In this chapter, our heroes are going to encounter Buzzar...he's a great big bird of prey, and he's guarding the way out of Mt. Rugged. And yes, though he's looking after a nest, he happens to be male. It's quite unusual, isn't it? Maybe his wife left him in charge of the kids.
Anyways, if they want to get to Dry Dry Desert, they'll have to defeat him first. But since he's one strong bird, it's going to take a while. Also, he's not the only only thing that they have to worry about.
Chapter 16: Buzz Off
Unfortunately for Mario, Lincoln, and the others, there were more enemies waiting for them at Mt. Rugged.
On the lighter side, they had the opportunity to gain more Star Points so that they would get stronger. Lucy in particular seemed to be getting a lot stronger now that she was getting the hang of combat like the rest of her siblings.
Suddenly, they were attacked by a Monty Mole Tank.
"Oh no! The Monty Moles are driving vehicles!" shouted Lincoln. Dealing with them might be harder than he thought.
"Like my tank? Roy Koopa gave it to me!" exclaimed the Monty Mole.
"That's one big tank." remarked Lincoln.
Immediately, the Monty Mole Tank charged towards them, running Goombario and Kooper over. Goombario was stunned and Kooper fell down on his shell.
"I fell down!" exclaimed Kooper.
"This happens to you a lot." remarked Bombette.
"How do we stop that tank?" asked Lincoln. It looked to be rather sturdy.
The tank got ready to charge once again.
However, Bombette exploded in front of it, causing the tank to be damaged.
"Grrr! Now I'll have to repair it!" exclaimed the Monty Mole. At least he had some friends that could help him with that.
This time, he tried a different tactic.
Immediately, he launched several Bullet Bills at the party.
Fortunately for Lola, she pulled out a parasol and blocked them, protecting the rest of her comrades.
"See why people compare you to Princess Peach?" asked Lana.
"I'm staring to...still, Princess Peach is way older than I am." answered Lola.
"Maybe you'll grow up to be like Princess Peach?" suggested Lisa.
"Maybe..." questioned Lola.
The Monty Mole attempted to fire more Bullet Bills, but Lily blocked the cannon with her milk bottle.
This caused the cannon to explode.
"Nooooo!" shouted the Monty Mole. There went a lot of the tank's firepower.
This time, he resorted to tossing Bob-Ombs.
However, Lisa used her telekinesis to lift them up.
"What? Why are you flying in midair?" asked the Monty Moles.
"I don't know but I wish I brought a parachute!" exclaimed one of the Bob-Ombs.
She then dropped them on the tank.
The tank exploded, and the Monty Mole was sent flying.
The party received Star Points based on how they participated in the fight.
However, they had more to worry about than just a tank.
"Why are those birds riding flying carpets?" asked Lincoln.
"Huh?" inquired Lily.
"I don't know but I don't think they're too friendly." pointed out Lisa.
One of the Pidgits spotted Mario, and they began to charge.
"It looks like we're up against Pidgits!" exclaimed Goombario. Previously, he had thought that Pidgits were simply part of a dream that Mario had dreamt about one night when he was sleeping at his house.
Unfortunately, since Bowser had the Star Rod, perhaps he found a way to make dreams become real.
Immediately, one of the Pidgits flew towards Mario.
"Ow!" exclaimed Mario.
Since the Pidgits were using flying carpets, they were rather fast.
Another one of the Pidgits pecked Lily.
"Ow!" shouted Lily.
Perhaps they needed to find a way to get them off those carpets.
However, maybe they didn't have to.
At that very moment, Parakarry decided to enter the fray.
"Here's your letter!" exclaimed Parakarry, handing a Pidgit a package.
Curious, the Pidgit decided to open the package to see what was inside.
"I wonder who it's from?" asked the Pidgit.
As it turned out, it was a Bob-Omb.
"Oh no..." murmured the bird. This package must be from Mario.
The Pidgit burst into Star Points as soon as the Bob-Omb exploded.
However, more Pidgits were attacking.
Fortunately, Lucy had an idea as to how to take care of them.
Immediately, she started casting a magic spell.
"I wonder what this does." thought Lucy.
Shortly afterwards, a broomstick appeared.
"I get a broomstick? Huh. Being a witch really has its perks." noted Lucy.
"I guess I'm not the only one that can fly..." noted Lincoln.
Lucy nodded. She always wondered what it would be like to be a witch.
Perhaps now was her chance.
Quickly, Lucy rose up into the sky.
The Pidgits gasped in shock. Since when were there witches at Mt. Rugged?
"Try dumping water on her!" suggested one of the Pidgits.
One of the Pidgits did that.
However, instead of harming her, it simply annoyed Lucy.
"What was that for?" asked Lucy, who was now dripping wet.
"Oh man..." murmured one of the Pidgits. He could have sworn that would have done the trick.
Casting a spell, Lucy turned one of the Pidgit's carpets into a snake.
This did not bode well for the Pidgit at all.
"Aah!" shouted the Pidgit as he crashed into the ground and burst into Star Points.
Lincoln decided to join the fray as well. Lucy was one of his younger sisters so he might as well.
He decided to rise into the sky and join the fight.
"Should we try to get our coins back on these flying carpets?" asked one of the Pidgits. For a moment, it seemed like they would be effective...but unfortunately, it appeared that some of their enemies COULD fly too.
"C'mon, we got a discount!" exclaimed another Pidgit. You'd be surprised how many magic carpets were on sale at the Dry Dry Outpost. There was even a lamp that could be used to grant wishes...of course, considering Bowser had the Star Rod, they probably wouldn't work too well right now.
Lincoln punched one of the Pidgets, making him burst into Star Points.
The other Pidgits flew towards him, but he clapped his hands together to produce a shockwave.
This took care of the other Pidgits.
"Did you get them all?" asked Goombario.
"I think so..." nodded Lincoln.
Of course, there was bound to be more obstacles in their path. Where were all these baddies coming from?
Up ahead were some Rexes.
"Didn't we face those in the Koopa Bros. Fortress?" asked Lincoln.
"This time there seems to be more of them..." noted Lisa.
Fortunately, they knew how to deal with them.
Immediately, Mario stomped on one of the Rex's heads so that he could shrink it.
This was effective, and now the Rex was now easier to deal with.
However, this Rex did not come alone.
Another Rex charged towards Mario and stomped on him.
"Mamamia!" exclaimed Mario.
As a result, he ended up being crumpled.
Lincoln gasped.
"Huh? Oh wait, that's right. Mario's made out of paper in this game..." noted Lisa.
They were going to have to wait for him to get back up again.
Another Rex charged towards Lincoln.
However, Lincoln pushed him back.
Lisa then used her telekinesis to drop a rock on his head, and knock him out cold.
She then shot another Rex with her Duck Hunt gun.
The Rex charged towards Lisa.
Hoerver, Lily whacked the Rex with her baby rattle.
"Hiya!" shouted Lily.
"Ouch!" exclaimed the Rex.
But the Rex was still standing.
"Uh-oh..." murmured the baby.
"Let me give you a boost." stated Lisa.
Fortunately, the more she leveled up, the more concoctions that Lisa could make.
Immediately, she poured a chemical on Lily.
"Lisa? What did we say about experimenting on us?" asked Lincoln. Geo was her guinea pig, not them.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Lola. The last chemical that Lisa had used on her gave her pimples. She wasn't even a teenager yet.
"Relax...this one is safe...and only temporary." answered Lisa.
Lily grew much bigger.
"This reminds me of that horrifying daydream I had..." noted Lincoln. Of course, he had felt much the same way when he got shrunk and Lily took a look at him.
Fortunately, Lily was not planning to eat her brother since she loved him so much, as before.
Other than the size increase, the effects were immediately noticable.
As soon as she whacked another Rex, the Rex got dizzy. He was seeing Starmen.
Unfortunately, Mario couldn't grab them so that he would temporarily become invincible. Still, at least the Rex was vulnerable to attack now.
Lily turned back to normal shortly afterwards.
Mario used Multibounce, and the Rexes were defeated.
Suddenly, a Bub-Ulb sprouted out of the ground.
"Ah, that was a refreshing nap..." said Bub-Ulb.
"Can we help you?" asked Lincoln.
"Huh? Well, if you want you can have my seed. I'm hoping that someone will open a portal to Flower Fields someday so that everyone can enjoy its beauty. You'll need more than one if you want to open a gateway though." explained the Bub-Ulb.
"We'll keep looking for seeds so that we can go to Flower Fields later." nodded Lincoln.
"I'd rather go somewhere gloomy..." said Lucy.
"Funny you should mention that...I have a friend that lives in a rather gloomy place called Forever Forest...I'm not sure why he would want to live in a forest like that but at least it's close to nature..." noted the Bub-Ulb.
"I can totally understand that." said the scary girl.
"Oh. I guess you're into that sort of thing like he is." answered the plant.
After taking the seed from the Bub-Ulb, our heroes continued on.
However, they quickly realized that someone was blocking their progress.
"You there! You're Mario and Lincoln, are you not? Roy sent me to deal with you!" exclaimed Buzzer.
"Uh-oh!" shouted Goombario.
Immediately, Buzzer flew towards Mario and dropped him down.
"Ow!" exclaimed Mario. It was a good thing that he was made out of paper. Otherwise that could have hurt a lot more than it would have otherwise.
He then followed by pecking Lucy.
"Ow." said Lucy.
However, Lola hit Buzzar on the head in retaliation with her frying pan.
"Ouch!" exclaimed Buzzar. Lola hit very hard for a little girl.
in retaliation, he dropped an egg on Lola.
"Grrr!" shouted the princess.
"If he's a dude, then how is he laying eggs?" questioned Lisa. Shouldn't he be a female?
"I don't know. The Mario universe can work in strange ways." answered Lincoln. Of course, Buzzar was not a normal buzzard.
Lana hit Buzzar with a wrench.
"Strange, you look like Mario and Princess Peach...and yet, you're apparently not..." stated Buzzar. Mario was standing right in front of him and Princess Peach was currently high up in the sky.
"We already know that..." answered Lola.
Bombette exploded in Buzzar's face, causing a few feathers to fall off his face.
"So, you want to play hardball? I'll have you know that I have some bird friends..." said Buzzar.
Buzzar let out a screech.
Some Ravens showed up.
One of them sank her claws into Goombario.
"Ow!" exclaimed Goombario.
On the lighter side, the Ravens were rather large to be flying great distances.
Kooper rammed his shell into one of the Ravens.
However, it seemed that the Ravens wouldn't go down that easily.
Another Raven knocked down Kooper. They were strong birds.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Kooper.
Fortunately, Parakarry lifted him up.
"Thanks." said the Koopa.
He then dive bombed the Raven that had attacked Kooper, causing him to burst into Star Points.
Lucy then followed by casting a spell, causing one of the Ravens to turn into a Mini-Raven.
The Mini-Raven panicked and ran away.
Frustrated, Buzzar tried pecking Lucy again. She was causing him too much trouble.
However, Lucy was prepared this time and shot a blast of magic at Buzzar.
"Yeowch!" exclaimed Buzzar.
Lisa then followed by using telekinesis to toss Clefts at Buzzar.
The spikes caused him physical harm.
"Ow! Why couldn't they be Bald Clefts?" questioned Buzzar. At least they didn't have spikes.
Speaking of which, some Bald Clefts showed up to attack the party.
One of the Bald Clefts hit Parakarry.
"Ow! How am I supposed to carry mail when there are monsters attacking me?" asked Parakarry.
"Let me help you hold them off." answered Lucy.
Immediately, Lucy scared the Bald Clefts away.
Buzzar wondered why the Bald Clefts were so cowardly.
Then again, Lucy was rather scary. He wasn't going to flee from her though. Roy Koopa did entrust him with dealing with Mario and Lincoln.
Goombario headbonked Buzzar.
At this point, Buzzar was starting to feel tired.
He launched feathers at Mario and Goombario.
Mario ducked, but the feathers hit Goombario.
Another Raven attempted to attack Lisa.
However, Lisa picked him up using her telekinesis and tossed him at Buzzar.
The Raven burst into Star Points, and Buzzar took even more damage.
"Yes!" cheered Lisa.
However, Buzzar launched an egg on top of Lisa.
"Ow." said Lisa as she collapsed on the ground.
Lincoln gasped.
"Lisa is down!" exclaimed Lincoln.
Lily quickly handed her roommate a Mushroom.
Lisa got back up on her feet.
"Thanks, Lily." stated Lisa. She was going to be finger painting with her later...though she was going to use finger paint to create rather different drawings from Lily.
Parakarry launched himself at Buzzar, and he was defeated.
The Ravens decided to flee.
"Aww, you got me! Well, I guess I'll just have to let you go to Dry Dry Desert, now won't I?" questioned Buzzar.
Mario nodded.
"Just for the record, Dry Dry Desert isn't far from here..." pointed out the buzzard.
Sure enough, Dry Dry Desert was nearby. They could see sand up ahead.
"I guess we should get ready to enter the desert." noted Lincoln.
Lola nodded.
Fortunately, there was a shop nearby that they could use to dress up for the occasion.
"Are you going to visit the desert? Then you had better dress accordingly!" exclaimed a nearby Toad.
Unlike the Toads that lived in Toad Town, this Toad was dressed in a tagelmust and desert clothing. Apparently, he lived at Dry Dry Outpost, which of course was located in Dry Dry Desert.
"This wouldn't be a bad idea." nodded Lincoln.
Lincoln put on a white shirt and green pants.
Likewise, Lisa decided to put on an orange shirt similar to the one that she wore.
Lily's outfit mostly remained the same, but she put on a purple vest that was sleeveless.
Lola put on a purple dress...and of course was wearing a crown on her head. An Egyptian crown.
Lana's outfit remained the same, but now she was dressed in an outfit similar to what Mario looked like when he used a Fire Flower.
Speaking of Mario, he was wearing his Fire Flower outfit too.
Lucy decided to put on an outfit that made her look like a mummy.
"You sure you want to dress up in all those bandages?" asked Goombario.
"It makes me feel so alive...or maybe not." answered Lucy. Goombario probably knew what she meant.
"Anyone else?" asked Lincoln.
"I think we're good." answered Goombario.
Kooper painted his shell white...he would wash it off once they got out of the Dry Dry Desert.
Since they were all ready, they decided to enter the Dry Dry Desert.
However, Roy would not let them reach the ruins so easily.
"So...they defeated Buzzar, now did they? I guess I'll have to send someone else..." answered Roy.
Using his wand, he summoned the Koopa Kids. There were three of them in total. They each had different colored hair and shells so that people could tell them apart.
"Are we playing Mario Party?" asked one of the Koopa Kids. He had a red shell and red hair.
"No, you're fighting Mario and Lincoln!" exclaimed Roy Koopa.
"Awww..." complained the Koopa Kids.
"Where are they?" asked the Koopa Kid with a blue shell and purple hair.
"They're entering the Dry Dry Desert...go look for them." answered Roy.
The Koopa Kids nodded. Roy was counting on them.
Immediately, they ventured into the desert along with Roy Koopa.
Now there's nothing stopping Mario, Lincoln, and their friends and family from entering Dry Dry Desert. However, there are going to be foes waiting for them in the desert as well. Mario and Lincoln better watch their coin purses.
Also, the Koopa Kids have been sent after them. I had one reviewer request this so I figured why not? Of course, the Koopa Kids have only appeared in Mario Party games...but they have been in a lot of them.