Olivia finished reading the words that caused this whole situation. She looked at me, waiting for a response. I giggled silently, then burst out into laughter so hard that I coughed again.
"Heh...what irony. I have been an awful brother and son. This is my fault. I'm sorry Olivia."
"Olly, don't apologize! This was just a misunderstanding, is all!"
"Take these nine-hundred and ninety-nine cranes. Please, Olivia, use my foolish being to create the final crane and undo my mistake..." I slowly closed my eyes as Olivia's voice became more faint...
I was floating? I saw Olivia there. And Mario, Bowser, Junior, Kemek, and...
There in Olivia's lap lay an oddly familliar sheet of royal purple origami paper. I recognized it. It was...
Me.
I was dead. I couldn't believe it, but at the same time, I could. Mario's brother came crashing through the left east wall on his kart. The Origami Craftsman was riding with him.
I started floating away against my will. I tried to apologize to the Craftsman, but I wasn't heard. The pull pulled me through the cealing of the Origami Castle. Shortly after, cranes blocked off all veiw of my...no-our-castle. They floated away with the rapidly infolding Mushroom Castle. After leaving through the clouds, everything went dark...