Chapter 3
A way out.
Next day, Ravioli got up and looked for breakfast.
"Do you guys have any mushrooms I can eat?" she asked.
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
Just then she remembered the talking mushrooms. Luigi ran into the room.
"Don't say that!" he said.
"Sorry," she said.
Luigi ran out the door.
"Hey," he said, "She isn't gonna eat you."
"But she asked for mushrooms!"
"There're different types of mushrooms," he began to explain, "There're live ones and…live…ones."
Luigi remembered from fifth grade science class that all plants are technically alive.
"Yeah," screamed Toad, "And we're live!"
"No" said Luigi, "There're different types of live mushrooms. There're walking, talking, live ones, and plants-that-stay-in-one-place ones. The ones that can't move are edible. It's a homonym."
"Oh," said Toad, "I feel better now. I guess I'd better go tell the others."
Toad left and Luigi sighed.
Ravioli walked up to Mario.
"Did you say you blew up the way out?"
"Luigi did not stutter when he said 'b-bomb' "
"That's not what I asked."
"Yes, we blew it up."
"Then how did I manage to get here?"
"I don't know, but we've never been able to get back up."
"Why did you blow it up?"
"To keep Bowser out of Brooklyn."
Ravioli thought a moment. "I've got it!" she exclaimed, "Maybe it just needs a plumbing job!"
"Maybe," said Mario, interested,
"I'll tell Luigi."
He walked outside. Luigi was still talking to Toad at the time.
"Ravioli has an idea," he said.
"What is it?" asked Luigi.
"To plumb the drain pipe and go back home!" Mario said, excited.
"Well," Luigi thought, "We've got nothing to lose, let's try it!"
It seemed like hours the siblings were plumbing. Mario and Luigi were doing the dirty work while Ravioli was merely handing them tools. Luigi stuck his head out the tube.
"It's no use," he said, "There's nothing blocking it, but we still can't get through."
Ravioli thought a while. "What's it like in there?" she asked.
"Well we went in and found a three way intersection. One of them is blasted to pieces, another leads to Bowser castle, yeek that place was creepy, and the other seems like an unending maze that has a vertical climb that Mario's trying to scale."
Ravioli thought about her way down the tube. It felt like riding down into a long, downward pit with a huge, bumpy slide at the end.
"That's it!" she exclaimed, "Can you get up?"
"Don't have the proper equipment," Luigi said, sadly.
"What do you need?"
"I don't know. I think maybe a 200 foot rope?"
Ravioli sighed. It seemed they'd never get home now.
While The Bros. continued working, Ravioli told Peach about the problem. (Peach had gotten over the whole "Ravioli replaced me" thing)
"Have you tried a propeller mushroom?" Peach asked.
"You mean there're more types of mushrooms!?" Ravioli shouted.
Peach covered her ears. "Please," she said, "Do you know what an indoor voice is?"
"Sorry," Ravioli said, "It's just that there're so many mushrooms, I don't know what I can eat."
"Here," Peach said as she gave Ravioli mushroom. Ravioli ate it and immediately grew taller.
"What the-" she said.
Peach giggled, "Anyway," she continued, "A propeller mushroom is a power-up that makes you fly…for a limited time."
"How do you get one?" Ravioli asked.
"I have one right here," Peach said and gave it to her.
"Thanks," said Ravioli, and she bolted off with it.
Ravioli gave the power up to Mario and he flew to the top. He was up for quite some time. When he finally came back down, he had good news, and he had bad news.
"What did you find?" Ravioli asked eagerly.
"The good news is that it's the right tube, the bad news is…" Mario paused before continuing, "…we have to find a time when the lady isn't home." Ravioli slapped her forehead.
