"What?"
"P-Princess, I'm afraid Bowser has ambushed and kidnapped Mario," repeated Toadsworth, his mustached face pale.
"Mario?" spluttered Peach. "Kidnapped? By Bowser? How is that even…?"
"I… suppose he's changed his tactics." With a shaking hand, Toadsworth pulled a battered slip of paper from his vest pocket. "Bowser left this on the steps; it's how I found out."
The princess took the note in one gloved hand, blue eyes narrowing as she read the untidy scrawl.
"Toadsworth?" she said eventually, her fist crumpling the note. "I'm going to need my purse- the one with the Fire Flowers. And my parasol."
