DanceDream: Moving? Oh, sorry... Didn't know you were moving. Glad you like it. What's clear and unclear is unclear. I have no idea what that means. Un-merging their worlds? Yes and no. It's going to get quite a bit more complicated from here on out, though I'm not going to elaborate further on that yet. Yeah, that could be a good explanation for the sunlight. All is forgiven.

TatlTails: New things to learn are good.

Faraday Fan: Mario's world has six moons. Sonic's has two. I never mentioned the Shroobs. The Babylon Rogues will probably appear eventaully; No Shade, as that game is practically its own continuity; maybe Mighty and Ray, but probably not; and... Is that a Pokemon character? No Pokemon. At all.

As promised, here's the hint to the code again:

It's a pretty simple cipher, you just have to place the letters visually and draw the right connections. Don't be afraid to resort to relying on your fingers, but doing everything on paper won't give you the slightest hint as to how the cipher works. You've all got a key right under your noses, if you know how to use it.

If nobody gets this, I'll give a different hint.

Guess what? On Monday, I finished my school year! Woo-hoo! That makes at least five straight years of A's and B's in all my classes! I dunno, there might have been one class back in 6th grade that I got a C in, but I might have gotten a B, which would make ten straight years of A's and B's.

Adventures of Mario & Sonic: Peach's Adventure

It's Above the Clouds, Stupid: Part 2

The run through the jungle of Angel Island was surprisingly calm, given Peach's previous experience with adventures. Usually there were hundreds of incompetent enemies trying to hinder progress. It was a nice change to the norm, and quite peaceful despite the difficult terrain.

Russ, meanwhile, was screaming his head of at the twenty or so supposedly dangerous robots surrounding him. What? Why are you looking at me like that? I never said there were no incompetent enemies.

Neither Amy nor Peach reacted any more than nonchalantly smashing the robots with a hammer and a parasol, respectively. A rather familiar parasol, in fact. It was yellow with blue trim, with a face on it. It was Perry...

PERRY THE PARASOL!

... Ahem. Moving on. Russ, instead of screaming like he was three paragraphs ago, was now staring at Peach and Amy in awe.

"WALUIGI SAYS STOP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!"

You aren't in this scene, hypocrite. Alright, fine. I'll narrate more 'normally', happy?

Without a reply from Waluigi, the scene continued without further fourth wall breaks or any measure of blatant lies.

Russ T's mouth hung open as he stared at the two girls dressed in pink with their impressive fighting skills, forgetting that he'd managed to take out a few piranha plants the previous day. Amy and Peach were forced to drag the scholarly Toad through the jungle with them, being... Erm, very careful, yes, let's go with that... to not let his feet hit any rocks on the ground as they ran and cause him to suffer extremely painful bruises. Really. I promise.

Our two... Four heroes eventually reached the Master Emerald Altar; where Knuckles was sitting next to the Master Emerald playing a Game Boy Advance. Eggman was also present, sneaking up from the opposite side of the Master Emerald.

"Hi, Egghead!" Amy screeched.

"I am not an Egghead!" Knuckles yelled as Eggman ran off, "Why do people keep calling me that?"

"... No comment..." Russ whispered.

"I have no idea," Amy said sarcastically, "It isn't like Eggman doesn't come here twice a week to steal the Master Emerald and you almost never notice him. Anyway, we need all the information you have on the Chaos Emeralds."

"Well, once upon a time, there was an Echidna who was so in love with-"

"I don't believe that his is what we meant," Peach said, "We need to know how we could get Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Tails back from... Wherever it is they are. How will we find the Chaos Emeralds? How do we use them to get them back?"

"Well, you can find them by getting an Emerald radar from Tails... Wait, no, he's not here... I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you went to Mario's house and got it... Once you have them, I can use the Master Emerald to get them back. So, go get it, and come back here once you have all the emeralds. Also, I have a magical Oca- I mean, flute, sorry, that you can use to warp to certain places instantly and... Stuff. All you need to do is play the musical score of the place you need to go, but it doesn't work for generic themes or places you've never been, so be careful." Knuckles held out a strangely-shaped flute, and gave it to Peach.

You got the Oca- I mean, You got the Flute!

"So... Give it a whirl, alright?" Knuckles asked, "Now, if you'll excuse me, the game princess won't rescue herself." With that, he started playing his Game Boy Advance again.

Peach started playing a tune; a calm but cheerful take on one of the most iconic musical scores ever made.

With that, Peach, Russ, Perry, and Amy disappeared in a flash of light.

"... Huh," Knuckles said, looking up and scratching his head, "I guess video games aren't that unrealistic."

The four heroes arrived on Mario and Luigi's front porch, and immediately noticed that there were three giant triangular padlocks on the door in the shape of a triangle, and a screen in the middle.

Bowser's face appeared on-screen.

"Greetings, Princess Peach! Eggy told me that you'd probably come here for the Emerald Radar Tails made. The only way you are getting in is with the three mystical keys hidden in the three ancient temples-"

"King Bowser, construction on the two dungeons you ordered is finished; and the keys you commissioned from Eggman have been placed inside them and the mystical temple of love or whatever you found last week," A random goomba interrupted Bowser, "The troops will be in place within the hour."

"...Temple of Love?" Perry asked.

"There was nothing else we could get on such short notice! Come on, do you think I can just waltz into the kingdom, take over, and propose to Peach for the... How many-"

"Two-hundred twenty-four times now," Peach informed him, "Also, I've seen you command your troops. You're very quick at it."

"Thank you."

"Now get to the point so Mario can kick your butt sooner."

"Alright, alright! You can either take on the three temples and risk being kidnapped and forced to marry me; or you can come to my castle, marry me, and I'll give you the keys to save your precious Mario."

"And why can't we just break the windows?" Russ pointed out.

"Eggy enhanced them with space tape. It may look like duct tape, but it's not. It's very advanced stuff, he says. Bowser is out, peace!" The screen shut off.

"Aw, phooey," Amy said, so as to have some semblance of dialogue balance, "We'd better get started tomorrow morning... It's a little late now..."

"We can retire to my house and do REEEEEEEEEEEEEESEARCH!" Russ offered, "It's a stone's throw from the other side of Mario's pipe to Toad Town. Come on, let's go." Russ led them away from the house to the nearby pipe, took off the Amy Rose Proof Pipe Cover (TM), and jumped down the pipe.