DanceDream: Well, let's see. He lost the fourth Chaos Emerald and his memories, so I'm not sure what else he's lost. Thank you, and the two words coming together will cause even more problems than the chaos architecture of the Mushroom World. Correct on both counts. Yes, it's pink, a particular shade of pink… If you must know, the exact same pink used on Amy's sprites in Sonic Advance. Don't most Mario enemies fall into that category? Perry's a bit different, he was originally… Either a Toad or a human, it's not clear (The full-time human population of the entire Mushroom Kingdom is three, so probably a Toad). Banjo-Kazooie is certainly more kid-friendly in terms of violence and language, but the game's humor is… Less so.

TatlTails: I'm leaning towards Rouge being rather oblivious to anything that does not involver her precious jewels. That sounded way less wrong in my head.

Faraday Fan: … I never made one.

Well, I opened the really old door, but now the evil shadow thing has possessed the girl who gave me the map. Then I decided to clean up graffiti on an island instead. Oh, and it turned into giant goopy venus fly-traps and tried to eat me.

… Seriously, can anybody figure out what that means?

Sorry for the wait.

Adventures of Mario & Sonic: Peach's Adventure

Seeking Help: Part 2

"How are we meant to reach a floating island?" Russ asked.

"I think we should be able to find some Super Leaves somewhere. They aren't that rare."

"What's a Super Leaf?" Amy asked.

"A magical leaf that gives the user the ears and tail of a raccoon," Russ explained, "The exception being Luigi, who gets the ears and tail of a fox. The tail somehow allows the user to fly, despite breaking quite a few laws of physics and common sense. They are commonly found within yellow blocks."

"Exactly. Come on, let's get going, we have an island to reach."

"Not to mention a whatever-the-heck-Waluigi-is to pummel."

Amy and Peach ran off towards a group of blocks in the distance, leaving Russ to shout after them to wait up. They ignored him, leaving him to try and chase after them at a slower pace. Unfortunately, piranha plants hiding underground had been disturbed by Amy and Peach running past. The first thing they saw was Russ, and so they chased after him intending to make him into a quick snack.

To his great surprise, he was able to successfully avoid the piranha plants. More than that, he'd even managed to take a few out by slamming them with his dictionary when they got too close. He ran in the general direction Peach and Amy had gone, hoping that he could eventually catch up. He doubted it, those two were very quick and he was hardly athletic, but he had to try. He reminded himself that the world needed heroes, and Mario and Luigi were… Unavailible. He sincerely hoped that they would be able to find them.

He sighed, and continued running. He could only hope that the high-rising skyline he saw in the distance was a city that could distract the two girls long enough for him to catch them.

As it turned out, Russ T. was correct in his assumption that the city would slow down Peach and Amy.

However, he wasn't aware of quite how much the Neo Bowser City (Peach thought this was a good idea?) mall would slow them down. He'd finally managed to catch up to them in a clothing store, where they were buying dresses and arguing over which one was best (despite every one of them looking exactly like the dresses they already had). He then reminded them that they're trying to save the world, and really should get going. NOW.

The two griped, but payed for the dresses, and they finally walked out. Before they had walked fifteen meters, Peach noticed a backpack store. She rushed in and came out with a pink backpack (which was apparently magical and could hold anything), which she and Amy loaded all of their new dresses into.

Afterwards, the trip through the mall was largely uneventful, other than Russ lecturing Peach and Amy about not leaving him behind. However, that changed when they came to a cake bakery. It should suffice to say that Peach was hard to drag away from the store, but I'll describe it anyway.

"Cake? Cake! CAKE!" Peach screamed, a crazed look in her eye. Russ and Amy did everything in their power to keep the cake-crazy princess from getting at the cake and the spooked shopkeeper.

"Princess! Calm down!" Russ strained to hold on to the princess's arm. The girl was surprisingly strong.

"Yeah! You're being even crazier about cake than me about Sonic!"

"CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!"

"Not the time, Peach! We have a world to save!" Russ reminded her.

"LIES! I NEED CAKE!"

"No you don't!" Amy shouted, straining harder to keep the princess in place.

"YOU'RE LYING!"

The shopkeeper was thoroughly terrified by now, and dashed out of the room screaming.

"… Cut scene," Russ T said.

Russ T, Amy, and Princess Peach walked out of Neo Bowser City and into a grassy feild, with the princess happily munching on a piece of cake.

"How long were we in there?" Russ asked Amy, looking at the darkening sky.

"Dunno, about six-hours-ish."

"… Wait, we were walking to Emerald Town for six hours. That means twelve hours has passed since sunrise, which doesn't make any sense at all because it's the middle of June."

"… Is that important at all?"

"Cake…" Peach moaned, and lay down on the ground, "So… Tired… Can we set up camp and wait until morning to keep looking for Angel Island?"

"Sure," Amy didn't hesitate.

"I suppose so… Where's the tent?"

Beat.

"… So we're just going to sleep face-up in the grass, is that it?"

"Yeah."

"Pretty much."

"… Alright," Russ T laid down next to Peach, with Amy laying on the other side of the princess. As the sky darkened, the three contemplated the stars and moons.

"… You know, it's kind of weird," Peach started, "I thought the planet only had six moons... And only one of them is white…"

"No, no, that's not it. The planet has two moons, and both of them are white," Amy argued.

"So how do you explain the eight moons in the sky?"

"I… I don't know," Amy admitted, studying the sky.

Along with the two white moons she was familiar with; there was a smaller white moon, two large and one small green moons, a large dark red moon, and a brown moon that appeared to be very heavily cratered.

"… I think something might be going on," Russ observed, "But… I also think it's best to sleep on it, and deal with it once we have a good night's sleep. We can work through this later. Right now, our priority is getting a good rest for a good start in the morning. Good night, girls."

Minutes later, he heard giggling as the two exchanged stories.

"I said, good night."

The giggling stopped and Russ fell asleep.

He slept through the rest of the giggling.