Mario awoke with the bright sunlight glowing in his face. As he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes he looked down at his belly to see...well...the aftermath of his "encounter" the previous night.
"Did that even really happen last night? Or did I dream that?" Mario thought.
But alas, he thought away the encounter as nothing more than a wet dream, and walked over to Fludd and his clothes.
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The gloomy sky above Delfino Plaza radiated an energy of sadness over the islanders.
Mario and the two police piantas walked out onto the street.
"Go straight that way. You can't miss the mess, pal! Your first job's to get rid of all that ugliness." The blue one spoke.
"I'm looking at it right now." Mario thought smugly.
"And remember, we'll be watching you, pal. We'll know if you start slacking off." The blue pianta continued. Mario rolled his eyes as he walked out into town. Luckily, Toadsworth and Peach were waiting for him.
"Oh, Mario! Your ok after all! I just knew you would be!" The princess said.
Before Mario could say anything, she continued.
"And why is the sky so dark, huh? It's not sun-drenched! This is hardly my idea of a relaxing vaction, Mario. I want to go home right now!" she said.
Mario stared at her in shock. "I-ok. How do you think I feel? I got framed for something I didnt do, and now I cant even enjoy our vacation." He said. The princess cocked her head to the side. "Your being kind of insensitive right now, Mario. I've been waiting to get some relaxation for a while now." She said.
"So have I, Peach! Almost every day of my life I'm going on these giant adventures to save you from Bowser. All I really want is just some time..." Mario walked closer to Peach, staring into her eyes.
"With you.." He held her hand softly.
The princess slowly took her hand back from him. "Mario...I'm flattered that you think of me so highly, but I really think we should just be friends." Peach said.
"But...I've been wanting to tell my feelings to you for a while now. I thought it was obvious." Mario said.
"It...wasn't Mario. I just figured you kept rescuing me out of obligation. In a friendly way." Peach said. Toadsworth turned his head and pretended to look at something to avoid Mario being harshly friendzoned right now.
"Peach...I.." Mario could only stare and listen as she ripped his heart into pieces.
"And honestly...I'm not really into hefty men. I hope you understand." She finished. Mario adjusted Fludd onto his back and tipped his hat as he said, "See you later, Princess. I have a mess to clean up." He sarcastically said, running towards the giant puddle of brown goo.
As he sprayed away the goop, he noticed little...creatures spouting up from it. They looked like little blobs of colored jello. Their small white eyes focused right on Mario, and they started to move towards him. They gurgled as Mario turned to them, spraying them with water.
He was now doing this for himself. To hopefully get off this island. Peach was the least of his problems now.
As he sprayed away the last bit of goop, the ground began to shake.
The ground split open as a statue came up out of the ground. It was the Grand Pianta Statue.
"Princess look! On the statue's head!" Toadsworth said.
"What?" Princess looked at the strange person.
It seemed to be a dark, "reflection" of Mario. But this Mario was a lot more...sexualized. His hat was slouched over, and he was wearing a spiked leather choker necklace. He had to shirt on exposing his slightly hairy chest under his overalls, which were also slightly ripped and jagged, as if the legs of them had been torn off.
His...bulge was even a bit more prominent.
"M-Mario?" The princess gawked, never seeing her friend dress like this before. Mario stared at this doppelganger in wonder. He could have sworn he wasn't this...vulgar ever in his life. The facsimile of Mario effortlessly jumped off the statue, running straight towards the princess.
He picked her up and ran down the street. "Mario!" She yelled, being taken away.
She was being kidnapped AGAIN.
As he ran after his clone and the princess, he really thought about why he keeps doing this. Constantly saving Peach and being her little "friend" while getting almost nothing in return. He was so tired of this.
"A kidnapping! Stop the criminal in his tracks with some water!" Fludd said. Mario went after his copy, spraying as he ran. The water seemed to hurt the clone, causing him to flash red. He kept spraying the fake, hopefully weakening it enough to let go of Peach.
"Hey! Are you slacking off?" The orange police pianta nearby yelled, clearly ignorant of the situation.
Mario give him the bird as he chased his clone.
Eventually, it gave up, dropping Peach on the ground. "Ow ow ow ow OW! Completely unfair! You shouldn't be allowed to use tools like that!" The clone said, dissipating and turning into smoke, floating away.
Before Peach could say anything, Mario chased after it, leaving her in silence before she could thank him. "He's heading for the square! After him!" Fludd said. Mario ran behind his copy, bouncing on walls and even managing to get on top of a few rooftops. As the other Mario slowed to a halt, the real Mario sped up, almost catching him.
The clone drew a rainbow M on the Grand Pianta statue and disappeared into it.
"What the hell?" Mario said. "He escaped into the graffiti! Mario! Try spraying it with water! " Fludd said. Mario did just that, and was amazed to see the portal start to glow and show an opening to the other side.
As he jumped into it, His body turned into particles and went through the portal.