A/N: First of all, I'd like to thank the two people who actually took their time to review my attempt at fanfiction.So here's chapter 3. XD
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Chapter 3: Guessing Game
It had been two days since Cackletta had chased Fawful out, and she was beginning to wonder what had happened to him. She still wasn't in the mood to let him come back (the "free" smoothie makers had just started arriving), but she did need him to help her with her diabolical plots.
"Oh well," she said to herself, "he'll come back eventually." Now that she had the chance of some alone time for once, she might as well enjoy it.
Fawful, meanwhile, had periodically found Mushroom Kingdom coins in random bushes and had been spending them on necessitiesduring thepast few days. He was now down to only five coins.
Fawful now found himself at a dock of sorts, and wandered slowly towards a boat that was floating lazily in the water by the pier. "Is someone being inside of this vessel which is floating?" he inquired.
After a few seconds, a toad came out from below deck. He caught sight of Fawful. "Can I help you?"
"Can you be telling me the location of the destination of this floating fink-trap?" Fawful questioned.
The toad looked entirely confused and bewildered by Fawful's question. "I have no idea what you just said, but if you wanna know about this boat's destination...it's Rogueport. I wouldn't advise-"
Fawful cut him off. "Will you please be taking me there?"
"Uh, sure," began the toad, sounding slightly scared, "but I have to warn you that Rogueport's a pretty tough town."
Fawful brushed off this comment. "I can be handling it. The cost is being...how much?"
"For you, it's free." The toad didn't usually give free boat rides, but this guy was so bizarre that he wanted to avoid interaction as much as possible.
Fawful boarded the boat with some difficulty. "I am thanking you. Cackletta will surely be sparing you when the mustard of this kingdom is belonging to the sandwich of her power."
Oh yeah, thought the toad. This guy's a wack job, alright.
Nonetheless, the boat that had been floating by the pier flipped around in a suspiciously paper-like manner and began to make its way to Rogueport. It was nightfall by the time the boat finally reached its destination.
The captain of the boat cursed inwardly. Why had he let this guy ride in his boat? Fawful, as he claimed he was called, was completely off his rocker. There obviously wasn't a sane bone in his body.
Fawful, meanwhile, was blissfully unaware of the toad's annoyance. "And if it wasn't being for those fink-rats of red and green," he informed the captain, "Cackletta, Queen of Bean, would already be having the Kingdom of Mushroom and the Kingdom of Beanbean as her-"
However, the boat was already a fair distance away at this point.
The captain of the boat shuddered as he put as much distance as possible between himself and Fawful. The only thing that he thought he might have understood from Fawful's rant was the part about "red and green fink-rats." He figured that they were the famous "Super" Mario and his brother. Now what was his name again? He couldn't quite remember, but it wasn't as if the brother was important, anyway.
Fawful watched the boat leave and then made his way into the town square of Rogueport, passing several shady-looking Bob-omb sailors on the way. Instead of doing the sensible thing and going to the local shop or inn to ask about possible jobs, Fawful wandered towards the east side of town. He was just about to make up his mind and head back to the town square when he spotted a gap in the brick wall next to a building...Stupidly, he followed the gap to a shady back-alley. He stared at the shadows, thinking he saw something within them.
"Hello," said a voice that came from the place where Fawful was staring. The owner of the voice stepped into the light. Glowing yellow eyes shown out from a face that remained covered in shadows. The creature was dressed in stitched-up, gray clothing. "My name's Darkly. I love the dark and the shadows."
"That is having much niceness," Fawful had actually found Darkly's comment to be slightly disturbing. Usually, other people thought that his comments were disturbing. "However, I am having to be questioning you about something of much importance. I am in needing of the workness..."
"Oh, you want a job," Darkly said knowingly. "I think there may be some job openings in my hometown."
This comment improved Fawful's mood almost immediately. "Could you be taking me to this place of jobness?"
Darkly nodded. 'Of course. The easiest way to get there is through the pipe underneath the town." Darkly walked through the gap in a small wooden fence across from the alley and over to a green pipe sticking out of the ground. "I usually like staying in Rogueport, but I'll make an exception since I'm especially bored today."
Fawful followed after Darkly, despite the fact that he was dreading pipe travel. "Are there enemies of much toughness in the sewers?"
Darkly climbed up onto the pipe. "They're not that tough. They're just koopas and goombas and stuff. Just climb on top of this pipe and press down on the analog stick."
"I am not understanding," Fawful said confusedly.
"Just follow me," replied Darkly. The pipe made a strange 'thwooping' sound as he went down into it.
Fawful followed after him headfirst, since he had trouble actually climbing all the way onto the pipe. He continued following Darkly through the sewers, avoiding various minions of Bowser and always stopping to check out the odd question box for coins or items.
"Here we are," Darkly declared, stopping in front of a grey pipe in a small, square room.
"I will be going in now," Fawful informed Darkly.
"Wait. You have to have your name written somewhere to get into the town." Darkly got out a pen from seemingly nowhere. "What's your name? I'll write it down for you."
"I am being called Fawful."
Darkly wrote it down for him, and watched as he disappeared into the pipe. He stared for a few seconds, and then shivered. "That guy was such a basket case..."
As Fawful emerged from the pipe, he looked at his surroundings. He found himself in a rather creepy-looking town that seemed to be trapped in perpetual twilight. "This is being interesting," he declared as he hopped down from the pipe. He spotted a shop and walked inside, wanting to inquire about work.
What looked like a female version of Darkly walked over to him. "I've never seen you around here before. Hmm...welcome to Twilight Town, newcomer! How may I help you?"
"I am looking for the jobness," stated Fawful.
The lady's face was the usual, confused expression do to Fawful's Engrish. "Ummm...I'm sorry, but I don't know of any job openings right now. Although..." she appeared lost in thought for a few seconds, "the boos who live in the church east of town might be able to find something for you. Just head east until you find a path that goes through the woods. You can't miss it."
Fawful left the building and immediately began talking to himself. "I am not being in the possession of the luckness lately. I am wishing that I had never been leaving the comforting snack-cake of the lair of Cackletta. No one is taking the action of the hiring of me, no one is-" He stopped talking, as he now found himself on a trail that was obviously the path that the shopkeeper had been talking about. He soon started talking again. "I am wishing that the latte of my life was having a taste of much greater sweetness."
Fawful came to a toppled tree that was doing an amazing job of blocking the path. "Well, this is of the most-" he began, but stopped. He suddenly heard creepy music that sounded like a combination between carnival music and church bells. "What is that being?" he wondered allowed, and followed the direction the music was coming. He ended up in front of a nearby bush. Fawful looked cautiously behind it to see a white duplighost wearing a blue bowtie and a party hat.
The duplighost, who had been sitting on the ground looking irritated, jumped out from behind the bush. "Blast! My cool battle music always gives away my position!" He stopped an looked at Fawful. "What 'choo starin' at, slick? Take a picture. It'll last longer."
"Are you having a job for me, I am wondering?" Fawful asked, doubting that the duplighost had a job for him.
"Yeah, that's right. 'Iki iki iki p'tang ZOOP boing' to you, too, buddy." The duplighost made various strange gestures, despite his sheet. " 'All your base are belong to us.'"
"I am not understanding."
"You and me both. Tell ya what. Since I'm a big star, I'd probably be able to hook you up with any job ya want."
"You are helping me to find the workness!" Fawful asked hopefully.
"You probably know me," the duplighost continued, ignoring Fawful's question, "I was an actor in all the 'Super Mario' plays and movies. I always got to be Mario, of course." The duplighost stepped around Fawful to examine the name that Darkly had written on his clothes. "So, your name's Fawful, eh? Heh. Who'd name their kid something like that? To each his own, though."
"What are you being called?" Fawful questioned.
The duplighost looked taken aback for a few seconds. "I ain't tellin' ya that, slick. It's just pushing it a bit too far, doncha' think? Then again..." he appeared to be thinking of something. "If you can guess my name, I'll hook you up with a job. How's that sound?"
"I'm guessing you are called Flavio?"
"Nope."
"Bobbery?"
"No."
"Popple."
"Nyeh."
"Nippy?"
"Nein."
"Makar."
"Nuh-uh."
Five long hours later, Fawful was still guessing. "Twink?"
"No!" The duplighost roared, "You're never going to guess so just get over it!"
"Albert?"
"No, no, no! Fine. I'll help you find a job and tell you my name if you just shut up!"
Fawful shut up.
"The name's Doopliss," the duplighost paused, as if waiting for applause, "and if ya stick with me, kid, I'll get you yer dream job. How about that?"
"I am liking the sound of what you are saying," responded Fawful.
"Good, good," Doopliss said craftily, "and in that case, our first stop is a little place that I like to call The Glitz Pit."
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A/N: Chapter 3 was longer than the other ones, as you can see. It'll probably take me more time than usual to get chapter 4 up, since this was all that I had previously written. I'd appreciate reviews,so I'll probably update after a few more people R&R. Hope you enjoyed.