Chapter Twenty-Two:

Bob's Questionable Hotel Business

Several days passed following Meggy's departure and, for SMG4, the time of his big ten-year anniversary was fast approaching. He had to start planning things out soon, and as a matter of fact, he'd been thinking about a remake for one of his videos.

But life was more than just about him making videos, especially when hanging out with Mario and the others. One day, while he was hanging out with Tari, Saiko, Boopkins, Axol and Melony, the latter of whom was asleep, and watching memes on TV with them, Mario and Bob approached the group with a very important matter to discuss.

"WHAT?!" SMG4 asked with shock once the two had told him what was going on.

"Yeah..." Mario nodded, "Bob tried to turn Meggy's house into a Bed & Breakfast, which hasn't worked out so far..."

-Yesterday-

Mario walked towards Meggy's house, humming the overworld theme as he tended to do whenever he was in somewhat high spirits. With Meggy on vacation, the dim-witted Italian felt he could help himself to whatever spaghetti the former Inkling had left in the fridge.

However, his mood shifted when he heard yelping and loud music coming from inside the house. It was then when the plumber he looked up to see a sign over the door that read; 'Bob's Bed & Breakfast'.

The plumber walked inside and saw that Meggy's living room looked like a disaster with trash-bags everywhere, a large speaker rumbling, and smoke coming from the kitchen.

A Goomba walked out the door, coughing and hacking up a storm as he passed Mario, while a Toad gagged and wheezed. Mario took a good look around, seeing Thanos covering his ears and yelling as he stood by the loudspeaker while a Toad cried out and flinched as a bread monster on the table tried to bite him.

"Mama mia!" Mario exclaimed, "What's-a going on here...?"

Bob, who was roasting marshmallows by a burning pile of trash close by, turned and saw Mario. "Oh. WhAt'S uP, MaRiO?" He said, "HoW dO yOu LiKe My NeW BBAB BuIsNeSs?"

"WE WANT A REFUND!" A Toad screamed.

Bob offered the Toad along with a couple Goombas and Koopas some 'complimentary soap' as Mario walked over to the fridge and a pile of boxes fell out and knocked him over.

The fat Italian picked himself up out of the pile and raised an eyebrow as he picked up a piece of paper that appeared to be some sort of letter from the bank, discovering the stamped 'LOAN' sign on it.

"The heck is this?" Mario remarked.

"FuNnY sTorY." Bob remarked, "ThIs LeTtEr CaMe In ThE mAiL, sAyInG tHaT MeGgY iS bEhInD oN pAyInG tHe LoAn FoR tHis HoUsE, wHiCh PrOmpTeD mE tO sTaRt ThIs HoTeL BuIsNeSs In OrDeR tO pAy OfF ThE lOaNs So MeGgY WoN't LoSe HeR HoUsE."

Mario's eyes widened, he knew this place was important to Meggy, and he couldn't begin to imagine her coming home to receive an eviction notice and becoming homeless.

The worst-case scenario to ever happen to her in the event of losing her home would be that she'd have to live on the street in a cardboard box. Or even worse, she'd have to live in the dumps with Bob.

"We can't let-a that happen..." Mario said, "...and we're going to-a work together, this is-a not-a how we run a hotel business. We're going to-a need lots-a help-a..."

-Now-

"...AnD tHaT's WhY wE nEeD yOuR hElP tO eXpAnD oUr BuIsNeSs." Bob finished.

Fishy Boopkins piped up. "We'll help." He said, "There's no way Meggy is going to lose her home just because she's off on vacation and didn't pay the rent."

"Not to mention that you guys can't accomplish something like that on your own..." SMG4 said, "...Especially with the trouble that Mario's caused with his disabilities in the past, not to mention that Bob is equally not the brightest guy in the world and remodeling the house and building the hotel could take weeks, or even months."

Tari raised her hand. "I think I know how we can succeed in doing so..." The cyborg said, she glanced over at Saiko and then at Boopkins, the others looked at them and then at each other as well, almost having the exact same idea that the gamer was having.