A/N: Hey guys, the chapters are going to start getting longer, if people like 'more chapters, less text' then let me know. Just remember that some classes run at the same time as other ones are going on, this way the classes all don't seem to be introductory otherwise it'll take forever to get anywhere, so if I don't cover a class that I said happened in a day it's because it's happening at the same time as another one, but I'll state when this is the case. This way I can make the fic seem a bit more real and smooth without going backwards and forwards through the passage of time using flashbacks if need be.
As may be already obvious, I like to give a few characters and those who surround them a bit of focus, it makes it easier for me to write and develop a story knowing that I've focused on a given character and become familiar with the current problems, joys, and pressure they face. Maybe even the possible relationships (positive and negative) they have with other characters.
In this case I focus mostly on Waffles but I give Vivian and a new comer to this series a bit of treatment too, but although I mention theatre, it won't happen in this chapter, so just no one gets excited about Flurrie making a fool of herself, oh did I say that out loud? Anyway there are also a ton of author notes at the end.
I also admit I'm probably not as well rounded as I really should be to be writing this story, but I'll implement Marioness to cover most of this.
Morning of the first day of the semester
The speed at which the first day of the semester arrived seemed to catch everyone out. On the first day there were not many classes that were going on. Vivian was one of the few who had two classes on the same day, cooking and theatre, however there was a good break in between them and with her new home being not so far away, or she could hang around in the city, it was her call, for the first time in a while she felt that on the most part she only had to answer to herself.
With Beldam, freedom of her tyranny was nothing but a very optimistic dream, when she became involved with Mario while it was a great improvement she was still not entirely in charge of what happened in her life, but that was partly because she wanted to seek the company of others and she was more then willing to travel around and fight at Mario's side.
Now however things had finally settled down, wherever Beldam ended up she would not be bothering her anymore and even if she did, Vivian would give her one chance to explain her presence before using her sister as target practice for the full potential of the fiery jinx. Her abilities had become progressively stronger since she sided with Mario and she continued to improve them even though there was no real need to but occasionally fun opportunities to 'test' her skill would appear, like setting the flames right underneath Waffles making him jump but without setting the chair on fire.
"You okay in there Vivian?" Koops called out, he was waiting in the lounge room while Vivian prepared herself for the day
"Yeah, I'm just in the middle of a few things" Vivian called back, she was partly in a day dream, but there was no rush to get there, she had allowed herself plenty of time.
That was the main thing that had improved for her, prior to meeting Koops… or rather Mario's group as a whole; love was something she had never even thought about. When Beldam found out she cowardly cornered her and made her displeasure obvious. The memories still fresh in her mind.
"I mean, really, Vivian... A Koopa? How could you possibly be interested in such a worthless creature? If you're going to scam anyone, at least let it be someone with something of value..."
On hearing how she continually put down Koops and his species like that, it hurt her, as well as Koops who was listening in at the time. Of course Beldam could not understand the value Koops had to Vivian but it would prove to be her undoing. Later on however she learned there was some irony in this. It was a Koopa who was the main physical force behind a group of four who put an end to the Shadow Queen the first time. Beldam seemed to have either forgotten that fact or more likely she was trying to downplay the possibility that the Koopa species, something so common were potentially stronger the shadow species despite all their magic.
If anything the Koopa was one of the better species to born into, there were so many possibilities of what one could grow up to be, Koopas could even become adept at magic. She wondered if Koops could ever perform magic, and she gave a big smile and tried not to laugh at the image of Koops wearing a Magikoopa robe while still having that bandage and facial expression that makes him stand out. She placed the last book in her bag and she stood up and floated out to the lounge room.
U Goom entrance
Time: 8.47 am
A male bub-ulb walks alone into the main entry at U goom, while his name was Buddy he seemingly came alone. It was rather daunting not only was he starting something entirely new it was in a place where everything was different to the quieter surroundings he had got used to. Goomville and the surrounding areas were quite the opposite. Now however he had a total mental blank to where he was supposed to go next, where did they the cooking class was?
"So where's the class, now I can't remember. Oh no… Mirage, I have to admit, I am a bit nervous" the voice of a girl, she sounded as timid as he was feeling. The bub-ulb turned to see an unusually orange sheeted Duplighost and a white Squeek walking together, obviously they were friends.
"You're hopeless sometimes Duplica, what's the worst that could happen? Do you think the teacher is going to poison everyone?"
Duplica then seemed horrified causing Mirage to roll her eyes but before she could come up with either something reassuring or another sarcastic line a crash was heard from behind them outside the gates.
They turned around and saw a red shelled Koopa had somehow collided into the steel fence outside and fallen to the ground, fortunately not on his shell so he wasn't completely humiliated. The three went over to him.
"Yo AJ, mental note, give more time for the braking zones. Ow… pain"
Buddy gasped in shock "Wow are you alright?"
AJ pushed himself back upright and stood up "Yeah I'll live, where'd the board go…"
"You mean this?" Mirage found the board he was referring to, it seemed to float without anything supporting it from the ground "Is this what I think it is? This is all the rage in the Mushroom Kingdom lately"
AJ accepted it back from Mirage "Yeah I finally got it a few days ago after winning it at an ice hockey game. The problem was that I was Leincartian, so Gadd hadn't released it there yet, but since I'm here now I was able to claim the prize. I am not the most active guy, so this is kinda new to me"
A few thoughts went through Buddy's head, what was Leincartian anyway, he was a Koopa wasn't he or at least he thought so? That didn't matter right now "Hey let me help you a bit" The bub-ulb then released a fragrance in the air, it seemed to calm Duplica's nerves while also healing AJ of the minor injury he did to his hands.
After the effect seemed to set in the Koopa nodded in approval "As much as I've about the bub-ulb species I've never actually seen one before, but I guess Leincart might be a bit too cold for a flower. Most people call me AJ, and you are?"
Now that made more sense, Leincart was merely a place he hadn't heard of "I'm Buddy, what does the AJ stand for?"
"Whatever you want" the Koopa replied in an automated fashion
Mirage gave a slight smile to this answer, he probably got asked all the time.
"I'm Duplica and this is my friend Mirage" Duplica seemed to be in much higher spirits, the nerves had seemingly left her
Mirage looked at the clock that was located on the Maitre Delish tower "Not to be rude, but Duplica and I may be late if we chat for much longer"
As they continued to go in the same direction, without words they realised they'd be sharing the same class.
As Buddy and the others got into the class he saw a yellow spotted Toad whose smile seemed warm and kind, just someone Buddy had hoped for, he heard rumours that the cooking teacher could be rather cold and very strict.
"Just take a seat next to Kora, so we keep everyone together hon" Tayce T. gestured in the general direction where the Crayzee Dayzee was sitting
"Oh right" Buddy quickly found his seat, so many strange things were around him. His classmates were unusual enough on the most part, a shadow girl, a duplighost and of course Kora next to him. The shadow girl he had never even seen or heard of them before, the duplighost Buddy thought only existed in fiction, and the Crayzee Dayzee weren't all that commonly seen in public. The only species that did not seem out place the Squeek and the three Koopas, but even they seemed different.
"So you get to know at least one of your class mates better, for your first task you'll be working in pairs"
Tayce T. split Koops and Vivian up knowing that they were 'very' familiar with one another, pairing Koops with Duplica and Vivian with Kora. Buddy found himself paired with the other Koopa who wasn't AJ, but on getting a better look Buddy realised that more technically this Koopa was more accurately a fire brother. That left Mirage and AJ together, Mirage wondered if Koopfina had a word with Tayce, but she doubted it, it was probably more of a coincidence.
"Hey I'm Flare, I'd shake hands but it's a bit difficult for you"
Buddy smiled "I get that a lot, especially from you Koopas. My name's Buddy"
"Cool, so a bub-ulb huh? I'm curious what could you do with cooking"
"I know where to get the best naturally grown stuff, I always wanted to see and enjoy the end results"
As the class socialised with each other Tayce T. allowed this to go on for about a minute before she went on with the lesson.
"We'll do something rather easy today. All I ask you is to prepare and cook basic Mushroom"
Some of the class looked a bit puzzled, expecting something more difficult
Tayce T. went around the class and handed out the Mushrooms "Now, don't you all give me that look as if this is too trivial to you, so many cooks wonder why their more complicated recipes do not turn out the way they'd like. I am willing to bet most of these cases are the incorrect cooking of the Mushroom ingredient when trying something more complicated and overlooking something as simple as this"
Tayce T. also had another reason for simplifying things, she knew a few had little experience in the field of cooking but this was better as far as she was concerned because in that case they hadn't picked up any bad habits.
Mirage was watching as AJ fished a knife out of the accessory draw and sliced the Mushroom as if he had done so hundreds times, making sure to take off any of the stem and the rough bits and then slicing it into smaller portions. She stopped staring for a moment as she switched on the heat of the frypan rechecking the number matched the one Tayce T. had written up on the whiteboard. After AJ had finished slicing he got a spatula and placed the pieces into the frypan.
Tayce T. watched over but didn't have anything to say and moved on and watched Flare and Buddy, Buddy was mainly instructed from the board as he was without hands, but there was a device from E. Gadd that handless students were able to use to write and participate in class just like everyone else. Today however they were still in repair from last year and would be coming back within the next few days.
"So far so good" she watched Flare carefully chop the Mushroom, while Buddy read off the next instruction
Koops meanwhile was having some problems, neither he or Duplica seemed to be that experienced in the art of cooking.
"Umm… you any good at this?" Koops shrugged shyly
"Well…" Duplica looked over the room "I got an idea"
She then transformed into Tayce T. and took the knife and prepared to chop
"Hey, isn't that sort of cheating?"
Tayce T. came over "Yes, it is. Duplica please, don't use your transformation abilities, it kind worries me when I look at myself like that. Also you'll never learn that way dear" Tayce T. smiled reassuringly, as an embarrassed Duplica transformed back into her usual self.
The class had a small laugh and before long the sizzling sounds were heard from around the room. Tayce was spending the most time with Vivian, Kora, Koops and Duplica who seemed to be the least experienced but Tayce T. had a sneaking suspicion this would be the case, whether it was from her experience that she could just tell or that she had asked around prior to the class was anyone's guess, either way it seemed to be working out well almost everybody seemed fairly happy with their progress, even doing something basic.
"Alright not long now" Tayce T. watched over the frypan "Keep a good hand on it Vivian, make sure it heats evenly, although you shouldn't have much of a problem from here, you've done well"
Vivian had watched Zess T. cook Mushrooms a fair few times before but never really considered until recently to watch her for lessons, she hoped that Zess wouldn't come back to her and ask her specific questions based on watching her before.
Mirage removed the frypan from the heat and AJ took the individual pieces out and placed them on a plate with a bit of salad to look a bit more complete. Tayce T. came over "Good enough, you eat it if you like"
"May I" Mirage asked taking the plate
"Go ahead"
AJ wondered why Tayce barely spoke to him and Mirage, maybe she's just waiting for everyone to finish so she can then pull apart every technical aspect of what he did. Maybe he had unknowingly picked up bad habits from learning it off from very little theory, mostly learning by word of mouth and experimentation. K seemed to think he was great at it, but K often said that about anything and getting a true opinion out of King K was very difficult.
However it didn't seem to be the case, as others finished, Tayce T. only offered very minor advice if any. Maybe Tayce T. too was like King K in the sense she refused to give her honest opinion, it's a good thing when you don't know somebody has that personality trait but when you do know it is questionable whether they are actually giving you a compliment or are just being polite and encouraging.
AJ then heard K's voice in his head 'You're overanalysin' again, just take things for what they are, know what I mean?' In that line he realised K's advice was often very simple and easy to understand, he's a guy in love with life and feels any negative opinions should only be conveyed in a positive fashion.
Tayce T. then snapped him out of his daydream "Well, I think we've made a decent start. All of you did fine, just following the instructions is an obvious way to do it, but of course everyone has their own personal taste in both cooking and eating. The key lesson here is to not lose the basic principal or else you may not get the results you seek. That'll be all"
Everyone progressively stood up and left the room, the time had gone rather quickly and while it was rather basic for some, it was quite encouraging for others.
"So how did you find it? I thought it was great" Buddy asked to the general crowd, which featured himself, Duplica, Flare, Mirage, AJ and Kora. Vivian and Koops had gone elsewhere.
"I really like Tayce T., she's so nice and doesn't make you feel silly for asking stupid questions" Duplica smiled still slightly embarrassed over transforming into Tayce T.
"Sorry to change the subject, but are those two like an item?" Kora watched Koops and Vivian go the other way
"Of course they are an item" Flare stated it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world "I knew Koops before he met Vivian, he's more confident then he used to be. That said, it takes a bit of guts to sign up at Glitzville, although I thought he said he was with Gonzales because of another girl, Kookie koop I think. To be become stronger for her, something like that"
AJ looked over to Flare "Did Andy tell you that, sounds like a story he'd start up. I've only known him a week and know only to believe part of what comes out of his mouth"
Flare nodded "That's true… might have been Andy who said something like that. Well whatever, Vivian's a lucky girl, as cowardly as Koops may have been, he's got a good heart"
The others seemed to be in agreement that Tayce T. was great and the Koops and Vivian were most certainly an item and when they reached the exit of the Maitre Delish tower they went their own separate ways.
U Goom Agricultural site
Time: 1pm
Lakilester, Waffles, Koopie Koo, Sheila, Patey, Heppy, Bronto and Buddy all stood on grass, the sun burned down rather harshly, and if you ignored the U Goom towers that were 600 meters away, and the occasional crying out over at the baseball pitch it did feel like a farm but it was really a field, there was a variation on grass length, soil, and a few trees growing around which most of the class felt like sitting underneath right now, if not for being asked to meet specifically at this spot.
"What is taking this freak show so long?" Waffles complained
Lakilester was thinking the same thing as he put his sunglasses on, the heat here was annoying although he'd experienced much worse in Mt. Lavalava, flower fields was never as hot as this.
Suddenly a ball came flying to them but it wasn't a baseball, it was a golf ball and it flew over the head of the class, and in the distance they spotted a red Yoshi holding a golf club in one hand and a bag in the other. The Yoshi approached and placed the golf club in a bag.
"My name is Master Shmyu and I shall be teaching the agriculture class this year. Firstly though, anyone here like golf?"
Nobody answered
"Shame… well I teach that if anybody cares. Let's move on shall we" Shmyu seemed rather short and sounded dull in his tone, he noticed the class seemed to be rather hot and covering their eyes from the sun's glare as he was standing behind the sun. "Well it seems that old man Gadd is actually rather resourceful, this sunlight device has speed up the growth rate…" The Yoshi pressed a button and the sunlight seemed to ton itself down considerably
Buddy already wasn't as happy with this class as he was with cooking even though he knew a lot more in this area. Completely unlike Tayce this guy seemed like a total misery to hang around. Waffles too wondered what this guy's problem was. Shmyu was rather young, definitely an adult but it wouldn't be by far. Sheila gave Heppy an unsure look wondering if this was such a great idea. She, Bronto and Heppy choose this class because they wanted at least one class together, they wanted at least one time where they'd be together as it could get hectic later on in the year.
"All I ask you today is to plant a basic fire flower and let it grow. It should be done by the end of the lesson, provided you do it right"
Waffles protested "What? Are you nuts? I've never done any of this stuff before"
Shmyu stared at Waffles in a patronising manner"Well, I'm sure you'll find a way to manage. I'm not particularly fond of training newbies"
Waffles went to argue some more but a Piranha plant gave him a tap to suggest against it "Don't worry, I'll help you" he whispered to the Yoshi, Waffles was seething in anger, ever since he got here he had been put down again and again. For the first time in his life he felt powerless, he couldn't resolve this problem with physical force which was all he knew. This was bad idea from the start and he'd have some words with Goombella after today.
Shmyu then continued "I will merely supervise from a distance but I won't help you on this simple task" he then fished out a bag of fire flower seeds and placed them all in a tub on the ground.
As the class went for the seeds, Koopie Koo approached Waffles "I'm sorry but have we met before?"
"Name's Waffles" realisation dawned on the Yoshi first noticing the hair "You're Koops girl… um… friend, but just a girl who's a friend… right?" Waffles remembered her, not her name, just Koops' friend who was a girl but not a girlfriend
"Well yes, I suppose one could view it that way" she resisted asking the tempting question of whether Waffles had seen Koops recently. Koopie Koo knew he was at U goom but she did not how she would deal with seeing him again, especially if that… other girl was present, which she probably was, especially considering that Waffles was here. She then nodded politely and walked away. Waffles stared at her for a while and didn't notice that the piranha plant had returned
"Okay I got us the seeds" he unfolded his leaf and seeds dropped out "I don't think too much of this Shmyu guy either, so don't worry, what's he asked isn't difficult. I mean haven't you ever planted a seed before"
Waffles shook his head and explained his short life story, including his time with Mario, then rejoining the Glitz pit until that fell through.
"No wonder you look so young, that is a really cool story. Anyway I'm Patey Piranha, you probably have heard of my much more idiotic brother Petey, your friend Mario gave him a well deserved beating a while back"
"I think I heard that name somewhere before. What do you have to do here, is it just like throw the seed in and hope for the best?"
"It's a fire flower seed, so obviously you've got to find the part of good soil that's also well exposed to sunlight. The more sunlight the more powerful the flower will be, but of course it doesn't always apply to flowers"
Patey and Waffles made their spots a fair distance apart as for Shmyu not to suspect anything, but Patey didn't believe he really cared, just as long as it was done. The others seemed to be making smooth progress, that didn't help Waffles either, he felt as if he was the dumbest guy in U Goom, which was probably true.
Putting that thought aside for a moment, Waffles looked at Patey as he was just watching his flower, it seemed to be odd asking plant advice, from a plant itself, but that said who'd know better "Now what, do we water it?"
"Definitely not, it's a fire flower remember. The sunlight serves as both the water and the sunlight. That's what a lot of other guys forget, and try to overdo the job, there is simply nothing else to do, except make sure you don't wait too long after it sprouts out, or it'll start spewing fire, a drawback with these quick growth seeds"
Despite the weirdness of what Patey was saying it did make a lot of sense but then something occurred to him "How am I going to work it out on my own… Shmyu seems to hate me. I just got this feeling he's going to make this really hard. I mean look at him, he's been staring at me the entire time, it's like I ate his kids or something" Waffles stared right back at Shmyu as if in a staring contest
"I don't think he likes anyone, but yeah he does seem to be looking at you. To be honest I'm looking at those dinosaurs, I mean I thought my brother was way too big for his own good, even he'd struggle to match these guys. Anyway Shmyu's just being an idiot though, be the mature one and just do what you've gotta do"
Patey watched his flower for a little longer and it suddenly grew out of the ground and into a beautiful 3 petal fire flower. It seemed he was not the only one, Lakilester and Koopie Koo seemed to be working together and heard them going on about their flowers. Buddy had his ages ago and already presented it to Shmyu who just put it down and let him leave. The Dinos too weren't long after Lakilester and Koopie Koo. Waffles patiently watched, Patey had not been wrong so far, the plant was clearly taking shape and any second now the thing would very rapidly sprout into a beautiful flower.
Sure enough, about 10 seconds later, it sprouted… while it did grow 3 petals it was rather uneven, one end was much bigger then the other, Waffles looked disappointed, he really wanted to shut Shmyu up.
"How'd it go?" Patey looked over and then noticed the flower "Is that…"
"Yeah, it's a total disaster, I probably placed the seed wrong"
Patey looked at the flower and took it off Waffles "You gotta be real good at sniffing out the right place to get something like this, especially with these quick growth seeds that we got"
Waffles snatched it back "Yeah right. Look I know you're only trying to make me feel better, but you're wasting your time. I should just stick with fighting, it's what I know and it's what I'm good at and nobody can make their own damn stupid judgements" Waffles left Patey standing there and walked dejectedly to Shmyu and handed the flower. The red Yoshi muttered something unintelligible and placed it with the other far more normal looking fire flowers.
Waffles then went to look something up, he needed his fix of violence for the day. Some got their relief out of caffeine, or chocolate, or games, or resting, watching TV or doing some kind of sport. For Waffles however nothing was better then letting off steam then beating the stuffing out of something, or watching something else aside him absorb pain. It was then he remembered an advertisement he remembered reading on the notice board.
Goomville
8pm
Ice Hockey dome
Bamma, Flare, King K, AJ and Andy all sat in roughly the middle part of the audience. It wasn't quite jam packed but it was far from empty and the crowd was still coming in.
Bamma looked around and took in the atmosphere "It's not Glitzville but it's certainly pretty neat"
AJ being the ice hockey nut he is, wore his local teams Jersey, it was coloured in mostly black and red "Glitzville is just a few guys beating each others heads in, this requires more then just pure strength"
King K laughed and put his arm around AJ's shoulder "Don't mind AJ, he can get a bit obsessive"
"Yeah… and to be fair I barely saw Glitzville, just a brawl, so I'm probably bias"
Bamma then noticed Waffles come down the stairs and he looked like he'd throw his fist into the first thing he spoke to… In Bamma's mind all the more reason to needle him "Somebody die?"
Waffles glared at him as he took a seat next to K "You might if you open your mouth one more time"
"Try me…" Bamma pulled his boomerang and gestured Waffles to come closer
Jamma rolled his eyes and tried to get the boomerang out ofhis partnershand "Not now… this isn't the time or the place"
Bamma put his boomerang down but Waffles had to taunt him again "That's right, step down you wimp"
Next thing Waffles knew was that he had found Bamma's boomerang in his face, totally unprepared he took it straight to his nose, he tried to get out of the way on the way back but his usual levels of focus and concentration had been totally thrown out of sync and he took the second hit to the side of his neck. Before Waffles could even make a counter attack he found K and AJ holding him from the front and the back. Jamma and Andy were holding Bamma back, although he didn't seemed that interested in carrying it on. The crowd around them were watching trying to stay out of the way.
Waffles struggled hard against the grip of the two Koopas, and it was apparent they had to try hard to keep a hold of him as Waffles kicked madly trying to escape "LET ME GO, that PUNK has got to go! He's an insult to your race for being such a cowardly jerk"
"Yeah well don't be an insult to yours by carrying this on and making a scene" AJ tried to reason with Waffles but he had clearly lost his self control by this point and went on kicking "Stop kicking me damn it!" AJknewhe had to let go as Waffles was about to swallow him and he ducked into his shell and went under the chairs just to evade Waffles tongue. This distracted Kgiving Waffles the chance to stomp on K's foot and was about to throw him over his head but in that entire process he seemed to regain some control and realised that he wasn't doing any harm to those he actually wanted to hurt, in fact he was only hurting those trying to help him. The crowd's eyes were now on Waffles and he realised he had to stop.
Bamma shook his head when he saw Waffles stop struggling "Another time then…"
A tense silence fell over them and the crowd who were watching, once K decided Waffles was calm enough and there was not as much attention on them he gave Bamma a look "Bamma man, would you stop tauntin' him, it's uncool. And YOU Gonzales Junior stop raising to him, come on let's go get somethin' to eat and split you two up"
Waffles seemed to agree and didn't say anything
The game started and it seemed the absense of Waffles and King K went unnoticed as Andy only noticed after 10 minutes had passed, but by then K had left a message via mailbox SP telling them that he had left the game with Waffles.
I warn you, these notes are rather detailed so, ignore them if you wish, but they will help you understand the story, and why certain things may not add up.
A/N1: Several people including myself believe the entire story about Beldam's kiss and make up routine is complete rubbish. If Vivian lived with Marilyn that's believable but Beldam, no, especially considering that Vivian stopped something that Beldam had spent nearly a thousand years waiting for. Beldam is ridiculously unforgiving it is totally out of character for her to forgive so easily. Grodus mellowing down is more believable, lacking a body tends to do that to you, but I even have doubts about Grodus, why introduce a new species just for one game? Same applies to the shadows.
To be fair to Nintendo though, Beldam is incredibly cunning, she could just be playing Goombella and Vivian along for all we know so there could be a reason aside from the 'happy ending' that Nintendo chose an ending that didn't… feel like an ending. For this to gain any credibility Nintendo would need to provide us with a sequel, where Beldam's true motivation behind the 'I'm all nice now' game is revealed. We know she sucked up to Grodus, but just what card is trying to play now, and above all why doesn't Goombella's normally cynical mind pick up on this? My thing is, what does Beldam want Vivian's trust for? WAY too much speculation and too many unknowns. So as far as writing this kind of fic goes it's just much easier to have it that Vivian doesn't know where her sister is.
A/N2: Beldam's line is in Better off Alone, I thought it was important for Vivian to be clearly still irritated by her sister, by what Beldam has done to her, and quite obviously I don't think she'd be mentally over it yet.
A/N3: For those of you who have watched Back to the Future (number 2 and 3 in particular), you'd know about the hover board. Or if you've played Sonic Riders, you'd know what I'm talking about.Also AJ seems prone to injury doesn't he?
It has mentioned in L09O that AJ is unlucky, its more then a coincidence ;), it's a concept of his character I had considered before but it doesn't quite fit into Legend of The 9 Orbs (LO9O), but fits perfectly here. Think of this idea like Kenny in South Park (although that isn't where I got the idea from but its very like that), except he doesn't get killed in almost every episode he features in, just injured.
A/N4: Maitre Delish is the author of the legendary cookbook Zess T. wanted/has. I felt it was only fitting to name a tower in U Goom after them.
A/N5: You know me and my thing about 'how can these poor creatures live without hands'. I decided to even up the playing field for them. Where as Nintendo allow Gadd to create paintbrushes that pollute islands, I allow him to make writing this fic easier as I don't have to think about how I'm going to word something for a creature without hands.
A/N6: Master Shmyu belongs to someone else, not on this website. He is a golf instructor seems pretty pessimistic and down but wait and see… he's got a reason for why he's doing what he does and why he does not seem to like Waffles.
A/N7: My fact file on King K and other relevant things, something at least two of you have asked for.
Michael is King K's Japanese name. In this fic (and others) I use it as his real name because KP Pete is probably another alias (and sounds a bit silly). In Japan Koopas tend to have more normal names, for instance Kolorado's Japanese name is translated to Charles, and quite frankly I like that, but I'll be sticking with Kolorado, which sounds better (for a change).
The names for Koops and Kooper however are more Japanese style oddly enough, I believe they have the equal of 'Koop' at the start of them, weird. It could of course be a lucky coincidence for Kolorado, as Goombella's name in Japan translates into Christine, even though she DOES have the equivalent of Goom at the start of her name.
However by this we can easily determine, that Michael while being a translation, there is no way he had any sort of nickname in Glitzville in the Japanese game, or at the very least it doesn't come close to being King K. Also notice his English given nickname is very similar to an infamous Donkey Kong villain King K. Rool, countless times I've had to verify I was talking about the Koopa and not the Kremling.
King K's story and development is rather interesting considering his role was very minimal. Originally he was to look like those basic plain brownish/red shelled Koopas you fight outside of Petalburg and he had the name of KP Koopa which was later changed to fit the entire team and another interesting thing we know for sure the Paratroopa on K's team dyed his shell yellow and yellow Koopas themselves haven't been seen in a very long time, whether K dyed his shell too remains a mystery, but I doubt it. King K back then had MUCH more of an ego (think Rawk Hawk or Yoshi/Waffles). However they developed him and he became the Koopa we know today.
There are other theories I have about King K and why they may have changed the direction they took him but its only theory and there is no hard evidence to back it up. I only like to tell fact, and the last paragraphs are all fact, anything else I could add would be only speculation and this has gone on way too long anyways, but hey that's one of K's appealing factors to me.
Well THAT was a lot, I do like my detail I suppose... thanks for sticking with it if you read it all.
