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After They Left Viola's Manor
"Death Egg… that's what we're going with?" Felix asked.
"I see it has a mustache… for some reason." Locus said.
"Yeah, and you thought Bowser was egotistical? Try Eggman." Medusa had her arms folded. "Not sure what he's doing, but this feels like an invasion of some kind."
"Ah, I'm sure it's nothing." Dry Bowser waved it off.
"I suppose the kiss was something then?" Dimentio asked as Dry Bowser shot him a glare and walked off. "Ahahaha, I'm gonna have fun with that."
"It looks like the castle is a little ways off." King Boo said, looking back at the Death Egg. "...Meh, I've a feeling it won't last long."
"Soooo… anyone want to break the ice as we head to the castle?" Emperor Brr asked. "...Huh, didn't mean to pun there."
"Yes. I want to get my mind off of THAT." Dry Bowser grumbled.
"Please! I still need to find something to wash my mouth off…" Felix said.
"Hmm… ah, I got it!" King Boo grinned. "Since I told you about the fall of your empire, how about I tell you about another empire that rose?"
"...What?"
"Yes. The Sarasaland Empire."
BGM: Just Wondering (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"It's currently made up of four kingdoms. After Reitoko made peace with the Mushroom Kingdom, Empress Dahlia of Sarasaland launched an invasion from her home in the Birabuto Kingdom and took over the Muda, Easton and Chai kingdoms. Once that was done, she tried to invade the Mushroom Kingdom and Koopa Kingdoms. She managed to take over a part of the Mushroom Kingdom, actually."
"Which part?" Dimentio wondered.
"Sherbet Land, Dry Dry Desert, Toad Harbor, Shy Guy Beach, Riverside and Lakeside Park, Sweet Sweet Canyon, Yoshi Valley, and Wild Woods. I would say Maple Treeway, Ribbon Road, and Sky Garden, but the Mushroom Kingdom managed to win those back. Though Ice Ice Outpost and Cheese Land were a total loss."
"Why do you say that?" Locus asked.
"They used to have civilizations there, now they're barren wastelands… and used as kart tracks for some reason." King Boo shook his head. "Anyway, Sarasaland also took over Soda Jungle. They were quite strong but the Mushroom Kingdom kept fighting back… however, Sarasaland managed to overpower them and they were quickly losing ground… and then, everything changed during the Great Battle of Acorn Plains."
End BGM
"I've heard of that fight." Emperor Brr said. "It's considered the bloodiest battle in history."
BGM: Shroobian Mischief (Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time)
"Indeed. Everything was on the line during this fight. If Acorn Plains was taken over, then they would be right at Lemony's doorstep where she'd be ruthlessly defeated. See, Dahlia's plan was to take over the Mushroom Kingdom first, then deal with the Koopa Kingdom as she would have more bases and would completely overwhelm the Dark Lands."
"Ah… she wanted to take over the world… classic." Dimentio said.
"Indeed. The Mushroom Kingdom fought hard as did Sarasaland. There were lots of casualties on both sides, and unfortunately, innocents were caught in the crossfire. No matter how hard they tried to flee for safety, they ended up getting killed. Dahlia was a ruthless "take no prisoners" type of woman. As far as she was concerned, the civilians were just a statistic. She didn't care that they died. All she wanted was results… and boy howdy, was she getting them."
"How long did this Great Battle of Acorn Plains last?" Locus asked.
"Surprisingly, about a month. The Mushroom Kingdom gained ground, Sarasaland retook the land… there were a few hours that Sarasaland retreated only to come back with more forces. And then at the end of the month, Dahlia decided "What are we doing? We need to attack them from the rear too! We should have done that a long time ago!" So, they had several of their forces flank them from the rear and cornered the Mushroom Kingdom's forces. It was a ruthless tactic… and it looked like it was checkmate for Lemony.
…Until Reitoko had enough. See, he was aware of the war, but he knew Lemony would handle this on her own, while also making sure no Sarasaland forces didn't sneak into his own kingdom. He recognized Dahlia was a threat, so he secretly worked on something that would win the tide of battle. He reassured Lemony everything was fine, but didn't tell her anything because he had a feeling there were spies that would listen into their conversations and give Dahlia an edge, so he was tight lipped. Once he learned that Dahlia ordered some of her troops to take the rear, he knew he was running out of time on his creation. It didn't even reach the testing phases, but he had to do something."
"What was his creation?" Dimentio wondered.
"Giant mechs. He came into the battle swinging and started blasting away Sarasaland forces with his troops coming in to help. Though there were a few mechs that were destroyed by Sarasan tanks, it wasn't enough to stop the Koopa Troop. In turn, they took back all the land that Sarasaland took over and was right up at Dahlia's front door. Lemony and Reitoko approached the throne room but Dahlia wasn't going down without a fight, so the three of them fought… but thanks to Lemony and Reitoko's teamwork, Dahlia was defeated."
End BGM
"After that, she surrendered and wrote a treaty where it said that Sarasaland will only have four kingdoms. That treaty lasted for a long while… until, ya know, your latest descendant decided to invade the Mushroom Kingdom to take it over."
"...Fascinating story. But you mean to tell me those flower headed chumps got off their lazy butts and actually accomplished something?"
"Yes. And why do you think I'm pissed at the clown here? He gave a future empress a power boost!"
Dimentio started to sweat nervously. "Aheheheh… I didn't know she'd do such a thing."
"Ooooh, ya THINK?" King Boo rolled his eyes. "Oh, and before I forget, after the great battle of Acorn Plains, a tree was planted as a memorial of the battle. It's currently known as the Super Acorn Tree."
Well, how about that… Oh hey, looks like we're at the castle." Medusa said as they approached a sign.
"Castle of Vendetta"
"...Well, hellooooo edginess." Dimentio said.
"Shouldn't be that bad." Medusa said as they walked into the doors… and found themselves in the dungeons.
BGM: Death Mountain (The Legend of Zelda)
World C-1: Start From The Bottom
Medusa sweatdropped. "I stand corrected."
"Talk about a welcoming committee." Dimentio said.
"Guess we got nowhere to go but up." Dry Bowser said as they started walking, where they'd look into each jail cell out of curiosity.
Empty, but they also had names for each one.
Elvis P. Gadd
Isaac Nutbar
Charles D. Koopa
Marley Currie
Archi-Guy
Alexander Buzzy Shell
Nick Koopernicus
Goombola Shelllsla
Mushroomardo T. Vinci
…Just to name a few.
"Some of those feel a bit on the nose…" Medusa rolled her eyes while shaking her head.
"Curious… I don't even see a single skeleton in here." Locus said, as Felix looked around, then spotted something in the corner of his eye.
"Who's there?" He asked, aiming his gun where he swore he saw a shadow moving in the darkness. He approached the wall but saw nothing. "Odd, the darkness must be playing tricks on me."
"Let's see… ah, here we are!" Dimentio pulled a lever, which in turn, caused a gate to open up, leading to a staircase. And by doing so, they saw a few shadows disappear from the staircase.
"There it is again!" Felix said.
"Moving shadows… how ominous." Locus mused as they walked up the stairs, but midway, a machine came down and scanned them all.
"Intruders detected. Initiating lockdown procedures."
At that moment, a metal hatch slammed shut in front of them.
"Oh gee, whatever shall I do?" King Boo phased through the walls and opening it up from behind, the hatch raising up as everyone went through the door.
"Was that it? Just a metal hatch?" Medusa wondered as they saw robots falling from the ceiling and landing in superhero-like fashion.
"Wonder if that's hard on robotic knees?" Dimentio wondered as the robots charged ahead… only to get completely annihilated with one punch from Dry Bowser.
"Pah. Weak." Dry Bowser chuckled as they continued forward, while also seeing some shadows disappearing into a door. Felix immediately walked up to the door and opened it up, seeing a bedroom but no shadows were in it.
"Hmmm…" He immediately walked around, cocking his gun as he looked under the bed, but saw no shadows. He opened the closet immediately after. "Aha! …Oh… mmmph…"
Felix walked out. "Could've sworn I saw something." He said as he went up to the others who were busy taking care of some security robots.
It was then that Emperor Brr noticed a computer screen nearby as he approached it. He pressed a few buttons as the computer screen lit up, showing a map of where they are.
"Okay, we're still in the basement, but it says here that there are three stories to this castle. I wonder if we ought to explore the rest of this castle before we leave."
"I say we should. Get a feel for what to expect." Dry Bowser said as they opened up a door and walked up the stairs… only a portal opened up as they walked through it.
World C-2: Anti-Gravity
They walked out of the portal, seeing that they are still in the castle. "Okay, nothing seems too out of the ordinary." King Boo said.
"...Except that we're on the top floor." Locus said, looking at a map.
"Huh?!" Felix took a closer look at the map.
You are HERE - Third Floor
"Oh… okay then."
"Looks like we're going down then." Medusa said.
"Curious…" Dimentio mused as they walked through a hallway, which said hallway was a glass tube with Zuteregeon around them, acting like an aquarium of sorts.
"Zero Gravity has now been activated."
"Huh?!" Emperor Brr wondered as they were starting to float around.
"Ah yes, now you get to experience floating just like me. Ahahaha!" King Boo laughed as they used the glass to propel themselves around, where they would use the momentum to turn to the left where they went into a room, with the ceiling still being glass as the Zuteregeon is above them.
They would see a few notes on a desk along with several books, looking like it was a study of some sort as they approached said desk.
"I can't believe it. I've actually done it! I've made Zuteregeon-proof glass that can withstand the element! I can't wait to see this used throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. It's going to be innovative! I mean, not like no one will copy me and simply replace Zuteregeon with actual water and put sea life in it. That'd be boring.
But in any case, This is just the first step to show those arrogant pricks that I mean business." - Viola
"Ya know, considering this is a study and the fact that we have Zuteregeon around us in glass… it's… strangely relaxing. It's definitely calming reading a few novels while under the effects of zero gravity courtesy of the Grand Ztar. Nice touch, Vi. Anyway… I definitely needed this after that Love Tunnel fiasco.
Still… wonder what Vi is planning with this castle. It doesn't really seem to suit her that much. Eh, it's probably the minor narcissism speaking… who wouldn't want to live in a castle? Speaking of which, once this whole thing is over, I think I'll take Princess Chrys up on that invitation to visit Sarasaland. I heard the Muda Kingdom is lovely this time of year - Myra"
"Hmm… wonder if she did." Dimentio mused. "The plot continues to thicken~!"
"So is the Zuteregeon by the looks of it." King Boo snarked as they continued on through another corridor, where they were greeted by laser wielding robots that were ready to shoot at them, but Dimentio unleashed magic on them to destroy them, then they reached another room that had experimental machines that were rusted over.
"Oh, these things took a hit over the years…" Locus said as they looked to see what the machines would do, which was basically graphic designing.
"Graphic designing? How lame…" Felix said.
"Eh, everyone needs a hobby." Dimentio said as they looked around the room for anything else that caught their attention before they went through another Zuteregeon tube tunnel, taking down more security robots that came their way.
They soon reached the staircase as they went down the stairs… and found themselves going through another portal.
World C-3: Main Area… Kinda?
The group found themselves in a living room, where the gravity had returned to normal as they looked to see where they were at.
"Floor… one?" Emperor Brr wondered as he looked at a map.
"Wonder if the second floor is our main target." Dry Bowser said as they walked through the living room, where they would see a dart board with a drawing of Elvis Gadd on the target, and saw an axe throwing game where the main target was a stuffed Elvis Gadd.
"Castle of Vendetta or Frustration?" Medusa wondered.
"Ya know, thinking of Sarasaland from Myra's note… what caused that war anyway?" Dry Bowser asked.
"Oh that? Dahlia wanted Lemony to turn the desert known as the Burabito Kingdom into a lush green area." King Boo responded.
Medusa grimaced. "I'm pretty sure if you asked Viridi that, you'd get an hour long lecture on why areas of the world are supposed to be the way they are."
"Speaking from experience?" Dimentio asked.
"No. But I've heard rumors that her lectures are drug out and boring."
"Ahahaha… guess I'll find a way to mute her."
"You can't, because from what I've heard, Viridi forces you to pay attention."
Dimentio sweatdropped. "Noted…"
"This is just a hypothesis, but I imagine a desert that large would have more than likely killed Queen Lemony." Emperor Brr guessed.
"That's definitely a possibility…" King Boo said. "I didn't hear the reasoning as to why Lemony declined, but it was enough for Dahlia to lash out."
They walked out of the room as they walked into the foyer, seeing some shadows disappearing from a bust that had Viola's face on it, and some shadows disappearing from a chandelier. "What the hell is going on here?" Felix asked.
"I guess the shadows are for effect." Dry Bowser shrugged while still deep in thought over the cause of war. "Hmm… desperation…?" He wondered as they walked through the foyer, where several security robots came to put a stop to them with lasers, only to get shot in the head by Felix and Locus.
"Hahaha! Take that, robots!" Felix laughed as they looked around in each room to see if there was something worthy of note. The kitchen had a robotic fridge that automatically opened the door along with several cooking utensils that prepared a meal.
One room was locked up in crystal but Dry Bowser tore off the crystals and opened the door to see a dentist chair with a big laser cannon aiming directly at the chair. There were smoldered remains on said chair.
"...Something tells me that wasn't used for cleaning teeth." He sweatdropped as he approached closer and saw a name tag on a table.
Subject name: Bob-mas Bomb-ison
Cause of Fate: Eradication… Though I think he blew up too.
Next subject: Stephen Kleptoking… IF I CAN FIND THAT SLIPPERY BASTARD. I didn't know Kleptos can escape quickly while riding wheelchairs!
Day One, a few hours later: Screw it, I can't find that bird brain. I'll just find another dumb scientist.
"Uh-huh…" Dry Bowser rubbed his chin as he walked out the door.
Another room was a simple game room with a pool table, with balls scattered about but it was the only thing noteworthy in there. "You call this a game room?" Felix wondered as he closed the door. "Y'all find anything interesting?"
"Nothing seems to catch my eye." Locus said. "Though I did find a workout room with some dumbbells. A few robots were working out so I left them alone."
"Tch, boring…"
"Then I guess we'll press on." Medusa said as they walked toward the stairs, finding a few more shadows stacked up on top of one another as they disappeared, then they walked up the stairs where a portal opened up and spat them out into the next floor.
World C-4: Bombastic Security System
"We're on the second floor, I believe." Emperor Brr said.
"You'd be right!" Dimentio said, spotting a floor sign indicating they were on the second floor.
They walked/floated over toward a main room where they opened the door… and saw a gigantic machine in front of them.
End BGM
"Unidentified life forms detected. None of you are Queen Viola. Prepare for extermination!"
BGM: Crazy Robo (Sonic Adventure)
"Are you that security system?" Dimentio asked.
"I am. I am V-Defense O.S. I am programmed to eliminate all life forms when Mistress Viola is away. NOW PREPARE TO BE EXTERMINATED."
At that moment, a yellow orb appeared in front of them, shaping into the form of Viola with electrical powers.
EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE. - V-Defense O.S.
"She put herself up as defense. Her ego knows no bounds!" Dimentio chuckled.
"I got this." Dry Bowser said, getting up front and cracking his knuckles.
Viola quickly shot electrical blasts as Dry Bowser jumped high into the air, punching the defense system in the face before breathing fire. Viola responded by shooting point blank electricity in the face, knocking him back.
The security system smirked as she launched high into the air and unleashing an electrical storm.
…However, shadows suddenly dropped from the ceiling and they all ganged up on the V-Defense O.S.
"ERROR. ERROR. WHAT IS THIS?"
"Huh?" Dry Bowser wondered.
"NO. IT CAN'T BE. MYRA'S MINIONS HAVE MULTIPLIED. ERROR. ERROR. CANNOT FEND THEM OFF. ERROR."
Viola glitched out in front of Dry Bowser, falling to her knees and disappearing as the defense system exploded.
End BGM
"What in…?" King Boo wondered.
"Ooooooor…"
"Huh?" Dimentio wondered.
"Moooooooooor…"
A silhouette emerged from the smoke as electricity illuminated it. The silhouette in question was a claw, pinching the air.
Not only that, but there were glowing yellow eyes all around the silhouette… and when the smoke cleared…
"SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORG!"
BGM: Smorgs Battle (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Smorgs?! In this dimension?!" Dimentio said in surprise.
"SMORG SMORG SMORG SMORG SMORG SMORG SMORG SMOOOOOOOOOOOOORG!"
"That can't be good…" Medusa said.
"It has us in our sights! What do we do?" Emperor Brr asked.
"We fight!" Dry Bowser said as they all got in fighting positions, as Medusa pulled the Psycho Piranha off of her chest as it grew in size, snarling as it got ready to fight as well.
Shadows of the Castle of Vendetta - Smorgs
The Smorg Claw proceeded to lunge forward, clasping down on King Boo but it simply phased through him as he responded by shooting out lightning at the claw. The Smorgs groaned in pain as they attempted to swing the claw as if it was headbutting them but they quickly dodged as the Psycho Piranha swung his vines and slapped the claw while Medusa helped out by calling upon venomous snakes and bit down on the Smorgs to poison them.
The claw targeted Dimentio and lunged, but he quickly deflected it with his Keyblade as he snapped his fingers, hitting him with a Blizzaga Bolt to freeze them as Dry Bowser ran up and fire punched the Smorgs, hitting them hard enough to scatter them around the room.
"SMORG SMORG SMORG SMORG SMOOOOOORG."
The Smorgs regrouped and formed into a gigantic hammer.
"Ah, playing Whack a Whacka, are we?" Dimentio wondered as the hammer swung down hard enough to create shockwaves when it struck the ground. Said shockwaves being the Smorgs as they latched onto Felix and started pounding him.
"Hey! Get off! GET OFF!" Felix said, tearing them off and shooting them away as he threw a Plasma Grenade, hitting the Smorgs dead center as they slammed into the ground, creating a plasmic explosion that stunned them as Dimentio slashed through it with a Zantetsuken while Emperor Brr threw snowflake chakrams, cutting through the hammer and freezing them as Medusa summoned a sword and slashed through them while the Psycho Piranha chomped down at the Smorgs.
The Smorgs rose up and continuously hammered them, but then Dry Bowser raised his arms up to stop the Smorgs, then he pulled back his fist as pink ooze wrapped around his fist and delivered a heavy punch, splattering ink everywhere as the hammer was quickly destroyed.
"Smorg… Smorg… SMORG SMORG SMORG SMORG SMOOOOOOOOORG!"
The Smorgs quickly regrouped, only this time, they started stacking up on one another to create a gigantic human-like creature.
"SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORG!"
"Persistent creatures, aren't they?" Dimentio asked.
"Let's knock 'em down!" Dry Bowser said as the giant walked forward and proceeded to punch them, but they dodged it as they quickly attacked the arm. They would then notice that some Red Smorgs were on the chest, seemingly acting as the heart.
"Aim for that!" Medusa said as both Mercenaries proceeded to fire at the core. The Smorgs groaned in agony as an arm covered the chest as the other arm proceeded to thrust down and punched the ground, narrowly hitting Emperor Brr as King Boo fired lightning.
"...Wait a minute!" Felix said, staring at the legs. "Hey, has anyone seen Empire Strikes Back?"
"Empire what now?" Dimentio asked while Medusa smirked.
"Hey Plant, wrap your vines around the legs!"
With a nod, the Psycho Piranha wrapped the vines around the legs. The Smorg Giant took a step as Medusa had her snakes do the same. At that moment, the Smorg Giant tripped and fell to the ground.
"Smoooooooooooorg!"
CRASH!
Dimentio walked up to the back of the Smorg, seeing the red Smorgs on the back as well as he raised his Keyblade up and stabbed the "heart", then pillars of light struck the Smorg Giant as then Dry Bowser jumped over and ground pounded the "heart".
"SMOOOOOOOOOOOOORG!"
Dry Bowser smirked as he then unleashed Oblivion Fire on the Smorgs as Dimentio hopped off, where they watched the Smorgs disappear into the fire.
End BGM
"Smorg! Smorg! Smorg! Smorg! Smooooooorg… Smooooooooooooooooooooorg… Smoooooooooorg… help… us… Myra… Smooooooooooooooorg…"
"So they speak." Dry Bowser said as the Oblivion Fire dissipated, leaving nothing remaining.
"Fascinating…" Dimentio rubbed his chin.
"You're welcome, by the way." Felix said as they walked through a door, seeing another lab inside.
…Only this time, the lab in question looked like there was a struggle going on.
"What the hell happened here?" Felix wondered as Locus approached a destroyed desk, but it also had a note.
"I've done it. Preparations are complete. I've invited two scientists over for a friendly chat at the mansion before showing them to the castle. It was then that I obliterated Bob-mas Bob-ison yet Kleptoking escaped. I wonder if that damned bird was just using a wheelchair to make it look like he was disabled. I even found his wheelchair completely empty! Asshole…
Anyway, it's just a matter of time before I destroy Elvis Gadd. My loyal pet was faithful and I will continue using her where I will build a new scientific community. No one will get-"
The message had cut off.
"It seems as if Myra caught wind of her actions." Dimentio said.
"Seems like it." Locus said as they saw a hole in the wall as they hopped out where they would see the backyard of the castle completely filled with diamonds. They also saw Acidtail examining them.
"Hmm…" Medusa rubbed her chin. "It looks like the struggle reached out over here."
Orange crystals rose up from the ground, diamond-like crystals were scattered across the ground. Laser blasts had fried a few ruby crystals, but it didn't shatter them completely.
They would see up ahead an icy crystalized chamber within the mountains.
"These crystals lead to that area." Dry Bowser said. "Let us go forth."
Dimentio grinned. "Ahahaha, it seems like we're about to corner our lab rats… but are they still alive or are they both skeletons? We'll just have to find out~!"
Deadpool: Dammit, the plot is thickening so hard, you could make a stew out of it!
Ibuki: Right?!
Here's a little fun game for all of y'all. These scientists that were named. Who are they based off of? Have fun!
