Mario arrived at Clocktown later that afternoon. Despite the fact that it was almost dinner, the town was still extremely busy, preparing for the carnival. There was a slight breeze, it was cooling, but only added to the confusion. Mario made his way to the Clocktown Music Shoppe. There was a flash of brown and green as Mario ran into a Goron, causing them both to fall on their backs. Ironically, the Goron was carrying a highly explosive bag of bombs. When he fell on them, they were activated and he was blown to the moon. "Sorry about that!", Mario yelled, watching the airborne Goron.
The Goron yelled back, as he flew to oblivion, "No biggie-goro!"
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Mario finally found his way to the air conditioned South Clock Town Music Shoppe, and emptied his loot on the table in the middle of the room.
He jumped up to see the cashier, (he'd shrunk considerably as a Deku Scrub), and eagerly asked the woman "What can I get for 1 rupee?"
The cashier looked around at the Deku pipes, 300 rupees, a beautifully crafted ocarina, 540 rupees, a fishbone Elvis guitar, 459 rupees, and hand crafted Goron drums, 699 rupees, on sale. The cashier furrowed her brows and went to talk to the owner, who was taking a lunch break.
"A crazy Deku scrub wants to buy something for 1 rupee. What do we give him?" she asked.
The owner downed the last of his milk, then dug in his pocket. Among the lint he found a blue kazoo. "Give him a choice of this or the empty milk jug." He handed her the items, and she turned on her heels and walked back into the main room.
"Okay... Sir, you may choose from the empty bottle or the kazoo."
Mario thought. Kazoos were old and boring. Jugs were new and hip.
"The jug!" Mario gave him the rupee, and frolicked off happily playing his jug. *fwoop fwoop fwoop fwoop fwoof*
A splash of water. He couldn't swim. He couldn't swim and carry his bottle.
Mario was too busy frolicking to notice he had fallen smack dab into the laundry pool. When he surfaced for air he saw a small dab of light. A fairy was on his head. Right before he drown in the water, the magical fairy said "Hear my plea! Take me to North Clock Town and take me to the Great Fairy where I belong." The contact with the fairy restored his air, and he hopped out of the water and dried off.
"No! Go there yourself!"
"But I don't know directions," she pleaded in a high, whiny voice.
"Did you try going in every door? It's what I did."
"Yes, but I just ended up in Temina Field."
"Okay, well, can't help ya."
"But I'll give you money."
Mario's frolic came to a dead halt. "How much money?" An evil smile played at his lips.
"You name the price."
"450 rupees, no more, no less."
"No!"
"But this is an escorting mission. I charge extra cuz I don't get to kill anyone."
"Okay, FINE!" Mario led his new friend, er, customer, to North Clock Town. Mario stepped into the fountain, instantly dirtying the water.
"Wipe your feet!" cried a million tiny voices. There were a million other fairies! Which one was his? His brain became confused, with all the specks of light. Mario became frightened and ran, but they followed him. He ran screaming back into the laundry pool, yelling at whoever was in the Curiosity Shop to open up, but no one came. They cornered him and transformed, becoming a huge fairy wearing only leaves. Mario screamed, covered his eyes, and prayed for his soul.
"No, stop! I will give you a magic power!"
Mario opened one eye and cautiously peered out. "What kind of a magic power?"
"A magic power that lets you spit bubbles at things."
"Sweet! I always wanted to do this!"
There was another large flash of light and he was lifted into the air. When he came back down, his mouth was foaming. "I have rabies!" he cried mournfully.
"No, you don't. It's just a requirement for the magic power."
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Mario spun back to regular North Clock town, where he danced and spread music to all the land. But while he was dancing, he tripped in a pot hole and his jug rolled away. He looked up and saw the evil imp who stole his hat. But alas, it was but a balloon.
"You stupid balloon! You got my hopes up!"
So Mario killed the balloon with the mightiest spit bubble he could spit. The balloon exploded, much like Cheranoble. The trees were flattened, and the Clock Tower swayed in the burst of wind.
"Madame Aroma had a heart attack! Awesome!"
The bombers ran towards their new found hero.
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Mario was invited to a party back at the bomber's lab, now a local celebrity for having killed the evil balloon.
"The evil balloon wrecked my lab. It caused a lot of pain here. A great deal of pain, indeed," said the astrologer, looking through his telescope. "Hey... Mario, come look at this. A Moon's Tear!"
"Who cares? You're looking at the sky when there's a celebration for me? With cake?" he spat.
"Oh, Moon's Tears are rare jewels that fall from the sky. They're very beautiful and worth a lot of money."
Ding.
Mario had to hear no more. He rushed outside and caught the Tear.
"Booyah! I'm richer then you! In your face!" he screamed while running off. Mario ran off, but the astrologer tried to call him back. "Stop! Not only are you a thief and a dimwit, but Moon's Tears always fall in twos!" The other Tear landed 5 feet away from Mario. He turned to flick the group off, but another hit him on the head. Soon the shiney, sharp, painful rocks were falling all around him. "I knew they fell in double, something triple, but never something like this!"
While Mario slept, unknowing, giddy villagers ran around him, collecting the Tears. He concealed his under his body, so it remained safe. When he came to, he grabbed his jug and the Tear and was on his merry way to the bank, to check the Tear's cash value.
"Hmm..." the employee held the jewel over it's head, and closed one eye. "Hmm ... sparkly and elegant."
"Yes, yes?" Mario said greedily.
"I'd say about 5 rupees."
"What?"
"A whole bunch fell and everybody got one, they aren't really rare. There cash value is down 99%."
"But I risked my life for that stone!"
"And I risk my sanity for these kidney stones. That's life."
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Mario sadly waltzed back to wherever home would be. He stepped over a Goron, but neglected to step over a Moon's Tear.
*Fwoop fwoop fwoop fwoop*... the next sound was of a milk bottle crashing to the ground and slowly rolling to the alley.
The only thing he knew was that he was being shaken and held by his throat.
"You moron! That was a gift for my wife!"
"SSSSTTTOOOPPP!" Mario gasped.
"She specifically said something shiny! Now I don't have anything! What am I supposed to give her?"
"FFFOOOIILLL."
"NO!"
"HAVE... STONE..." he wheezed, holding it out.
The angry Deku scrub dropped Mario.
"I'll give you the stone for flower."
"Deal. I want to keep my wife."
Mario didn't know what the flower did, so he lay down in it and enjoyed the comfort. His eyelids got heavy, he began to relax, and as soon as he went limp, he was inside the flower. Then up in the air, as the flower spit him out like bad medicine. He held on for dear life as he soared onto to ledge by the Clock Tower, but there was a door blocking it. *Well this doesn't take a genius...* he took a powder keg, took cover, and plugged his ears. There was a blast, and he came to inspect the damage. Everything but the doors and the bare outline of the tower had exploded and or caught fire. He once again relaxed in the warm blaze, and fell asleep.
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*Oof* The doors had finally given way, and Mario was lying on the cold, hard stairs. The clock chimed. It was midnight on the eve of the carnival. He was inside the tower. He cleared his head and opened his eyes. There was the imp.
The evil, cheap, clandestine, ominous imp. Wearing Majora's Mask, and Mario's bright red hat. (Quite a nice combination, might I say...)
"I constructed a little something for you," Mario said, with a twinkle in his eye. "Meet my bomb launcher." He fired once to North. He missed. There goes the mountains.
A second time to the South. Bye bye, Deku Palace.
He fired a third to the East. Stone Tower failed to exist.
And a final to the West. I haven't the slightest idea how an ocean could burn like that...
Mario grew angry with his creation and chucked it off clock tower. Then he hurled his pointed stick at the Skull Kid.
"Ow! My eye! That was uncool!"
Mario's hat fell through the air, and he grabbed it. He did his little victory dance (the less said the better) and screamed at the Kid "Hahaha! I got my hat back! In your face!"
The room got fuzzy. Everything was in black and white. Mario had the strangest flashback in the history of flashbacks. It was Princess Zelda. She called him Link. And she had a jug.
"Whenever I hear this melody, I think of us."
"Excuse me, do I know you?"
Zelda played the Song of Time.
"That's nice, but who the hell are you?"
The fuzziness ceased, and Mario was back.
"The moon! It's-a fawling!" cried a strange hillbilly.
Mario didn't know much, but he knew he should probably do something that was connected with time. The Song of Time! It all fit!
A D F A D F...
Once again he was falling down a hole. Falling, falling. The rupees span away from him before he could do anything. Just when he braced himself for his painful landing, he opened his eyes. He was back in Clock Town. He had started over.
And he didn't have his hat.
The Goron yelled back, as he flew to oblivion, "No biggie-goro!"
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Mario finally found his way to the air conditioned South Clock Town Music Shoppe, and emptied his loot on the table in the middle of the room.
He jumped up to see the cashier, (he'd shrunk considerably as a Deku Scrub), and eagerly asked the woman "What can I get for 1 rupee?"
The cashier looked around at the Deku pipes, 300 rupees, a beautifully crafted ocarina, 540 rupees, a fishbone Elvis guitar, 459 rupees, and hand crafted Goron drums, 699 rupees, on sale. The cashier furrowed her brows and went to talk to the owner, who was taking a lunch break.
"A crazy Deku scrub wants to buy something for 1 rupee. What do we give him?" she asked.
The owner downed the last of his milk, then dug in his pocket. Among the lint he found a blue kazoo. "Give him a choice of this or the empty milk jug." He handed her the items, and she turned on her heels and walked back into the main room.
"Okay... Sir, you may choose from the empty bottle or the kazoo."
Mario thought. Kazoos were old and boring. Jugs were new and hip.
"The jug!" Mario gave him the rupee, and frolicked off happily playing his jug. *fwoop fwoop fwoop fwoop fwoof*
A splash of water. He couldn't swim. He couldn't swim and carry his bottle.
Mario was too busy frolicking to notice he had fallen smack dab into the laundry pool. When he surfaced for air he saw a small dab of light. A fairy was on his head. Right before he drown in the water, the magical fairy said "Hear my plea! Take me to North Clock Town and take me to the Great Fairy where I belong." The contact with the fairy restored his air, and he hopped out of the water and dried off.
"No! Go there yourself!"
"But I don't know directions," she pleaded in a high, whiny voice.
"Did you try going in every door? It's what I did."
"Yes, but I just ended up in Temina Field."
"Okay, well, can't help ya."
"But I'll give you money."
Mario's frolic came to a dead halt. "How much money?" An evil smile played at his lips.
"You name the price."
"450 rupees, no more, no less."
"No!"
"But this is an escorting mission. I charge extra cuz I don't get to kill anyone."
"Okay, FINE!" Mario led his new friend, er, customer, to North Clock Town. Mario stepped into the fountain, instantly dirtying the water.
"Wipe your feet!" cried a million tiny voices. There were a million other fairies! Which one was his? His brain became confused, with all the specks of light. Mario became frightened and ran, but they followed him. He ran screaming back into the laundry pool, yelling at whoever was in the Curiosity Shop to open up, but no one came. They cornered him and transformed, becoming a huge fairy wearing only leaves. Mario screamed, covered his eyes, and prayed for his soul.
"No, stop! I will give you a magic power!"
Mario opened one eye and cautiously peered out. "What kind of a magic power?"
"A magic power that lets you spit bubbles at things."
"Sweet! I always wanted to do this!"
There was another large flash of light and he was lifted into the air. When he came back down, his mouth was foaming. "I have rabies!" he cried mournfully.
"No, you don't. It's just a requirement for the magic power."
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Mario spun back to regular North Clock town, where he danced and spread music to all the land. But while he was dancing, he tripped in a pot hole and his jug rolled away. He looked up and saw the evil imp who stole his hat. But alas, it was but a balloon.
"You stupid balloon! You got my hopes up!"
So Mario killed the balloon with the mightiest spit bubble he could spit. The balloon exploded, much like Cheranoble. The trees were flattened, and the Clock Tower swayed in the burst of wind.
"Madame Aroma had a heart attack! Awesome!"
The bombers ran towards their new found hero.
_______________________
Mario was invited to a party back at the bomber's lab, now a local celebrity for having killed the evil balloon.
"The evil balloon wrecked my lab. It caused a lot of pain here. A great deal of pain, indeed," said the astrologer, looking through his telescope. "Hey... Mario, come look at this. A Moon's Tear!"
"Who cares? You're looking at the sky when there's a celebration for me? With cake?" he spat.
"Oh, Moon's Tears are rare jewels that fall from the sky. They're very beautiful and worth a lot of money."
Ding.
Mario had to hear no more. He rushed outside and caught the Tear.
"Booyah! I'm richer then you! In your face!" he screamed while running off. Mario ran off, but the astrologer tried to call him back. "Stop! Not only are you a thief and a dimwit, but Moon's Tears always fall in twos!" The other Tear landed 5 feet away from Mario. He turned to flick the group off, but another hit him on the head. Soon the shiney, sharp, painful rocks were falling all around him. "I knew they fell in double, something triple, but never something like this!"
While Mario slept, unknowing, giddy villagers ran around him, collecting the Tears. He concealed his under his body, so it remained safe. When he came to, he grabbed his jug and the Tear and was on his merry way to the bank, to check the Tear's cash value.
"Hmm..." the employee held the jewel over it's head, and closed one eye. "Hmm ... sparkly and elegant."
"Yes, yes?" Mario said greedily.
"I'd say about 5 rupees."
"What?"
"A whole bunch fell and everybody got one, they aren't really rare. There cash value is down 99%."
"But I risked my life for that stone!"
"And I risk my sanity for these kidney stones. That's life."
__________________________
Mario sadly waltzed back to wherever home would be. He stepped over a Goron, but neglected to step over a Moon's Tear.
*Fwoop fwoop fwoop fwoop*... the next sound was of a milk bottle crashing to the ground and slowly rolling to the alley.
The only thing he knew was that he was being shaken and held by his throat.
"You moron! That was a gift for my wife!"
"SSSSTTTOOOPPP!" Mario gasped.
"She specifically said something shiny! Now I don't have anything! What am I supposed to give her?"
"FFFOOOIILLL."
"NO!"
"HAVE... STONE..." he wheezed, holding it out.
The angry Deku scrub dropped Mario.
"I'll give you the stone for flower."
"Deal. I want to keep my wife."
Mario didn't know what the flower did, so he lay down in it and enjoyed the comfort. His eyelids got heavy, he began to relax, and as soon as he went limp, he was inside the flower. Then up in the air, as the flower spit him out like bad medicine. He held on for dear life as he soared onto to ledge by the Clock Tower, but there was a door blocking it. *Well this doesn't take a genius...* he took a powder keg, took cover, and plugged his ears. There was a blast, and he came to inspect the damage. Everything but the doors and the bare outline of the tower had exploded and or caught fire. He once again relaxed in the warm blaze, and fell asleep.
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*Oof* The doors had finally given way, and Mario was lying on the cold, hard stairs. The clock chimed. It was midnight on the eve of the carnival. He was inside the tower. He cleared his head and opened his eyes. There was the imp.
The evil, cheap, clandestine, ominous imp. Wearing Majora's Mask, and Mario's bright red hat. (Quite a nice combination, might I say...)
"I constructed a little something for you," Mario said, with a twinkle in his eye. "Meet my bomb launcher." He fired once to North. He missed. There goes the mountains.
A second time to the South. Bye bye, Deku Palace.
He fired a third to the East. Stone Tower failed to exist.
And a final to the West. I haven't the slightest idea how an ocean could burn like that...
Mario grew angry with his creation and chucked it off clock tower. Then he hurled his pointed stick at the Skull Kid.
"Ow! My eye! That was uncool!"
Mario's hat fell through the air, and he grabbed it. He did his little victory dance (the less said the better) and screamed at the Kid "Hahaha! I got my hat back! In your face!"
The room got fuzzy. Everything was in black and white. Mario had the strangest flashback in the history of flashbacks. It was Princess Zelda. She called him Link. And she had a jug.
"Whenever I hear this melody, I think of us."
"Excuse me, do I know you?"
Zelda played the Song of Time.
"That's nice, but who the hell are you?"
The fuzziness ceased, and Mario was back.
"The moon! It's-a fawling!" cried a strange hillbilly.
Mario didn't know much, but he knew he should probably do something that was connected with time. The Song of Time! It all fit!
A D F A D F...
Once again he was falling down a hole. Falling, falling. The rupees span away from him before he could do anything. Just when he braced himself for his painful landing, he opened his eyes. He was back in Clock Town. He had started over.
And he didn't have his hat.