The Primmer - Chapter 5
Mushroom Senate
(Mario, Luigi, etc. are copyright Nintendo. Quinn Mario is copyright Ironfoot.)
Quinn walked on the hard, rocky streets of The Mushroom Kingdom. The sun was shining brightly above him, and not a cloud was in the sky. However, it was stifling hot, and Quinn's clothes were beginning to stick to him from sweat. He was starting to feel dizzy, thanks to dehydration. He heard his stomach growl, telling him that he was pretty hungry. In fact, the last time he could remember eating anything was when he had breakfast with Kinopio a day ago. Quinn looked at his plasmic watch, and it said 12:27 PM. He groaned at the time, and decided to find a place to eat. He just hoped that he wouldn't need any kind of currency to buy his food, though he had the fear that he did.
As he approached a mushroom street vendor, he noticed an old man dressed in a bright white lab coat also approaching it in front of him. His white crew cut went well with his goatee, and he carried a couple of gold coins in his hand. Quinn quietly growled at the gold coins. There had to be a currency for everything. He shook his head again looked at the old man. Thinking that he knew who he was, he smirked, rubbed his hands together, and started to walk behind him. He had a plan for the old geezer, and it included food.
"Eito ino!.ah, a human." Commented the street vender, while scratching his head. "Don't see many around here these days." "Yeah, I know" said the old man, interrupting the young mushroom. "Dang Laguarde's are scaring everybody. I swear, it's driving me crazy." The mushroom laughed. "Yeah well, I don't want to even mention my wife. So, what would you like? We have a special on Honey Syrup today, about 5 coins off the original price." As the mushroom explained to the old man his prices on the food, Quinn put his cape over his head to cover his face, and suddenly tugged the old man's right arm. "P-p-p-lease sir-r-r, would-d-d y-y-y-you have an-n-y sp-p-p-are ch-ch-change?" he sputtered out, whimpering on the ground. The old man turned from the vender slowly, looking queerly at the crazy man. He stood there a for a while, seeming to be thinking about the individual. "First, don't call me 'sir.' Call me Cain." Replied the man, "Second, since I'm in a good mood this afternoon, I'll buy you some lunch." Quinn drooled out of his mouth as Cain bought him his lunch. Cain shook his head at the poor being crawling on the ground. As for Quinn, he couldn't believe that he got away with it, it usually took a lot of strategy to get past Cain Laviand. He decided that he'd have to put Cain back up-to-speed later.
Cain, after buying the food, walked from the vender and looked for a table to sit down. Quinn followed him, walking with a limp in his left leg, trying to imitate that he wasn't who Cain thought he was. Eventually, they reached a niche from all of the venders and restaurants. This niche had an amazing view of the entire Mushroom Kingdom harbor. When Cain finally found a table in the niche, Quinn couldn't help but stare at the view. From left to right, Quinn could count about 12 military ships coming into the harbor, all to dock. Quinn also counted about 30 trading vessels coming in and out of the harbor to make business with the wealthy mushrooms. The private boats and the like could not be countable. Quinn saw one of these boats zoom across the harbor and out into the ocean water. It was shaped much like the Cigarette boats back on Earth. The mushroom driving the boat waved his hands in the air and screamed at the top of his lungs something in his own language.
Cain snapped his finger at Quinn. "Hey, are you going to eat or what?" he said as he took a bite of his food. Quinn, now sick of his own games, finally decided to reveal who he was. "Of course." He replied, and he swung his black cape over his head, revealing his true identity. Cain looked at him intently, trying to figure out if his eyes were seeing right. Then, his eyes widened, and he quickly fell to the ground, choking on his own food. Quinn just laughed at him, enjoying every minute of it. It was not often that old Cain could be fooled, but he was this time. Cain grumbled something and spat out his food as he sat back in his seat again. He looked at his food and his face showed a little anger. However, his face brightened as he looked up at Quinn Mario, the man he's been waiting days for. "Well met!" he said, thrusting out his hand. Quinn shook hands with the hair of the Laviand throne and smiled back. "So, this is the man who brought me here." He said, now smirking. "Indeed," replied Cain, "Though I know you would instead prefer a vacation." "Too bad getting Leon isn't a vacation" Sighed Quinn, and he looked over towards the harbor. An uneasy silence passed. "Well, what are you sitting around for?" Cain suddenly burst forth, looking at Quinn strangely. "Eat up! And once were done, we'll be going to the Mushroom Senate, so be prepared!" Cain proceeded to gobble up his food. Quinn sat down, and looked at his meal.
It was Grilled Troopa in a Shell.
Once they were finished with their meal, Cain and Quinn got up from their table, and walked onto the sidewalk, observing other mushroom venders. Some customers chatted to the venders; others just ordered what they needed. One got into an argument on the amount of change he should've got. Quinn just shook his head and thought about how all of this was very similar to Mars. Then, remembering what Kinopio had said to him earlier, Quinn tapped Cain on the shoulder and pulled out the Senate Pass he had received back on the Onager. Cain followed, and pulled out his. They both placed their passes' onto their coats, to which the passes stuck.
The sidewalk turned a left corner, and when Cain and Quinn took that corner, Quinn's eyes quickly widened. He muttered "Holy Shit." as he looked at the spectacular beauty of the Mushroom Courthouse. A single transparent pillar supported the building, which was about 100 feet high from the ground. Many people were seen riding elevator-type vehicles inside. The entire Courthouse itself was made from pure white marble, and was shaped like a telescope laboratory back on Earth. 2 pillars made out of white marble made the entrance to the enormous building. A long bridge stretched from the mainland to the courthouse, and various peoples of many races walked to and fro on it. As Cain and Quinn walked onto the bridge, a mushroom was seen running out of the Courthouse toward them. When he came into view, it was apparent that it was Kinopio V. "Hey guys," he began, "We've been waiting for you. Right now, there's a session break, but it'll quickly start once they find out that you've arrived. But anyway, if you'll follow me." The mushroom then turned around and started to walk back to the entrance of the Courthouse. Cain and Quinn followed him, while looking off of the sides of the long bridge to look at various parts of TMK.
When they reached the entrance of the Courthouse, two guards were waiting on each side of the pillars, expecting to see Senate Passes. Kinopio walked up to one of these guards and spoke to him for a while. Eventually, the guard nodded, and Kinopio motioned Cain and Quinn to follow him again. As they walked, Quinn noted the tall ark of white marble hanging high above him. Apparently, despite their height, these Mushroom people could make beautiful and tall structures. He was intrigued of what these mushroom people used to create such works of art. As Quinn continued to walk, the hallway he was walking into got darker, with only a single doorway at the end of the hallway. Quinn felt a little freaked out now, thinking that this was some kind of surprise for him. When the company reached the doorway, Kinopio moved in front of it to speak to a very old mushroom. Their conversation was quick, and soon Kinopio led Cain and Quinn into the center room of the Courthouse.
The room was absolutely magnificent. Great green marble pillars encircled the room, mixed with a deep brown wooden ceiling. The zenith of the ceiling was opened up to the sky, with a small beam of light flashing onto the center of the room. The floor was mixed with green and white marble, constructed in a circular pattern. Around the perimeter of this pattern and to the edges to the walls laid many tables built from (you guessed it) white marble. Each table seated various groups of many species, including humans. Quinn looked around these tables, and could barely tell all of the species that sat at the tables. Most of the Mushroom and Yoshi senators didn't even notice his entry, as they were all conversing among each other, but one being caught Quinn's gaze as he sat down in his own table. It looked like one of the attackers on Europa, perhaps another Yoshi. The Blue skinned Yoshi looked at him intently, seemingly trying to decipher Quinn's mind. The Yoshi wore a Senate Pass on his shirt, and Quinn tried to read it from his distance.
It said Palunto.
"Order in the halls!" shouted a woman upon a large stand, and everyone in the Center room quickly began to rush to their seats. Quinn and Cain were seated right across from the women who called order in the halls, and Quinn realized that she must be Princess Peach from the old folklore. Her bright pink dress said almost enough about her however, and her long golden hair shined in the sun as she looked upon the room sternly. When all was finally quiet, Peach turned around and sat back into her throne. "The Poll has now ended. Do we have a vote on the threat of King Bowser?" she asked the senators, looking around intently. The senators remained quiet save one.
"Your majesty," began Palunto, standing up from his chair, "We have come to the conclusion that King Bowser Koopa is just mearly mocking us again, and therefore we do not fear an attack. However, it would be wise for us to keep an eye on the Koopa Empire.just incase." Palunto sat down, smiling to himself. The other senators nodded in agreement with his speech, also hoping that the Princess would approve of it. The Princess sat back in her throne, obviously thinking about Palunto's proud response. A long silence followed. "Very well," sighed Princess Peach. "King Bowser Koopa's 'threat' is no longer a threat, but it will not be taken lightly. Spies will be set up between the Mushroom/Koopa border to watch for any activities. Thank you for your opinions Senators." The senators stood up and bowed before the Princess and began to dismiss the Center Room.
But Princess Peach had a look of disgust on her face, as if the senate wasn't ready to dismiss yet. Her glance traveled over Quinn's table, observing each one of the members seated there. Soon, with a knowing smile, she stood up from her throne and raised her left hand. "EXCUSE ME!" she shouted into the Center hall. The departing senators suddenly turned around with haste and fearfully looked at the angry Princess. "Did I give you my leave?" The Senators looked at each other, then turned back to the Princess and shook their heads. "Exactly. PLEASE BE SEATED!" she screamed into the room, and the senators ran back to their assigned tables with frightened looks on their faces. Quinn just raised his eyebrow and laughed in his mind. Palunto returned to his table last, looking disappointed.
"We have one more piece of business to discuss before we can depart." Announced Peach as she again sat back in her throne. "A guest has arrived on our world, a most unexpected guest. It is due to him that all attention must be put onto him. Would the guest please step forward into the center?" The senators looked around the room, trying to find this "guest." They found him when he finally stood up from his table.
Quinn Mario slowly walked to the center of the room, ignoring all of the senator's faces and comments. He thought how he would present himself, for if he knew too much about their kingdom, then perhaps they would think of him as a spy. Then again, his last name was Mario, and the Mario's were well known around this region. Still, he decided to play it safe and try to.act as if he was confused of the place. Once Quinn reached the center of the room, he looked at the senator's faces. They all looked astounded by the man. They all whispered to each other, all writing notes. The one senator that gave Quinn the chills was Palunto, who looked at him suspiciously. The thing that gave Quinn the chills was that Palunto didn't look like the other Yoshi's. His back was straight like that of a human, and he had blonde hair, unlike that of the other Yoshi's. Quinn knew that someone had genetically engineered Palunto, because he couldn't think of any Yoshi in the history texts that could walk upright and have hair.like a human. "Now, could you please tell us who you are and what has happened before you arrived at The Mushroom Kingdom?" asked the Princess, looking at him intently. Quinn cleared his throat and looked at the senators.
"Well." he began, laughing to himself in between. "If you don't know, my name is Quinn Mario. I got here." he was interrupted by loud murmurs in the Center room, including some from the Princess. Quinn looked down at his feet until the murmuring stopped in the room. "I got here by a warp pipe, and was later transferred to The Mushroom Kingdom by Kinopio V thanks to someone called Roy Koopa." "Roy Koopa?" Peach whispered in disgust, looking over to Kinopio V. Kinopio shrugged at her, and the Princess then gestured Quinn to proceed. "Roy Koopa was attacking a Mushroom village, to what Kinopio called an illegal Mushroom slave trade operation. Kinopio here attacked and drove away the intruders while I got aboard the Onager and later shipped to The Mushroom Kingdom. I never made it by ship though, because dolphins threw me overboard and washed me ashore on the southern coast of TMK. I slept there, then I was awakened by.sounds of cannonballs-" "Doomship." Replied a short figure sitting next to Princess Peach in the darkness. "Was Roy commanding it?" Quinn turned to face the being, feeling a bit perplexed. "No, it was Larry." Quinn replied, "And he had quite a few soldiers with him too." "Troopas most likely." The figure said, correcting him. "Anyway." Quinn began again, "After fighting with Larry, I found my way to the heart of The Mushroom Kingdom, and." Quinn said, shrugging, ".here I am." The Center room was then filled with many voices, all pointing and conversing about Quinn Mario. Quinn just crossed his arms impatiently, hoping that the Center room would come to order. His hopes came true when Princess Peach lifted up her right hand to motion the Center house to silence.
"Quinn Mario," she began, "Earlier today, we've been discussing the threats King Bowser Koopa has made on our wonderful Mushroom Kingdom. Since you were not here to take in the events that have transpired, I would like for you to explain exactly how you got to this planet, and I want you to give every detail you know of it. Don't act all dumbfounded Quinn, for I know that you possess more information than we think." The Princess smiled at her last remark, and during that smile, the Center room suddenly went dark, and a spotlight then shown over Quinn. He sighed deeply. He knew then that the secret was out, and that he knew more than he should. "Very well then. I am not as dumb as I seem, and what I'm about to say will definitely prove that I'm not from around here."
"Where to begin, where to begin.how about The Primmer. What is The Primmer you say? Well, it is rather difficult to explain. 65 million years ago, Earth was." "Earth, as in this planet?" asked Princess Peach, interrupting him. "No, the Earth I'm from." Replied Quinn. "I'll explain that later. 65 million years ago, the Earth in the dimension I'm from was hit by an asteroid. The asteroid's impact was so great that it broke off a piece of the Earth's dimension. As mass species of Dinosaurs and other animals were becoming extinct during this time, many groups of animals jumped dimensions to the "parallel" dimension, or the planet we are now standing on. Eventually, the two dimensions slowly started to move away from each other, like taking two ends of bubble gum and stretching it out. Like the bubble gum, the dimensions had little strings or connections between them. Through these connections, you could travel between the two dimensions. This area is called The Primmer." Quinn looked at Princess peach for a response, but she seemed to be thinking deeply to what he had said. She stared at him long and hard. Finally, she stood up, tall and proud, and faced Quinn Mario. "So, according to your explanation, if you traveled through The Primmer to get here, then the Mario brothers had to too?" finished peach, and she looked at him with a thoughtful look. "Yes." answered Quinn. As soon as he had spoken, an uproar of shouting suddenly filled the halls of the Courthouse. Some fingers were pointed in his direction, some were turned toward the sky, but all were arguing that the Mario brothers were a gift from the gods and did not travel between planets. Quinn sighed deeply, hoping that something like this wouldn't happen. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Palunto not arguing with the other senators, but instead sitting back in chair and thinking to himself. Quinn feared that Palunto might stand up and argue with him.
And that's exactly what happened, except he walked right up to his face instead. "So, you actually disapprove the Theory of how the Mario brothers got here?" he asked, tilting his head rather hastily. Quinn just smirked at him. "Yes, I actually disapprove the Theory of how the Mario brothers got here. In fact, I have scientific evidence to prove it." Quinn reached into his pocket to pull out the evidence, but Palunto stopped him. "Heh, no need to show it here. Why don't you show the evidence at the greater part of our kingdom? I'm sure my kindred will take it in greatly." He ended with a grin crossing his face. Quinn suddenly stopped short of breath, staring intently at the Blue Yoshi. "The greater part of what kingdom?" he asked suspiciously. Palunto sensed his uneasiness, but tried to remain calm. "Why, the greater part of the Yoshi Islands, where our great Leon-" "Leon?" Quinn said quickly, now walking towards him. Palunto walked backward, knowing that he had made a terrible mistake. "Why yes, Leon Laviand. Do you know him?" He ended by taking a glowing orange flower out of his pocket and engulfing it. Almost instantly, his hands began to glow a dull orange-red, and he seemed to grow a couple of inches. Peach slowly turned her head to look at them both angrily. Palunto aimed his hands at Quinn. "Leon has sent me to give you and the rest of you Mushrooms his greetings." Palunto said, grinning wickedly.
Quinn debated on what to do next.
To be continued.
Mushroom Senate
(Mario, Luigi, etc. are copyright Nintendo. Quinn Mario is copyright Ironfoot.)
Quinn walked on the hard, rocky streets of The Mushroom Kingdom. The sun was shining brightly above him, and not a cloud was in the sky. However, it was stifling hot, and Quinn's clothes were beginning to stick to him from sweat. He was starting to feel dizzy, thanks to dehydration. He heard his stomach growl, telling him that he was pretty hungry. In fact, the last time he could remember eating anything was when he had breakfast with Kinopio a day ago. Quinn looked at his plasmic watch, and it said 12:27 PM. He groaned at the time, and decided to find a place to eat. He just hoped that he wouldn't need any kind of currency to buy his food, though he had the fear that he did.
As he approached a mushroom street vendor, he noticed an old man dressed in a bright white lab coat also approaching it in front of him. His white crew cut went well with his goatee, and he carried a couple of gold coins in his hand. Quinn quietly growled at the gold coins. There had to be a currency for everything. He shook his head again looked at the old man. Thinking that he knew who he was, he smirked, rubbed his hands together, and started to walk behind him. He had a plan for the old geezer, and it included food.
"Eito ino!.ah, a human." Commented the street vender, while scratching his head. "Don't see many around here these days." "Yeah, I know" said the old man, interrupting the young mushroom. "Dang Laguarde's are scaring everybody. I swear, it's driving me crazy." The mushroom laughed. "Yeah well, I don't want to even mention my wife. So, what would you like? We have a special on Honey Syrup today, about 5 coins off the original price." As the mushroom explained to the old man his prices on the food, Quinn put his cape over his head to cover his face, and suddenly tugged the old man's right arm. "P-p-p-lease sir-r-r, would-d-d y-y-y-you have an-n-y sp-p-p-are ch-ch-change?" he sputtered out, whimpering on the ground. The old man turned from the vender slowly, looking queerly at the crazy man. He stood there a for a while, seeming to be thinking about the individual. "First, don't call me 'sir.' Call me Cain." Replied the man, "Second, since I'm in a good mood this afternoon, I'll buy you some lunch." Quinn drooled out of his mouth as Cain bought him his lunch. Cain shook his head at the poor being crawling on the ground. As for Quinn, he couldn't believe that he got away with it, it usually took a lot of strategy to get past Cain Laviand. He decided that he'd have to put Cain back up-to-speed later.
Cain, after buying the food, walked from the vender and looked for a table to sit down. Quinn followed him, walking with a limp in his left leg, trying to imitate that he wasn't who Cain thought he was. Eventually, they reached a niche from all of the venders and restaurants. This niche had an amazing view of the entire Mushroom Kingdom harbor. When Cain finally found a table in the niche, Quinn couldn't help but stare at the view. From left to right, Quinn could count about 12 military ships coming into the harbor, all to dock. Quinn also counted about 30 trading vessels coming in and out of the harbor to make business with the wealthy mushrooms. The private boats and the like could not be countable. Quinn saw one of these boats zoom across the harbor and out into the ocean water. It was shaped much like the Cigarette boats back on Earth. The mushroom driving the boat waved his hands in the air and screamed at the top of his lungs something in his own language.
Cain snapped his finger at Quinn. "Hey, are you going to eat or what?" he said as he took a bite of his food. Quinn, now sick of his own games, finally decided to reveal who he was. "Of course." He replied, and he swung his black cape over his head, revealing his true identity. Cain looked at him intently, trying to figure out if his eyes were seeing right. Then, his eyes widened, and he quickly fell to the ground, choking on his own food. Quinn just laughed at him, enjoying every minute of it. It was not often that old Cain could be fooled, but he was this time. Cain grumbled something and spat out his food as he sat back in his seat again. He looked at his food and his face showed a little anger. However, his face brightened as he looked up at Quinn Mario, the man he's been waiting days for. "Well met!" he said, thrusting out his hand. Quinn shook hands with the hair of the Laviand throne and smiled back. "So, this is the man who brought me here." He said, now smirking. "Indeed," replied Cain, "Though I know you would instead prefer a vacation." "Too bad getting Leon isn't a vacation" Sighed Quinn, and he looked over towards the harbor. An uneasy silence passed. "Well, what are you sitting around for?" Cain suddenly burst forth, looking at Quinn strangely. "Eat up! And once were done, we'll be going to the Mushroom Senate, so be prepared!" Cain proceeded to gobble up his food. Quinn sat down, and looked at his meal.
It was Grilled Troopa in a Shell.
Once they were finished with their meal, Cain and Quinn got up from their table, and walked onto the sidewalk, observing other mushroom venders. Some customers chatted to the venders; others just ordered what they needed. One got into an argument on the amount of change he should've got. Quinn just shook his head and thought about how all of this was very similar to Mars. Then, remembering what Kinopio had said to him earlier, Quinn tapped Cain on the shoulder and pulled out the Senate Pass he had received back on the Onager. Cain followed, and pulled out his. They both placed their passes' onto their coats, to which the passes stuck.
The sidewalk turned a left corner, and when Cain and Quinn took that corner, Quinn's eyes quickly widened. He muttered "Holy Shit." as he looked at the spectacular beauty of the Mushroom Courthouse. A single transparent pillar supported the building, which was about 100 feet high from the ground. Many people were seen riding elevator-type vehicles inside. The entire Courthouse itself was made from pure white marble, and was shaped like a telescope laboratory back on Earth. 2 pillars made out of white marble made the entrance to the enormous building. A long bridge stretched from the mainland to the courthouse, and various peoples of many races walked to and fro on it. As Cain and Quinn walked onto the bridge, a mushroom was seen running out of the Courthouse toward them. When he came into view, it was apparent that it was Kinopio V. "Hey guys," he began, "We've been waiting for you. Right now, there's a session break, but it'll quickly start once they find out that you've arrived. But anyway, if you'll follow me." The mushroom then turned around and started to walk back to the entrance of the Courthouse. Cain and Quinn followed him, while looking off of the sides of the long bridge to look at various parts of TMK.
When they reached the entrance of the Courthouse, two guards were waiting on each side of the pillars, expecting to see Senate Passes. Kinopio walked up to one of these guards and spoke to him for a while. Eventually, the guard nodded, and Kinopio motioned Cain and Quinn to follow him again. As they walked, Quinn noted the tall ark of white marble hanging high above him. Apparently, despite their height, these Mushroom people could make beautiful and tall structures. He was intrigued of what these mushroom people used to create such works of art. As Quinn continued to walk, the hallway he was walking into got darker, with only a single doorway at the end of the hallway. Quinn felt a little freaked out now, thinking that this was some kind of surprise for him. When the company reached the doorway, Kinopio moved in front of it to speak to a very old mushroom. Their conversation was quick, and soon Kinopio led Cain and Quinn into the center room of the Courthouse.
The room was absolutely magnificent. Great green marble pillars encircled the room, mixed with a deep brown wooden ceiling. The zenith of the ceiling was opened up to the sky, with a small beam of light flashing onto the center of the room. The floor was mixed with green and white marble, constructed in a circular pattern. Around the perimeter of this pattern and to the edges to the walls laid many tables built from (you guessed it) white marble. Each table seated various groups of many species, including humans. Quinn looked around these tables, and could barely tell all of the species that sat at the tables. Most of the Mushroom and Yoshi senators didn't even notice his entry, as they were all conversing among each other, but one being caught Quinn's gaze as he sat down in his own table. It looked like one of the attackers on Europa, perhaps another Yoshi. The Blue skinned Yoshi looked at him intently, seemingly trying to decipher Quinn's mind. The Yoshi wore a Senate Pass on his shirt, and Quinn tried to read it from his distance.
It said Palunto.
"Order in the halls!" shouted a woman upon a large stand, and everyone in the Center room quickly began to rush to their seats. Quinn and Cain were seated right across from the women who called order in the halls, and Quinn realized that she must be Princess Peach from the old folklore. Her bright pink dress said almost enough about her however, and her long golden hair shined in the sun as she looked upon the room sternly. When all was finally quiet, Peach turned around and sat back into her throne. "The Poll has now ended. Do we have a vote on the threat of King Bowser?" she asked the senators, looking around intently. The senators remained quiet save one.
"Your majesty," began Palunto, standing up from his chair, "We have come to the conclusion that King Bowser Koopa is just mearly mocking us again, and therefore we do not fear an attack. However, it would be wise for us to keep an eye on the Koopa Empire.just incase." Palunto sat down, smiling to himself. The other senators nodded in agreement with his speech, also hoping that the Princess would approve of it. The Princess sat back in her throne, obviously thinking about Palunto's proud response. A long silence followed. "Very well," sighed Princess Peach. "King Bowser Koopa's 'threat' is no longer a threat, but it will not be taken lightly. Spies will be set up between the Mushroom/Koopa border to watch for any activities. Thank you for your opinions Senators." The senators stood up and bowed before the Princess and began to dismiss the Center Room.
But Princess Peach had a look of disgust on her face, as if the senate wasn't ready to dismiss yet. Her glance traveled over Quinn's table, observing each one of the members seated there. Soon, with a knowing smile, she stood up from her throne and raised her left hand. "EXCUSE ME!" she shouted into the Center hall. The departing senators suddenly turned around with haste and fearfully looked at the angry Princess. "Did I give you my leave?" The Senators looked at each other, then turned back to the Princess and shook their heads. "Exactly. PLEASE BE SEATED!" she screamed into the room, and the senators ran back to their assigned tables with frightened looks on their faces. Quinn just raised his eyebrow and laughed in his mind. Palunto returned to his table last, looking disappointed.
"We have one more piece of business to discuss before we can depart." Announced Peach as she again sat back in her throne. "A guest has arrived on our world, a most unexpected guest. It is due to him that all attention must be put onto him. Would the guest please step forward into the center?" The senators looked around the room, trying to find this "guest." They found him when he finally stood up from his table.
Quinn Mario slowly walked to the center of the room, ignoring all of the senator's faces and comments. He thought how he would present himself, for if he knew too much about their kingdom, then perhaps they would think of him as a spy. Then again, his last name was Mario, and the Mario's were well known around this region. Still, he decided to play it safe and try to.act as if he was confused of the place. Once Quinn reached the center of the room, he looked at the senator's faces. They all looked astounded by the man. They all whispered to each other, all writing notes. The one senator that gave Quinn the chills was Palunto, who looked at him suspiciously. The thing that gave Quinn the chills was that Palunto didn't look like the other Yoshi's. His back was straight like that of a human, and he had blonde hair, unlike that of the other Yoshi's. Quinn knew that someone had genetically engineered Palunto, because he couldn't think of any Yoshi in the history texts that could walk upright and have hair.like a human. "Now, could you please tell us who you are and what has happened before you arrived at The Mushroom Kingdom?" asked the Princess, looking at him intently. Quinn cleared his throat and looked at the senators.
"Well." he began, laughing to himself in between. "If you don't know, my name is Quinn Mario. I got here." he was interrupted by loud murmurs in the Center room, including some from the Princess. Quinn looked down at his feet until the murmuring stopped in the room. "I got here by a warp pipe, and was later transferred to The Mushroom Kingdom by Kinopio V thanks to someone called Roy Koopa." "Roy Koopa?" Peach whispered in disgust, looking over to Kinopio V. Kinopio shrugged at her, and the Princess then gestured Quinn to proceed. "Roy Koopa was attacking a Mushroom village, to what Kinopio called an illegal Mushroom slave trade operation. Kinopio here attacked and drove away the intruders while I got aboard the Onager and later shipped to The Mushroom Kingdom. I never made it by ship though, because dolphins threw me overboard and washed me ashore on the southern coast of TMK. I slept there, then I was awakened by.sounds of cannonballs-" "Doomship." Replied a short figure sitting next to Princess Peach in the darkness. "Was Roy commanding it?" Quinn turned to face the being, feeling a bit perplexed. "No, it was Larry." Quinn replied, "And he had quite a few soldiers with him too." "Troopas most likely." The figure said, correcting him. "Anyway." Quinn began again, "After fighting with Larry, I found my way to the heart of The Mushroom Kingdom, and." Quinn said, shrugging, ".here I am." The Center room was then filled with many voices, all pointing and conversing about Quinn Mario. Quinn just crossed his arms impatiently, hoping that the Center room would come to order. His hopes came true when Princess Peach lifted up her right hand to motion the Center house to silence.
"Quinn Mario," she began, "Earlier today, we've been discussing the threats King Bowser Koopa has made on our wonderful Mushroom Kingdom. Since you were not here to take in the events that have transpired, I would like for you to explain exactly how you got to this planet, and I want you to give every detail you know of it. Don't act all dumbfounded Quinn, for I know that you possess more information than we think." The Princess smiled at her last remark, and during that smile, the Center room suddenly went dark, and a spotlight then shown over Quinn. He sighed deeply. He knew then that the secret was out, and that he knew more than he should. "Very well then. I am not as dumb as I seem, and what I'm about to say will definitely prove that I'm not from around here."
"Where to begin, where to begin.how about The Primmer. What is The Primmer you say? Well, it is rather difficult to explain. 65 million years ago, Earth was." "Earth, as in this planet?" asked Princess Peach, interrupting him. "No, the Earth I'm from." Replied Quinn. "I'll explain that later. 65 million years ago, the Earth in the dimension I'm from was hit by an asteroid. The asteroid's impact was so great that it broke off a piece of the Earth's dimension. As mass species of Dinosaurs and other animals were becoming extinct during this time, many groups of animals jumped dimensions to the "parallel" dimension, or the planet we are now standing on. Eventually, the two dimensions slowly started to move away from each other, like taking two ends of bubble gum and stretching it out. Like the bubble gum, the dimensions had little strings or connections between them. Through these connections, you could travel between the two dimensions. This area is called The Primmer." Quinn looked at Princess peach for a response, but she seemed to be thinking deeply to what he had said. She stared at him long and hard. Finally, she stood up, tall and proud, and faced Quinn Mario. "So, according to your explanation, if you traveled through The Primmer to get here, then the Mario brothers had to too?" finished peach, and she looked at him with a thoughtful look. "Yes." answered Quinn. As soon as he had spoken, an uproar of shouting suddenly filled the halls of the Courthouse. Some fingers were pointed in his direction, some were turned toward the sky, but all were arguing that the Mario brothers were a gift from the gods and did not travel between planets. Quinn sighed deeply, hoping that something like this wouldn't happen. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Palunto not arguing with the other senators, but instead sitting back in chair and thinking to himself. Quinn feared that Palunto might stand up and argue with him.
And that's exactly what happened, except he walked right up to his face instead. "So, you actually disapprove the Theory of how the Mario brothers got here?" he asked, tilting his head rather hastily. Quinn just smirked at him. "Yes, I actually disapprove the Theory of how the Mario brothers got here. In fact, I have scientific evidence to prove it." Quinn reached into his pocket to pull out the evidence, but Palunto stopped him. "Heh, no need to show it here. Why don't you show the evidence at the greater part of our kingdom? I'm sure my kindred will take it in greatly." He ended with a grin crossing his face. Quinn suddenly stopped short of breath, staring intently at the Blue Yoshi. "The greater part of what kingdom?" he asked suspiciously. Palunto sensed his uneasiness, but tried to remain calm. "Why, the greater part of the Yoshi Islands, where our great Leon-" "Leon?" Quinn said quickly, now walking towards him. Palunto walked backward, knowing that he had made a terrible mistake. "Why yes, Leon Laviand. Do you know him?" He ended by taking a glowing orange flower out of his pocket and engulfing it. Almost instantly, his hands began to glow a dull orange-red, and he seemed to grow a couple of inches. Peach slowly turned her head to look at them both angrily. Palunto aimed his hands at Quinn. "Leon has sent me to give you and the rest of you Mushrooms his greetings." Palunto said, grinning wickedly.
Quinn debated on what to do next.
To be continued.