Tiny and Yoshi sat on the ground talking quietly as the others slept.
"This is really wild. Like, it's just something that doesn't happen." Tiny spoke as she played with her shoe lace.
"God, I know. Why would someone want to do this?" Yoshi put his hands over his face and yawned.
After a short silence Yoshi said, "Can I tell you something?"
"Sure, anything dude."
"I hate having to be a man in this. You know, show no emotion. Show no pain. I feel like I have to be strong for everyone." Yoshi confessed.
"Yeah, I think I know how you're feeling." Tiny sighed.
"Do you really?" Yoshi looked at Tiny with intense eyes.
"I think so," Tiny lay on the ground and closed her eyes. She was out cold within seconds.
Yoshi's eyes began to shut and he finally drifted to sleep.
Diddy awoke in the hours of the early morning. He saw Tiny and Yoshi asleep on the ground.
"Of course they fell asleep," He muttered rubbing the sleep from his black eyes.
He put his head back down on the ground to go back to sleep but something caught his eye. Something red was smeared all over the wall.
Diddy's eyes widened in horror.
"You guys!" He shouted.
A few shifted in their sleep but no one awoke.
"YOU GUYS! WAKE UP!" Everyone's eyes slowly opened.
"What? What is it?" Wario crankily asked.
"L-l-look! Look at the wall!"
Everyone woke up and stared at what it read:
STILL THINK THE KILLER ISN'T AMONG YOU?
"I don't think that's ketchup." Jojora murmured.
"None of the things blocking the door has been moved since last night." Peach shuddered.
"What the hell happened to us 'sleeping in shifts'?" Toadette angrily said.
"We ugh.. we fell asleep." Tiny said disappointed in herself.
"Rosalina? WAKE UP!" Diddy shook her limp body. Rosalina slowly rolled over, revealing a huge cut in her back.
Dixie's eyes widened and she skimpered away.
"No, that's it. I'm done. I'm out of here. Come on Toad and Peach. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not staying in the same room as the murderer." Toadette said as she attempted to move the numerous things blocking the door. "Can someone help me?" Toadette panicked.
Yoshi ran over and moved everything for Toadette.
"Thank you!" She said as Toad tailed behind her as she left the lounge.
Peach was about to follow them out, but she looked back towards Mario. He was leaning against a wall with a frustrated face, staring into his lap.
Peach thought it was for the best if she catched up with him later. She quickly fled the lounge.
"I'm outta here too... It doesn't feel right. Good luck..." Tiny got to her feet and got out of the lounge like it was on fire.
"I think I'm going with her." Yoshi ran after Tiny.
"Same. I'm going with them. I don't get the right vibe. And I can't bear seeing Rosalina like that any longer." Birdo said as she left everyone.
"So what do we do?" Jojora looked at those remaining in the room: Mario, Wario, Diddy, Dixie, and Waluigi.
"Well, I need to do some further investigating, but I am having suspicions that-" Waluigi began.
"No! Stop! We can't plot who the killer is!" Mario insisted.
"Then what do we do? Stay in this room like sitting ducks?" Dixie fumed.
"Let's blow this popsicle stand, Diddy." Wario said leaving the lounge with Diddy.
"Well someone is in a foul mood." Waluigi concluded.
"I like how he just leaves me here..." Dixie commented.
MEANWHILE:
"Where are we going, Toadette?" Tpad asked for the 2nd time after no answer the first time he asked.
"Shut up! I don't know... Ok?" Toadette snapped.
"Whatever," Toad mumbled.
They entered the kitchen of the ship and sat down on the floor.
Peach looked in a cabinet and pulled out Gold Fish and stuck her face in the bag and began munching away.
"I'm hungry too." Toad said as he found Ramen in the cabinet. "Oh, Ramen! I will have some of this."
"Make me some?" Toadette asked sweetly.
"Fine," Toad sighed with a smile.
He found a pot and filled it with water and set it on the counter. He turned the burner on and flames shot up in his face.
"AHHH! HELP!" Toad cried. His...mushroom had caught on fire and so had his eye brows. "DO SOMETHING!" He whimpered.
Birdo, Yoshi and Tiny entered the gym and decided that would be there 'hide out' from the killer.
Birdo glanced at the ceiling that had mirrors on it and saw her reflection, "This room has so many mirrors. It's... eerie." She carefully spoke.
Yoshi glanced up at the ceiling. "Aw, I look like hell."
"I'm tired I'm gonna lay down I think." Tiny said as she wandered over to a mat.
Suddenly, the panel Yoshi was staring up at it fell from the ceiling.
"Look out!" Birdo yelled. It was too late. The heavy panel of glass fell on Yoshi and broke his neck instantly, killing him.
"What the hell!" Tiny freaked out.
"NO NO NO! YOSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Birdo cried.
"Oh god...let's get the hell out of here!" Tiny gestured quickly.
Tiny and Birdo ran out of the gym and back to the lounge.
"You guys! Yoshi! He is dead too! He got killed in the gym!" Tiny looked at all of them with scared faces.
"What? How?" Jojora asked, terrified.
"A glass ceiling panel fell from the ceiling and killed him. It could have been another trap set up by the killer. I don't know." Tiny explained while Birdo was trying not to sob.
"Well how do we know you didn't kill him?" Mario said what everyone had been thinking.
"WHAT? Are you crazy?" Tiny said, shocked.
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Dixie cried.
Toadette took the pot full of water and threw it on Toad's face. The fire was doused and Waluigi was left with a charred...mushroom head thing.
"Thank god!" Toad heaved as he sat down on the counter shaking.
"Another trap...?" Peach shrieked in fright.
"Whoever the hell is doing this to us is very smart. Who on this boat is 'smart'?" Toadette looked at Toad and Peach.
"Are you saying we are gonna try and figure out who the killer is?" Toad asked.
"Yes, we are. He isn't going to kill another single one of us." Toadette said firmly.
From outside they heard a noise.
"BE QUIET!" Toadette hissed as she grabbed a kitchen knife and lay on the ground, pulling Toad with her.
"Hello?" Waluigi called.
"Oh, it's you!" Toadette popped back up.
"There you all are! They sent me as the messenger to deliver the news that Yoshi has been killed. Good day." Waluigi then turned and left.
"Another one bites the dust." Toadette sighed.
"The theater?" Wario said.
"Yeah, it's dark, lots of comfy seats!" Diddy answered.
"Shouldn't be too bad I guess _" Wario said slightly skeptical.
"Well wanna watch a movie?" Diddy asked.
"Sure, why not?" Wario took a seat and let Diddy go put a film in.
"It's a good movie, I watched it the first night here!" Diddy admitted.
"What is it?"
"Twilight! Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?"
Wario sunk in his seat.
"No, we didn't kill him. Jeez." Tiny rolled her eyes.
"K, well I'm staying in here. I'm not going back out there." Birdo took a seat on the ground next to Dixie.
"I suppose I'll stay here too." Tiny sighed.
"Woah, woah, woah. Hold your horses." Jojora spoke up.
"Horses are being held. What?" Tiny said puzzled.
"Who said you could stay here? You left US." Mario explained.
"You can't be serious..." Birdo said, surprised.
"Oh, we're very serious." Mario answered. His eyes were still puffy and red.
"Um, ok... well can we stay here then?" Tiny said as politely as she could.
"We're going to have a vote," Waluigi answered, "Will you give us a minute?"
"Sure, sure." Tiny and Birdo went into the corner of the room. They watched them like hawks. They whispered back and forth very briefly.
"We have made a decision." Dixie announced.
"You can't stay here with us." Mario said.
Birdo was shocked, "You guys HONESTLY think me or Tiny are the killers?"
"Well, it's a bit sketchy how Yoshi turns up dead when you 2 leave alone with him." Waluigi admitted.
"Wow, I'm glad I'm not staying in here then. Let's go Birdo."
"Just one second," Jojora said.
"What?" Tiny said annoyed.
"Birdo can stay. Just not you." Mario said firmly.
"Really? Awesome!" Birdo lit up.
"You're not really going to, are you?" Tiny asked in disbelief.
"I'm sorry Tiny..." Birdo looked at the ground.
"This is unbelievable... See you all in hell." Tiny slammed the door on her way out of the lounge.
"DON'T DO IT BELLA!" Wario had turned into a Twilight fanatic.
The door to the theater opened and Tiny walked in.
"I thought I heard someone in here." Tiny sighed.
"AHH!" Diddy threw his popcorn in the air.
"Chill, it's just me!" Tiny took a seat next to them.
"What are you doing here?" Wario asked.
Tiny explained Yoshi's death and her going back to the lounge, and kicking her out.
"Wow, that is retarded." Diddy said half distracted by the movie.
"Yeah, whatever. Mind if I stay here with you all?" Tiny rubbed her eyes.
"Of course you can!" Diddy and Wario said in unison.
"Good," Tiny laughed.