Your Hom is in Another Castle
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I only own the witches/sorcerers from the Golden Land (Prism, Cone, Raven, K.K. etc.) and the concept of the Golden Land/Holy Realm. I also own the witch hunters Virtue and Jingle, all the Gods interpretations such as Ares and the angels in Skyworld specifically the royal bodyguards, archangels and Angel Assembly members.
Summary: With the Goddesses, Pit and the Hands gone from Smash Brothers Mansion for a "divine meeting", the Smashers are free to do whatever they want until they return. Bowser is already preparing for one more attempt to kidnap Peach before the year ends and he has the assistance from those above the Gods. Peach not wanting to be kidnapped again, convinces Shulk to change clothes with her not knowing that Bowser would attack that very moment and kidnap Shulk. The situation while humorous to the Smashers except Rob and Lucina, the two are then forced to go find the shattered mirror shards of the Holy Realm that prevents anyone from getting to Bowser and it doesn't look like the other Smashers (particularly Mario) want to assist them. In the meantime, Shulk has to put up with Bowser's shenanigans for being stupid enough to wear the dress.
Pairing: Robin/Shulk, Lucina/Pittoo, Ganondorf/Palutena, Mario/Peach and minor Fox/Sonic and others
Rated: M (for mature)
Genre: Romance, Humor, Parody, Friendship, Drama and Action/Adventure
Warning: Sexual humor, violence, yaoi and unintentional OOC.
AriZonia1 and I were basically joking about this while PMing so the idea alone is from her. I just thought it would work for a comedy fic for New Year's (and it's about time for the Golden Land to screw with everyone) Enjoy! FYI, both Robins share the same name but male Robin shortened his name to differentiate from his twin sister.
Chapter 3: Do the Mario
If Bowser thought that Shulk was just going to be a quiet little princess who obeyed the big bad turtle, he had another thing coming.
Shulk may not have the Monado to protect himself or to get out of the castle easily, but there was one thing that would get their attention when he rang the bell for them to open the door. Kammy's age was starting to show when she came back wondering what he wanted and she was far from pleased when his response was to tear off Peach's dress and throw it at the old Magikoopa before fleeing. Apparently Bowser's minions didn't take to Shulk in his boxers well as they just turned away while Shulk made a rather easy escape out of the castle. Even Bower Jr. who would have normally listened to his father just watched as Shulk exited through the main entrance. Outside, Shulk expected the castle to be hovering in mid-air as the reason why Bowser's son just let him walk off. He was pleasantly surprised how Bowser put his castle on a small colorful road that shined like diamonds allowing Shulk to run across it.
Truth be told after getting out of the castle, he had no idea where to go. In the distance, Shulk could see a bright purple palace compared to the empty sky of the Golden Land. While pretty to look at and might make a good dating spot (not like he wanted to go out with Rob or anything), his goal was to escape before Bowser was alerted, which he already was given the roar that echoed throughout the castle and the golden butterflies flying higher into the endless sky.
After getting off the colorful path, he noticed that there was a garden to the side but up ahead would be the palace. Not thinking this through he attempted to run ahead instead of following the golden butterflies that created another path that appeared to be unstable. The stable path however crumbled to Shulk's surprise and he fell downward into the nothingness.
Well actually there was something below the palace. It seemed to be a swamp area and landed in the water causing him to shoot out of the water shivering. Looking at the water though, his eyes widened as he attempted to get out. The water was a red color in the same vain as blood and Shulk assumed it was that. He only stopped though seeing these red flowers that surrounded the area that lit up causing the water to become red.
"Oh good its not blood…" Shulk murmured as he waded through the water. "I wonder what these flowers are. Maybe I should pick some up and give them to Fiora when I get back to Bionis."
Shulk stopped moving when he saw bubbles forming in the water. His face was as blue as Sonic when he felt something wrap around his leg. He didn't even get to react as he was hoisted out of the water by a tentacle.
"Gahhh! What is this?!"
Out of the swamp came a kraken of some sort. In Shulk's mind, he expected an alligator or some other dangerous animal that usually inhabited swamps. Not some tentacle monster that would be conveniently placed here for fanservice reasons. If Shulk had the Monado, this wouldn't be an issue, but being held upside down while the tentacle slivered down his boxers caused him to let out an unmanly scream.
This did alert someone though and for Shulk, he wished that he didn't scream too loud.
"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY GUEST!"
Of all the things, Bowser had to drop down into the marsh with the mirror's handle in his hand. Even without the mirror itself, the handle was enough to power him up. Shulk's eyes widened as Bowser shot flames from his mouth effectively setting the entire surface of the swamp on fire. In any other circumstances, that would not be possible without maybe oil being thrown in before hand. The kraken easily caught fire and nearly dropped Shulk into the burning water. Again Shulk was surprised that Bowser was quick enough to catch him. The problem was the flowers catching on fire and letting out this purple gas. Bowser was quick to jump out of the area and let the kraken die from the flames.
It was hard to read Bowser's expression until after he came back to the castle and threw a drenched blond on the ground.
"Did you not get the memo?" He asked trying to keep his temper in check. "You are my guest in place of Peach. That means you are not allowed to leave to leave this castle at any given time! If I have to pull the castle off of the ground so you won't jump back down, then I will! I left it in tack to allow those damn kids to easily access my place not for you to leave! Also…" He looked at the lack of clothes on the blond and continued to scowl. "Where is your dress?! I expect the guest to be properly clothed!"
"I'm not wearing that dress Bowser!" Shulk spat even though he should have thanked the King of Koopas for saving his life and his virginity. "It was an accident! Either you give me something that isn't so pink or I'm going to be walking in my boxers until I get out of here!"
Bowser wasn't interested in Shulk's complaints. Instead he screamed for Kammy and another Magikoopa named Kamek to come aid him. The old lady was not pleased, but in the short time Shulk was gone, she already fixed Peach's dress for him to put back on. Kamek was an older Magikoopa compared to the ones seen in Subspace but wore the same blue outfit like them. Was he and Kammy related?
"Kammy, you fixed the dress?"
"Of course your Viciousness. I patched it up so its better than ever. I even put your face on it."
Shulk just facepalmed when she held up the dress. Of course she stitched the face where Shulk's butt would be.
"I'm not putting that back on."
"Kamek, lead our guest back to his room and make sure he uses the shower. He reeks of that awful red flower! Argh, why is that flower everywhere in the Golden Land?"
"It's the national flower here your Majesty." Kamek brought up simply as he looked at the Monado boy. "Follow me back to your room. Do not try to run away again, or Bowser won't be so nice."
"Nice? The King of Koopas is not nice!" Bowser shouted. "Never run away again Shulk! I may be the strongest being now, but this place is unexplored! Once I gain the universe outside, then I'm going to conquer this place!"
"You might not want to say that where that brat can hear you…" Shulk could hear Bowser Jr. snark. It puzzled him why his son wasn't going out there and destroying the universe with the powers. It didn't seem like he received a mirror shard though.
Shulk was led back toward his room annoyed that his escape attempt failed just because he tried to take the most logical path to the palace. He needed more information on the Golden Land if he wanted to make a successful escape next time. For now, he'll keep his head down. Bowser did get him out of that jam.
The Monado boy heard the door slam behind him after being ordered to use the restroom to wash up. Honestly, if he didn't do it, it would be out of defiance. Seeing Bowser in action though…the King of Koopas was never able to pull stunts like that in Smash Brothers so either he was way stronger outside of Smash or the mirror made him like that and it was best not to get on his bad side. Bowser was only acting out of his best interest to show that he never harmed his hostage, but if he kept pushing his buttons, Bowser might harm him with the same magic. Peach was safe given Bowser liked her, but Shulk was just some newcomer in Smash who was dumb enough to listen to Peach and switch places with her. He had intentions of chewing her out when things were over with.
"Mr. Shulk, you shouldn't feel too bad about your failure. There is so much you can do here."
The new voice caused Shulk to jump and look around the room frantically.
"W-Who said that?"
His eyes widened seeing golden butterflies form in front of him. What manifested first was this trail of blonde hair in the same style as Rapunzel. Shulk almost believed his entire room would be covered with yellow strands of hair. Once the butterflies formed a person, the nervousness disappeared ever so slightly. Instead of a young boy who caused him to be in this situation to begin with, the figure was of a little girl with the same colored green eyes as Prism. Shulk assumed they were siblings just from her face alone, but her Victorian dress was bothersome to say the least. It was a beautiful yellow dress with many ornaments plastered onto it from cute things such as stars that looked like the star bits that Lumas ate to some unsettling things such as the skulls that dangled along a few of the lines of said dress. A handmade emerald brooch was attached to the collarbone of the dress. Besides the skulls, she screamed adorable and for a moment Shulk wanted to comment on her cuteness.
"Don't be scared of me. I'm not like my big brother." She spoke calmly but with a sickening cute smile. "I apologize for big brother. He is incredibly bored now and wanted some entertainment."
"Yes…my kidnapping and the universe being put in danger is entertaining…" Shulk grumbled.
"Oh, I don't think it's so bad. I watch what Mr. Bowser does to Ms. Peach all the time from my room. He's a little rough on the edges but he genuinely likes her."
Shulk wouldn't comment. This girl seemed too young to understand the implications. But if she was the little sister of that jerk Prism then maybe…
"Hey, can I ask you something?"
"I'm here to talk and assist you as an apology for my brother putting you in this situation. What do you need Mr. Shulk?"
Ignoring the fact she already knew his name, Shulk gave a list of demands. Cone nodded her head to all the demands except the last two.
"I'm sorry, I cannot fulfill the last two. Big brother's rules are absolute so I am not allowed to directly interfere with Mr. Bowser. I cannot take you away to Smash Brothers Mansion or your home world nor am I allowed to touch the mirror handle or the shards the Koopalings have. I can look for clothes that suit you though and I can certainly assist your boyfriend from the shadows with the powers I have."
Shulk felt his cheeks turn pink.
"Little girl listen, Rob is a nice guy, but we're not that close like Mario and Peach. Besides…I can't imagine him taking up Bowser's challenge given he's not the most athletic person in the mansion…"
"Really? I thought you were. He's going through major hoops for you like Mr. Mario does for Ms. Peach. That means you must be a couple, right?"
I'll believe it when I see it. Shulk thought to himself. "Whoever is coming to rescue me, tell them that I'm okay and that my location is the Golden Land. They probably know this knowledge already but I want them to know that Bowser Jr. is the only one without a shard. But…if Rob really is the one that is trying to play hero…tell him not to worry so much." He chuckled at the idea of Rob trying to hop over obstacles and fight the big scary Bowser with just jumping on his head. "I make him worry a lot and I did it again. I want him to focus on the mission at hand and not give up…and I expect him to be careful."
The little girl hummed as a response. "You two are so cute together, but I don't think he'll like you with the way you smell."
"…Will you send my message little girl?"
"My name is Cone. My name matches with big brother Prism! I will do my very best to complete all the tasks you have given me. Please take care of yourself."
Cone slowly disappeared into a flock of butterflies taking her long hair with her. Shulk couldn't help but smile at the thought of being able to have someone to talk to while locked in this castle at the very least. Looking toward the bathroom though made his smile disappeared. He wondered how the water would run…if it was water at all.
Well the Smashers couldn't rest at Smash Brothers Mansion after all due to Master and Crazy coming back to yell at them for doing absolutely nothing during Bowser's attack. Meta Knight really didn't want to pilot his Halberd for the other Smashers to head to the locations of the Koopalings, but once they got out of Smash Realm, the issue was more troublesome than it was made out to be.
Six of the Koopalings were circling six specific planets. You could tell by the dark glow that covered the planet. The last Koopaling was missing but there seemed to be unrest in the Outer Realms in general. Mario regretted not taking the offer to fight Bowser because whatever Bowser cast on the Smashers, Robin and Lucina were the ones that had to do the dirty work.
Speaking of Fire Emblem, those two along with Dark Pit, Dunban, Riki and Chrom got special access on the Comet Observatory instead because of Rosalina coming down immediately. She took all threats seriously even if Bowser goofed and kidnapped the wrong person. His powers were still formidable as shown with what the Koopalings were doing. Master and Crazy would stay behind with R.O.B., Mr. Game and Watch and Banjo and Kazooie (Duck Hunt Dog) along with a few assist trophies while everyone else either went back to their world or got back up from the other Smashers. This could take a while since the Golden Land was someone they should not allow to go too out of control.
This would lead to some questions of what the Golden Land was. Pit's mouth was shut on the issue as well as the Goddesses. The job was to get rid of the Koopalings who had the keys to get to Bowser in the form of shards (so Rob was disappointed that Rosalina couldn't simply just fly them over and end this madness immediately). Meta Knight needed to drop the Mario group off first, so Mario could deal with whoever was trying to mess up the Mushroom Kingdom. Rosalina decided to assist the Italian plumber (despite the Mushroom Kingdom not being the closest world from the Smash Realm).
"I hope you two are prepared. The Golden Land is the place you don't want to mess with." Rosalina said calmly to Rob.
"I still would like to know what the Golden Land is. Bowser has the approval of this place."
Rosalina again kept silent. Lucina looked over to Dark Pit who turned away to avoid the conversation.
"Now is not the time." Rosalina answered. "We still got to see what curse Bowser inflicted on everyone. If the curse is not dangerous, then it will be safe to speak."
Before any more questions could be asked, Rosalina twirled her wand and piloted the Comet Observatory to the Mushroom Kingdom. The speed that it went nearly caused the Smashers on board to fall over. Dark Pit remained in place knowing that Rosalina wouldn't let them drop.
Upon further expecting the Mushroom Kingdom upon arrival, the world in the shape of a mushroom was clouded with dark water.
"Mario is already here."
"What? Meta Knight already dropped them off?!"
"Meta Knight has a system in his Halberd that allows him to instantly warp to certain major locations in the universe. I gave the program to Samus and a few others as well so they can easily head to other planets without coming to me."
Rob would have asked to send them straight to Bowser Castle, but he would have just been ignored. Rosalina turned toward the two with stars in her eyes.
"There is a barrier preventing me from landing the ship. I will be sending you two off now. Prepare yourselves."
Rob blinked not expecting to head out to assist Mario after he refused to help save Shulk. They still needed to know what they were dealing with so unless they helped Mario out in the Mushroom Kingdom, not much was going to get done.
"Lucina, remember the migrane medicine." Dark Pit reminded her.
"It won't be needed if I'm just going to be cutting down Goombas like in Smash Run."
"I really don't think…"
Rosalina used her magic to teleport the two to the closest location where the negative aura was coming from. Chrom obviously wished them luck, but was confused when Rosalina used her magic again to turn on a monitor that would be displaying them.
"Pit, time to get the popcorn." Palutena hummed.
"Umm…why?"
"We're going to be in for a show."
Rob was expecting a huge battle going on in the Mushroom Kingdom when they were first teleported to the designated location. To their surprise, they weren't even close to where Peach's castle was. In fact, they seemed to be in a 2D stage where it was a straight line to the goal post in the same vain as Mushroomy Kingdom.
"Rob, Lucina, can you hear me?"
The two looked around wondering where the voice was coming from.
"I'm speaking to you too telepathically."
"Oh, so this is how you and Pit talk on the battlefield." Rob commented. "Where are we?"
"Hey, look at that, it's the first world in Super Mario Brothers!" Pit exclaimed. He must have been standing next to Palutena to be heard. "The score, the amount of coins you have, the world you're in and even the timer! Oh did the amount of lives that you two have flash when you landed?"
"Pit, what are you talking about?" Rob had to ask. "Just tell us where we are."
"So this is Bowser's game." Palutena continued ignoring Rob's question. "He would have put Mario to go through this stage again as a starter."
"Well isn't Bowser old fashion!" Viridi could be heard commenting. She wasn't with Palutena and Pit, but was probably observing from wherever her domain was with Phosphora by her side. "But I guess when the opponent isn't Mario things will be different."
The two humans pretty much got ignored at what they were supposed to do besides moving forward.
"Rob, we're not going to get much from them even if they communicate with us. Let's just go."
"Jump over the Goomba!" Lucina could hear Dark Pit order causing her to grumble in annoyance.
Despite the background looking rather blocky, the Goomba wasn't. In fact, it looked different in the sense that it was a gold color. Its movement was still the same as it walked under the same blocks. Lucina didn't understand why she couldn't just slash it away but she took his advice. Rob thought differently who wasn't going to simply jump over it and walked toward it.
"What are you doing Rob?!" Pit asked. "You can't just walk into it like in Smash Run! You're going to lose a life!"
"I don't know what you're…what?!"
Lucina now understood why Dark Pit said to pack some migraine medicine. The Goomba walked right into Rob and it was strong enough to send Rob flying off into the 4th wall. Lucina could hear a jingle in the background and she groaned as a response.
"Ten seconds in and they already lost a life." Dark Pit mumbled. "This is not going to go well…"
"Oh, so they share a life." Rosalina stated the obvious. "This means I'm going to end up grabbing them when it's game over."
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Chrom had to question lost by the conversation the Goddesses and angels were having. "What do you mean by losing a life and game over? What happened to Rob just now? Is he dead or-"
"No, he just respawned a few feet back and that Goomba is still walking toward him." Dark Pit told him as he pointed toward the screen and sure enough Rob was back at the castle confused at what just happened. "Hey Rob, perhaps you should be jumping over the Goomba or on its head instead of walking into it, idiot!"
Rob was still dizzy from whatever just happened but he knew one thing. He was going to get rid of this Goomba. Taking his fire tome out, he shot a ball of fire sizzling the Goomba.
"His archfire must work like a Fire Flower." Palutena told Pit who was eyeing the screen. "But I doubt anything else will work in his favor."
"Wait, do you think their swords are unusable and will just go through because of ghost collision?"
"Probably. The game would be too easy if they use it." The green haired Goddess said as she tried to communicate with Lucina. "Lucina, you should see if your sword works so you won't end up dying."
"Huh? Rob died, but he's over there…" She mumbled but attempted to hit the question mark block containing a mushroom. In Smash, the mushroom did things to a fighter either enlarging or shrinking them. Grabbing it, nothing apparent seemed to have happened causing Viridi to grumble about the overall uselessness of the mushroom.
"If you ask me, the mushroom acts as a heart meter instead of growing bigger. Luina is already tall as it is." Dark Pit asserted.
"Will Rob grow an inch taller if he grabs it?" Chrom joked causing the others to laugh. Rob did not take this comment well.
"Hey! I take offense to that!"
Looking at the screen, Rosalina noted that despite this being World 1-1, there seemed to be a box that allowed both players to hold onto an item once they powered up. At the moment, this wasn't something to be brought up. Getting to the flagpole at the end should be top priority.
"Lucina, there's a pipe that leads to the underground area." Dark Pit reminded her. "Hop over the Goombas, take the path and then jump to the flag pole. Any gamer would know the quickest way to get to the end without delay."
"You know I don't play games Dark Pit."
"Aww Pittoo, are you giving advice on the easiest stage in Mario history?" Viridi asked in a mocking tone.
"There's no point losing a life over something as ridiculous as this. Besides, just telling her what to do isn't exactly assisting in the journey to anger the Golden Land."
"But you make this less entertaining."
Lucina had no problem getting to the pipes but the issue was which one it was. She could not comprehend why standing on a pipe that would normally allow you to fall through did nothing but act as a platform. It wasn't until she got to the last one did she let out a scream.
"Lucina?" Rob called out trying to climb up the first pipe due to his crappy jump. "Uh…where did you go?"
"The last pipe Rob." Chrom told him. "You should pick up the pace. Don't fall into the Goomba hole."
"Uh be quiet…I'll be fine wahhhh!"
Well he didn't make that jump and ended up squished by the two Goombas falling into the 4th wall again. In the mean time, Lucina got out of the pipe and rushed to the flagpole stepping on the two Goombas that were in her way and rushing up the staircase pulling it down as the victory tune played but not it wasn't that of Mario but that of the Fire Emblem victory screen. However, she couldn't move on without Rob completing the stage, but once she pulled the flag, the Fire Emblem logo appeared on the castle that would take her to the next stage (totally not World 1-2).
"Now you see why this is going to take a while Lucina?" The dark angel asked her. "He can't jump and he's not good at running. Not good for doing the Mario."
"How long is this going to take?"
"Well it should take thirty seconds, but I guess you'll going to have to wait five minutes unless you two get a game over."
Lucina sighed in defeat as a response as she rested her back against the flagpole. She would wait for the white haired tactician to reach the goal.
The Gods weren't the only ones who had a screen that displayed Rob and Lucina's journey. The Golden Land also had one in the form of their magic that allowed them to see what was going in multiple locations at once. Prism already had his popcorn and giggled at Rob's failure on the first world of Super Mario Brothers.
"You really enjoy the misfortunate of others."
Prism wasn't alone in watching the game. He had his cat boy Furniture known as Cheshire Cat or Chester for short sitting on the armchair. He had white hair, was missing one eye and his clothing choice was that of a butler only with purple and white stripes. You can tell he was a cat boy though with his pointy cat ears and purple cat tail that he curled up. Despite the whole "cat boy" thing, Chester looked to be in his mid-twenties making the correct term be cat man.
"I am the Sorcerer of Misfortune Chester. Bowser's misfortune is just reversed so good karma will come to him temporary and hit everyone else for my entertainment."
"If they're going to die from something like this though, they might as well give up, meow."
Prism laughed at the idea of Rob rage quitting. He wasn't a patient person, so he wondered how long it would take for him to have a fallout with the mission. He wanted more chaos going around the galaxy though and not just on Rob's comedic end.
"K.K. come here!" He hummed snapping his fingers. "You're always guarding the door, but I know you're there."
Chester noticed the shadow of the chair suddenly changed shape before forming that of a night predator (whether it was a feline or a canine, Chester couldn't tell given the deformed shaped). The shadow formed a human being that also looked to be in his mid-twenties. He had chocolate colored hair and gold eyes that looked identical to a black eye that glared in the middle of the night. He wore all black to reflect his powers of the darkness with only a few gold trinkets on said trench coat to detect his presence.
"At your service Master Prism." He mumbled in a low voice that almost sounded like a small echo in a cave. "What is your command?"
"Oh, I just want you to whisper some suggestions to that Roy guy." Prism answered happily. "And no not the swordsman who got kicked out after Melee. I'm talking about the one with the sunglasses. He's not doing too well against Dr. Eggman. Didn't think that at the same time of Bowser's plan that the doctor would try to take over Mobius when Sonic wasn't around. Oh well, I want Roy to do better, so tell him what the mirror shard is capable of."
"Burn Mobius to the ground, meow." Chester joked even though Prism thought of something different.
K.K. nodded his head and disappeared into the shadows. Prism went back to watching Rob complete the first level after nearly getting a game over forcing them to start over from World 1-1. Behind Prism though, there was another witch watching him not pleased with how Prism was handling things and disappeared before being noticed.
So Rob thought that after dying two more times he would be done once he reached the flagpole and went inside the castle with Lucina. He was wrong as they were warped to an open field with nothing but grass, Goombas and Koopa Troopas stomping around the area. Rosalina was able to pinpoint that least now they were inside the Mushroom Kingdom for real after the throw back to the first Super Mario Brothers level. Bowser must have put that there just to annoy Mario who would have breezed through the level knowing al the secrets. To the outsiders, it was just entertaining to see.
Peach's Castle could be seen from a distance and it was still in tact. However looking at the grassy field one could see that the water was overflowing toward the land causing the area to be rather mushy like a swamp.
"Out of that stupid jumping section and into an area where my socks are getting wet…" Rob complained as he lifted his shoes up while trudging behind the blue haired swordsmen. "Is this what Mario has to put up with?"
"Water shouldn't be an issue." Lucina mumbled. "Rosalina, is this area usually flooded?"
"No…" Rosalina murmured examining the area. "Normally this area is rather dry making it a simple walk to Toad Town. The enemy placement is bothersome, but you should just avoid them. You have no lives and Bowser isn't going to give you any if you die now."
"Oh they're going to get a game over very soon in the worse way possible." Pit said in a rather condescending tone. "I just wonder where they're going to respawn and if the dialogue will be repeated because of it."
"Pit, don't jinx it." The dark twin warned his light twin. "If one of these Koopalings break out into a song, I'm just going to throw myself into space."
"Well at least we won't be repeating the dialogue to each other just to show that they have to repeat the stage."
"Pit, I have a feeling you're going to do that just to drive us crazy. Palutena, make sure Pitstain doesn't do that."
"I can't guarantee what Pit does. However…Pit I'm going to need another bag of popcorn for the upcoming boss fight."
"Uh…Lady Palutena…how do you eat so fast? I mean…right away ma'am!"
Pit left the chatroom the higher beings were having. The entire time Dunban was silent trying to think of something to add, but was still lost with a lot of the terms that the Goddesses wouldn't explain to them. Viridi ordered Phosphora to do the same thing on her end earning a whine as a response. Rosalina ended up asking the Lumas to do the task for her making the dark angel wonder if these Lumas are slaves to their mother.
Because the road was rather simple it wouldn't take the two to complete World 1-2 by proxy of touching the flagpole at the end serving as a checkpoint. By the time the popcorn was ready, the two walked into Toad Town and were horrified at what was going on.
Me: TBC with 6316 words.
Li: Well they're off to a good start.
Me: I know right, notes!
1. The title is references to the American TV show Super Mario Bros Super Show where at one point in the song it says, "Do the Mario!" An obvious reference to Mario's trademark ability that Rob fails to do and is going to have issues.
2. You thought the Golden Land just had a palace and a garden? There's more than that and a reason why you never wonder off the path of butterflies brought up in the Disgaea fic Higanbana in the Red Moon for the sake of sanity. Shulk is just lucky he didn't die. And a reminder that the flowers that Shulk sees are Higanbanas or known as red lilies and while in real life they do grow close to rivers, its to be noted that harvesting them is not advised because the bulb portion is poisonous but the witches/sorcerers in the Golden Land are incapable of being poisoned.
3. I'm going to establish a few roles with how Rob and Lucina's segments will be.
I. Most of the Kid Icarus cast will be talking over what they'll be doing (as well as them talking about the plot happening outside of this moving the story along) while Rob and Lucina are stuck with certain mechanics. More Gods/Goddesses will be jumping into the conversation over time with the joke about how they're too many characters to keep track of (it should be intentional in the sense that from Rob and Lucina's POV, they're just hearing things and everyone talking over each other is confusing.)
II. They get four lives (five counting zero and a game over) that they share between each other. 100 coins are needed for an extra life and the score is overall pointless except for bragging rights and probably as a joke near the end of the story.
III. Power ups are shared between the two as well with the mushroom serving as an extra life bar for them instead of growing in size. I intend for the two to be able to use Mario power ups that they can hold if they're not using it but how useful they are depends on them.
IV. The swords are overall useless in dealing damage, as we'll find out next chapter unless Bowser bends the rules for them. While Lucina's sword is useless for dealing damage, she can still break blocks and other objects with it and for Rob, he still gets his tomes but minus the fire tome, the other three will be useless especially the thunder one as I'll be mocking next chapter.
V. I pretty much establish that each world has three zones with later stages having more due to them being more plot heavy. For the Mushroom Kingdom, World 1-1 is just a nostalgia rush and World 1-2 is them simply walking without any platforms due to the Koopaling not actually doing much to actually making things difficult. The third stage has a boss at the end in some location (and you'll notice the pattern as each world goes on).
4. Prism already has bias toward Roy of all the Koopalings. This can only go well for poor Sonic but you know how much I love to torture Sonic in my fanfics. Roy of course is going to be one of the Koopalings fought later because of this obvious bias.
That's it for this chapter. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!
