13 December 2015

I missed 12 December by eight minutes. I'm so disappointed

Meow (Guest): It did, actually, since guest reviews have to be approved before they get posted. They're automatically approved in 3 days unless I fast-approve them myself, which I never because I'm lazy. And, no, I'm not upset at all..? (i have no idea what i'm supposed to be upset about um ok)

35. Resting

of roofs that are particularly bumpy and not comfortable at all.

Kirby was not at home.

Miffed at first, Bandana Dee gradually sank into horror. Kirby was his go-to... friend... during his long breaks. He had already dismissed all his other pals back at the castle and it would be awkward to go back and find them and explain the whole situation. Impressions were everything.

The minion scurried all the way back to where he had come from and teetered on the edge of the cliff. There was no pink speck in the blue water. The unwanted thought of sharks trickled into his paranoid head.

"Bandana?"

Bandana Dee whipped around, hopping on one foot. It was the waddle doo that the king wrote down insults from. "Oh. Hi—" His sentence cut off high because he suddenly remembered he had no clue what the waddle doo's name was. Great job, Bandana Dee. (That was why he practically had no friends.)

"What, do you like looking out into the sea? Going to say something philosophical?"

"Erm. No."

"Are you looking for Kirby?"

At those words, Bandana Dee jerked. "No," he replied, a bit too quickly.

"He's on the roof," the waddle doo said in an aloof manner, before turning around and walking around the corner of the castle where Bandana Dee couldn't see him.

Bandana Dee got a tad worried that he'd been caught, although he could always make the excuse that the hero had been particularly close with their king lately. Whatever. He'd make some good excuse if he was forced to acknowledge it. Maybe.

The castle's interior had been renovated a few times, but the exterior mostly remained untouched. They only did what was necessary to keep the castle from crumbling, and nothing more. So it wasn't difficult for Bandana Dee to find some vines clinging to the walls that made a pathway up to the roof. There was no actual rooftop to be used, so Bandana Dee simply headed to the highest floor and scaled up the vines.

Against the brown and red of the roofs, Kirby's pink character was bright and obvious. With a final pull, Bandana Dee hauled himself up onto the roofs, taking care not to fall off them towards his doom, and trotted towards the hero.

Kirby noticed him fairly quickly and leapt to his feet. "Bandana Dee, my good friend! Pal! Buddy!"

"The roofs are just as dangerous as sleeping in the ocean!" Bandana Dee insisted worriedly.

"Not up here where it's flatter and safer! And where you don't float off to other islands, even though it's nice to make new friends, because sometimes there are cannibals."

Nothing up there was safe, Bandana Dee thought, but he didn't bother mentioning that. "Don't you have... um... a farm to tend to?"

"Nope. I'm all out of stock, and the plants take care of themselves very well!" Kirby chirped. "Very responsible. I've raised them well. Especially Bob and Larry. They haven't wilted once." Of course not. "How did you find me, anyway? I'm the Master of Stealth."

"Oh. Uh, a waddle doo told me." Had the waddle doo actually talked to Kirby? Or had he just seen the pink puffball? It was strange that he knew that Bandana Dee was looking for Kirby, anyway...

"Oh, that guy!" Kirby nodded vigorously. "I met him on my way up here! I told him I was heading to the roof to sleep, and he told me I was stupid. It was rather beautiful, actually."

"I'm sure."

"Then he said to avoid the left wing because the roof crumbles a little. And I told him that I was glad that he wasn't as paranoid as you, and he looked a little surprised to hear that, but then he just turned and walked away."

Typical unfriendly doo who spewed insults as naturally as breathing. "What's his name, by the way..?"

Kirby blinked once. Twice. "Hey, you know, I actually didn't ask him, and he didn't introduce himself at all... How strange! Well, I ought to look for him and go get it now!"

As soon as the pink puffball straightened, Bandana Dee realised he actually meant it. "Wait, Kirby, no! Great King isn't in a good mood today—"

By the end of the day, half the castle was in its throes, and the waddle doo's name was not found.