It's time for another exciting installment of Paper Loud House! This time, our protagonists are going to face Roy Koopa onboard his airship...but of course, it's going to be guarded. One of the guardians is the Tower Power Pokey. Do you remember it from Paper Mario Sticker Star? I figured I would include it as one of Roy Koopa's cohorts.
I actually uploaded a fanfic on Mother's Day...ironic, eh? Maybe I'll upload a fanfic on Father's Day someday.
Chapter 21: Mamar's Day
"Roy's got to be on this airship somewhere..." noted Lincoln.
Mario nodded. When they found Roy, it would be best for them to prepare for a fight. After all, Roy was big and strong.
Fortunately, they had defeated one of the Koopalings already, so they knew at some level what to expect.
However, as soon as they began their search for Roy, they realized that they had company.
Apparently, there were Rocky Wrenches onboard the ship. Clearly they were working for Roy Koopa. Since this was an airship, it made sense that there would be mechanics onboard.
"For some strange reason people keep comparing us to Monty Moles..." noted one of the Rocky Wrenches.
"Do we really look like them?" inquired another Rocky Wrench. Personally he didn't really see the resemblance. Did they have shells on their backs or manholes on their heads? Not to his knowledge, they didn't.
The first Rocky Wrench shrugged. Now that he thought of it, most Monty Moles weren't mechanics, either.
Suddenly, they spotted Mario and Lincoln.
"Oh no! It's Mario!" exclaimed the Rocky Wrenches. He must be there for the Star Spirit.
Well, they couldn't simply give it to him. Bowser wouldn't be happy with them if they made Mario's adventure too easy for him.
Immediately, they pulled out their wrenches and began to fight them.
To be honest, they were a bit surprised that the Rocky Wrenches were actually fighting them instead of working on the airship. Then again, they were enemies in Color Splash, so perhaps it wasn't too surprising.
As soon as they saw the party, they began to throw wrenches at them.
"It seems that this airship is a bit more defended than Larry's airship was..." noted Lisa.
"They're using wrenches? That's my idea!" exclaimed Lana.
Lincoln nodded. It seemed that the later they fought the Koopaling, the more defended their airship would be. Luckily, this was only the second one.
The Rocky Wrenches continued tossing wrenches, forcing them to take cover.
"What should we do?" suggested Lincoln. If they tried to approach, chances are they would take a wrench to the face.
Fortunately, Goombario knew what to do.
"Try using Kooper!" suggested Goombario.
Mario nodded, kicking Kooper towards the Rocky Wrenches.
The Rocky Wrenches gasped in shock.
They were knocked over like dominoes.
"Aargh!" exclaimed the Rocky Wrenches. Why did Mario have to be strong? You'd think that a plumber wouldn't be so experienced in combat.
"Yahoo!" exclaimed Mario. He had received a lot of Star Points for taking down all those Rocky Wrenches.
Why were they called Rocky though? He didn't see how they had anything to do with rocks.
However, reinforcements were already on the way.
In this case, it was Charging Chucks, who were literally charging towards them.
"Charge!" exclaimed the Charging Chuck captain.
"Is Roy a football fan?" asked Bombette. There certainly were a lot of Charging Chucks on the airship, just as there were several Rocky Wrenches.
"I don't know but I don't think we want them to hit us..." noted Lincoln.
Lisa nodded. They seemed big and strong, much like Roy Koopa himself.
Sure enough, Goombario was trampled by the Koopa Football Players.
"Ow ow ow!" shouted Goombario, who was bruised all over.
The Charging Chucks then followed by tossing footballs at Lana.
"Ouch!" shouted Lana. If only Lynn were there to fight them. Surely she would know how to deal with some Koopa football players. She was simply the best at football.
"You'd think that they would be playing football instead of fighting us..." questioned Goombario.
"Whatever makes an efficient soldier, I guess." answered Parakarry.
Perhaps if they knocked off those football helmets, they would be more vulnerable to assault.
Lincoln kicked Kooper towards the Charging Chucks, knocking off their helmets.
"Alright! Now we can do some damage!" exclaimed Lincoln.
The Charging Chucks looked worried. It seemed that they had lost their advantage in defense.
Well, at least they still had strength in numbers, right?
Mario proceeded to jump on the Charging Chucks, taking out some of them.
The rest threw footballs at Lucy and Parakarry. Where exactly was the referee, anyway?
"Ow." said Lucy.
"Ouch!" exclaimed Parakarry.
"Touchdown!" shouted the Charging Chucks.
Luckily, he didn't drop any of his mail. If it fell off the airship, who knows where it would end up.
Bombette exploded in front of the Charging Chucks...and that was the last of them.
Mario and Lincoln continued through the airship.
Unfortunately for them, it seemed that Roy had Chain Chomps guarding the airship.
As soon as they saw them, they began to snap their jaws.
"Bark bark bark bark!" exclaimed the Chain Chomps. It seemed that they didn't like plumbers too much.
Either that, or they were miffed about being chained to wooden poles. Most Chain Chomps were chained to them.
"How are we going to get past these guys?" asked Lincoln. He wasn't looking forward to being bitten.
"Leave them to me." answered Lana.
Lana pulled out a dog whistle.
The Chain Chomps looked at the whistle with curiosity.
She blew on it and the Chain Chomps were pacified. They all began to pant.
"Yes!" cheered Lincoln.
"I think I'll keep one of these for myself..." noted Lana.
"You sure about that?" inquired the boy.
"Trust me...I know my way with animals." remarked the girl.
"Whatever you say." answered Lincoln. Now that Lincoln thought of it, Lana did have an awful lot of pets back home. Where did she get so many animals anyway? She particularly seemed to enjoy reptiles and amphibians.
Currently, the Chain Chomp that Lana was carrying was sleeping.
However, they encountered a more powerful opponent.
It was the Tower Power Pokey. He had been a normal Pokey until Kamek had given him a powerful sticker. And no, this wasn't Bowser's doing. He wasn't responsible for all the bosses that Mario and Lincoln were fighting believe it or not.
"You shall not pass!" exclaimed the Tower Power Pokey. "Seriously, don't try it. I'm covered with bristles. If you try to jump on me, you'll only get hurt!"
"You're probably too big for us to jump on anyway." noted Goombario.
"Huh. I never thought of that." remarked the giant Pokey.
"That's one big Pokey!" exclaimed Lincoln. How did it fit on that airship anyway? He was under the impression that such a giant would weigh the airship around. But apparently the airship was rather durable.
"You think we can take it down?" asked Kooper.
"Well, we've managed to beat regular Pokeys..." noted Goombario. Perhaps they could beat this one, regardless of his size.
"True." nodded Lana.
"I've had enough of these Pokeys." remarked Lola. Why couldn't they fight a different enemy for a change? Surely Bowser's army had more variety than this.
The Tower Power Pokey launched a body segment at Mario, who quickly hammered it back at the Tower Power Pokey.
"I find it a tad strange that I'm using my own body segments as a weapon...but whatever works I guess. I better be careful not to make myself fall apart though..." noted the Tower Power Pokey. He didn't want to spend his life living as just a head.
Unfortunately for the Tower Power Pokey, the body segment ended up hitting him in the face.
He almost fell backwards, but he kept his balance.
"Whoa! That was a close one! Perhaps I should change tactics..." noted the Pokey.
The Tower Power Pokey proceeded to launch his bristles at the party.
"Ow!" exclaimed Lola. That one hit her on the cheek.
"Ouch!" shouted Lana. That one hit her in the stomach.
"Tremble before the power of my sticker!" shouted the Tower Power Pokey.
However, Mario hit the Tower Power Pokey with his hammer, and the Pokey was knocked over.
The Tower Power Pokey gasped in shock.
Bombette then exploded on the Tower Power Pokey's head.
"Ouch! That really hurt!" exclaimed the magically empowered Pokey.
Quickly, the Tower Power Pokey regathered himself. He had been worried for a second there.
Perhaps it would be best if he did not take on Mario and Lincoln alone.
This time, he summoned some Pokeys to join the fray.
"You called for us, your majesty?" asked the Pokeys.
"I'm being attacked by a pesky plumber and a bunch of girls! I require assistance!" exclaimed the giant Pokey.
"Yes my liege!" exclaimed the orange cacti.
"More Pokeys?" questioned Lincoln.
"I'll pull out my wrench." answered Lana.
Lana did just that.
She proceeded to whack the Pokeys, causing them to fall over.
"Oh no!" exclaimed the Pokeys.
Lisa then shot them with her gun, causing them to burst into Star Points.
Lola then hit the Tower Power Pokey with her car.
He collapsed once again.
"Aargh! I've fallen and I can't get up!" exclaimed the enormous Pokey.
This was just not his day.
Mario then whacked the Tower Power Pokey on the head with a hammer, and then he went down.
"I've been dethroned! Then again Roy has always been in charge of me even if I'm supposed to be a king..." remarked the Pokey.
Sometimes life worked in weird ways.
They received a lot of Star Points for defeating the Tower Power Pokey.
"Alright! I feel stronger!" exclaimed Lincoln.
"So do I." nodded Lucy.
"Is that a warp pipe up ahead?" inquired Lisa.
Sure enough, there was a warp pipe up ahead.
Apparently, that was where Roy was.
They decided to climb down it.
Roy was waiting for them.
"So, you want my Star Spirit? You'll have to defeat me first! Too bad I'm too strong for you losers!" exclaimed Roy.
Lily threw her rattle at Roy's face.
"Ow!" shouted Roy. For a baby Lily was really strong.
Roy retaliated by punching Parakarry in the face.
"Ow!" exclaimed Parakarry. Roy certainly packed a surprising amount of strength behind his attacks.
"Why are you sending a mailman to fight me?" inquired Roy. Surely Mario could do better than that.
However, Goombario hit Roy on the head with a headbonk.
"Agh!" shouted Roy.
He then proceeded to jump into the air.
As soon as he landed, he created a shockwave.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Lincoln. Good thing he was capable of flight.
However, the same couldn't be said for his other party members other than Parakarry.
After being hit by the shockwave, Lily felt dizzy.
She threw up on the floor.
"Ugh! That's disgusting!" exclaimed Roy.
The rest of the party members regained their footing.
Roy proceeded to charge at the party.
He hit Mario in the face.
"Oof!" exclaimed Mario.
However, Lana's Chain Chomp bit him on the arm.
"My arm! Wait, is that one of my Chain Chomps?" inquired Roy.
He wondered why one of them would ever betray him. Was he not feeding him enough?
Lucy zapped Roy with a spell.
"Ouch!" shouted the bully.
In retaliation, he attempted to punch Lucy...
...but she suddenly burst into a puff of smoke.
"Don't tell me Lucy bailed on us..." stated Lincoln.
However, he got the feeling that Lucy had not in fact bailed on them.
"Where'd she go?" asked Roy.
"Boo." said Lucy.
Roy gasped in shock.
Lucy then proceeded to zap him with magic.
"Ouch!" exclaimed Roy. That lightning really hurt.
Lucy then followed by hitting him with her broomstick.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" bellowed the bully.
In retaliation, Roy started spinning in his shell.
He ended up hitting Kooper and Bombette.
However, Bombette exploded, knocking Roy out of his shell.
"Grr..." said Roy.
Roy summoned some Bob-Ombs.
However, Roy's plan had a flaw. It seemed that the Bob-Ombs were infatuated with Bombette. It wasn't too surprising how cute she was. Why was she pink anyway? It seemed that most Bob-Ombs were black as ink. Those that were working for Bowser anyway.
Instead of igniting their fuses, they simply stood there, marveling at Bombette's beauty.
"Oh c'mon!" exclaimed Roy. He needed to find better help. Maybe that way Mario and Lincoln wouldn't get past his defenses.
Roy dismissed the Bob-Ombs and summoned some Charging Chucks.
"Much better." remarked the Koopaling.
The Charging Chucks charged towards the party.
"Charge!" exclaimed the Charging Chucks.
However, Lucy turned them into Goombas.
"Noo!" exclaimed the Goombas.
"What's so bad about being a Goomba?" questioned Goombario.
Lily shrugged. Then again, she was the one who had defeated the Goomba King.
The Goombas cried and left the airship on parachutes. At least they would change back. Lucy's curse spells only worked temporarily.
Roy Koopa growled and created a shockwave again.
However, Lucy shocked him with lightning.
"Ow! Ow!" exclaimed Roy Koopa.
Lucy then tossed a pumpkin bomb at Roy.
"Oh no..." said the Koopa.
Roy Koopa was sent flying out the window.
"Yes! We did it!" exclaimed Lola.
Shortly afterwards, Mamar was released from her card prison.
"Thank you for saving me." stated Mamar.
"You're welcome!" exclaimed Lincoln.
Elsewhere...
Roy rubbed his head. He had received quite a beating.
Curious, he noticed that he was on train tracks of some kind.
"Huh?" asked Roy.
At that very moment, the train began to move.
"Oh no..." said the Koopa.
Roy was sent flying by the train, causing him to crash straight into the L'il Oinks pig pen.
He landed straight into a puddle of mud.
"Oh man!" exclaimed Roy Koopa.
Well, at least he had survived.
Well, it seems that Roy Koopa has been defeated. Now they have two Star Spirits instead of simply one. Now it's time for them to find the third one...but the catch is...the guardian of the Star Spirit is invincible! Or is he? Perhaps Peach and Clyde can discover the truth of his invincibility. Surely there's some sort of weakness that they can exploit, right?
Since the library is the best place to find information, Peach and Clyde shall be heading there. However, Bowser's minions are guarding Peach's Castle so they'll have to be sneaky.