*Screen lights up and show Gam, Luigi, and Gam's dad all in 1 room. Gam's dad is in a bed with an ice pack on his head to heal his injury from falling
*Gam's dad wake s up
Gam: Dad!
Gam's dad: Gam? That be you?
Gam: You're OK!
Gam's dad: What just happened back there? I was just relaxing while watchin' some Nascar and havin a beer, when all of a sudden 2 oversized Koopas came flyin in through that there window en kidnapped me!
*Screen slides over to show a broken window
Gam's dad: Don't you worry, ill fix that there window when I'm done fixin the old fence
*Screen slides over outside and shows a broken fence
Gam: all that matters is that you're OK
*Gam hugs his dad. (If that makes any sense, since Goomba's don't have any arms to hug with)
*Gam's dad looks at Luigi
Gam's dad: So who is this here strange feller in the green clothes?
*Luigi waves to Gam's dad
Gam: This is Luigi! He saved you from the…what were those things that captured my dad anyway, Luigi?
*Luigi does explain motion
Gam: Luigi saved you from those Bowsers!
Gam's dad: Well Luigi, call me Gom. I mighty fine appreciate it when a feller saves me from a Bowser. You have my thanks, Luigi.
*Luigi nods and smiles
Gam: Dad… What did they want from you anyway?
Gom: Tell ya the truth son, I really got no darn idea… theys were sayin I knew somethin theys needed… but I just don't know what….
*There is a brief period of silence
Gam: Oh I almost forgot! Luigi, why don't you explain to my dad the situation you're in?
*Luigi nods and does the explain motion
Gom: What you say? You teleported here from your home? Well that's just plain crazy talk!
Gam: No dad, he's serious!
*Luigi nods
Gom: Alright then Mr. Houdini man. Where you teleported from?
*Luigi does explain motion
Gom: Mushroom Kingdom! Why I love Mushroom Kingdom. I was there a few years ago visitin my old pal Goompa! And that Mario that be livin over there! He can jump to the moon that boy!
Gam: So, I guess you know a lot about Mushroom Kingdom
Gom: Yeah, but I don't know nut in about teleportin. If you want talk about all this magic stuff, you best be headin over to Mervlin's house.
Gam: Mervlin? I know where he lives. But it's sorta far.
*Gam turns to Luigi
Gam: You'll reach Mervlin's house if you keep heading east from here. It's quite a walk, but I'm sure you can handle it. Good luck. Tell us how you made out.
*Luigi smiles and nods and starts to head out the door
*Gom thinks for a second
Gom: Now wait just a second there Luigi. You'll be needin someone to go with you. You don't know nut in about these here lands. I would go wit you, but as ya'll see, I'm not in my best conditions.
*Gom smiles and looks at his son
Gom: Gam, why don't you head on over with Luigi here.
*Gam looks surprised
Gam: But dad, what if som-
Gom: Don't but me boy. What I say is what I say. And what I say is what the rules are. And besides, you're always complainin on how your life is so BORIN and how you wanna go somewhere else. So this be your chance. Best you take it.
*Gom looks at Luigi
Gom: Is it all fine if my son tagged along with you?
*Luigi smiles and nods
Gom: See, even Luigi here wants you to come along!
Gam: Alright…I'll do it for Luigi…but if something bad happens to me, don't say I didn't warn you…
Gom: Come on boy! Nut in bads gonna happen! I raised my boy to be a strong, brave Goomba!
*Gam smiles and nods
Gom: Alright now. I'm sure Luigi here be all tired up from fightin that Bowser back there. Ya'll rest here for as long as ya wants. You saved me, and what's mine is yours. Rest in that there bed down stairs to restore some of ya'll health. And I should have a few items in my fridge over there that'll help ya'll on your journey. Gam, make Luigi fell at home.
*Gam nods
*Player takes control of game. Story continues over player takes a few health restoring items out of the fridge and rests in the bed. Story continues once player heads to walk out the door.
*Gam turns to Luigi
Gam: You ready to go?!
Luigi: Oh yeah!
*Luigi does a thumbs up
Gom: That's the spirit! And don't you be forget to keep in touch with your old man, Gam.
Gam: Of course I won't! See ya soon dad! I'll miss you!
Gom: Bye
*Luigi waves bye and Gam and Luigi walk out the door
Gom: Look at my boy. All grown up now, goin on adventures with green hairy man who teleported here from another planet. It's every father's dream to see his boy grow up to do this. I'm so proud.
*Gom sheds a tear
TV screen: And now, back to Nascar racing
*Gom pops up in his bed still lying down and looks at the TV
Gom: Oh boy!
*Screen goes blank
*Screen lights up and shows Luigi and Gam outside
*Gam steps ahead, looks forward, then turns back to Luigi
Gam: Alright Luigi, the road to Mervlin's place is going to be a lot longer and harder than the road you took to get here… Just in case you get a little unlucky out there, do you know how to use Save Blocks? You know, the one right over there?
*Screen scrolls over to the Save Block in front of Gam's house
*Player would now choose a Yes or No option. Yes would lead to a tutorial on how to save and load saved files. I say again, I assume everyone reading this would have already played a Paper Mario game before so they already know how. If you haven't played a Paper Mario game before, stop reading this and go play one. So let's assume the player picked the No option.
Gam: Ok, good, that's what I figured. Well, you shouldn't have much of a problem, because now you have me on your side!
GAM JOINED YOUR TEAM
Gam: Whether you believe it or not, I actually know a lot about stuff. When you live on a farm and got nothing to do, you kindda wanna read and study. Just call on me to learn about your surroundings, get hits and tips, and tell you what you need to be doing incase you forget. In battles, I can Headbonk enemies or Multibonk for more hits!
Luigi: Oh Yeah!
*Luigi gives a thumbs up
Gam: And by the way, to call on me to tell you about stuff outside of battle, just press the Y button…whatever that means.
*Luigi nods.
*Player takes control of game. Along the road, there are enemies, coins, items, and other things to get and battle. It's your same basic Paper Mario road. Not a lot to say. Story continues once Mervlin's house is reached.
*Gam looks around
Gam: Well…Here we are…Let's just hope he's home!...and in a good mood….
*Gam knocks on the door
*A few moments pass and no one answers
Luigi: …
Gam: Oh well, we can come back later and ch-
Voice: KOOPSY, ANSWER THE DOOR
Other Voice: I TOLD YOU TO ANSWER IT 2 MINUTES AGO
Voice: BUT I CAN'T FIND THE TELEPHONE
Other Voice: NOT THE TELEPHONE, THE DOOR
Voice: THE TELEPHONE IS AT THE DOOR? WELL THEN ANSWER IT!
Other Voice: GAHH!!
*A female Koopa opens the door
Gam: Hey Koopsy
Koopsy: Hey Gam, hey uhh…. Green mustached guy?
Gam: He's with me
Koopsy: I don't feel comfortable with that either, but come on in!
*Gam and Luigi walk inside the house to find lost of books, boxes, and an old Koopa sitting on the couch watching TV.
Old Koopa: Hello, Telephones.
*Koopsy sighs
Koopsy: Gam, you remember Mervlin, don't you?
Gam: Do I! He's the guy we needed to see!
*Luigi nods
*Luigi does explain motion
Mervlin: What? Speak up. To me it just seems like your going through an explain motion.
*Luigi slaps his forehead
Gam: Well Mervlin, Luigi was just wondering if you could help him out with one of his problems.
Mervlin: The tampons are in the bathroom. Now get outta here. I'm watching Nascar.
Koopsy: Jesus Christ….
*Koopsy walks upstairs and out of the room shaking her head
*Luigi slaps his forehead again
*Gam sighs
Gam: No Mervlin, you see… Luigi thinks he teleported here from Mushroom Kingdom… but he doesn't know why or how. Gom said you could maybe tell us allit-
Mervlin: MUSHROOM KINGDOM! Isn't that where that Mario guy is from! Well I just love him!
Gam: Look, no. I mean yes. Well yes Mario is from there but no because that's not the- Look, do you know anything about Luigi's teleporting or what? He just wants to get home.
*Luigi sheds a tear
Mervlin: Luigi. They have spoken. It is your destiny. Whether you choose so or not, it is your destiny.
*Mervlin takes a book from the shelf, places it on the desk, and walks out.
Gam: Wait! NO! Melvin! …..
*Gam sighs
Gam: Does he have to be so dumb and mysterious?
*Koopsy pokes her head in
Koopsy: Yes
Gam: Sorry this is so complicated pal…
Luigi: !
Gam: What is it?
*Luigi picks up the book and starts reading it:
A long time ago. Before you and me. There were beings. Beings much more powerful than any beings ever before. They had the power of wisdom, strength, courage, endurance, and skill. They also had the power to see ahead into the future to predict great danger. And great danger they had predicted. Not to far ahead in time, evil would become too powerful. Evil would create a way to harvest these beings powers and use it for evil and insensitive ways. To prevent what these beings had predicted, they sealed their power into a palm sized, star shaped rock. The rock gave off the brightness of 10,000 suns. The rock was sealed away inside a temple, locked by 7 keys. The seven keys were scared around the world, and eventually lost. They are the only way to open the temple and restore the beings. Legend says that 10,000 years later, the chosen one would teleport from another planet, reawaken the beings, and restore them to their rightful place. The chosen one would then be granted infinite power. But evil also has a chosen one. One chosen to find the keys before the good chosen one, and harvest the power of the rock. But in the end, the evil always looses. To buy: Milk, Cheese, Eggs, and Pancake Mix. Do not buy the company brand. I hear the store brand is the same thing but cheaper.
*Room is silent for a moment
Gam: You don't think… what Mervlin said about you being chsen…
*A piece of paper falls out of the book
*Luigi picks it up
Gam: Lemme see!
*Gam takes the paper and starts reading it:
*A picture of a map shows up, showing a bird's eye view of an area. There are 7 checks on the map. The map seems to be old and ready to crumble apart, about 100 years old
Gam: Hey! This is a map of our planet!
*Gam studies the map a little more
Gam: Could these checks mean…
*Luigi smiles and nods
*Luigi takes the map and puts it in his pocket
*Luigi gets in a fighting stance
Gam: Well, I've never been a fan of archeology, but uncovering a lost hidden treasure would be great!
*Koopsy comes running down the stairs
*Koopsy pauses for a quick second
Koopsy: Oh no…
*Koopsy grabs the book and map from Luigi and Gam
Koopsy: Not you too
Gam: Hey! Give those back!
Koopsy: And why would you need these?!
Gam: Well, we sorta think Luigi might be…
Koopsy: Be what?!
Gam: The chosen one…
Koopsy: Yeah, good luck. Don't waste your time.
Gam: Well, Luigi has no other choice, and I need something to do, my dad wants me to go on an adventure, and it'll be fun…
Koopsy: Gam, remember my Uncle who always used to visit here? The archeologist?
Gam: Kolorado?
*Koopsy slowly walks over to the shelf and takes out an old newspaper
*Koopsy hands it to Gam
*Koopsy leaves the map and the book on the desk
Koopsy: If you still wish to go, then you can. But just read over that.
*Koopsy walks out of the screen
Gam: …
*Gam reads the paper:
July 16, 2007:
Famous archeologist, Kolorado, was confirmed dead after he went missing for weeks. Search parties gave up after 6 weeks. Kolorado was famous for exploring Mt. Lava Lava and helping recover a star spirit to restore the star rod. No body was ever found.
Gam: … You still up for this?
*Luigi gets in a fighting stance and nods
Gam: Right! Let's not let this get us down. We can do this!
Luigi: Oh yeah!
*Luigi picks up the book and map, and the 2 run outside
Gam: Let's see the map!
*Luigi takes out the map
Gam: Well, looks like the closest one is in Exciticity!
Luigi: ?
Gam: You don't know what Exciticity is?!
*Luigi shakes his head
Gam: It's only the biggest city in the world! The heart of all cities! It has everything there! And apparently a lost key…
Voice: Wait!
*Koopsy comes running out
Gam: What?
Koopsy: So, you 2 are really going to do this, huh?
Luigi: Oh yeah
Gam: Yep
*Koopsy takes out a small handbook and hands it to Gam
Gam: What's this?
Koopsy: It's a Tattle book. You can keep records and save information of all the enemies and foes you meet and at. There's a manual in the back.
Gam: Thanks! This will come in handy!
*Koopsy turns away
Koopsy: …
Koopsy: Be careful, alright?
Gam: Of course
Koopsy: And Luigi, good luck getting home. But…
Gam: What is it?
Koopsy: Look Gam, I know you don't want to here this, but the thing you're going after is just a myth. There's no-
Gam: Do you have any other ideas?
Koopsy: No. But don't say I didn't warn you when you go through hell to find nothing but a lost myth of lies.
Gam:…
Koopsy: But good luck, nether less.
*Koopsy walks of screen
Luigi: ?
Gam: She gets a little worried…she'll get over it soon…
*Luigi does explain motion
Gam: Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Exciticity… That way!
*Gam points to the east
*Luigi jumps up
Gam: Get ready Luigi… were in for a wild adventure…
*Luigi and Gam run off the screen