As the stories go on, the chapters get longer due to what happens meanwhile during each event. In this chapter, Snake tries to rig up the lights, while Marth continues his journey to find the perfect Christmas tree for the mansion.
Snake looked at the task Master Hand assigned him to do.
Put up/take down lights – David Hayter/Solid Snake.
Tip: The lights are in the attic. You can get there from the upper dorm room. As for putting up/taking down the lights, you're on your own. I'm not teaching you how to do that.
"That's easy. I can get this done in an hour." thought the mercenary. He walked to the upper dorm hallway, pulled the rope hanging from a ceiling, and out came several folding stairs. Snake climbed the stairs and arrived in a dusty attic. Luckily, there was a nearby light switch, so Snake flipped it on.
Filling the attic were several pieces of Super Smash Bros memorabilia Master Hand collected over the years (from the first match ever, to the trophy Pit won just 3 days ago). There were also the holiday items Master Hand talked about, but Snake only saw cracked Christmas ornaments and a dead Christmas tree that Donkey Kong must have brought up (Master hand wanted him to bring it to the curb, so the garbage truck can pick it up). Snake wandered around, opening each box.
"Lights, lights, lights, Does Master Hand even know how to label his things?" Snake complained. After an hour, the search covered Snake up in dust. Fed up, he coughed, took out his phone and texted Samus.
"hey babe, do u know where r the lights?" Snake texted. Samus was busy shopping with Peach and Zelda, so he didn't expect her to reply instantly.
"Ah, screw it." He pulled out a cigarette, and started smoking it in the attic.
"At least no one would catch me smoking." Snake thought positively. The phone vibrated through his sneaking suit, causing him to drop the cigarette on the hardwood floor. It started a minor fire, which Snake put out by stomping on it. It damaged his boot, but he knew that he would have to return home if the mansion burned down. After that, he checked to see who it was. It was a reply from Samus.
"the christmas lights box was right below the group shot of the original smashers. dumbass. r u stupid or something?" Snake read. He looked below the group shot of the original Smashers, and saw a cardboard box with "CHRISTMAS LIGHTS" written in big letters.
"DAMMIT! I COULD HAVE SAVED AN HOUR IF I KNEW IT WAS THERE!" Snake yelled.
"SHUT UP SNAKEY POO!" a childish voice yelled from below. It was possibly Ness, Lucas, Toon Link, Red, Nana or Popo. Snake ignored that voice, picked up the box of lights, exited the attic, and went outside. He opened the box and took out the rope of Christmas lights. Plugging the lights to a power source, he got a ladder, climbed it up, and started hanging them.
What he didn't realize was that Diddy Kong hid behind the ladder and started tipping it, while Toon Link stayed behind a bush to tape the event. They had plans to upload it on YouTube, and maybe Roy William Johnson would notice it and comment about it.
"NESS, I KNOW IT'S YOU!" Snake yelled while paying attention to the lights. Diddy Kong ignored the rant and started tipping it more. The mercenary lost grip on the ladder and fell off.
"AH!" yelled the mercenary. He landed face flat on the pavement, while Diddy Kong happily skipped into the house.
Meanwhile:
Marth visited a Christmas tree farm, wrapped in some warm clothes. The earlier attempt hadn't been successful because of the Pigmask incident, but he felt like he can take one home today.
"I'm sorry, but we're all sold out." a male Toad said. "Here's some hot chocolate to calm you down." He handed Marth a Styrofoam cup full of hot chocolate.
"But there's some Christmas trees left over!" complained Marth, while sipping the hot chocolate.
"Several people reserved them over the year. You should have come earlier." the Toad said calmly.
"Screw it." Marth threw down the unfinished hot chocolate and stormed out of the farm.