Author's Note: Time for the second part of the midseason, remember if you have any dares you want to share keep in PG and get em in before episode 15 of this season. If we don't have any or enough I will be forced to come up with any other plan and it will take longer for that episode to come out. And since we are now out of interviews these episodes may be a bit short but we'll see what happens. First review is from Generic Smash Bros Fan.
"1: I guess I can give you an idea, what if most residents do not trust Ratchet & Clank and they gradually gain the trust of the residents?
2: Can residents of the All-Star Manor appear?
3: Can the new Phantom Thieves of Persona 5 Scramble (Zenkichi and Sophia) appear in the future?
4: When will Roy talk to his father about his relationship with Lilina?"
1: That can happen yes.
2: Not likely Rachet and Clank are probably a one-time deal. Unless I can make a plot off of it.
3: I'll see about adding them in the next season but at the moment we're mainly focusing on Kasumi.
4: Roy will be doing that next episode actually.
Next review is from ultimateCCC.
"There's going to be some 'singing Awkward' moments after this.
Is there a National type day for a Smasher?"
Yes things will get awkward. And I don't think I have any national type days for the fighters. Next review is from Greenswitch.
"Welcome back, Master and Crazy. Anyways, can't wait what you'll do with Sans and what you'll end up doing with the characters you didn't interview. Hopefully nothing too crazy, but... who knows (except for you... but I'm not expecting you to reveal anything)."
I'm going to figure out what to do with everyone that didn't make it sometime in the future. Next review is from Derick Lindsey.
"Well after 12 chapters we finally get the return of Master and Crazy Hand welcome back and this means maybe Mario can go to sleep (if not then Joker can sick Morgana on him telling him to go to sleep). I did laugh at how Kirby was the one to reject poor Sakura immediately and said no more Fire Emblem characters as a nice little reference to fans that are sick of seeing Fire Emblem in Smash Bros, Also wasn't expecting Female Byleth to be called Blythe but it has some nice creativity to it. Here's hoping Kasumi makes the right decision and rejects Akechi's offer to join Hades' crew and will let Joker and friends apologize to her and even if it takes a while to be friends with them can hopefully bury the hatchet between them and co exist in the same mansion together."
I won't tell you the episode titles but know that this plan has been set in stone for quite awhile so there's no changing what's coming. I'm sorry if you liked Kasumi but I have to do this for the sake of a plot. Next review is from Stripe the Hedgetiger.
"I definitely DO NOT remember Sans being interviewed, as I'm pretty sure he was already a resident."
I decided to interview Sans early on in this season since quite a few people asked for him to show up. I had said that I would include him if there was a plot in which he fit in. And that was the interviews. I figured as a way for me to get used to writing him so I could get his character down. I made him a temporary resident. Basically had I decided to not have Sans become a resident after his interview he would've immediately left.
Season 5 episode 13: Man of the Mansion Part 2
(February 24th, 2020)
Everyone was still in a shocked silence. After months of absence Master Hand and Crazy Hand have finally returned to the mansion. For those that don't know or have forgotten the story behind their absence is an interesting one.
It started when Master Hand had received a letter from one Mickey Mouse in June last year. Within the letter was the explanation of what had happened and that Sora as far as they knew was gone. Master Hand went digging into this and discovered that Sora is still alive just in a world even he can't reach. The man of the mansion didn't want to tell anyone with the worry that it would cause some to not perform well in the tournament.
This didn't stop some from figuring out the truth though. Mario, Banjo, & Kazooie found out first when reading the note on Master Hand's laptop. When the two confronted him he gave his explanation and the three agreed to keep quiet. Master Hand had told everyone else that Sora wasn't here because of the whole situation with Xigbar, now going as Luxu, being around.
Cloud was satisfied by this answer, since he was the most curious and concerned of the boy's whereabouts. That satisfaction went away when the ex-SOLDIER and Tifa came across the letter in the hallway. Cloud was going to chew out Master Hand, but Tifa convinced him to leave it alone since Master Hand was probably dealing with everything he could to find him. This didn't stop Cloud from wanting to dig into information though and recruited Joker and Morgana to help him.
Altogether the three found out that the mansion computers had been blocked from anything relating to Kingdom Hearts III. After getting through it they found out that Sora was in Shibuya. A city that was the same to Joker, but it was a different Shibuya, it was the world that couldn't be reached. The three ended up leaving it alone but Cloud did talk with Master Hand about it.
The next person to get suspicious was Lucario who, with his power of aura, felt that there was a big secret being hidden. Working with Falcon the two talked to some of the residents that did know. When they were given the stern warning from Cloud thought Lucario forced himself to stop. Falcons didn't though and got Fox to help him out. The avian pilot did find out from Master Hand but it was bigger than he thought.
After the attack on the tournament Waluigi pleaded to a trial. One to determine if he should really be kicked out even though he was going to be anyway. The trial had just been a plan for Waluigi to expose the secret to everyone in the mansion at one spot. What happened after that was not pleasant.
About a third of the residents left the mansion that day under the feeling that they couldn't trust Master Hand anymore. And while a good portion have come back to the mansion now there's still quite a few gone. Master Hand was actually questioning things himself, and to clear his head he decided to take an unannounced leave of absence. Mario was put in charge as man of the mansion.
Which fast forwards us to this day, with everyone staring at Master Hand and Crazy Hand, except for Byleth and Blythe, shocked. "Yes, I know this is very surprising. I'm back after a few months, what's important now is this. ...Can I please have the key to the vault back Mario."
Still trying to process this information Mario slowly took the key out of his pocket and tossed it to Master Hand. Who caught it without any trouble. "You-a really are back," Mario said in shock.
"Mind if I ask why you left in the first place," Byleth said walking forward. Curious as to why he was gone in the first place.
Master Hand noticed the professor saying, "Ah, you must be the final DLC fighter. It's nice to meet you." The man of the mansion held out his hand. Marth could tell he was being more professional than usual as Byleth shook the hand. "As for why I was gone, I was rethinking my life choices. Like withholding the information about Sora to all of you. I deduced that while I felt like what I was doing was right. It was a bad idea in the long-run, I realize that if we're ever going to fully trust each other I need to be fully ready to tell you things like this."
"Well, glad you came to that understanding," Marth said. "Though, I have to warn you we did another round of interviews we have quite a few new faces here. As well as some residents that left after everything that happened."
"It was that bad huh," Master Hand chuckling. "Don't blame em' for leaving. Hope they come back eventually. I can only imagine how the others will take this news." Master Hand watched as Crazy Hand floated inside the mansion saying, "So who exactly was invited for residency here?"
Kirby (The Pink Puffball): Personally, I'm glad Master Hand finally came back but he's right too. How are the others going to take this?
Samus (Bounty Hunter): I'll be keeping an open mind on this situation for the time being, see how things turn out. I won't leave if things go wrong, but there are always those kinds of people.
Mario (Mr. Nintendo): I'm-a all for-a Master Hand returning as-a long as I get some well-deserved rest. Though I wonder how-a I'm going to break to him the whole problem with-a the phantom thieves. I hope-a Kasumi's okay.
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Akechi was still facing Kasumi with the portal opened next to him. The traitor phantom thief then said, "We don't have all day you know."
Kasumi snapped out of her stupor to say, "So you really are alive. How do I know this isn't going to end with me on a deathbed."
"The person I'm working for has told me to assure you that you'll be at no physical risk as long as you do as we say." Akechi then walked over to Kasumi. "I suggest you get yourself through the portal before someone comes up here." Akechi began to walk back over to the portal and saw that Kasumi was still hesitant about following him. "Besides you just learned that your 'friends' lied about knowing you. Who do you have left to trust?"
"Will I at least come back to the mansion after we're done," Kasumi asked as she walked closer to the portal. Akechi nodded, Kasumi then went into the portal.
Just before he went through Akechi tapped his earpiece saying, "She's on her way boss." With that Akechi hopped into the portal himself as it closed.
In order to give Master Hand a rundown of what had happened within the mansion since he was last in it he was brought back over to his old office. While heading over there though many residents had noticed him. Before long, many had known he was back. Curious as to the residents reaction the camera crew took to multiple frequent rooms throughout the mansion.
One went to the game room to see that it was all most were talking about. Over at the couch in front of the large tv was Luigi, Meta Knight, Raven, Paper Mario, and Spyro. "So what's Master Hand like anyway," Spyro asked since he never personally met the guy before.
Paper Mario then jumped up as high as he could in the air and floated back down like a piece of paper, which he is. "I think he knows that he can levitate Paper Mario," Raven. "I haven't really known Master Hand too long but he was able to put together a proof plan for Grima on the whim. From what I heard."
"He knows what to do when the island is in danger yes I will give him that," Meta Knight said. "I do also believe he can be quite competent most of the time, but while I can forgive him. There are others that may still be on the fence." The masked warrior had looked around and noticed that Solo was not participating in the conversations.
Solo (Hero from past): I came back yes. But that doesn't mean I trust Master Hand, I only came back because I knew I could trust Mario. I'm not going to leave again though, I would just get questioned at home.
"Personally, I'm-a glad Master Hand is-a back," Luigi said throwing in his two cents. "Now Mario can finally get the rest he-a desserves. My-a bro didn't really stop working for-a second." Luigi looked down in sadness. "He wouldn't even let-a me help because he said he could do-a it himself."
"And yet he still dumped finances on Tom Nook," Raven said. The chief tactician then leaned back on the couch.
"So how is he gonna take that fact that you know who is here," Spyro said pointing to a certain mechanic and his robot friend.
"Rachet & Clank," Meta Knight questioned looking over at them. "I don't exactly trust them myself, but I know Master Hand will want to be rid of them instantly. No matter what he thought about while he was gone."
"I can-a imagine the same with-a Sans. He really did-a not want him in the mansion," Luigi said. He would be right the man of the mansion would not take that news well.
Master Hand (Man of the Mansion): Why don't I want Sans in the mansion? Well, if I let him in, that basically means the memers win. I wouldn't exactly want that. *camera starts to slowly back away since he doesn't know yet* Hey, where are you going?
Raven looked over at Rachet & Clank before saying, "I heard stories about the All-Star Manor from you guys and they don't seem like the best people." Paper Mario nodded his head, confirming that fact. "Though I could give them the benefit of the doubt given that you're just saying that because of bias."
"Then, I guess you'd be right. I have no personal problems with them but those that are Nintendo only kinda hate them," Spyro explained. "Most believe they're really here to spy on us and get info for the All-Star Manor."
"We-a do have some character that-a only showed-a up on playstation consoles before-a smash here," Luigi said holding his head in thought. The cameraman decided to walk away from the group as they have now veered off the topic of interest.
Master Hand was back in his old office now, and it was still in good condition since Mario used it. And Marth finally convince Mario to go to sleep, threatening that he knows what Morgana is like and will find him and sick him on the red plumber if he didn't go to sleep. Mario had heard about what Morgana is like when it's time to sleep from Joker, he didn't want to deal with that and left immediately.
Isabelle had arrived and decided to go over the small but notable changes since he left. "One small change you'll most likely notice right off the bat is that there are now finance papers on this desk. That's because since Tom Nook is a resident here now he volunteered to take care of that stuff," Isabelle explained as he put a small stack pile of paperwork on the desk.
"Well, that's good to know," Master Hand said. The money paperwork was his least favorite of all the paperworks and was glad to be rid of it. "I should've thought of that sooner."
"Something else that's different is that we decided to renovate that old shed we had out in the woods," Marth said pulling up an inside photo of the shed. "The purpose of the shed was so we could watch over the Smash Island and other worlds so if there's trouble we can help out if necessary."
"Sounds like something someone would live in the shed for," Master Hand commented as he looked at the picture. "You guys did more than I ever could already, but seriously, who's watching over those cameras?"
"Well originally we had Luigi do the job, but Otacon made an AI and after some reprogramming after an unfortunate incident, the AI is now watching over the cameras."
"Another feature apparently is that it can rank each villain that's attacked the island so far and their danger level," Mewtwo said. "Giovanni so far has the number one spot with an S-rank. King Boo is the lowest with a D-Rank." Master Hand nodded in understanding.
"While I'm impressed with this I have to ask, who have we invited to the mansion since I've left since I know you all did interviews," Master Hand asked. Isabelle then handed him a tablet that showed him a list. "Oh okay let's see here. Ah, I see you got Shantae in I meant to do that after World of Light… Crash and Spyro, worthy choices… some of Shulk's friends, at least we have another cook now… I see some that could cause tensions, Micaiah for example."
Micaiah (Princess of Dawn): I haven't really done anything that could increase tension between me and Ike. Yet that is.
Master Hand continued to scroll through until he got to a certain page and wished he could do a spittake. "You gave a residency to Rachet & Clank! From the All-Star Manor! Are you guys insane?!"
"In our defense they were banned from the manor themselves for accidentally blowing up the kitchen," Marth said. Master Hand gave him that look. "We're skeptical too but if we didn't accept them they wouldn't really have any to go." Master Hand didn't like it but grumbled in agreement, wouldn't really want to leave someone on the street unless they deserved it after all.
It took one swipe for Master Hand to freeze again. Master Hand placed the tablet around to face Marth and Isabelle, and it clearly showed Sans's picture. "I retract my statement about Rachet & Clank and put it on this guy. Are you people insane?"
"In our defense we let him in a temporary to see if he would be fine in the mansion," Marth said. "When interviews came around he got recommendations from so many people it was hard to deny it."
"How many people," Master Hand asked, Mewtwo then pressed a button on the tablet that showed the list. The man of the mansion let out a whistle. "Dang, that's the most i've ever seen anyone get. Okay, I guess I can allow this."
"There's also something else that we should probably tell you about since the others already know," Isabelle said. She then took back the tablet and looked on with a nervous face as she said the following words. "Someone else is preparing to attack the island, they've been the cause behind everything since 2018 excluding World of Light."
Underworld
(no cameras)
A portal opened in the depths of the underworld, a bit of ways away from the main meeting room. Kasumi came out of the portal first and took a look at her surroundings. She was standing on a single bridge hanging over a vast abyss of soul and darkness. It was unlike anything she's seen before, and that's saying something considering the Metaverse.
Akechi came out of the portal not too long after and caught Kasumi's gaze and looked around with her. "Amazing isn't it. Even if it's not the best place to be I never would've imagined a world like this could be so majestic."
"I would have to agree with you on that," Kasumi said. Akechi then began to walk down the bridge, the phantom thief quickly ran after him. "So this new boss of yours, what's he like."
"Well, if you don't already know he is Hades. Lord of the Underworld and we are actually in Pit's world right now, just below it," Akechi answered. This shocked Kasumi even more, a world where the greek gods, or versions of them at least, existed. "He can be pretty calm most of time only flares up if you cross him or do something he hates. So be careful."
"Thanks for the warning I guess," Kasumi said as they entered a tunnel.
Bass was currently walking down in the opposite direction of them. When he noticed Kasumi he said, "Oh so this is the one Hades wanted to see?"
"Your the one that caused the whole boomerang debacle," Kasumi said, remembering Bass from what she had been told by Mega Man. "Bass if I remember correctly?"
"Yep," Bass simply said as he continued walking. "Hey word of the wise, don't interrupt Hades. Let him finish his sentences first!"
"Who interrupted him before," Kasumi asked Akechi as they neared the meeting area.
"Akuma," Akechi simply replied. "He tried to question what the point of the plan was, and well Hades kinda gave him the coldest glare I've ever seen. If looks could kill, and he could probably actually do that, Akuma would've been dead in seconds."
"So are really alive are just a soul conjured up from the dead," Kasumi said, thinking that since this was the underworld there was probably something.
"Revived from the dead actually, and so is Akuma," Akechi answered as they turned into a hallway. "It's the second time I've been revived. First time during World of Light, and now here." Akechi then looked around the hall as they approached the door. "I'd get ready. Hades is on the other side of here."
Akechi opened the door and the two walked into a room with mainly black walls with blue lighted surfaces. Akuma was in one corner meditating the best he could without being disturbed. Kasumi was however focused on the one man in front of her that's not Akechi. Hades himself. "Kasumi! So nice to finally meet you. Now… we can finally have a little chat," Hades said with a grin.
Ike and Byleth decided to continue the tour with Blythe since they still had some time before dinner. And since the room was now open, Ike decided that the living room would be next. Blythe was already beaming as she looked around. "This room is pretty big, not as big as the reception hall but still. And this fireplace, wow," Blythe said as she looked around.
As the radiant hero was watching he said, "You know, she acts pretty different from you," to Byleth.
"What do you mean by that," Byleth asked, slightly offended.
"I mean no offense but she's energetic, actually expressive, seems generally happy, and you just don't have a beating heart," Ike said. Summing his point up to a T. "I wouldn't be surprised if you two had different lives in your dimensions."
"She was definitely a mercenary before arriving at the monastery. That much I'm sure of," Byleth said.
"Well, you could always ask her," Ike suggested.
"I bet father would like to see this place," Blythe said as she walked back to Ike and Byleth. The way she worded that irked Byleth.
"Father? You mean Jeralt right," Byleth asked.
"Of course who else. It has been a stressful couple months, we found out that Tomas and Monica were actually imposters," Blythe said. "When we went to a village to confront Solon, Monica, or really Kronya almost managed to kill him. I was luckily able to stop that from happening though. She got away for a month."
Byleth was suddenly at a loss of words. Blythe apparently had managed to save Jeralt, where as he was forced to watch him get stabbed twice after turning back time failed. Clearing his throat he said, "If you excuse me I should probably get your room ready for you to enter." With that the professor left.(1)
"Is he okay," Blythe decided to ask Ike as he left.
"Uh, well. This is gonna be hard to explain," Ike said. He then got into the story from what Byleth had told him before.
Blythe (Professor): So from what Ike tells me the version of my father in Byleth's world was killed by Monica. And when Byleth tried to turn back time in order to save him his attack was stopped, allowing the deed to still be done. I guess that means I brought up some bad memories.
Marth, Isabelle, and Mewtwo had finally explained the whole situation with Hades and the people he's recruited. Starting with the boomerang incident all the way up to the dream hijack on Incineroar. "So far he has yet to make another move but we might be close to another invasion," Marth said.
"I knew him helping us defeat Tabuu two years ago was fishy," Master Hand said as he finished processing the information. "He never made another move after that whole debacle so I wrote him off the list of suspicions."
"Well, he's ready now. And with the powers he has I can definitely believe him to be the one behind anything," Mewtwo said. The genetic pokemon then closed his eyes. "At first the future of the fight seemed to be stuck on one timeline. But since we kept Incineroar multiple have been sprouting all filled with many possibilities."
"So far we know that Bass and Akuma are working for him. We don't know if there's anyone else though," Isabelle said.
"Considering he has access to any villain we've blown up in the past I think there's definitely some more people working for him," Master Hand said. He then thought back to what Mewtwo said earlier. "I'm sorry how many futures are there of this fight Mewtwo?"
"Before Christmas only won where we lost," Mewtwo said. "But now, there's about a thousand possibilities."
"And how many do we win," Marth said with nervousness.
Mewtwo kept his eyes closed for a bit longer as it searched and searched. Mewtwo then opened his eyes. He then stared right at Master Hand saying, "Only five, one where we get out of it without any casualties and or lasting consequences. The other four have those two I mentioned."
"Who exactly are the casualties," Master Hand said.
"You know I'm not gonna tell you that," Mewtwo said. Master Hand was going to retort, but then realized his reasoning was to probably keep him from potentially disrupting the space-time continuum. And he's done it before back before the Octarian invasion.
Marth (Hero-king): So we have a fight coming within months. I understand Mewtwo not wanting to get into details, but I can't help but wonder exactly what the consequences were.
Underworld (No cameras)
Kasumi, after getting over her initial shock of being in front of Hades, walked forward until she was at the table. Facing directly across from the lord of the underworld. "So you're the one who called me here," she asked.
"Yes I am, we have a sort of business proposition for you Kasumi," Hades said. The table then lit up. "Are you interested in hearing us out."
"I'm willing to listen but I can't guarantee I'll actually want to join you," Kasumi said with all the seriousness she could muster.
"I love it when we get to be serious," Hades said. The table then became shrouded in mist as a projection of sorts came from it. "Very well, as you know the phantom thieves lied to you. Making you believe they knew you the whole time, but actually didn't. They kept that to themselves and practically caused you to break down when we told you."
Kasumi looked down, remembering what happened a couple hours ago. "Yeah that's true," she said, sadly crossing her arms.
"Now, now don't look so glum. What if I told you there was a way to make them actually know you from memory," Hades said and Kasumi looked up. "Got your attention, didn't I. While I don't have a stolen inventory list of vault I know of an item in it once created by Master Hand that's kept in there." An image of a machine with a simple small barrel and nozzle design was shown. "A little rusty but it is a memory warper. It can basically erase, plant, and change memories. What you're looking for is the middle option. If you can manage to get the phantom thieves in one room and get me that device I can combine it with my powers to do a mass memory planting. They can know you for real, and you won't have to worry about it anymore."
"It feels like there's something more to this," Kasumi said.
"Very perceptive of you," Hades said. The mist then fell away. "I want you to gather intel for us on pretty much anything of importance. Defense system, weaknesses of the residents, systems we can exploit. Stuff like that, that way there will be nothing stopping me from total domination."
Kasumi looked down to think over her options. While she could be remembered among the others, she knew Hades wanted to destroy the island. "Can I have sometime to think over my decision," Kasumi asked.
Hades looked at Kasumi with a suspicious look before snapping his fingers. "Very well, don't take too long though," the lord of the underworld said as a door to a separate room opened. "We don't want anyone realizing your gone." Kasumi nodded before walking into the room, the door slowly closing behind her.
Akuma stopped meditating for a second just to ask, "So, we're going to go with plan B."
"Yes, Akuma, yes we are," Hades said. Akechi became a bit confused as he had no idea what plan B was. "I never really told you did I Akechi? Very well let me explain."
The camera crew member had gone to the kitchen in order to gather more thoughts on Master Hand's return. There were at least two residents that met him within the room right now that could give input. Kawasaki was currently stirring something in a big pot while Palutena was waiting for the oven to finish. Cilan was just chopping up some vegetables, and Dunban was watching so he could get a feel as to how things work here.
"You know Master Hand is going to ban you from the kitchen again when he finds out you've been in here the whole time he was gone," Palutena said to Kawasaki as she turned away from the oven.
"Trust me Palutena, he'll never know I'm here," Kawasaki said patting his chest with pride. "My cooking skills have vastly improved since I've started working here, he'll never know."
"I'll be the judge of that," Palutena said as she walked over to the pot to see what was in it. "What is this anyway?"
"Suggestion from Cilan, Clam Chowder. I felt like this would be popular for the inklings and other fish lovers," Kawasaki explained as Dunban walked over and looked into the pot.
"It looks appealing," Dunban said as he went and grabbed a spoon from a drawer. He then walked back over to the pot and looked at Kawasaki to see if it was warm enough to eat, to which the chef nodded. Dunban went ahead and quickly ate a spoon of the chowder. He didn't seem impressed but said, "It's decent. I think it could pass Master Hand without any problem, I've been at the mansion before so I know what he tolerates."
"Why thank you for the feedback, that's better than what Palutena said yesterday about my beef stew," Kawasaki said. A feeling of pride swelling up in his chest.
Kawasaki (Terrible chef?): Palutena made it seem like she was throwing up the beef stew I had made. When Cilan tried it he said it was actually pretty average for stew. I think she's trying to make me look bad.
Palutena (Goddess of Light): Jealous? I'm not jealous my cooking is amazing. I won't allow you to belittle a goddess to such feelings. *warps away*
"It's not that I don't think your cooking is bad Kawasaki, it's just that it might not be the best thing to serve to the residents," Palutena said. In an attempt to defend herself.
"The contrast to me and you reacting to Kawasaki's beef stew yesterday says otherwise," Cilan said as he put the vegetables he chopped up onto a pan. It was probably meant to be a side.
Palutena let it go for the time being, but when Kawasaki walked into the pantry she followed. Once she was in she closed the door saying, "What happened to the plan?"
"What plan," Kawasaki asked Palutena as if he didn't know what she was asking. Which he didn't.
"Our plan for taking care of Cilan. Didn't we think he was going to steal our position," Palutena said angrily.
"Oh that. I just thought about the whole thing more and we have more people in this mansion than ever before," Kawasaki said. "It's nice for it to be more than just the two of us working on dinner and breakfast."
"But what if we do get the boot?"
"Well they can't ban us unless we provoke it. And if you keep this up I may have to file a complaint," Kawasaki said. When did he get this threatening?
King Dedede (King of Dream Land): I decided to pull Kawasaki aside last week and taught him that no one is the boss of him. Except maybe Master Hand, and that it's fine to make his own decision, no matter who the person might be… Palutena, oh he's a goner if he doesn't play his cards right.
"Do we even have those," Palutena questioned as Kawasaki walked out of the pantry. The goddess of light looked after the chef, worried that Cilan was no longer the one chef she had to worry about.
Underworld (no cameras)
Kasumi was in the other room pacing back and forth on her options. She felt like this was a no win situation since Hades would attack the island either way. She eventually stopped in the middle of the room, most likely about to come to a final decision when the door opened. Akechi walked in and the door closed behind him. "Tough choice huh," Akechi said.
Kasumi glared at the traitor phantom thief before looking away. "You know, they may not have memories of me. But I definitely have memories of you," Kasumi said. "I'm still have a feeling I'm going to get double-crossed in this deal."
"I wouldn't put it past Hades," Akechi said leaning against the wall. "He is a very unpredictable god with a lot of power, but is still your choice. I talked to him and he promised that you would leave no matter the choice you make."
Kasumi looks back at Akechi. She may hate him but the sacrifice he made in the end for then was honorable. "I could still tell the others your alive and maybe get you to the mansion."
"Honestly, I think I don't really have a choice. Hades brought me back he could just as easily kill me again." The door then opened again, signaling that time was up. "Did you make a choice?"
Kasumi thought about it for a quick second before nodding. "Yeah I made a decision." Akechi then let Kasumi walk back through the door before walking through himself.
"Ah, she's back about time, it was getting boring," Hades said as Kasumi walked back to where she was originally standing. Hades then crossed his arms saying, "So, what's your final decision?"
Kasumi took a deep breath, this could end badly. "The offer you have is enticing. The chance to actually be remembered by my friends is intriguing."
"This feels like the point where there's a but-"
"But, I'm not really willing to go against the mansion like this. I don't know who I am sure, but I think the memories they make of me now will be better than the ones from the past. So no, I will not accept your deal and wish to go home right now."
Hades stood silently as he fist was shaking. Kasumi took a step back, but when Hades stopped shaking his hand she sigh in relief. "I understand, regardless I'll still attack the island soon. Might spare you and your friends, but we'll see." Kasumi nodded and turned to follow Akechi through the door to head back. When suddenly bars and chains wrapped the door, trapping them. "Unfortunately I can't just let you waltz out of here."
"What?!"
"That was not what you promised," Akechi shouted at Hades.
"You really think I'm gonna let her go with the knowledge of what I'm doing here and who I've recruited much less that you're alive?! How stupid do you think I am," Hades shouted in anger. Dark power then began to flow from his hands. "She'll still leave, but not with her own will."
"Robin Hood," Akechi said as his persona flared to life. He knew that he could get himself killed doing this but he didn't like Hades plan B. At the very least he had to get Kasumi out of here. Before Akechi used an attack though Akuma stopped his meditation and grabbed him.
"I would advise against doing that in the future," Hades said as he sent his dark power to Kasumi. Who then became to scream as Hades began to take over her mind.
Blythe had gone to find Byleth after her tour finished in order to apologize for mentioning Jeralt. Though at the time she hadn't known. The professor eventually found her counterpart in the practice room with the simulator running. Byleth was currently doing a spirit battle with help from the mysterious machine that had been given to the mansion during Christmas. Blythe decided to walk into the workshop within the room while she waited for him to be done.
Master Hand: Oh I've been told about the device. I don't know the person who sent it based on the name they gave us. But it contributes something to the mansion so may as well keep it.
In the workshop was Samus, who immediately turned around with her arm cannon powering up as she heard the door closed. Blythe had her hands up immediately. She had been given an explanation of how the simulator worked, but knew that the blast from that thing would kill her in real life. "Sorry, force of habit," Samus said as she powered down the arm cannon, "still trying to be social at the very least again." The bounty hunter looked at her surroundings. "Not really working out so far."
"It's my fault, you probably didn't expect anyone to walk in here while one of those tournaments weren't going on," Blythe said as she sat down on another chair in the room. "I think someone mentioned you, Samus was it?"
Samus nodded in confirmation saying, "One and only. Your one of the new residents right, the female counterpart of Byleth." She pointed at said professor in the practice room still taking down some of the simulated spirits.
"Yes, that's me. Blythe, nice to meet you," Blythe said holding out her hand.
"Likewise," Samus said, not really accepting the handshake. "So what are you in here for?"
"Well, I need to apologize to Byleth about something actually. I didn't realize it at the time but I was told that our father is actually dead in his world, but he's still alive in mine," Blythe said. The simulator powered off at that point, Byleth was done.
"Ah, another one of those worlds like Robin and Raven. Technically I don't think that would be your fault since you didn't really know at the time," Samus said. At that moment Byleth walked in through the door. "So what did you think of the spirit simulator? I'm told it showed up from a person known as Guestspirit, but I'm on the fence if we can trust that machine."
"I think it's fine," Byleth answered. He then noticed his female counterpart in the room and sighed saying, "I'm guessing you're here because you found out father is dead on my world and your here to apologize."
"Perceptive, should've seen that coming," Blythe muttered. "Yes, that is what I'm here for. Just I didn't know so I'm sorry if I pulled up any painful memories."
"You didn't know it's not your fault. Honestly though, I think it'll be nice considering that I can find out what would've happened if he survived. For instance, how did he react to the hair," Byleth asked. It was a question he asked himself often.
"Confused, and when Rhea explained the story to him he was even more confused. Still Rhea mentioned this whole thing now that Sothis has merged with us," Blythe said gesturing to herself and Byleth. "I'm honestly on the fence about what she has planned."
"I like to believe Rhea has the best interest in heart, thought I guess that could get her in trouble sooner or later," Byleth said.
"You two realize I have no idea what you two are talking about right," Samus said, still very well in the room.
"Sorry Samus, didn't mean to exclude you there," Blythe said.
"It's..fine," Samus said as she got off from the chair. "Dinner is probably almost ready. You two may want to get downstairs." With that the bounty hunter left the workshop with the two professors soon following.
Byleth (Professor): Of course, we are going to head back to our worlds in the coming days in order to be ontime for the plan Rhea has. I'm told by my female counterpart she went with Edelgard to Enbarr, and what happened there was interesting to say the least. I don't think I'm going to say anything though for the sake of what I'm told is called spoilers.
It was now dinner and everyone was now at their respective tables. Most were discussing Master Hand's return to the mansion, and that it had been announced that he would show himself at Dinner. The phantom thieves though were still in a bit of a funk after getting chewed out by Mario and yelled at by Kasumi. She hadn't shown back up and as far as they knew she was still in her room.
That worry would end when said phantom thief entered the dining room. The other phantom thieves watched as she grabbed her food that was out on the window partition to the kitchen. She then walked over to their table and sat down. It was silent at first until Kasumi said, "I'm still mad at you guys by the way."
"Yeah we messed up," Ryuji said with his head down. "Look we're really sorry. After what happened with us we didn't want to put that same burden on you."
"Especially since you came after us, you had memories that we don't," Makoto said. "Honestly a bit disturbing to me but that doesn't really justify what we did."
Kasumi sighed. "Well, I'd be willing to forgive you," she said, the other phantom thieves looked up in shock. "As long as you promise to never do this kind of thing again please."
"Don't worry, it won't happen again we promise," Joker said. To which the others nodded.
"Then I guess I can forgive you, and hopefully we can be actual friends from here," Kasumi said. The others then begin to actually eat their food. None of them saw the devious smirk and dark magic swirling in Kasumi's eyes for a few seconds.
At that point Master Hand came in through the kitchen and everyone quieted down so he could speak. "Hello everyone. It's been awhile, and to those of you who have never seen me before welcome to the smash mansion, hope you enjoy your stay," Master Hand said. "I know I left without a word but I needed to think about things, about what I had done regarding withholding information from you all multiple times. I decided that trust goes both ways, and if I want you guys to trust me, I need to trust you with information." Residents that were mad at Master Hand nodded in understanding, glad he's willing to change.
"And because of that I should probably tell you all now that the rumors are true as we can confirm that Hades is working to attack the island and had recruited Bass and Akuma for help," Master Hand said. This caused a wave of murmurs and some panic to spread. "We know he's going to attack so we can prepare now. We don't have definitive proof other than a dream that someone had and was hijacked. But we have reason to believe he's the cause behind everything that's happened to us since 2018, excluding World of Light."
No one said a word as they began to process the information. Then of all people, Bowser got up from his seat saying, "Well then. I guess we may want to prepare for the fight of our lives." Master Hand smilied, not expecting Bowser of all people to say that.
"Yes true, anyways. Enjoy your dinner," Master Hand said before he teleported out of the mansion.
Lucario (Aura pokemon) Looks like the trust that Master Hand lost is officially rebuilt. We can only hope the rest of the residents still gone will come back before Hades attack. We're still missing a good number of the assist trophies and a couple fighters. How this is all going to turn out will reveal itself in the future.
Author's Note: Again, if you have a truth or dare keep it PG and tell me in the reviews. If we don't have enough for an episode by episode 15 of this season I will go with my plan B.
(1) Yeah, there's gonna be slight canon divergence of Blythe's version of Fodlan for sake of difference between the two. Like in Robin's world, one was successful while one failed.
