Gamer4 in. Well, time to wrap this story up. Pretty short, yeah, but I had fun- I hope you guys did, too. If you didn't, well, you'll be very happy about this chapter, because it's the last! It feels like I should say more here, but I honestly have nothing. Let's just go ahead and see how long this allegedly short wrap-up session will be. See you on the other side!
Disclaimer: It takes too long to type these things out, it's not even worth the effort.
Chapter V
The Kurain Exchange
and
Closing
"One last scene... one last scene... one last scene..." Link muttered repeatedly as he rubbed his eyes. "One last freaking scene..."
"About time Lucas and I got to step up again!" Maya gave her characteristic 'hold-hands-together-and-nod' smile. "Right, Lucas?"
"Right... awesome..." Lucas muttered, nerves clear in his voice.
Everyone turned around as a door to the backstage area opened, and Lucina stepped in. "So, what'd you find out?" Mario asked.
"What did I find?" Lucina repeated. "How about the Master Hand chained up to a chair in one of the unused classrooms? How's that for a find?"
"What?" everyone else chorused.
"Yeah- he's been there for a couple weeks, apparently."
"But we just saw him!" Link pointed out. "He was just chastising you for disobeying the script!"
"Apparently, that wasn't him- I let him out, and the real Master Hand is tracking down the fake one as we speak."
"So, what do we do about the play?" Lucas asked. "Do we just abandon it now?"
"No, let's not do that," Lucina shook her head. "Mido's still standing by, ready to salt and burn Dark Pit's bones if we don't finish this."
"Crap!" Dark Pit cursed as he realized this.
"Yeah, he hasn't gotten the message yet," Lucina muttered. "So, I think we should just wrap the play up, and hopefully, the Master Hand will catch this poser while we're at it, and we can all go home happy. Alright?"
Link smiled. "You know what? Sure, whatever. What's just one more scene? Let's do this thing!"
"You're keeping the play going... for me?" Dark Pit asked, surprise in his voice. "Even though I'm from Sierra? Is this what you guys call... friendship?"
"We're not turning this into an episode of Yugioh, got it?" Mario interrupted, shaking his head and waving a finger around. "Come on, Link, let's go wrap this up before we have to do that thing where we put our hands together- I'm not into that."
Link shrugged, and together, he, Mario, Maya, and Lucas all headed back onto the stage just in time for the curtain to rise.
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As the curtain rose, Mario and Link were sitting at a table in a restaurant of some sort. The spotlight was on them, and the rest of the stage was dark. Kirby crossed in front of them briefly, taking their orders, then left again. Once he was gone, Mario and Link began talking to each other.
"Look, I'm just saying that I'm impressed with her," Mario kicked the conversation off. "There we are, freaking out of our minds, and she just swaggers in, cool as a cucumber, and ties everything up in a neat bow."
"I didn't particularly care for her," Link responded.
"Like her or not, you have to admit, she was one cool customer," Mario countered.
"I don't have to admit anything," Link shook his head. Further conversation was cut off as Kirby returned with some food. "Ah, thank you!" He grinned as he began to dig in, while Mario sat there, staring at his food- a muffin.
"What, not hungry?" Link raised his eyebrows when he noticed. "I mean, come on, you're the one who suggested this place to begin with. What, forget to ask for bacon or something?"
"Nah, I'm good," Mario shook his head, finally taking a bite. "Just thinking, you know, about life, the universe, everything."
"42, 42, 42," Link smiled. "That's the answer, isn't it?"
"But what good is an answer without the question?" Mario smiled back. "Maybe they'll finally work it out one day, huh?"
Link laughed quietly as he shook his head. "Is this what we've stooped to? We have to make stupid references like that just to have a bit of conversation over breakfast?"
"Still a better conversation-starter than 'which end of a chocolate cornet do you eat first?'" Mario pointed out, chuckling at that particular memory. "Don't know what I was thinking when I said that."
"I just figured you were having a marathon of Lucky Star last night or something," Link chortled. "I mean, I knew you were into all that anime stuff, so..." he paused for a moment. "Nice to see you smile again."
"Has it really been that long since I've smiled?" Mario raised those eyebrows.
"I don't know, you've been acting weird all morning, man," Link shook his head.
"I would have thought that that whole fiasco with Peach gave me the right to be a tad on edge," Mario pointed out.
"Yeah, fair enough," Link nodded, "but it's more than that. Ever since that... that freak occurrence with Peach's friends, you've been-"
"Your freak occurrence, Link, was my miracle," Mario cut him off. "We should be dead now- my whole life after that is a miracle. I'm sure the Wave Existence had its own reasons..."
"Or the Wave Existence, assuming it even smegging exists, had nothing to do with it," Link countered. "There are plenty of other explanations for what happened back there without bringing divine intervention into it, is all I'm saying. I mean, think about it, if it were the Wave Existence, don't you think it could have done something a little more impressive than just stopping a few bullets?"
"What would have convinced you, Link? I'm curious," Mario rested his chin on his hands. "If there was a blinding flash of light, and the bullets turned into partridges in freaking pear trees?"
"That would have been a start," Link nodded.
"Then you've got it all wrong," Mario chided. "This isn't about how the bullets got stopped. It doesn't matter if they were turned into birds, stopped and just fell to the floor, got curved around us- even if the gun wasn't real to begin with, if Teddy grabbed a fake by accident somehow, or it was loaded with blanks- even something as mundane as that can be a miracle. The point is whether the Wave Existence got involved, made it happen, and that's what I sensed back there. I'm certain of it- somehow, for some reason, the Wave Existence got involved."
Link laughed as he shook his head. "And he saved a couple of street thugs because... why?"
"I don't know," Mario shrugged. "But that's what I intend to find out."
"So you were serious?" Link asked. "About... leaving the life."
"More serious than I've ever been in my life," Mario agreed. "I'm going to take this case back to Shulk, finish my last job, and with it, I'll hand in my resignation."
"And after that?" Link prompted.
"Well, that's what I've been thinking," Mario leaned back, raising a hand to his chin. "I think that I'll start... you know... walking the earth."
"Walking... the earth," Link repeated in a deadpan voice.
"Yup," Mario nodded. "Head from place to place, meeting new people, maybe have an adventure here and there... saving people, hunting things... all that good stuff."
"So, some weird combination of Doctor Who and Supernatural, hmm?" Link asked. "And the whole time, just hoping that the Wave Existence will send some sign to clear things up and let you know what it wants you to do?"
"That's the basic idea, yeah," Mario nodded.
"And if that never happens?"
"Then it never happens," Mario shrugged.
"I don't believe this," Link muttered, leaning back and covering his face with his hands.
"Hey, you're the one who brought it up," Mario pointed out. "If you don't like the conversation, don't perpetuate it."
As Link stared at him, the rest of the stage lit up, revealing Maya and Lucas talking with each other on the other side of the stage. Maya turned around and called out, "Oh, waiter, can we get some soda over here?"
Kirby bustled out and handed her a glass. "Here you go, guys!" he spoke cheerfully. "If you need anything else, feel free to let me know, a'ight?"
"Sure thing," Maya smiled and nodded.
Back at Mario's end, Link finally spoke again. "So, when did you decide all this... when you were eating that muffin?"
"Mm-hmm."
"And you don't think that might be a bit... hasty?"
"What did I just say?"
Link opened and closed his mouth a couple of times before standing. "I need to hit the bathroom. We will continue this conversation, got it?"
"I'll be waiting with bated breath," Mario muttered sarcastically as Link headed offstage. For a while, he simply gazed around the stage, mimicking his character looking around the restaurant.
And then all hell broke loose.
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Maya and Lucas sprung to their feet. Maya began the shouting with, "Alright, everyone, stand down! This is a robbery! Tell us the truth about what you got, we'll only take a tenth! Lie to us, and we'll take everything!"
Lucas, meanwhile, panicked once more, crying at the top of his lungs, "EVERYBODY GET DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOW! ANYONE STAND UP, AND I'LL FREAKING KILL EVERY ONE OF YOU!"
Just as this was going on, the door to backstage opened, and two giant hands stormed in, wrestling with each other. An all-out brawl started up off-stage, as all the actors instinctively dove in to help the Master Hand, but that was confused, of course, because nobody could tell which was real and which was the fake.
The brawl made its way out onto the main stage, where Maya and Lucas were stuck trying to play it off- they began grabbing people and pretending to assault them, demanding that they drop their money into the bag they'd brought out.
"Dang it guys, not now!" Lucina grumbled as she was accosted.
"Money in the bag before your brains coat my stick!" Lucas threatened, banging said stick against the ground for emphasis. Lucina sighed, produced a small bag of change she happened to have on her at the time, and dropped it in.
Shulk, meanwhile, was jumping between the two hands, trying to determine which was which. Bowser and his crew, chortling evilly, were attacking both indiscriminately. A few of the smashers began fighting each other, Waluigi was simply panicking in the middle of it all, and Mario, as stated in the script, was sitting stock-still at his table at the far end of the stage, watching the chaos going on without interfering. Slowly, he reached for his hat and slipped it onto his head, and, in turn, tried to push the 'Shulk's' case into a more discreet spot.
Maya and Lucas jumped on Kirby and began shouting him down. "So you think you're a hero, huh? You think you gonna stop us?" Maya shouted, clearly enjoying the opportunity to go 'gangsta.'
"No! No, I'm no hero, just a waiter!" Kirby cried as Meta came flying by, slamming into the far wall.
Link pulled out his clawshot and fired it at the hands, seizing them and using the mechanism to pull them, and the bulk of the fighting, back off-stage. Furiously, he glanced between the hands, then lashed out at one with his sword. The glove open, out fell... not a hand.
"I don't smegging believe it," Link growled angrily. "And yet, suddenly, it all makes sense..."
Meanwhile, as the fighting on stage began to die down, several of the erstwhile actors simply laying down to catch their breath, Lucas began stalking among them, brandishing his big stick, and most certainly not speaking softly. Maya, on the other hand, was approaching Mario. "Money in the bag," she demanded. Mario slowly raised up his prop money sack and dropped it into Maya's bag. Maya cast her eyes around, and noticed the case. "And what're you trying to hide?"
"I'm not hiding anything," Mario shrugged innocently.
"Then show me."
Mario sighed, and slowly raised up the case, placing it on the table. Maya smiled. "And what's in there?"
"My boss's dirty gym shorts," Mario snarked.
"You really want to be getting smart with me right now?" Maya shot back. "You think I'm playing with you?"
"Come on, man," Kirby groaned from the floor. "Just shut up and give her what she wants, don't try to be a hero-"
"Shut the smeg up, fat boy, this is none of your business!" Mario shouted. Lowering his voice back to normal, he spoke very politely to Maya. "Now, you were saying?"
"Open the case," Maya commanded.
Mario hesitated a moment, then slowly snapped the case open, revealing its contents just for Maya to see. Lucas cast his eyes over and slowly approached. "What is it?" he asked curiously.
Maya's jaw, meanwhile, dropped to the ground. "Is- is that... is that what I think it is?"
Mario smiled slightly and slowly nodded. Lucas's interest grew. "What is it?"
Maya turned around to him and grinned. "Lucas, we are retiring after this! This guy has the-"
Before she could finish the sentence, however, Mario leapt up, grabbed her wrist, and forced her into the chair across from his. She sat down with a quick yelp of surprise, and, in the next second, Mario sat back down in his seat, slammed the case shut, and summoned a fireball to aim in Maya's direction.
Lucas panicked, rushing forward and waving his stick around. "Stop it! Put that fire out and let her go, or I swear to the Wave Existence I'll obliterate this whole place!"
"Relax, there, blondie," Mario raised his voice to be heard, but aside from that, actually sounded very calm. "I'm not going to kill her, I just want to have a little discussion with top knot over here."
"'Top knot?'" Maya repeated indignantly.
"Sorry, but I don't have anything better to call you," Mario shrugged. "What about blondie, over there? He seems to be pretty panicked, maybe he'll calm down if I call him by his name, which is..."
"Lucas," Maya choked out, eyes on the fire that was threatening to immolate her.
"Lucas," Mario nodded. "Well, Lucas, don't worry, we're just going to conduct a little transaction here, alright?"
"Not alright!" Lucas shouted. "Not alright! Let her go, man, let her go!"
Mario slammed his free hand down on the case, causing both Maya and Lucas to start. "Now, the first thing you want to do, Top Knot, Lucas, is to calm down. You start shouting at me, I start getting nervous. I get nervous, my hand may just... slip." As he spoke, the fire briefly grew in magnitude, only to shrink back down once he'd made his point. "Now, I don't want that, I don't think you want that either, Lucas, and Top Knot here sure as smeg doesn't want that. So, here's what we're going to do- we're going to conduct this little transaction, and we're going to be cool as we do it. You two ever watch Fairy Tail?"
"A... a bit," Maya choked out, as Lucas nodded.
"So, you guys know Gray Fullbuster, right?" A couple of nods. "So, what's Gray Fullbuster like?" Silence. "Come on, Lucas, what's Gray Fullbuster like?"
"C-cool," Lucas stuttered.
"That's right, cool. We're going to have a little conversation here, and we're going to be like Gray Fullbuster- calm, collected, and, above all, cool. You can be cool, right?" Nods. "Good. Everything's gonna be alright. Tell him, Top Knot."
Maya opened and closed her mouth, but finally forced out, "It's going to be okay, Lucas. It's going to be okay."
Lucas nodded nervously, and Mario nodded as well. "That's right. Don't worry about a thing- every little thing is gonna be alright."
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"I should have known that you were behind this," Link growled at the young man who'd just spilled out of the second glove. "This whole thing has your name all over it."
"Sorry!" the young man surrendered just about immediately, getting down on his hands and knees. He was very strange-looking, dressed in basketball shorts, sandals, a T-Shirt, and an overlarge black coat. Just to wrap the nerd stereotypes up, he wore a pair of round glasses on his face, dirty and spotted. "I'm sorry, I just thought this would be cool-"
"So you knock the Master Hand out and threaten us all with expulsion if we don't play your little game?" Link growled, keeping his sword on him. "This is low even by your standards... Gamer4."
Gamer4 gulped as the blade came uncomfortably close to his throat. "I... I... I..."
"Let him go, Link," came the Master Hand's voice, bringing Link's attention to the old hand, pulling himself up.
"But, sir!" Link objected. "This guy... what he's done is..."
"I know," the Master Hand agreed. "But still, you have a play to finish- isn't your part just about up?"
Link glanced out, and gave a small nod. "But still..."
"Go," the Master Hand ordered. "And go in peace."
"Thank you, Mr. Hand, sir, thank you!" Gamer4 kowtowed.
"You, I'm not finished with," the Master Hand shook himself. "Link, don't worry- I'll take care of him while you're busy."
Gamer4 gulped, and Link smirked slightly as he turned and headed out onto the stage.
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"Now, here's the deal," Mario continued, leaning back but keeping his fire aimed at Maya to let her know that he still meant business. "If this were any other day, you and Lucas over there would already be burning corpses on the floor. But this isn't any other day. You happened to catch me while I'm going through a... renewal, of sorts, and, as it happens, I don't want to kill you- I want to help you two. So, here's what's going to happen-"
"WHAT- THE HELL- IS THIS?!" came Link's shout from off-stage as he jumped out, crossbow at the ready and aiming at Lucas's head. "Can't I even go to the bathroom without-"
"No, Link, calm down!" Mario called out.
"IT'S A TRICK! HE WAS JUST TRYING TO DISTRACT US WHILE HIS FRIEND CAME IN FOR THE KILL!" Lucas wailed.
"No, no, calm down, Lucas!" Mario raised his voice. "And you, too, Link! This is not going to turn into a Mexican standoff! We're talking things over here, we're all going to walk away alive, got that, Link?!"
Link glanced over at Mario, and slowly nodded, but didn't lower his crossbow either.
"Good," Mario said. "We're still cool, here, right, Top Knot?"
Maya nodded, eyes still fixed on the fire.
"Tell Lucas we're still good. Tell him it's going to be alright."
"We're still cool, Lucas, everything's going to be okay!" Maya called out.
Lucas nodded, but still looked as though he were on the verge of tears. This particular heist was going terribly, terribly wrong.
Mario reached for his drink, and took a long gulp, never taking his eyes off of Maya. Finally, he spoke again. "So, here's the thing- I can't give you what's in this case, because it's not mine to give. It belongs to a colleague. So, here's what I can do for you- reach into the bag."
Maya blinked. "What... what am I going in for?"
"Pull out my money bag."
Slowly, keeping her eyes on the fire, Maya reached into the bag and felt around in it. "Which one's yours?"
"It'll be the one with Size Matters stitched into the side," Mario smirked, but quickly returned to his serious expression.
Maya took her eyes off of him briefly, just long enough to locate his bag, and produce it. Moving slowly, she laid it on the table and pushed it over to him.
Mario gave a very light chuckle. "Open it up."
Maya, looking confused about where this was going, did so. "Count out the money in there."
Once again, Maya obeyed, pouring the coins and rupees onto the table. "We've got... 500 golds, 242 rupees, 120 blues, and 42 reds," Maya counted out. "Here-"
She attempted to push it towards him, but Mario shook his head. "Put it back in the bag," he spoke softly. "It's yours."
"Huh?" Maya raised her eyebrows.
Link blinked. "Mario, I know you've got this weird thing going on right now, but if you seriously just hand over that much money, I'll have to shoot these two dead on principle!"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE OKAY-" Lucas panicked.
Mario raised his voice up again. "Don't worry, Lucas, everything is going to be okay! Link, shut the hell up! I'm not 'just handing over' this money- I'm buying something for it." Glancing at Maya, he said, "Ask me what I'm buying, Top Knot."
"What- what are you buying?"
Mario leaned forward again. "I'm buying your life," he explained. "There are a lot of ways this could end, but this is the way I'm leaning towards- you take that money, take the bag, leave this case, and leave."
"But... but why?" Maya asked.
Mario gave another small laugh. "Someone's got a fireball on you, offers you a way out, and you're going to question it?" Shaking his head, he continued. "Well, can't blame you too much. Why not take my money back? Why not take all the money and just kill you? And honestly, a few months ago, I'd probably think that, too. But this morning, I saw something- something that's gone a long way towards changing my perspective." Looking back up at Link, he spoke slowly. "There's no need to be afraid, ma peche, lest you make me feel like a péché myself."
All around the theater, everyone fell silent as he spoke. Every last audience member, other actor, even the Master Hand and Gamer4, trembling beneath him, listened as he spoke. "I've been saying that for... many years now. I didn't even think about what it meant- it was just a thing to say before I executed a winnicot, you know? Smeg, 'peche' and 'péché' are the only two words of French I know- 'peach' and 'sin.' And now that I really think about what I'm actually saying... I realize why I never wanted to think to hard about it.
"I've been a killer all that time, in the service of a man whose whole business is lying and killing. Never did I think of myself as a péché, but looking back, that's all I've been. The world is rough, and I've only been joining the pack in making it worse. People say, 'life's hard, you just need to suck it up and keep going,' but I don't think that's true. Not anymore. People just say that as an excuse to lay down and not even try to make the world better. Not me. Not anymore. I've been a péché my whole life, but I think, if I honestly try, that I may be able to be a peche instead. And maybe... that's what the world really needs."
Slowly, Mario reached up and closed his hand, extinguishing the fire. "Take the bag, and go. In peace."
Maya and Lucas, moving slowly, and still conscious of Link's crossbow, took the bag, and headed off-stage, each looking incredibly shaken. Looking around, Link crossed to Mario. "Maybe... maybe we should go."
"You know, Link, that's the first sensible thing you've said all day," Mario nodded, standing, picking up the case, and running off-stage, Mario in his wake.
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As the curtain fell for the final time, Gamer4 gave a slight smile, even through his mouthful of broken teeth, at the audience's applause. "They liked it," he said quietly. "They really liked it!"
"Or it could just be polite applause for one of the most contrived, ridiculous plays in history," came Lucina's voice, drawing both the Master Hand and Gamer4's attention to where the actors were coming in.
"Great speech at the end there, Mario!" Kirby grinned. "That had to be the most... er... what's the word I'm looking for?"
"Hipster?" Meta Knight suggested, smirking.
"Yeah, right! Hipster speeches I've ever heard!"
"Shut up, I'm not the one who wrote it!" Mario pointed out. "Had to work with what I was given!"
"And, of course, the real one to get all this trouble started is this little winnicot here!" Dark Pit growled, causing Gamer4 to gulp.
"Come on, guys, let's be reasonable, here- you did have some fun, didn't you?"
"That's not the point," Robin shook his head. "You caused a lot of trouble for us, this week. Assaulting our headmaster, taking his place and making him look like a winnicot in front of everybody..."
"Threatening to expel us all if we didn't go along with your stupid game," Link added.
"And operating one of the worst plays in history without even understanding the basics of theater!" Luigi growled. Everyone turned to stare at him. "What?"
Gamer4 gulped. "Yeah, that's... that's all true, but you're forgetting one thing... WHAT THE SMEG IS THAT?!"
Everyone turned to see what he was pointing at, and by the time they looked back, Gamer4 was gone.
"Well, crud, he got away," Bowser growled. "And just when I was planning on really sinking my claws into that winnicot."
"Oh, don't worry, he'll be back," Shulk muttered.
"Oh, what, because you saw it happening?" Link asked skeptically.
"No, I don't need to be a seer to guess that," Shulk smiled. "That idiot will be back, no doubt about it."
The Master Hand cleared his throat. "Well, that's a wrap, I suppose! Let's just... let's all just get to bed, shall we?"
There was no disagreement among them, so they all began filing out.
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Mario, Link, Zelda, Lucina, Robin, Waluigi, and Shulk, as it turned out, wound up walking through the halls together. Link and Lucina were bonding surprisingly quickly, now that they'd found a common ground... of swordplay. Finally, they left Lucina and her crew at the entrance to Sierra's hub.
"See you guys around," Lucina smiled.
"Yeah, if you ever need help from Sierra's side, you'll know who to call," Robin agreed, shifting from male to female as they watched.
"Whatever Lucina and Robin do, Waluigi follows!" the spindly purple man concurred.
"Yeah, sure, like we'd ever need help from Sierra," Link smirked.
"And like we'd go out of our way to help a bunch of Nintendrones," Lucina shot back good naturedly. The two grabbed each other's hands in midair, and the next thing, Lucina turned and the three stepped through the wall into their hub.
As the rest turned and began ascending up the stairs, Mario spoke up. "There's just one thing I don't understand."
"One thing?" Link repeated incredulously. "I'm still wondering why Mr. Clairvoya over here couldn't foresee all the trouble this thing would be."
"I don't see on command," Shulk shrugged. "Just brief glimpses." Turning to Mario, he added, "But you were saying?"
"Yeah, I think I have the same question," Zelda nodded, glancing at Mario. "In your scene, when you were seeing Lucina off in Bowser's store... where'd you get that sign from?"
"Sign?" Shulk repeated.
"Yeah, this sign," Mario nodded. He raised his hand in the air, imitating the sign- pinky, ring, and middle fingers curled down, allowing his index finger and thumb to form a backwards L-shape. "What was that?"
"Well, it's the sign of the SOM Brigade, isn't it?" Shulk raised his eyebrows. "I thought you guys, of all people, would understand it."
"S...SOM Brigade?" Mario raised his eyebrows. "No... we've never heard of such a thing..."
Shulk blinked. "What- wait, we haven't done that yet?"
"How do you mean?"
"Well, crud... spoilers. I wasn't supposed to bring it up... um... IhavethingsIneedtodo,Ijustrememberedjustnow,gottago,kaythanksbye!" With that, he turned and rushed off, leaving everyone behind completely bemused.
"What was his problem?" Zelda asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No, no, I'm done," Mario muttered. "No more plot threads, we're ending this here. All I want to do right now is go to sleep."
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Maybe kind of an awkward place to cut it, but hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles. And so ends this crazy story of six chapters! Like I said, this was only ever intended to be a brief side-story, just for fun. It feels strange, not having anything to say in the endnotes of a final chapter, but... I have nothing to say. It doesn't really feel like a final chapter, because really, this is all part of Bottle of Lightning, which will continue on after this! Maybe this story got you interested, maybe you came here because of Bottle, maybe... maybe a lot of stuff. I just hope you guys enjoyed this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was all, as usual, in good fun.
Alright, credits, credits, credits. As usual, I'll have the character, their game of origin, and the person they were playing- as far as Pulp Fiction goes. And, just for funsies, I'll put in the characters I had in mind when this was going to be a Fairy Tail story- though I didn't have every character picked out. They'll be in brackets, with a ? for the characters I never decided on. Since I don't really have anything else to say, I'll go ahead and sign of afterwards, alright? One last time, hope you guys enjoyed the story, now let's have the credits, in order of appearance (playwise) please!
Maya Fey (Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney) as 'Pumpkin.' [?]
Lucas (Mother 3) as 'Honey Bunny' [?]
Mario Mario (Super Mario Bros.) as Jules Winnfield [Gray Fullbuster]
Link Faron (Legend of Zelda) as Vincent Vega [Natsu Dragneel]
Kirby (Kirby) as Brett [?]
Meta Knight (Kirby) as 'Flock of Seagulls' [?]
Peach (Super Mario Bros.) as Marvin [Happy]
Shulk (Xenoblade) as Marsellus Wallace [Erza Scarlett]
Lucina (Fire Emblem: Awakening) as Butch Coolidge [Gajeel Redfox]
Pit (Kid Icarus) as Lance [?]
Zelda Hyrule (Legend of Zelda) as Mia Wallace [Lisanna Strauss]
Male Robin (Fire Emblem: Awakening) as Captain Koons [Metalicana]
Dark Pit (Kid Icarus: Uprising) as Fabienne [Levy McGarden]
Wario (WarioWare, WarioLand) as Maynard [?]
Bowser (Super Mario Bros.) as Zed [?]
Waluigi (Mario sports games) as the Gimp [?]
Teddy (Mother, Earthbound Beginnings) as Man 4 [?]
Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) as Jimmy Dimmick [Lucy Heartfilia]
Female Robin (Fire Emblem: Awakening) as Winston Wolf [Gildarts Clive]
Birdgirl (?) as Bonnie Dimmick [Loke]
Yeah, as you can tell, the Fairy Tail idea was kind of half-baked... hence why, among other things, I went with this instead! Anyways, wrapping everything up, please R&R, constructive criticism welcome, flames, not so much, Gamer4 out!