Episode 2 He just called me an idiot part II
The clock had finally stroked 5 o'clock am. Once the gate to Luigi's mansion opened, all of the teams immediately ran ahead and went straight to the laboratory that was next to the mansion. Once they had all gotten there, Marth & Ike had gotten in there first. Ike then saw Professor Elvin Gadd, and headed straight toward him.
"Hello, welcome to Luigi's Mansion," said Elvin, holding out their next clue.
"Thanks," said Ike as Elvin gave him their clue. As the other teams got their clues from Elvin, Ike ripped there's open and started reading it.
"Roadblock: Who's got plasma phobia?"
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"A Roadblock is a task that only one person may perform," said Toad, "and no person can perform more than six Roadblocks on the entire race. In this Roadblock, one team member must obtain a ghost vacuum from Professor Elvin Gadd, and then head inside the mansion. Once there, teams must face their fear, and capture three of the many ghosts that haunt the mansion by using their ghost vacuum. The ghosts are going to be flying all over the place, and they're going to be playing tons of tricks, so catching them will be very difficult. Once teams have captured three ghosts, they will receive their next clue."
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MARTH & IKE: Currently in 1st place
"Who's afraid of ghosts? You are," said Ike.
"Very funny Ike, but I'll do it anyway," said Marth.
MARIO & LUIGI: Currently in 2nd place
"You should do it, Luigi, you've-a done this before," said Mario, "I don't-a know how to use a ghost vacuum."
"What!?" cried Luigi, looking at Mario as if he thought he was crazy, but all the same, he knew Mario was right. "Well… Oh, ok. I'll-a go catch some ghosts…again." Luigi gulped.
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: Currently in 3rd place
"You sucked at the Roadblock in the last leg, Jr.," said Bowser. "I'm doing it this time."
"Ugh! Dad, don't call me Jr. That's annoying," said Bowser Jr., feeling ticked off.
"Oh, put a sock in it, son!"
SAMUS & PIKACHU: Currently in 4th place
"Let me do this one, Samus," said Pikachu. "I've dealt with ghosts before, pika."
"Alright then, go get 'em tiger," said Samus.
NESS & LUCAS: Currently in 5th place
"You did the Roadblock last time, Lucas," said Ness, "so I'm going to do it."
"Ok, sounds reasonable," said Lucas.
LINK & ZELDA: Currently in 6th place
"Strategically, Link, I think you should do it," said Zelda.
"What, why?" Link questioned as he had already done the Roadblock in the last leg.
"Because, Link, you've encountered tons of scary dungeons full of ghosts and monsters in the past. You're perfect for this task."
"Okay then, fair enough."
POKEMON TRAINER & LUCARIO: Currently in 7th place
"Let me do this one, master," said Lucario. "I shall show no fear when I'm in the presence of ghosts."
"Alright, buddy," said P.T., "good plan."
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: Currently in 8th place
"Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me!" Jigglypuff begged like crazy once again. "Please let it me do it this time, Kirby, PRETTY PLEASE!?" She said, giving him the adorable kitten eyes.
"Daw, what the heck!" said Kirby. "Nock yourself out, Jiggs."
"YAY!"
PEACH & DAISY: Currently in 9th place
"Who's got plasma phobia?" said Daisy, reading the clue. "Can I do it this time, Peach?
"Sure you can. I hate ghosts," said Peach.
"Sweetness," said Daisy, feeling pretty excited.
FOX & KRYSTAL: Currently in last place
"Who's got ghost phobia? Me," said Krystal as she read the clue without even thinking.
"Wait, Krystal…," Fox, feeling the clue might've meant something else, tried to warn her not to open it, but it was too late. She had already opened the envelope.
Krystal then started reading the clue. "In this Roadblock, you must obtain a ghost vacuum and- whoa, whoa, wait a minute…WHAT!?"
CONFESSIONAL:
FOX& KRYSTAL: Dating
"I had accidentally misinterpreted the clue," said Krystal. "I thought it meant that whoever said they had plasma phobia could sit out the Roadblock, so I just said it, and then opened the envelope without even thinking. I ended up having to be the one to do the Roadblock."
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"Oh, no! No, no, no!" said Krystal, feeling like she was about to have a nervous breakdown. "I have to look around inside that creepy old mansion and hunt for ghosts?! Fox, I can't do that. I just can't!"
"I know, Krystal, I know," said Fox, who was getting a bit worried himself, "but now you have to do the Roadblock, or else we'll be penalized. Look, just don't panic while you're doing this, Krystal."
"Okay, alright… I'll try."
Once all of the volunteers were ready, Marth, Luigi, Bowser, Pikachu, Ness, Link, Lucario, Jigglypuff, Daisy, and Krystal all got the ghost vacuums of their choice. After that, everyone went inside Luigi's Mansion. Once they all did, they were all immediately creeped out by what they saw inside.
"Eke!" Peach screamed.
"Oh wow, this place is creepy!" said P.T. Apparently; he did not expect Luigi's Mansion to appear as scary as it looked.
Suddenly, many bats were shown flying high above the teams.
"OH, MY GOSH!" cried Krystal as she suddenly grabbed onto Fox for comfort. She was getting scared already.
"It's ok, it's ok," said Fox, "you can do this Krystal. You can do this."
Meanwhile, everybody else was feeling ready to catch some ghosts.
"You've got this Pikachu," said Samus. "I have faith in you."
"Good luck Jigglypuff," said Kirby, "you totally got this."
Luigi took very deep breaths until he was ready.
"Ok," said Luigi as he was shivering, "let's-a do this."
Everyone that volunteered then started searching around the mansion for any ghosts. Luigi, Krystal, Daisy and Pikachu all went to the kitchen. Jigglypuff, Link, Ness, Lucario, and Marth all went to the living room while Bowser went up to the attic all alone. There was no doubt about that since nobody liked him at the moment.
CONFESSIONAL:
SAMUS & PIKACHU: Best Friends
"During the Roadblock," said Pikachu, "we had to search around the whole entire mansion to try to find the ghosts."
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"Ness, do you see any ghosts yet?" cried Lucas.
"No."
CONFESSIONAL:
NESS & LUCAS: Best Friends
"At first, I couldn't find a single one," said Ness, "but pretty soon, before we knew it, we all started seeing ghosts popping out of places everywhere."
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Suddenly, a ghost was shown popping out of the sofa in the living room.
"Oh my gosh," yelled Jigglypuff, "there's a ghost!"
"I got it," said Marth.
Marth then sucked the ghost into his ghost vacuum, making Jigglypuff feel a bit out beaten.
"I could have caught it," said Jigglypuff. "I was just… a little surprised, that's all."
"Right," said Ness, not feeling entirely convinced.
"I found another one!" Link cried, pointing at another ghost creeping behind a big old flower plant. He then sucked the ghost into his vacuum before Jigglypuff could.
Getting a bit frustrated, Jigglypuff then suddenly blew herself up into balloon. "Ugh!" she cried.
In the Kitchen, Krystal was now getting extremely scared. Whenever a ghost would come into sight, she would shriek in terror. In fact, at that moment, another ghost had come out from under the floor, making Krystal jump into Luigi's arms. While this happened, Daisy had caught it, making it her first ghost.
"Yes!" cried Daisy, not paying attention to what Krystal was doing. "I caught one!"
"Good job-a, my love," said Luigi, still holding Krystal in his arms.
Daisy then left to go look somewhere else. Once she did, Luigi went and put Krystal down, but once another ghost appeared out of nowhere, she jumped right back into his arms.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Krystal continued to scream in terror.
At that, Fox came into the kitchen feeling worried about her.
"Krystal, are you alright?"
"Fox, maybe you should stay by her side," said Luigi. "I can't-a catch both her and three ghosts at the same time."
"Sorry we're slowing you down, Luigi," said Fox.
Luigi then put Krystal back down and went upstairs to search for more ghosts. Fox then comforted Krystal as she started crying.
"It's ok, it's ok," said Fox.
"I'm so scared," cried Krystal, "those ghosts are just so terrifying."
Meanwhile, up in the attic, Bowser was having no trouble catching any ghosts at all. He wasn't scared of anything as he had already caught one ghost.
"Alright," Bowser cheered, feeling good about himself, "just two more to go and then I'm out of here."
Bowser then left the attic and decided to search the master bedroom next. When he had gotten inside, he had come across two more ghosts that were playing tea party together at the table in the middle of the room. They were both very big ghost actually, but Bowser wasn't going to let them get away. He wanted to get ahead that badly. Once he turned the ghost vacuum on, he started sucking one of the ghosts in, making the other ghost run away. It was taking a very long time, however, as it was a very big ghost.
"Come on, come on," he screeched.
Over in the Foyer, Jigglypuff continued to falter as she kept on missing every ghost that appeared in front of her. Link, Ness, Marth and Lucario had already caught ghosts of their own, while Jigglypuff had squat. Suddenly, another ghost appeared in front of her.
"This one's mine!" she cried as she tried to catch it. The ghost only managed to successfully get away from her.
Suddenly, Ness then went and sucked that same ghost into his ghost vacuum, making it his second ghost that he had caught.
"Yes!" he cried. "I got another one."
"Oh, COME ON!" Jigglypuff yelled in frustration.
"Don't worry about it, Jigglypuff. You can do this" said Kirby from the sidelines. "Just don't get frustrated."
"Good job, Ness," said Lucas. "Now we just need to find one more ghost and then we're out of here."
Back up in the master bedroom, Bowser continued to have trouble trying to catch his ghost.
"Come on, GET IN THERE!"
Finally, the ghost had given up, and it had gotten sucked in.
"YES!" Bowser cheered. "Gotcha!"
Bowser then left the master bedroom to see if he could find that other ghost that had escaped. He went into the dark hallways keeping his eyes open for any pieces of white cloth moving around. He then passed a knight in shining armor, which made a little creaking sound while he passed it. Bowser, getting a bit suspicious, suddenly back tracked toward the knight and looked at it for second. As Bowser looked into the "eyes" of the knight, he moved around a lot while looking at it carefully. Finally, he stopped, looking a bit confused.
"Man, it feels like the knight's eyes are following you everywhere you go," said Bowser, breaking the fourth wall.
Bowser then left the knight in shining armor behind and starting heading towards the study. Suddenly, the camera shifted back over to the knight in shining armor, and it showed the other big ghost from the master bedroom creeping out of it carefully.
"He, he, he," the ghost giggled, thinking it had fooled Bowser.
Back in the kitchen, Pikachu had finally caught his first ghost.
"Samus, I got it, pika!" cried Pikachu.
"Good job, Pikachu, just too more," said Samus.
Meanwhile, Fox was still comforting Krystal as she still felt very scared of her surroundings.
"Krystal, Krystal," said Fox. "Look at me, Krystal, it's alright, you can do this. I'm going to be right here beside you the whole time while you're doing it. You just have to try your best. Can you at least try?"
"Okay," said Krystal, "I-I'll try."
Krystal then grabbed her ghost vacuum, and worriedly, but surely looked at her surroundings for any ghosts. While doing this, a ghost then suddenly but quietly appeared out of a tea pot behind her, and then loudly closed the lid as a prank, scaring her.
"AHH," she screamed.
"It's ok, it was just a little trick by the ghost," Fox assured her. "You can do this, just keep going.
"O-Okay."
Suddenly, that same ghost creeped out of the floor, and tapped her on the shoulder. She then turned around to see who did it.
"BOO!" the ghost yelled.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed as she suddenly ducked down trying to cover her head.
'This is going to be a long Roadblock.' Fox thought to himself.
Meanwhile, over in the dining room hall, Jigglypuff was STILL having troubles trying to catch a ghost.
"UGHHHHH," she cried infuriatingly as she once again missed another ghost. "Why is this so difficult!?"
Suddenly, Jigglypuff, Link, Pikachu, and Lucario all heard a loud bang coming from the upstairs. They then heard some running footsteps, almost as if someone was being chased up there. This made everyone feel a bit scared. Suddenly, out of nowhere, one of the big ghosts from the master bedroom that tried to fool Bowser with the knight in shining armor came flying down the stairs. Then, everyone saw an angry Bowser, who was chasing after it.
"You little runt!" Bowser yelled at the ghost while chasing it, "No one makes a fool out of me! GET BACK HERE!"
Everyone was surprised by the size of the ghost while it tried to run away. Link, Pikachu, Lucario and Jigglypuff attempted to try and catch it themselves. When they did, the ghost then flew to another direction to try to get away from everyone.
"I think I got it!" cried Link.
"No, it's mine!" yelled Jigglypuff. "I want to be the one to catch it!"
"OUT OF MY WAY!" Bowser yelled, knocking both Link then Jigglypuff into the walls.
"Ow!" cried Jigglypuff.
"Aw man," said Link, thinking he heard a crack in his back. "Did he have to push us THAT hard?!"
"You're MINE!" yelled Bowser as he kept chasing after the ghost down more hallways.
Suddenly, the ghost was starting to get sucked into his ghost vacuum as it was getting tired from all the chasing, but it was trying its best not to.
"You're not getting away from ME!"
Finally, the tired out ghost had given up, and had gotten sucked in.
"YES!" cried Bowser. "GOTCHA!"
Bowser then went on over to where Elvin Gadd was waiting and gave him his ghost vacuum containing all three of the ghosts that he had caught.
"Alright!" Bowser Jr. cheered. "You got them all, YES!"
"Congratulations, here's your next clue," said Elvin, handing over the clue to Bowser.
"Thanks."
All of the team members that were sitting out the Roadblock all looked at each other feeling a bit annoyed while Bowser ripped open the clue and read it.
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: Currently in 1st place
"Congratulations, you completed the Roadblock. You must now make your way to the graveyard of this mansion. It is there where you'll find your next clue."
"Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, we're gonna beat you," Bowser Jr. hollered out to the other teams, mocking them.
"F%# you!" yelled Samus.
"Jr., come on!" said Bowser, pulling him away.
"I can't believe this," said Zelda. "Bowser & Bowser Jr. have gotten ahead of us just like that. That is just unbelievable."
"You're telling me," said Peach.
"This sucks!" an infuriated Jigglypuff stated. "Bowser has already beaten us, and I still haven't caught a single ghost!"
"Poyo!" said Kirby, feeling a bit defeated already.
Meanwhile…
"Sir, where's the graveyard?" Bowser asked Elvin Gadd.
"I can't tell you," Elvin replied. "You have to figure it out on your own."
"Humph, fine!"
"Dad, shouldn't you already 'know' where it is?" said Bowser Jr. questioning his father. "You have been here before after all."
"I KNOW WHERE THE GRAVEYARD IS! I just… forgot which direc-THIS MANSION IS HUGE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Bowser yelled, feeling a bit insecure. "After all, it has been a very long time since I've been here. I mean… you know how absent minded us geniuses can be."
"Yeah, sure."
"SHUT UP!"
"Look, why don't we try looking over there?" Bowser Jr. suggested, pointing towards a door under the staircase. "That might be it."
When they checked it, however, all they found was a closet.
"Dang it," said Bowser, "where the heck is this stupid graveyard?!"
While Bowser & Bowser Jr. continued searching, Krystal was still having some difficulty trying to face her fear. Since she had no luck in the kitchen, she decided to try looking for ghosts in the ballroom.
"Look Krystal," said Fox, once they had gotten there, "there's one over there!"
"WHERE?!" cried Krystal.
Suddenly, the ghost then left its hiding spot and flew through Krystal's head, which scared the life out of her.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," said the ghost, laughing its head off.
"OH MY GOSH! That was- ohhh!" said Krystal as she began to shed more tears.
"It's ok, just keep trying," Fox said once more.
Meanwhile, Marth was the second person to catch all three ghosts.
"Yes! Marth got them all!" Ike cheered.
Marth then went over to where Elvin Gadd was waiting.
"Congratulations, here's your next clue," said Elvin.
"Thank you," said Marth.
MARTH & IKE: Currently in 2nd place
"Good job Marth," said Ike, taking the clue from him. "You were pretty good back there, for a guy that looks like a girl that is."
"Uh… thanks, Ike."
Ike then ripped open their clue and read the part where it said to find the graveyard.
"Alright," said Ike, "Let's find that graveyard and then get out of here."
When Jigglypuff saw Marth & Ike leave, she blew up into a balloon out of frustration once again. She felt as if she wasn't going to catch a single ghost no matter how hard she tried. Suddenly, she saw another ghost coming out of a flower pot.
"YOU'RE MINE NOW!" a determined Jigglypuff said as she tried sucking that ghost into her vacuum.
However, she once again missed it and the ghost flew away. Suddenly, Ness once again came out of nowhere, and sucked the ghost into his vacuum right away, making it his third ghost that he had caught. This made Jigglypuff feel extremely aggravated.
"Oh, come on!" she cried.
"Yes!" cried Ness. "I got it!"
Ness then went on over to Elvin Gadd, and handed him his ghost vacuum containing all three of the ghosts that he had caught.
"Woo hoo!" Lucas cheered. "Yeah, Ness!"
"Congratulations, here's your next clue."
"Thanks," said Ness.
NESS & LUCAS: Currently in 3rd place
CONFESSIONAL:
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: Long Distance Dating
"I was just getting so frustrated that I couldn't catch a single ghost," said Jigglypuff, "and the worst part about it was that I was the least afraid of the ghosts out of everyone performing the Roadblock, and everyone else was still catching more ghosts than I was."
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While Jigglypuff continued her little frustration dance, a light bulb suddenly turned on above her head. She figured it would be easier for her to catch more ghosts if she put them to sleep - by using her singing voice, so at that moment, Jigglypuff put her vacuum down, took out her little microphone.
"Wait, Jigglypuff, NO!" cried Luigi, who saw what she was doing.
"No!" cried Link. "Please do not sing! PLEASE DON'T!"
Looking at three ghosts that were hovering above here, she then started singing.
"Wait, Jigglypuff, DON'T DO IT, PIKAAAA!" cried Pikachu, but Jigglypuff wasn't listening to any of them. She then started singing.
"Jiiiigglyypuuuuff, Jigglyyyypuuuuff.
Jiiiigglyypuuuuff, Jigglyyyyyyyyyyy.
Jiiiigglyypuuuuff, Jigglyyyypuuuuff.
Jiiiigglypuuuuf, Jiiiigglypuuuuf, Jiiiigglypuuuf, Jiiiigglyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy."
When Jigglypuff finished singing, she looked to see if any of the ghosts had fallen asleep. However, the three ghosts were not sleeping. They were instead clapping with applause. Apparently, ghosts never go to sleep at all, so when the ghosts were applauding her performance (Which Jigglypuff had always wanted by the way), Jigglypuff only felt even MORE aggravated, and threw her microphone down.
"Oh, come, on!" she cried. "I can't believe this! YOU FREAKS WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO FALL ASLEEP SO I COULD CATCH YOU IN MY GHOST VACUUUUUM!"
When the ghosts heard her say that, they all then looked at each other, and then started laughing their heads off like crazy. Apparently, they all could not believe that she would actually be that stupid. After that, all three of the ghosts then mockingly threw a raspberry at her and continued laughing while they flew off.
"HEY! Come back here! I'm not finished with you!"
"Jigglypuff?" said Lucario as he suddenly entered the foyer. "What's going on here? Why are Link, Luigi, and Pikachu all sleeping in the middle of the floor?"
"Huh?" said Jigglypuff, looking a bit confused. Suddenly, she saw what Lucario was talking about. "Oh, no, they all must have fallen asleep while I was trying to catch the ghosts by singing my song!"
"You were singing your sleep lullaby?" said Lucario
"Um… well…" she said, scratching her head.
Meanwhile, after looking through the dining room, kitchen, and bone yard, Bowser & Bowser Jr. had finally found the graveyard.
"Maybe the clue-box is behind one of these gravestones," Bowser Jr. suggested.
"Good idea, let's start looking," said Bowser, who was not yelling at his son for once.
As they were looking, Bowser Jr. had found the clue-box.
"Dad, I found th- WOAH!" Bowser Jr. yelled as a ghost suddenly came flying out of the clue-box, laughing.
"Son, are you alright?" said Bowser.
"Stupid ghost!" said Bowser Jr. as he got their clue. He then ripped it open, and found a ring of keys inside of it. He then started reading the clue.
"Detour: Long Distance or Short Distance?
"A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons," said Toad. "In this Detour, teams must choose a task that has to do with finding their way out of the mansion. Their choice: Long Distance or Short Distance. In Long Distance, teams must use one of the keys that they obtained from their clue, and open the front doors to the mansion. They then must make their way outside of the mansion and roam through a trail in Boo woods. Using only a flashlight, teams must try to find their way through the woods by finding red and yellow route markers printed on trees. The task may appear simple, however, there are going to be other route markers with different colors to throw teams off. This can cause teams to get lost. Once teams have made it to the other end of the trail, they'll receive their next clue. In Short Distance, teams must search the graveyard for blindfolds, which they must keep on at all times while they're still indoors. While blind, teams must then try to find their way through the mansion all the way to the courtyard. Once teams have made it to the courtyard, they may take off their blindfolds and must then use the other key to open the gate to the courtyard to get out of the mansion. Once all that is done, they'll receive their next clue. Teams may be unable to see, but if teams have been paying attention to their surroundings while performing the Roadblock, they should be able to finish the task quickly. In both tasks, if teams get lost, they'll be transported back to the starting point by Lakitu, and they'll have to start over again."
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: Currently in 1st place
"I say we should do Short Distance," said Bowser. "It sounds easier to me, and it's much shorter."
"Yeah, but Dad, it says we have to perform the task while wearing blindfolds. That means we won't be able to see where we're going."
"I DON'T CARE!" he yelled. "It'll get us out of here faster. You just have to stay behind me while I lead the way."
"I have a feeling I'm not gonna like this," Bowser Jr. muttered to himself.
"I HEARD THAT!"
Marth & Ike were the next team to arrive at the graveyard and started searching behind the gravestones.
"Here it is," said Ike, "Here's the clue-box."
Ike got their clue, ripped it open, and read it.
MARTH & IKE: Currently in 2nd place
"Detour: Long Distance or Short Distance"
"I say we should do Long Distance," Marth replied. "It looks a lot easier to me."
"Yeah, but look at Bowser & Bowser Jr.," Ike said, pointed towards the two mutant turtles who were putting on the blindfolds they had found. "They're doing the other task. I say we should do that too."
"I don't know Ike. I still say we should do the other task.
"Marth, Bowser & Bowser Jr. are practically not afraid of anything, so they're being given a huge advantage here. If we do the other task while they do the Short Distance task, they'll get to the mat first. I want US to win first place this time, so can you just please go along with me on this? We might even win a vacation if you do."
Marth thought about this for a bit. He still didn't think this was a good idea, but Bowser & Bowser Jr. were getting further and further ahead every second. Marth knew it was just going to be a waste of time trying to convince Ike to do the other task, because when it comes to winning, reasoning with Ike is like trying to squeeze juice from a rock.
"Alright, fine. We'll do it your way," Marth decided.
"Yes! I knew you'd see it my way. Know lets hurry up so we can catch up to those turtle freaks."
Back in the ballroom, the three ghosts that laughed at Jigglypuff saw Krystal, who was also on the lookout for ghosts. When they saw that she was afraid of ghosts, they decided to play a prank on her, and scare her for pleasure. When Krystal saw them, her hands were shaking so hard that she couldn't turn on her ghost vacuum in time to catch one of the ghosts. The ghosts then flew towards her making screeching noises at her. This caused her to faint.
"Oh no," said a surprised Fox, "KRYSTAL!"
Fox went over Krystal to try to get her to snap out of her trance.
"Krystal, wake up! WAKE UP!"
"Ha, ha, ha," the ghosts laughed, feeling proud of themselves for this was actually their second time that they made someone faint. (Their first one was Luigi.)
Meanwhile, back in the Foyer…
"Wake up, WAKE UP!" said Jigglypuff, slapping Pikachu across the face several times while he was asleep.
She also tried doing this to Link and Luigi, but it wasn't working. Lucario tried to use some of his moves on all of them too, but surprisingly, even THAT wasn't super effective. Suddenly, Lucario had gotten an idea.
"Jigglypuff, I'm going to go to the kitchen to fetch some water. Water should help wake them up. I'll be right back."
"Ok," said Jigglypuff, "you do that."
Meanwhile, over in the conservatory, Daisy had caught her third and final ghost.
"Yes!" she cried. "I got it!"
She then went on over to Elvin Gadd to hand over her vacuum full of ghosts.
"YAY! Good job, Daisy," said Peach.
"Congratulations, here's your next clue," said Elvin.
"Thanks," said Daisy.
PEACH & DAISY: Currently in 4th place
"WHAT!" Jigglypuff yelled. "But how did she- GRRRRRRRR!"
Back in the ballroom…
"Krystal, WAKE UUUP!" Fox was now screaming at the top of his lungs.
"Wha-? What's going on?" said Krystal. 'My goodness, that was the worst nightmare I ever- oh no!' Krystal thought to herself. "Wha- NOOOOOOO!"
CONFESSIONAL:
FOX & KRYSTAL: Dating
"And then that's when she just broke down," said Fox.
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"Noooo, Noooo, no, no, no, no, no." said Krystal whose face was now covered in more tears than ever before.
"Krystal, Krystal get a hold of yourself!" said Fox, who was now starting to get very worried about Krystal. "You can't let these ghosts take control of your fears!"
"I can't do this, Fox! These ghosts are just too creepy!"
"Can't you at least just TRY to finish?!"
"I can't do it, Fox! The ghosts keep flying over me, and it's too hard! I just can't do this!"
…
"I can't do this, Fox! I just can't!"
"Here," Fox helped her off the floor, "let's get out of here, and find someplace else. It's ok Krystal, it's going to be alright."
CONFESSIONAL:
FOX & KRYTAL: Dating
"I was absolutely scared, more scared than I've ever been in my life quite frankly," said Krystal. "I was so traumatized by the whole situation that I was in, and I just felt that I didn't want to do it anymore."
"It just didn't feel right having to watch her suffer like this," said Fox. "It's wasn't her fault that she's afraid of ghosts and haunted houses, and I just couldn't blame her for the situation she was in. I knew had to do something about it, but I just didn't know what."
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"Why don't I take you back to the dining room?" said Fox. "I'll let you cry under the table there, while I stand guard. I won't let any ghosts hurt you, alright?"
"Okay," Krystal continued weeping while she was under Fox's arms.
When they got back to the dining room, they saw Lucario coming out of the kitchen carrying a bucket of water.
"What's going on?" said Lucario while Krystal was going under the table in misery. "What's wrong with Krystal?"
"She got scared," said Fox. "I'm just trying to calm her down. What's with the bucket of water?"
"Jigglypuff made Link, Luigi and Pikachu fall asleep with her singing, so I'm trying to help her wake them up."
"Why was Jigglypuff singing?"
"It appears that she was trying to get the ghosts to fall asleep. I have to go, Jigglypuff is waiting for me."
"Ok then, good luck."
Fox then started watching Krystal as she continued crying underneath the table. He was starting to doubt that Krystal was ever going to finish this task.
'What are we going to do?' he thought to himself.
Back at the Detour, Bowser & Bowser Jr. and Marth & Ike were having some trouble performing the Short Distance task while walking through the hallways trying to find the courtyard. Suddenly, without knowing it, Ike stepped on Bowser Jr.'s tail while walking.
"OW!" Bowser Jr. yelled. "Watch it!"
"I can't see where I'm going with this blindfold on!" said Ike.
After that, Ike tried going the other way, but ended up running into a wall. Marth was having trouble doing this as well as he kept running into Ike. He also kept tripping over furniture and knocking over candles from their posts. It was definitely not easy walking through a huge, haunted mansion while blind.
"OW!" Bowser yelled as Bowser Jr. ran into him. "Jr., you're stepping on my foot! Don't you remember that I'm supposed to be leading us out of this mansion and not you?!"
"This is not easy, Dad, and quit calling me Jr.!"
Suddenly, Marth's foot started to go though the fragile hardwood floors. "Ike, this is too dangerous. I say we should go to the other task."
"No way," Ike replied. "We can't let Bowser & Bowser Jr. beat us. We have to get ahead of them."
Meanwhile, Bowser had gotten an idea. "Son, just hold my hand. We'll get out of here much faster if we do."
"No way," Bowser Jr. refused as he did not want to be holding his father's hand in front of other people, but Bowser grabbed his hand anyway. Bowser then dragged him down the hallways while trying to find their way out.
"Hey," said Ike, "where did you two turtle freaks run off too?! Show yourselves! Whoa!" Marth had accidentally run into Ike, causing both of them to fall to the floor. This was just not Ike's day.
Meanwhile, Ness & Lucas and Peach & Daisy had finally found the graveyard. Lucas then spotted the clue-box and all four of them immediately went over to it. Ness ripped open his and Lucas's clue while Peach ripped open her and Daisy's clue.
NESS & LUCAS: Currently in 3rd Place PEACH & DAISY: Currently in 4th place
"Detour: Long Distance or Short Distance?" said Ness.
"I say we should do Long Distance," said Daisy.
"Yeah, I agree," said Peach.
"Let's do Long Distance Ness," said Lucas, swirling the ring of keys around his finger. "I'm sick and tired of this mansion already."
"Alrighty then," said Ness, "We'll do Long Distance."
Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas then went back inside the mansion to head back to the foyer and open the front doors. While doing so, they passed Lucario and Jigglypuff, who were busy pouring water on Pikachu. Pikachu then opened his eyes feeling a bit surprised.
"Pika?"
"It worked!" cried Jigglypuff. "Let's do it on Link and Luigi now."
Feeling confused, Pikachu looked around a bit and realized he was still doing the Roadblock.
"Wait! What am I doing? I still have one more ghost to find, pika." With that, Pikachu picked up his ghost vacuum and ran off.
Meanwhile, Link and Luigi were both awakened by Jigglypuff and Lucario pouring water on them.
"What the- what's going on?" said Link, feeling a bit surprised at this sudden awakening.
"What-a happened, and why am I all wet-a?" said Luigi.
"We did it! We finally woke them up!" said Jigglypuff, feeling very excited. Suddenly, she saw another ghost fly by. Knowing that she had finished her job with waking up her fellow racers, she immediately ran off trying to catch it. Once again, however, she missed it. "Grrrrrrr."
"Here, why don't I help you with that," said Lucario who had been following her. (Link and Luigi left to continue their searching by the way.)
"Oh would you please!" said Jigglypuff.
She then handed over her ghost vacuum to Lucario. He then took a close inspection of her it and immediately found out what she was doing wrong.
"Jigglypuff, you weren't really sucking the ghosts in your vacuum at all, you were pressing the wrong button. By doing so, you were actually blowing air into the ghost's faces."
"I was?" she said.
Lucario then showed her the right button to press in order to catch the ghosts. It was now sucking the air instead of blowing it out.
"Oh…right. My bad" said Jigglypuff turning red. She never felt so stupid.
"Don't worry about it, at least now you know what to do."
"Yeah, thanks, Lucario, you're the best."
She then saw the same ghost from earlier, which was now hovering above them. Knowing what to do now, she pressed the right button this time, and when she did, she FINALLY caught her first ghost.
"YES! I got one, I got one, I got one, I got one!" Jigglypuff cheered all excitingly while jumping up and down.
"Whoa, take it easy Jigglypuff, take it easy," said Lucario, who had sweat dropped at her excitement.
After calmed down a bit, Jigglypuff then she saw Pikachu running toward Elvin Gadd for he had just then captured his third ghost.
"Congratulations, here's your next clue," said Elvin.
"Thanks, pika."
"Good job, Pikachu, that was excellent," said Samus.
SAMUS & PIKACHU: Currently in 5th place
"Oh my gosh, I've gotta hurry!" said Jigglypuff, who then immediately went upstairs to search for more ghosts.
"Good luck," Lucario called out and continued his search for more ghosts as well.
While all this was going on, Peach & Daisy had used their keys to open the front doors and they went outside. Before Ness & Lucas attempted to follow them, the front doors then suddenly shut behind them, and locked themselves again. This shocked both teams.
"Hey, what happened?" said Lucas.
"I think maybe we're supposed to use our keys as well," said Ness, who then did just that and unlocked the doors. After that, the front doors had opened, and Ness & Lucas went outside. When both teams were on the front step, the door suddenly closed behind them again, scaring both teams once again.
"Ok, that was weird," said Peach.
"Extremely," said Lucas.
"Alright, let's forget about that you guys," said Daisy, "the clue says that the trail with the red and yellow flags at the beginning of the trail is the one that we have to go through."
"Hmm, that must be it over there," said Ness, pointing towards a trail entrance containing red and yellow flags.
With that being said, both teams immediately ran over to it and started traversing the trail through Boo Woods.
"Alright, let's get this done," said Ness.
"Yeah!" said Lucas.
"Absolutely," said Peach.
"Right on," said Daisy, and off through the woods they all went.
Back in the dining room of the mansion, Krystal seemed to be calming down a bit. Fox still had no idea how he was going to be able to get Krystal to finish the Roadblock, and she still hadn't caught a single ghost. Just then, Lucario came into the dining room, and saw that Krystal was still sulking a bit underneath the table.
"I'm worried about her, Lucario," said Fox. "I don't know what to do."
"Here," said Lucario, "Why don't I talk to her. I'll see if I can help her in her current situation."
"Will you?" asked Fox. "Thanks."
"It's no trouble at all." Lucario then went under the table to where Krystal was.
"Krystal?" said Lucario.
"Who's there?" said Krystal.
"It's me, Lucario. I'm here to help you out."
While Lucario was talking to Krystal, Jigglypuff was looking around the anteroom in the upstairs for one more ghost for she just caught her second one in the parlor. When she heard a noise, she immediately went over to the door and turned her ghost vacuum on. When the door opened, out came Luigi. This frightened Jigglypuff that she suddenly turned on her ghost vacuum and pointed it at him.
"AAAAH!" Luigi screamed as his face was getting sucked in.
"Oh my gosh, Luigi!" Jigglypuff gasped. She turned her ghost vacuum off. "I'm sorry. I thought you were another ghost."
"It's-a alright Jigglypuff, I don't-a blame you."
"Oh and… I'm also sorry I accidentally made you fall asleep," she said, scratching the back of her head.
"Oh, that's-a alright, I don't blame you for that either. All is forgiven."
"Where are you going now?"
"I just caught-a my last ghost; I'm going downstairs to-."
"WHAT! OH MY GOSH, I GOTTA HURRY!" Jigglypuff yelled and then suddenly ran off. Luigi blinked in confusion, but then just shrugged it off as he left to go get his next clue.
Back in the dining room, Krystal was starting to feel much better while Lucario was giving her a pep talk.
"So you see, you can't let these ghosts turn you into a shrinking violet," said Lucario, "you have to be more aggressive and assertive towards them. This way, they won't play around with your fears, and you won't end up being traumatized."
Suddenly, they heard Luigi come down the stairs with all three ghosts caught in his vacuum. He was then shown going over to Elvin Gadd.
"Congratulations, here is your next clue."
"Thanks a lot," said Luigi.
"Hey, you pretty good-a, Luigi," said Mario. "Now we can get out of here."
MARIO & LUIGI: Currently in 6th place
"Look at Luigi," said Lucario. "Let him inspire you."
Krystal was amazed that Luigi was able to catch all three of his ghosts despite his fear of them. This made her feel much better, and made her feel much more inspired.
"All right then, I will." She then immediately got out her ghost vacuum and started heading her way back towards the ballroom. She was ready to show the ghosts whose boss. Fox could not have been more amazed.
"Thank you, Lucario," said Fox after Lucario got out from under the table. "You're a really awesome guy."
"Any time my fellow competitor, any time." Lucario then picked up his ghost vacuum and went off in search of more ghosts.
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Stay tuned for part 3 of this episode
What's up guys? I decided to let this be a 3 part episode since I still have so much other stuff to do, and also, this episode still has quite a ways to go. I have a feeling that some of y'all will probably loathe the idea, though I hope you all enjoyed part 2 regardless. Don't forget to comment and express your feelings about it, and don't be afraid to point out any goofs and errors. Once again, I do not own these Nintendo characters, their videogames, or anything else that's not mine. See you all later.