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Toad's Diary, Week 4
Week 4, Day 1:As usual, no one's babysitting. However, Luigi decided to take that job into his own hands today. He took the babies to Minty Gardens, or so I heard from him. I haven't heard from him yet.
Today was one of everyone's last Super Smash Bros: Melee bouts, so I had to go with Peach and act as a meat shield again. We had to fight Princess Zelda, Ness, and Samus this time. I don't know how they can afford the airfare, but I sure can't afford the medical costs if it keeps up like this.
Anyway, it was a surprisingly good day as a meat shield, because I didn't get hit particularly badly. Then again, we lost most of our fights. At least I took less than 100 damage this time, which is probably a miracle! I usually take around 150 damage a fight.
I also cleaned out the mailbox today. Apparently, Yoshi wasn't doing his job last week, so the mailbox was filled past the brim. Parakarry was complaining that he couldn't fit any more mail into our box today, so he passed his mail directly to me.
Bills…bills…Yoshi's friends…more bills…accident reports involving Chompy and Chainer…Daisy's parents…Bootler (whoever he is)…someone paying Mario interest for his last plumbing job because she couldn't pay the money immediately…ooh, a letter for me! At least today's mail is more interesting than last time.
I took the letters back to Mario. It took a while, as I was still aching from my last bout in this Super Smash Bros. tournament.
We fished through the letters again in Mario's house. Surprisingly, I got two letters for me, and not just one like I noticed at the mailbox. I opened both of them.
The first one was from the Mario Kart Association. I always like racing, so I opened it first.
To Toad, a junior member of the MKA Council,
You have been accepted into our latest Mario Kart tournament. It is Mario Kart DS! You will be racing alone this time. Unlike last time, we will provide the karts, so you don't have to buy any. You will also be provided with at least two karts for yourself (we haven't specified the exact number yet).
Our esteemed member, Lakicyrus, has found many courses everyone wants to try, including the unique Tick-Tock Clock. Do you want to race on them for a sneak peek?
We have also considered everyone's suggestions for courses for our Retro Category. Two of your suggestions have been accepted. They are Mushroom Bridge and Choco Mountain. We hope you like these courses, because you'll be racing on them often.
We have many new items for everyone, including Bloopers, Bullet Bills, and more! We are proud to say that your Golden Mushrooms have been accepted again as speed boosts for this tournament. However, everyone will be able to use them, unlike last time.
We also ranked the results from last tournament, which was the Mario Kart: Double Dash one. You won the Grand Prix division again! Yes, we know it is the third one in a row. However, Luigi won the Battle division. We have also sent out a letter to Luigi, partially for this purpose.
Since you are a junior member of our MKA Council, you will be invited to our next decisions meeting at 5:00 PM, exactly one week from today. Please come. Bring snacks.
We hope you have a good week.
Sincerely,
The Mario Kart Association (MKA)
After reading that letter, I opened the second envelope, which was from the Super Smash Bros. Organization. It read:
To Toad,
You have been accepted as a fighting member in our latest tournament: Super Smash Bros: Revolution! We have scoured the polls in the Mushroom Kingdom, the Koopa Kingdom, Hyrule, Dinosaur Planet, Hoenn, Kanto, the USA, and Japan. Apparently, the public supports you, so you are in. Please bring any weapons you may want to use.
Since you were meat shield to Peach last tournament, we have notified Princess Peach that she needs to think of a new combat move. You will not be Peach's meat shield in this tournament.
We hope you are willing to fight in this tournament. If you cannot participate, please let us know.
Bring the fight on!
From the Super Smash Bros. Organization
Those were some interesting letters. At least I've been accepted into some of the new tournaments!
I heard from Daisy that school for the babies would start on Wednesday. They'll be in kindergarten, so they are in the AM class. At least that takes some of the stress off babysitting.
I also heard from Peach that she'd be taking her vacation on Friday, two days after the babies are in school. I hope Daisy won't have to baby-sit three days out of six again.
Sheesh, what a lot of stuff I heard about today…I know I have a big head, but I don't think my head's big enough to fit all this.
Week 4, Day 2:It's golf again! And I'm caddy! That always stinks, as I golf pretty well with my attendant buddies. Then again, it's always fun to drive the golf kart and hear what swears everyone has to offer (Mario cusses surprisingly often whenever he goes golfing).
We went through the Lakitu Cup, which was pretty easy, but I still heard quite a lot of cussing and taunting. Here are some of the best lines from this round of golf:
"I hate this game!" –Yoshi
"Lay an egg, will you?" –Birdo
"Mamma—Dang! (Omitted expletive)!" –Mario
"If I get a bogey again, I'll eat my son!" –Bowser
"You're not eating me, Pops!" –Bowser Jr., immediately after the above line
"Oh, I'm-a number-a one! Who's gonna beat me now?" –Luigi
"…I did." –Koomar (the sporty Koopa Troopa), immediately after the above
"(Sings the tune of "Witch Doctor" to the syllable "Ooh")" –Diddy Kong
"You're the best…at making bogeys!" –Waluigi, to Wario
"(Series of omitted curses)" –Wario, immediately after his third bogey
I've gotten better lines from past cups.
I know Mario was supposed to baby-sit today, but the kids did unexpectedly well in his absence. They didn't trash any part of our household, unlike the time when Baby Luigi bashed down the garage door. At least Mario did a good job for the rest of the day.
I visited my family (again) today. Toadsworth's usual, Dame T. (my mom)'s usual, and Little T.'s usual. It's almost getting to be a pain. I wish my visits with them were more interesting.
Week 4, Day 3:
Luigi's babysitting, and it's the babies' first day of school! I wasn't around for that, but Baby Luigi said it was fun when he came back. Baby Mario disagreed. At least they didn't quarrel or fight.
We attendants held a small badminton tournament today. Acamis, Edithbourne, Ellesweet, Spore T., Randulo, and the Yatz twins were there, so that made for an easy-to-format tournament. We all played singles to 15, so no one would conflict (or so everyone thought).
I played against Randulo first. He wasn't too good at badminton, so I easily won. After that, I had to play against Spore T. Though he apparently practiced (he was certainly better than last time), I still won.
When I went to play my final game in the tournament, I noticed everyone (even the booted-out contestants) was crowding around one particular game. From what I could see and hear, the Yatz twins were arguing about whether the birdie was in or out. They were bickering for a couple minutes, so everyone was getting pretty anxious. Eventually, Acamis had to end the feud by making them redo the rally.
The elder Yatz twin won (both the rally and the game), so I had to play against him for my final game. That game took forever (we two are pretty evenly matched in badminton), but I managed to squeeze in a win.
After the badminton tournament, we heard that Peach was going to take Toadsworth (and him only) to her latest vacation. She was also going to somewhere in the Lavalava Archipelago. At least if they took us, she'd have better security, right?
Only one more whole day before Peach takes that vacation. I hope she doesn't get kidnapped again…
Week 4, Day 4:Peach is squeezing in her last day of babysitting for a couple weeks (or months, depending on whether she's kidnapped in the trip or not). The babies seemed sad to hear that she's leaving so soon, but they've handled Peach's kidnappings many times before. I hope they won't have to go through one again…
Ack, it's boredom, boredom, and more boredom today, so there isn't much to write here. I'll write some more tomorrow.
Week 4, Day 5:And Peach is taking her vacation today! All of us attendants (besides Toadsworth, who went with her) had to see her go in the Mushroom City Airport on a flight to Lavalava Island. We're all hoping that she isn't gone for too long.
After that, we all discussed the last time that we went on vacation. That time, all of us went to Isle Delfino in the famous Sunshine incident. Besides the attendants in the day before yesterday's badminton tournament, there was Fleur T., Hart T., Dane T., Feel T., Wort T., and Shore T.! Those guys are always fun to be with. That trip would have been our biggest bash ever if it weren't for Bowser Jr.'s mischief with sludge. Ah well, at least Peach learned how to wash clothes by hand during that trip.
I think the rest of the attendants (besides Acamis, Spore T., the Yatz twins, and me) are wondering what jobs they'll have while Peach is on her holiday. I'm still going to have to baby-sit the babies. Acamis also has the post of court jester and editorial comic cartoonist for the Mushroom City Daily, so he'll be busy doing that. And the Yatz twins and Spore T. will be making their way into the sports circuits. I wonder how far the Yatz twins will go in the badminton tournaments…
As for Daisy's job babysitting, she took good care of the babies after their kindergarten class. She also told Yoshi and me that she'd be splitting her babysitting duties with us in case Mario and Luigi are gone. That means two days with Daisy, two days with Yoshi, and two days with me. At least that'll be more interesting.
Week 4, Day 6:I'm babysitting today. The babies wanted a tour of the castle (they only get to visit it about once every few weeks, though), so I took them there. I led them to a lot of rooms, but they (unsurprisingly) liked the children's playroom best. I left them there while I talked to the attendants.
As far as I heard from Hart T. (he's a fairly good friend of mine), the Yatz twins won most of their badminton games and are now in the municipal competitions. Spore T. tried tennis and got fairly far in the Short and Small division.
I also visited Acamis while the babies were in the playroom. He was working on a new editorial comic when I came. I asked where he got the idea, and he said he was doing another "Peach-on-vacation" comic. He said that he would do a "Mario-shoots-the-moon" one tomorrow. I think that one will be unique.
After that, I picked up the babies. They said it was their best trip to the palace ever. I hope all their trips there are as good as this one.
Week 4, Day 7:Yoshi's babysitting today, and it just happened to coincide with another invasion of Monty Moles. So, Yoshi took the babies out and showed them how to handle Monty Moles. He twined his tongue, squirted water, and threw eggs at them. He expected Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to bring Mario's hammer or something like that.
Instead, the babies whistled for Chainer and Chompy, who promptly started feeding on the Monty Moles and destroying their burrows. All the Monty Moles soon disappeared, but so did Daisy's flower garden—yet again. Poor Daisy!
At least these Chain Chomps are good for something…