Part IV: Family Matters & Royal Pains
"Very glad," Geno replied, picking the ruptured pieces of skin off his cape, completely missing the reference to when he HAD forgotten his bazooka, which he had not been around to see. Mario just fell flat on his face, much like they do in various anime cartoons when their eyes get all spirally. but that's beside the point. Remus looked around at the Kingdom, realizing how big a mess he had created, and said, "Uhhhh. I guess I'll be, ahem, cleaning this up?" No one there except Remus really cared about the mess at the time. The citizens of Mushroom Kingdom were glad to know that Belome had been destroyed (for the time being at least), and the heroes had been wondering how Belome had gained the ability to duplicate fireballs. "He wasn't this powerful before." Geno whispered to himself under his breath. Mario spun around dizzily and said, "Mama-mia!" That was apparently the ONLY thing Mario could say, as all of his communication seemed to come from body language. The Chancellor ran out of the palace jumping up and down. Thank You, Mario! You have saved us all!" Mario shook his head as to say "No," and pointed to Remus as to say, "He did it," but didn't, since he isn't really allowed to talk in this story. The Chancellor looked at him and said, "Oh," with a disappointed look on his face. He then hesitantly handed Remus the medal he was intending to give to Mario. "Wait!" Bowser perked up suddenly. "Why did we come here?" Mario and Geno both fell on their faces again, both because of Bowser's stupidity and because they realized that they also forgot. "You came here to destroy what's-his-name," Toad politely answered, "Which you didn't, I might add."
Bowser glared at him and said, "You don't make comments like that in the presence of us. ESPECIALLLY when I'm the leader." Geno rolled his eyes, but the Chancellor realized something important. "Wait! Why are you three banded together again anyway?" Geno, Mario, and Bowser stepped up. "Well," Geno started, "Our problem now is essentially dealing with the same, ahem, "stuff" as when you me last." Mario physically demonstrated by forming himself into a star, and the Chancellor understood. "This time," Bowser continued, "When you wish for something, instead of it not coming true, it will be like it's coming true, except backwards, like in a bad way." "Opposite, Bowser," Geno whispered. "I knew that," he said. "I was just putting it into simpler terms." Everyone rolled they're eyes, except for Mario, who fell face first one the ground, because he has to make more "distinct" physical motions, and it's a rule that while he's not fighting, he has to fall face first as often as possible. "And besides," Geno continued. "You left out a considerable amount of the story. So." Bowser cupped his claw over Geno's mouth and yelled. "No way am I gonna let YOU tell the story! You're gonna take five hours trying to get in every single little detail, and they'll fall asleep anyway, making everything you said completely useless! That's why I am going to tell them (in a "condensed" version).
So, it all starts when some guy in whatever place Geno lives promotes him for saving the world. Geno makes it so Star Boulevard or whatever can't be destroyed. But then Geno finds out that he screwed up big time, and Exor, that big sword dude, is gonna come back without Smithy and reverse the Stars' power and make it so whenever you wish for something, only the, uh. opposite will come true! For example." Mario started once again with his overzealous physical motions, and depicted a man with a thought bubble over his head (so what if everyone can see Mario's thoughts) showing himself being covered with money. He then shifted, turning into a man covered in rags, who is apparently very hungry. This of course meant that a man who wants to be rich would be stricken with poverty. However, this needed no further explanation, since everyone knew what he was talking about anyway. "Well that's not very good," the Chancellor said in response to all of what Bowser had just said. "I assume that you are going to continue "wrangling" members for your little club, so to speak, just like you did, ahem, last time."
"That's why I'm coming, too," they all heard come from the back of the room. It was a feminine voice, and everyone knew almost immediately whom it was the voice belonged to. It was Princess (soon to be Queen) Toadstool, or Peach, as she preferred to be called by her close friends. "I'm coming no matter what anyone says. It is my duty as Princess to make sure everyone in my kingdom is happy (being that I have no other real political value), and that obviously isn't going to happen if the Stars can't grant wishes properly!" Everyone (okay, a very small minority) stared in awe, both meaning fear and amazement, because they didn't know what they were going to do without their beloved Princess. The Chancellor, and many of the people of the kingdom still weren't aware of the fact that Peach had left thee Kingdom with Mario before, to do almost the exact same thing, so naturally, they were appalled at the idea of her leaving now. "Princess,' the Chancellor said, "You can't LEAVE. You have a kingdom! Hundreds of people who all look up to you for wisdom, knowledge, happiness, and the newest trends in fashion! People will be utterly hopeless and devoid of stylish clothing!" Obviously the Princess disobeyed what she was being told, and demanded that she go with them, and of course, the argument ended in her favor, with a single statement: "Fine. If you don't want to grow up to be beautiful. rich. famous. happy. or any of those things, that's fine with me.' That convinced everyone that the Princess should go, even though they were still all temporarily sad that she would be gone for quite some time doing who-knows-what. Toad spoke up: "I'm going too! Where the Princess goes, I go!" The Chancellor was appalled. Not so much in anger, but more in a mix of fear, confusion, and anguish. "B-but we need you for important political issues!" Toad folded his arms and looked into the Chancellor's eyes: "You know as well as anyone here that nothing political ever happens here. People just do whatever they want, and hopefully, whatever they want isn't bad. And besides, no one cares if you just barge into someone else's house (no one ever does in these RPGs). There is no law, no punishment, no big important decisions, and no reason why I shouldn't leave." Remus handed him a spare bazooka he had in his closet, and the group left the kingdom without saying anything else.
"Very glad," Geno replied, picking the ruptured pieces of skin off his cape, completely missing the reference to when he HAD forgotten his bazooka, which he had not been around to see. Mario just fell flat on his face, much like they do in various anime cartoons when their eyes get all spirally. but that's beside the point. Remus looked around at the Kingdom, realizing how big a mess he had created, and said, "Uhhhh. I guess I'll be, ahem, cleaning this up?" No one there except Remus really cared about the mess at the time. The citizens of Mushroom Kingdom were glad to know that Belome had been destroyed (for the time being at least), and the heroes had been wondering how Belome had gained the ability to duplicate fireballs. "He wasn't this powerful before." Geno whispered to himself under his breath. Mario spun around dizzily and said, "Mama-mia!" That was apparently the ONLY thing Mario could say, as all of his communication seemed to come from body language. The Chancellor ran out of the palace jumping up and down. Thank You, Mario! You have saved us all!" Mario shook his head as to say "No," and pointed to Remus as to say, "He did it," but didn't, since he isn't really allowed to talk in this story. The Chancellor looked at him and said, "Oh," with a disappointed look on his face. He then hesitantly handed Remus the medal he was intending to give to Mario. "Wait!" Bowser perked up suddenly. "Why did we come here?" Mario and Geno both fell on their faces again, both because of Bowser's stupidity and because they realized that they also forgot. "You came here to destroy what's-his-name," Toad politely answered, "Which you didn't, I might add."
Bowser glared at him and said, "You don't make comments like that in the presence of us. ESPECIALLLY when I'm the leader." Geno rolled his eyes, but the Chancellor realized something important. "Wait! Why are you three banded together again anyway?" Geno, Mario, and Bowser stepped up. "Well," Geno started, "Our problem now is essentially dealing with the same, ahem, "stuff" as when you me last." Mario physically demonstrated by forming himself into a star, and the Chancellor understood. "This time," Bowser continued, "When you wish for something, instead of it not coming true, it will be like it's coming true, except backwards, like in a bad way." "Opposite, Bowser," Geno whispered. "I knew that," he said. "I was just putting it into simpler terms." Everyone rolled they're eyes, except for Mario, who fell face first one the ground, because he has to make more "distinct" physical motions, and it's a rule that while he's not fighting, he has to fall face first as often as possible. "And besides," Geno continued. "You left out a considerable amount of the story. So." Bowser cupped his claw over Geno's mouth and yelled. "No way am I gonna let YOU tell the story! You're gonna take five hours trying to get in every single little detail, and they'll fall asleep anyway, making everything you said completely useless! That's why I am going to tell them (in a "condensed" version).
So, it all starts when some guy in whatever place Geno lives promotes him for saving the world. Geno makes it so Star Boulevard or whatever can't be destroyed. But then Geno finds out that he screwed up big time, and Exor, that big sword dude, is gonna come back without Smithy and reverse the Stars' power and make it so whenever you wish for something, only the, uh. opposite will come true! For example." Mario started once again with his overzealous physical motions, and depicted a man with a thought bubble over his head (so what if everyone can see Mario's thoughts) showing himself being covered with money. He then shifted, turning into a man covered in rags, who is apparently very hungry. This of course meant that a man who wants to be rich would be stricken with poverty. However, this needed no further explanation, since everyone knew what he was talking about anyway. "Well that's not very good," the Chancellor said in response to all of what Bowser had just said. "I assume that you are going to continue "wrangling" members for your little club, so to speak, just like you did, ahem, last time."
"That's why I'm coming, too," they all heard come from the back of the room. It was a feminine voice, and everyone knew almost immediately whom it was the voice belonged to. It was Princess (soon to be Queen) Toadstool, or Peach, as she preferred to be called by her close friends. "I'm coming no matter what anyone says. It is my duty as Princess to make sure everyone in my kingdom is happy (being that I have no other real political value), and that obviously isn't going to happen if the Stars can't grant wishes properly!" Everyone (okay, a very small minority) stared in awe, both meaning fear and amazement, because they didn't know what they were going to do without their beloved Princess. The Chancellor, and many of the people of the kingdom still weren't aware of the fact that Peach had left thee Kingdom with Mario before, to do almost the exact same thing, so naturally, they were appalled at the idea of her leaving now. "Princess,' the Chancellor said, "You can't LEAVE. You have a kingdom! Hundreds of people who all look up to you for wisdom, knowledge, happiness, and the newest trends in fashion! People will be utterly hopeless and devoid of stylish clothing!" Obviously the Princess disobeyed what she was being told, and demanded that she go with them, and of course, the argument ended in her favor, with a single statement: "Fine. If you don't want to grow up to be beautiful. rich. famous. happy. or any of those things, that's fine with me.' That convinced everyone that the Princess should go, even though they were still all temporarily sad that she would be gone for quite some time doing who-knows-what. Toad spoke up: "I'm going too! Where the Princess goes, I go!" The Chancellor was appalled. Not so much in anger, but more in a mix of fear, confusion, and anguish. "B-but we need you for important political issues!" Toad folded his arms and looked into the Chancellor's eyes: "You know as well as anyone here that nothing political ever happens here. People just do whatever they want, and hopefully, whatever they want isn't bad. And besides, no one cares if you just barge into someone else's house (no one ever does in these RPGs). There is no law, no punishment, no big important decisions, and no reason why I shouldn't leave." Remus handed him a spare bazooka he had in his closet, and the group left the kingdom without saying anything else.