After listening to the first three tales that set up the setting of the story, they finally got around to doing introductions. Tim was the first to introduce himself.
"In this story, there is a brave Toad who is 'strong of arm, but shy of voice'. I guess, in this story, that Toad would be me. He, uhh, I, I guess, defended h-my people from the demon and its monsters. My name is Tim."
"I'm Jenny" Jenny said "and, since Tim decided to do it, I'm the wise Goomba, who had 'knowledge of the lands' and 'knew how every enemy would attack'. I helped the people of Boggly Woods fight the beasts when they arose."
"If this story was us, right here right now," Karl said "then I'd be the brave, scar-riddled Koopa who 'banished evil with shell and sheer bravado'. Yeah," he smiled, seeming to like the idea a ton, "The monsters feared me, Karl the brave Koopa."
Belle was the last to introduce herself "I'm Belle, and I'm the Boo who saved Karl here when he was an idiot and walked right into a trap." She said no more than that, and felt odd having nothing more to say.
Jenny nodded and handed five coins over to the storyteller "can we hear about the four heroes now?" she asked.
The storyteller smiled and began his tale. "The Boo used her powerful magic to learn more about the evil they faced. 'We cannot destroy this darkness alone' she decided, her face a grim mask."
There they were, brave Koopa and Boo heroine, discussing what to do next. He waited patiently while she found out what they were up against. It took her a while, but then she finally said: "We cannot do this alone. The darkness is to powerful."
"'We need the Toad hero of Petal Meadows and the wise Goomba of Boggly Woods.' The Boo's magic drew the four heroes together to send the demon from the world."
"Yes, now, to find them…" she closed her eyes, and focused hard. The magic was so thick in the air you could taste it. It soon left the room, and spread out across the lands, searching…
It drew them all together, and they all knew their destiny.
"And so, the four heroes finally set out to the Palace of Shadow..."
Tim thought of something suddenly "hey, anyone want to go look for the Palace of Shadow?"
The other three gave him odd looks.
"Down in Rougeport Sewers! It's not really sewers, it's the ruins of the old city!" he was talking fast now, definitely excited by the entire thing. "Come on!" Tim was already up and running back across the roofs.
The other three all followed after him.
They caught up to Tim just as he started heading down into the sewers. "Come on!" he called, hopping down into the warp pipe. Jenny, Karl, and Belle really had no choice but to follow him.
"Come on!" Tim called, running deeper into the sewers, he finally stopped in something that looked a lot like it could have been a town square. "You see!" he called as his friends caught up with him. "Doesn't this just scream old-ruined-used-to-be-amazing-city town square?" he asked them.
"Umm yeah, it kind of does" Jenny admitted, looking around.
"Can we go explore some more?" Belle asked "I noticed quite a few passageways and warp pipes on our way here that might be worth checking out."
Tim had chosen this moment to check his watch and frowned. "As much as I'd love to… I can't, I have to be home for dinner or my mom will kill me."
"I technically have stuff I need to do too" Jenny said
"Well, you guys can go" Belle said "we might hang out a while."
"We'll meet you guys tomorrow at the Inn and we'll finish the story, okay?" Tim asked
"Right!" Belle said
"Got it!" Karl said
And with that, the four 'heroes' disbanded, promising to pick up their adventure the next day.