Excess Express at Night (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"I'm hungry..." Koops said as he walked out of his cabin and walked to the dining car.
Once he got there, he noticed Mario sitting alone at one of the tables, eating spaghetti. "Mario? How come you're here alone?" He asked.
"Ah, I was hungry." He told him as Koops nodded and sat down with him.
"So did anyone else come down to eat?" He asked.
"Lightning, Yoshi and Flurrie were here earlier right when I came in to eat. They just went back to their cabins." Mario explained.
"Ah." Koops nodded in understanding.
"Ah, Luigi." Pennington said as he walked to him. "The conductor would like to see you." He said.
"Alright, I was done with my meal anyways." Mario said as he got up and walked to the conductor...as Pennington sat in Mario's seat.
"And you are?" Koops asked.
"I am Pennington...and don't tell me your name, I never forget a face. You are the famous Koopa the Quick that races the famous Luigi." He said.
Koops sweatdropped at this. "Koopa the WHAT now?" He asked.
"Oh Mario! I'd like to tell you something." The conductor said.
"Sure, what do you got?" Mario asked.
"Well, I give out blankets to the passengers so they won't freeze to death in the middle of the night. There's one problem. I counted all the tickets, but there's something amiss." He said.
"What, you're one blanket short?" Mario asked.
"...Did you read my mind? Anyways, yeah, I'm one blanket short...which means there's a stowaway on board. So uh...can you go check it out?" He asked.
"Yeah." Mario nodded and walked off.
"I don't even KNOW what you're talking about!" Koops exclaimed. "I never even raced Luigi in Bob-omb Battlefield! ...In fact, I don't know what it even is!" Koops exclaimed.
"Oh, don't be so modest, Koopa the Quick. I know what you're capable of." Pennington smiled as Mario walked by. "Ah, Luigi. What did the conductor want?" He asked.
"He's one blanket short; he thinks there's a stowaway on board." Mario explained.
"Just as I suspected." Pennington said. "So...check every cabin and find this stowaway." He ordered as Mario nodded and walked off.
"Hey! Wait up!" Koops exclaimed as he ran after Mario.
"Koopa the Quick didn't finish his steak? More for me then." He chuckled as he took the steak. "I think I know why he didn't take it. He's training so he can race Luigi once we arrive at Poshley Heights. Clever thinking." He said as he took a bite. "Oh! Juicy." He smiled.
"Koopa the Quick?" Mario raised an eyebrow.
"I know right?! He makes NO sense whatsoever!" Koops exclaimed as they opened up Cabin 5, as Sora and Vivian were asleep.
"Not sleeping together? Yoshi has gone crazy..." Mario muttered as he checked all the other cabins, everyone else was asleep.
"How about Cabin 11?" Koops asked as Mario opened it up, no one was inside.
"Odd." Koops said as they looked around.
"Maybe, if we hide... the stowaway will come out." Mario thought.
"So how are we going to do that?" Koops asked.
"Hide in your shell while I hide on top of the bunk bed." Mario said as he climbed on top of the bunk bed.
"Sure, get the top..." Koops muttered as he ducked in his shell.
Suddenly, a ghost appeared in front of Koops. "Huh, I don't remember having a Koopa shell in my room." He said.
Koops came out of his shell and looked at the ghost, and the ghost looked at Koops.
Sora and Vivian were awakened by the sound of screaming. "What the heck?!" Sora exclaimed as he jumped down from the top of the bunk bed as Vivian put her hat on and followed Sora.
Laughter and Merriment
"I THOUGHT THAT KOOPA SHELL WAS EMPTY!"
"AND I THINK YOU'RE THE STOWAWAY!" Koops yelled.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" The ghost yelled.
"WILL YOU BOTH SHUT UP?! I THINK MY EARDRUMS BURST FROM YOUR YELLING!" Mario yelled.
"What's going on?" Sora exclaimed as he opened the door.
"WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Mario yelled as Sora sighed as he summoned the Ultima and used Curaga on Mario's ears.
"Better?" Sora asked.
"Better." Mario smiled.
"Okay, so what the heck is going on and WHY is there a ghost in the room?" Vivian asked.
"Why is there a Koopa and a fat plumber in my room?" The ghost asked.
"Hey, they asked the questions first!" Koops exclaimed.
"I'm a ghost, I can interrupt questions as I please!" He said.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" Koops yelled.
Five minutes of non-stop bickering later...
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!" yelled a voice as they turned to see Lightning...with VERY bad bed head. "Seriously, all that damn yelling WOKE ME UP!" She exclaimed.
"Okay, one at a time here..." Sora said. "First, what's with the ghost and SECONDLY, what are you guys doing here anyways?" Sora asked.
"Finally, we're getting somewhere..." The ghost muttered. "Anyways, my name is Ghost T. and I passed away a long time ago. However, I didn't just go to heaven...I stayed here because...I had unfinished business." He said.
"What, scare the hell out of someone like ME?" Koops asked.
"No no no, I forgot my diary and it's in the luggage car. I think I died before I could ask the conductor if I could take my diary and what's stranger, my body just like evaporated...like it went to heaven without me."
"So you stayed here because you forgot your diary?" Vivian asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." Ghost T. replied.
"I can't believe I got rudely awakened for this..." Lightning muttered as she walked back to her room.
"Wow...I guess someone is a grouch when they're rudely awakened." Mario said as everyone else nodded.
"Now that goes to my other question...what are you guys doing here?" Sora asked.
"The conductor asked us to find a missing blanket and I think we found the stowaway." Koops explained.
"STOWAWAY?! I've been here for TEN YEARS, I'M HARDLY a stowaway, jerk." Ghost T. said.
"Oh, call ME a jerk, huh?" Koops asked, raising his fist at Ghost T.
"Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?" Ghost T. asked.
"Okay, BREAK IT UP!" Mario exclaimed, getting between the two. "We just came for the blanket."
"I'll give you the blanket if you can get my diary." Ghost T. said.
"Alright, let's go." Mario said as the four walked away and closed the door.
"Hey wait! Don't read my diary or I'll-...and their gone." Ghost T. muttered, facepalming.
"WHAT?! The stowaway is a ghost?!" The conductor exclaimed.
"Yep, and he wants his diary." Sora said.
"Well...you can't say no to ghosts. So...go on in then." He said as the four walked in.
"So where is that diary?" Vivian asked.
"I think I see it." Koops said, looking between boxes. "I see a book."
"Coming through..." Mario said, turning paper thin and going through the boxes.
"...I could've just sunk down, grabbed the diary and came back up with it." Vivian said.
"Well, Mario's got it covered." Sora said as Mario picked it up and came back.
"Let's return it." Mario said as they walked out.
"Oh good, you found the diary...now go ahead and return it so I can get that blanket back." The conductor said as they ran back.
"You guys go get it to him; we're crashing for real this time." Sora said as he and Vivian went back in their cabin.
"Oh sure, leave the ghost to us..." Koops muttered as he and Mario went back to cabin 11.
"So do you have it?" Ghost T. asked as Mario gave him the diary. "SWEET!" He yelled as he gave him the blanket. "Here ya go." He said. "Now...if you'll excuse me...I must be off." He said as a heavenly light appeared above him as he flew up.
Suddenly, it disappeared as he flew back down. "Nah...I've been in here for so long, I got used to it. It's not like the goddess is getting impatient or anything." He said.
"Well, see ya." Mario said.
Meanwhile...
Solo Menu – Viridi (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
Palutena was looking at Ghost T.'s body and was frustrated. "It's been TEN FREAKING YEARS and that soul still hasn't come." She muttered. "I'm going down there."
"Now HOLD on a minute!" Pit exclaimed. "You know how fast that train is going?" he asked.
"I know...but I think it's time he comes OUT of that train car!" She exclaimed.
"What, are you going to force him out of there?" Pit asked.
"...Where is there next stop?" Palutena asked.
"Um...last time I checked, they're going to make a brief stop at Riverside Station to refuel." Pit said.
"Then we're going over there." Palutena said.
"We?" Pit asked.
"Yeah, thanks for the idea." She smiled as she walked away.
"Why do I have this feeling this won't go as well?" Pit wondered.
Back on the train...
Excess Express at Night
"Thanks for the blanket!" The conductor smiled.
"No problem." Mario said as they walked back as he yawned. "I don't know about you, but I'm going to sleep now." He said.
"Ditto." Koops said as they walked back to their cabins.
Wasn't planning on bringing Pit and Palutena in this chapter, but as soon as Ghost T. went up in the heavenly light...I couldn't help myself.