Taken back by Ryu's reaction of Little Mac, Marth decided to really see what was the tragic. So he stepped over the Ryu heap, walked over to Young Link and studied the overly-bored boxer. And damn, did he look bored. He just stared forward; not staring at the two but through them and through the wall behind them and beyond. But Little Mac's new outfit did fit his new outlook. He wore a very oversized dark purple long sleeve with brown slacks- Okay, yeah, he was dressed just like HMS but without the humongous backpack and with a look on his face opposite of as creepy smile. Oh, and don't forget the nametag. Your helper LITTLE MAC it read.
"Oh, wow." said Marth, taken back as well. "Friend, when is the last time you slept?"
Little Mac still wouldn't make eye contact. He just muttered, "About a hour ago." and kept staring forward.
Young Link and Marth shared a look. Young Link just figured the place must of ran out of coffee before the boxer could get his hands on some, but Marth was quite more concern. He have never seen Little Mac so unhappy before. Sure, hearing him compare and correct all things all the time wasn't a picnic, but it sure did beat have him not care at all. Marth was concerned.
"Are you sure you okay, Little Mac?" he asked as he waved his hand in front of the guy in question's face.
No response. Just a continues forward stare.
"Oh, a-please stop worrying about a-him." Mario walked pass, carrying a old box full of tacky hats. "It's making a-me feel bad for a-you as well."
The two now looked at Mario. He was dressed just like Little Mac, only the hem of his long sleeve reached the ground. Your helper MARIO. He looked very tired and stressed out; his face clearly read that he despised his new line of work.
"Little a-Mac is fine." Mario told them, huffing a little from the weight of the box. "He just missed out on all the-a coffee."
"Ha! I knew it!" exclaimed Young Link in trumpet. Marth gave him a rude look, but he really didn't care. Sure, a hero should care about everyone and look out for all's well being, but that's not why he came back here. His mission was to find the lost Smashers again and take back to their mansion. The first part is done, now to the second.
"Hey, Mario." said Young Link. "Are all of you guys working here?"
"Yeah. Pretty much." Lucina suddenly came walking in from the back room. "Well, everyone but Link. He's a customer."
They looked over and saw Link in front of one of the mask racks. He was carrying a shopping basket and was exterminating a Donkey Kong mask. It was HMS newest stock and Link thought it would be cool to use this on Diddy Kong. Or send to Zelda and Ike as a gag gift. Link then pulled himself out of his own thoughts and noticed that those four Smashers were staring at him. He smiled and waved as he tossed three of the masks into the basket.
"See?" Lucina said.
"Oh." was all Young Link could muster.
Marth, on the other hand, was now concern about something else. "Lucina!" he exclaimed as he shoved Young Link over and rushed over to her.
"Dad!" Lucina exclaimed as she let Marth pull her into a embrace.
Young Link grumbled some choice words as he picked his butt of the floor and watched the hugging. Marth held Lucina lightly and softly, like he was careful not to crush her. He rest his chin on her head and stroked her hair. On the other end, Lucina almost squeezed all the wind out of him with her embrace. She had her biggest smile on her face that showed all her teeth as she shoved her face into his chest. They seemed so relived and ecstatic to see that they were both okay. Young Link would've gagged if it didn't suddenly make him think of something.
"Wait a minute," he said as he walked back up to them. "Lucina, I thought Chrom was your father?"
Lucina was the first to pull away from the embrace. But only so she could answer the question. "Oh, yes. He is." she replied.
Ryu now came up and looked at Young Link. "Hey, how did you know that?"
"I've seen Chrom come over now and then to play Yatzee with Robin." he answered, then turned back to the princess. "Okay, so why do you call MARTH DAD?"
"Simple." Marth said as he began counting his fingers. "I'm actually Lucy's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, but that is obviously too long to say on a daily bases, so I just let her call me Dad; it sounds younger than 'Grandpapa". At least when Chrom's not around."
Young Link and Ryu now just stood there, VERY, VERY, UTTERLY MIND BLOWINGLY CONFUSED. Ryu slowly turned, walked over to Little Mac, took his nametag, fixed it, Your helper RYU, and now wore it. "May I be of help?" he asked a wall.
"Great," yawned Little Mac as he walked away. "Less work, yet my work is never done." He shook his head and disappeared into the backroom. Probably to check if they refilled the coffee pot.
Then Dark Pit flew in from that room. He was carrying a box under one arm, and the only coffee pot under the other. He had is signature Well, I'm not caring again grin on as landed in front of one of the product tables. He then pushed all the displays on it to make room for the stuff he was carrying, which he just threw onto the table and walked away. He chuckled to himself as he clapped his hands together to get the dirt and dust off them.
"Oh, Dark Pit! Can you come here, please?" Lucina exclaimed as she waved him over. Dark Pit looked up, gave a real smile, and softly nodded as he walked over to the group.
When he came over, the two linked arms and Lucina said, "Dear, I don't think I've properly introduced us to Dad."
"Oh, you mean your double?" Pittoo scoffed.
"Buuuuuurn!" laughed Mario, who a little while ago finally noticed his girlfriend Peach and the two were now sitting on one of the display's whispering nothings to each other.
Marth glared at him, but that didn't really concern him. "Hey, I just noticed something." he wondered out loud to Lucina, trying his best not to make eye contact with the Pittoo. "You and Dark Pit call each other 'dear' a lot. Why is that?"
Dark Pit and Lucina took this comment, shared a fake smile, then Lucina answered. "Well, Dad, that's because me and Dark Pit here... Are dating."
The hero king thought that over, and actually took it pretty well. "Oh, obviously." he replied, not noticing Mario and Peach laughing at his dim-ness in the background. "It's just, why 'dear'? I thought you kids would be more into... I don't know... 'Babe' or 'Chick' or something a little more this time. That's all."
Lucina caught his dim-ness as well. "Dad," she repeated patently. "were dating."
Marth was still enjoying ignorance. "Yes, Lucy, and I'm actually okay with that."
"Dating."
"I hear you the first two times, sweetie."
"...We just celebrated our six-month anniversary by going to Hawaii for a week."
"Wow! Good for you two!"
"Dating."
"You seem to have a real fondness for this word."
Believe it or not, it actually took Pittoo this long to get annoyed. "Let me try." he told his girlfriend, then turned to Marth. "What 'Lucy' here is trying to explain is, I have a real fondness for your little girl, Pops."
Marth was taken back by these choice of words, but only a little. "I get the feeling that I'm not reading well enough into this?..."
Suddenly, the Happy Mask Salesman came storming out of the backroom, grabbed Marth by the shoulders and shook him around as HMS screamed into the fighter's face. "They're obviously going steady! For obviously a long time now! For goodness sake, you fool! They went to Hawaii together. Put all of these OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUS clues together!"
Then, with a huff, HMS dropped Marth and stormed back into the back room.
"Dad!" Lucina came rushing up to help him up. "Are you all right?"
As he came to his feet, Marth stared into space for half a second, giving him enough time to come up with this: "YOU'RE IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH A GREEN DAY DROP OUT?"
"Oh, good. He's fine." Dark Pit joked as he helped Lucina lead Marth to a place to sit down.
Oh, my gosh, Marth. Relax. Let Chrom take care of beating Pittoo up for this. Sheesh.
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