Three: Dry Bones - The Spirit OUTside
Walking out of Bowser's throne room is a workout itself. It's so far in and hard to reach that it's hard to get out of.
As I walked over the stone tiles of Bowser's Castle, I pondered this situation over. Cool! I'm now an independent skeleton, not just some random backbone to prop Bowser up. I can make my own decisions.
And my powers! They'd obviously gotten stronger since the last time I used them. My new status as an independent skeleton and my powered-up magic only means one thing: I'm ready for my OWN adventure, not the one Bowser had put me into. His was just a never-ending sort-of adventure to capture Peach and defeat Mario. To me, that adventure is going rather stale.
All right, people! Get ready to meet the NEW and improved Dry Bones.
As I passed the Boo Room, I kept on walking ahead without looking at any of the Boos. Bowser has assigned me to this room a whole lot of times, I'm no longer afraid of the trailing Boos. I think the Boos are also getting tired of trailing me because few even glanced my way as I headed for the other room.
Except for one Boo.
Though he looks the same as any other Boo in the room, I can sense that this was the Boo who's always loved to trail me no matter what. I think I've begun to get attached to the little guy - or should I say that he's begun to get more than a little attached to me?
"BOO!"
Suddenly he appeared larger than life right in front of me, blocking me from the doorway, making me jump.
"Sorry, little guy, but I'm leaving today," I told him once I'd calmed down enough. He didn't look as if he understood.
"Well, I'm not gonna be around here anymore, OK?" This time he understood and pasted a sad, pouting expression on his face. I sighed. "I know, I'm going to miss you too, but I'm moving to... Another part of Mushroom Kingdom." The only thing he did was pout even more.
"Goodbye," I said, passing right through him. But before I could even take a few steps, he had appeared before me again, the same pout still there.
"Oh come on, please let me go," I said. He shook his head. I sighed again. "Well, what are you going to do about that, then? You can't possibly come wi-"
Suddenly he nodded, as if I'd taken the words right out of his mouth.
Then I realized with horror that I HAD taken his words right out of his mouth. "You can't," I told him. "You can't come with me. Your home is here in Bowser's Castle. If you go Lord Bowser - I mean, Bowser - will miss you. No. He won't miss you, but he'll see that you've gone missing."
He shook his head. Then he zoomed around me and waved his hand at the many other Boos in the room. I knew what he was getting at. He was indicating that there were so many Boos that no one would notice if one went missing. Also, Bowser hardly ever even goes into the Boo Room because that was supposed to be my turf.
I gave in. "All right, you can come with me," I said, and the result was spontaneous. Boo spun happily around me in fast circles that I got dizzy.
Well, something good did come out of all of this, however: I've got a friend who will come with me in my new adventures. A sidekick, maybe? Like Mario and Luigi? That sounds like a pretty good idea, and Boo obviously thought so too for he spun faster while letting out weird little screeches. He was making my skull spin, and finally I did fall flat onto my tailbone.
However, having a friend felt... Good. And for the first time ever, I laughed. Out loud.
