Hello viewers, I have come to the decision that I am going to discontinue this fic. Honestly...I'm just not feeling it as much as I thought I would and clearly so do some readers as I received a complaint PM a few days ago, pertaining to how this fic is definitely a lot 'weaker' than the other horror/comedy fics I've done (though I kinda perceived it as a threat due to some certain 'words' this person used...). I guess it also doesn't help that I'm basically updating three stories at the same time, along with a Halloween story coming up next month so I'm pretty much juggling a lot of crap at once. I'm so sorry about this...sometimes I get overconfident about an idea for a story, so I push it out there and during the middle of it, I realize I'm stuck on how to make it more interesting or I came to an epiphany about how my execution was a lot more off than I thought it would be. Meh. There's also the fact that I'm REALLY itching to write a more serious story since almost all of the fics I've done in the past year were mostly humor (I think of Mushroom Wars as half-serious and half-humorous) so it would be a great change.
However, one good thing DID come out of this...the paper mario characters. To me, they were the funnest part in writing this story and made me realize that I potentially like using them more than the main cast. I guess it's because I find that they have so much more personality and potential than most of the other characters. It even gave me an idea to write a Comedy series focused on them, but if it does happen, it won't be until next year. (And no, this doesn't mean I'm shunning the main characters at all, lol)
Once again, I am truly sorry about this, but I do believe it's the best thing for me right now. I'll make sure to update Mario Party Deluxe as much as I can before the Halloween story is released, which I expect to submit on October 31. So yeah, the next story update from me will be MPD, then Mushroom Wars, then MPD, then Mushroom Wars...yeah, you get the plan. Until one of those stories are finished, I'm not submitting any more stories, except for a Christmas one-shot coming up around Christmas time (duh).
I understand if you're upset or frustrated at me, I would be too, but sometimes you gotta make mistakes and take risks in order to grow as a writer and a person.
Oh, and in case anyone's wondering, the survivors I had planned for this were Mario, Peach, Bombette, Queen Bee, and Diddy. ToadsworthxToodles was going to happen too, lol.
And one last thing, I'm considering making a bonus chapter for Zombie Madness...if I decide to do it, it'll be updated before the middle of the next month.
~Stay cool.