Mario and Luigi Mario. Two brothers, who had grown up with eachother their whole lives (other than the first 2 of Mario's, because he had a couple years on his little bro), and had always been friends, although Mario was always annoyed that Luigi was about half a foot taller than him. Their friendship had never been more strained than in Mushroom World, however.
/60 years is comin', 60 years is gone away/
/Explosive light from your chest into your final resting place/
"Luigi," Mario spoke up, "I took a brochure slash map from this travel station thing while no one was watching. Looks like the Castled Prison is just a couple miles away."
"Cool," Luigi replied, trying to sound casual.
/I.../
/And I.../
/I...don't want to go on any longer/
Soon enough, after Luigi had replayed "Wildly Inappropriate" by The Burning Hotels several times, the Castled Prison was in view.
It was quite a sight to behold. It was only a couple stories high, but it's width was the impressive part. The brothers couldn't even see the end. Mario pulled up a couple facts from the brochure/map, things like 124,589x98,485x15,555 was the architectural structure, it held Koopaland's most horrid criminals (and Toad), and had high security personnel. Not quite a problem for the Mario Brothers.
"Mario," Luigi reminded the plumber in red, "if we go through with this, any surprise advantage we have on Bowser will be gone."
"Yeah, yeah," Mario shrugged the fact off. "Alright, now here's the plan. I don't know where the hell Toad is, but this little pamphlet says where the major criminals are held. It's a relatively small space. I'm guessing that's where the little dude is. We'll take out anyone who's in our way and get our friend out."
"Okay," Luigi whispered, for some reason. "Hey, Mario," he said a little louder.
"Mm-hm?" Mario responded, but didn't turn; instead, he continued his walk to the jail.
"Let's try to not 'take out' very many people."
Mario stopped his feet and did nothing, as if examining the comment. "Yeah, okay," he muttered, and stayed his path.
/I...this life's not living without you/
/I...our bond couldn't be any stronger/
/I...you departed us so soon/
/I...don't want to go on any longer/
Mario and Luigi were now but a 50 feet from the castle door. The entrance was not guarded, but the inside surely was. The prison, like many other establishments in the realm, was doorless-there would be no problem entering. It would most likely be the exiting part of the plan where it started getting risky.
"Mario," Luigi began, "why did going into this world make us criminals?"
Mario cackled. "I have no idea."
Mario Mario leapt into the jail and landed squarely on his feet, entering a fighting stance. A guard or two was present, but had not noticed the red blur, which was soon followed by a green streak. It was pretty loud inside. The two guards that were in the entrance section were talking by the wall, and gripes from the prisoners could be heard. The prisoners-they were fascinating.
"Is that a doll?" Luigi asked, pointed at what looked like a puppet with a blue cap, who lay in a uncomfortable-seeming bed.
"Hell if I know," Mario replied. The two walked down a narrow alley, but rather than walls, cells surrounded them. On the left, a furred white teddy bear with large purple wings growled at the foreigners. On the right, a shark with a name tag 'JOHNNY' poked his fanged teeth out.
"Alright, Major Crime Suspects should be on a left," Mario informed. And as soon as they turned, they recognized the small Mushroom with a red-spotted cap.
"Toad!" The two cried, and ran to their friend.
"Mario?" Toad questioned, as if in a dream. "Luigi?" He grinned. "I hate to break it to you, but the Princess is in another castle."
"I know," Mario answered, and looked his small friend right in the eye. He used his strength (remember, the humans' strength in this world is multiplied?) to push a bar crooked enough for Toad to slide out.
Suddenly, a deafening alarm sounded. A group of Koopa Troopas and Hammer Bros. surrounded the 3 companions.
"We gotta dash!" Toad exclaimed and tugged on the brothers' shirts, pulling them the opposite direction. The two broke free of Toad's grasp and ran right along with him. They came to a locked door, but Luigi propelled his own head into the entrance and it crumbled to pieces. When looking behind them, our heroes could still see the impending guards.
/I...this life's not worth living without you/
The unlikely trio found their way out the damaged door and into a world they were beginning to know...
/60 years is comin', 60 years is gone away/
/Explosive light from your chest into your final resting place/
"Luigi," Mario spoke up, "I took a brochure slash map from this travel station thing while no one was watching. Looks like the Castled Prison is just a couple miles away."
"Cool," Luigi replied, trying to sound casual.
/I.../
/And I.../
/I...don't want to go on any longer/
Soon enough, after Luigi had replayed "Wildly Inappropriate" by The Burning Hotels several times, the Castled Prison was in view.
It was quite a sight to behold. It was only a couple stories high, but it's width was the impressive part. The brothers couldn't even see the end. Mario pulled up a couple facts from the brochure/map, things like 124,589x98,485x15,555 was the architectural structure, it held Koopaland's most horrid criminals (and Toad), and had high security personnel. Not quite a problem for the Mario Brothers.
"Mario," Luigi reminded the plumber in red, "if we go through with this, any surprise advantage we have on Bowser will be gone."
"Yeah, yeah," Mario shrugged the fact off. "Alright, now here's the plan. I don't know where the hell Toad is, but this little pamphlet says where the major criminals are held. It's a relatively small space. I'm guessing that's where the little dude is. We'll take out anyone who's in our way and get our friend out."
"Okay," Luigi whispered, for some reason. "Hey, Mario," he said a little louder.
"Mm-hm?" Mario responded, but didn't turn; instead, he continued his walk to the jail.
"Let's try to not 'take out' very many people."
Mario stopped his feet and did nothing, as if examining the comment. "Yeah, okay," he muttered, and stayed his path.
/I...this life's not living without you/
/I...our bond couldn't be any stronger/
/I...you departed us so soon/
/I...don't want to go on any longer/
Mario and Luigi were now but a 50 feet from the castle door. The entrance was not guarded, but the inside surely was. The prison, like many other establishments in the realm, was doorless-there would be no problem entering. It would most likely be the exiting part of the plan where it started getting risky.
"Mario," Luigi began, "why did going into this world make us criminals?"
Mario cackled. "I have no idea."
Mario Mario leapt into the jail and landed squarely on his feet, entering a fighting stance. A guard or two was present, but had not noticed the red blur, which was soon followed by a green streak. It was pretty loud inside. The two guards that were in the entrance section were talking by the wall, and gripes from the prisoners could be heard. The prisoners-they were fascinating.
"Is that a doll?" Luigi asked, pointed at what looked like a puppet with a blue cap, who lay in a uncomfortable-seeming bed.
"Hell if I know," Mario replied. The two walked down a narrow alley, but rather than walls, cells surrounded them. On the left, a furred white teddy bear with large purple wings growled at the foreigners. On the right, a shark with a name tag 'JOHNNY' poked his fanged teeth out.
"Alright, Major Crime Suspects should be on a left," Mario informed. And as soon as they turned, they recognized the small Mushroom with a red-spotted cap.
"Toad!" The two cried, and ran to their friend.
"Mario?" Toad questioned, as if in a dream. "Luigi?" He grinned. "I hate to break it to you, but the Princess is in another castle."
"I know," Mario answered, and looked his small friend right in the eye. He used his strength (remember, the humans' strength in this world is multiplied?) to push a bar crooked enough for Toad to slide out.
Suddenly, a deafening alarm sounded. A group of Koopa Troopas and Hammer Bros. surrounded the 3 companions.
"We gotta dash!" Toad exclaimed and tugged on the brothers' shirts, pulling them the opposite direction. The two broke free of Toad's grasp and ran right along with him. They came to a locked door, but Luigi propelled his own head into the entrance and it crumbled to pieces. When looking behind them, our heroes could still see the impending guards.
/I...this life's not worth living without you/
The unlikely trio found their way out the damaged door and into a world they were beginning to know...