Chapter 3
Pipe Dreams
After being lead onto the balcony, I saw myself facing a massive airship. It was about the length of 3 school buses and as wide at least 2 houses. Poltergeist floated over and into the ship, before releasing a spring loaded ramp from the balcony. I walked up the very polished steel ramp and into the Foyer of the ship. Poltergeist had explained that these ships were originally used on sending fan mail to Nintendo. But he claimed they never seemed to arrive at the correct places or never even arrived at all. I walked in and was in amazement of where I was. The entire airship was laid out like a house. Much of the Eastern side had my quarters, the kitchen (which I don't know why it was needed since I was told I could live without eating and drinking in the dimension), and the Lounge. On the west was the lab used to study the creatures that'd be found on my journey around the dimension. I went up on the deck and climbed the ladder onto the lookout platform. I probably could see dozens of miles if it wasn't just the sky and clouds nearby (Which really questioned my logic speaking I had entered a hatch in my mattress to get here). I was showed how to pilot the ship, which wasn't hard in the slightest. It functioned entirely on a coordinator and a pressure plate. I simply had to type where I wanted to go and then stand on the plate. However, since I wanted to explore a bit more, I grabbed a crate of oranges I found in the fridge and plopped them on the plate with the destination I set to "Pipe Dream Caves". Before I set out, Poltergeist wanted me to have some ghosts come with me along the journey. Greenie rushed aboard the ship promptly after Poltergeist's words. A couple ghosts of all different colors came onboard as well. I was told the stories about each of the ghost's lifetimes. The red ghost was Slammer: he was called that because he was a jock during life that was repeatedly thrown into jail for crimes he didn't commit, hence getting thrown into the slammer. Hider and Sneaker grew up as friends and love playing hide and seek, but were never found in their respective hiding places. Creeper the purple ghost was very clumsy and often slipped on wet surfaces; the collateral body damage eventually caused its death, and now has a puddle as its legs.
I took control of the S.S Orange as I had begun to call it and went down into my quarters. I found a Switch in the rec room and decided to play Splatoon 2 again. This time, the game went completely smooth; I was creaming other inklings left and right when Creeper entered the room. The gender of it was unknown, so I always referred to Creeper by name. I asked if he needed anything or wanted a soda. "No Thanks", "I'm just watching, you play." "Hey, how and why did you get here?" "I arrived on a magic carpet controlled by baboons". That got his attention. "I'm just messing with you; I got here through a trapdoor in my bed". Right about this time, I heard a loud BANG. "I'm guessing we've arrived". I opened the ramp out and noticed the pipe from my dream. Unfortunately, it was on the other side of a massive gorge. I asked myself how the hell I was supposed to cross. The cave was too low to fly over with the boat, and I knew that the GPS system wouldn't be smart enough to cross without hitting the sail on a stalactite. Instead, I drank something called Mighty Tonic, which tasted awful. However, I was seemingly able to lift things with ease. I grabbed one of the giant bookcases in the Library and pushed it over the gorge. It was long enough that I created a bridge across the pit below. After the ghosts came across, I stuck my hand in the pipe, which sucked my body and all of the ghosts in. It felt like a rollercoaster going through that pipe, with the big drops and sharp turns to match the feeling. After what seemed like forever in the pipe, we got spat out into grasslands like area. I turned to face a giant castle in the middle of the plains.
