Paper Mario one and a half
Chapter 9
As the metal doors of the guard opened, the team entered the Weapon's Guard, prepared for combat. They walked up to the counter and talked to the odd-colored Toad. "Hello, and who are you?"
Mario said, "We are the Mario Team! Mario, Bow, and Luigi Junior."
"Well, welcome newcomers!"
"We heard that you had something called an Ultra High Tech Sonic Bomb."
"The UHTSB? Yeah, we are guarding it. It will be given to the winner of the annual Robot Blast-off. Of course, after many tests to make sure you are good people…"
"In that case, we will sign up for the competition!"
"Cool. I will just pull out the forms for you…" The counter Toad reaches in a nearby drawer and pulls out 3 registration sheets.
R O B O T B L A S T – O F F S I G N – U P S H E E T
Name
Team Members
Dorm Number
Robot Name
Robot Type
Robot Number
Robot Height
Robot Width
SCANNER CARD INFORMATION
Age
Card ID
Expiration Date ,
PN
SHA
Credit Rentivation
Mario filled out:
R O B O T B L A S T – O F F S I G N – U P S H E E T
Name Mario
Team Members Bow, Luigi Junior
Dorm Number
Robot Name Red Metal
Robot Type
Robot Number
Robot Height
Robot Width
SCANNER CARD INFORMATION
Age 25
Card ID 7 4 3 6
Expiration Date March13th 2006
PN
SHA
Credit Rentivation
"Mario sir, let me see your license."
"Fine."
Mario pulls out his Driving License from his wallet and shows it to the Toad. "Sir, you do realize that this expired 98 years ago, right?"
"…"
"Sorry, but you can't be entered with an extremely old license."
"But… but… but…"
"Sorry."
"But I am Mario!"
"I know. I think I saw from the sheet."
"No! The Mario! The Mario that saved the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser!" exaggerated Mario.
"Bowser…………………Bowser……………….you really are the Mario I read about in a book, aren't you?"
"Yes, yes I am."
"But you got mysteriously murdered on some tropical island!"
"((Those god-damn Yoshis! They never told anyone I went to the future)) I went into the future!"
"Yeah right."
"Allow me to explain." Said Luigi Junior in a very low voice. "Mario…"
After 30 minutes of talking and arguing, Mario fell asleep and so did Bow. "Ohhh fine, that last sentence encouraged me that you were right." Said the Toad in an "I-gave-up" voice.
"Zzz…"
"Mario… Mario… WAKE UP!"
"Ma-ma-iah! You stole my pasta!" Luigi Jr. then slaps Mario in the face, and the clerk announces that you are free. However, Mario couldn't fill out the rest of the form. "Excuse me, but what does PN, SHA, and Credit Rentivation. Also, what the hell does rentivation mean!"
"PN stands for Placement Number, SHA stands for Student Help Assist, and rentivation means 'secondary license'."
"Huh?"
"Look, your Placement Number is the number on the back of the cards. It tells you your location number, or what area you live in."
"What happened to ZIP Codes?"
"I think too many people wanted their own property, so we had to divide more areas. In English, there were more areas than the number variations for a ZIP Number, so let's say there are 1,000,000,000 different combinations in the number for ZIP codes. There soon grew over 1,000,000,000 areas, so we had to enlarge the ZIP Code. Basically, a Placement Number is an enlarged ZIP Code. It was just some guy who changed the name."
"I see… Well, Luigi Junior, what the heck is your Placement Number!"
"Mario, it is 9638284672."
"OMG! That is long!" exclaimed Bow and Mario. After they both screamed, Mario asked, "What does Student Help Assist mean? And what do you mean by 'secondary license'?"
"Well, STA basically means if you were a disabled person or someone who couldn't drive, then you would put 'yes'. We need to know this so they can have an Incumulator."
"Which is…?"
"A robotic body that somehow makes you 'normal'.
"Odd…"
"It may be for you."
"So, what do you mean by secondary license?"
"If you went to jail for illegal driving before, you'd put 'yes'. And believe me, we know if you are lying or not! This is so the cops know to keep a little eye on you."
"Okay. Now I understand. I can fill out the rest of the form now."
R O B O T B L A S T – O F F S I G N – U P S H E E T
Name Mario
Team Members Bow, Luigi Junior
Dorm Number
Robot Name Red Metal
Robot Type
Robot Number
Robot Height
Robot Width
SCANNER CARD INFORMATION
Age 25
Card ID 7 4 3 6
Expiration Date March13th 2006
PN 9638284672
SHA No
Credit Rentivation No
"Sweet! Now, I will fill out the rest for you."
"Well, that's good."
"Also, your dorm number is 0604. Just scan the card in the scanner to enter the room. Also, you have a nice taste for names! Well, all you have to do is choose and fix up your robot."
"Sure."
"No wait! Not the way you are thinking of! You tell me the data, and it gets made!" Then, she somehow teleports a 6 feet tall robot! "Tell me the type, or basically, its status. You get 25 points. Use the PIN Filler to fill it out."
"How?"
"Touch the arrow by each status to add or take away a point! Now go!"
R E D M E T A L S T A T U S
(minus) SPEED: (plus)
(minus) STRENGTH: (plus)
(minus) DEFENSE: (plus)
(minus) MAGIC: (plus)
(minus) STAMINA: (plus)
"Done!"
After everyone finished filling out the status and how it looks, the sheet was finished! Here's how Mario's looks:
R O B O T B L A S T – O F F S I G N – U P S H E E T
Name Mario
Team Members Bow, Luigi Junior
Dorm Number 0604
Robot Name Red Metal
Robot Type See attached
Robot Number 71
Robot Height 6', 2"
Robot Width 2', 7''
SCANNER CARD INFORMATION
Age 25
Card ID 7 4 3 6
Expiration Date March13th 2006
PN 9638284672
SHA No
Credit Rentivation No
"Cool! I will now take your forms!" and with that, the clerk takes them and stamps them. Then, she gives Mario a card telling him when the practice starts (6:00 PM tomorrow) and the card needed to get inside the dorm room!
Mario then walked behind the counter, up the steps behind there, and through what seems like a maze of hallways. Since the last dorm ended at 0600, he took the elevator to the basement.
When Mario looked on his bed, he dropped everyone and fell flat on his face!
"Th…this can't be…" exclaimed Mario in shock and surprise.
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To
make up for the long time it took to publish this, I will post two
chapters today! Yay!
