"The Big Adventure" CHAPTER 2
Mario had just accepted the job to save Clocktown, if not the world, or some combination of the two. The bald man instructed him to get a weapon, so Mario took a stick off the ground, and began to whittle it with his pocket knife for a few minutes, until it had a nice, sharp point. He tested it out by throwing it onto a tree. "My pointed stick of doom is ready!" he called, and went back to the man.
"Wonderful! Here's a rupee for your troubles. It may be of use to you..."
"Yay! A rupee! And I haven't even done anything yet." Next, Mario was rushed onto Epona, and told to wander around the woods for a few hours, until he met a mask welding imp. He temporarily forgot he was tone deaf. He got lonely, and began to belt out Matchbox 20 songs.
"Can you help me I'm bent?!
I'm so scared that I'll never meet someone named Heather!
Keep breaking me in!
And this is how we will live, with you and me...
BENT!"
He didn't notice Tatl and Tael spying on him from a tree branch. "Who's he? That's Epona all right, but he's not Link!"
"This isn't in the script!"
"What script?" Tatl hinted.
"You know, the script we're not supposed to talk about?"
"Oh yeah! That script. We are so fired," she giggled.
"Wanna go scare his horse?"
"You know I do."
The two jumped off the branch and into Epona's face. She didn't neigh.
"What the heck? She's supposed to neigh..." whispered Tael.
Abruptly Epona fell over, crushing Mario and knocking him unconscious.
"I think the mule had a heart attack."
"Oh well. At least the guy's unconscious..."
Skull Kid surveyed the scene. "Dang it, you guys? How am I supposed to escape? Tael, get me the crash cart." Tael took out two jumper cables. "Clear!"
Bzzzt!
"Asystole!" cried Tael.
"Clear!"
"Neeeiggh!" Epona whined.
"We have a rhythm!" said Tatl triumphantly.
"Okay, now let's see if the guy has anything on him..." said Tael.
The searched, but all Mario had was his pointed stick and a rupee.
"This guy doesn't got *nothing* good on him," complained Tatl.
"The hat doesn't look so bad..."
"It'll have to do," said Scull Kid, grabbing the hat. But Mario had been attached to that hat since birth, and knew instantly when someone had taken it off. He got up, fast as lightening, and punched Skull Kid.
"Ouch! You're not supposed to do that. I'm supposed to take the horse and run, which I think I'll do right now." Skull Kid laughed and rode away with Epona.
Mario, who could run like the dickens, had no trouble keeping up.
"Oh God, he's not supposed to be that fast! He's supposed to grab on to the horse, and fall off! Dang it, dang it, dang it!" They passed the giant stump. "That was your cue to fall off or trip or something..." Mario tripped on the roots of the stump, and was temporarily unconscious. Skull Kid was too busy laughing hysterically to watch where he was going. He ran right into a low branch, and was knocked off the horse, also unconscious. While Epona ran off, Tael and Tatl had to carry Skull Kid to his secret lair.
"My hat! Itsa gone!"
Mario noticed a tunnel, and ran in. He jumped across the tree stumps, all the way across to the other tunnel, and he slowly walked in. He sang softly "Why do I live this way? Hey, must be the money..." and fell right into the big hole. He fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and ... you get the picture.
He landed in the water. "Ow!"
"Another thing went wrong. He was supposed to land in the flower," whispered Tatl.
"Give me back my hat!"
"What hat?" asked Skull Kid.
"The one you're wearing!"
Skull Kid shook his head of doom, and before ya know it, Mario was a deku scrub.
"Oh! My beautiful face! It's all ugly! And I'm wearing a skirt! Why me??? First I lose the tennis tournament to a 3 year old, and now this!"
Mario attempted to tackle skull kid. Tatl lunged at him, but missed and hit the wall, but redirected herself. This time she hit Mario, and knocked him in the water. He lay there, floating like he was dead, while Tatl rammed into him. *Bump bump bump bump* Skull Kid laughed and started to float out the door with Tael. Tael stared, and right before it closed, uttered "Sis?"
Tatl stopped focusing on Mario, and attempted to drill a hole in the door like a woodpecker. But it was made of stone. "Why doesn't Skull Kid make his doors out of wood? Why'd I have to kill Mario?"
Mario slowly began to awaken.
"Yay! Let me out, lemme out, lemme out, lemme out!"
"Why should I?"
"I'm a helpless girl who wants to get out of here! We're going to suffocate!"
"No."
"But you're going to suffocate, too!"
"Ah, tochette..."
Mario opened the door, and slammed it shut on Tatl before she could leave.
"Okay, one pesky fairy, dead ... another pesky fairy and skull kid to go."
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"Mm... nuts..." Mario had just found a chest filled with about 10 deku nuts. He popped two in his mouth, and they exploded with a flash. "Mm... Spicy. These are good. I'll save some for later. Wait... skirts don't have pockets." He managed to shove one down his shirt, but mournfully left the other uneaten nuts in the chest.
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"Yes! Yes! I'm almost out of here!" Mario was relieved beyond belief to see a big, glowing exit sign by two equally large metal doors.
"Excuse me," said a man. "Don't take me rude, but I've been following you. I can help you save the world, and return you to your true form. But in exchange, you must get me the Skull Kid's mask. That *EVIL* imp stole it from me, so get an instrument, and try to get your hat back. There's a music shop in South Clock town that you can us. Did I mention?" he said with a clandestine smile. "You only have 3 days."
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Mario had just accepted the job to save Clocktown, if not the world, or some combination of the two. The bald man instructed him to get a weapon, so Mario took a stick off the ground, and began to whittle it with his pocket knife for a few minutes, until it had a nice, sharp point. He tested it out by throwing it onto a tree. "My pointed stick of doom is ready!" he called, and went back to the man.
"Wonderful! Here's a rupee for your troubles. It may be of use to you..."
"Yay! A rupee! And I haven't even done anything yet." Next, Mario was rushed onto Epona, and told to wander around the woods for a few hours, until he met a mask welding imp. He temporarily forgot he was tone deaf. He got lonely, and began to belt out Matchbox 20 songs.
"Can you help me I'm bent?!
I'm so scared that I'll never meet someone named Heather!
Keep breaking me in!
And this is how we will live, with you and me...
BENT!"
He didn't notice Tatl and Tael spying on him from a tree branch. "Who's he? That's Epona all right, but he's not Link!"
"This isn't in the script!"
"What script?" Tatl hinted.
"You know, the script we're not supposed to talk about?"
"Oh yeah! That script. We are so fired," she giggled.
"Wanna go scare his horse?"
"You know I do."
The two jumped off the branch and into Epona's face. She didn't neigh.
"What the heck? She's supposed to neigh..." whispered Tael.
Abruptly Epona fell over, crushing Mario and knocking him unconscious.
"I think the mule had a heart attack."
"Oh well. At least the guy's unconscious..."
Skull Kid surveyed the scene. "Dang it, you guys? How am I supposed to escape? Tael, get me the crash cart." Tael took out two jumper cables. "Clear!"
Bzzzt!
"Asystole!" cried Tael.
"Clear!"
"Neeeiggh!" Epona whined.
"We have a rhythm!" said Tatl triumphantly.
"Okay, now let's see if the guy has anything on him..." said Tael.
The searched, but all Mario had was his pointed stick and a rupee.
"This guy doesn't got *nothing* good on him," complained Tatl.
"The hat doesn't look so bad..."
"It'll have to do," said Scull Kid, grabbing the hat. But Mario had been attached to that hat since birth, and knew instantly when someone had taken it off. He got up, fast as lightening, and punched Skull Kid.
"Ouch! You're not supposed to do that. I'm supposed to take the horse and run, which I think I'll do right now." Skull Kid laughed and rode away with Epona.
Mario, who could run like the dickens, had no trouble keeping up.
"Oh God, he's not supposed to be that fast! He's supposed to grab on to the horse, and fall off! Dang it, dang it, dang it!" They passed the giant stump. "That was your cue to fall off or trip or something..." Mario tripped on the roots of the stump, and was temporarily unconscious. Skull Kid was too busy laughing hysterically to watch where he was going. He ran right into a low branch, and was knocked off the horse, also unconscious. While Epona ran off, Tael and Tatl had to carry Skull Kid to his secret lair.
"My hat! Itsa gone!"
Mario noticed a tunnel, and ran in. He jumped across the tree stumps, all the way across to the other tunnel, and he slowly walked in. He sang softly "Why do I live this way? Hey, must be the money..." and fell right into the big hole. He fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and fell ... and ... you get the picture.
He landed in the water. "Ow!"
"Another thing went wrong. He was supposed to land in the flower," whispered Tatl.
"Give me back my hat!"
"What hat?" asked Skull Kid.
"The one you're wearing!"
Skull Kid shook his head of doom, and before ya know it, Mario was a deku scrub.
"Oh! My beautiful face! It's all ugly! And I'm wearing a skirt! Why me??? First I lose the tennis tournament to a 3 year old, and now this!"
Mario attempted to tackle skull kid. Tatl lunged at him, but missed and hit the wall, but redirected herself. This time she hit Mario, and knocked him in the water. He lay there, floating like he was dead, while Tatl rammed into him. *Bump bump bump bump* Skull Kid laughed and started to float out the door with Tael. Tael stared, and right before it closed, uttered "Sis?"
Tatl stopped focusing on Mario, and attempted to drill a hole in the door like a woodpecker. But it was made of stone. "Why doesn't Skull Kid make his doors out of wood? Why'd I have to kill Mario?"
Mario slowly began to awaken.
"Yay! Let me out, lemme out, lemme out, lemme out!"
"Why should I?"
"I'm a helpless girl who wants to get out of here! We're going to suffocate!"
"No."
"But you're going to suffocate, too!"
"Ah, tochette..."
Mario opened the door, and slammed it shut on Tatl before she could leave.
"Okay, one pesky fairy, dead ... another pesky fairy and skull kid to go."
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"Mm... nuts..." Mario had just found a chest filled with about 10 deku nuts. He popped two in his mouth, and they exploded with a flash. "Mm... Spicy. These are good. I'll save some for later. Wait... skirts don't have pockets." He managed to shove one down his shirt, but mournfully left the other uneaten nuts in the chest.
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"Yes! Yes! I'm almost out of here!" Mario was relieved beyond belief to see a big, glowing exit sign by two equally large metal doors.
"Excuse me," said a man. "Don't take me rude, but I've been following you. I can help you save the world, and return you to your true form. But in exchange, you must get me the Skull Kid's mask. That *EVIL* imp stole it from me, so get an instrument, and try to get your hat back. There's a music shop in South Clock town that you can us. Did I mention?" he said with a clandestine smile. "You only have 3 days."
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