Meanwhile at Infinite Glacier, the Ice Climbers were just climbing another mountain when suddenly, at the top of the summit, there were a pair of pumpkins. Normally, Nana and Popo would be curious, but since they were climbing a new mountain, they would be charging mad for being beaten to the top. But before there were about to strike, the pumpkins' eyes glowed at them, moaning a message.
Pumpkins: Costumes.
After realizing that the two adventurers have no costumes on, they were completely awestruck.
Pumpkins: You don't have costumes on? Do you even know what Halloween is?
Nana and Popo shook their heads.
Pumpkins: Idiots, the both of you. Every Halloween for thousands of years, we pumpkins travel to random nintendo dimensions to spot do-gooding kids like you in costumes. And then we pump, pump, pump their costumes up like no tomorrow! They can't even move a muscle because of the size of the costumes. Some of them float in midair. And because of you and your disunderstanding of our objections, we would speak moaning-free English. Never in 2.82593 millenniums have we committed it. You will then pay the price!
The two pumpkins got out a pair of mountain costumes and put it over the Ice Climber's coats and then attacted a hose to the costumes and began their pumping. Nana and Popo felt a warm sensation as their costumes are filled with hot air. Who knew that the hot air filling and stretching their costumes made Nana and Popo giggle as they feel it?
Nana giggled as her costume rounded out like a balloon while Popo couldn't stop laughing as he felt some hot air in his skin as his costume inflated even more bigger. Soon, the two Ice Climbers' costumes are the same sizes of the costumes worned by Ness, Lucas, Toad and Toadette.
Pumpkins: Don't enjoy it now, but you will be more fitting with the others.
And with that, the two pumpkins took the Ice Climbers to where the other kiddies are sent to: near the front entrance of Princess Peach's Castle. The biggest pumpkin of the pack then delivered a message to the six bloated costume wearers.
Big pumpkin: You were all here because normally we would put a curse on you and burst the costumes out of you, but an emergency has occurred. It seems that Bowser has stolen all the candy from the Toad houses. All of the Toad houses. We couldn't comprehend the crying of all the Toads and Toadettes who wanted to trick-or-treat. Who wanted to eat candy. Who wanted to be obese. Who wanted to play their bellies like a drum and make belly puppets. Those Toads and Toadettes in various costumes are all depending on you six to get the candy back. Should you fail and not return here in time before the final gong of the midnight strike, you will remain inflated and more. Only if you return all of the candy to the Toad houses everywhere, you will revert back to normal. Do I make myself clear?
The six kids nodded their heads in confirmation.
Big pumpkin: Excellent! I wish you good luck and that it is important that you will head to King Boo's Haunted House first, so he will provide extra hints for you.
Tune to Part 4