CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Presentations.

For a while, no one said anything.

"Yessssss?" he said, finally breaking the silence.

The shaman collapsed with fear.

"Oh, come on!" said the smarmy bird. "It's just a head in a jar."

"Klungo not sssssscary," he insisted. "Iss ssstupid for helping witch, though."

"True, true," Mary confirmed. "Bringing her back must have seemed like a real nice thing to do at the time, but... I mean, look at you now."

"Yeah, I know," said Klungo.

"Er, you forgot to say something with an 's' sound," Kazooie reminded him.

"Oopsss. Ssssssorry." He then motioned toward the ceiling. "Klungo will help friendsss ssssssave bear."

"You mean you can get us up to the safe?" asked Bottles.

"Yessssss, but--" He put on his reading glasses with his tongue-- "Firssst mussst sssolve trivia questionsss."

"Aw, man!" cried Kazooie. "Not again! These have really gone downhill since the first game."

"No worry, only three questionsss thisss time." He cleared his throat. "Firssst quessstion: name two folksss who wasss at JinjoBowl game besssides you and Banjo."

The Breegull answered quickly. "Oh, that's easy. Tooty and Brentilda were there, up in the seats."

"Correct anssswer. Sssecond quessstion: who kill Mildred and George Ice Cubesss?"

The mole looked immediately to the red bird.

"What!" she said. "Okay, okay. I did it, and it felt good too."

"Bird make me ssssssick!" he said, scowling at her. "But here iss final quessstion." He checked his notes to make sure he got the wording right. "Ahem, okay. What iss name of goldfisssh character?"

"You mean the one Mumbo almost grilled?" said Bottles. "Wait, I know this..."

"Don't look at me," said the canary.

The Breegull tried hard to remember. "It had some kind of double meaning, I think."

The shaman started to mumble incoherently.

"Hey, I think he's trying to say something!" said Mary.

"Leave him," said Kazooie. "He's useless to us now."

The canary leaned close to him, taking in his words.

"Time iss running sssssshort," Klungo notified.

"What happens if we can't figure it out in time?" asked the mole.

"Playersss get second prize: free tripsss to Isle Delfino."

"Sounds nice!" the Breegull admitted.

"Kazooie!" yelled Bottles.

"What! Oh, yeah... Banjo..."

Klungo checked his stopwatch. "Sssix ssseconds left. 5... 4... 3... 2..."

"Roysten!" shouted Mary.

"Hurrr... Bird iss correct. How did you guessssss?"

She looked to the fallen Mumbo. "He whispered it to me."

"How convenient," said Kazooie. "Now Klungo, do your stuff!"

A section of wall shifted to the side, unveiling a lift built into the stone.

"That's our ride," said Bottles. "So, we're finally going to do it, huh?"

"Of course," said the Breegull. "Don't you hear the trumpets flaring up?"

"Yeah," said the Mole. "I always thought that was a little over-dramatic, though."

So after getting the shaman up to his feet, the group entered the shaft, rising up to the safe where Banjo's remains lay waiting...

just64helpin Presents

A Rare / Rareware Production

BANJO-THREEIE: The Final Chuckle

Featuring

CHEATO - "Blushing spellbook is!"

CAPTAIN BLACKEYE - "Be gone wit' ye!"

BLUBBER - "I want my jet ski back."

CAPTAIN UNGRY - "Take a picture, it'll last longer!"

BIG AL - "Would you like fries with that?"

HUMBA WUMBA - "Zzzzzz..."

JOLLY ROGER - "Who broke my barrels?"

MERRY MAGGIE - "Er... it was me, Roger."

CLANKER - "Murrrgh..."

LORD WOO FAK FAK - "Pay no attention to the upturned anglerfish!"

MINGELLA - (Unavailable for Comment)

BOGGY - "Say 'cheese', kids!"

GOGGY - "Cheeeese..."

MOGGY - "Haaaammm..."

SOGGY - "Mustaaaard..."

SNIDE - "Hey! I want to be credited as Vin Weasel!"

PAWNO - "Oh, and I suppose you did all your own stunts, too?"

LEAKY - "Hi."

TAJ - "You won first prize..."

BUMPER - "I'm Bumper!"

TIPTUP - "We know that, dimwit!"

POPSY - "I got a speaking part! Yay!"

KRINCH - "My name's Krinch!"

SQUINTY - "What a waste of credits..."

Also featuring the Crazy 888 Jinjos

MRS. BOTTLES - "I hope whatever my husband is doing is worth his dinner boiling over."

GOGGLES - "Where's daddy?"

SPECCY - "Someplace, fighting evil. Where else?"

LOGGO - "Ah... Where's a good plumber when you need him?"

GOBI - "Hey! I wasn't even in this game!"

BOTTLES - "Eh. It would have seemed forced."

CANARY MARY - "Unlike all the other appearances that came outta nowhere."

MUMBO - "Shaman detect sarcasm."

KLUNGO'S HEAD - "Cassst lissst iss ssstupid!"

KLUNTILDA - "I wouldn't talk..."

Special Appearance by the Barn Boys

Soundtrack Available Wherever Albums Are Sold

KAZOOIE - "Let's just see if this Platinum Jiggy thing works..."