The Primmer - Chapter 3
Beauty of Nature
(Mario, Luigi, etc. are copyright Nintendo. Quinn Mario is copyrighted to me)
(Knock knock)
Quinn Mario deeply yawned as he got out of his bed to answer the door. He looked at his watch, which read 8:10 AM. He opened the door and found a mushroom looking up at him. "Wake up call. Breakfast is on level B. The ship will dock at around 10:00 AM." He said, and then he walked off. Quinn looked around the hallway with sleepy eyes to find that many other cabins were also getting the same treatment. He yawned again, and closed the door. Quinn wondered why he had to wake up so early. Years ago, he had to wake up 1/2 hour before training in the Laguarde army. Quinn just shrugged off the thought as he tiredly took off his clothes to take a nice, relaxing shower. As he locked the door and walked into the bathroom, he noticed something strange. In one corner, he saw the regular old-fashioned shower, with a curtain covering up the interior of the shower. Quinn pulled back the curtain to find the shower nozzle to be 2 feet shorter than him. Plus, no soap or shampoos were available. Instead, a machine adjacent to the shower nozzle having a container full of a blue substance stood in the place of regular human cleaning devices. Quinn chuckled to himself. "No thank you." He said to himself as he closed the curtain. Quinn then walked to the other corner of the bathroom, a little scared to see what type of shower awaited him. A big vertical tube-like structure coated in black marble stood before him. Quinn walked up to it and pressed a button with words written in the mushroom's language. A door spinned around the structure internally clockwise. It was too dark for Quinn to see into it, so he casually walked into it and the door closed.
(1 hour later)
Quinn walked down a hallway on Level B looking for the Battleship's cafeteria. He felt soothed and satisfied after his exotic shower. He loved remote controlled showers where he could watch TV at the same time. During that time, he got the information of the location of the ship's cafeteria, so finding it would be no problem. He turned around a right corner to find the hallway ending, and the cafeteria spread out before him. It featured windows, supported by metallic beams, stretching all the way to the ceiling. As Quinn descended the wooden steps to the dining area, he noticed some rather large fish riding with the ship. Quinn wondered what they were, but his thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice from behind. "There you are." It said as Quinn turned from the windows to face Kinopio V, who had a big smile on his face. "I've been waiting for you. Today's going to be a big day for The Mushroom Kingdom and for yourself as well, so let me show you to your table so we can get started." Said Kinopio as he led Quinn to their 2-chaired table, which was located in the corner of two big windows in the cafeteria. Quinn took a seat in the corner seat while Kinopio took the other. "Before we eat, take this." Spoke Kinopio, handing Quinn an object in a white cloth. The Mario opened the white cloth to reveal a gold object in the shape of a wing. An insignia of The Mushroom Kingdom (a red mushroom with a white stem) was engraved in the middle. "This is a Senate Pass, which will allow you to participate in the international Mushroom Senate. The next Senate meeting is today, so I thought that you might've wanted this. Put it on now and don't take it off until the Senate meeting is over." commanded the mushroom as he motioned a waiter to serve him and his guest. The waiter gave Kinopio a menu. "I'd like some Fried Goomba steak and a glass of water mixed with Royal Syrup." "What? Who? Where?" asked Quinn, obliviously confused. "Heh, excuse my guest here. He's new to this world." Spoke the nervous mushroom, handing Quinn a menu. "Oh, I don't know." Quinn said to himself as he closed his eyes and pointed his finger on a random place of the menu. He opened his eyes to find that he chose "Grilled Troopa in a shell." Quinn laughed outloud. "Grilled Troopa in a shell please!" he laughed, "and a.Kerokerokola as well." The waiter took the menu and walked away.
"We're running out of time." Said Kinopio, looking at his watch with a worried look on his face. "It's 9:30, and you still need to pack your things." The mushroom paused and thought for a moment. "I'll tell you what. Since your meal can be eaten on the run, you can go back to your room to pack your stuff while I take your breakfast and meet up with you at the bow of the ship. Better get going now." He said, motioning Quinn to go back to his room.
When Quinn opened the door to his room, the first thing he noticed was a letter on top of his bed. He walked over to it slowly, expecting it to be some type of bomb. However, once he picked up the letter, he knew that it wasn't a bomb. He looked at the front of the letter to see if he could find who had addressed the letter to him. Handwritten writing in the English language was found. It said:
To Q.M.
Quinn knew that the Q.M. stood for his name, but why it was written like that, anyone could guess. He opened up the letter, took out a clear piece of paper, and read its contents aloud:
I'm looking foreword to seeing you. -A relative
Quinn thought for a moment. "A relative.The great Mario can't be alive still.or somethings going on here." He suspiciously thought to himself. Either way, he was running out of time for packing, so he put the note in his back pocket and began to pack up his clothes and supplies.
When Quinn walked to the outside of the ship, he saw that nearly the entire population of the vessel was outside, waiting for The Mushroom Kingdom to be in sight. He walked up to the bow, and there found Kinopio V, looking more royal than ever. The mushroom presented Quinn his "Troopa in a Shell." "Ha, just like a burger!" joked Quinn as he took the shell and looked at it. The Shell was warm and soft in his hand, and it seemed to contain meat inside of it. Quinn took a nibble, then a full bite after realizing its good taste. He looked around to see what the other passengers were doing, but he noticed that they were looking over the edge of the vessel. He walked over to edge himself, and saw odd shaped fish swimming with the ship, like the ones he saw with Kinopio inside the cafeteria. "Hey Kino," said Quinn. Kinopio raised an eyebrow. "What are those?" Quinn pointed at mysterious sea creatures jumping at the Mushroom sea vessel. "Those," began Kinopio, "are dolphins. I'm sure you have such mammals on Earth.or did anyway." Quinn nodded in response as he continued to look at the dolphins.
The HCSS Onager blew a horn, awaring its crew that the TMK coastline was dead ahead. Kinopio shaded the sun from his eyes with his hand so he could see exactly how far the coastline really was. Apparently, not that far. They were early. Kinopio walked up to the control deck, where he informed the captain that they were to increase their speed, despite their early arrival. He wanted to impress the citizens of TMK of their now earlier arrival back. Kinopio exited the Control deck and walked up to the bow of the ship to find Quinn.
But he was gone.
Quinn could hardly keep a grip on the speeding dolphins. His attire was soaked with the salty water of the Sea, and his eyes fared no better. In fact, he could barely see where he was going. The smooth, silky skin of the dolphins made Quinn's grip on them very difficult to control, and he felt he could slide off of them at any moment. Getting quite sick of tasting salt water, Quinn used all of the energy he had to climb up on one of the dolphins. He stood up on it, trying to keep his appropriate balance. Surprisingly, the dolphin did not try to get Quinn off of its back, like the dolphins back at Earth would've done. Quinn was amazed by this. The dolphins' skin was smooth and slick, yet he could stand on top of them. Quinn could now see where the dolphins' were going.which was away from the Onager. Quinn began to worry. What if he would never make it back? But then, something clicked in Quinn's mind. Whether it was the stress-free enviroment or not, Quinn suddenly felt the shakles of society break in his mind. Quinn's sense of Fear dissipated in the wind. Freedom engulfed Quinn's emotions as he felt the wind blow against his face. He wondered the last time when he felt like this.
Kinopio shook his head once he saw Quinn riding on the dolphins toward the TMK coastline. He knew that one of them must of swiped Quinn from the bow of the Onager when Kinopio was on the control deck. Personally, he hated the dolphins, mostly because of their annoyance with his missions. Kinopio decided to leave Quinn be. He knew the unpredictable emotions of humans, and seeing the beauty of nature on this planet is no different. Judging the good character of the dolphins, Kinopio knew that they would bring Quinn to the TMK shore at nightfall. He hoped that Quinn would get some shut eye tonight; he was going to need it for tomorrow.
To be Continued.
Beauty of Nature
(Mario, Luigi, etc. are copyright Nintendo. Quinn Mario is copyrighted to me)
(Knock knock)
Quinn Mario deeply yawned as he got out of his bed to answer the door. He looked at his watch, which read 8:10 AM. He opened the door and found a mushroom looking up at him. "Wake up call. Breakfast is on level B. The ship will dock at around 10:00 AM." He said, and then he walked off. Quinn looked around the hallway with sleepy eyes to find that many other cabins were also getting the same treatment. He yawned again, and closed the door. Quinn wondered why he had to wake up so early. Years ago, he had to wake up 1/2 hour before training in the Laguarde army. Quinn just shrugged off the thought as he tiredly took off his clothes to take a nice, relaxing shower. As he locked the door and walked into the bathroom, he noticed something strange. In one corner, he saw the regular old-fashioned shower, with a curtain covering up the interior of the shower. Quinn pulled back the curtain to find the shower nozzle to be 2 feet shorter than him. Plus, no soap or shampoos were available. Instead, a machine adjacent to the shower nozzle having a container full of a blue substance stood in the place of regular human cleaning devices. Quinn chuckled to himself. "No thank you." He said to himself as he closed the curtain. Quinn then walked to the other corner of the bathroom, a little scared to see what type of shower awaited him. A big vertical tube-like structure coated in black marble stood before him. Quinn walked up to it and pressed a button with words written in the mushroom's language. A door spinned around the structure internally clockwise. It was too dark for Quinn to see into it, so he casually walked into it and the door closed.
(1 hour later)
Quinn walked down a hallway on Level B looking for the Battleship's cafeteria. He felt soothed and satisfied after his exotic shower. He loved remote controlled showers where he could watch TV at the same time. During that time, he got the information of the location of the ship's cafeteria, so finding it would be no problem. He turned around a right corner to find the hallway ending, and the cafeteria spread out before him. It featured windows, supported by metallic beams, stretching all the way to the ceiling. As Quinn descended the wooden steps to the dining area, he noticed some rather large fish riding with the ship. Quinn wondered what they were, but his thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice from behind. "There you are." It said as Quinn turned from the windows to face Kinopio V, who had a big smile on his face. "I've been waiting for you. Today's going to be a big day for The Mushroom Kingdom and for yourself as well, so let me show you to your table so we can get started." Said Kinopio as he led Quinn to their 2-chaired table, which was located in the corner of two big windows in the cafeteria. Quinn took a seat in the corner seat while Kinopio took the other. "Before we eat, take this." Spoke Kinopio, handing Quinn an object in a white cloth. The Mario opened the white cloth to reveal a gold object in the shape of a wing. An insignia of The Mushroom Kingdom (a red mushroom with a white stem) was engraved in the middle. "This is a Senate Pass, which will allow you to participate in the international Mushroom Senate. The next Senate meeting is today, so I thought that you might've wanted this. Put it on now and don't take it off until the Senate meeting is over." commanded the mushroom as he motioned a waiter to serve him and his guest. The waiter gave Kinopio a menu. "I'd like some Fried Goomba steak and a glass of water mixed with Royal Syrup." "What? Who? Where?" asked Quinn, obliviously confused. "Heh, excuse my guest here. He's new to this world." Spoke the nervous mushroom, handing Quinn a menu. "Oh, I don't know." Quinn said to himself as he closed his eyes and pointed his finger on a random place of the menu. He opened his eyes to find that he chose "Grilled Troopa in a shell." Quinn laughed outloud. "Grilled Troopa in a shell please!" he laughed, "and a.Kerokerokola as well." The waiter took the menu and walked away.
"We're running out of time." Said Kinopio, looking at his watch with a worried look on his face. "It's 9:30, and you still need to pack your things." The mushroom paused and thought for a moment. "I'll tell you what. Since your meal can be eaten on the run, you can go back to your room to pack your stuff while I take your breakfast and meet up with you at the bow of the ship. Better get going now." He said, motioning Quinn to go back to his room.
When Quinn opened the door to his room, the first thing he noticed was a letter on top of his bed. He walked over to it slowly, expecting it to be some type of bomb. However, once he picked up the letter, he knew that it wasn't a bomb. He looked at the front of the letter to see if he could find who had addressed the letter to him. Handwritten writing in the English language was found. It said:
To Q.M.
Quinn knew that the Q.M. stood for his name, but why it was written like that, anyone could guess. He opened up the letter, took out a clear piece of paper, and read its contents aloud:
I'm looking foreword to seeing you. -A relative
Quinn thought for a moment. "A relative.The great Mario can't be alive still.or somethings going on here." He suspiciously thought to himself. Either way, he was running out of time for packing, so he put the note in his back pocket and began to pack up his clothes and supplies.
When Quinn walked to the outside of the ship, he saw that nearly the entire population of the vessel was outside, waiting for The Mushroom Kingdom to be in sight. He walked up to the bow, and there found Kinopio V, looking more royal than ever. The mushroom presented Quinn his "Troopa in a Shell." "Ha, just like a burger!" joked Quinn as he took the shell and looked at it. The Shell was warm and soft in his hand, and it seemed to contain meat inside of it. Quinn took a nibble, then a full bite after realizing its good taste. He looked around to see what the other passengers were doing, but he noticed that they were looking over the edge of the vessel. He walked over to edge himself, and saw odd shaped fish swimming with the ship, like the ones he saw with Kinopio inside the cafeteria. "Hey Kino," said Quinn. Kinopio raised an eyebrow. "What are those?" Quinn pointed at mysterious sea creatures jumping at the Mushroom sea vessel. "Those," began Kinopio, "are dolphins. I'm sure you have such mammals on Earth.or did anyway." Quinn nodded in response as he continued to look at the dolphins.
The HCSS Onager blew a horn, awaring its crew that the TMK coastline was dead ahead. Kinopio shaded the sun from his eyes with his hand so he could see exactly how far the coastline really was. Apparently, not that far. They were early. Kinopio walked up to the control deck, where he informed the captain that they were to increase their speed, despite their early arrival. He wanted to impress the citizens of TMK of their now earlier arrival back. Kinopio exited the Control deck and walked up to the bow of the ship to find Quinn.
But he was gone.
Quinn could hardly keep a grip on the speeding dolphins. His attire was soaked with the salty water of the Sea, and his eyes fared no better. In fact, he could barely see where he was going. The smooth, silky skin of the dolphins made Quinn's grip on them very difficult to control, and he felt he could slide off of them at any moment. Getting quite sick of tasting salt water, Quinn used all of the energy he had to climb up on one of the dolphins. He stood up on it, trying to keep his appropriate balance. Surprisingly, the dolphin did not try to get Quinn off of its back, like the dolphins back at Earth would've done. Quinn was amazed by this. The dolphins' skin was smooth and slick, yet he could stand on top of them. Quinn could now see where the dolphins' were going.which was away from the Onager. Quinn began to worry. What if he would never make it back? But then, something clicked in Quinn's mind. Whether it was the stress-free enviroment or not, Quinn suddenly felt the shakles of society break in his mind. Quinn's sense of Fear dissipated in the wind. Freedom engulfed Quinn's emotions as he felt the wind blow against his face. He wondered the last time when he felt like this.
Kinopio shook his head once he saw Quinn riding on the dolphins toward the TMK coastline. He knew that one of them must of swiped Quinn from the bow of the Onager when Kinopio was on the control deck. Personally, he hated the dolphins, mostly because of their annoyance with his missions. Kinopio decided to leave Quinn be. He knew the unpredictable emotions of humans, and seeing the beauty of nature on this planet is no different. Judging the good character of the dolphins, Kinopio knew that they would bring Quinn to the TMK shore at nightfall. He hoped that Quinn would get some shut eye tonight; he was going to need it for tomorrow.
To be Continued.