Chapter Twenty-Four:

In The Uncertain Darkness...

Mario sat in the cold cell, but he wasn't alone. Luigi was there, playing the harmonica. After arrival at this foreboding place, the Nintendo Ninjas had given Luigi a mushroom that restored his hair and mustache, riding him of his Walter White-like appearance and returning him back to his normal appearance.

The green-clad Italian played the harmonica softly, almost at a lower level, playing a Western prison tune. Then he started playing it loudly, giving Mario an idea. The plumber grabbed a cup and started banging it against the bars, adding to the music and the two started to get louder until...

"Silence!"

Lawyer Kong approached the cell, glaring at the Italians as they put away their musical instruments. The monkey attorney was on the phone, listening to someone very particular.

"Yes, sir!" Lawyer Kong said, "I have the Mario Brothers, the ones who were making a mess of things, spreading memes like a disease just as SMG4 did when he arrived years ago. But we got 'em, they're right here in the cell, I've explained the situation to you. Do I have your approval to sign it as soon as possible?"

Japanese chatter on the phone.

"Uh-huh." Lawyer Kong grinned, "Yes, sir. It'll be over shortly, sir. Sayonara, sir."

The phone line cut out and the attorney hung up, looking at the plumbers with a maniacal grin. "Looks like you and your buddies are outta luck!" Lawyer Kong announced, "I just got approval from Miyamoto-san to sign..." He pulled out a quill and pulled out an encased document, "...the Super DMCA!"

"Oh no…" Luigi whimpered.

"BORING LEGAL STUFF!" Mario wailed.

"No, Mario!" Luigi said, "If Lawyer Kong signs the DMCA, then SMG4 and all of our non-Nintendo friends will be removed from existence forever."

"That's right! No more of that disease!" Lawyer Kong cried, "And all I have to do is sign it!"

The attorney raised the quill, but just before the tip could touch the document. Mario protested in Italian, Lawyer Kong looked at the plumber, wondering what he was saying or trying to say.

"What he's saying is you can't sign it." Luigi said, "You might need those non-Nintendo characters... to make games with."

"Yeah." Mario agreed, coming up with an idea that might or might not work, "Imagine what content you could make with them, they might not be as bad as you think they are. You guys could be making a lot of money with games that star Saiko, SMG3, Melony and Shroomy and the others. What does the boss say about that?"

Lawyer Kong chuckled, thinking about Mario's suggestion. He picked up his phone and started texting. A few minutes later, the phone blinked and Lawyer Kong smirked at the plumbers. "The boss agrees." He said, "If he likes the ideas, he will keep them. But if he doesn't..."

Mario and Luigi gulped, the plan had to work if they were to stop the signing of that dreaded DMCA by Nintendo's hand.

Many a mile away from Nintendo territory, a duo was exploring the corridors of Wikipedia Castle, traversing it's mysterious and almost-ancient catacombs, shrouded in darkness and uncertainty. Meggy Spletzer looked around, almost cautious, as her partner SMG4 looked at a computer, looking at a map of where to go within the fortress of knowledge.

"Ok, SMG4. We're here, now what?" Meggy asked.

SMG4 looked at the castle map he was studying on the computer. "Ok, according to this…" The meme man said clearly and precisely, "...We need to go to a section on IP. C'mon, this way."

SMG4 led Meggy around a corner towards a library-looking area with Meggy following him, even as she felt very unnerved by the environment around them with ominous shadows looming over them every second they were here.

"I really don't like this, SMG4…" Meggy said warily.

"Uh, i-its okay..." SMG4 stammered, "I'll protect us."

Just then, both he and Meggy heard a creepy fluttering sound and a flock of bats flew right past them, letting off shrill screeches. SMG4 cried out in terror and picked up Meggy, holding her like a bat and swinging her defensively until the bats passed them by.

SMG4 then looked at the former Inkling with a slight chuckle, "See?"

Meggy crossed her arms with annoyance, then covered her mouth, her cheeks flushing green. SMG4 put Meggy down, giving her time to pull herself together. SMG4 picked his computer back up, returning his focus to the map of the castle, and they resumed looking for what they needed to find.