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Chapter 03: Bowser Castle 8, Round 2

"Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the Zeo LS Racing Network. Jeice here alongside my good buddy Burter and we're coming to you live from Bowser Castle 8, where the second race of this fifty round tournament is being held. At the moment the 07 kart of Jet Brazie and Anise Azeat, the highest-finishing tandem from the last tournament, have the points lead, but there are still forty-nine races left. Who's your money on, Burter?"

"Well, Jeice, i'd have to say that the 07 might go two for two if they get another Chrono Start. That's how they forced the tiebreaker race last time around, and won this tournament's opener. We'll just see who the winner is fifteen laps from now."

"Right you are, Burter. Anything can happen during a race. And speaking of the last tournament, it seems that Jet's shrunk a few inches."

"Hey, he's the only male able to easily get away with wearing heels wherever he wants thanks to his Ice Star Power Suit having the Zonova Option equipped. By the looks of it he's gone back to his base height of five eleven, effectively making his female teammate taller by about five and a half inches. Normally, Anise is only five foot eight, giving Jet a three inch height advantage, but it looks like the redhead of the points leading team is in her XJR 877 heels again, hence her five and a half inch edge in height over Jet. Anyway, time to start the countdown for round two."

"FIVE... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE... GO!" With that, round two was on. Like Burter had predicted, Jet and Anise got another Chrono Start, but this time a good chunk of opponents Double Dashed out of the gate in order to make this race closer at the start than last time, where only the 205, starting twenty-second last round, got a Rocket Start and most of the front-most starters stalled in the gate. Neil and Ella, in the 205, was among the teams to get a Double Dash, while Peach and Daisy started off a little slow again. Within twenty seconds Heath was in possession of a Starman, only for Wes to Snag it moments later and he promptly activated it, getting a good piece of the 3, the 107, and the 93 karts, but all three got their karts under control before hitting any walls.

"And we're still under green flag conditions despite the fact the karts of Team Bowser, Team Paratroopa, and the 107 were hit by the 33, under the power of a Starman Wes had nabbed off the 77 kart. Also, it looks like someone might've hit a Mecha-Koopa in the tricky zone near the frontstretch. Maybe someone else had a Starman and used it to shield their kart from that Mecha-Koopa."

"Wait, is that the 29?!" Burter suddenly yelled. Sure enough, Peach and Daisy were lasering through the pack, but the front end of their kart had some Mechakoopa parts sticking out of it, indicating they had hit the Mechakoopa in question. It wasn't until lap fourteen, on the frontstretch, that the race's first yellow flag came out when, while leading, the 29 kart's engine died.

"Yellow flag is out as the leading 29 kart has suffered a blown engine. This happened to them in the fourteenth race of the last tournament before entering the final lap. We're gonna have a green-white-checkered finish folks." After three laps under caution as the 29 kart of Peach and Daisy was taken off the track so it wouldn't pose any problems the green flag flew once more and they were underway. Once more Wes would swipe a Starman from Heath and unleash it, this time getting karts 107, 93, and 15, with Marley's team causing a five-kart accident.

"YELLOW FLAG IS OUT FOR A FIVE KART ACCIDENT IN TURN NINE! Karts 107, 3, 79, 77, and 257 involved in the Starman-induced wreck. This means a second green-white-checker attempt, folks." The five karts involved in the accident quickly headed to the pits, but the 107 quickly dropped out, the second DNF of the race after the blown engine knocked out Peach and Daisy in the pink 29 four laps prior. When the green flew again somebody missed a gear on the launch triggering a third yellow, as the 93 got rear-ended by the 40, causing the Koopas to veer into the charging-fast 70 kart, and then, after three MORE caution laps the green flew yet again. Unfortunately for the competition, especially the 07, still up front, the next flag was a fourth yellow as the 93, somehow still running despite getting caught up in three separate incidents, crashed again, hitting the 3, the 79, the 77, the 257, and the 70 in turn six. However, this time the checkered flag flew while still under caution, as all three green-white-checkered attempts had ended in pre-white yellows.

Race results: 07 (Jet and Anise) 50 points; 205 (Neil and Ella) 40 points; 51 (Mario and Luigi) 35 points; 74 (Dawn and Zoey) 32 points; 259 (Carter and Kat) 30 points; 461 (Matt and Jeff) 28 points; 03 (Funky Kong and Dixie Kong) 26 points; 104 (Giselle and Rosa) 25 points; 45 (Randy and Ted) 24 points; 33 (Wes and Rui) 20 points; 15 (Yoshi and Birdo) 18 points; 55 (Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong) 17 points; 97 (Misty and May) 16 points; 95 (Volkner and Flint) 15 points; 48 (Wario and Waluigi) 14 points; 40 (Jessie and James) 12 points; 70 (Toad and Toadette) 10 points; 257 (Baby Mario and Baby Luigi) 8 points; 3 (Bowser and Bowser Jr.) 6 points; 79 (King Boo and Petey Piranha) 4 points; 93 (Paratroopa and Koopa Troopa) 3 points ; 77 (Heath and Drew) 2 points; 107 (Marley and Amanita) 1 point; 29 (Peach and Daisy) 0 points.

Points after two races: 07 - 100 points; 51 - 67 points; 461 - 63 points; 33 - 60 points; 104 - 53 points; 03 - 51 points; 74 - 46 points; 48 - 44 points; 55 - 43 points; 15 - 42 points; 205 - 41 points; 259 - 33 points; 45 - 32 points; 97 - 28 points; 3 - 26 points; 257 - 25 points; 77 - 20 points; 79, 93, and 95 - 19 points; 40 - 18 points; 70 - 12 points; 107 - 11 points; 29 - 0 points.

"It looks like the 07 kart of Jet and Anise have already gotten a really good lead in the points after two races. If this was only a three race tournament everybody from the 74 of Dawn and Zoey on back would be out of the running for the points title and even then the Mario Bros will need no less than a third place finish to win if the 07 were to finish last that race, they're 33 points behind."

"You got that right, Jeice. But don't jinx anybody. You never know what might happen. Race three, meanwhile, will be at Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Tune in next time on the Zeo LS Racing Network."

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Round two clear. The first real world track of the tournament is coming up next, and it seems the 07 has a nearly-insurmountable lead in the points standings. However, forty-eight races remain, and someone might catch up to them in that time. Until then, race fans, for the Zeo LS Racing Network, this is KhaosOmega.