EPISODE 10 2/2: Boo Busters!
Mansion: Day 20 - 49 BOOS LEFT
The entrance to the mansion was rather large, with stairs leading to a second floor, and on that second floor lay more doors that would lead them to different areas. The mansion itself had four floors: the Basement, the Ground Floor, the First Floor, and the Roof.
Despite the boos being apparently harmless, most people decided to stay in small pairs to ensure that nobody would be hurt:
Master Bedroom: Day 20 - 49 BOOS LEFT
As the door creaked open to the large Master Bedroom, a hedgehog and a short plumber walked inside, analyzing the place for any boos.
In the middle of the room was a large mattress, with no bed frame or covers or even pillows accompanying it. Towards the back of the room was a large dressing table for makeup and doing hair, and in the corners of the room lay several small drawers with old, broken lamps on top.
"Sheesh, you think that an abandoned mansion would be empty of all this furniture," Sonic said, shining his light on it. "Do you see any boos?"
"Nope!" Responded Mario, walking up to the mattress. "Hang-a on a second."
He shined his light on the middle of it, and a small bump was located on it.
"Is there something underneath the mattress?" He questioned, moving the mattress with his feet. "I heard boos like to-a hide in furniture."
After moving it enough, a white glowing cloud emerged from it, and that white glowing cloud then split into two.
"Bwahahaha!" One of the clouds cried out as it formed into the same spherical ghost as seen earlier, it was a boo!
The other cloud formed into a second boo, and it pulled the corners of its mouth far apart, pulling a face at Mario and Sonic before laughing alongside its partner.
"Sorry Mario, but both of those boos are mine!" Sonic stated, running up to the boos and attempting to suck them both in.
Whilst one escaped from the suck of his Poltergust, the other one was slowly nearing towards the end of the vacuum, crying in horror.
Before Sonic could suck it in...
The boo that had escaped from his clutches barged into him, causing the hedgehog to trip and crash into the wall of the mansion.
To make matters worse, the loud racket of the thud alongside the laughing of the boos caused one more to phase through the door to assist the others.
Mario gulped as he caught all of them in his suction, hoping that none of them would escape.
The plumber slowly edged closer to the boos whilst sucking them in, and two of them escaped at the last second.
However, the boo that went in to assist the others wasn't so lucky, as it soon entered Mario's Poltergust.
Upon seeing this, the other two boos got angry, their smiles turning to scowls as they circled the dizzy Sonic and the fatigued Mario.
"I got an idea..." Said Sonic, getting to his feet.
After standing up, he began running in circles around the two boos. At first, the two spirits were confused as the hedgehog gained more and more speed, but as the wind around the two boos began to create a current that carried them, they realized his plan, albeit it was too late for them.
The two dizzy boos crashed against each other as Sonic stopped running and began sucking them in. Due to their dizziness, they could barely fight back, causing both of them to get sucked in.
"Aw yeah! That was a piece of cake," cheered Sonic, as Mario grinned despite vacuuming only one boo instead of two. The plumber knew he had to step up his game if he wanted the most boos.
Suddenly, the lights of the room mysteriously turned on, destroying the room's eerie feeling.
"Whoa, did you do that?" The hedgehog asked Mario.
He shook his head. "No? I don't even-a see a light switch on-a the walls."
"Weird... well, I'm sure it wasn't a boo, since turning on the lights would probably make things worse for them," explained Sonic. "This is one mysterious mansion..."
"If only Luigi was-a here..." Uttered the Italian. "He'd probably explain most of-a this since he's cleared out plenty of mansions!"
The hedgehog nodded. "Probably, and I bet if Tails was here, he probably would have invented and create a ghost trap by now. Meanwhile, Knuckles would still be trying to punch those ghosts, even if he knows that they won't react to it!"
As the two talked about their relatives and friends, they opened the door of the empty, bright room, and continued their search for more boos.
Dining Hall: Day 20 - 46 BOOS LEFT
King Dedede and Papyrus entered the large dining hall, consisting of a long room with a giant wooden table in the middle, covered in a white jagged table cloth with tears in it.
"This place is king-sized, but it definitely ain't close to being king quality!" Dedede scraped his hand across one of the drawers in the corner of the room. "Thick with dust?! My servants polish ma' castle every day, so seein' something so filthy is just disgraceful!"
"IT'S LAZINESS. THOUGH, CONSIDERING THIS PLACE IS ABANDONED, I FEEL LIKE THE LACK OF HYGIENE IS RATHER JUSTIFIED," Papyrus defended. "HOWEVER, IT'S STILL DISGUSTING WITHOUT A DOUBT."
"Agreed, now where are those ghosts..." The penguin walked around the dining room table, shining his light on everything.
Suddenly, the king felt a tug on his robe, causing him to jolt around to Papyrus.
"What do ya want!?" He eyed him.
"EH?"
"You tugged me for a darn reason and I wanna hear it!" Dedede stomped his feet on the ground.
Suddenly, another tug came on his robe, once again from behind. This confirmed to him that Papyrus didn't touch his robes at all, causing the color to drain from his face.
He turned around and looked down to check for any of the orb-shaped boos, and found nothing.
Then another tug came from behind, and another, and another, causing Dedede to fall into an annoying cycle that quickly got him mad.
"HEY, BONEHEAD, GET THESE GHOSTS OFFA' ME!" Demanded Dedede.
"I'M TRYING!" Papyrus panicked. "HOW DO YOU ACTIVATE THE VACUUM CLEANER?!"
As the penguin continued to get tugged over and over again, he managed to point to the button.
"IT'S RIGHT THERE-" he then fell to the ground from an extra powerful tug, causing him to get extra angry. "Alright... that does it... YOU BOOS HAVE HAD 'YER FUN!"
He then whipped out the vacuum and turned it on, and four boos appeared on the opposite side of the room, all were giving snarky laughter at them.
Dedede charged forwards, surprising the boos as they scattered around the room, Papyrus was still struggling to turn on his Poltergust.
The skeleton watched, sweating, as the penguin chased the four around the hall, taunting him with every miss.
One of the boos decided to toy with Papyrus as well, tackling him to the floor.
The penguin scoffed at Papyrus. "You're useless!"
By pure luck, Dedede managed to corner one of the boos, quickly sucking it up before the others could shove him or stop him.
"You don't tug at a king's robes!" He laughed. "Suckin' up you little footballs is a lot more fun than I thought."
Suddenly, all three boos growled at him as they began ramming into him, causing him to get pushed back and forth. The attack was completely unexpected, and it caused Dedede to drop the vacuum with shock.
"GAAAAAAH!" He cried, swiping at the boos to no avail. "How come y'all can-ARGH... hit me without-YOOOWWCH... me hittin' ya bac-GNNNRGHAAAA!"
As the ghosts harassed Dedede, they all reeled back, ready to do one final pounce on him before running off.
"LORD HAVE MERCY!" He prayed to them, shutting his eyes. "DON'T HURT ME!"
However, just before they charged in...
All three of them began getting sucked into the Poltergust, and with no time to react, all three entered the chamber.
Dedede opened his eyes and saw Papyrus posing.
"GOOD NEWS!" He smiled. "I FOUND THE BUTTON!"
Pretending to not have any gratitude for the save, Dedede brushed the dust off of him and his robes. "Yeah, well, good for you, bones for brains! Whilst you were scrambling for that button, I was busy getting pummelled by those stupid round ghosts..."
"HOW MANY DID YOU CAPTURE, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT I COLLECTED THREE." Papyrus rubbed his jawbone.
"...One, 'cause you took the rest for yourself!" He accused.
Suddenly, the lights flickered on.
"What, did ya just turn on the lights or something?" Dedede questioned.
"I DON'T THINK I DID, I CAN'T EVEN SEE A SWITCH ALONG THE WALLS!" Papyrus looked around. "HOW ODD... OH WELL, IT MUST MEAN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT! LIGHT IS ALWAYS GOOD!"
Both then looked around more rooms, hunting for more ghosts...
Ball Room: Day 20 - 42 BOOS LEFT
The door crept open as Reigen and Samus entered, observing the room's contents.
The Ball Room had a general color theme of red and pink, which was splattered all over the walls, ceiling and even the furniture. A white and pink checkered floor was beneath their feet, and they watched as multiple boos had already exposed themselves. Five were enjoying themselves, dancing to the music which came from an old radio.
"Hmm, whilst they're distracted by the music, I'll sneak up on them and vacuum them all up!" Reigen informed. "You just wait here, because err, otherwise you may get hurt."
The psychic's plan to get all of the ghosts for himself was foiled when Samus barged past him, not taking any of his lies into consideration as she stepped behind one of the boos.
As she aimed her vacuum at it, the boo knew that she was standing there, and planned to jumpscare her and runoff.
However, as it turned around and screamed at her, she still stood there, her face completely blank and concentrated.
The lack of a reaction ironically caused the mischievous boo to get scared, and before it could run off, its face was already right next to the vacuum, and was quickly sucked in without a second thought.
Samus then turned to the other boos, who flew around the room panicking.
"Quick, before they figure out to escape!" She commanded Reigen as she attempted to corner more of the boos.
"You think these boos wouldn't corner themselves and would just phase through the walls and escape," Reigen said nonchalantly, running towards a pair of the ghosts. "But they're pretty dumb," he continued.
Reigen managed to get one of the boos into his suction, and it slowly neared closer and closer to his vacuum.
However, right before going in, Samus stuck her vacuum right next to it, causing the ghost to fly into hers instead at the very last second.
"HEY!" He scalded. "THAT WAS MINE!"
Reigen decided to distance himself from her by going for one of the boos at the far corner, who was about to fly through the door.
He managed to suck it up last second before it could enter, for some reason the ghost didn't think to fight back, making the capture very easy.
"Typical ghosts are usually dumb..." He grinned, turning towards a ghost creeping up behind him and countering by sucking it up. "Man, this is a lot easier than I thought it would be!"
Reigen saw Samus vacuum up the last ghost, and upon adding it up, he realized that she managed to snag one extra boo in comparison to him.
Suddenly, the lights flickered back on, weirding out the both of them.
Samus looked around for a light switch but saw nothing. "How did that happen?"
Reigen shrugged, ignoring that fact as he was still angry at Samus. "If you didn't steal my catch then I would have gotten more than you, just so you know!" He informed angrily. "How would you like it if I stole yours?!"
"Well I won't let you steal mine, that's the difference," she shrugged, before walking out of the room.
"Hey, wait up, this place is dangerous to be by yourself in!" Reigen exclaimed, mostly referring to himself.
Gym: Day 20 - 37 BOOS LEFT
The gym was a massive place, whilst you could say similar for some of the other rooms in the mansion, the one room could have had been written off as its own building. Lots of gym equipment, from weights to punching bags to equipment such as treadmills or cycling machines.
Inside of the room were Josuke, Little Mac, and Wii Fit Trainer, all of which had split up into different corners of the room to look for boos.
As Little Mac walked by a set of punching bags, he shined his flashlight on every single one for any possible hint towards a boo hiding in them.
*DINK*
He quickly turned over, his flashlight pointed at a small dumbbell that was slowly rolling off of the rack it was placed on and over towards him.
His hands began shaking as he felt an overwhelming sense of fear strike him.
"W-what?!" He pointed his flashlight all over the room and saw that Wii Fit Trainer and Josuke were far away from the rack and the dumbbell it fell from.
Before he walked over to investigate it, the punching bag from behind flew towards him, causing him to soar through the air and back onto the cold ground of the gym, slightly hurt.
Little Mac turned around to see a larger than average boo behind him, mocking him with the usual gritty laugh that a boo gives out.
Wii Fit Trainer and Josuke both turned to the boo, and prepared to run after it. Unexpectedly, however, a boo from behind Josuke, as well as a boo from behind Wii Fit Trainer, began halting their goal to reach the large boo and help out Little Mac by shoving them over, causing both of them to put their focus onto the boos.
Before the giant boo could tackle Little Mac, the boxer swiftly dodged, studying how the boo was able to hit him and the punching bag despite also having the ability to phase through objects. He knew that if he tried to punch the boo, it would simply phase through him before he even had the chance to do so. Nonetheless, he stopped thinking about it and whipped out his Poltergust, taking aim at the giant ghost and turning it on.
However, due to the sheer size of the boo, he had no luck in sucking it in due to its ability to easily escape.
This caused the boo to charge into him, launching Little Mac against the punching bag, cushioning the blow. Upon looking at the punching bag, he had an idea...
Meanwhile, Josuke managed to trick his boo into getting extra close, allowing for him to suck it up with little difficulty, it gave out one last cry before entering the chamber of the vacuum.
As for Wii Fit Trainer, she was struggling a little bit, but after dodging the boo's charge using her flexibility, she managed to counter it with a suction, causing it to get sucked in.
Now that the two were no longer distracted, they could help out Little Mac.
He had himself position behind a punching bag, and pulling off his plan would come down to timing and hope.
The colossal boo knew that Little Mac was behind the gym equipment, and got ready to charge into it, which would send the boxer flying against the wall and hopefully rendering him out of the fight.
With malicious intent, the boo unphased itself so it could hit the punching bag...
Using perfect timing, Little Mac thrusted his fist into the bag at full force, causing it to fly into the giant boo, splitting it into five dizzy boos, all of which were groaning from the impact.
"I-I did it!" He stuttered from the surprise of it working.
"Whoa, that giant boo was a bunch of smaller ones?" Josuke queried, looking at them. "They look a lot less threatening now!"
Little Mac then proceeded to vacuum up the boos before the others could reach them, they couldn't fight back at all, which made the process incredibly quick and easy.
As the lights of the gym turned on, the others looked around mysteriously.
"Are you sure those boos aren't the only haunted thing about this place?" Asked Josuke, biting his lip once again.
"I'm going to give Alexa a piece of my mind when I tell him about this! You flew across the room thanks to that weird... creature!" Wii Fit Trainer shook her head.
"Don't worry, I'm fine," he reassured. "Just a little bit sore from the impact."
Upon hearing that, Josuke summoned his stand to heal him up with a simple touch, causing Little Mac to give him his gratitude.
Basement: Day 20 - 30 BOOS LEFT
The basement was a large floor divided into smallish rooms by walls, however, no doors were present on this floor, and it was darker than any other floor in the house. The walls and floors were made entirely out of the stone, whilst the ceiling was the construction beams used to help support the floor above it.
"Why hello there, good lookin'." Johnny caressed his hair and smiled, looking into a mirror. "What's a handsome guy like you doin' out here?"
Captain Falcon groaned. "Come on, we gotta look for these ghosts. If you come last then you'll receive no points! Both of us are already in the Danger Zone, too."
"Don't worry, those ghosts won't know what hit em'... or in this case, they won't know what sucked em'... that sounds even worse," he shivered. "You get the point! Just let me fix my hair up and I'll look for those ghosts..."
As Johnny straightened his hair with his hands using the mirror and a propped flashlight to see what he was doing, he noticed a weird flickering ball of white glowing cloud next to him.
"Eh?" He looked at the cloud through the mirror. His most logical solution to this oddity was breathing on the mirror where he saw the cloud and wiped it with his palm. Magically, the cloud was now gone, and he continued straightening his hair.
Five seconds later, Johnny looked back in the same spot where the cloud disappeared, presumably thanks to his method, and it had reappeared.
"What's with this dumb mirror!" He groaned.
Captain Falcon shined his light at Johnny upon hearing those words and saw the cloud for himself. "G-get away from that mirror!"
The brooding muscular man tilted his head to the right and saw the cloud upfront.
"Err, I didn't know clouds could go indoors... the more you know am I right, Falcon?" Johnny winked at him through his sunglasses. When he turned back to face the cloud, it quickly morphed into a boo and scared him, causing him to scream with horror and scramble to the corner.
"MAMA, HELP ME!" He cried. "IF ONLY I HAD SOMETHING TO DEFEAT THIS GHOST..."
Captain Falcon sighed as he walked up to the ghost, pulling out his Poltergust S and quickly sucking it up before it could even react. He looked to Johnny, and sarcastically prodded the Poltergust that was on his back.
"Oh, right, I have that weird sucking device." Johnny scratched the back of his neck. "Well, now I know! It's time to go Ghostbustin'."
He carried the vacuum part like it was a rifle, peeking around every corner before advancing deeper into the basement as Captain Falcon followed.
When they came to the final, dead-end room of the basement, Johnny peeked inside and saw absolutely nothing, no furniture, no paintings or boos.
"I don't see anything in this basement!" He said, peeking backward to Captain Falcon. But when he did so...
"BWAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Johnny howled as three boos were behind him, laughing at his fear.
He fell on his back before rolling onto his stomach and jumping back onto his legs. He then pulled out the vacuum once more and began sucking the three ghosts up.
One ghost managed to fall into the clutches of his Poltergust, whilst the other two barely escaped due to his poor aim and control over the machine.
"Darn..." He uttered as he watched them fly over to Captain Falcon.
Johnny thought that he would struggle immensely with fighting the two boos, but the opposite came to be true as he quickly teased the boos to make hasty movements before sucking them up.
Upon doing so, the entire basement lit up, the atmosphere was still eerie due to the basement location, but it definitely helped put them to ease.
"I don't know WHO turned on those lights but I'm not complaining," the racer said, wiping the sweat from his forehead as, all of a sudden, his Poltergust began vibrating. "What the?!"
Johnny also felt vibrations on his Poltergust, causing him to raise his eyebrow. "What's goin' on?! Is it processin' those ghosts or something?"
"Hello, contestants!" E. Gadd's voice rang through the Poltergust S. "Hopefully this message isn't giving you a heart attack, but this is yet another function of my device! That's not important, however, as more readings have shown that a massive cluster of boos has traveled to the roof. Medical staff, Alexa, and I will join you there because things could get quite brutal with what they're planning. I advise you to hurry up as soon as possible!"
The vibrating then stopped as Captain Falcon turned to Johnny. "We gotta get to that roof and fast!"
"Johnny's on it," he replied, running up the stairs to exit the basement.
Rooftop: Day 20 - 26 BOOS LEFT
Captain Falcon and Johnny, the last two to make it to the rooftop, joined the others in gawking at the other boos.
All twenty-six remaining boos were there, all laughing at them.
"They're laughin' at us?! Alright, that's it, I'm gonna beat the snot outta those fools!" Dedede proclaimed as he charged at them. But as he did...
*CRASH*
A giant bolt of lightning struck right in front of his feet, causing him to fall backward. "GAH!" He cried.
Once again the boos laughed as they all began forming back into the weird glowing clouds. From there, all of the clouds began flying into one another, and those combined clouds flew into more combined clouds until one giant cloud was present.
"They're combining?!" Little Mac gasped. "I've seen this happen before back in the gym, but that was only FIVE of those ghosts!"
"Those-a boos never know when to-a let up, do they?" Mario said, watching as the glowing white cloud slowly formed into a giant boo. The eyes were even more sunken, and it had a maniacal look on its face, an expression of pure hatred appeared on its face instead of the usual goofy smile.
E. Gadd placed his hands on his face. "This giant boo, I didn't think they'd be intelligent to combine like that!"
"What do you mean?!" Alexa said, standing back. "These survivors CAN defeat it, right?"
"Yes, but only if they work together and use all of their Poltergusts to split it," The old man explained.
"THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR!" Wii Fit Trainer exclaimed.
The boo then slashed its tongue at the roof, causing the ground to crack violently as chunks of rock flew off the roof.
"CHARGE!" Commanded Alexa. "AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GET HURT!"
Reluctantly but courageously, the eleven armed survivors charged at the ghost, all attempting to vacuum it up.
Whilst it showed signs of splitting, it managed to move away before it happened, causing the survivors to try again.
However, the gargantuan ghost had more tricks up its sleeve, as it attempted to tackle the group.
They managed to read the attack in time, however, and everyone dodged.
Alexa jumped to the side as it barely evaded him. "GAH!"
Sonic then thought of an idea, he had used the technique on the boos before, but he wasn't sure if it would work on a gigantic threat. Regardless, he had to find out. He began running in circles around the giant ghost, picking up more and more pace as a tornado-like gust of wind began slowly spinning the giant ghost around. He continued to pick up more and more speed as the others cheered for him, which only boosted his confidence as he knew it was working to some degree.
The gust of wind soon became visible, and the giant boo gave a low-pitched cry as it fell dizzy, crashing into the mansion. Not only that, but the wind was so powerful it managed to clear some of the fog directly above the island, allowing some sunlight to temporarily spill out and onto the ghost's eyes, blinding and damaging it.
With this opportunity, the survivors began vacuuming the stunned giant, and one by one, the boos began splitting off of the behemoth and into the Poltergust S models.
Samus vacuumed one.
Mario vacuumed two.
Little Mac vacuumed one.
Johnny vacuumed one.
Sonic vacuumed three.
King Dedede vacuumed one.
And Wii Fit Trainer vacuumed one.
In total, ten boos were sucked out of the giant, and by then it began spinning around, creating a small gust of wind the propelled the survivors away from it. The boo was now noticeably smaller, but still giant.
It gave another scowl and began slamming its tongue against the rooftop over and over again, making the dust fly into the air and nearly damaging them.
"The ground's going to give out if it keeps slamming that tongue!" Wii Fit Trainer warned.
"OH NO! SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!" Papyrus cried.
Josuke stepped forward and summoned Crazy Diamond, attempting to fix the cracks and holes in the roof. Whilst the repairing worked, it was a slow process that made him vulnerable, meaning that the others had to fend off the ghost.
"That ghost seems a lot more on guard, we'll need a distraction if we want to get it dizzy again," Sonic said.
Johnny adjusted his hair as he gave a grin. "I'm on it!"
The brute ran up to the ghost and began talking to it. "Hey, big guy! Wanna see some Karate?"
Due to not knowing what he was even saying, the ghost raised an eyebrow at him.
He began pulling several different poses, most of which were definitely not Karate and were just poses he made up in an attempt to look cool.
The ghost shrugged off his ridiculous behavior and went to damage him with a sweep of his tongue, and the impending attack made Johnny sweat profusely.
Luckily, before the ghost could slash its tongue, it realized that Sonic managed to trick the ghost, as it was already caught in the speeding current of the tornado that Sonic created.
It cried with horror as it fell dizzy, causing it to tumble onto the rooftop, similarly to last time.
Like last time, the survivors ran up to the ghost and began vacuuming it, trying to get more of those boos off of it, and it worked as usual, although it was slightly more difficult to detach the boos from the giant one. Josuke stopped fixing the roof and quickly came over to suck up the ghost for himself.
Samus vacuumed two.
Reigen vacuumed one.
Papyrus vacuumed one.
Wii Fit Trainer vacuumed two.
Josuke vacuumed two.
And Captain Falcon vacuumed one.
Now the boo was significantly smaller, now consisting of seven boos combined into one instead of the twenty-six or sixteen it was previously. Little Mac even observed that it looked similar in size to the boo he had to fight in the gym.
The boo being smaller was secretly an advantage, as it allowed it to be much more nimble than before, although it was overall a lot weaker. The lack of strength didn't stop it from spinning around the rooftop and knocking several of the survivors onto the ground in an attempt to escape the situation it was in.
After succeeding, the boo began to focus more on evading the large groups of people and picking off the smaller groups. Due to this new strategy, the spherical spirit slowly turned over to E. Gadd and Alexa, both of which were cheering for the survivors.
"Uh oh..." Alexa slowly pointed his finger towards the boo. "It's not going to attack us, right?"
Before E. Gadd could assure him, the boo charged towards the both of them at full speed.
Both began sprinting away, yelling for help in the process.
"THEY'RE HARMLESS, HE SAID... THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, HE SAID!" Alexa sarcastically repeated E. Gadd's words.
"I didn't know they were so smart! Very few boos are smart enough to merge, let alone get the idea to pick off the weak ones," E. Gadd justified himself, running for his life at the same time.
As the ghost neared closer, Sonic realized that he may not be able to catch the boo in his tornado-like wind, but he could try something similar...
The Blue Blur began running in circles, as usual, the boo was cackling as it was nowhere near the hedgehog to begin with, giving it more opportunity to pursue Alexa and E. Gadd.
However, instead of the wind being used to carry the boo around, the wind was used to open up the fog in the sky as he did earlier, causing more sunshine to shine on the mansion, some of which nearly touching the boo. Whilst it wasn't particularly harmed by sunlight, it was definitely blinded and especially weakened when it was in it.
Some sunshine spluttered onto the boo as Sonic continued to pick up momentum, allowing more and more sunshine to hit the boo. The ghost slowed down more and more, allowing for the fatigued hosts to run off into safety as the other survivors ganged up on it, attempting to suck it up some more.
Sonic sacrificed his opportunity to collect more boos by continuing to use his wind to separate the fog above them, which made the giant boo too weak to escape properly.
Samus vacuumed two boos.
Little Mac vacuumed one.
Mario vacuumed one.
Wii Fit Trainer vacuumed one.
And King Dedede vacuumed one.
The giant boo was now reduced to one, tiny, measly boo, that despite its exposure to sunlight, used all of its remaining energy to try and escape from the mansion.
However, just as it began to glide over the edge and out of reach, Mario jumped up and just barely pulled the boo back into his reach, sucking it up before anyone else could steal his bounty.
As soon as the final boo was captured, E. Gadd and Alexa ran up to congratulate them.
"Whilst that was NOT expected whatsoever, congratulations for defeating that ghost!" Alexa applauded.
E. Gadd nodded. "Oho! It was a treat to watch you all work together and use your wits, but I'm gravely sorry for my readings scrambling up, it was not my intention to nearly harm you all. Luckily, other than a little scratch on a few of you, there are no real injuries to worry about! Oh, and take a look at the sky, whilst you're at it."
Obeying him out of curiosity, the survivors peered into the sky, previously tainted with lavender fog. It was beginning to fade away, little splashes of sunshine slipped through the fog's cracks and onto the roof as well as the whole island as the survivors smiled at the beautiful view.
"Maybe what we did to those boos was evil on our part..." Wii Fit Trainer rubbed her arm. "I mean, they were just defending the land that they claimed! Though, that's not the real issue here..."
She proceeded to walk up to Alexa and poke him in the chest.
"Hey, what did I do to deserve that poke?!" He questioned, annoyed.
"You put so many lives in danger with this ridiculous challenge!" She censured him, folding her arms.
"Well, sure, but come on, it's not Survivor without survival am I right?" He gave an awkward smile. "Alright FIIIINE I admit it, I put you all in danger, but you signed up for this, no matter how brutal it would be! Now, let's stop talking about that and let's get out of this damn mansion."
Alexa proceeded to exit the mansion alongside everyone else, all of the lights were mysteriously turned on, including the lights to the hallways that they traveled through.
"I wonder why these-a lights turned on after clearing the rooms of-a ghosts..." Mario rubbed his chin. "Oh-a well, it's-a not important!"
Island: Day 20 - ALL BOOS CAPTURED
The atmosphere was once grim on this island, a thick cloud of lavender fog used to swarm it like it was cursed, and, as a haunted mansion sat in the middle of the island, it was safe to say that the island WAS cursed. That no longer mattered, however, as the survivors had cleared out the place of all of the fifty boos residing within it, officially saving the place from the evil clutches of the ghosts.
E. Gadd spent thirty minutes collecting all of the data from each Poltergust S, adding up how many boos each survivor managed to capture.
After finishing it up and tallying the scores alongside Alexa, he turned to the survivors.
"There are quite a few ties within this score! However, each boo within the Poltergusts is numbered with an ID. The first number of the ID is meant to show its amount of energy, from 0 to 9. Your total energy will be added up, and if you're tied with someone else with the number of boos you have collected, then it will be settled by who has the most energy!" He explained. "So, apologies to anyone who loses to these tie-breakers..."
E. Gadd then showed everyone their scores:
- 8 Boos - 48 Energy (50 Points rewarded)
2. Little Mac - 7 Boos - 50 Energy (45 Points rewarded)
3. Mario - 5 Boos - 33 Energy (40 Points rewarded)
4. Sonic - 5 Boos - 29 Energy (35 Points rewarded)
5. Wii Fit Trainer - 5 Boos - 22 Energy (30 Points rewarded)
6. Papyrus - 4 Boos - 35 Energy (25 Points rewarded)
7. Captain Falcon - 4 Boos - 12 Energy (20 Points rewarded)
8. King Dedede - 3 Boos - 23 Energy (15 Points rewarded)
9. Josuke - 3 - 18 Energy (10 Points rewarded)
10. Reigen - 3 - 7 Energy (5 Points rewarded)
11. Johnny - 2 - 10 Energy (0 Points rewarded)
"Aww man, dead last?!" Johnny groaned. "At least I got more energy than Reigen."
"Yeah well, we didn't tie, so I still beat you," said Reigen, almost smugly.
Alexa then continued. "Now, it's time to add those scores onto your total amount of points!"
He proceeded to add them on:
*SAFE HAVEN*
SAMUS ARAN - 100
MARIO - 95
PAPYRUS - 94
LITTLE MAC - 84
SONIC - 75
*DANGER ZONE*
WII FIT TRAINER - 67
JOSUKE HIGASHIKATA - 62
CAPTAIN FALCON - 58
KING DEDEDE - 53
ARATAKA REIGEN - 50
JOHNNY BRAVO - 43
Samus couldn't help but grin at her success. "Being safe by that much definitely fills me with pride, I know that much."
"Ugh, I didn't even do bad at the challenge yet I'm still in danger?!" Wii Fit Trainer folded her arms. "This isn't fair..."
"I guess if I didn't join then you'd be safe, but I think I need safety more than you, because I just joined back," Sonic said. "Unless you're a target to everyone else since I did miss a lot..."
Alexa clasped his hands together, wringing them with delight. "Okay survivors! I think it's time we had back to our old island now, but let's say our thanks to E. Gadd for supplying us with these Poltergust S models!"
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"Err, I said, let's say our thanks to E. Gadd for SUPPLYING us with the thing that helped us get rid of that giant, life-threatening ghost?" He repeated, raising an eyebrow at the sheer lack of gratitude.
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Little Mac broke the silence. "If we weren't here in the first place, then we wouldn't have to worry about the boo, isn't that right?"
"Well..." Alexa appeared flummoxed at the response. "Y'know, Uhm."
E. Gadd interrupted him. "Now now! I understand their bitterness, this is all my fault after all. Don't take it out on ol' Alexa, but don't grudge against me for too long, because the last thing I want outside of my lab is a couple of people wanting to get back at me, ohoho. Now, goodbye survivors! Especially goodbye to you, Mario, it was a pleasant surprise seeing the Great Luigi's brother in this little time-killer I decided to do."
The survivors walked back onto the rickety docks and onto the boat, mainly Alexa was waving at E. Gadd as the boat sailed away into the shining sky...
Laau Haupa: Day 20
Survivors: Mario - Papyrus - Samus Aran - Josuke Higashikata - Wii Fit Trainer - King Dedede - Johnny Bravo - Captain Falcon - Little Mac - Arataka Reigen - Sonic
Exhausted from hunting all day, the survivors took solace in knowing that they could kick back and relax... well, until they realized that they now had to pick between Wii Fit Trainer, Josuke, Captain Falcon, King Dedede, Reigen and Johnny for elimination.
The survivors had split into their usual groups to discuss who to eliminate. Josuke, Little Mac, and Papyrus were in their trio, whilst Captain Falcon, Johnny, Mario and Sonic were in a group. This left King Dedede, Wii Fit Trainer, Reigen and Samus in the last group.
"So, who are you planning to eliminate?" Asked Reigen.
"I dunno, 'dat Johnny guy is definitely annoyin' me though. He and his stupid broodin' body and his ridiculous haircut are two things that make me want to eliminate him without even talkin' about how insufferable he is!" Stated Dedede. "What about the rest of y'all? As long as it ain't me, I'm fine with it."
Reigen pointed to the group of Papyrus, Little Mac and Josuke. "I'm probably going to vote for Josuke, he and his stand can be really problematic if we keep him around much longer, not to mention he's in a pretty big alliance."
"Pssh, you got that right! That bonehead Papyrus makes no effort to hide that fact." The penguin proceeded to snort with laughter. "I mean come ON! It's supposed to be a secret, right?"
Samus nodded. "He is a threat, although a part of me just wants to vote Johnny off instead, because he has surprisingly overstayed his welcome on this island, and is a total creep."
"Yeah, you got that right. If the others weren't there to distract him, he'd probably be trying to woe us all over again, because he still keeps giving me those looks..." Grumbled Wii Fit Trainer. "I told him that I'd punch him in the face if he did it again! Still saw through my bluff, and I think he tries to wink at me, but those sunglasses are NOT helping."
"There aren't many people that I find gross on this island anymore, but if there's one that hasn't gone yet, then it's definitely Johnny. He just comes across as straight-up creepy, because his own motivation for staying on this show is what, so he can win over a couple of girls? No girl would go out of him if it would bring them a billion dollars in return!" - Wii Fit Trainer.
King Dedede scratched his head. "Well, what will it be? The Johnny guy or Josuke? I'm goin' for Johnny personally."
"I wish I could vote both, but I'm going with Josuke," confessed Samus. "Hopefully I won't regret that decision."
Wii Fit Trainer sighed, annoyed at her own dilemma. "I dunno myself, I really don't like Johnny but Josuke's Stand overpowers us in a lot! Should we even choose the biggest threats when almost everyone here counts as a threat anyway?"
"Well, he's in his own league. He has his own personal ghost serving him, to put it simply," Reigen loosely described. "That's a lot more of a threat than the raw strength of say, Captain Falcon."
"Maybe you're right, but I'll need to think about it a bit more. Whatever happens though, I'm not going to let Johnny outlive me!" She promised, wincing at the minute possibility.
Meanwhile, the quartet of Johnny, Captain Falcon, Mario and Sonic were attempting to find someone they would all be comfortable voting for, at least within the group.
"So we have to pick between Wii Fit Trainer, Josuke, King Dedede and Reigen, right?" Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Difficult choice, I barely know any of those, and the ones I do know are people I like a lot, like Josuke."
"My vote would probably go to Reigen," said Captain Falcon. "I got a feeling that a few others are going to vote for him this council, so if we stack our four votes on top of that, then I'm sure that our votes won't go to waste."
"Little Mac was pretty mad at both Squidward and Reigen upon realizing that he was being lied to, so I'm confident that the grudge will carry over to now! I bet he'll wrangle a few others into his opinion too, and if it means I can eliminate somebody who tried to get me off, well I'm more than content with it." - Captain Falcon.
"Oh yeah, ain't he the guy who tried to vote you off?" Johnny queried. "Pretty sure he is, but I'm probably mistakin' him for that penguin. Anyway, I'm fine votin' either, as long as I don't have to vote for the gym gal over there..."
"Yeah, I-a don't mind voting Reigen." Concurred Mario.
That left Sonic, the only one who was unsure of who to vote. "Reigen? Aww man, I barely know him, and I don't think he's done much worse from what I've seen. I'll take Johnny's word for him attempting to eliminate Cap', though, so I'll just vote him too."
"Barely any disagreements?" The plumber noticed. "Looks like this will be a quick Tribal Council."
Johnny posed. "Another day, another guaranteed safety for Johnny!"
Finally, the alliance of Josuke, Papyrus and Little Mac were, much like the other groups, deciding on who to eliminate. Whilst they went through every option barring Josuke himself for obvious reasons, they were stuck on whether they should vote Johnny or Reigen.
"Johnny and Dedede both seem like egotistical morons, but whilst one rightfully has his arrogance from being a king..." Josuke drifted his eyes over to Johnny, who was sticking his finger in his ear. "The other doesn't really have a reason for having such an ego..."
Papyrus gave a nod of agreement. "EXACTLY! A KING SHOULD THRIVE IN PRIDE, AND I CANNOT BLAME THE MAJESTIC PENGUIN OVER THERE FOR DOING SO, EVEN IF HE DOES HAVE HIS RUDE MOMENTS. JOHNNY JUST SEEMS OBNOXIOUS AND LAZY! DID YOU SEE HOW HE TRIED TO HANDLE THAT GIANT BOO?! HE BEGAN PULLING OFF KARATE MOVES! TALK ABOUT DELUSIONAL... WOULD RATHER GET HIM OUT OF THE WAY THAN REIGEN."
"But Reigen's a lot more of a threat! He lied to me about Captain Falcon and Johnny alongside Squidward, and that's just something I can't forget about at all," admitted Little Mac. "I'm not much of a grudger, but I don't like being toyed with so they can get what they want, even if that IS the aim of the game!"
Josuke placed a hand on his shoulder. "Look, we get it, you were lied to by him, but just LOOK at Johnny. He's a deluded arrogant loser who apparently pervs on the two women here, PLUS if we eliminate him, then we destroy his alliance with Captain Falcon too, so we won't have to worry about either of them."
It took the boxer some time to think about it, but he knew that deciding was now or never, especially considering that it was beginning to get dark, which acted as a warning for how Tribal Council was nearly due.
He decided to try his best to take what Reigen did out of the picture and compare the two, and he knew that Johnny is a lot less pleasant to have around. Not only would voting for him please his alliance, but it would probably get rid of some of the ladies' distress.
With a bitter groan, he eventually gave the nod that Josuke and Papyrus were hoping for. "Fine."
"HOORAY! TRUST ME, IT'S NOT LIKE REIGEN SHALL MAKE IT FAR ANYWAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HAS TO GO AGAINST A POWERFUL THREE-MAN TEAM LIKE US!" Papyrus wrapped his bony arms around the two, beaming. "WE SHALL BE FOREVER SAFE!"
"Well, making it so vocal is probably going to be our downfall..." said Little Mac, but his tone quickly picked back up. "But yeah, we'll probably be safe for a good while, if forever!"
Whilst deciding who to eliminate was rather short compared to usual, everyone barring one had fully come to their conclusion, and they began walking to Tribal Council, many were dreading the disconnect that the three groups had towards each other...
Tribal Council: Night 20
As the survivors entered the council, the dark, gloomy atmosphere almost reminded them of the mansion they had recently cleaned out of ghosts, and to go with the horrifying atmosphere, fog was also present.
Sat on the bench nearby was Gordon, the first jury member. They apparently weren't allowed to talk to him beyond a greeting, so the others simply waved and said their hellos as they spotted him on the bench, and he replied with a similar greeting.
Alexa emerged from the fog and greeted the survivors. "Heya survivors! Welcome to your... wait, TENTH Tribal Council?! Well, this is definitely something to be proud over, so congratulations to all of you, whether you make it through tonight or not!"
"Thanks, but I feel like I'll stick around for MUCH longer," Dedede grinned.
"Well, with an attitude like that, how can I not ask you this first question? Now that you've had plenty more experience with these gimmicks, do you like the implementation of the Roulette and the points?" Questioned Alexa.
The king rubbed his beak before snapping his fingers. "Of course I know the answer! Them points are definitely rigged, and the Roulette too! I should be receivin' a lot more, yet I'm stuck here with the Bottom 6 losers!"
His stubborn arrogance caused Little Mac and Johnny to roll their eyes, especially Johnny, as he didn't like him at all.
"I see, what about you, Wii Fit Trainer?" He pointed to her.
"Not a fan of the Roulette, it's too suspenseful for my liking," she said. "I like the points, because if I work hard enough, then I'll never be able to get voted for! Unfortunately that's not the case right now, I just need to try a little harder..."
Alexa gave his usual fake nod of understanding before shooting the final question towards Samus. "Samus! Due to how late we arrived back, you had slightly less time to discuss who to eliminate. Did this affect anything?"
"Surprisingly not. Everyone in my group was quick with who they were deciding to vote, so we were left to twiddle our thumbs as we observed the other groups, who didn't take long to decide either, from the looks of it," Samus explained. "I'm nervous to see who gets eliminated as usual, even if it's impossible for that person to be me in the first place."
The host clasped his hands together. "Well, your questions are as honest as usual!" He began wringing his hands before tucking them back into his pockets. "Let's begin the voting, shall we?"
Samus Aran: It was a little difficult for me to decide, but I ultimately decided to choose you, since your stand is too much of a threat to everybody, and especially me... (Josuke Higashikata)
Sonic: I don't know WHAT you did in full detail, but from the sound of it, I don't think these guys are going to let it go, so I might as well just join them in voting for you! (Arataka Reigen)
Papyrus: YOU'RE STRANGE, YOU'RE ARROGANT, AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY OBNOXIOUS FOR A QUIET PERSON! AND I ALSO RECOMMEND YOU SHAVE YOUR HAIR DOWN TOO, BECAUSE UNLIKE JOSUKE'S POMPADOUR, YOURS LOOKS QUITE... IMPOSTER-ISH? IS THAT THE WORD? (Johnny Bravo)
Wii Fit Trainer: I know who to vote, but considering how I usually am when voting, I'll probably end up regretting this vote anyway... (?)
"Survivors, I shall read out the votes!" Alexa announced. "But before I do, are there any idols that would like to be used?"
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Wii Fit Trainer tucked hers deeper into her pocket.
"Very well, I'll read them out... NOW!" He repeated.
*VOTING TIME*
First vote goes to Josuke Higashikata. (The teenager raises his eyebrow at the vote, and his two alliance partners begin to panic.)
Second vote goes to Johnny Bravo. One vote Johnny and Josuke. (Johnny is incredibly shocked at the vote.)
Third vote goes to Johnny Bravo. Two votes Johnny, one vote Josuke. (He begins sweating...)
Fourth vote goes to Arataka Reigen. One vote Reigen, two votes Johnny and one vote Josuke. (Reigen rolls his eyes, expecting it to be a sole vote.)
Fifth vote goes to Josuke Higashikata. Two votes Josuke, one vote Reigen, and two votes Johnny. (Josuke's eyebrow raise soon turns to a small look of anxiety as he bites his lip wearily.)
Sixth vote goes to Arataka Reigen. Two votes Reigen, Josuke and Johnny.
Seventh vote goes to Johnny Bravo. Three votes Johnny, two votes Reigen and Josuke.
Eighth vote goes to Arataka Reigen. Three votes Reigen and Johnny, two votes Josuke. (Reigen is nervous over the three votes he has so far.)
Ninth vote goes to Johnny Bravo. That's four votes Johnny, three votes Reigen and two votes Josuke.
Tenth vote goes to Arataka Reigen. Four votes Reigen and Johnny, with only two votes for Josuke. (The pair of them are very scared.)
"And, the one going out at 5-4-2 is..." Alexa held his word.
Samus, Reigen, Wii Fit Trainer and Dedede all knew who that person was due to their conversation, whilst the others weren't aware.
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"Johnny Bravo! Sorry, but at five votes, you gotta go. Hand me your torch," demanded Alexa.
"Say-what-now?" He paused. "C'mon, this is some sorta mistake!"
Captain Falcon's jaw dropped at the reveal, and he was incredibly upset to see them. The same could be said for the others who had voted for Reigen.
Little Mac was especially annoyed that, if he had voted for Reigen, it would have resulted in the boxer getting what he wanted.
Johnny dashed up to the slips of paper and read them out.
"One, two, three, four, f-five?!" Johnny gasped. "This is some misunderstanding, clearly! The chicks out there can't have their future husband go out like this..."
Alexa repeated, "Please hand me your torch."
Eventually, he slumped over and grabbed his torch, handing it to Alexa. "This is one dumb Tribal Council..."
Johnny turned to the ten other survivors and decided to shrug off his disappointment as he decided to give out his final words.
"Hey, yo uhh, Captain Falcon, you can definitely win this. Win it for ol' Johnny here!" He commanded. "As for you smokin' hot mamas over there, I won't mind if you win yourselves, call me."
He then disappeared down the pathway, leaving the others either confused at his final words or upset over his departure.
"I don't even know his phone number..." Wii Fit Trainer buried her face in her hands. "How can someone be so gross and stupid at the same time?"
"Johnny was... a very interesting survivor! He managed to make it incredibly far against all odds and spent a decent amount of time under the radar until his gross behavior likely drove others to eliminate him. This just proves that strength isn't the only factor to voting for someone, but also how much they deserve to win! Goodnight, survivors..."
Johnny's Last Words: "This was great, but it needed more mamas. Only two out of twenty? I guess that witch was a girl but I don't think she looks the part to really count as one. Anyway, I'll just go back to my town and practice some fightin' moves, since the chicks dig that. Maybe I'll try to sign up for this game again, since I know that a cameo of the now-famous Johnny Bravo will make even MORE babes gravitate towards me. Byebye, Survivor... wait, I get to come back to the next few Tribal Councils because I'm a jury member? Rad..."
VOTES
Johnny Bravo: Wii Fit Trainer, King Dedede, Papyrus, Little Mac, Josuke Higashikata.
Arataka Reigen: Mario, Captain Falcon, Johnny Bravo, Sonic.
Josuke Higashikata: Arataka Reigen, Samus Aran.
IDOLS
Idol of Attacking - Wario. (USED)
Idol of Defense - Captain Falcon. (USED)
Idol of Mirroring - Wii Fit Trainer.
Idol of Curses - Samus. (USED - CURSE WEARS OFF IN 2 MORE TRIBAL COUNCILS)
The Revival Idol - Mario. (USED)
REMAINING SURVIVORS
Laau Haupa (Yellow Team)
- Mario
- Papyrus
- Samus Aran
- Josuke Higashikata
- Wii Fit Trainer
- King Dedede
- Captain Falcon
- Little Mac
- Arataka Reigen
- Sonic
