The answer is, I am Larry, and I ate vegetables.

The rubber chickens... I was thinking that because they were made of rubber, their heads couldn't come off so he just kept pulling on its legs with the head inbetween his teeth until finally something gave way. The something was his arm.

Sorry for taking so long (if anyone was actually waiting, that is), I was having exams until yesterday.

"...So we just hide in our room until someone manages to find us?" I asked my brother.

He nodded his head and smiled cheerfully.

"Okay," I said approvingly. It was the best prank he had thought of in about two years that did not involve anyone being physically, mentally or emotionally scarred.

I sat in the small gap between our bed and the wall, while Iggy positioned himself next to the door. Although it seemed like he would be spotted easily, we had found out while playing hide-and-seek that most people do not look behind the doors, because it seems to be too obvious. However, the theory that hiding in obvious places would increase your chances of not being discovered is not always true. For example, Wendy hid in the bathtub once. The bathtub, I tell you! Completely silly!

We had switched off the lights and were waiting for someone to come in. Around 7.30 a.m., the koopa servant who was supposed to wake us up knocked on the door. Normally he only had to wake up Wendy, since the rest of us would already be awake for various reasons. Hearing no response, he opened the room door and peered inside. "Lemmy, Iggy, it's me, Koopan... Darn it, I'm going to get blasted for talking to myself again..." he mumbled, unaware that we were actually there. He closed the door and scurried back down the corridor.

"It worked," I whispered.

Several minutes later, Ludwig burst into the room and called for us to come out. "I know you're there. Hurry up and maybe we won't be late for breakfast."

We reluctantly crawled out of our hiding places when out eldest brother struck a great idea. "You guys come out now, and I'll play with you'll later."

"Yay!" I screamed. "No bribery required!"

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During our free time, we called all of our siblings over and asked them to play hide-and-seek with us. Roy refused until we told him that playing games with us was another way to show his strength and skill at stuff, and Wendy had to be promised a gift from us, which was that we would not steal her makeup for the next month. That was kind of sad, since I do enjoy playing with the eyeliner, but getting her to play with us was an excellent trade-off for that small price. Ludwig had to stick to the deal he had made earlier, and our other brothers were normally willing to play with us.

"So," Roy said, scratching his head as he was unfamiliar with such things. "What do we do?"

"Well, all rooms on the first floor, including the kitchen, and our rooms are available for hiding in. You're to automatically to come back to the playroom if you're found. We'll take turns being 'it', and Lemmy and I will go first. If we can't find you guys in ten minutes, we lose and we all go to the playroom. Sounds good?" Iggy grinned as he spoke.

Wendy looked a bit uncomfortable at the prospect of possibly having all her siblings in her room, but she complied. Morton began talking about how we had better not touch his stuff or else he would continue talking when I said, "A minute, okay? 60... 59... 58..." He closed his mouth and scampered into the hallway with our other siblings. Meanwhile, Iggy was counting starting from one.

"1!" "60!" We yelled simultaneously. "I'll check the rooms and the bathrooms, and you'll check the first floor," Iggy said before walking towards the rooms. I watched for about a minute until I heard Morton talk to himself very loudly from the first floor about how soft the sofa was, and headed downstairs to find him. As his voice had given him away completely, I found him within seconds of stepping off the last step.

"Yo," I laughed as I approached. "Found ya." He frowned at me and groaned, then stomped up the stairs. "He was always bad at this," I said to myself. "Loud mouth makes his hiding place obvious."

I headed towards the kitchen, where the cooks were busy preparing some meat for dinner. I spoke to the one who always made the meals for me. "Hello Koofka, did you see any of my siblings around here?"

"Yes I did, some blue hair ran past me a few minutes ago. So did a necklace, I think."

I laughed at his description and thanked him, walking towards the back area of the kitchen. "They must have forgotten to tell the cooks not to tell us," I thought. There was also a door leading outside, but I decided to check the rooms inside the castle first. I went into the bathroom and turned on the light. "Wendy?" I stood in shock. "I thought you hated this bathroom because the bathtub which you're sitting in was green!"

"Hmph! I thought you'd never find me in here," she grumbled as she stalked upstairs.

"At least it was less obvious than your own bathroom~" I called after her.

Finally, I walked outside, and heard a faint sound from the storeroom. It sounded like well-padded feet (or whatever you call them) tapping on the floor. Thus, I concluded that it could only be my brother who had the consistency of jelly, and dragged him out from behind the door by his foot. "Was that really necessary?", he asked while walking back towards the castle. I checked all the possible hiding places, including the koopa-shaped, covered sandpit, the oven, although I doubted anyone would hide in there, and inside the storage area of the sofa. Satisfied with my checking, I strolled back upstairs, feeling that I had done my job.

Now I shall invite the best brother in the world to tell you about where he found our other siblings.

Oh, thank you for the compliment. I do think you are my favourite brother as well.

After I separated from Lemmy, I walked towards the nearest room, which was Ludwig's. Being the neat freak that he was, the room was spotless, so I decided to leave my hair on his bed just to see his reaction. At least he was not so obsessed with cleanliness that he would complain of my germ-infested hair contaminating his room... I hope so, anyway. Since I was unable to find anyone inside, and his lab was out of bounds, I considered his room free of my siblings.

The next room I visited was Roy's. The walls were decorated with posters of wrestling champions, with the occasional graffiti-covered face of a Mario Brother. As with Ludwig's, his room was not used as a hiding place. In fact, all the rooms were so save for Wendy's. I was wondering where all of my siblings were hiding until I opened Wendy's bathroom door. Larry had managed to wedge himself between the toilet bowl and the door, a feat even Lemmy had not attempted to pull off because the gap was so small that one could easily get stuck inside. Fortunately, Larry managed to slip out and brush himself off. He said, "You found me," and left.

Wendy's room was mostly pink and white, and the bed was covered in cushions which we love using for pranks. What surprised me was not how overwhelming the air freshener she used was, nor how the colours of her room burned my eyes, but that Roy was hiding underneath her makeup table. Kindly do not tell him I said this, but he blended in perfectly with her decor, with his pink sunglasses and all. I prodded him gently in case he jumped and destroyed her vanity table.

"So..." I began. "Are you here to annoy Wendy?"

He nodded in response and headed towards the playroom. I checked the large pile of cushions only to find Bowser Jr. hiding underneath. He had fallen asleep on her bed, so I poked him and dragged him out.

Once we were all gathered in the playroom we happily announced that they had all been found, so we had won the round. Some of our siblings looked slightly miffed, but most of them were just eager to play again. Since Larry and Morton had been found the first, they were to be 'it'. They began counting extremely loudly, so much so that we could hear them from our hiding place.

We were hiding in what we believed was the most well-hidden spot in the whole castle; behind Bowser Jr.'s floor-length curtains. Since we were both fairly slim, the chance of us being noticed due to the thick curtains having a suspicious bulge was quite low. The gap between the curtains and his toy cabinet was also small, further lessening the likelihood of being caught.

I had always found it amusing that Bowser Jr. had a door in his room that was always locked. All of us had always wondered what it was for, although our not-father had told us that the area behind that door was strictly out of bounds. One day, Larry, Lemmy and I snuck into the room to pick the lock. I stepped out of the door without looking and would have fallen on top of some vicious plants had Lemmy not caught me and pulled me back up. Of course King Bowser found out, and we were scolded for it, but at least we know that Bowser Jr.'s room used to be Princess Peach's. The door had been there to prevent her from escaping really easily, and possibly to look like an easy way for Mario (and Luigi) to rescue her. However, there was nothing but carnivorous fauna down there. If she had fallen at least those plants would have had a good meal... Larry and King Bowser only feed them three times a month. With her floating abilities she could actually have glided over the plants with ease, so I think that it was a bit of a stupid idea to keep her trapped there. That was why she had always managed to cone out to greet Mario when he came to rescue her even though she was supposed to be locked up in that room. A bit silly, huh. Seriously, why not just lock her i- NO DON'T KILL ME I DIDN'T MEAN IT! ... Ouch.

...Right. So while my brother is getting his tail burnt by King Bowser for implying his apparent stupidity, I shall continue from where he left off. I am not worried that he will hear me, since our not-father is busy chasing Iggy around the house. He should get back here in around 15 minutes.

We were in Bowser Jr.'s room, behind the curtains. To minimize suspicion, we stood on our toes. Believe me when I say that standing on the balls of your feet hurts. Even if I no longer remember the pain, my feet do. You can ask them if you want to.

Once the ten minutes were over, we triumphantly walked back to the room. Well, we felt victorious but I looked like I was in pain, limping along. Since I seemed to be injured, my siblings told us to stop playing and continued the game without us. Maybe they were just tired of us winning.

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Later that day, we were sitting in our rooms talking as we always did. Suddenly, I remembered our birthday that we had celebrated two years ago. I probably should have mentioned this in the previous recording, since this one is about the hide-and-seek games we have played, but I completely forgot.

I had asked Iggy what he had been going to say that he took from me and was going to return two years ago.

"Oh, that," he replied. "Hmm... I think I was going to say a couple of bristles from your toothbrush."

I facepalmed and threw Iggy out the open door.

Moment of randomness at the end.

The entire chapter is based off a game of hide-and-seek I played with my friends. Although I do think that modelling the castle after that house is overdoing it a little... Heh.

I'm afraid the next chapter will disappoint because it's a journal entry from Lemmy about his dreams and it's really, really random.