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BGM: Forever Forest (Paper Mario)
"The Forest Forest… why here?" Luigi groaned. "Why can't it be something like Yoshi's Island or… something less scary?" He asked.
"Well, you'll have to conquer your fears eventually." Kamui said.
"I know… but I'm just saying." Luigi muttered.
"Ah, if it isn't Mario and his friends." A voice said as the same Boo that scared the crap out of the guard appeared before them… though on closer inspection, he looked like a butler. "You are on the way looking for the Star Spirits, correct?"
Mario blinked. "How did you…?"
"Ah, it will be explained once you get to Lady Bow's Mansion." He said. "For now, you are invited to come to her mansion. She does not like to be kept waiting, so please make haste." He said and then disappeared. "…If you so manage as to think otherwise… THEN WE WILL HAUNT YOU UNTIL YOU DO!" He yelled as he reappeared right behind Luigi.
"YAAAAAAAGH!" Luigi jumped up and hid behind Yang and Weiss.
"…Oh come on, he's not that scary." Blake said.
"Oh ho ho, I love doing that." The butler Boo chuckled as he disappeared.
"Are you done holding on to my leg?" Weiss asked.
"…Yes." Luigi said as he got back up.
"Come on, the Forever Forest can't be that bad." Ruby said as they walked forward into the forest… until they heard a wolf howling.
"…Okay, I'm turning around, see you later." Luigi said as he turned around… only to see the same Boo Butler from before in front of him.
"Boo!"
"AAAAAAAAH!" Luigi yelled as he jumped near them and turned around. "…On second thought, I'll stick around."
"You need to get out of your comfort zone at some point." Kamui said.
"Well, excuse me!" Luigi sighed as they pressed onward… however, due to how Forever Forest is known for its trickery…
"Okay, it's official, we're lost." Ruby complained.
"Now, don't be like that, we're not lost!" Yang said.
"Yeah, we're just going around in circles. It's way better than being lost." Parakarry said. "…Oh who am I kidding, that's worse."
"I know I saw that sign a few times already!" Weiss complained.
"Mama mia… forests shouldn't be this confusing…" Mario said.
"…That crow is new though." Kamui said.
"Huh?" Luigi turned as they all saw a few crows landing on a fence… before some of them decided to fly around Luigi. "Ack! No no no no! Get off of me!"
"Hehehehe, now isn't that caw-tostrophic." A voice said as they turned to see a man walking over to them. He wore dark-looking robes and a purple cloak, had white hair, and his eyes seemed to be closed.
"Oh… Henry." Mario sweatdropped.
"You know him?" Ruby asked.
"He stops by at the Smash Mansion every once in a while and spars with someone every now and then." Mario explained.
"That someone being ME!" Luigi complained.
"Aww, Luigi, you're breaking my heart." Henry faked his sadness. "But then again, it's always fun seeing you cry in terror during such a caw-tastrophe."
Yang's eyes lit up. "You make puns too?!"
Henry chuckled. "Indeed I do, miss…"
"Yang Xiao Long, and I make puns too!"
"Is that right?"
"Yeah! Like all these crows? I believe it's crow-tastic!"
"Hehehe, it seems I have competition!" Henry chuckled, high fiving Yang.
"…I can hear those idiots now…" Weiss groaned.
Pause BGM
At Blood Gulch…
"So, I was thinking that we'd- GOD DAMMIT, BARB!" Church yelled.
"Yay! That running gag is back!" Caboose clapped.
"DON'T CLAP FOR THAT, CABOOSE!"
At the Red Base…
"Simmons! I am ordering you to stop saying that!" Sarge said. "Or so help me, I am shooting Grif in frustration!"
"…What did I do to deserve that?!" Grif asked.
"Because you're so shootable."
"Oh screw you!"
"What was THAT?!"
"Screw you SIR!"
"That's more like it!"
Simmons growled. "I am so going to throttle Yang when we find a way to get back over to the Mushroom Kingdom…"
"Por que no estrangulas a Grif para pracitar?" (Why don't you throttle Grif for practice?) Lopez asked.
Back with the gang…
Resume BGM
"Ugh… it's bad enough with Yang and Nyx, now we have this guy!" Weiss complained.
"You guys know Nyx?" Kamui asked in surprise.
"Yeah, she's a pun master that loves reading and is actually from Gusty Gulch." Blake said.
"…Huh, not the Nyx I was thinking of…" Kamui mused.
It was at this moment that there was a howl, and it was really close too as they turned around with their weapons ready… only for a very huge beast came out, howling at them. It looked like a werewolf, if werewolves were big and muscular as a yeti.
At the Mushroom Kingdom…
A certain woman walked around, humming to herself and then heard Luigi screaming. "…Luigi?" She turned toward the Forever Forest. "What's he doing over there?" She wondered and then went off to investigate.
Back in the Forest…
"Yeesh, can you tone down the scream a little?" The werewolf asked while Luigi was KO'd.
"That voice…" Kamui said as she smiled. "Keaton, is that you?"
"Did my voice give it away?" He asked as he turned back to his normal form. "Yo."
"Oh, that's new." Weiss said. "…I want to say I'm not surprised, but unfortunately, I'm a little surprised that there are werewolves in the Mushroom Kingdom." She said… as Keaton got a little too close to her and sniffed her. "…That's WAY too friendly!"
"Sorry, this is how he greets people." Kamui said. "Keaton, this is Mario, Luigi, Team RWBY, Parakarry, there's a Goomba, a Koopa and a Bob-omb in Mario's pocket, and… Henry, right?"
"Yep." Henry nodded.
"Well, it's so nice to meet you." Keaton said as he kept sniffing them… but had quite an interest on Blake. "You smell like a cat." He said… and right on cue, Blake hissed at him. "…And act like one. Eh, whatever." Keaton shrugged and examined them. "Hmm, pasta, pasta, cookies… hmm, I like you!" He said, referring to Ruby who only giggled. "You smell like… a very bitchy ice queen."
"Hey!" Weiss glared at him, but Keaton kept sniffing them until he got to Yang… and when his nose touched the hair…
"Alright… that's enough!" Yang said, backing up.
"Hold on, there's something about the hair that I like." Keaton said and sniffed it. "It smells… hot… and… burning… and on fire and… Oh dear Naga, your hair is on fire."
"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH!" Yang screamed, punching Keaton in the face that sent him to a tree.
"Ouch. That was caw-tostrophic right there." Henry said.
"Ow… I think you broke my sniffer…" Keaton whined
"…What in the world is going on here?" A voice asked as they turned to see Nyx.
"Oh, hi Nyx!" Ruby waved.
Oh wow! That is DEFINITELY not the Nyx I was thinking of. Kamui thought.
"Seriously, what's going on?" Nyx wondered.
"You want the long version, or the short version?" Weiss asked.
"Short version." Nyx answered.
"Well, Bowser pulled Peach's castle up to the sky and has this Star Rod that he used to beat us, which he stole from these seven Star Spirits that we have to find and rescue, though we already saved two, and we've met some strange characters on the way, some of them joining us along with Kamui."
"... I said I'd take the short version."
"That was the short version."
"Then what was the long version?!" Nyx asked… and then was greeted by Keaton and smelled her. "Uh…"
"…Nope, my ol' smell is working great!" Keaton said and glared hard at Yang.
"Oh, Nyx, get this!" Yang said. "Henry here loves to make puns just as we do!"
Nyx smiled. "Oh, is that so?"
"I specialize more in crow puns, but yes." Henry said.
"Hmm, maybe you need to broaden your horizons so your puns won't be so caws-trophobic." Nyx said.
"…Kill me now…" Weiss groaned.
"Oooh, that was a good one, and maybe I should." Henry chuckled.
"If you're looking for a way around this forest, there's a trick to it." Nyx explained.
"Oh, and what might that be?" Ruby asked.
"It's simple. You have to look for the odd one out in each section of the forest." She said. "Follow me, I know my way around." She said and walked forward as the rest followed. "Oh, by the way, there's a few Piranha Plants and a few Fuzzies in this forest."
"I did not need to hear Fuzzies…" Mario muttered as they kept going.
"Ruby, to you right, there's a Beowolf ready to strike." Nyx said.
"On it!" Ruby said, aiming her scythe at the right and shot the Beowolf a few times before it fell dead. "Hehehe, got it!"
"Now how did you know that?" Kamui asked.
"It's her semblance." Yang said. "It's Super Sensory and she detects foes from a 100 yard radius."
"So basically… she uses her nose." Keaton said. "I like it!"
"I wouldn't say it's my nose…" Nyx said.
"Well, whatever a semblance is, I'm just gonna say what I believe." Keaton chuckled as they progressed forward until they finally came across a mansion in the woods.
End BGM
"So… this is the mansion." Ruby said. "I have to say... it's actually not that bad."
"Ugh, right." Luigi said. "Next thing you know, I come alone in some creepy forest and find a mansion all by myself… and the best part is, I win it in a contest that I've never entered! This is some creepy foreshadowing, man!" He said as they all looked at him as if he lost his mind. "What? Just watch, it'll happen!"
"Your imagination goes wild sometimes…" Mario said as they approached the mansion, and the same Boo Butler showed up in front of them.
"Ah, more friends with Mario. Excellent. Please, do come in." He said and then disappeared.
"…I should've killed him right there." Nyx muttered.
"Oh come on, he's friendly. Why would you hurt him?" Keaton asked.
"Friendly? I doubt it." Luigi said.
"…You don't want to know." Nyx said as they walked toward the door… and then Luigi first open the door, slowly as he peeked in.
"…Hello?" He called out… only for Mario to push him in.
"Oh relax, it's not the end of the world." Mario said.
"You're not exactly helping there, bro!" Luigi complained as they looked inside.
BGM: Boo's Mansion Theme (Paper Mario)
"A mansion full of Boos." Nyx said. "Well, I know what I'm doing."
"And what's that?" Henry asked.
"Going on a killing spree." Nyx said, pulling out her crossbow.
"…Now now, as much as I love sadistic fun, let's not go too overboard." Henry said.
"I just hate them with a passion." Nyx grumbled as the Boo Butler appeared.
"Oh, I forgot to mention. Lady Bow is on the third floor. She doesn't like to be kept waiting." He said and disappeared.
"Let's-a go." Mario said.
"Hooray…" Luigi unenthusiastically said as they walked to the top of the stairs, only they reached a dead end on the second floor. "Great, can we go now?"
"Hold on, a lot of haunted mansions have a few tricks in them." Nyx said.
"That's because you kept going to Big Boo's Haunt!" Luigi said.
"So?" Nyx chuckled as they saw a moving painting.
"Excuse me!" It said.
"Whoa, that empty painting talked!" Ruby pointed out the obvious.
"The Mushroom Kingdom just gets weirder and weirder…" Wiess sighed.
"Oh, it's not so bad once you get to know it." Kamui said. "But I agree, the talking painting is weird."
"I say it's pretty natural!" Henry said.
"Maybe to you." Blake said.
"Sorry for the scare, I couldn't help but notice you were wanting to go to the third floor. I'd love to help, but… in order to do that, I need my own portrait back. If you can find it, I'll gladly assist you."
"…Couldn't we just have Parakarry lift us all up?" Ruby asked.
"Sure, let me just do several thousand push ups and lift some weights to get some more meat on my arms and then I'll gladly do it." Parakarry sarcastically said.
"I'll take that as a no." Ruby said with a sweatdrop as they went off to investigate the rooms, with the first one being the east room on the second floor.
"Hmm…" Kamui looked at the cabinets as they looked around in the empty room. "This one looks out of place."
"What makes you say that?" Keaton asked.
"Simple, this one is colored differently than the other one."
"Eh, they look all the same to me."
"I doubt it." Yang said as she examined it, and a Boo came flying out with a record disc in his hand.
"Oh ho! You think you're so clever." The Boo said. "But, I won't let you get the record disc this easily." He said. "In fact, why don't we play a game? If you win, you get it, but if you don't, well, too bad!" He said.
"Ugh… do we have to? I know your type." Nyx said with her arms folded.
"Yes."
"Fine."
"Alright boys! Just like we rehearsed!" The Boo said as several Boos appeared and then he tossed the disc to one of them as they were spinning around fast until they stopped. "Alright! Take a guess!"
"Uh… you were going too fast, I wasn't seeing it." Ruby said.
"Um… I think it's the Boo on the left." Keaton said.
"No no no, it's the Boo in the middle." Henry said.
"Eh… I say it's the one on the far left." Weiss said.
"Or maybe it's the one in the far right." Kamui said.
"Second to the left!" Parakarry said.
"Uh… the third to the right." Mario said.
"…I know where it is." Nyx said. "I followed the record disc." She said and walked over to the back and glared at the Boo. "You have it."
"What makes you think I have it? I may be empty handed!" He said, and then was met with a crossbow to the face.
"Don't test me." She said with a hint of anger.
"Meep! Here you go." He said, handing her the record.
"Hey, not all us Boos are bad, y'know!" Another Boo said and was met with a cold hard glare from her. "Uh… forget I said anything."
"Come on, let's go." Nyx said as they walked off with RWBY and the Mario Bros being a bit concerned for Nyx. They went into the next room where they saw a Boo guarding a chest and a strange music player in the same room.
"I won't let you get this chest. I'm ordered to stay right here under Lady Bow's orders!" The Boo said.
"Oh, is that right?" Keaton asked and looked around the room. "Look, a chew toy!"
"…How dumb do you think I am? I'm a Boo, not a dog."
"Uh… a big juicy steak?"
"Ugh, you're so dumb!"
"Oh please, my daughter would disagree."
"Oh, so your daughter is a moron too."
"…Hey! Don't you dare insult Velouria like that!"
"You dog creatures are all alike. Dumb and no brains."
"Why you…!"
With the others, however, they were looking at the music player. "What… is this?" Kamui asked.
"I think it's a… phonogram…?" Nyx rubbed her chin in wonder. "I think that's what it is."
"Oh, so it takes pictures?" Ruby asked.
"No, I'm not exactly sure."
"Odd… I don't see any coin slots in this." Weiss said. "Uh…"
"I think you put the record on this." Mario said as he put it on top of the phonograph.
"…Well, where's the play button?" Luigi wondered.
"Hmm, I wonder." Henry said as he started spinning the handle as it started to play music.
"Mangy flea bait!" The Boo yelled, seeming to be in argument with Keaton.
"Stupid teeth!"
"At least my fangs are better than yours!"
"I can turn into a werewolf!"
"Only once in a full moon, according to legend!"
"You wanna rumble?!"
"I'll be more than happy to, you miserable dog!" The Boo said… and then heard the music. "…Ooh, that is boo-tiful!" He said and danced to the music and got close to it.
"Ha, loser." Keaton said as he opened up the chest to pick up a weight. "…Man, this thing is heavy."
"Crud!" The Boo groaned as they all walked away as they went downstairs as Luigi saw a couch and walked over to it.
"Phew… I'm gonna take a breather. This haunted mansion thing is so not for-" He sat down on an oddly covered seat… and was launched toward the chandelier. "MEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He yelled as he grabbed on to the chandelier. "Uh, help! HELP! I'm a little stuck!"
"Now that's unfortunate." Henry said as the chandelier was coming down. "Seriously, it'd be funnier if he stayed up there."
"…How do you sleep at night?" Weiss asked.
"Oh, just fine. A good reading from my tome and a warm glass of milk does wonders!" Henry said, causing Weiss to sweatdrop.
"I don't want to hang here forever!" Luigi said. "It's too far down!"
"Uh, bro? Look down." Mario said as Luigi opened his eyes and looked down.
"…Did the ceiling lower by itself or did the floor raise up on its own?" Luigi blinked.
"No, the chandelier lowered itself by your weight." Keaton said.
"…That was my next guess and… HEY! I'm not that overweight!" Luigi glared at him.
"Weight… weight…" Nyx rubbed her chin in thought as she looked at the bookcase from afar. "…Hey Keaton, can you give me that weight for a second?"
"Uh, sure…" Keaton said as Nyx took it from him as she went over to the couch and did the same thing like Luigi, only she slid down the chain before she got to Luigi's level and then placed the weight in the middle.
"There we go!" She smiled as Luigi hopped off.
"Well, that was simple!" Luigi chuckled as they walked toward the newly revealed door and they saw a treasure chest in the middle of the room.
"Oooh!" Ruby went over to open it up, only for the chandelier in the room to quickly lower itself on her. "AAAAH!" She screamed, only it stopped half way and retracted. "Phew…"
"Pit has so rubbed off on you." Weiss said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, you'll figure it out." Weiss said and they walked down the stairs and went into the storage room where they saw a huge treasure chest. "Ooooh, let's see what's in here! It better be a lot of coins and-" She opened it up. "…OH, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
"What is it?" Kamui asked.
"WHO PUTS SHOES IN A BIG CHEST?!" Weiss pulled out the Super Boots. "Seriously!"
"Well, you were so eager on opening that chest, you might as well wear 'em." Yang teased.
"Oh shut up!"
"I'll take those!" A Boo said as he took it from Weiss. "You want it? You'll have to play a game!"
"Hold on, what do those shoes do?" Mario asked.
"Simple! They make you ground pound."
Mario blinked. "But I can already ground pound." He said and proceeded to do so. "See?"
"…Wait, you can already ground pound but yet…" The Boo blinked. "Ugh, these RPG mechanics make no sense sometimes!"
"Just like our games." Keaton muttered to himself.
"Let's see… I wonder if I can try… breaking this." Mario said as he ground pounded on the wooded plate and he fell underneath.
"…Good grief, what were the point of these Super Boots again?" The Boo wondered and tossed them back in the chest as they all followed Mario down the hole.
"Oh hey, there's a shop here… run by Anna." Yang blinked.
"Hello!" Anna waved. "What do you need here?"
"How many Annas are there?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know, but it's turning into an Anna-pocalypse." Yang said.
"Ugh! That was lame…" Keaton groaned, but they got the thumbs up from Nyx and Henry.
"You say that like it's a bad thing. Anyway, y'all need something?" Anna asked.
"EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME!" A Boo flew straight toward her. "This is MY shop, thank you very much!"
"I didn't see your name on it!" Anna said.
"But this is my shop and this mansion is run by Boos! You can't take it!"
"It's mine now, and you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands!"
"…That can be arranged!" He said. "HEY BOYS!" He yelled as several Boos appeared and picked up Anna.
"Whoa whoa whoa, hey, what are you doing?!"
"Get 'er out of here!" He ordered as the Boos went around the mansion with Anna screaming 'LET ME GO!' before they boo-ted (Hehe, get it?) her out of the mansion.
"AND STAY OUT!" One of the Boos yelled and they closed the door.
"Jerks!" Anna growled. "Fine, I'll build a shop in this creepy forest! I'll make a profit there! People will surely come to me!" She said and walked off.
"…Should we tell her that no one comes to the Forever Forest these days?" One of the Boos asked.
"Shhh, let her find out on her own."
"That'll take care of her. Anyway, I would sell you something, but Lady Bow told me not to sell anything to Mario and his friends."
"Oh, doesn't that figure!" Nyx rolled her eyes. "Y'all only care about yourselves anyway." She said and walked off while the Boo blinked.
"…Was it something I said?" He wondered as they went off and they soon found the Boo Portrait they were looking for and put it back into place on the second floor.
"Oh, thank you very much!" The Boo portrait said. "Here, I'll help you get to the third floor." He said as nothing happened.
"Uh…" Blake looked around. "Nothing's happening."
"Just go through me! Everything will be fine."
"Scaredy cat's first!" Keaton said as he picked up Luigi.
"Whoa, whoa! Put me down!" Luigi said in protest. "Put me-" Keaton threw him in. "DOOOOOOOOOOOWN!"
"What do you know! He went through without cracking his skull on the wall." Keaton said as he hopped in with the others.
"Ugh… that sucked…" Luigi groaned as he got back up and rejoined the others and they went into the final room.
"Ah, so you passed the tests. Good job!" A voice said as they saw a female Boo with bows on her head… and she was green, and the Boo Butler appeared near her.
"Yes, indeed they did." The Boo Butler said. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Bootler, and this is her grace, Lady Bow."
"How do you do." Bow… uh… bowed. "You see, we need your help with something."
"…And what, pray tell, would that be?" Nyx asked, folding her arms.
"You see, our kind is being terrorized by this creature known as Tubba Blubba." Bootler said.
"Tubba Blubba… wow, that's a creative name. Not." Weiss said, rolling her eyes.
Bow chuckled. "Us Boos used to live in peace before that brute showed up. He calls himself the Invincible Tubba Blubba because he got rid of the one thing that could easily take him down. His weakness."
"How do you get rid of a weakness?" Kamui wondered.
"We're not sure, but this made him invincible." Bow said. "And because of that… he's been eating Boos left and right… and I just can't stand it anymore! We need your help because I'm pretty sure you-"
"Good! That's what you Boos need. To be eaten by someone." Nyx suddenly blurted out.
"Excuse me?" Bow asked. "I didn't invite you here to bad mouth me."
"And I didn't invite your kind to my home to torment my family!" Nyx shouted.
End BGM
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Memories)
"Young miss! I will not allow you to-"
"Shut up!" Nyx yelled, which surprisingly startled Bootler.
"Nyx, can you calm down? You're scaring me a little…" Ruby said.
"No! This needs to be said!" Nyx said and glared right at Bow.
"Go on, you were saying something about my kind?" Bow glared.
"Yes… ever since I was a baby, I was constantly tortured by your kind. You kept scaring the hell out of me for what, sport? You also kept scaring my parents! And you know what? I had to go into constant therapy because of my fear with you guys… and soon, my fear fell into full blown hatred for you guys. You Boos are all the same, you only care about yourselves and never really put any thought into what you do!"
"I'm with Nyx on this one." Luigi said.
"In fact, you deserve being eaten by Tubba Blubba. You're nothing but constant nuisances that ruin everyone's fun! You're annoying, you're arrogant, and you're downright ugly! In fact, if I were to live in a world without you guys, I would gladly take it! You guys deserve to go extinct!"
"…Uh, I'm not that hateful of Boos…" Luigi sweatdropped.
"Hearing you guys getting eaten is the best news of my life, maybe this is what you get for constantly tormenting everyone, including my family! It's bad enough that I had to deal with you jackasses in the Forever Forest when I was forced to move from my home! My hatred for you grew as soon as I came to the Mushroom Kingdom! And you know…" She pulled out her crossbow and aimed at Bow. "I've half a mind to place an arrow right between your eyes, you arrogant piece of shit! It's high time I finally had enough of you bozos… because once I'm done with you, everyone is next!"
"…Go on, give me your best shot." Bow said.
"Lady Bow, what are you-"
"Bootler… let me finish." Bow said and looked at Nyx. "Go on, hit me with that arrow. But what good will come out of it if you kill me with that arrow? Nothing good comes out of revenge… which is saying something because we all want to avenge our Boo kind against Tubba Blubba."
"It'll finally bring some closure to my past… to my haunted past! As soon as I make the Boo population extinct, I'll be able to move on from this bullshit!"
"Such language from an E Rated environment." Bow said. "You really think all us Boos are alike? We all have different personalities."
"Yeah, but you have one thing in common! Scare the hell out of people for fun and constantly torment everyone! Seriously, I had NIGHTMARES from you and your kind!"
"It is true that we scare people for fun… but we don't do it maliciously. Sure, there are several Boos out there who are mean and, let's face it, joined Bowser's army, but let's be real here… you just want to get rid of us for your own selfish agenda. Get rid of all the Boos. Good luck with that nonsense."
"Silence! I will pull this trigger and I will-"
"If you're so eager to kill me, then do it." Bow said.
"Oh, I'll gladly DO IT!" Nyx yelled, pulling the trigger and the arrow went straight for Bow, who had anticipated this and phased herself out to have the arrow go through her.
"Tsk tsk. You humans are predictable." Bow said as she reappeared behind Nyx as she turned around and aimed at her. "You're really going to waste your arrows on a Boo? Hmph, I didn't realize how arrogant you really are."
"I'm not the arrogant one, your kind are the arrogant ones!"
"What's this about wanting to get rid of all of us?" Bow asked. "Hmph, sounds pretty arrogant to me."
"Nyx, calm down." Blake said. "You dealt with Booniper, didn't you?"
"Yeah, I tolerated him, but I never trusted him!" Nyx said and glared at Bow. "As soon as I am done with you, I am going on a hunt and find those idiots who are responsible for kicking my family out of Gusty Gulch!"
"Oh, those fools? That is completely understandable. No one likes those two… but never mind about them, this is about you and your personal agenda. If you want to go about and kill my kind, go ahead… but what's that going to do? Bring closure to your past? I thought I heard something along the lines of 'We can either run from the past, or learn from it.' Yes, we Boos love to haunt people, but that's for fun. We never go out of our way to go and maliciously attack someone… unless if it's someone we hate."
"Yeah, you hate my family!"
"No, we never did." Bow said. "We did it for fun and we loved to hear the screams… but honestly? We never hated you at all. If we did hate you, we'd do more than give you a good jump scare."
Nyx looked away. "Hmph… and why should I believe you?"
Bow sighed. "Look, you don't like me and I understand that. However, in order to get rid of Tubba Blubba, we need to work together. So like it or not… you're teaming up with Boos for the time being. I can tell seeing us is bringing the worst out of you… but let's take your frustrations out on something else." She said as she disappeared, reappeared near the arrow and pulled it out, disappeared and reappeared near her. "Your arrow."
"…Thanks…" Nyx said, putting it back and glared at her. "If you try anything funny, I'll-"
"Let me ask you this. We Boos are ghosts, and ghosts… are already dead. Can you really kill off a dead ghostly being?"
Nyx clenched her fists. "I can try."
"And tire yourself out… but whatever. You'll never understand with this huge grudge you're holding. Honestly, I suggest you take out your grudge on those imbeciles that come by and egg our mansion every once in a while."
"…Whatever you say…"
"Anyway, before we head out, you're looking for that Star Spirit, correct?" Bow asked after turning her attention away from Nyx.
"Yeah, why?" Mario asked.
"Because we've captured him." Bow said and snapped her fingers, and then a cage lowered as it held the card prison of Skolar, a purple Star Spirit with glasses and brunette eyebrows and mustache, and he projected himself out of the card.
"How did you get captured by Boos?" Kamui asked.
"Well… it's an embarrassing story…" Skolar said. "I escaped from Tubba Blubba's castle but I had no energy left. I thought I would try to fly up to Star Haven, but alas… these Boos had other plans. You must defeat Tubba Blubba and rescue me!" He said and then the cage went back up.
"So… you defeat Tubba Blubba and you rescue the Star Spirit. Do we have a deal?" Bow asked.
"…I don't deal with the devil." Nyx grumbled.
"Oh, besides you!"
"Yeah, it's a deal." Mario said.
"Excellent! Now let's go and face Tubba Blubba together!"
"Milady?! Did you just say 'we'?" Bootler asked in surprise.
"Yes, I did." Bow nodded.
"My lady, I think it'd be wise if I were to accompany you." Bootler said, only to be met with a glare from Bow.
"Bootler, you are to remain here! I will not sit by idly and let any other Boo get harmed, understand?"
"But-"
"UNDERSTAND?!"
"…I understand."
End BGM
"Excellent!" Bow smiled. "Move over, Paratroopa! I'm joining this cast now!"
"The name's Parakarry…"
"I said move it!"
"Alright, alright!" Parakarry said. "Make some room!" He said and hopped in.
"Welcome to the club! We've been expecting you." Bombette said.
"Let us show you around in this fine establishment we call the pocket." Kooper said.
"Hang on! I'm writing an entry on Nyx here… uh… what rhymes with 'hates Boos with a passion'?" Goombario asked.
"Gwah ha ha ha ha!" Bow laughed, bringing out a random fan. "I'm joining this party whether you like it or not!"
"…Right, let's just go." Luigi said.
"Ugh… I'm not liking this already." Nyx grumbled.
"You don't have to, Miss Grumpy Pants!" Bow said. "Come on, we can settle our differences." She said, holding out her hand.
"…Alright, but if you try anything funny, I'm freezing you solid with my gun."
"Oh come now, would this Boo ever lie?"
"That depends…"
"Come on, I'm not going to hold this hand out all day!"
Nyx looked at Bow's stubby hand and reached for it, hesitating… but she couldn't bring herself to do it. "…I can't… not what your kind did to my family."
"Oh, you'll get over it. I really wasn't expecting you to shake my arm anyway." Bow said. "Anyway, let's go!" She said as they walked away.
"Are you okay?" Blake asked with a slight concern for Nyx.
"…Yeah, I'll be fine. Sorry you had to see that… Boos bring out the worst in me…"
"Don't worry about it. We all have a side we don't like showing." Kamui said. "…Though, you could've shaken her hand."
"I stand by my beliefs, she'll stand by hers. I don't think I'll ever like Boos." She said.
"I hope that someday… you will." Kamui said as the rest nodded.
Nyx sighed. "Whatever you say." She said and they walked out of the mansion and walked toward the gate leading to Gusty Gulch.
"Open please!" Bow ordered as the Boos opened the gates. "Let us be off!" She said as they went off, while everyone wondered if Nyx could bring herself to be more open with Boos.
Tension is rising...
Oh, also, I just got back from The Last Jedi! Let me know what you guys think! (Spoiler Alert: It was awesome!)