Grodus's room (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Hmm? What's that?" Grodus asked.

"You heard me right. The seal on the Thousand Year Door is weakening." The X-Naut said.

"Fascinating..." Grodus mused. "Very fascinating. Soon, we'll be able to go in, unleash the demon and spread chaos throughout all the world!"

"Indeed." He nodded. "Also, have you heard of this X-Naut called Zelda Toadstool?"

"Zelda who now?"

"You recruited a female X-Naut, she's the sibling of Princess Peach and wants to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom."

"I recruited no such woman! X-Nauts are all guys! What makes you think I'd let a woman walk in here and get recruited?"

"Did you even SMELL the perfume? All the X-Nauts are talking about it."

"I did on a particular X-Naut who asked me about the Thousand Year Door, but I didn't think of it much." He said. "The only girls in this fortress are Peach and Rosalina and they aren't capable of doing such a thing. Rosalina is busy being tortured and Peach is locked in her room."

"Did you even lock Peach's door? She could be wandering around and possibly be playing a game on TEC right about now."

"Oh please, like TEC would just let her waltz into his room." Grodus folded his arms.

Meanwhile...

Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

Peach just waltzed into TEC's room. "So, what's new?" She asked.

"You seem cheerful unlike last time." TEC said.

"I got over it." Peach replied. "Anyway, what do you want to talk about?"

"I'm a little torn right now. I want to serve Grodus but I also want to protect you." TEC muttered. "It's a bit annoying."

"Well, what are you going to do about it?" She asked.

"Never mind. How about we do a little quiz?"

"...What? That was random."

"If you get five right, I'll let you email Mario like normal."

"Are you feeling alright?"

"Yes. Now, the first question. What will happen when you collect all the seven Crystal Stars? A. Your wish is granted, B. The Thousand Year Door opens or C: A thousand coins appear?"

Peach thought about it. "The Thousand Year Door."

"Correct. Next question: What is the goal of Sir Grodus? A: Conquering the world, B: Get rich, or C: Become a super hero?"

Peach folded her arms. Getting rich is Wario's dream... She thought and then pictured Grodus as a super hero. ...Yeah, no. I don't see it. She thought. "Conquer the world?" She asked.

"Correct. Next Question: What is the legendary treasure that waits behind the Thousand Year Door?"

"Uh...TEC? What kind of a quiz is this?"

"Just answer it. Is it A: One hundred million coins, B: A rare Celestial Key or C: A thousand year old demon soul?"

"I'm noticing there's no fourth answer." Peach replied. "Let's see...Grodus did say something about a demon, so I'm going with C."

"But he said nothing about the soul of the demon."

Peach thought about that. "True." She said.

"Anyway, you got it right. Next one: What does Grodus wish to do with the demon soul? A: Cherish it, B: Bring the demon soul back to life or C: Hang out with it."

Peach raised an eyebrow. "What kind of answers are those? It's B."

"Correct. Final question: What is required to seal up the demon again? A: A legendary sword, B: A magic spell, or C: The Crystal Stars."

If it was a legendary sword, then Zelda would be locked up as well. Peach thought. "I'm guessing the Crystal Stars."

"Correct." TEC said. "You may use the email as you wish."

"That was the most random quiz I ever took. What was that about?" Peach asked.

"Um, to let Mario and his friends know what they're up against." TEC said as Peach typed her up her email.

"So, I guess you're a double agent?" She asked while TEC sent it.

"I'm not entirely sure about that." TEC said.

"You might want to think about that. Grodus is a bad guy after all." She said as she walked out. "Later." She waved and took off.

"Good night, Princess Peach."

Meanwhile...

Bowser's theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"So we're going in that thing?" General Guy asked.

"Correct." Bowser nodded. "I've snuck over there before and faced the Mario Bros." He said. "Unfortunately, I got beat up by them, a fire head and a witch." He said. "They then sent me flying out."

"Ah, so that's where you've disappeared too." Kamek said.

"I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, unfortunately." Hammer Bro muttered.

"How's your back doing?" General Guy asked.

"Better. That chiropractor does wonders." He said as they walked up.

"Excuse me, we'd like to get on that blimp to Glitzville." Kamek said.

"AAAH! BOWSER AND HIS MINIONS!" The Cheep Cheep exclaimed and took off.

"We're not THAT bad, right?" Hammer Bro asked.

General Guy shrugged. "Well if you think about it, we are pretty evil."

"True." He nodded.

"Well, I guess we'll find another way, right Bowser?" Kamek turned around. "Hmm?" He looked around. "Where'd he go?"

"And Junior?" Hammer Bro looked around as they both heard laughter as they looked up to see Bowser and his son in their Koopa Clown Cars.

"We'll go to Glitzville our own way!" Bowser said. "You can take that boring ol' blimp!" He said as they took off.

"I wish we had our own clown cars." Hammer Bro sighed.

"Hey uh, dad?" Junior asked.

"Yeah?" Bowser asked.

"I think I'm out of fuel." He said.

"What?!" Bowser asked as his Koopa Clown Car suddenly stopped as he looked down. "...Oh great, I'm out of fuel too."

"And uh...where are we?" Junior asked.

Bowser looked down. "In the middle of the ocean." He said as they looked at each other and then they both fell into the ocean while screaming.

Dire Dire Docks/Jolly Roger Bay (Super Mario 64)

Well, this is just fantastic... Bowser thought as he picked up Junior and placed him on his back as he held on and they swam back to Rogueport.

However, they were greeted by tons of Bloopers and Cheep Cheeps as he then breathed fire at them to burn them up. ...We can breathe fire underwater? Junior asked.

How does that even work? Bowser wondered as they found two air bubbles and used them to regain some oxygen...unfortunately, a Blooper had to be right there and accidentally got swallowed up by Bowser. Gah! Nasty!

Better you than me. Junior thought as they soon climbed out of the docks of Rogueport.

Rogueport (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Whoa geez! It's Bowser and his son!" A Toad exclaimed.

"RUN!" A Bob-omb yelled and they ran off, running past Hammer Bro, Kamek and General Guy as they spotted them.

"Where'd you guys go?" Hammer Bro asked.

"Swimming." Bowser muttered.

"We went to Glitzville, but came right back." General Guy said. "Turns out, it was destroyed and they're in the middle of rebuilding it."

"You guys had it easy. Dad swallowed a Blooper." Junior said.

"Yuck." Kamek said. "I prefer fried Cheep Cheep."

"I like Blooper when they're fried." Hammer Bro said.

"Really? I'm more of a curry kind of guy." General Guy said. "With a hint of fried Buzzy Beetle."

"ENOUGH ABOUT FOOD!" Bowser yelled. "I need info about Mario, Fairy Tail and the Crystal Stars RIGHT NOW." He growled.
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I'm more of a fried Spiny kind of guy with a dash of a fried Yoshi egg. What's your preference in the Mario universe?