Chapter 2: Everyone's Stories
Wario was researching about workplace romances and he realized that he could get into BIG trouble within the law so he decided on how he could explain it to Ashley because she is 10 years old.
"I totally want to scam Ashley just for plastic surgery...but I don't want to get into trouble with the law...if I have to...I'll be openly honest with Ashley...And what happens if we broke up? Does that mean I have to leave my company or Ashley has to leave my company or both combined? What are the chances of having a happy breakup anyway!?", thought Wario with sadness. Wario was thinking about the possible risk vs. reward that he might have to go through.
"And even if I wanted to date Ashley for a realistic love, what are the chances of being really successful?, thought Wario. Wario then realizes that he had thought too deeply with Ashley. "What am I thinking!? THAT would be too much if I tried to date with her! I better try to hang out as friends and not go too deep within myself…and try to scam her without feelings and thoughts...", thought Wario.
Wario suddenly felt that this may be too risky to even try dating Ashley...he felt fear of doing it… then, he realized that maybe it's worth the risk for money and possibly murder her for being evil.
"I wonder if anybody would miss Ashley & Red besides the employees in my company…I guess I should try to date Ashley to see if it is worth the relationship investment…", thought Wario.
Wario stops researching and decides to eat his dinner: Garlic. After he ate his dinner, he brushes his teeth and then go to bed.
The next, Wario arrives early again at the WarioWare Inc. in the morning and this time he had put Cologne on his body. He brought cologne to work just in case.
Mona came to work first and smell Wario and said, "Wow...you smell nice today…".
"Yeah...I decided to be a bit more clean with my habit these days…", lied Wario hoping that Mona accepts his story.
"Being clean is one way to get a girl...see ya!", said Mona feeling really satisfied and she gets to work on game development.
Wario is satisfied. He felt like he made progress. Other employees came to the company and they seem to be satisfied of Wario being early so they were working as hard as they can.
At lunchtime, Wario had researched about workplace gossip and decided NOT to stop it. At least for now. "So...anything about Ashley's Past?", asked Mona.
"Not really...speaking of the past, would it be okay if we talked about our past? I felt like that the company would work a little better if we know each other...that can make Ashley talk about her past and we may have a chance that we are similar…", asked Wario.
"That sounded cool. Who's first?", questioned Jimmy.
"I'll go first.", said Wario. He decided to explain his past briefly. "Before I found the company, I used to be a plumber, but earned less than what that Red Freakin' Plumber and I was strongly jealous of him. I really don't like that stupid Mario and so...my life just involved watching TV and plumbing as my job until the game commercial Pyoro inspired me to have this company. I did went to college and I was interested in 'technology' at that time, I did earn a degree and…(at that time, I don't like the idea of working for Nintendo) until I was noticed to the world. I'll tell you that story another time.", explained Wario. "How about you Mona?", asked Wario.
"Well...before I met you in school...I was pretty interested in...girly things that girls likes and...the reason why I was interested in video games is because how interesting it is to see a button that does the action on a TV screen so, I was interested in technology and...a lot of guys had made malicious gossip of me at school...I was about to pursue a higher degree for technology, but I decided that it's best for me to stop in order to avoid from being made fun of to being bullied.", explained Mona.
Wario was a bit saddened. "Wow...at that time, it seem a bit harsh that girls weren't 'allowed' to play video games. And by that, I mean that boys thinks that girls shouldn't play video games at all and that's...not good if there's no diversity for fun. I welcomed diversity and I welcome girls who at least likes video games. You are safe and welcomed here in this company Mona.", said Wario.
Mona felt better about herself and said, "Thanks Wario. You're the best boss here.". Wario feels good on himself too. Mona turns to Jimmy and asked, "What's your story Jimmy?".
Jimmy was a bit nervous about his past but decided to tell on Wario about it. "Well...you see…I had been at sports in high school, specifically Rugby. I wasn't qualified on the team due to me being flirtatious at girls and the coach is not very happy about THAT. So...I decided to at least hang out my friends at the arcade and the best thing that I saw is Dance Dance Revolution. This made me think about game development for exercise and this is the reason why I'm here today.", explained Jimmy. Mona was impressed that he's interested of game development because of his inspiration of developing Video Games. Wario was surprised because of an unexpected inspiration that Jimmy T. has came with.
"Lunch Time is over! Let's get back to work everyone.", said Wario and they were working harder than usual until the morning shift is over.
When the morning shift is over, everyone left and Wario decided that he had to put the cologne on and toothbrush before the afternoon employees came in to work at WarioWare Inc.
Wario again, decided to treat the afternoon workers very nicely, especially at Ashley. When the afternoon shift came by, he treated with a smile on his face.
Ashley & Red came by, Wario smiles, waves, and said, "Hello again Ashley, how are you doing on this fine day?".
"I'm fine, thank you.", responded Ashley with a confused look.
"That's awesome! Have a good day!", exclaimed Wario with happiness.
Ashley went inside feeling even more confused than yesterday. Red on the other hand decided questioned Wario about his "unusual" behavior.
"Boss...what's got into you? You're a bit unusual (at least to me) lately...", asked Red.
"Aren't I always usual by being nice to everyone standing near the door to be opened?", exclaimed Wario.
"No. Usually, you do open the door, however you want us to pull the door open, punch out cards, and yell at us to get to work or else we'll get the spanking and getting our pay cut.", explained Red.
"Shut the f- I mean, yes...but today, I'm being a nice guy. Don't you like me when I'm a nice guy?", questioned Wario happily.
"Sure…", trailed off Red. Red smells Wario and said, "You smell REALLY nice today...did you actually put cologne on it?".
"Yeah, I put the cologne on after the morning shift is over.", explained Wario.
Red looks at him weirdly and said, "You are definitely weird today…".
"Red! Come here and work with me!", yelled Ashley. Red is nervous and decided to get back to Ashley before she gives him a punishment.
Wario continued to greet the workers inside until the shift started. When there's breaktime, Ashley, Red, and Penny were talking about what is going on with Wario.
Red started talking about Wario and says, "I don't know what's going on with Wario today. I think I have a connection...Ashley?".
"What?", said Ashley looking at Red.
"Do you remember that you've said that Wario have body odor issues? Well...he was wearing a cologne today and...I don't know the reason why he's doing that…", said Red.
"Maybe Nintendo of Mushroom Kingdom will come here today to talk about a new game development?", said Penny with concern.
Ashley was a bit skeptical about it and objected, "I don't think so. Besides, we are developing a game called 'New Super Wario Land' and...it's only going to be published and released around Diamond City...I guess Nintendo of Everywhere would prefer to just publish Mario games…".
"Well...that's sad…", trailed off Red sadly. Penny felt disappointed about that news. Ashley seems to feel disappointed...maybe.
Wario barge in and says, "Hi ya kids! How are you doing?".
"We're fine. So...what are you doing here today?", asked Red.
"Well...I wanted to get to know everyone better by talking about their past...so I'll start first.", said Wario and he explains his past to his employees.
When he's done talking about his past, Penny's reaction was a bit surprised. "Wow Wario...I did not know you...were really interested in technology back then...you didn't make this company until 2001 or 2002...my grandpa must've been mixed up on the date.", said Penny.
Ashley on the other hand was a bit shocked and said, "You must've been envy with Mario's success…", said Ashley.
Red felt like that Wario is smarter than his assumptions. "Wow...I didn't really think that you're THAT smart before…", trailed off Red.
Wario reaction was a bit surprised on how everyone reacted. "So...is anybody else going to tell about their past?", asked Wario. They were silent. Wario looks at Ashley and said, "How about you Ashley?", asked Wario.
Ashley felt uncomfortable about it. Red decided to say something to Wario. "Wario...I don't think she's ready to talk about her past…", trailed off Red.
Wario is disappointed that Ashley doesn't want to talk about her past. Wario decided to look at Penny and said, "How about you Penny?".
"Hmm...I got it. Well, when I was little, my parents took me to my grandpa Dr. Crygor. My parents does not seem to like my grandpa at all because he is 'crazy'. So far, I haven't seen him acting anything crazy...anyway, I was really fascinated about my grandpa's science equipment and experiment. I decided to run away to my grandpa's lab for doing science experiment carefully. I've worked with him and I love it. My grandfather scolded at me for doing something wrong at the lab every time…It was somewhat scary at first, but then I've learned my lesson not to spill chemicals on the floor. My grandpa likes video games and so do I. We needed a bit more money for the experiment so...I join here because I wanted to have fun playing video games and learn how to make and debug games.", told Penny.
"So...how did you two get interested in video games anyway?", asked Ashley.
"Well, I really like video games and I wanted to develop some for my own interest and it's been better for me lately. Sometimes, I don't want to work with my grandpa within his interest of scolding me for doing something wrong. But otherwise, I'm fine working with my grandpa. Speaking of my grandpa...I don't really know about his reason of joining WarioWare. I assume he was interested also.", explained Penny.
"Hmm...I never knew you really like science Penny...I honestly thought that you usually clean up after him…", trailed off Wario.
"Actually...I am. My grandpa wasn't too happy of me making 'accidents' on the lab with science equipment and my grandpa will only teach me how to use it after I clean up his lab.", said Penny embarrassingly.
"Okay…", trailed off Wario with a weird look on his face.
Wario looked at Ashley again and this time, Red speaks, "Please Wario, don't force her into telling her story. She had suffered enough about her story...let her relax. She isn't comfortable enough to share her story…".
Penny and Wario looked sad. "I wonder what she've been suffering...I hope she's okay…", thought Wario. "Okay…", trailed off Wario sadly.
Then, 9-volt came onto the table having his snack out and asks, "So...what are you guys talking about?".
"We're talking about our past. Care to share about your past 9-volt?", asked Wario.
"Well...I don't know too much about my past...all I can say is that...I was interested in video games since I was 2 and my mom plays some video games. I thought of joining here because it is the closest thing to get to Nintendo. I honestly wanted to work at Nintendo, but I wasn't qualified due to my young age and...I've learned that there's more to coding an 8-bit game than drawing and...it was great! I love it!", exclaimed 9-Volt. Wario was a bit shocked to hear it. Penny was impressed and so is Red. Ashley...just listened.
"Can you tell us about your mom?", asked Wario.
"I dunno...my mom isn't very comfortable about sharing her past on me...she said that I have to keep it a secret and I promised her.", explained 9-Volt.
"Oh come on! Keeping secrets from friends isn't cool!", said Red.
Wario and Penny were thinking about it and they both said simultaneously, "Is it about your mom playing video games?".
9-Volt was surprised and he said, "Yes...It's about my Mom playing video games.".
"9-Volt. That's okay. A lot of women were playing games on their cellphones…", trailed off Penny and Wario looks at her suspiciously.
"She's a HARDCORE gamer Penny. She had owned the Nintendo Entertainment System for herself. She played it when she's young. She loves the games and so do I on the NES. My mom is really interested in Video Games. However, she doesn't want the stigma from her friends because her friends aren't interested in her gaming and they would stay away from girls who plays video games. They didn't want a friend who isn't lady-like and she kept it a secret for so long from them because she needs friends for socialization and she could've leave them behind if she can find a friend who is interested in gaming (which is very rare for her to find at that time). She tells me and I felt bad for her because this isn't fair who got discriminated in video gaming.", explained 9-Volt.
Wario is strongly upset about it. Penny felt more sad. Red's eyes open wide. Ashley responded, "I bet her friends is mean to your mom.".
9-Volt was miserable and responded, "Not really Ashley...my mom decided not to talk about it video games AT ALL to her friends…Everyone...please keep this as a secret...".
They all agree to keep it a secret and Wario look at his watch and said, "Break time is over! Everyone! Get back to work!". And everyone get back to work on the afternoon shift. When the afternoon shift is over, Wario thought, "Hmm...I've heard that she lives in the Abandoned Mansion...but where?". Wario decided to follow Ashley when she leaves WarioWare.
Ashley turns Red into a broom and Wario turns on his motorcycle. Ashley flies on the sky with her broom and Wario looks up and tries to follow her on the road. It was difficult for Wario because he had to get through traffic and he lost track on Ashley.
Wario decided to look for Ashley's house by riding through the road and 2 hours later, he found what is thought to be Ashley's house or at least an Abandoned Mansion…. Wario decided to go investigate that Mansion…
Will Wario found out if this is Ashley's home? Or really just an Abandoned Mansion? Will Wario find treasure in that Mansion? Tune in next time for Chapter 3 on this Fanfic!
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