This second part brings the other star's debut. I won't spoil her questionable personality. It is unlike any found in Nintendo's canon.
Chapter 2 "Dream Girl... Or Maybe Not!"
After a long distance of walking, Mario visits an old gas station for help. There's little scenery. Patches of grass here and there, several parking lots with few people in them.
"Whew! I'm out of the king's view, but I could use a map." His wisdom concludes.
An attendant notices him, coming up to help.
"How my I serve you?" He asks.
"Where's the town?" Mario is wondering.
"You're in it. If you need food, head up a block." The attendant states before going back to work.
Mario takes an abandoned ATV, and rides it to the local restaurant.
"Hey wise guy! That's my parking area." A rather rude thwomp says. His stone body is impenetrable to direct attack.
"I don't see any vehicle." Mario's unsure what the creature means.
"Don't joke around with Thwokul, idiot!" Thwokul gets angry. "I'm right here!"
"But..." Mario is speechless.
He evades a flat future, as the ATV gets crushed.
"It'll be you next time!" Thwokul threatens.
Mario heads inside the building. It's a creative atmosphere. Comfy blue dining furniture, with an old-fashioned style. Many species of life enjoy this establishment.
"Table for one?" The waiter asks politely.
"No. I'm looking for information." Mario's head shakes.
"I suggest the back room, left of myself." The waiter tells him.
Mario goes there. Several different creatures are around, and many broken jukeboxes sit by an old door.
"Huh? Who's this?" A boo with Igbooi written on his cap says abruptly.
"You dimwit, it's the famous Mario!" An eccentric little bom-omb declares.
"Anyone know of a Clarise?" Mario is searching about the room to try and spot her.
"Don't vacuum my aunt!" Igbooi blurts out.
"Uh, how about somebody not of the living dead?" A rather stern Mario.
"Professor Kcuhc might know. His family kicked him out because he wouldn't play football." Igbooi points left.
Mario walks over to the weird man. He's of all things, a Chargin' Chuck who grew up deciding to pursue science. He also has poor hearing and eyesight.
"Ah yes! A fruit box, goomba powder, and a coffin..." Kcuhc's focused on an experiment.
"Excuse me." Mario is waiting.
"It doesn't work. Maybe this nebula spray is too small?" Kcuhc notices him. "If I'll be a scientist, the Mario has arrived."
"Do you know..." Mario gets interrupted quickly.
"Yes, you're looking for a perso-whatchacallum?" The professor often is forgetful too.
"Person." Mario can't stand this man.
"Exactly what I said. Postulate yourself into the box." Kcuhc says.
"Are you trying to be funny?" Mario's stare of concern has no effect.
"Into the box goes you!" A stubborn Kcuhc insists.
Mario shrugs, following that order. Kcuhc then raises the coffin on it's end, dabs powder on top, and puts Mario inside his box up top.
"Yuck! What's this slimy goo?" Mario's very mad now.
"Pipe down. My adhesive mixture has exceeded maximum usage, it's a substitute." The odd professor has to explain.
"Let me out!" Mario, struggling.
"If you say so." Kcuhc sprays his invention, then lights the powder with a match. "It won't hurt at all."
"Oh boy..." The appearance of Mario's face is shocking.
He gets launched through an open window, into a front yard. It's kept nice. Green shrubs and well trimmed grass. No injuries occur.
"What's that loud noise? A cannon?" Somebody says from inside the house.
"Should I come in?" Mario asks.
"Alright, I'll be there in one second." The person isn't prepared for visitors.
Mario sits down. Soon, an absolutely gorgeous woman comes out of her washroom dressed in just a large towel. Silky almond hair, gentle curves, with smooth skin too.
"Sorry for not getting ready." She kindly takes a chair.
"Um, yeah. I'm trying to find a Clarise or something." Mario is stunned. Never before has he drawn eyes on perfection as the woman next to him is.
"That's me!" Clarise says happily.
"I get it. Your letter came, and I'm on a quest from that stupid King." Mario isn't sure what he should do.
"You don't seem like it was a nice event." Clarise, stating the obvious.
"Not at all! Stolen mushrooms, then an oddball professor." Mario mentions.
His eyes roll upon thinking of how strange the journey is.
"I thought if anybody could make this trip, you'd discover a way." An impressed Clarise.
"Found more details on those mysterious people? Mario asks, in the hope she'll leave him alone.
"A little. First, I'll..." She draws closer, giving an unexpected kiss. Mario is frozen by the surprise.
"I didn't mean for this outcome." Clarise is disappointed about how he reacts.
"Get your will ready!" Mario, now clearly angry.
"You wouldn't dare." The look on Clarise's face seems to hold confusion.
"Quit it! I'm not out for women." A stern Mario explains.
"How about another try?" Clarise asks, swallowing one mushroom.
"Where'd that come from?" Mario's shocked.
"It was dropped outside, in a trail of crumbs." Clarise's changing the subject.
"My thief must be klutzy." Mario laughs at this statement.
"Stolen mushrooms? It's likely related to those jerks digging everywhere." Clarise's looking around.
"I think we're after the same enemy." On a spark of brilliance, Mario says this.
"Possibly, they're rather loud." Clarise wants the conversation to end.
She gets up. Her marvelous figure is even more impressive when she's standing.
"That's all?" Mario, also out of his chair.
"I've been training at Jinx's martial arts place and..." Clarise's words are cut off.
"Forget it! You're not a hero!" Mario is furious.
The two stare at each other, speechless.
"Why?" Clarise has a sad look on her face.
"The King sent me, you'll botch up things." Mario, wondering if she's mean at heart.
"No. Don't be so fast." An unrelenting Clarise says.
Mario attempts to walk toward the door, but is bashed with a towel.
"I said I'm going!" Clarise states with valor.
"How come you aren't, um, indecent?" Mario thought this action would reveal more than he wanted to see.
"I was holding another one just in case." She tells him.
"Ow, right! Wear something else." Mario's nose stings from the blow.
"But I'm a..." Clarise has few words left.
"Let them poke fun at you." Mario is teasing her.
He makes funny faces to add further insult.
"Nope. I don't feel like it." An unusually resistant tone of Clarise's.
"Your loss." Mario isn't sure what to do.
"Yeah, I'm so stylish!" Clarise, who briefly entered her bedroom to change into a sports top and tiny skirt.
Mario takes a breath of embarrassment, wondering how to deal with this odd woman.
"Let's head them off at the mines." She suggests.
"What for? I doubt we'll find much." Mario's now bored.
"If it's Wario, he might be there to grab treasure. We should hurry." Clarise reminds him of their goal.
"I can't refuse?" Mario decided to ask.
"Maybe that lazy King won't care, the Queen might though." An intelligent comment of Clarise's.
"Never mind. I'll take you instead." Mario doesn't like anyone in the royal family.
Clarise blushes, having a major crush. The two heroes go outside.
"Such an obsession! Where's Luigi?" Mario'd nearly forgotten about that.
The spare towel gets swung at him again. However, it misses.
"Whoa... Feisty gal, huh?" He says while laughing.
"You'll be-a pasta!" Clarise, with a fake accent.
"Sure, the world depends on me." Mario's impatient.
"They finally leave Clarise's property, heading to the ruined mining compound."
Wackiness will occur next time. A mysterious creature has appeared, with unknown intent. Harilious antics are bound to follow. That is, if Mario can keep his own life in check.