Chapter 29: White Petals
Dryden peeled off the wrapping paper from Daisy's body, and exited the room to allow her to get dressed. "Um...so what exactly happened here?"
Daisy exited the room wearing her bathrobe once more. "Ugh...I need to find some freakin' clothes to wear since Bow's supposed to be here. But everything's been stolen!"
"Stolen? How?"
"That's not the hot issue right now," Daisy looked back into her room at the pile of misshapen junk, "I need to get a dress somehow. Something that'll make me look good in front of Bow."
Dryden shrugged, "You look fine to me. Heck, you look fine in anything."
This made Daisy giggle, "Sweet, but I can't go out there like this." She then sighed, "I need something…this is getting me nowhere."
"Hm. How about using your bedsheets?" Dryden point to her bed.
"..." Daisy slapped her hand on her forehead, "Ugh, why didn't I think of that? Thanks." She ran in, and closed the door, only to reopen it moments later, "Um, do you think you can do me a favor and distract Bow with your brother, please?"
"Eh, I got it." Dryden shrugged, and walked towards the stairs.
"Thanks!"
Meanwhile, outside….
"Hm. How long does it take for someone to do their business?" Lady Bow complained.
"I'm sure she'll be out in a matter of moments," Drible rattled anxiously, "You cannot rush perfection, you know?"
The Boo glared at him, "Excuse me?"
"I just-"
"Perfection should have been achieved in the time that was allotted for her. Why must she be so irresponsible that she can't even meet a noblewoman on time?" She questioned him.
Naturally, when it came to Daisy's honor, Drible was quick to her defense. "Beg your pardon, but Daisy is nothing like that. She will surely um...do the exact opposite!"
Bow floated over to Drible, and gave him a cold stare with a dark smirk that could send a shock into an entire field of Hammer Bros. "She had better."
Drible was practically shaking from the intensity of the Boo's stare, and nearly fell to the ground. Somehow, he managed to stay standing. "Sh-sh-she won't…"
"Hm." The Boo backed away from him, and resumed looking around the area.
Just then, Dryden walked outside the door, and stood next to his brother. "You ok?"
"Yes…" Drible shivered, "Just...she scares me."
"Would ya calm down, bro? Daisy said she'll be out in a minute when she gets dressed." Dryden assured his brother, "Now calm down."
Bow overheard this, and looked in their direction. "Did I hear that correctly? Will she be out in a few?"
"Yup." Dryden answered, "Won't be long now."
Bow finally cracked a smile, "Finally! I'll finally be able to see what it's like around her castle. Hopefully she's a better ruler than Princess Peach."
"How so?" the Dry Bones brothers asked in unison.
"I could go on forever about how Peach has….questionable traits as a ruler." She fanned herself, "Don't get me wrong, the Kingdom is still standing, so she must be doing something right. It's just...something about her that seems….strange."
Dryden spoke up, "Like the fact that it's possible she lets herself get kidn-" before his brother quickly slapped him. "Ow."
"That's too much information."
Bow blinked, "That's actually quite accurate. Peach never seems to have any sorts of defenses or protection besides Mario. What would she do without him? Or Luigi?"
"Makes sense to me," Dryden shrugged, "Honestly that's why I kinda like hanging around Daisy's place more." He folded his arms, "Nice to see a noble who actually does something."
Bow fluttered her eyes at him with a smirk, "Nice to see someone who actually has good taste in who they surround themselves with."
"Um…" Dryden felt slightly uncomfortable from the whole eye thing. "Ok…?"
She continued to smirk at him, "Why don't you go see if Daisy's ready, hm?" This was a clear attempt at charming him. However, it didn't seem to work all that well as the Dry Bones simply shrugged in response.
"Aight." Dryden turned around to open the door to go back inside. But before he could, the door swung open on its own. "What the f..ire bros?"
Daisy emerged from the inside of her castle with her eyes closed. Somehow, someway, she managed to turn her white bedsheets into a perfectly form fitting dress that clung to her body at the waist up, and stopped right above her chest. From the waist down, it was a lot like one of her normal dresses that flowed around her legs outwards.
She spoke in an uncharacteristically haughty voice as she curtseyed, "Welcome to Sarasaland, Lady Bow."
Bow looked up at her, very interested in what Daisy had to say. "Well hello~"
The undead koopa brothers however, were dumbfounded by this and exchanged looks of confusion at each other for the longest moment until they looked back at the brunette princess. Drible was frozen, and couldn't think of anything to do or say.
Dryden on the other hand, had other thoughts. "Did this woman just freakin' curtsey?"
