I landed on the same tarmac as before, and looked around, expecting things to change like they did in Bianco Hills. Everything seemed the same, apart from a few shipping containers being moved, a few more boats here and there, and the water tower was now being used by a group of Piantas that were trying to clean up the polluted harbor.
FLUDD piped up, "Shine detected!", and pointed his nozzle towards the raised part of the harbor, past said water tower. I vaulted back onto the boat and crossed it to get to the other section of the Harbor. Refilling FLUDD's tank in a fountain (despite being right next to the OCEAN), I then vaulted onto the raised area, and began heading towards a particularly large cluster of crates, but was stopped by a Pianta in a hard hat.
"Woah, woah, woah! No tourists or civilians allowed up here! That's why we built this up so high, see?"
"Well, I'm on a mission to recollect all the Shines, and FLUDD here detects one in those shipping crates."
"I'm sorry, but no means no. There's some kind of squid creature sleeping amidst those crates, and the last time we tried to wake it up, it crushed three workers, see?" He took off his hat solemnly and mumbled, "Rest in peace, Larry, Curly, and Moe..."
"Mayor Palmer sent me. You can call and ask if you want."
The mention of the Mayor's name made him jump. "He did?! Well, why didn't you say so? Go right ahead, but be careful, see?"
He stepped aside, and I began to walk towards the creature. A stream of paint was seeping from between the crates and running straight into the water. I put two and two together and figured that this was what was polluting the water.
Now, I was about five feet away from the ceates, and bubbly snoring was now audible. I spied a tentacle peeking out between two crates.
"Mario," FLUDD said, "Pull on the tentacle; that should wake him up."
I sighed, and grabbed it (luckily, I still had my gloves, so I didn't have any problem with touching or gripping it), giving a sharp tug. No response. I pulled back harder. Still no response. I began to pull even harder, getting fed up.
Then it broke off.
I fell backward at the sudden snap, then I heard a blood-curdling scream. The crates jostled around as the creature woke up, felt that its arm had been ripped off, and was now writhing in agony and seething in rage. Then, the creature lashed out with all of its remaining tentacles, hitting away the crates and revealing a 15-foot tall Blooper with a cork in its mouth, 5 intact tentacles, and one stump that was gushing paint in place of blood.
"WHO RIPPED OFF MY ARM!?" he shouted through the cork, then he spied me, my hands still on his severed limb. "YOU! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!"
I barely managed to roll away as he swung his tentacles at me. "I'm sorry, I was just trying to wake you; I didn't think it would break!"
"LIES!" He screamed, swinging his tentacles in a helicopter motion. I leapt up and hovered.
"Mario!" FLUDD gurgled through the spray, "Flatten his tentacles, and rip them off!"
I nodded, then stopped hovering and landed on one of his tentacles, flattening it. He screeched in pain as I pulled with all of my might, ripping that one off as well.
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!" He shouted, "I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A NAP!"
"You've got a Shine, and I need to return them all to Delfino Plaza!" I flattened another one of his arms.
"NO, PLEASE! JUST TAKE IT!" He cried, reaching under him and throwing the Shine at me.
"And will you find a different place to sleep so you don't pollute the entire harbor?"
"YES, YES! JUST STOP PULLING OFF MY ARMS!"
I let go of his tentacle and backed off. He panted, then added, "YOU'RE SICK! YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT I HAVE GLANDULAR PROBLEM!" And with that, he used his remaining tentacles to drag himself to the ledge, then leapt into the water and swam away. I actually felt kinda bad for him.
Still, he was hurting the Piantas, and he attacked me. Plus, it seemed like he had some anger issues (and he wouldn't stop screaming).
I took the Shine, etc., and flew back to Delfino Plaza.