Episode 17

Our heroes arrive at Block City via the boat they took. The bridge to the city seemed to have been made out of blocks. The buildings were made out of, you guessed it, blocks! The city's walkway had a checkered pattern on them, and led into a round-about road, circling a water fountain...made out of blocks. Yes, the water was, too. But, keep in mind, that all the colours are in greyscale, except the colour Violet.

Mario: Oh boy! I can't wait to... See what the citizens look like... Around here!

Spiky Joe: Mustache, please avoid the YouTube Poop fashion speech...

Ultra: Hey, wait, aren't all the colours gone? If so, why's that block building over there, red?

Ultra points to a large hill in the background to the west with a red block towering slightly over a brick wall on the top of it.

Mario: Looks like..... That house looks like the one from Monopoly!

Spiky Joe: You play that?

Mario: It must be a Monopoly Tourney up there! We must go now!

Ultra: It doesn't really look like the game piece... It looks like a big block. It doesn't even look like the block houses here...

Mario: Well, red house in gray world means Red Colour Star?

Spiky Joe: Hey, Mustache is on a role! He's actually being smart!

Mario: .......

Mario and his partners follow the block road to the west. They find some enemies along the road, which are made of blocks too... After about a minute or two of walking through the road, Mario says...

Mario: You know, this place seems familiar...I swear I've been here before...

Spiky Joe and Ultra didn't seem to notice him say that, making Mario put on an angry face... After about 78 Star Points of enemies, Mario's ranking rose to 7, and decided to up his BP.

30/30 HP

10/10 FP

12/12 BP

At the end of the road, they arrived at a large, gray, brick wall with a small voice box attached to it.

Mario: Oh, finally, I've been needing one of these!

Mario walks up to the voice box...

Mario: Hoo, OK, I got 100 coins for you, and you got many fast food items for me... What fast food items, preferably french fries and Shroom Steak Burgers, could I obtain with these 100 coins?

Voice Box: Huh? What? Ashi? Is that you? You know we don't sell food here... Even if we did, you'd get them for free, 'cause you're the boss, y'know? I do have some mushrooms, if you want them. Here, I'll open the door. There should be an item box with a mushroom inside it right at the entrance. Over and out.

With that, part of the brick wall fades away, and Mario and co. walk through the passageway. As they enter, the brick wall fades back in... The item box is right in front of Mario. He reaches into it and pulls out a Mega Mushroom! Mario puts the Mega Mushroom into the Items Pocket.

Mario: Oh yeah... I remember now... This is... The Block Fort!

??: Hey, Ashi, you shouldn't yell out the obvious!

A Red Block humanoid sort of thing, about Mario's size, walks up to Mario and co.

Mario: Who are you, young lady?

Chou: Uhm, I'm Chou, remember, Ashi? I'm the... Hey... Wait! You're not Ashi! Mario is your name! I can't believe I fell for your little Ashi impersonation! I would never have noticed if you didn't confuse my gender!

Jim: .............

Chou: OK, you, M Cap! Prepare for battle... A Balloon Battle!

Mario: Was that jim again?

Chou: Yes, a Balloon Battle! Get your Kart ready! We play MK64 rules!

Spiky Joe: I knew this'd be an interesting battle!

Mario and Chou have gotten their karts ready for their Balloon Battle. Since it's the MK64 rules, they both have the standard karts, with their main colour... But that doesn't make a difference, with the world being all greyscale...

Chou: OK, so you need a refreshment on the rules?

Mario: No, I've done this before.

Chou: OK then, this is MK64 rules... That means only red shells, green shells, bananas, fake boxes, and Stars. That also means shells don't break until they hit an item or racer.

Mario: _

Chou: So, you need a crash course, or somethin'?

Mario: .........Yes.

Chou: Confident, huh? OK, then, let's start! Just remember: I'm gonna be the one to take you out!

Mario: (Man, is it opposite day?)

Chou: You! Spiky Shellos! Count it down!

Spiky Joe: Uh.... Go, 1, 2.... 3!!!!

Chou: Hey, no counting backwards, nub!

Spiky Joe: l thought it was opposite day.... *sigh* 3, 2, 1, GO!!!!

TO BE CONTINUED

Trivia: The episode's title is a reference to that "Bah Bah, Black Sheep" thing.