Grodus's Room (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"What do you MEAN that you can't dismantle the Observatory?!" Grodus exclaimed.
"There's a lot of Lumas who are surprisingly powerful..." An X-Naut sighed. "Especially the one that they call Polari..."
Grodus growled. "Out of all the ladies to invite to that Smash Bros tournament, they had to invite her..." He muttered.
"What does THAT have to do with the fact that we can't dismantle the Observatory?!"
"It means that she trained the Lumas to defend themselves." Grodus sighed. "The dismantling of the Observatory just got complicated..." He muttered when another X-Naut walked in and saluted.
"Okay, I got some bad news."
"What can be worse than the fact that we can't seem to dismantle the Observatory?" The other X-Naut asked.
"Well, the Mario Bros and Fairy Tail managed to get the next Crystal Star."
"WHAT?!" Grodus yelled. "What about the Shadow Sirens and Lord Crump?!"
"Beaten to a pulp." He replied. "Apparently, the one they call Titania managed to defeat Magnus von Grapple without breaking a sweat."
"Okay, apparently it IS that bad..." The other said.
Grodus growled. "Do we know the other locations of the Crystal Stars?"
"No."
"Blast it! We only know three of their locations! Hooktail Castle, the Boggly Woods, the one we got in Rogueport...we can't let them take the other Crystal Stars before we even THINK about the Crystal Stars." He sighed. "Leave me...I need to think."
"Right." The X-Nauts nodded as they walked away.
Grodus turned around. "I hate those no good heroes..." He said as he looked at the screen to see Rosalina screaming in agonizing pain. "Ah...now this calms me down."
With Peach...
Peach's theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Hmm..." Peach was looking at the TV screen, watching the recorded Grand Magic Games. "Fairy Tail sure looks interesting..." She said and then sighed. "Man...I wonder how everyone is doing in the Mushroom Kingdom? It's just my luck that I got captured a few days before the Mushroom Ball." She smiled. "I always liked dancing with Mario."
Suddenly, the door opened up. "Is TEC calling me again?" She wondered as she paused the TV and walked over to TEC's room while glancing at the elevator. "Can't I just escape?" She wondered.
"You can't use the elevator without using a card key, Princess Peach." TEC said from the other room.
"Of course I can't..." Peach grumbled as she walked into the room.
Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
"So uh, what are you calling me for this time?" Peach asked.
"Well, I couldn't help but overhear that you wanted to go to this Mushroom Ball and dance with Mario."
Peach's eyes widened. "EXCUUUUUUSE ME?! WERE YOU EAVESDROPPING?!"
"I apologize, but that's what I have been programmed to do. Keeping an eye on you."
"Wait...does that mean you watch me when I sleep?"
"Yes."
"Okay, creeper alert!"
"It's not my fault that Grodus programmed me to watch you."
Peach sighed. "Oh whatever..." She said. "But yes, I've been talking about the Mushroom Ball."
"Is this 'dancing' sort of like this love that I do not comprehend?"
"Yes and no." Peach said. "Sometimes you have a moment with slow dancing, and sometimes you just hang out at dances. It can be romantic and it can NOT be romantic."
"...Okay then." TEC said. "Would you like to dance with me then?"
"WHAT?! You're a computer!"
"Just leave it to me." TEC said as a hologram of Peach appeared in front of her.
"I'm...going to dance with myself? Um, no offense, but I'd rather dance with Mario...holographic or not."
"My apologies, but I do not know what this Mario looks like."
Peach sighed. "Oh...very well then. It's gonna be weird though."
One awkward dance later...
Peach just blinked after the hologram disappeared. "...Yeah, that was awkward." She said and walked back to TEC.
"It wasn't awkward...it was kind of fun." TEC said. "...Wait a minute, fun?"
"Are you okay?" Peach asked.
"Never mind about that. You can go ahead and send a message if you want." He said.
"Alright." Peach nodded and started typing. "Alrighty then...you can go ahead and send it."
"It is sent. You may return to your room."
"Good...oh and by the way, was Mario able to get my email?"
"Yes."
"Alright." Peach nodded and started walking away. "You are one weird computer." She said and then walked out.
"Goodnight, Princess Peach."
Meanwhile...
Bowser's theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Bowser looked around. "Okay...Peach is over here, right?"
"Yes, if we just keep walking, we'd find her." Kamek said.
"Alright." Bowser smirked. "Let's do this." He said as he walked away.
"Um...guys?" Hammer Bro asked. "Does the area ahead look familiar?"
General Guy and Junior looked ahead. "Um...I dunno." Junior shrugged.
General Guy folded his arms. "Something feels familiar about this..."
Super Koopa Bros – World 1 (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"I'm ready to roll!" Bowser chuckled as he walked forward and burned any Goomba in the way as he hit a ? block and then a piece of meat came out. "...I'm actually kind of hungry." He said as he ate it and then he got bigger.
"Uh...did he get bigger or am I going crazy?" Junior asked.
"No, we're seeing it too." Hammer Bro said.
"That's odd, he never gets bigger when he eats meat." Kamek said. "What kind of world is this?" He wondered as Bowser ate another piece of meat as he crushed anything in his way.
A couple of random X-Nauts spotted Bowser. "Whoa! What the heck?!"
"Let's take him down!" He said as he ate another piece of meat until he got so huge, he started glowing and he just trampled over them and destroyed tons of bricks.
"Uh...is he invincible?" General Guy asked.
"That's odd; I didn't see any invincibility stars." Kamek said as Bowser then destroyed a flagpole...and then he got small again.
"What just happened?" Bowser asked.
"I dunno, but why would you plant a flagpole in the middle of a pathway?" Hammer Bro asked. "That doesn't make any sense. It WOULD make sense to plant it near a castle."
"Oh well, let's just go." General Guy said as they walked into Petalburg.
Petalburg (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Hmm? Oh hello, welcome to Petal-...OH GEEZ!" The Koopa yelled. "A MONSTER! RUUUUN!" He yelled and took off.
"Yeah, you better run." Bowser laughed.
"Oh!" Kamek pointed to a wall. "Look, there's Peach!"
"Oh ho ho! There you are!" Bowser grinned as they walked over to her. "Hello, my dear!"
"It seems she's so happy to see you, that she's speechless." Kamek said.
"I can deal with a quiet princess. It's better than one screaming in my ear all the time." Bowser chuckled.
"I dunno, something feels off about this." Hammer Bro said.
"Oh stop worrying." Bowser said as he reached for Peach.
"NO!" A voice yelled as they saw the same Koopa.
"Buzz off, creep. This lady is mine!"
"I will NOT let you take this life size Peach poster!" He exclaimed as he ran up and tore it off of the wall, causing Bowser and Kamek to jawdrop and then the Koopa ran into the house.
"I KNEW there was something wrong here." Hammer Bro said.
"I'll be honest...so did I." General Guy said.
"Dad? You okay?" Junior asked.
"...I talked...to a poster..." He said. "I'm the king of guys who talk to posters..." He muttered before collapsing on his back.
"Well this is quite...embarrassing." Hammer Bro sighed.
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This is not Bowser's day...