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Reflections of the Past
"Ah, RWBY… just the four I was looking for." Kamek said, approaching the four.
"Hey, what's up?" Yang asked.
"I've been working on an experiment and I think you four ought to be my test subjects."
"Whoa whoa WHOA. We're not gonna be your guinea pigs!" Weiss said.
"It's not dangerous. It's to show how far you four have come." Kamek said as the four looked at him curiously. "Behold!" He fired magic into the air as a large mirror came down and landed in front of the girls.
"Oh… a giant mirror." Blake said. "…Wait, this is gonna be like that Mirror of Truth thing, is it?"
"No no no, it's entirely different. Step in front of the mirror and you'll see." Kamek instructed as the four did so. "Now, what do you see?"
"Oooh! It's us when we started out in the Mushroom Kingdom. Oh we look so cute!" Ruby smiled.
"Indeed." Kamek nodded. "Now then, allow me to show you what you were like back then." He then snapped his fingers. "Starting with you, Ruby."
"Oh hello new adventure! So excited to see what it's in store for us!"
"Aww…" Ruby smiled.
"I'm going to eat this totally random Mushroom out of this floating box and disregarding safety because it looks totally edible!"
"…Ooooh." Ruby grimaced.
"That takes me back." Weiss said.
"La la la la~! Look at me! I'm unbearably optimistic and naive! I'm totally not mature enough to handle something big like saving the world from someone like Hades!"
"…Oh… ooooh…!"
"My apologies, Lord Bowser pitched in when I was working on this experimental magic. Some of these lines were his idea." Kamek said.
"Oh goodness, was I THIS naive?!" Ruby said. "Ooooh… oh dear…"
"And now for you, Weiss."
"Look at me, I'm miss popular! I'm a Schnee, so you better not cross me! My father runs the Schnee Dust Company. I'm a victim of faunus villainy!"
"Man… I'm glad I moved on from that… at least I'm better-"
"How does this work? Why are there floating blocks?! Why are the people in Toad Town walking mushrooms?! HOW CAN WE STAND ON RAINBOW ROAD?! How are we standing on clouds?! How are we-"
Weiss jawdropped. "Was I… really this bad…" She grimaced, as Blake patted her on the shoulder. "Oh my gosh…" She groaned.
"And now for you, Blake."
"Moody. Depression. Quiet. I hate everyone. More moodiness."
"…Well, glad I got out of my shell." Blake said, scratching her head.
"And finally… Yang."
"Hit me!" Yang smirked.
"RAAAAAH! Any of you touch my hair, I'm going to turn you into a pretzel knot! In fact, if any of you touch my sister, I'm gonna kill ya! Even if you're an angel… and I'm gonna brag about it because I'm a violent psychopath! I'm totally gonna turn K. Rool into a wallet when I'm done with him! I jump into things head on without even thinking because I'm blinded by rage!"
"Ooooh!" Yang grimaced. "Yeah… that's… that stings." She winced.
Kamek nodded. "There was lots of room for improvement, and look how far you've come now. You can either run from the past… or learn from it. And I'm pretty sure all of you are choosing the latter… so, if you could tell your past selves anything, what would it be?"
"Tell myself not to be so naive and childish."
"Slap myself." Weiss said.
"Tell myself to open up more."
"Throttle myself, that's what I'd do! …And then beat myself up after that!"
Kamek sweatdropped. "Well uh… that's one way to go about it, I gue-"
"In fact, I'm gonna do it right now!" Yang said and punched the mirror. "Raaah! Take that, past me! And that! And that! AND THIS!"
"Come on, Yang… let's celebrate with ice cream over how far we've come." Ruby said. "I'm thinking cookies and cream." She dragged Yang by the arm, and Weiss and Blake helped her.
"Wait! I'm not done beating the crap out of past me! I still need to say a few things! Gaaaah! Let me go! Ooooh, you're lucky that my friends are holding me back, YOU HEAR ME?!"
"My work here is done." Kamek said.
Kidnapping
Marnie sat down on her bed, staring at a book that Kamek had gotten her in case if she wanted to try it out. How to kidnap someone 101.
"Well… might as well see what it's all about." Marnie said as she opened up the book.
Best way to kidnap someone quietly is spray a rag with chloroform and put it over your victim's nose. It'll knock 'em out and you won't have to worry about the noise!
"…Are you kidding? I'm not cruel!"
Another way to kidnap someone is to spike their drink. Make sure no one notices. Watch them fall, and carry them into your car and then make a hasty getaway with no one the wiser.
"Okay, one, I'm not old enough and two… why…?"
Another way is to mug someone at night when visibilty is low, then drag them into the trunk of your car and drive off.
"I don't even have a car!"
Another way is to do the Bowser way.
"…Bowser way?" She wondered with intrigue.
Later…
Marnie flew toward Peach's Castle on her hoverboard, scanning the inside of Peach's Castle to figure out where she is. "Ah, perfect, she's in her room. Okay, let's do this." She said as she moved into position, giving herself a clear shot. "And here… we… go."
Inside…
"Hmhmmhmm~" Peach hummed, brushing her hair. "Ah, perfect! Now it's straight!" She smiled.
THUD!
"Huh?!" Peach turned her head to see Marnie sprawled out on her balcony. She walked over and looked up to see the hoverboard embedded into the wall. "Oh my gosh!" She gasped, dragging the unconscious punk inside and placed her on the bed.
"Uuungh…" Marnie groaned as she came to a few minutes later, having bandages on her forehead. "Where am I…?"
"In my room." She said as Marnie turned to see Peach. "Are you okay? You slammed into the wall pretty hard."
"Ugh… this was not how I pictured it'd go…" Marnie sighed and explained what happened.
"Oh…" Peach quietly said before letting out a giggle. "Marnie, sweetie… smashing into walls is Bowser's thing. You don't have the muscle for that."
"Yeah… I've realized that. It worked out better in my head…"
Peach patted her on the shoulder. "There there… I do have some advice for you. If you actually want to try kidnapping, I suggest doing it in your style. Not Bowser's or… anyone else. Just yours. Make it… stand out, ya know?"
"That's good advice…"
Peach smiled. "Come on, I just got done baking a cake a while ago. You want some?"
"Yeah, it'll definitely be a pick me up after what happened…"
"Let's go!" Peach said, taking Marnie's hand as they walked out together.
Bad Camera Angles
"Alright, time to try out an experiment!" A Lakitu said.
"What exactly is this…?" Mario wondered, seeing he had an exoskeleton on his body.
"Basically, your movement is going to be controlled by this camera. I move left, you move left. I move forward, you move forward, I thrust my camera in the air, you jump.
"How about punching, kicking and all the other stuff?"
"Button presses on the camera!" Lakitu said.
"I'm not so sure about this."
"Nonsense. How bad can it be?"
Bob-omb Battlefield…
"Man, this is totally easy!" Lakitu said, moving Mario around as he collected a few Power Stars. "Oh, let's try that one next! The five rings floating above the course! We totally need a Wing Cap for that."
"Flying around with camera controls? That sounds like a bad idea!"
"Nonsense!"
Ten seconds later…
"WHOOOA! WHOOOOOOOOOOOA!"
"How do you work with this? Come on, go right! No no no, not a sharp right! Okay, left… oh, we totally missed that coin! Not to worry, I can make you dive bomb and then make you fly up for more altitude!"
"You're gonna wha-AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Aaaand we go up!"
CRASH!
"Oh!" The Lakitu winced. "…Eh, I'm sure it'll work out in the next course."
Whomp's Fortress
Mario punched the plank down leading to the last few red coins on the floating islands as Mario walked forward… until he started zigzagging. "Ack! Keep me steady!"
"Sorry, I'm trying to get a good angle here! This whole platform is disproportionate!" Lakitu said. "Let me just… hrah!" He adjusted it to the right… aaaand Mario started falling. "Oops."
"OOOOF!"
Cool, Cool Mountain
"WAHOOOO!" Mario went down the slide, going past the penguin as the Lakitu got in front of it.
"Yeah, this is totally great!" Lakitu said… and then the penguin caught up and got up close and personal with the Lakitu. "Aaah! Hey buddy, ever heard of personal space?!" He siad as the Penguin went under him "Oh, now you're in front of the camera! Maybe if I adjust it to the left…"
Mario started falling to his doom.
"…Ooops."
Bowser in the Dark World…
"Alright, I hit the switch!" Mario said as he suddenly made a wide turn. "What are you doing?! It should be a sharp turn!"
"I'm trying here! Alright, go to the red coin at the beginning! I'll do a sharp turn!" He said, buuuuut thanks to the pesky camera angle, he made a wide turn and Mario fell to his doom. "…Again! That's the third time that's happened in this world!"
Shifting Sand Land…
"Ack plepth plepth!"
"These stupid Tox Boxes! Now look what you made me do!" Lakitu complained, watching Mario sink into the quicksand.
Tick Tock Clock…
"WAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Should've moved that camera… I did not see that Heave-Ho there…" Lakitu looked down into the abyss. "You okay down there, Mario?"
"NO! None of this is okay, YOU SON OF A-"
Rainbow Ride…
"Waaaah! OOOF!" Mario grunted, faceplanting on a platform.
"Ooooh! And we were so close to that Power Star!" Lakitu said. "I couldn't get a good angle on it… okay, let's try that again! This time, I've got a good feeling abou-"
"THAT'S IT!" Mario said, tearing the exoskeleton off of his body. "I'm out of here!" He said, limping away. "Super Mario is out… PEACE-A OUT!" He said and jumped into the abyss.
"…I knew I should've tested it out before trying it out on someone…"
Noise Complaints
"Woooo! Hello Toad Town! Welcome to another night of Ibuki's nightly concerts!" Ibuki cheered. "We're gonna bring the house down and we have a special guest here tonight! It's Rosie-chan!"
Rosalina giggled. "Nice of you to invite me here."
"Mhm!" Ibuki nodded. "Now, you ready to shred? Because Ibuki's ready!"
"Oh, I'm so ready." Rosalina said, holding on to an electric guitar of her own.
"Alriiiiight! And a one! And a two! AND A ONE TWO THREE FOUR!"
At a Toad house…
"Aaaaagh!" A Toad yelled. "I can't stand it any more! Five nights in a row of this sheer insanity!" He said as he straight to Peach's Castle, along with a few other angry Toads as they banged on the door angrily.
Peach let out a yawn, opening the door. "What is it…?" She asked, rubbing her eyes.
"You gotta do something about that noisy girl! She's driving us nuts with that heavy metal concert!"
"I can't get any beauty sleep!"
"Is she harming anyone?"
"She's harming our sleep!"
"Get some earplugs then… it's not my problem." Peach yawned. "I'm going back to bed… besides, Ibuki's just having fun…" She said and closed the door.
"WAIT WAIT NO!" The Toads yelled.
"Ugh… can it get any worse…"
"Ah, there you guys are!" A voice said as they turned to see Ibuki and Rosalina. "Ibuki was worried that you were gonna miss out on the concert, so we're bringing it to you! Hit it!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Inside the castle…
"How in the world can you sleep through this?" Marnie wondered, sitting in a sleeping bag.
"You get used to it. Besides… it's not that loud." Peach smiled before falling asleep.
"I suppose you're right…" Marnie nodded before falling asleep herself.
Outside…
"OPEN UP! PLEASE!"
A window opened up, as Toadsworth peeked out the window. "Will you be quiet! Some of us are trying to sleep!" He yelled, throwing a shoe that knocked out one of the complaining Toads.
"Oooof!"
"As for you ladies, continue! It's the perfect noisemaker for me to sleep to!" Toadsworth said, shutting the window and turning off the light.
"You heard the man!" Ibuki grinned.
"…Ugh, curse that Future Foundation!"
That third skit was a request from Flash since he was having trouble with camera issues while playing Mario 64 in 3D All Stars. Honestly, i'm surprised I didn't make fun of the camera controls sooner.
Another shout out for Bloodyguy who inspired me to make the first skit! Truly, they've come a long way...