Review replies! Yay.
Dark Pit not Pittoo: Oooooh! So that's what it meant! I'm just stupid. I don't think floor ice cream is healthy to eat. Or that other stuff pit eats from the floor. As for what is better, I personally think it's a matter of taste. Excluding shulk of course. He is a tasteless monster. Poor guy.
Pichuplayer: Pika! Pikachu… pi Pikachu PI? PIKA PIKACHU CHU PI! Pi Pikachu pi! (Thanks! Wait… you realized NOW? I HAVE ALREADY REPLIED TWICE TO YOUR REVIEWS! Luigi is pretty neat.)
Little Mark 49: oh! Alright thanks!
Based Yoshi: Ganondorf dun goofed. Thank you! I try.
Heman2000: Nah Team Evil won't hold a grudge against them! Not at all! (He lied.) Anyways I don't think any sane person would work with the Villager. Team Evil would have done the same to all the other teams if they could. In fact that's what they tried to do in their previous matches! But since no one takes them seriously for good reasons, they denied. They are all talk anyway. I will take your advice into serious consideration! This is what reviews are after all! I got your name wrong? Let me check… OH F-
Mk-freak-724: Well the underdogs are basically put against unfair odds and still win anyways. But it won't be all wins! At least not on the other 2 tournaments.
ZombieSlayers: I try.
Master Hand is a busy person. He has to run tournaments, write invitations, build new stages, come up with original ideas, tolerate Crazy, and all that super important stuff. You can't expect the man- I mean the hand to remember EVERYTHING.
"I can't believe that he forgot that his password was one two three four!" Shulk grumbled as they entered the cafeteria once again.
The place was just as bustling as always, with the smashers all having their lunch with their teams and the general good mood. The smashers who were disqualified were also here since Master Hand wasn't evil enough to not let them taste their favorite dishes even if they were currently stationed in a different building. Even the tables weren't plain. Each table had a different shape, colour, and overall design. They all had some pretty comfortable seats surrounding them, going as far as some of the more animalistic smashers falling asleep on them.
Our lovable (?) protagonists sat on one of the tables as per usual. They were waiting for Bandana dee to come and take their order and everything looked peace-
"Ahem."
Everyone turned to see Master Hand holding a piece of paper.
"Due to Team Evil using foul means to gain an advantage in their recent battle, they are hereby disqualified from the four v four tournament, and shall join the other disqualified members to the building nearby. Now, today's results: Team Meta Knight and Co. won against The Bounty Hunters, Team Heroes scored a win against Team Divine, And since Team Evil apparently couldn't even win in a match that they cheated to turn in their favor, The Underdogs gave them another loss. Now I know what you will all say now: But Master Hand, now that we are an even number some teams won't have a free day! And I would reply that I didn't care but I have decided that tomorrow you will all have a free day! See? I am nice like that. Anyways, go on with your day, the current standings are as per usual, on the bulletin board." He announced and left shortly after, only to come back a few moments later.
"WHO CHANGED MY COMPUTER PASSWORD?!" He roared.
"DID YOU ACTUALLY FORGET IT AGAIN?! ONLY TWO MINUTES PASSED!" Shulk yelled obviously pissed.
"NO I DID NOT! SEE FOR YOURSELF!"
Shulk stormed to the security room and after a few silent minutes he came back even more furious before he whispered something to Master Hand.
"WHO CHANGED THE COMPUTERS PASSWORD TO '420BLAZEIT ?!" His voice boomed through the whole mansion making most of the smashers shudder in fear.
After seeing no response, he wiggled his index finger and a surprised Crazy Hand appeared.
"UH OH SPAGETI-O'S" He exclaimed in surprise.
"Crazy, you better explain yourself before I obliterate you."
"WELL BRO I JUST HAD THE MOST SMARTEST IDEA FOR A PRANK, SO I THOUGHT LIKE , HEY! MAH BRAH CANT REMEMBERS CODES FOR HIS LIFE! LETS CHANGE ALL THE PASSWORDS!" He exclaimed in triumph
"All… the… passwords?" Master Hand shuddered in realization.
"YEP! I EVEN INSTALLED PASSWORDS TO THE TOILETS! SO YOU CANT ENTER THEM UNLESS YOU PUT THE CORRECT CODE! I DON'T EVEN KNOW MOST OF THE PASSWORDS! HALFWAY THROUGH ME JUST STARTED SLAMMING TEH KEYBOARD. IT WAS AWSUM!"
"Crazy. I will kill you." Master Hand said in a cold voice.
"NO YA WONT! I KNOW YOU LOVE ME!" Crazy Hand replied.
"Crazy, I will count to five. If you aren't at least a light year away from here I will end you." Master Hand replied to him in an even colder voice.
"I AINT BUYING IT!" Crazy stated, now a bit anxious.
"Five, four…" Master Hand started counting down.
"NAH BRAH YE BLUFFIN!" Crazy Hand shouted now sweating bullets.
"Three, two…"
Crazy hand promptly disappeared.
"One… Zero."
Master Hand teleported away.
"GAME OVER YEAH!" They heard Crazy shout, before a huge explosion was heard, followed by a shockwave that broke every glass in the room and shook the building.
Master Hand reappeared, unscathed, and a beaten up Crazy fell through the roof and made a huge crater on the ground.
"And THAT is how you roast some chicken. Wait. I guess I DO hang out too much with Crazy… Now where to hide the body…" He mumbled as he dragged Crazy's twitching body oblivious to the dropped jaws from everyone.
"Oh, before I forget." He snapped his fingers and the building turned back to how it was 5 minutes ago, and after checking out his handiwork, he left with Crazy's now limp body being dragged behind him, as he mumbled to himself something about having a day off.
The smashers just stared at the scene with wide eyes and their jaws on the floor. Even Meta Knight was startled, and that is saying something. It took them a few minutes to recover from their state of shock, before they recovered and tried to wrap around their heads what just happened, which in turn only gave them a headache.
"So… that just happened." Luigi deadpanned.
"You know, I sometimes forget Master Hand's power since he is so laid back." Shulk mused.
"Yeah, I mean did you SEE what happened to Crazy?!" Little Mac awed.
"No, not about that, I mean about how he just repaired everything to its original state just by snapping his fingers!"
"That is what you were impressed about?" Dedede deadpanned.
"Well yea! Sure he has immense raw power, but since he is the Hand of creation, he can literally create anything! Think of the possibilities!" Shulk explained.
"A FRIDGE THAT NEVER RUNS OUT OF FOOD! SHULK MAH BOY YOU ARE A GENIUS!" Dedede dawned on realization before he patted Shullk in the back.
"Well that's what everyone tells me– wait- NOT LIKE THAT!" Shulk said as he wacked Dedede in the head.
"HEEELOOOOO GOOD SIRS!" they turned their heads to see a blue shy guy in a waiters outfit.
"May I take your order?" He asked.
They quickly took their orders and the shy guy left for the kitchen. The food came surprisingly quick, and after their brief lunch they started chatting with the shy guy.
"So, I haven't seen you here before. Were you recently hired?" Luigi asked.
"Yes actually! A spot opened yesterday and I was able to take it!" The shy guy explained excitedly.
"Huh. I wonder who left." Shulk pondered.
The blue Shy Guy shifted around suspiciously before signaling them to come closer, before he started talking.
"You guys didn't hear it from me, but I heard the last guy was a waddle dee with a bandana on his head." He whispered to them.
"That's Bandana Dee!" Dedede realized.
"You know the guy? Anyways, that Bandana guy, he messed up. He messed up BIG time."
"What did he do?" Little Mac asked, now worried for the little guy
"Alright so it went like this…"
Yesterday.
Bandana dee was rushing from table to table, carrying more plates than possible with his tiny arms, getting orders, and all around doing his job efficiently.
A koopa with a chef's hat busted in the kitchen.
"THE INSPECTOR IS COMING TODAY!" He panicked and when everyone else heard that they also started panicking.
"Who is the inspector?" Bandana dee asked.
"COOKING MAMA!" He replied hi voice filled with horror.
"But she isn't even a-"
"Master Hand entrusted her with making sure everything is on point. And by everything I really mean EVERYTHING! SHE WANTS EVEN THE WATER TO BE AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE!" The panicked koopa yelled grabing Bandana dee and shaking him frantically, before he realized what he was doing and dropped him.
"So you must remember this: Everything must be perfect! You must do your absolute best, and if you don't, they might fire us all! Or just you. In any case, DID YOU UNDERSTAND?!"
"SIR YES SIR!" Bandana dee saluted.
"Good. Now she might be in disguise so even if you spot her you must treat her like every other customer. She despises getting special attention so be careful at that also. Now get to work!"
"RIGHT AWAY SIR!" Bandana dee quickly dashed to the waiting customers to take their orders.
The day was running smoothly, and there was no sign of the inspector, until suddenly:
The doors swung open and a lone hooded figure entered the room and sat on a table by his lonesome.
Nobody noticed Cooking Mama enter the restaurant shortly after. When she was noticed by an oddly calm Bandana dee, see ordered a bunch of plates and Bandana dee rushed to the kitchen to give her order.
Shortly after Bandana dee was running out of the kitchen with a dozen more plates than he should be able to carry with his tiny little arms, towards Cooking Mama's direction…
Only to completely ignore her and go for the other tables.
"When is my order coming?" She asked in a bit of an angry tone so that she could scare him.
"I am sorry, but you'll have to wait like all the other customers do." He said in a business like tone before he rushed back to the kitchen.
After a while Bandana dee came back with a dozen of dishes towards Cooking Mama. She glanced at the plates in his hands and a little drool came out of her mouth. Bandana dee approached the table in a steady speed, somehow keeping his balance.
As soon as he was in front of the table he slipped and all the plates fell on Cooking Mama's face. When he stumbled back on his feet he was met with a death glare by Cooking Mama, and at that moment, he knew he-
"BOB WILL YOU STOP BLABERING AND GET BACK TO WORK?!" A chef's voice was heard from the kitchen and a now startled Bob left their table and rushed back into the kitchen the team started to panic before they were interrupted.
"I wouldn't believe him if I were you…" They turned to the sound of the voice to see a Toad wearing a search light around his head and carrying a small backpack that looked like it could fit a lot of stuff inside.
"Captain Toad?" Luigi exclaimed. "How have you been? I haven't seen you since our last adventure!"
"Oh! Hi Luigi!" Captain Toad greeted, before continuing. "Anyways, I was here yesterday and I realized that Bob over there didn't tell you the full story… Let me tell you what really happened starting a few moments before that bandana fellow slipped…"
Second Flashback! Yay?
As soon as Bandana dee entered the kitchen to take Cooking Mama's order, the cloaked guy that was sitting at the other side of my table shifted around nervously, and tried to make sure he wasn't seen. After a few seconds, he took his glass full of water and spilled it right in front of Cooking Mama's table, covering it up as an 'accident'. He hastily left the room as that bandana fellow entered the room with his hands full of plates. I don't know how he does it with those stubby little arms. Anyways, he slipped and everything fell on top of her and she dragged him to the kitchen with a death glare on her face. Rather coincidentally in my personal opinion that Bob fellow asked for a job mere moments after that poor waddle dee was kicked from the restaurant.
"hmm… If that what you say is true then why would that shy guy lie to us?" Little Mac wondered.
"But of course! The shy guy obviously threw the water on the floor right in front of the inspector, so that Bandana dee would slip as he came with the dishes, get fired, and so Bob would apply for the job in the middle of the day, and would get hired pretty easily cause they would need waiters! Boom! Open and easy position!" Shulk concluded.
"Before we continue, may I ask why we or the readers should care about Bandana dee's previous job?" Dedede deadpanned, speaking for the audience.
"Because the author is too lazy to continue the plot right now, so we have this little side plot!" Shulk replied.
"Hey don't talk like that about the author! He is a cool guy!" Luigi defended.
"I bet he just made you say that so that he could feel better about himself." Little Mac said.
"No he didn't!"
"Guys? What in the name of the 1-up are you blabbering about?" Captain Toad asked looking at them like they were insane.
"Uhmm… Nothing! Ignore us!"
"Oookeeyyy… I am gonna go now. Good luck in the competition guys!" Captain Toad waved them goodbye before he hurried off mumbling something about people who are wrong in the head.
"I bet he thinks we are insane now." Luigi deadpanned.
"So should we go comfort Bandana dee?" Little Mac suggested.
"Nah, I bet he'll be fine. Let's go have some fun!" Dedede dismissed.
"Isn't Bandana dee supposed to be your biggest, and only, fan?" Shulk replied.
"HEY! I HAVE A LOT OF FANS YOU KNOW! HEY YOU LITTLE DUDE!"
He called to a passerby waddle dee. "Who are you a fan of?" He asked
"Well Mario is a pretty co-" The waddle dee noticed Dedede's death glare. "-ool, but King Dedede makes him look like a stomped goomba in comparison!" He finished.
"See!? I DO have fans!" Dedede posed in triumph while the waddle dee rushed away.
"Sure you do…"
"Alright alright, we will go comfort Bandana dee…" Dedede grumbled.
They exited the cafeteria and started walking down the street. There were numerous houses scattered around, mostly for assist trophies and other characters that don't participate in battles. Each house had a signature look, which reflected the person living there. There was a house that looked like a dog, a military themed warehouse, a purple house that had Γ plastered on various places. Even the house was shaped like that oddly enough. There was a haunted looking mansion right next to an ancient china themed house. The roads were pretty clean, considering some of the characters living here. As they continued walking toward Bandana dee's house for another hour, Little Mac seemed to realize something important as he completed the ritual where you connect you palm to your face which signifies that you dun goofed.
"WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE BANDANA DEE LIVES!" He yelled in frustration, and his face-palming act was copied by the rest of his team.
"HI GUYS!" They heard a voice greet and saw none other than Bandana dee, slurping on an ice cream.
"Hey Bandana! They greeted.
"Bandana, where do you live?" Little Mac asked.
"Oh you don't know? I live right beside the mansion! First house to the left, It's a waddle dee with a bandana and a spear, can't miss it, unless you are either blind or stupid." He answered as he got a few death glares, but didn't notice them.
"So whatcha wanna talk about?" He asked.
"Well we did hear about how you lost your job, so we came here to comfort you!" Little Mac explained.
"Oh that? Eh it's no biggie." He said nonchalantly.
"You aren't upset by the fact that you were sabotaged so that you get fired?" Shulk asked.
"I'll find something else to do. If you do find something though, you know where to find me! Later guys!" He answered before waving them goodbye and leaving.
"Well THAT was a waste of time…" Dedede deadpanned.
"It is at least a relief that he is fine." Luigi sheepishly remarked.
Shulk suddenly had an idea as his face had 'I JUST HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA' plastered all over it.
Shortly after, Inside Master Hand's office.
"So what you are basically suggesting, is that I let you use this little guy over there," He pointed towards Bandana Dee sitting on a chair with a sheepish smile on his face. "- as the mascot of your team?" He finished.
"Basically yes!" Shulk concluded.
"Why?"
"Well, look at bandana! He is cute and adorable on the outside, which makes everyone underestimate his true abilities! He is basically the essence of an underdog! No one expects such a cute looking fellow handle the spear with such accuracy!" Shulk explained.
"Hmm… I don't see why not…"
"Does being a mascot increase my chances of being invited to the next tournament!?" Bandana dee asked with sparkles in his eyes.
"No." He said in a deadpan voice.
"But –"
"No."
"Even though-"
"No."
"Why no-"
"No."
"You just don't like the idea of a mascot don't you."
"Yes."
"That is not very nice."
"No."
"Why do you only reply with one word?"
"Reasons."
"You meanie!"
"I am."
"HA! MADE YOU SAY MORE THAN ONE WORD!"
"Good job. Now get out."
They all promptly did as Master Hand didn't look like he was in the mood for talking.
"So you are our mascot now huh?" Dedede said.
"I think." Bandana replied.
"Neat."
Authors note and all that jazz: I managed to break both my promises at once. GG me. I severely underestimated how hard school can be so I am taking back my promises like the scum that I am. I am writing this story when in my free time, so I should probably organize myself so that I get more of that.
Now story stuff. You might be wondering. "Why did you put this side story here? It doesn't add anything to the overall plot!" To which I reply. It honestly doesn't. But I just wanted to try and describe a bit the world around our now 5 main characters.
Write a review and give me some feedback! Did I do good on this one? No? what could I improve? And all that fancy smancy stuff you can do with the reviews. Anyway Ill update as soon as I can see you all next time~!
-Nick (btw sorry for long authors note.)
