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Toad's Diary, Week 5
Week 5, Day 1:
No one's officially babysitting, but Mario took the matter into his own hands today. He tried teaching the babies how to cook pasta. Specifically, he only let the babies pour out the type of pasta they wanted. Baby Mario ended up opening all the boxes and Baby Luigi dumped their contents everywhere. This made a huge mess, and Mario and I had to clean it up.
Luigi came back from emptying the mailbox as we cleaned up the kitchen, and he was so shocked that he dropped the letters at the door. Those spilt everywhere, too. We all had to pick everything up in the end, and that took a long time.
After Mario poured some macaroni in what remained of his boiling water (and the babies eagerly looked in the pot), Luigi and I checked the letters.
Bills…bills…a random letter from the Koopa Kingdom…a random letter from the Beanbean Kingdom…a coupon from E. Gadd…more bills…a letter from Peach that isn't directed specifically to me…a parcel…ooh, something for me! Too bad there's only one, but at least that's better than none.
We opened the parcel (which came from Sarasaland Air Mail) first. It initially looked like a bunch of dried roses, but they immediately collapsed into dust and scattered everywhere. The whole place smelled like roses, and that scent was very strong. Baby Mario started complaining about the new smell. Is the bouquet that ancient?
I opened my letter separately. Great, it's an invitation to Feel T.'s party for his 24th birthday! I'll come to the castle next week, since that's where he'll be hosting it.
Luigi showed me the letter from Peach. It read:
To Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Toad, Yoshi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi:
I'm safe for now. I took the flight to Lavalava Island and successfully made the connecting flights to Yoshi Island and Isle Delfino. I'm at the Key Atolls for now, but I'll be going over to Keelhaul Key and Tropical Isle in the tour I'm taking.
So far, I don't think there's any big adventure that Mario (or Luigi) must be in. I also have a pretty low chance of being kidnapped in this tour, but you never know.
I'll be back in three weeks if all goes well. Tell the kids this, okay?
Sincerely,
Peach
That's good. At least Peach will have a lower chance of being kidnapped. I hope Bowser doesn't abduct her in the tour.
I remembered that I had to go to the MKA Council decisions meeting at 5:00 PM today, so I drove there and arrived on time. There were some Toads, Yoshis, Koopa Troopas, and Lakitus in the meeting. Lakicyrus was also there, to everyone's glee.
We discussed a few things, such as the scoring system, how many karts everyone would have, and how many people would fit in a kart. We decided on the scoring system from last tournament, three karts a person, and that each kart would only fit one person.
It's a long but good day today. I think I'll go to bed now…
Week 5, Day 2:And guess what? Mario's babysitting! He's only babysitting after school, of course. What a long day before the babies come…
I decided to kill some time by visiting my family. After all, it is a weekly tradition. However, this weekly tradition tends to play out the same way every day.
And guess what? It did! Dame T.'s usual, Little T.'s grumbling, but Toadsworth's out, of course. It's just yet another day…and a boring one, at that.
As you could probably tell from that last sentence, Mario's babysitting was uneventful. Nothing went wrong and nothing went extremely right. At least that's better than a disaster…
Week 5, Day 3:Luigi's babysitting, of course, but he can't baby-sit until the babies come back. In the meantime, we have a Living Grass infestation to deal with. At least it isn't a Monty Mole infestation, but I almost wish the Monty Moles would control the Living Grass population.
Mario went out plumbing today, so Yoshi, having the good sense that he does, took out a lawn mower and drove it over the Living Grass. The grass blades scattered everywhere. They got in my eyes and actively started jabbing at them. Ow! That hurts! No wonder they're called Living Grass.
Yoshi didn't seem affected, though. He didn't want to scoop up all the leftover blades of grass, so he just left it all there…which was a dumb decision. The grass blades assembled themselves into a stream and aimed straight at me. They hit their mark. I now have numerous nicks in my face and arms. At least they only look like paper cuts. Hopefully, no one will notice.
After they shot themselves at Yoshi, at least they got scooped up in a garbage bag. Yoshi finally learned that Living Grass shouldn't be left alone. Thank goodness he also tied up the bag and threw it away!
Now, for that Monty Mole infestation…
Week 5, Day 4:Peach's supposed to be babysitting, but since she's gone, Daisy's taking her job. And she does it pretty well.
I went to the castle today. I saw that Way T., Par T., Mee T., and Ahr T. got to the wine barrels, and they were drinking out of them like crazy. Ahr T.'s the alcoholic, so I can't blame him if he wants wine, but Mee T., Par T., and Way T. don't drink often. What were they doing?
Edithbourne was within sight, and he didn't look too happy. Apparently, he didn't like that sight either, and he was expressing his disapproval. I did too. Who wastes that much good wine?
I met Acamis, and he was visiting his father Camys, who in turn was visiting his father Cameron. Amazing, Acamis's grandfather is still alive? Both of mine are long dead.
Camys was giving Acamis tips of how to be a good court jester (admittedly, this job isn't very needed anymore), while Cameron was working on another painting of the courtyard. I guess family time is always good…
Come to think of it, I guess my family time doesn't tend to turn out well. Maybe I should connect with them more meaningfully…
Week 5, Day 5:Daisy is babysitting today. Not much happened before the babies came back, but they sure had interesting things to say.
I know Baby Mario said, "We had some sort of sports day today. We threw water balloons at each other…"
Baby Luigi then howled, "You pelted those at me! Hey!"
Baby Mario then replied, "You pelted me with one first."
Baby Luigi then remarked, "Did not!"
Baby Mario then countered, "Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
And it all collapsed into a fight. Daisy had to control their quarrel by the end of it. At least it stopped, thank goodness.
I was thinking of giving Baby Mario and Baby Luigi little trinkets as random treats, but I guess I'll have to save that for later…
Week 5, Day 6:I'm babysitting today. At least it's a school day, which means less mayhem for me. Then again, I do enjoy those kids.
The kids came back, so I gave them some books and let them read them. They read them, but they soon got bored and asked for more. I let them read more books, but they still got bored. Then they started reaching for the more advanced books. I sighed, but I let them grab them and read them. They must like that sort of stuff…
I cooked dinner today. It's salmon from the freezer with some spices. I also cooked some vegetables. Apparently, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi liked the food. At least they're not picky.
The babies were surprisingly well behaved today, that I've got to admit. Still, it's pretty late. Time to go to bed…
Week 5, Day 7:Yoshi's babysitting today, and it's the weekend. Feel T.'s birthday party's coming up, and I'd better remember it.
Of course, the babies paid some attention to their Chain Chomps, and I saw them again today. They were riding them into the forest. I wonder what they'll do there…
Apparently, Yoshi was supervising them. He said that the Chain Chomps decided to eat some foxes for lunch. They made chase, hunting them down and giving the babies a wild ride in the process. They sure looked battered after that hunt.
I also saw Baby Mario and Baby Luigi lugging their Chain Chomps home, or at least as close to home as anyone would let them. I don't know why…but I'm not sure whether I want to bother to ask. Must be a tough day for the Chain Chomps and the babies. Poor Yoshi, though! If their day was that tough, he probably didn't like it at all…
Well, at least the babies don't meet their Chain Chomps that often.