Published on March 5th, 2011.
Replaced (ver.1) on June 23rd, 2015.
Chapter 26/60
Break 3 - Restaurant
The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba Arc (6/6)
"What do you guys want to do together this time?" Mario asked the team. Instead of separating from each other like the last two breaks, they decided to hang out together.
"Oh! Oh!" Ed said. "I know where to go. Follow Ed!" Ed took the lead while everyone else followed behind him. A few minutes later, they reached the destination.
"A sewer?!" Double D asked. "Of all the places to relax, you chose a smelly, sticky sewer?!"
Ed turned around to face the team. "Is that a problem?"
"Yes!" almost everyone answered, pinching their nose. Most of them groaned at Ed's stupidity.
"Typical Ed," Eddy murmured.
"Is this where you go every time we take a break?" Goombario asked Ed or Kooper.
"Well...yes," Kooper replied. "The scary thought is that I'm already used to this place."
Bow frowned. "Someone like me shouldn't be in this place," she said, but everyone explored inside the sewers. After fighting Gloombas and Spiky Gloombas, they reached the area before Ed and Kooper obtained the Power Smash Badge. There was a new entrance way where Ed and Kooper did not go through before. Everyone hopped forward to the platforms and went inside. In this room, there were platforms rising up to the ceiling. While everyone rode the platform, Parakarry found a Star Piece at the far end. Once the team reached the ceiling, there was actually a secret passage. The team explored in this hidden area until they found a hole. Everyone drop down in the hole and saw a Blue Star Kid.
"It looks like this wasn't a waste of time," Parakarry said.
"Maybe it was Ed's instinct to bring Bow here," Kooper added.
Bow freed the Blue Star Kid as it entered inside her. "Gwah ha ha ha! With my new move, Spook, I can scare everyone from the face of this planet!" she said. Some of the team members cringed at that thought.
"I-I don't want to think about it," Goombario stammered.
"M-me neither!" Parakarry stammered.
"Let's just get out of here already!" Eddy said. Everyone used the Warp Pipe to warp out of the room. The team navigated back to the outside world.
"Sweet, sweet oxygen," Double D said, inhaling it.
"So now what do we do?" Eddy asked. While everyone pondered at that thought, their stomachs began to growl.
"Oh dear..."
"Ed is hungry," Ed said, touching his tummy.
"All we ate were our rations and Luigi's meal," Goombario said. "Maybe we should spend our time in a restaurant."
"Good idea!" Bombette said. "Let's try that restaurant across from here." She pointed to a fancy restaurant. The team went inside and saw it was even more fabulous than the outside. Customers ate peacefully while chatting their friends; most of them were Toads.
"Remember, everyone: be on your best behavior," Double D said.
"What are you, my mom?" Eddy asked. The group walked forward to the front desk. Double D counted all the members before speaking up.
"Table for nine, please."
"Of course," the Toad manager said. "Let me take you all to a nice table." The Toad led all nine to the second floor where the tables were larger than the first floor. Their table was a couch shaped in a "U". From the left, Mario, Goombario, Eddy, Bombette, Kooper, Parakarry, Bow, Ed, and Double D sat in that order. "Here are your menus, everyone. I'll be back shortly for your reply." After he departed, everyone read their menus for their drink first before deciding their meals. Once they were ready for both, the same Toad came back. "How are you all today?
"We're doing pretty good," Mario replied. "I'll have the usual Super Soda."
"I want the Goomba Juice," Goombario said.
"Same with Mario," Eddy said. "Super Soda."
"Fresh Juice," Bombette said.
"Parakarry and I will have Koopa Teas," Kooper said.
Everyone waited for Bow's order. "Hmm... I can't decide," she said while Eddy tapped the table and narrowed his eyes. "There's so many things I haven't seen in Forever Forest. Should I try this one or the other one? Maybe this is a suitable drink for me, but-"
Eddy slammed his hand on the table. "Just pick a drink! Any drink!" he said.
Bow frowned at him. "I'll try...Fresh Juice."
"Me too, please!" Ed said, waving at the Toad.
"Just regular water for me," Double D said.
"How lame," Eddy said.
The Toad wrote all the drinks. "All right," he said. "Now that I have the drinks, what about your main meal for today?"
"Spaghetti," Mario answered. "Lots of sauces and spaghetti noodles."
"Nutty Cake," Goombario said, folding his menu down.
"Omelette Meal," Eddy said. "Make sure the eggs are high quality eggs or else."
Bombette rolled her eyes. "Ignore that last sentence. The Fruit Parfait, please," she said.
"I'll take the Koopasta," Kooper said.
"Obvious..." Eddy murmured.
"What? Koopasta is my favorite meal!"
"I'll take the lunch's special meal," Parakarry said. "Meteor Meal."
"This time," Bow said, looking at Eddy, "I know what to order. I'll order a Heartful Cake."
"Kaets Soorhs," Ed said, which made everyone confused, especially the Toad.
Double D noticed something off about Ed. "Excuse me, Ed," he said, "but I believe you have your menu in reverse." He helped Ed turned the menu correctly.
"Oh! Thanks, Double D!" Ed read his menu again. "Shroom Steak!"
Double D looked at the Toad. "And, finally, I'll order a Healthy Salad."
"Nice choices, everyone," the Toad said, already written everyone's orders. "We'll have you orders ready in around 20 minutes."
"20 minutes?!" Eddy asked. "That's too long! I'm so hungry I could eat this table!"
"Well, we've never had this many people before in a long time. We'll make sure to finish your meals before you know it." The Toad headed back, leaving the team to sit back and wait patiently.
"This reminds me of that restaurant scam, Eddy," Double D said.
Eddy blinked first until he remembered. "Oh yeah!" he said. "That scam would've worked if Ed didn't become a real turkey."
"I thought the order was Ed Turkey," Ed said.
"Like I said before, Ed," Double D said. "you were supposed to use a real turkey."
"You were a turkey?" Bow asked Ed.
"I wanna listen to the Eds' life," Goombario said as everyone listened closely to Double D.
Double D cleared his throat first. "In the past," he said, "we'd used a restaurant scam one time. Eddy was the manager, Ed was the chef and I was their waiter."
"Ed was the chef?" Parakarry asked. "Out of the three of you, it was Ed?"
"Why didn't you just let Ed be the waiter?" Mario asked. Double D and Eddy pondered for a moment.
"Oh dear..." Double D murmured.
"I think that scam would've worked if Double D was the chef," Eddy said.
"So how did Ed became a turkey?" Bombette asked.
"One of our suckers-I mean, customers ordered a Ed Turkey Al-a-King. Ed thought he was supposed to the turkey and ended up scaring everyone!" Everyone, except the Eds, snickered.
"You three are very interesting," Bow said, chuckling. "Anything else to share with us?"
"I know!" Ed said. "Remember that time where I became a monster?"
"It was fun for you; fun for me, but horrible for everyone in the end," Eddy said sternly.
"I can still remember those images," Double D said, closing his eyes. "Ed's terrifying actions, the kids stuck on Ed's wall with greasy Chunky Puffs, and hiding underneath Eddy's bed."
"You guys hid underneath Eddy's bed?!" Goombario asked. The team, minus Eds, laughed out loud again. After their conversion ended, the Toad brought back their meals.
"That was quick," Eddy said.
The Toad smiled. "See?" he asked. "I told you we would be back. Here are your meals everyone."
Mario's Spaghetti, obviously, was a composition of yellow noodles with tomato sauce on top. Mario received his usual purple Super Soda.
For Goombario, his Nutty Cake was a Goomnut cake with a Honey Syrup included. His Goomba Juice was a brownish color with a straw inside the cup.
Eddy's order was a steamy Omelette Meal and a can of Super Soda. After taking a bite from his lunch, Eddy's looked satisfied "Not bad, but mine is better," he said.
Bombette's Fruit Parfait has a wide cup, which contained many varieties of fruits. Her Fresh Juice was a curved cup with honey juice and a lemon hooked to the cup.
Kooper ordered a Koopasta, composed of greenish noodles with a leaf on top. The Koopa Tea, which he and Parakarry ordered, has the same color as Kooper's meal, but in a form of a juice.
Parakarry's meal was very special while everyone scanned his meal in amazement and jealously. It was a fried Mushroom standing on top of his plate while surrounded by golden stars cookies.
Bow was delighted to see her Fresh Juice and Heartful Cake. Its components consisted of a small mountain in a pink color with white icing on top and a heart.
The Shroom Steak Ed wanted were two Mushrooms in a form of meats; french fries and ranch flavor were included as well.
Lastly, Double D's Healthy Salad was mostly vegetables, leaves, and white crackers in the middle. His drink was just plain ice water.
"Enjoy your meal, everyone!" the Toad said, taking his leave.
While everyone enjoyed their meal or playing around, Mario had an idea. "Hey, everyone!" he said. "Since we'll be here for a while, why don't we get to know each other?"
"That sounds like a good idea," Goombario said, smiling. "There some people here I don't actually know yet."
"Then allow me to have the floor," Double D said, sipping his water. "My name is Double D from another world called Earth, where I resided in a Cul-de-Sac. I am the smartest of the three, and the most generous person you'll meet. I've invented many things using scarp components, and I'm the top student in my Jr. High school."
"From another world?" Bow asked, widening her eyes a bit. "The three of you are from another world?"
"That's correct. It all started when Ed found a strange book in the library. While I recited the book, Bowser obtained the Star Rod and captured all the Star Spirits. From here, the three of us were sucked inside the book and found ourselves near Goombario's village."
"Like I said before," Mario said, slurping his noodles, "this world is not a book."
"My turn! My turn!" Ed said. "My name is Ed. How are you? Anyway, I loved horror comics, space aliens, gravy, monsters, buttered toast, chickens, Chunky Puffs, movies, ghosts, turtle guys, worms, jawbreakers, and-" He continued to list many things as he counted with his fingers and toes.
"We get it, Ed!" Eddy said. "Next!"
"So rude!" Bow said, scoffing. "I don't have to introduce myself since I'm the latest member. I enjoyed wearing my signature red bows on my head and fanning myself with my pink fan. Everyone in Forever Forest and Gusty Gulch adores me as the most prettiest Boo in the world. I inherited the mansion after my parents passed away."
"Guess it's my turn," Parakarry said. "I am Parakarry, one of you friendly paratroopa mail carrier in Toad Town. I delivered letters...but...I can be slow at times. I even lost most of the letters across the Mushroom Kingdom. I joined Double D to help him and deliver all the letters I lost before I lose my job. I wouldn't be here without the team."
"The Koopa chain is not over," Kooper added. "I'm Kooper! My dream is to become an archaeologist like my childhood hero: Kolorado. I got this wound when I fought a Fuzzy before Mario and the Eds came. I'm the only blue-shelled Koopa in my village, and I love adventure."
"Edventure!" Ed said to emphasize.
"My name is Bombette," she said. "I lived near where Kooper lives. I can be tough on the outside, but sweet in the inside. I liked to joke around, especially with Eddy. Recently, I broke up with my ex-boyfriend: Bruce, who constantly tries to reunite with me."
Everyone turned and looked at Eddy, who had his cheek resting on his hand. His elbow touching the table. "Yeah," Eddy said with a bored look. "The name's Eddy. Loves money, scams, and jawbreakers."
"Eddy, I think you could provide more background information than that," Double D said.
"I don't feel like it."
"Come on, Eddy," Bombette said. "I want to know more about you. At least something positive."
Eddy sighed. "All right, all right. I'm the leader of the Eds...and I'm the handsomest of all the kids in my place. My brother was the hot-shot before he moved away. I learned everything from him."
Bombette titled her head. "Well... I guess I'll accept that."
"Okay, everyone," Goombario said, eating his Nutty Cake. "My name is Goombairo, and I'm the first partner to join Mario and the Eds. I am Mario's number one fan, and I studied many things in our world. I guess that's why I know so much like Double D. I hate eating fish, but I like to own a pet called an Albino Dino. I have an acrophobia, which means I'm afraid of heights."
"And that leaves Mario," Kooper said, finishing his Koopasta.
Mario chuckled. "I guess most of you know me," he said. "I'm Mario who rescues Peach from my arch nemesis: Bowser. Ever since, I've always defeated him with new powers and partners. I used to be a plumber, by the way."
"Are you in a relationship with Peach, by any chance?" Double D asked.
"Well-"
"I don't wanna hear about that!" Eddy said. "Let's just go to the next Star Spirit thing." After everyone finished their meals, the Toad came back with the total cost of today. Luckily Eddy's Money Money Badge, plus the others' money, was nothing compared to a 167 coins cost. Before they left to find their next destination, they heard a familiar call.
"Mario!" Twink said, rushing inside and floated in front of the team. "There you are!"
"It's Twink," Mario said in astonishment. "How's Peach doing?"
"Well, she was caught sneaking, but other than that, she's okay. I know where the next Star Spirit is."
"Do tell."
"Have you ever heard of Shy Guy's Toy Box?"
"What kind of a lame name is that?" Eddy asked.
"I don't think I've heard of that," Goombario said with a slight frown. "What about the location?"
"I'm afraid I don't know," Twink answered. "All I know is that the next Star Spirit is in Shy Guy's Toy Box."
"That's a shame," Bow said.
"Let's go to Merlon's place," Mario said. "He'll tell us what to do."
"It's time for me to go," Twink said. "Peach and I are always cheering you all." He zoomed out of the restaurant after that. Suddenly, the team heard a crashing noise and a scream.
"My frying pan!" an elderly women said. When the team looked down the first floor, they saw it in a complete mess. These guys wore red robes, white mask, a pair of blue shoes, and a black belt while stealing everything they could carry. One of them stole a frying pan from an elderly woman.
"Shy Guys!" Goombario said.
"Shy Guys?" Eddy asked in disbelief. "They don't look shy to me."
"More like stealing from a poor lady," Double D added.
Eddy looked at the Shy Guys. "You know...those guys look awfully familiar."
A couple of Shy Guys entered the second floor and spotted the team. "We've finally found you two!" one of the Shy Guys said.
"What do you mean by 'two'?" Mario asked, taking out his hammer. Everyone in the team got in their battle stance.
"I mean that yellow brat and that pink Bob-omb menace!" The Shy Guy pointed to the two.
Eddy and Bombette widened their eyes and gasped. "What do you mean by that?" Bombette asked, setting up her fuse.
"You two are under arrest! It's time for your punishment!"
In the original, Goomba Juice does not exist.
Level 7
Mario [20 HP | 15 FP | 12 BP]
Badge Points left [1]
Badges equipped [Power Jump (1), Smash Charged (1), D-Down Pound (2), Damage Dodge (3), Spike Shield (2), Multibounce (1), Power Rush (1)]
Ed [15 HP | 20 FP | 12 BP]
Badge Points left [4]
Badges equipped [Hammer Throw (2), Close Call (1), Shrink Stomp (1), Power Smash (1), D-Down Jump (2), Mega Rush (1)]
Double D [20 HP | 15 FP | 12 BP]
Badge Points left [5]
Badges equipped [Pretty Lucky (2), Refund Badge (1), Zap Tap (4)]
Eddy [15 HP | 15 FP | 15 BP]
Badge Points left [0]
Badge equipped [Feeling Fine (3), Dizzy Attack (2), Power Bounce (2), Quake Hammer (1), Money Money (7)]