(A/N: Nintendo owns some of the things mentioned in this chapter.)
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Mario picked at the plate of food in front of him. He was wondering whether he should eat it or not. He was hungry. But there was also dust on the food. That was the strange thing about the dungeon Mario was in. If anything is still for long enough a layer of dust will cover it within minutes. It's as if dust was snowing from the ceiling.
The plumber looked to his left and saw a thin, bearded man wearing ratty clothes, not much different from the other prisoners here. The man had no trouble eating the dusty rice and chicken. "How could you eat that?" Mario asked the prisoner.
The man sighed. "It's not so bad, after you've eaten it as long as I've have."
"Really?" said Mario.
"Yeah," said the man, "it's like eating spinach. The first time you eat spinach you want to puke. But every time after that you get a little more used to it until you don't even care anymore."
"I like spinach," said Mario, "I think it's tasty."
"Oh," said the man, "I didn't think you would. People don't usually like spinach. Oh well, it was a terrible analogy anyway. It's not like spinach and dust taste anything like each other."
"Hey, shut up over there!" shouted a guard. Mario and the other guy stopped talking briefly. Looking around Mario could see that this dungeon wasn't heavily guarded, considering that there were only a couple of guards around. He also noticed that a lot of the large windows had no bars or anything to stop someone from jumping out. Some dungeon, Mario thought, it's barely underground.
There was only one single chain on all of the prisoner's bodies, one that connected the left ankle to the floor, so that they wouldn't run away. Oddly enough this leaves the prisoner's hands free to do whatever they want. Nothing offensive though, the guards carry around chain chomps so even if someone tried to throw a punch or choke a guard their arms would have been eaten by the chain chomp.
Mario looked around and try to stir up some more conversation. "What's your name?"
"My name is Olimar," said the prisoner, "And your name?"
"You don't recognize me? I mean I'm pretty well known in the Mushroom Kingdom."
Olimar studied Mario. "You don't seem all that familiar."
"I'm Mario."
"Never heard of ya."
"Never?"
"Nope. The guards don't really speak of any news around here."
Mario thought that was downright depressing, but he didn't want to say that. "How long have you been here?" he asked.
"A long, long time as far as I know," said Olimar, "I was here before Peach was ever kidnapped by Bowser."
"Damn...that's a long time," said Mario, whose eyebrows began to furrow. There was something wrong with that last statement. "Wait a minute, if the guards don't give out news how would you know about Bowser? And how did you know that Princess Toadstool let people call her Peach? She had only let her closest friends call her that until recently."
"Hm, well at the time I was imprisoned Peach was kidnapped. The guards said that if something happened I would be released, obviously nothing happened. And I know that she used to only let her closest friends call her Peach, I was her fiancé."
Mario's eyes almost fell out. "She threw her own fiancé into prison? Why did she do that for?"
"I cheated on her."
Mario screamed.
"I said shut up over there!" the guard shouted again.
"Why did you scream?" whispered Olimar.
"I'm going to be prison!" said Mario.
"You're already in prison."
"Yeah but I thought Peach was going to be let me out soon. Now I'm going to rot here for the rest of my life like you are!"
Olimar didn't say anything. He just watched Mario run around in circles. The plumber would have run further away if it wasn't for that rusty chain on his leg. One of the guards with a chain chomp in his hand noticed Mario's frenzy and walked right up to him.
"Do we have a problem?" said the guard.
"Nope, no problem," said Mario, "can I touch your chain chomp?
"No."
"Okay."
Mario smacked the chain chomp in its face. This made the little ball of teeth go crazy. The chain chomp dove right for Mario but the plumber jumped to the side and lifted his leg, letting the chain chomp bite right through the rusty chain that bound him to the floor. The minute Mario was free he raced towards an open window and climbed it. "Arrivederci," he called out before leaping out of the window.
Yes, Mario was right when he figured that the dungeon was above ground, unfortunately he had no idea how far above ground it actually was. He had no idea that the dungeon was floating hundreds of feet above Peach's castle and that anyone who leapt out one of the windows would probably die.
Mario was screaming again.
*****
To Be Continued...
(A/N: The third chapter ends. I really hope your enjoying my story so far. I just want to point out that the Olimar in my story is not the same Olimar from Pikmin. Here it's just some guy named Olimar.)
*****
Mario picked at the plate of food in front of him. He was wondering whether he should eat it or not. He was hungry. But there was also dust on the food. That was the strange thing about the dungeon Mario was in. If anything is still for long enough a layer of dust will cover it within minutes. It's as if dust was snowing from the ceiling.
The plumber looked to his left and saw a thin, bearded man wearing ratty clothes, not much different from the other prisoners here. The man had no trouble eating the dusty rice and chicken. "How could you eat that?" Mario asked the prisoner.
The man sighed. "It's not so bad, after you've eaten it as long as I've have."
"Really?" said Mario.
"Yeah," said the man, "it's like eating spinach. The first time you eat spinach you want to puke. But every time after that you get a little more used to it until you don't even care anymore."
"I like spinach," said Mario, "I think it's tasty."
"Oh," said the man, "I didn't think you would. People don't usually like spinach. Oh well, it was a terrible analogy anyway. It's not like spinach and dust taste anything like each other."
"Hey, shut up over there!" shouted a guard. Mario and the other guy stopped talking briefly. Looking around Mario could see that this dungeon wasn't heavily guarded, considering that there were only a couple of guards around. He also noticed that a lot of the large windows had no bars or anything to stop someone from jumping out. Some dungeon, Mario thought, it's barely underground.
There was only one single chain on all of the prisoner's bodies, one that connected the left ankle to the floor, so that they wouldn't run away. Oddly enough this leaves the prisoner's hands free to do whatever they want. Nothing offensive though, the guards carry around chain chomps so even if someone tried to throw a punch or choke a guard their arms would have been eaten by the chain chomp.
Mario looked around and try to stir up some more conversation. "What's your name?"
"My name is Olimar," said the prisoner, "And your name?"
"You don't recognize me? I mean I'm pretty well known in the Mushroom Kingdom."
Olimar studied Mario. "You don't seem all that familiar."
"I'm Mario."
"Never heard of ya."
"Never?"
"Nope. The guards don't really speak of any news around here."
Mario thought that was downright depressing, but he didn't want to say that. "How long have you been here?" he asked.
"A long, long time as far as I know," said Olimar, "I was here before Peach was ever kidnapped by Bowser."
"Damn...that's a long time," said Mario, whose eyebrows began to furrow. There was something wrong with that last statement. "Wait a minute, if the guards don't give out news how would you know about Bowser? And how did you know that Princess Toadstool let people call her Peach? She had only let her closest friends call her that until recently."
"Hm, well at the time I was imprisoned Peach was kidnapped. The guards said that if something happened I would be released, obviously nothing happened. And I know that she used to only let her closest friends call her Peach, I was her fiancé."
Mario's eyes almost fell out. "She threw her own fiancé into prison? Why did she do that for?"
"I cheated on her."
Mario screamed.
"I said shut up over there!" the guard shouted again.
"Why did you scream?" whispered Olimar.
"I'm going to be prison!" said Mario.
"You're already in prison."
"Yeah but I thought Peach was going to be let me out soon. Now I'm going to rot here for the rest of my life like you are!"
Olimar didn't say anything. He just watched Mario run around in circles. The plumber would have run further away if it wasn't for that rusty chain on his leg. One of the guards with a chain chomp in his hand noticed Mario's frenzy and walked right up to him.
"Do we have a problem?" said the guard.
"Nope, no problem," said Mario, "can I touch your chain chomp?
"No."
"Okay."
Mario smacked the chain chomp in its face. This made the little ball of teeth go crazy. The chain chomp dove right for Mario but the plumber jumped to the side and lifted his leg, letting the chain chomp bite right through the rusty chain that bound him to the floor. The minute Mario was free he raced towards an open window and climbed it. "Arrivederci," he called out before leaping out of the window.
Yes, Mario was right when he figured that the dungeon was above ground, unfortunately he had no idea how far above ground it actually was. He had no idea that the dungeon was floating hundreds of feet above Peach's castle and that anyone who leapt out one of the windows would probably die.
Mario was screaming again.
*****
To Be Continued...
(A/N: The third chapter ends. I really hope your enjoying my story so far. I just want to point out that the Olimar in my story is not the same Olimar from Pikmin. Here it's just some guy named Olimar.)