure location in terra firma; overlooking the rift that leads into Subspace; maintaining order instead of the chaos that happened the last tournament.
With the doors finally open, friends and enemies alike rushed inside to greet each other. The Mushroom Kingdomians were clearly in the majority, exchanging happy greetings and long-time-no-seens, while people like Samus stayed on the sidelines to make room in the crowded hallway. The goddess of light was one of the last to get off the train, because she had to search for a certain dark haired angel who was in no mood to rush into the crowd.
"You're boring, Pittoo. At least pretend to be happy to come here."
He looked incredulously at her. "Are you crazy? That's way too crowded for my taste. I prefer solitude more than this!" pointing at Bowsers kids running him over at 'this'. Palutena snickered. "If you had talked to the others like every normal being you'd know that Bowser would do everything for his kids. Even conquering the whole universe."
"I talked."
"…" the goddess sighed once again, her eyes swaying over the crowd for a mop of brown hair and white, fluffy wings. "Greninja doesn't count. You really can spoil this for people who're trying to enjoy it, you know?"
At that he snickered, prompting her to roll her eyes.
Meanwhile our certain mop of brown hair and white, fluffy wings was trying to get past the crowd of blue haired swordsmen, searching for his party. On his way he managed to rescue a terrified Shulk from a talkative Pac-Man. When he finally found a speck of green hair –at the very end, no least- he broke into a jog, pulling the Wielder of the Monado behind him.
"Lady Palutena! Pittoo! There you are! Come on, Shulk."
Making sure they heard him, he began wriggling through the lot, followed by "Sorry" "'scuse me!" and several other apologies. At last, when he got around the mob of koopalings, and checked if Shulk was still alive, he broke into a grin.
"Lady Palutena, Pitt-OW! Hey, what was that for? I didn't do anything!"
Dark Pit scowled. "Call me that again and I'll use my Electroshock Arm this time." Materializing said weapon to put his threat across.
Staring at the weapon blankly, Pit commented, "Duly noted." before turning to the giggling goddess.
"It's good to see you too, Lady Palutena."
She smiled; certainly it was. "You too, Pit. Skyworld got pretty boring without you around, you know? Me and Viridi had no one to mess with anymore."
At his incredible look, Palutena had to snicker again. Shulk turned between them, asking who this Viridi was.
"oh, sorry. She's the goddess of nature. You know, she's providing as a stage hazard in the Reset Bomb Forest? The one who hates humans and wants to kill us?"
"…"
They were having idle chit-chat about things related to the mansion after that, until Marth made his way over to them.
"May I fetch the angel, please?" taking Pit by the arm and motioning to the dispersing group of Smashers, saying: "could you please show the Robins and Lucina around? I and Ike have to look after the assist trophies."
"Showing them the rules and all that, right? Can do." Pit nodded. Following Marth back, he shouted that they'd meet in the lobby.
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"Alright." Packed with maps and keys for the various rooms, Pit stood in front of his rather large group of Newcomers. "I know that everyone's been here before, but I'm still going to show you around everywhere, good? Not all have been in the upper levels of the mansion –well, except Lady Palutena, but that was last tournament." After everyone's nod, he gave them the maps. "We'll start with the higher floors, so it won't be too crowded. On the way there's the kitchen and dining room."
And thus started the exiting adventure of the crazy flock of misfits around the mansion. Pit, providing with detailed information on every room they passed, with an occasional story to lighten the mood. They passed the infirmary on the ground floor and went up into the Wii Fit training room on the second. "There are actually two, since there are two trainers."
Robin perked up at this. "Why? Wouldn't it be better to have only one?" Pit shook his head. "No, there is the left wing for females and the right wing for males. So the rooms are also like that."
"Why two wings? Logically it would be better to have only one, no?" this time it was the other Robin.
"We don't really know. We have the items and the library in the women's section too, so…" at this he shrugged his shoulders.
Halting at two rooms, Pit gave Palutena and Lucina their keys, smiling. "Go on, take a look, you'll love them!" and after he motioned to a door at the other end of the room, giving Robin a key too, they had to endure the squeals of exited girls for the rest of the floor. Which resulted in a grimacing and cursing Dark Pit. Since the rest of the hallway was nothing interesting, except for the library, there was lively chatter until they came to the only room on the third floor.
"And this is…?" no one knew who asked the question, since all of them looked entranced at the door, which had a big '8' inscribed.
Pit grinned; he remembered how he looked first at this door too, like it was a miracle his goddess granted the humans.
"That's the meeting room of the big ol' eight. Everyone who has a say in the mansion is allowed in there, mostly it's used by the original eight though. Amazing, isn't it?"
Shulk nodded. "Definitely. I've got this feeling while I'm standing here, it's just…wow."
"If you're already awed by this, I can't wait to see your face at the office of the brothers. Come on, we don't have all day and we still need to look at a whole wing plus garden."
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and that's it with the first chapter!
I hope I didn't get Shulk too OOC, since I don't know about Xenoblade at all.
I hope you liked it and please Review 3