Disclaimer: I own Lakisteven, but I don't own Talk Like a Pirate Day, Shy Guys, Bloopers, the Music Keys, the Boogie Booster, Cheep Cheeps, or the Cat-o'-Nine-Tails.

World 2

The S. S. Brass was about to drop off Mario and Toad, but Toad intervened and commanded, "We'll steer it. We'll just go over to that building there."

After they arrived at the strangely corkscrew-shaped building, they ran towards a female Toad who was standing outside. She cried, "I'll lose business this way! And I already don't have much!"

"Who does business here?" Toad asked her.

The female Toad replied, "Some Shy Guys do, but they all fear heights so they won't come anymore!"

"Was it once five times shorter or something?" Toad asked.

"It was ten times shorter before," the female Toad answered, and then sobbed into her hands.

"Don't worry. We'll help you get your old hotel back," Toad offered.

A Shy Guy hotel worker came up to Toad and said, "It was caused when my co-worker did a mad dance. Only dancing will fix it now."

Toad replied, "I know I'm not a good dancer, but I know someone who is." He then beckoned Mario, who did an example of his dancing.

"Brilliant! Brilliant!" the Shy Guy congratulated. "He's definitely the man for the job."

Mario did some more tap dancing, and the hotel jumped off its foundation and landed in its old, coiled form.

"Bravo! Bravo!" another Shy Guy cheered as the hotel went back to normal.

"Whew! I thought that was permanent!" his co-worker remarked.

"Thank you so much!" the female Toad thanked.

"It was nothing," Toad responded as he and Mario went back to the S. S. Brass.

Toad attempted to steer the S. S. Brass down a whirlpool that held a gleam of a Music Key, but that failed and the ship was spun around. Toad eventually gave up and flew the ship to a nearby shop.

In the shop, Toad and Mario met an old pal.

"Lakisteven! You're here!" Toad exclaimed. "But what's with the pirate outfit?"

"'Tis appropriate for da store and occasion! Yarr!" Lakisteven replied.

"What?" Toad was confused.

"'Tis Talk Like a Pirate Day, arr! Ya mateys never heard of it?" Lakisteven cocked his head towards Toad.

"I don't think anyone else followed that," Toad replied. "At least not at the hotel where we landed."

"Arr, that Toadette and 'er Shy Guys? They never follow that, mateys. Scurvy!"

"Okay," Toad responded with uneasiness. "And what's this?" He pointed to a weird transparent box filled with odds and ends.

"That? 'Tis the Boogie Booster, mateys! 'Tis for yer ship! Ya not buying that, though!"

"How do we get it, then?" Toad asked.

"Ya barter for it!" Lakisteven answered. "With good, old-fashioned Cheep Cheeps! Ya fish for 'em, and if they are enough, ya get the Boogie Booster! If not, ya walk the plank—but I don't have one! Arr, a Cat-o'-Nine-Tails will do in a pinch."

"At least I can fish," Toad said as he accepted the challenge.

Toad and Lakisteven set themselves up with fishing poles and buckets on the shore. They dipped their poles into the water and started fishing. Lakisteven hummed a tune as he started fishing, and Toad listened to it.

Lakisteven ended up catching 15 Cheep Cheeps, with Toad catching 10.

"Impressive," Lakisteven remarked as he looked at Toad's catch. "'Tis enough for me. Ya get da Boogie Booster!"

"Thank you," Toad replied.

"Anything else ya want to get?" Lakisteven asked as usual.

"No, thanks," Toad answered.

"Arr! I'll see ya again!" Lakisteven said as Toad and Mario left.

"Great," Toad commented when they reached the S. S. Brass. "Where's the installation instruction booklet?" He searched through the Boogie Booster for that, then found it wedged in a flap. "Here it is! Place on the special rectangular depression on the top of the S. S. Brass."

Toad went to the top of the ship with the Boogie Booster and installed it as the instruction manual had said. As soon as he had placed it there, the S. S. Brass immediately became fancier. Music also started streaming out of the box.

"Hey, this sounds like what Lakisteven hummed," commented Toad as he walked back down to the navigation panel.

The navigation panel had some new widgets attached to it ever since Toad last looked at it. Mario was twiddling a switch on it with boredom, while a crewmember screamed with every flick of the switch.

"Stop that! Set it back to what it was before!" Toad disciplined Mario, lifting the white-gloved finger off the switch. After that, Toad steered the ship down the whirlpool and into a glowing cave.

Mario and Toad got out of the S. S. Brass and walked into the strangely water-free cave. In it, the Music Key glowed—but only in a circular pool guarded by a huge, angry Blooper.

"Oh no," Toad muttered.

The Blooper replied something in a squishing, splashing language.

"I think it means that we can't get the key without a good dance to impress it," Toad translated feebly. "Mario, it's your turn!"

Glad to do something for once, Mario started dancing a jig. The Blooper replied with a spray of ink-filled music notes.

"Oh no, it doesn't like what you're doing," Toad told Mario.

Mario switched to a minuet, and soon the Blooper was lulled. It even swayed along as Mario danced. Finally, the Blooper scooped up the Music Key and threw it to Mario.

"That must have been a nice dance!" Toad remarked as they went back to the S. S. Brass with the Music Key. "Now, where to go next?"

Mario pointed to a night-filled glimmer called World 3.

"If we're going there, fine," Toad responded as he flew the ship to the next world.