CHAPTER 4-2
-A Paper Emergency-
Chopper, Kirby, Sonic and the strange little green alien Squirps landed on the small planet called Blobule. It was a strange name, but Squirps explained to them that it's named after the species called Blobules. He said that they're these aliens with their mouths on their bellybuttons that say stuff like "Bloooog…" or something along those lines.
"Yeah… This is definitely one of those small planets. But at least we can stay on it." Chopper smiled as he looked up at the stars. He was able to see the stars of some of his friends, such as C-2 Choppor or Flyer (easter egg, much?). "But… Where the heck are we going anyway?"
"Somewhere on this planet should be an entrance to the Space Byway, squeeeork! Yup! It's a shortcut to the Pure Heart! With it, we'll be able to go to where I live! I bet you'll like it, space grunts!"
"Really… You don't say… And where might that entrance be?" Tippi asked.
Squirps grinned. "Squeh squeh squeh squeh… You're gonna laugh, squaag!" Squirps took a deep breath before telling the location of the entrance. "IT'S…"
There was a brief pause, causing everyone to tilt their heads.
"...Squirps forgot!"
Chopper, Kirby, and Sonic immediately fell over on the ground in anime style, while Tippi muttered to herself.
"You don't KNOW?!" Chopper growled as he got up and glared at Squirps. "Well, that was some nice info you gave us…squag. …Crud! Now I'M starting to talk…Squirpish!"
"Don't look at Squirps like that!" cried Squirps. "Everything's fine! I think there probably should be some clues around here somewhere, squirple…"
"What a wretch…" Tippi muttered.
Before Kirby and Sonic could comment, Squirps began to look constipated. "HNNNNGH!"
"Whoa… What's going on with the little alien?" Sonic questioned, looking down at the constipated alien. "He doesn't look too good…"
"Poyo… (Or maybe he's having one of those angry moments…)" Kirby predicted.
"What's going on, Squirps? Did you remember something?" Chopper asked, raising his eyebrows at him.
"No! I… I have to go potty!" Squirps cried. "I REALLY have to go, squirk! I can't hold it anymore! I… I need to find somewhere to go…like some kind of bathroom! Where is the restroom?!"
Chopper looked around the area. "Well, since there's no bathroom, why don't you go in a bush? …Oh, wait. There aren't any bushes here. Well, maybe you can go somewhere where we don't have to see! …Unless it's…number two."
Squirps immediately ran off, while Tippi sighed. "...Let's…look for some clues ourselves…"
"Well if he's gotta go, then he's gotta go!" Sonic stated as he followed the other two down this large gap. "Aw, man! The gravity's messing with my speed!"
They didn't go too far, because they ended up running into a porta-potty.
"Wait… So there are porta-potties in space now?" Chopper gawked.
"Squiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirps! It's occupied, squiiiiiiinkle! And whoever's in there won't come out!" Squirps cried.
The ticked off Chopper immediately knocked on the door, but what caught him off guard was a Pixl-like voice.
"Hmmmmmm? Do I hear people outside?" the Pixl asked. "If that's the case, then perhaps it is truly...you guys! After all, I've been sitting here, waiting for you to show up, and I was getting very impatient..."
"This is no time for a conversation, squirple! I've got a bathroom emergency here!" Squirps cried.
"A bathroom emergency! Well why didn't you say so? I would come out...but unfortunately, there's a problem... There's no more paper in here!"
"No paper?" Chopper gawked. "What do you mean?"
"I came in here three months ago, and I ended up having to go... But there was no toilet paper available. So please... Please find something for me to use! I beg of you!"
"Squirps can't hold it! Hurry up! Squirple!"
"I cannot leave without some paper... So please find some for me!"
"Poyo, (Well, we might as well help out,)" Kirby suggested.
"Yeah. So... Let's go find some paper! ...Hopefully." Chopper walked over to the brown platform over by the wall.
"OK, then! So we explore the planet, find some clues and help that guy in the bathroom get some paper. Sounds simple enough." Sonic jumped onto the platform. He noticed he could jump higher than before.
"The physics of space allow us to jump higher, but we seem to move a bit slower now…" Tippi stated as she followed the three up the platform and across a gap where a white enemy called a Longator tried to attack by stretching its body.
Kirby immediately took action by pulling a bomb out and throwing it at the Longator. "Poyo! (We still need a bit more to take this thing out! You guys try to do something about it!)"
"I'll handle it," Chopper stomped on the Longator and did a little stylish move. He proceeded to stomp on it one more time before he was able to take down the annoying enemy.
"Man… What kind of enemy was that supposed to be?" questioned Sonic.
"It's a Longator…" Tippi informed. "It has a Max HP of 12, and an Attack of 3. Watch out when it stretches its head. It'll hurt you if you run into it… But it's easy to avoid and it leaves it open for an attack, so you should be able to strike it easily…"
"Hmmmmm… All right. That's not too bad, I guess." Chopper looked down below them to see a locked door. "Well, now I know that there's no way of going down there… Let's move on, I suppose."
They jumped over the gap to land on a brown platform and jumped up onto another higher point to find another Longator.
"Poyo! (I got this!)" Kirby pulled a bomb out and tossed it at the Longator. Unfortunately, that didn't do enough, so he tossed two more bombs to defeat it. "Poyo… (These things are pretty strong!)"
After jumping over the other gap, they made their way onto a higher point than the other. They noticed these rocks on the ground stacked together, from the bottom being big to the top being small. They looked up to see a sparkling white light that resembled a lightning bolt on top.
"That's a pretty weird light," Chopper stated. "What do you suppose that that could be?"
"I'm not so sure… But I think I remember something can do something to reveal something…" Tippi recalled. "Yet… I don't know what exactly can do such a thing…"
"Well we'll take care of that later. For now, we should just see what else we can find." Sonic made a Spin Jump across a couple of platforms and landed right near some Brick Blocks. "Man… It's hard for me to move with all of this gravity, but at least my jumping's a lot better."
Once Chopper and Kirby made a jump, Chopper looked at the Brick Blocks. "Only one way to take care of this…"
He tossed Hommissile straight at the blocks, destroying them within minutes. "Well that takes care of that. Now let's see what's up ahead."
Heading through the door, they found themselves in some sort of pit (not like a bottomless pit or anything). When they jumped out, they came across a Save Block to their left and a wall to their right.
"Poyo! (I can see something up there! …But I don't think you guys will be able to get up there if I did something about it…)"
"Then let's see what's in 3-D," Chopper threw his arms up in the air while being close to Kirby and Sonic and they all went into 3-D. They could see the crack that was right on the wall.
"Looks like we're gonna need Slim for this one!" Sonic grinned as he activated Slims's power to turn sideway. "I love taking control of these Pixls! …But which one is the one WE own?"
"Poyo! (Well, personally, I'm holding onto Carrie! I mean, she can help me get through anything, like lava or spikes!)" Kirby announced.
"Well, I'm still a bit unsure if I'm gonna keep Hommissile," Chopper looked at Hommissile, who had a disappointed look on his face. "Don't get me wrong! You're cool and all, but I don't think you're my 'main' Pixl."
"It's understandable, KA-BOOM!" Hommissile said.
All three of them slid through the crack and returned to 2-D to find a ? Block right above them. There was even one down a big step that led to these big blue and purple spring enemies called Boing-Oings.
Chopper immediately began to use Tippi's power to gather information from these weird enemies.
"This is a Boing-Oing... It's a stronger relative of the Sproing-Oing... Max HP is 8 and Attack is 3." Tippi informed. "If you hurt it, it will split into multiple Mini-Boings... If you don't time your jump perfectly, you'll get hurt... I wonder how it got so many pretty colors..."
"Strange-looking enemies… I know that I saw those Sproing-Oings from Lineland Road, but I didn't expect to see THEM again… Ah, well." Chopper stomped on the Boing-Oing once, splitting it into four. He then finished the four small ones off with some jumps while doing some stylish moves.
"Man… These things are so strange! Why do they split into smaller versions of themselves anyway?" Chopper questioned as he floated down to the ground.
Before they could take care of the other Boing-Oing, Kirby hit the ? Block, making a Speed Flower come out. Once he touched it, everything started to go incredibly fast.
"Ohmygoshthingsarefast!" Chopper shouted as he took down the Boing-Oing with a sweeping kick attack, taking it out in one hit.
"Poyo! (Iseesomethingupthere!)" Kirby floated up to the left to find a blue ! Switch. Once he kicked it, two brown platforms that acted like stairs were made to help them go up or down from where they started in this area.
Going back to the other two, the speed ended up going back to normal. He told them about a brown platform being above them, so they followed him up to where he was before and they made it across the gap to their right.
"Man… I like jumping high and all…but I wish I could at LEAST move a bit faster…" Chopper jumped on the brown platform and then jumped across the other gap to land right by this strange tree with purple outlines.
"So… Squirps could've gone to the bathroom here if he wanted…" Sonic looked up at the tree. "…Unless it was number two."
"Poyo, (I bet it was number two,)" Kirby stated as he jumped over the next gap to a green door. "Poyo! (Hey! Let's see what's through this door!)"
The three of them walked into a little house with this weird yellow alien guy standing there. They felt a bit confused, but they remembered that Squirps told them these guys are Blobules.
"Bloog… Aren't you three fancy. Let me guess… You're hunting the treasure too, right? Well, go look for the elder. He knows stuff about things. Me, I plan on lounging…" the yellow Blobule began to relax.
"The elder? Well, I guess we'll do that then." Chopper left the house and returned back outside. But, when they looked down, they saw nothing but a pit with two pipes and a Boing-Oing.
"There might be something in 3-D…" Tippi trailed.
"All right, then," Chopper flipped into 3-D with his friends and they found a bridge to cross over to the other side. However, they ended up going a bit too far, which resulted in them falling off to lower ground. Luckily, a red door was right by, so they simply walked through it.
"Whoa… What the heck is that?" Sonic pointed straight at a strange enemy made up of several green squares arranged like an eel. Chopper was able to gather information from it, thanks to Tippi.
"That's a Hooligon. They are space creatures that are made up of many parts... Max HP is 10 and Attack is 3. It loses pieces of itself as it takes damage... The head is the weak spot... You have to hit it there to defeat it..." Tippi informed.
"Poyo! (This should be easy!)" Kirby pulled a bomb out and he threw it at the Hooligon that was in front of them. Unfortunately, that didn't do enough to take it down, so Sonic used a Spin Dash to take that one out and hit the other three Hooligons.
"All right, I think this should do something," Chopper blew the Hooligons up with Hommissile's attack. With that out of the way, they jumped on the ? Blocks that acted like stairs to another similar door.
"Another one of those doors! Wow." Sonic kicked the door open to find a light blue alien. There wasn't much of a difference from it like the yellow one. It still had its mouth on its bellybutton.
"Ooog… A customer…" the blue Blobule noticed the three walk in. "Rare. Look, why not take a load off? Moving is…tiring. Whuzzat? Space Byway? Oog… Haven't seen one… Haven't eaten on either…"
"Well, that was interesting…" Chopper said in sarcasm. "We sort of wasted our time talking to him…"
Back in the other area-
They noticed to their right, they could see these blue enemies with propellers around themselves. Chopper decided to take a look at them using Tippi's powers.
"That Choppa is a strange organism that flies through the air...and dimensions... Max HP is 5 and Attack is 2. It's hard to track, as it occasionally flips... However, it occasionally stops to rest. That's your chance..." Tippi informed.
"A Choppa? Oh, come on! First those mechanical fish rip off on me, and now THESE things do?!" Clenching his fists, Chopper stomped on the Choppa twice before it can escape, defeating it.
"I'll take care of the other," Sonic attacked the other Choppa with a Spin Jump and then followed afterward with a Homing Attack.
After defeating those Choopas, they came across a small little pit where a Boing-Oing was bouncing around. Kirby happily dropped a bomb so that he could destroy the Boing-Oing.
"Poyo! (OK, it's all clear!)" Kirby jumped into the pit, only to find nothing else but a wall that seemed a bit too high for them to jump up to. "Poyo… (Uh oh… I think we're at a dead end…)"
"Chopper, I would advise you to use your flipping…" Tippi whispered.
"You don't need to whisper to me, Tippi. In fact, you're a bit close to me for some reason…" Chopper noticed that Tippi was sitting right on top of his head.
"Oh, I'm sorry…" Tippi fluttered off of his head. "It's just that… I was just getting a bit tired with fluttering around. I needed a break…"
"…OK, that's understandable," Chopper threw his arms in the air to flip him and his friends into 3-D. They noticed that there was a square-shaped hole that they could walk through.
When they made it to the other side of the wall, they went back to 2-D to find another Boing-Oing. Kirby happily placed a bomb in front of it to blow it up. That allowed them to jump on the Brick Blocks on the walls to get to a red door.
"Well, I don't see anything else around here, so…" Chopper opened the door and he walked into another area with his friends. They noticed some ? Blocks that were far from each other when they jumped off the step the door was on.
"Now let's see here…" Chopper hit one of the ? Blocks and, to his surprise, a Mega Star popped out. "Whoa! We gotta get that!"
"Mega Star? What's that?" Sonic questioned.
"Well, it's some kind of star that makes you grow into a gigantic 8-bit form of yourself and it allows you to pummel through everything in sight. Basically, you're invincible for a couple of seconds." Chopper explained.
"Really? If that's the case…" Sonic jumped to grab the Mega Star. That made him transform into a giant, 8-bit version on himself.
"Oh, sweet! I can pretty much crash through anything in sight!" Sonic began to make his way through this area, trampling things from Fuzzies to Beepboxers. They all tried to run for their lives, but there was no outrunning Sonic.
Unfortunately, it didn't last too long. As soon as he made it to a big step that the red door was on, he turned back to normal. "Aw, man! I can't believe that it already wore off! Dang…"
"Well, at least you cleared the way," Chopper and Kirby managed to catch up and jump over to the red door. They all walked into another area similar to the other, but not as big as that one.
Once they jumped off the big step, they saw a couple of Beepboxers around. Chopper immediately used Tippi's power to gather information on it.
"This Beepboxer blasts blaring sounds at anyone it doesn't like... Max HP is 10 and Attack is 5. It gets startled by its own loud noises... Maybe it's mad because people keep interrupting its music-listening time..." Tippi informed.
"Its Attack is 5? Whoa… Watch out, guys… This enemy seems a bit dangerous." Chopper noticed that the Beepboxer was firing sound waves at them.
"Leave this to me!" Sonic curled up in a ball and struck every single Beepboxer on the ground with a Spin Dash. He came back to them with another Spin Dash to finish them off.
"I saw a pipe that we could jump on that'll lead up to another door," Sonic told his friends. "There wasn't anything else, but I think we should go take a look in there…"
"Hopefully there will be something that the Blobule in there has…" Tippi hoped as she followed Chopper and his friends onto the pipe and into the door that was sitting on the brown platform.
"What in the…" Chopper saw an old, purple Blobule sitting on a light blue ouch. His eyes were covered by his big white eyebrows and his mouth looked all wrinkly. He was pretty freaky to be sure.
"Greetings, young explorers…" the Elder greeted them. "Welcome to this remote land. You must be bushed, bloooog… I'm what's known as an active senior explorer. The name's Blappy. I'm 72."
"Nice to meet you, Blappy," Chopper waved. "My name's Chopper. I'm 10."
"Ah, so you're one of those young ones… How interesting… In my youth, while everyone hunted for snacks, I hunted the Big Treasure of Space. It's big. It's treasure. And it will be mine at last! I found this other clue in the space ruins! So, explorer to explorer… I'll cut you a deal, blooog… This clue for 1,000 coins! YOU BUY IT!"
"What the heck?!" Sonic gaped. "You REALLY expect us to pay you that amount of money?! We don't even CARRY that much!"
"It's too expensive for you?! Well, maybe a little, bloog… Hackpth! Bleeeeepth! Sorry. I've got a touch of lard-lung. Old Blobules tend to have that. Anyway, I'll cut you a deal: how's 100 coins?"
"Dude… I still think that's a bit expensive…" Chopper glared at Blappy. "In fact, how come you're not searching for that treasure?"
"What? Wondering why I'm not looking for the treasure myself?" Blappy gaped. "I'm old! I'm portly! And I DID look, bloooog! I just didn't find anything… Ha-plapbth! Blaaaaaaph! Uh, I mean, fine, 10 coins."
"OK, fine… We'll give you 10 coins. But it's not because you're old. …Though, I DO respect the elderly…unless they're evil." Chopper pulled 10 coins out and he tossed it to Blappy. The Blobule gave him an Ancient Clue.
"It looks like there's something scribbled on it…" Tippi trailed, looking at the writing on it.
By rock man's noggin, when outer space is reversed, the door secret hides.
"I'm through with you, bloog… Go home now!" Blappy shouted.
"Oh, fine… We'll go." Chopper looked at the paper and remembered that the Pixl needed some paper. "I know this isn't toilet paper…but it'll have to do. Let's…gulp…head all the way back to Squirps."
By the restroom-
"You're back?" the voice gawked. "So... Did you find any paper for me?"
"Well... This is all we could find." Chopper pulled the Ancient Clue out and slipped it under the door.
"Ah, finally! This is what I've been looking for! It's not exactly the kind of paper for bathrooms, but it's better than nothing!" the voice declared. All four of them (including the constipated Squirps) could hear the toilet flushing. "And that is the end of that!"
"Sq-Squips can't take it anymore! Squirps will burst! Evacuate all personnel!" Squirps immediately rushed to the door and opened it (which was unlocked, thankfully). Chopper noticed that the Pixl that came out was shaped like a blue square with wings. Its tail resembled a mouse pointer, much like the one appearing when flipping dimensions.
"RELIEF!" Flippay shouted in relief. "Ah, finally! For once, I've found a miracle! So you brought I, Flippay, the miracle? Well, good work, hero! You see, I've been waiting so long for your arrival! And now that you're here, I can finally help you on your quest, just as we Pixls were created to do! From this day on, you and I are a part of one! Now I will follow you on your quest!"
Flippay began to circle around Chopper, who immediately held him up.
Flippay, the flipping Pixl, has joined you! Using his power, he can find hidden things that you can't normally find yourself, or make enemies in 2-D dizzy or flip enemies in 3-D back to 2-D!
"And now we continue our quest!"
But before they could go, they heard the toilet flush. "Well it's about time…" Chopper grumbled as Squirps walked out of the bathroom, feeling much better.
"Phew…" Squirps sighed in relief. "Squirps feels much better. OK! Let's go look for the entry to the Space Bypass, squibble!"
"All right, I say we check that white light we saw before," Sonic suggested.
At that white light-
While making their way, they managed to find an Ultra Shroom Shake that would come in handy in the future. But, what was more important was that they got to the white light they saw before.
"OK… Here we go!" Chopper brought Flippay over to the white light and he managed to discover a Door Key. They immediately made their way over to the locked door, where they inserted the key.
"Uh oh… Fuzzies!" Chopper gulped as he saw a bunch of Fuzzies jumping around in the next and final area of this place. There were even those beautiful-looking trees that they saw before.
"I think a simple jump should take care of them," Sonic stated as he looked at them from afar.
"Oh, I can do THAT…" Chopper began to think about those Fuzzies that attacked Koopa Village, but he wasn't going to go back into another flashback, that's for sure. All that mattered was that he stomped on every single Fuzzy while doing a Stylish move.
Once that was finished, he landed right by the Star Block. "OK… Let's end this!" With one punch, he broke the Star Block.
END OF CHAPTER
Chopper and his friends headed to the Space Bypass in search of the Pure Heart. How on earth did Squirps know of the secret route? Our heroes stared suspiciously at him. "Why are you staring at Squirps like that?" said Squirps. "Are you falling for Squirps?" "Nope, not really. I was uh… Looking for a chocolate shop. That's it." lied Chopper. In the darkness of space, the eyes of Squirps glinted mischievously…
For Sonic's Mega Star transformation, I guess you can imagine the Master System version of him roaming around.