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A Day After They Went Into the Minus World
"Viola… Viola…" King Boo mumbled as they traversed through the Minus World.
"It's interesting… a whole day has passed since we've been here and yet I don't feel exhausted one bit." Dimentio said.
"Must be an effect of the Minus World. It was clearly night time yet none of us were exhausted." Locus said.
"Or. Oooooor, hear me out. My Chaos Energy was enough to give everyone a boost of adrenaline. You're welcome!" Felix said proudly.
"Right. Because that makes sense." Medusa rolled her eyes.
"Hmm… Viola…"
"The name does ring a bell for me too. It's been centuries…" Emperor Brr said.
"...Ah!" King Boo exclaimed. "Yes, I remember Viola now. She was a rather… quirky individual."
"How quirky?" Dry Bowser asked.
"Quirky enough that it was enough to give me some… odd vibes around her, so to speak. Then of course, as we found out, she poisoned Emperor Brr's homeland and thought nothing of it."
"Ah yes, the scientist." Emperor Brr mused. "She seems to do experiments without thinking, hence why she polluted my homeland. And it would seem like Myra failed to put her on a leash… unless it was the other way around. I could trust Myra, yet Viola… there was something about her that had me on edge. The Zuteregeon that polluted my home is proof of that."
"She's not entirely that bad. I was brought back to life from that substance." Acidtail said.
"You're nothing more than a zombie being held together by sentient glue." Felix said.
"Fascinating…" Dimentio mused, ignoring what Felix said to Acidtail. "So what we have here is a scientist who's absolutely careless…" He closed his eyes, deep in thought. "Unless this carelessness is nothing more than an act. Recall the opening statement in Emperor Brr's homeland. She claimed that that was an accident and mentioned she can fix it. Yet, she didn't. Could it be carelessness, or could she just be consumed by science and proving to this Elvis Gadd that she's better than him?"
"So you're suggesting that science is consuming her?" Locus asked.
"Perhaps… or perhaps she could have been mentally unstable from the very beginning and is putting up an act where she's friendly and nice… but as we've seen in these past notes, she's starting to show her true colors, even considering Myra her lapdog."
He let out a devious chuckle. "Of course, that is just a hypothesis, but it sounds like a fun idea~!"
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm agreeing with the jester regarding Viola's true nature. …That feels very weird to say." King Boo said.
"I agree. Viola always seemed like there was more than meets the eye." Emperor Brr said.
"That does seem to hold some truth to it, given by Viola's… way of words." Locus said.
"Myra seems to be oblivious to it." Felix said. "...Or perhaps she's always known and is just in denial so her heart won't be broken."
"Regardless of what may have happened, Viola and Myra are no longer around." Dry Bowser said.
"Hmm, what makes you so sure? You've been revived, have you not? You're ancient history yet you walk among us!" Dimentio pointed out. "Could those two have found a way to achieve immortality as well? Ahahahahahaha, and of course, they somehow have the Shadow Queen with them… who might very well no longer be an issue!"
"Could it be the Shadow Queen we know?" Medusa wondered. "Or could it be someone who coincidentally called themselves Shadow Queen?"
"Well, whatever it may be, this "Shadow Queen" is not a problem, and whatever happened to Myra and Viola… well, I'm pretty sure we'll find their skeletons or something in the lines of preserved bodies. You might as well have friends there, your highness! Ahahahaha!"
"Nonsense."
"Still, I feel like we're getting closer and closer, so why not have some fun. Are they dead? Are they alive but immortal? We'll just have to find out just like how Luigi over here is a gigantic robot." Dimentio chuckled before he blinked. "...Wait, Luigi's a gigantic robot?"
They all looked up to see a gigantic Luigi robot in front of them.
"Huh, you'd think we would have noticed." Medusa said.
"I was so deep in thought that I thought this was a large rock in the way." Locus said, looking at Robot Luigi's shoe.
"Well, we can just go around it… it's not like we can just… waltz right in and-"
Suddenly, the right shoe opened up, revealing an entrance inside.
"...Son of a bitch, there's an entrance." Felix said as he turned around. "So, who's willing to give this robot some Athelete's Foot?"
"I will do the honor~!" Dimentio said as he walked in. "Oh Green 'Stache, how would you like to have a perpetual itchy foot forever~!" He said in a sing songy voice, disappearing into the shoe.
"...Should we?" Locus asked.
"I mean, why should he get all the fun?" Felix asked as they walked in, though King Boo simply phased through it.
World A-1: Step into the Barbecue Sauce, er, I mean, Robot!
BGM: Factory Inspection (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards)
The moment they walked in, they were greeted by what appeared to be a factory inside of the Luigi mech. "Well, I didn't know Luigi had this going on inside of him… wonder if his cowardice implies he has a few screws loose?" Dimentio mused.
"That'd honestly be pretty funny." Medusa said as they climbed up several gears. As they did, they would see a woman on top of a gear platform looking down at them.
"Hmm?" King Boo wondered as he got a good look at her.
The woman in question had strawberry blonde hair and a light purple dress, she also had a crown on her head with a blue brooch on her chest. She also had pink high heels and light purple gloves along with some black eyeshadow.
"...Princess Lemony Toadstool? Is that you?" King Boo asked.
"Lemon who?" Felix asked as he looked up. "Huh! There's a queen in here."
"Lemony Toadstool… never heard of her." Dry Bowser said.
"Ah yes, you were under the ocean…" King Boo mumbled. "You see, Queen Lemony was the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom a few eras after Jade Toadstool-" He heard a snarl from Dry Bowser. "Oh, quit your bellyaching, you can't even kill me."
"Rrrrgh… fair…"
"Anywho. Lemony Toadstool was known for her beauty and… well, she was a bit vain to be honest. She was known to check herself out at every opportunity she saw her reflection. Regardless of her vanity, she was actually rather sweet. She had the power to control electricity and she had nature healing as well, but it tended to put a massive strain on her body. If it's a small flower garden, nothing bad happens. But if it's as large as a city or a forest? She's out of commission for the rest of the day."
"There was also a legend that she had a sour attitude whenever something annoyed her." Emperor Brr said.
"Bahahaha! Like that time some Shy Guys pulled a prank on her and threw pie all over her makeup! She exploded on them!" King Boo cackled. "Oooh, that was too good."
"Definitely sounded like she had a temper on her." Dimentio mused.
"Oh, she did. There were also rumors her subjects would annoy her on purpose just to see her reactions because she made the funniest expressions when she was angry. Like she was sucking on a lemon!" King Boo chuckled. "That being said, she wasn't all that bad. She was actually rather nice and friendly, just had a bit of a vain ego. Oh, and if you're wondering when they started to be named after fruits, it was Lemony. So if you're wondering why Peach is named after… well, a peach, now ya know."
"We go from Jade as in jewelry to… fruit?" Felix blinked. "Oh, that's horseshit. Next thing you tell me, there's gonna be a princess that was named after flowers!"
"Should we tell him about Princess Chrysanthemum of Sarasaland, nickname Chrys?" Emperor Brr whispered.
"Nah, let him figure it out."
"Still, what's an ancient princess like her doing in a place like this?" Locus wondered.
Lemony said nothing as she turned around and walked away.
"Hey, sweetheart, wait up!" Felix chased after her as the rest followed as they approached her into a room that had electric fences, a desk, and multiple gear platforms.
"Hmm?" Dimentio noticed the desk as he walked over to see a note, picking it up.
"I've decided to conduct some experiments here in this large robot. First, I had the Grand Ztar head back to the Mushroom Kingdom and collected a sample of Princess Lemony Toadstool's DNA. Just a small hair. Then when it came back, I did your typical science-y pour liquids in a beaker mumbo jumbo with the hair sample. It was then that I created a clone based off of Lemony herself. A perfect clone! I don't know why Myra is a bit nervous about this cloning, but it's not like Lemony will do anything wild.
Day 2
Okay! She's completely unstable and for some reason, the Grand Ztar won't erase her! Did the Grand Ztar catch her in a sour mood? …Honestly though, I would be conducting more research if she would stop throwing her damn head at - OW! Damn bitch threw her head at me. Myra should've given me a heads up… - Viola"
"Now when you say she… throws her head…" Dimentio wondered.
"Ooookay, that is so not hot!" Felix said as Dimentio looked up to see Lemony taking off her head, then a new one grew, where she detached her head… and then multiple Lemony heads surrounded them all.
"Oooooh, thanks for the heads up, Viola." Dimentio grimaced.
"You really thought she was cute?" Locus asked.
"What? She's a fucking princess! Who wouldn't be charmed by them!"
"Yes, who wouldn't be charmed by taking off their head and regrowing it." Locus snarked.
"I didn't know she could do that, alright?" Felix rolled his eyes as they proceeded to fire upon the heads as everyone else joined in.
"I wonder…" Dimentio snapped his fingers as a pillar of light slammed down at the source. Lemony winced at this as he quickly summoned his Keyblade and quickly slashed her all over the place before he raised his Keyblade up high and used a magical Zantetsuken where Lemony exploded behind him.
Dimentio turned around to see Lemony cut in half and melting away. "Ha! That takes care of that." He said… when suddenly a hatch opened up as another Lemony appeared before them. "...Oh."
"Tactical retreat?" Emperor Brr asked.
"Yeah, I wouldn't mind." Dry Bowser said as they quickly climbed up the gear platforms with the Lemony Heads chasing after them along with Lemony herself as they kept climbing as Locus found a ? Block, quickly hitting it as a Fire Flower came out, where he snagged it… and found that his armor turned white and red.
"What the…?" Locus wondered as he turned to face the Lemony Heads as he aimed and fired, which he would quickly realize that his bullets were now on fire and burned through the Lemony heads. "Huh… interesting."
"I get an emerald that gives me electrical powers. You get a damn flower and you get FIRE? Dude, we're unstoppable!" Felix exclaimed as they vaulted over a platform and landed on the ground as King Boo noticed a bell.
"Hmm?" He wondered as he hit the bell, causing it to ring as an elevator appeared in front of them.
"Next stop - The chest cavity!"
"No time to think about it. Move!" Dimentio said as they went into the elevator and went up, where the Lemony heads followed until they couldn't anymore.
…Not that it deterred Lemony in the slightest as she started to climb after them.
World A-2: Heart Burn
The elevator rose up and stopped as they walked out of the elevator. "Were elevators common back in the day?" Dimentio asked.
"Not that I'm aware of." King Boo said. "Huh, Vola might have invented elevators centuries ago!"
"This one looks old fashioned, however." Medusa said as they started to walk.
"...Ya know, for something called the chest cavity, there sure are a lot of ball platforms." Felix said as they heard something behind them as they turned to see Lemony approach them. "Talk about persistent!"
"I got this." Medusa said as she snapped her fingers as dark thorns shot out and grabbed a hold of Lemony's body. Of course, that didn't stop her from tearing off her own head and threw it to the ground where it grew a body.
"Okay. I'm starting to think Viola's a psychopath." Locus said.
"Indeed…" King Boo nodded as electricity cracked in Lemony's hands. King Boo's crown crackled with electricity as they both fired bursts of lightning at each other, creating an electrical explosion, where Emperor Brr proceeded to freeze her on the spot, head and all.
"Not sure how long that will last, but it will buy us some time." Emperor Brr said as they took off, knocking out any Bomubomu in the way as they fired cannonballs from their snouts, but they were easily avoided, especially walking ahead and walking around spiked platforms and noticed a bear rolling around on an inflatable ball. Felix shot at the ball, causing it to pop and made the Bear fall into the spike pit.
"That seemed cruel…" Locus said.
"Bah, it's fine." Felix waved it off as they continued on, when a hatch opened up as Lemony came out with her arms folded.
"Alright, I'm getting sick of this!" Dry Bowser said, grabbing a hold of Lemony and throwing her into a spike pit as Medusa spotted a bell and hit it with a bolt of lightning, causing it to ring as another elevator appeared.
"Now entering: The mouth."
"The what?" Dimentio asked.
"Oh, just go in!" King Boo said, pushing him in as they went into the old-fashioned elevator and went up, leaving Lemony behind as she tried to climb after them, only for a claw to grab a hold of her and threw her to the side.
She frowned, her arms folded before smirking wickedly, knowing full well that someone else will take care of those pests.
World A-3: Hot Hot Breath
The group hopped off of the elevator as they walked forward, where they were greeted with a Kiddokatto, but it was quickly disposed of by Locus shooting at it. They walked further and saw a few Bill Blasters ahead of them, along with a spike floor along cogs to move across chains.
"Bullet Bills. This won't be an issue." Dimentio said as they hopped on the cogs and proceeded to go forward. The Bill Blasters were ready to fire… only instead of Bullet Bills that were about to be shot at them, they were greeted by a gray Bowser head with brown eyes and slicked back blue hair.
"That's not a Bullet Bill!" Medusa exclaimed.
"Goodness, this Minus World is full of surprises!"
"Well, I'll be damned. It's Reitōko Koopa!" King Boo said.
"Sounds like he's one of my own descendants. I see he's mastered the ability to have his own head fly around! Heh, I'm quite proud!" Dry Bowser said proudly. "Heh, he probably resumed the war during my absence!"
"...Yeah, about that." King Boo spoke up as the Bowser Head breathed a navy blue fire that they avoided, but when the blue flames connected, it turned to ice. "You see, he was the one who desired peace in the world and wanted no war with the Mushroom Kingdom, so he was the one who offered up a peace treaty with Lemony, to which they both signed. It wasn't easy, but both Kingdoms traded very well and the Toadstools and Reitōko had a strong bond. He even loved holding large festivals in his Kingdom to celebrate both kingdoms in unity."
Dry Bowser's eye twitched. "Anything else I should know about?"
"Ah yes, he dismantled the whole "Empire" era and proceeded to rebuild the entire structure as a simple Bowser Castle that we all know today." King Boo said.
End BGM
Suddenly, the entire robotic Luigi shook violently as Dry Bowser trembled with rage.
"He…"
Outside, a large firebreath-like laser shot out of the head and tore through the sky, obliterating a few unfortunate satellites that orbited Remnant.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"
"You took that rather well." Medusa snarked.
"SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THE ROYAL KOOPA EMPIRE IS NO LONGER A THING, AND THE WHOLE KOOPA KINGDOM HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED?! THIS IS MY DAMN LEGACY?! THAT IT'S BEEN DESTROYED BY A DAMN GOOD FOR NOTHING BLUE KOOPA BECAUSE HE DESIRED PEACE?!"
"Don't mind me!" Dimentio said, summoning popcorn. "Just enjoying the fireworks~"
"You haven't kept with the times, huh? Well, if you kept your head out of the water, you'd know a few-... oh wait." King Boo cheekily smirked as Dry Bowser roared angrily, then he turned around and proceeded to tear through the entire area with a draconic roar.
"I think you went too far." Emperor Brr said.
"Oh, let him throw a tantrum. He'll cool down."
"Should we tell him that there's still multiple forts and castles scattered across the Koopa Kingdom and even outside of it's borders?" Medusa asked.
"Nah, it's fun to see him get so steamed for once." Felix chuckled, hearing the sounds of the insides of the mecha be torn to shreds.
World A-4: Head In the Game!
Dry Bowser launched high into the air after he tore a hole through the ceiling, finding himself in the head of the Mecha Luigi as he proceeded to charge full steam ahead, knocking down mechanical Goombas like bowling pins as he jumped high into the air, tearing through platforms as he reached the final area.
A mech slammed into the ground, letting out a roar. It was none other than a mechanized Reitōko.
"YOU. You think you're all high and mighty, thinking you were respected because of so-called "peace". GUESS WHAT? YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE ROYAL KOOPA LINE… AND IT WILL BE MY HONOR TO DESTROY YOU, YOU WORTHLESS KOOPA."
Reitōko said nothing but let out a roar, getting in a stance as did Dry Bowser, snarling with anger.
BGM: Giga Bowser (Super Smash Bros Melee)
More Respectable Than The Emperor - Mecha Reitōko Koopa
Both Koopas lunged, delivering a strong punch that both connected as they were pushed back as Reitōko breathed fire as did Dry Bowser, both of them connecting… only for Dry Bowser's flames to freeze until he was completely frozen over.
Reitōko lunged, delivering a powerful uppercut to knock him in the air, shattering the ice in the process. Dry Bowser snarled as he swung his claws, knocking the mech down to the ground as Dry Bowser then ground pounded him, kicking him away as he breathed fire.
Reitōko retreated into his mechanical shell as he rolled straight into him, slamming him into a wall but Dry Bowser growled, picking up the shell and throwing it back as he leapt high into the air and fire punched him in the face to knock the mecha down.
The Mecha got back up, delivering a right hook but Dry Bowser caught the fist and threw an uppercut to the chin to knock it up in the air, and then Dry Bowser jumped up to knock it down to the ground. Reitōko responded by breathing fire, but the Emperor weaved his body around and then delivered a strong fire punch, enough to actually punch the mechanical jaw off of the mecha.
However, this didn't deter Reitōko as he proceeded to breathe fire regardless of his lower jaw being punched off, but Dry Bowser ducked as he grabbed him by the waist and threw him into a wall, fire punching the head multiple times before throwing him to the side.
"I AM THE SUPERIOR KOOPA!" He roared as he punted Mecha Reitōko into a wall, and then unleashing Oblivion Fire to finish him off, melting the mecha until none remained of it.
End BGM
He let out a draconic roar of victory. "The best Koopa reigns supreme! Worst Koopa I've ever met! Probably the worst Koopa in history."
"You cooled down yet?" A voice asked as Dry Bowser turned to see everyone else approaching.
"Yeah, I feel great after getting rid of the worst Koopa of all time, in my humble opinion." Dry Bowser said. "I am the superior Koopa, after all!"
"Sure, you are." Dimentio chuckled as they rung the bell, as a hatch opened up. They walked inside and found a lab deep inside the head as they walked through and saw two notes on a desk. They would also see prototypes of Mecha Koopas.
"Let's see here…" Locus took the first note.
"I'm not sure how it was possible, but apparently this Grand Ztar was able to create a gigantic robotic… person. Then again, I feel like there was a time ripple when I used this Grand Ztar… I may have to look into that one of these days.
Regardless, the robot is pretty spectacular… but I question the L on the hat. Does it stand for Lucky? Loser? Linguini? I'm not sure, but I'm leaning towards loser… although Myra thinks L stands for Lucky. I doubt it.
Anyway, I've decided to do some experiments in this robot. For instance, I've gathered up DNA from Princess Lemony to create a clone of her should something happen to our fair princess. The problem is, she keeps ripping her head off and has an attitude problem. That's, uh… going to be a problem for the kids but, eh, it'll keep 'em entertained.
I've also had the Grand Ztar take some DNA from Reitōko as well. A few scales did the trick. Good news, I was able to recreate the Koopa King's head. Bad news? It acted just like Lemony, so I had to stuff them in the Bill Blasters. That said, I was able to recreate a mecha copy of the Koopa King. I ought to send this mecha version of him to the Koopa King. I bet he'll like it!
…Wonder if I should mechanize Myra next? A few more of her would be perfect… an army of my pet? Simply wonderful~ But… eh… we'll cross that bridge when I feel like it. - Viola."
"Let's see what Myra has to say." Felix said, picking it up.
"I'm honestly conflicted. On the one hand, seeing a clone of Princess Lemony and King Reitōko is pretty neat. On the other hand, they're ripping their heads off of their bodies and creating clones of themselves and… hoooonestly, that's creepy. And this is coming from the girl who doesn't mind creepy now and again, I mean, hell, I'm the descendant of the lost Shadow Tribe. Nothing bothers me that much… except for this.
I wonder what Viola's thinking… because this is oddly… horrifying if you think about it. I think even Vivian is disturbed by this-"
"Vivian?" Dimentio raised an eyebrow.
"-However, this is still pretty amazing on what science can do. I think she's probably toning it down a bit after I had a chat with her. She seemed fine with my critique but… hopefully it's not in one ear and out the other. It's typically the case.
Still, the Ztar fascinates me, but Shadow Queen is still unsure of what to make of Viola. I think she's fine… if a bit too eccentric, but whatever.
Speaking of Lemony, I need to go back and be that Court Magician that I've been assigned to once my adventure with Viola is over. Maybe I can bring Viola over once her research is done and we can still hang out. She can probably do her wacky experiments at the castle to wow Lemony.
Surely, Viola will behave herself with her experiments, right? Yeah, totally… - Myra"
"Don't think that ended well considering Myra never made it back." King Boo said. "Hmmm… Viola, what did you do…"
"Come on, let's get out of here. The less I'm in this monstrosity with that so-called Koopa, the better." Dry Bowser said as they hopped out to reunite with Acidtail. "After all… I'm the best Koopa there is!"
Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle…
"Sire!" Kamek approached Bowser who was lifting weights.
"What is it?"
"I just found a book detailing your ancestors, Your Burliness."
"Oh?" Bowser looked intrigued, putting the weights down as he opened the book up. "Huh, says here that this Reitōko guy was deemed the Best Koopa King of all time."
"Indeed. And according to this, it says that Emperor Bowser, his ancestor, was dubbed the worst ruler of all time."
"Hah! Talk about a major glow up! The royal Koopa Line definitely bounced back after that bonehead!"
Deadpool: Wah wah waaaaah...
Ibuki: *cackles* He's not gonna like that!
Nope, that's definitely gonna piss him off and boy, it's gonna be glorious!