Episode 26: Bouncehouse
As you might know, Lucas is not exactly the most outgoing person in the world. Despite his valiant heroics and mutual alliance with Red the Pokemon Trainer during the events of the Subspace Emissary, this blonde fellow is still pretty shy and timid, and is a bit too reluctant to speak to others. Ashley is like this, refusing to socialize with fellow brawlers, but at least she has her faithful assistant in Red (the imp) to keep her company.
And sometimes, when you're a shy dude like Lucas, you often stay in your room all day long, refusing to come out under the fear and suspicion that Wario might scare the daylights out of you with his ugly face, or that Yoshi might pester you and tell you who he's pairing you up with next in his abstract fanfiction stories (this time, he has Lucas paired up with Ashley, for he thought it sounded reasonable given that they're both introverts). So when the door to his room opened, Lucas feared for the rest, as he threw a blanket over his head and turned away in fear...
"There you are, I've been looking all over for you!" exclaimed Ness, Lucas' trusting roommate and best friend. "Figured you would be hiding in here!" Ness is like the complete opposite of Lucas - he's more brave, extroverted, and gregarious. Aside from his constant habit of saying "Okay!" to just about anything, he's not that bad of a fella to get to know.
"Oh, it's just you," Lucas quickly took the blanket off of his head. "You were turning the door knob slowly, I was afraid it might have been Dark Pit, trying to goad me into doing archery practice with him..."
Ness: *sighs* I just don't know what the problem is with Lucas, it's like he's allergic to doing fun, outgoing things every now and then. No matter what I try to do to get him out of that room, he just won't budge, and I have to go through a whole lot of trouble just to get him out. Some of the fun things we do together aren't that fun anymore, mainly because we do them all the time. We've played every board game that is in the mansion, we've beaten the Inklings at table hockey enough times already, and we've helped Villager prank Lloyd Irving enough times to the point where it's not even funny anymore. (Surprisingly Lloyd hasn't whined and complained to Master Hand about it, he's infamously known for being a crybaby.) Toon Link just bought a bounce house with his rupees, and he placed it in the backyard of the mansion. Hopefully Lucas comes around, and agrees to joining me in my bounce house escapades...sure I'm a technically a teen, but as my appearance shows, I'm still a child at heart!
"Remember when Toon Link was going to buy a bounce house at dinner earlier this week, and we all laughed at him?" Ness asked Lucas. When Toon made his proclamation, almost everyone was laughing at him around the dinner table, and Master Hand had Dr. Mario give the young Hylian a checkup to ensure he wasn't on crack or anything like that. "Well, as it turns out, he actually got one, and it's in the backyard! I was wondering if you want to join me in the bounce house..."
"Bounce house?" Lucas' eyes widened with much joy and excitement. "You don't have to ask me twice, I would love to join!" Ness was honestly shocked by Lucas' response; he expected some hesitation, and eventually a lot of enticement to win over Lucas, but fortunately it didn't have to be that way.
"Awesome! Let's hurry down to the backyard before it gets crowded! Gotta be the first to arrive!"
After speaking with her older brother, Dunban, Fiora decided to pay a visit to the Smash Mansion on a weekly basis, just to spend time with her boyfriend Shulk. Reyn is responsible for taking her to and fro from the mansion, and he certainly doesn't mind this duty - just as long as Fiora returns in one piece. The female Homs has stated in the previous episode that she wanted to meet and greet the rest of the brawlers in the mansion, and just like any great boyfriend would, Shulk introduced Fiora to every brawler, including Villager, Mega Man, and even Pikachu.
"Aw, you are so cute!" Fiora said to the mouse Pokemon as he held him in the living room of the mansion. Wait until she sees Jigglypuff, and then she'll recognize who the cutest Pokemon in existence is (although that discussion has become very debatable over the years).
"Pika, pika..." Pikachu tried to wiggle his way out of Fiora's arms, but it was no use. So he had no other choice but to resort to his only option, and the only option he ever really uses to take out the baddies in the Pokemon anime - he electrocuted Fiora with his signature move, Thunderbolt, and fell out of the Homs' arms as Fiora just stood there, dazed and covered in soot.
"One thing about Pikachu, if he's in an uncomfortable state or situation, he'll use Thunderbolt whenever it is needed," Shulk chuckled as Pikachu rushed to the Homs' side, standing near his feet and looking at Fiora with a sense of nervousness.
Pikachu: *smiles innocently* Pika pika pi...
"I know all of this-a data came from-a Chrom..." Mario walked into the living room, reading a phone bill he just received in the mail. "Only he would-a waste his data on who knows-a what..." Mario was receiving this bill because Chrom had gone over the data on his phone yet again; after the prince of Ylisse and his daughter Lucina had their own separate phone plan, Chrom decided to add his cell phone to the mansion's phone plan, and it appears to be biting Mario in the back, at least in the financial sense.
"Ah, Mario, so good to see you!" Shulk said to the plumber. "Have you ever met my girlfriend before? Her name is Fiora, and she's quite the gal!" Fiora smiled and waved to Mario, and Mario waved right back.
"I would-a get to know your girlfriend and-a all, but I have-a some business to handle," stated Mario, continuing on his merry way. "Being the man-a of the mansion is-a heavy duty!" And when Master Hand, the Smash Universe creator, is your job performance evaluator of sorts, then you're duty is even heavier.
"In that case...why don't you take the day off and let me handle your job?" Shulk's suggestion garnered questionable looks from Mario and Fiora, wondering what the Homs might be getting himself into.
Mario: My day mostly consists-a of a lot of things...taking out-a the trash, vacuuming the floors, washing-a the clothes, so forth-a and so on. Master Hand rarely gives-a me any breaks, but he gives them-a to Isabelle, just because she's a "dog"...still can't-a see the reasoning in that.
"Are you sure you're up for it, Shulk?" Fiora asked out of concern. This was the day in which she's supposed to get to know everyone, not have her boyfriend fulfilling every one of Mario's tasks. "You might stress yourself out from the workload..."
"A guy like myself is always ready for anything, and up for whatever! Whatever Mario wants me to do, I shall do it without the slightest hesitation!"
"Hmm..." Mario stroke his chin, pondering over Shulk's offer. The Homs is a pretty smart dude, and very organized as well. In spite of this, however, he hasn't seen that much responsibility in a considerable amount of time. "Well, thanks, but no-a thanks, I've got this all-a covered."
And with that, Mario walked out of the living room with the phone bill in hand - though he was visibly showing an apparent lack of confidence in his form.
Mega Man X, the peace-loving robot, walked through the hallways of the Smash Mansion, when a particular object lying on the floor caught his eye. This object was a coin, and though it had relatively low monetary value, it was a coin worth having. You may never know when you need to use it, like a lottery ticket, for instance.
"Woah, a nickel!" the robot exclaimed as he ran over to the coin and picked it up, just when Doc Louis happened to walk by. When he heard X exclaim, he glared down the robot, having mistaken him for using some sort of fighting word. Were the boxing trainer's ears deceiving him, or did he hear right?
"Boy what did you call me?!" Doc Louis yelled at X, his loud, booming voice scaring the robot and catching him off-guard. "Did you just call me what I THINK you just call me?!" Unwritten Rule #48: Unless you want to get your behind handed to you, it's best to keep your mouth shut whenever possible.
"Doc, I didn't call you anything, I just found this nickel lying on the floor," X held up the nickel for Doc Louis to see, but the boxing trainer didn't see it, for he thought the robot said the word-that-should-not-be-said yet again to his face.
"Say that word one more time, and I'll whoop you into oblivion!" Doc started to wind up his fist, packing enough power to punch X and send him flying straight through a wall. A pacifist robot like X doesn't want to get himself involved in any altercation with Doc, he has to play the situation as cool as possible.
"What did I even say, I just said the word nickel!" Doc Louis' temper has now reached an all-time high; he winded up his fist even more, the anger and tension building up inside of him. But before the boxing trainer could land a single punch on X, his protege Little Mac swooped in and dragged Doc away, struggling to do so.
"Don't mind him, he hasn't had any of his chocolate in a while!" Little Mac said to X. That might explain Doc's fervent temper, man's gotta have his chocolate!
X: Still trying to figure out what I did so...am I not allowed to say the word nickel anymore? Has the word become politically incorrect now, am I supposed to call the coin something else now?! Let me guess, it's now going to be offensive to say the word "pickle"! Bunch of pansies nowadays...
Little Mac dragged Doc Louis upstairs to the Star Records room, where Fox, Falco, and Knuckles were having a beatboxing competition to pass the time, with Big Top of all people...erm, hats...being the judge of said competition. (Falco, being the beatboxing whiz that he is, absolutely dominated.) The three stopped their little game when they saw Doc Louis looking pretty exhausted...and ticked. It's never a good sign when the boxing trainer is feeling some type of way.
"Everything okay, Doc?" Fox asked the boxing trainer wearily, worrying that one poorly timed word might set off Doc. X already did the same thing not so long ago, and Fox can't afford to suffer from a similar fate that the robot had gone through.
"Everything's not okay!" snapped Doc Louis. "That man X just called me a racial slur, and now I'm upset!" Welcome to 2016, where the word nickel can be easily misinterpreted as a word that cannot be said in this certain occasion, and for obvious reasons.
"Mega Man X, using racial slurs around others?" scoffed Fox, refusing to buy Doc Louis' claim. The others didn't buy it either. "You have got to be joking, X is a good-mannered dude, racial slurs and curse words are nowhere to be found in his personal lexicon."
Fox: In the midst of dudes that sneeze on your dinner plate, and annoy you with alien conspiracy theories that make no sense, X stands out as the most thoughtful and considerate male individual in the mansion. He's a peace-loving dude who wishes no ill harm to anyone, and you'd be hard pressed to find a guy like that anywhere else. So for X to supposedly be using a racial slur, especially around a rambunctious man like Doc Louis, is just pure silly talk. Now to go tell Geno about seeing Theodore Roosevelt at the bank yesterday, wonder if he'll believe me...
"No, I heard it with my own ears, he even said it as loud as his voice box allowed him to, like he never saw an African American male before!" stated Doc Louis. Fox and company were still unable to buy Doc's claim, it just sounds so perfectly manufactured.
"Maybe you need to take a seat and cool off Doc," Little Mac gently guided his trainer to a chair, and Doc Louis took a seat, taking a heavy breather. The others kept a close eye on Doc, fearing that he might erupt in a fury of angry emotions.
"I don't think Doc Louis hasn't ate any chocolate yet today, that might explain why he's acting like this," Knuckles whispered to Fox, Falco, and Little Mac; the three men nodded in agreement. "I'll go to a vending machine and get him a chocolate bar, while you guys monitor Doc and keep him calm." Knuckles quietly got up, and made his way towards the door, until...
"Yo, Knuckles, can you do me a solid and notify Master Hand about X?" Doc Louis asked the echidna. "That darn robot needs to learn his lesson real quick!" Knuckles looked at Fox, Falco, Little Mac, and Big Top, who all share his general level of nervousness.
Ness and Lucas arrived outside in the mansion's backyard, and saw a crowd gathered near the bounce house. In this group was Toon Link (the purchaser of the bounce house), Young Link, Villager, Diddy Kong, Toad, Yoshi, Pit, Viridi, Kirby, Tails, the Ice Climbers, and the Inklings. They were all dying to get inside the bounce house, and they would have already been inside if not for the two bums hogging it...
"Wahoo!" Wario cheered as he bounced in the bounce house with King K. Rool. Yes, these fat, intolerable men were bouncing away, refusing to let a single soul inside the bounce house for reasons unknown. It's been this way for who knows how long.
"Face it kiddies, you're never getting inside this thing!" Rool taunted the group, standing outside the bounce house feeling miserable as Wario and Rool were bouncing up and down. "Go play your crummy baseball or something, and let us have our fun!"
"Technically, I own this bounce house, so I should at least be inside of it," stated Toon Link; only response he got was Wario blowing a raspberry at him. The young Hylian groaned as he threw his hat on the ground in utter frustration.
Toon Link: Wario and King K. Rool have been hogging the bounce house for almost about an hour. No matter how any of us try, we can't seem to entice those two to get out. I've spent my good rupees on that bounce house, and no way am I letting a couple of bums ruin our fun!
"What seems to be the problem?" Palutena approached the group, holding a basket of flowers. Aerith was accompanying the goddess of nature, also holding a basket of flowers as well. Aerith is staying over at the mansion, taking care of a lot of duties that should have been taken care of already.
"Wario and Rool are hogging the bounce house and won't let any of us in!" Pit, Palutena's faithful packmule, explained to his faux mother. "We've been waiting here for the longest now, and Wario's and Rool's selfish ways is making us cranky!"
"More like making you cranky," said Diddy Kong. "I'm just here to eat my bananas within the company of others, bouncing isn't really my style anymore!" So why did Diddy choose a bounce house of all places to eat his precious bananas? Not to mention that he'll get banana peels all over the place, and that can become a safety hazard if take up every spot. Sounds a bit silly, don't you think?
"I do believe you two already had your fun," Aerith said to Wario and Rool, attempting to entice them to exit the bounce house. "Now it's time for everyone else to have theirs!" No matter how sincere Aerith was, the bums did not bother to harken to what the flower girl had said.
"Quit being so intolerant to our needs, we can remain in this bounce house for as long as we like!" retorted Rool. What is this intolerance the Kremling speaks of? "It's a free country after all!"
"'Free country' would also count as including others," stated Palutena. "Also, what are these 'needs' that you speak of? Educate us, please, we beg of you."
"Needs such as losing weight and having a great time, both at the same time!" replied Wario. The rich fatso may not know this, but there are plenty of other ways to lose weight - many of which are more effective than bouncing. Exercises like running, sit-ups, push-ups, etc., can make you more fit. But alas, Ryu already tried out these exercises on Wario in episode 7, and as you have seen, those exercises were all for naught.
"First of all Wario, bouncing about in a bounce house hardly ever makes you lose weight. And secondly...you know what, forget this, I'm outta here!" Palutena, on the verge of losing her patience with Wario, stormed away with the basket of flowers before any of her patience could be lost.
"Wait up for me, Lady Palutena!" Aerith ran after the goddess of nature, carrying the basket of flowers with her. So much for reasoning with Wario and Rool.
"Looks like we have to take matters into our own hands..." Ness sighed as the group continued to Wario and Rool bounce their cares away. It will take a much-needed effort to get them out of the bounce house.
Luigi: So what-a does the house look-a like? It has-a everything that a regular house-a does, like a kitchen, living-a room, a master bed-a room, and a bath-a room. (Though we might-a need two bathrooms, for emergency-a reasons.) The house is expected-a to be finished before the end-a of next week, provided there-a aren't any hiccups along-a the way...
"Dang nab it, hammered the nail unto my pinky finger again!" Donkey Kong screamed in pain, as he was hammering away on the roof of Luigi's and Daisy's home. The gorilla was alone - Cloud, Link, Akira, Heihachi, Mega Man, Zero, and Chrom were also working on the house, both inside and outside. No incentive was needed - like Cloud, these men enlisted to work on the house for the sake of the newest married couple, Luigi and Daisy, who plan to make the new home their abode.
"Donkey Kong, you seriously need to stop hurting your fingers like that, you can't finish building the room by harming yourself," Link told Donkey Kong, as he and Mega Man were working on the house's pipe system. The system is very crucial - without it, Luigi and Daisy wouldn't be able to wash their hands, wash themselves, and the like. King Dedede doesn't mind that kind of lifestyle, but the newlyweds certainly do.
"It's not my fault my giant fingers keep getting in the way! You don't know what it's like to have giant hands!" The nail that Donkey Kong is hitting looks like a gnat in the palm of the gorilla's hand, so there's approximately a 1/160 chance of Kong hitting the nail in the wood successfully, without doing any harm.
"Why don't we switch roles, so you won't hurt yourself anymore?" suggested Akira. So the kung fu fighter and Donkey Kong switched roles; Akira went to building the roof, and Donkey Kong went to putting on the finishing touches on the house's exterior. Akira took a nail, and a hammer, and hit the nail on the hammer...and injured his hand in the process. "Gah, that hurts, that really hurts!" The fighter winced in pain as he shook his hand, believing that it might ease the pain even though it hardly does any sort of healing method. "And it was my good hand, too!"
"Greetings, Mr. Strife, how are things coming along?" Isabelle approached the blonde swordsman. As it was stated earlier before, Isabelle is one of the few brawlers that Cloud doesn't mind - though Cloud does mind being called "Mr. Strife", he thinks it sounds a bit too formal.
"Things are coming along just fine, aside from Donkey Kong injuring himself, the house building has been all positive," responded Cloud. "We should be finished in due time. How's the pipe system coming along?"
"The pipe system is almost complete," Link gave a thumbs up as Mega Man inserted a pipe into the system. The robot has a brief history with pipes - after all, he fought on Crash Man's stage, which is entirely made out of pipes! "Just gotta run some water through it, and we'll determine if it's fully functional."
Mega Man: Unlike the mansion's water, which runs from Seattle's water system, Luigi's home will run on the water from the mansion's lake. Yes, I know, I know, it sounds pretty cheap, but on the bright side, you can expect to find a Gyarados popping out of your bathtub...and thrashing the place and making your home messy. But you still get a Pokemon in your own home! No having to go out in the wild to catch one!
"May I see how the interior of the house looks like so far?" asked Isabelle; Cloud gave the shih tzu a brief tour of the home, and Isabelle was pretty impressed with what she had seen. "My my, this house is coming along very nicely! I can tell you all have been working hard to make it perfect for Luigi and Daisy!"
"We sure are," Zero responded, working away on the interior of the home. His phone went off in his arm - yes, he has his cell phone installed in his arm, must be great to be a robot - indicating that he just received a text from his best friend X. Zero checked the text message, and it said that X was forced to attend "sensitivity training". Sensitivity training for what?
X sat in a dark room, where his so-called sensitivity training would take place. He was tied down to a chair, with Pikachu sitting on one arm, and Pichu sitting on the other. Is this the most ghetto electric chair in existence. You bet! The individual in charge of this training was Master Hand, who magically appeared before X, intimidating the robot with his profound majesty and ominous nature.
"Knuckles has told me about you supposedly using a racial slur on Doc Louis," said the giant hand; X still believes the entire situation is blown out of proportion, given that it started because of a mishearing. "Now I'm not sure if you said it or not, but knowing your peaceful nature, you might be utilizing your pacifist mannerisms as a means to get away with lowkey stuff!"
"But I never said anything!" frowned X, wriggling his way out of the chair, although it was no use. Whoever tied the robot to the chair must be a rope tying aficionado. "I just found a..."
"He's in denial, shock him at once!" At the command of Master Hand, Pikachu and Pichu both used Thunder Jolt on X, shocking him in the process and making him scream in agnozing pain. Pichu may not have done enough, but Pikachu's ever-abundant electricity certainly gave the pacifist robot quite the shock.
Master Hand: Would afford an electric chair, but they're expensive beyond words. How do I know this? I can never find one online, or in store! This country we call America preaches things like freedom, yet we can't buy electric chairs for our own use - only the government gets to use them! Talk about being withholding!
"Now answer me this, X...why did you use that racial slur against Doc Louis?!" Master Hand continued the very questionable sensitivity training.
"Me, using racial slurs at Doc Louis?" X scoffed, knowing that using such words is not a part of his nature. "Yeah right, I don't have enough time in the world to spend in a robot health facility, I know what Doc is capable of." As stated earlier before, Doc may be old, but he can still pack a punch! He ain't no Saitama - the presumably "ugly" bald dude from One-Punch Man - but much of his strength is intact, even in his old age.
"If you know what's he capable of, then why did you even bother using a racial slur against him? Sounds a bit backwards if you ask me...are you sure you aren't a masochist? You know, we can have a therapy session for that once this training is finished..."
"I DID NOT USE A SINGLE RACIAL SLUR AGAINST DOC LOUIS AT ALL, I JUST FOUND THIS STINKING NICKEL ON THE GROUND!" An enraged X flashed the nickel to Master Hand...but like Doc, the giant hand didn't see it, and instead he was paying more attention to X's outburst.
"So not only are you a masochist, but it appears that you also have anger management issues! Now I see why you're so peaceful, it's the only way to curb your outbursts of anger. Fortunately I know the remedy to your problems...Pikachu, Pichu, use Thunder Jolt once more!"
Pikachu and Pichu did as they were told, shocking X as the robot belted out more screams of pain and agony. What did he do to deserve this kind of cruel and unusual punishment, especially since such punishments are banned due to the 8th Constitution? To think this all started because of some mishearing...
"Are we done yet?" asked X, with static running through his robotic body. "I have a life, you know, I gotta do things..."
"Don't get smart with me buddy!" growled Master Hand; X instantly feared for the worst. "Thunder Jolt him again!" And for the third time, X had to scream another painful scream, as Pikachu and Pichu shocked his robotic core. Lucina was watching this torture through the crack of the door to the room, sympathizing for X. No one - whether they be human, robot, Pokemon, Koopa, and the like - doesn't deserve such treatment, especially if it revolves around a non-issue.
Lucina: Master Hand is rather infamous for some of the more...intense punishments he doles out to us brawlers. What's more is that the extremity of the punishments are the same, regardless of the situation. This one time, Lucario accidentally knocked Villager's toothbrush into a toilet, and Master Hand punished him by having his head and arms in a pillory at nighttime...while being forced to listen to what was called the "River Twygz Bed" theme from Super Paper Mario when he's asleep. This lasted for an entire week...I wouldn't listen to that theme if I were you, unless you enjoy living in your own nightmares...
"Tell me now X, will you accept the consequences of your actions, and apologize to Doc Louis for using the racial slur against him?" Master Hand asked the robot after the electrocution ended. X was breathing heavily - surprisingly his system didn't short-circuit because of the heavy amount of electricity running through his body. "You'll also agree not to use racial slurs ever again, right?"
"Sure why not, it's not like I ever uttered a single racial slur in my lifetime, and I never used any slurs against Doc Louis ever," replied X. The sensitivity training was coming to an end, so the robot won't have to worry about being electrocuted again - one more shock, and his system might go out for good!
"Yes, you may continue to live in your own little delusion, just as long as you apologize. Now get to it!"
Yoshi carried a pan of egg casserole to the bounce house, where Wario and Rool continued to bounce inside, like they have no lives whatsoever. The green dinosaur placed the panat the entrance of the bounce house, and moved it a few inches forward, hoping that either Wario, Rool, or both would smell the yolk-filled goodness present in front of them.
"Baked some egg casserole for you guys!" exclaimed Yoshi, as he aligned himself with the long-waiting group, expecting Wario and/or Rool to stop bouncing and come out of the bounce house to consume the casserole like a madman. And for the record, Yoshi didn't bake the egg casserole, Dunban did. Would you ever trust a dinosaur to bake anything for you?
"Egg casserole?" Wario raised an eyebrow. The aroma of the casserole reached the fatso's nostrils, and he found the smell very pleasant. "This I gotta have! It must be in my stomach right away!" Wario walked towards the exit of the bounce house, with the group watching attentively, until...
"No Wario, don't do it!" warned Rool, stopping the fatso in his tracks. "Don't you see what those losers are doing? By having the casserole near the bounce house, they're trying to lure you out of it! Not only are they taking away your fun...they're also taking away your freedom!"
Toad: First it was about "needs". Now it's about "freedom"! Wonder what's next on their agenda, might even discuss their "rights"!
"You're right, that casserole is just bait!" said Wario. He may enjoy a great casserole - provided it has high levels of cholesterol - but he won't let the egg casserole ruin his fun. "Ha ha, you didn't try to get me this time, might as well try again, if ya even bother to!" Wario resumed bouncing, and the group's plan to get inside that bounce house has failed. Time to go back to square one!
"Got any ideas?" Toon Link asked Ness, the leader of the brigade. "The egg casserole baiting was an absolute failure, and we can't waste that casserole, Dunban will have our heads for sure if we just throw it away!"
"Bowser has a giant appetite, we'll just give the egg casserole to him," replied Ness. Kirby eventually sucked up the egg casserole - and the plate - and happily rubbed his tummy. "...Or Kirby can just eat it himself. Good thing I've been thinking up of a plan B..."
Peach and Zelda were in the garden, planting flowers in the garden, when Aerith and Palutena approached them, carrying the baskets of flowers in their hands.
"Thought this might spruce up the garden a little bit," said Aerith. The flower girl knows everything there is to know about gardening and whatnot; heck, she even spent an eternity in the garden all day long, until she first met Zack Fair and Cloud Strife. "A lovely garden always has room for improvement!"
"Well that's very thoughtful of you, Aerith!" smiled Peach, accepting the baskets from Aerith and Palutena. "Sometimes it feels just great having you around here!"
"Yes, I agree, Cloud's candor has completely changed ever since you first showed up at the wedding," stated Zelda, as she used the flowers to decorate the garden's decor. "Prior to your arrival, Cloud wasn't exactly enjoying things at the mansion; he hated a huge chunk of the mansion's population (with the exception of some, I am assuming). But now he's appreciating life more."
Zelda: Cloud, when he first arrived at the mansion, was what I would consider a shrinking violet...but not in the sense that his appearance literally cries doom and gloom. And it wasn't so much that he was extremely shy, he could never stand the antics of the mansion inhabitants (and honestly, I can't blame him entirely for that) and he just didn't want to express his feelings, unless when spoken to or provoked. But I'm sure that Aerith will bring the best out of Cloud, that I'm sure of.
Mario walked into the garden, taking care of business as always as the man of the mansion, like inspecting the garden for instance. A great garden equals a great home...though that isn't the case at the Smash Mansion, given that not everybody gets along pretty well.
"How's-a the garden coming along-a ladies?" the plumber that we all know and love (but hopefully know) asked the women.
"It is coming along very nicely, Aerith has been a huge help for us," replied Palutena. The goddess of light couldn't help but notice that something was...off, with Mario's stature and poise. "Is there anything wrong Mario? You don't look like your usual self..."
"Oh, nothing is-a wrong, everything's just-a fine and dandy and..." Mario kept going on like this, visibly displaying signs of nervousness, until...
"Mario may I speak-a with you for a minute?" Luigi approached his twin brother from behind, scaring his pants - uh, overalls - off and making him turn around, facing the green-clad plumber in a karate stance. Mario better not perform his best rendition of a Bruce Lee action scene, for it would be humiliating - and doing it in front of Peach would make it even worse. "Woah Mario, chill-a out, I asking you a question-a about my house!"
"About-a the house?" Mario quickly dropped his karate stance, regaining his normal composure. "What questions do-a you possibly have?" Mario and Luigi both mutually agreed on the house plan for Luigi's new home, so what does the lanky plumber want to add to the house?
"Not sure-a how you would feel-a about this...but would-a it be fine with-a you if we added a nursery to the house?"
After hearing this, Mario fainted to the ground, shocking everyone as evidenced by a collective gasp. Aerith ran over to Mario and checked his vitals, making sure that he was okay and everything is in order.
"We must take Mario to Wii Fit Trainer right away!" the flower girl said to the others. Luigi, reasonably nervous about his brother, was biting his nails, contemplating whether or not he should have asked his brother that nursery question in the first place.
With Zero working on the new home and not hogging the workshop, Samus finally had some freedom and peace to work away in the room on some of her newest projects. The latest project she is working on involves her own power suit - she's adding some "technical upgrades" to it so it can be more stronger when used in battle. Why not ask Masahiro Sakurai for upgrades instead, he wouldn't hesitate to do so!
Samus: So everyone (by everyone I mean the losers residing in this dumb mansion and the low-life nerds online) keeps talking about how I'm supposedly "better" in my Zero Suit than my power suit, which I've owned for as long as I could remember. It's the same old comments... "Zero Suit moves faster than in her power suit!" "Zero Suit has a strong aerial game that cannot be matched!" "Zero Suit is super hot when she shows her face and body more in battles!" Like that actually means something, those single nerds claiming me as their "waifu", or whatever the heck that's supposed to be...I must focus extremely hard if I ever want the upgrades on my power suit to yield fruitful results, which means zero distractions!
Samus' desire to have zero distractions was decimated when Sonic waltzed into the workshop, possibly being noisy again. Let's hope that he doesn't destroy Samus' power suit, like he destroyed the prototype for Zero's innovative printer.
"Sup girl, whatcha working on?" the hedgehog greeted the space bounty hunter, taking a seat in an empty chair. Samus is not exactly the best person to get along or socialize with, given her overall demeanor and lack of patience with her fellow brawlers. "Working on your nifty power suit, huh? Didn't know you were that invested in that rusty heap of metal!"
"Did you just call me a girl?" a slightly offended Samus faced Sonic, glaring at the hedgehog. Moments like these are why Samus attempts to distance herself from everyone, whenever possible. She only associates herself with others when it's fully necessary - and that hardly ever happens!
"What, you don't like that? How about I just call you lady instead? Lady sounds good? Awesome!" Sonic gave a resounding thumbs up; Samus groaned and resumed her work. "So I was speaking with Marth earlier today, and the girly guy, as I call him, said I would be more 'tolerable' if I started being more considerate. Do you know how I can be considerate towards others?" Sonic, being considerate to others? Won't even happen in a million years!
"Killing yourself would be a good start..." Samus monotonically replied, fixing her eyes on her power suit and not bothering to give Sonic a single glance.
"Nah, already tried that before, didn't go exactly as planned. But there's always another chance for stuff like that!"
"Sonic we really need your help, it's an emergency!" Tails flew into the room, nearly crashing into Samus' power suit when he came to a halt. Thank goodness he didn't break it or anything, Tails can't afford to make Samus go from being neutral with him to making him his new arch-nemesis.
"Let me guess, someone's cat got stuck up in a tree? I'm sure the fire department can take care of that. It's their problem, not mine!"
"Can you just come with me for a quick second? We have absolutely no time to waste!" Tails, not wanting to put up with Sonic's shenanigans, grabbed the hedgehog's arm and flew out of the workshop.
"Thank you..." a very relieved Samus said after Tails took Sonic out of the workshop, as she looked up to heavens. Peace has been finally restored.
Link, Cloud, and the other men continued to work away on Luigi's and Daisy's new home, when the mythical bird known as the Flying Man showed up, carrying a large hammer that looked so heavy, it's a miracle the bird hasn't fallen and broken any of his limbs.
"Hoo boy, here comes trouble..." Chrom shook his head in dismay as the Flying Man made his way towards the workers. His fellow workers shared his disdain.
Chrom: The Flying Man, he's just like that Navi fairy that follows Link around - no matter what you do to repel him, he just keeps coming right back, and he grows more and more annoying than ever.
"Flying Man, why must you be here?" asked Akira, more than ready to karate chop the bird into oblivion if it's required. "Our building of the house is coming along just fine!"
"I am here because I am your courage!" the Flying Man defiantly replied. Repeating that same phrase over and over again isn't doing him any favors. "In fact, I am all of your courage! Without me, you would be destined to fail!"
"Lies," Cloud muttered as he went back to work on the house, now working in the interior and making sure that everything was functioning. "Now why did you bring that large hammer over here?"
"This large hammer isn't your average large hammer! With this bad boy, I can spruce up any building project, whether it be a house, a corporate building, or even a trailer!"
"It's possible to build trailers?" Donkey Kong wondered, holding wood in his hands. He would drop the wood on his feet, hurting his poor toes. "Gah, my toes! Why must stuff like this only happen to me?"
"At least you can operate your hands without the use of bandages..." responded Akira, whose fingers were all bandaged after accidentally hitting nails on them while hammering away on the ceiling. He would delegate the role to his friend Jacky, but the race car driver is currently racing with Captain Falcon, who refuses to give up only when he has won against Jacky. So far, they're on the twentieth race, which means that Falcon has suffered from nineteen straight losses...and those losses may rack up for a long time unless he doesn't find his mojo.
"Are you sure you can wield that hammer?" Link asked the Flying Man, who picked up said hammer, albeit struggling to do so. "It looks heavier than you..." Link and the other workers were getting quite weary of the Flying Man, who was struggling to keep his balance while holding the hammer in his hands.
"No worries...dear lad..." the mythical bird assured while maintaining his balance. "Not only...am I...your courage...but I'm also...my courage...as well!" When he said the last bit, the Flying Man finally had a firm grasp on the hammer, and held it sideways.
"You are your own courage as well," Zero shook his head at the Flying Man, working inside the living room of the house. "Doesn't even make sense, but whatever works for you I suppose..."
Zero: X apparently ticked off Doc Louis by using "racial slurs" against him, and the Flying Man is interrupting us while we build the house. So I guess the both of us have our own issues...and they can't be solved by any means. You don't know what it's like to put up with Doc Louis' and the Flying Man's crap on a weekly basis - or a daily basis, even.
"Time to spruce things up!" the Flying Man ran inside the house, giant hammer in hand, and ousting Link, Zero, and Heihachi from inside. The mythical beast closed the door as a bunch of rumbling sounds, like plates crashing and stuff falling down, where heard behind the door. This lasted for close to five minutes.
"Sono damu tori wa wareware no keikaku o dainashi ni sa remasu!" frowned Heihachi after waiting. "Watashitachi wa koko ni tatte iru riyū wa, wareware wa soko kara furainguman o shutoku suru hitsuyō ga arimasu!" The kung fu fighter ran towards the house, but came to an immediate stop when the Flying Man exited through the front door, whistling he just got the job done.
"You boys can thank me later," the bird said to the workers, walking away. "Now if you excuse me, I must make this here hammer an ax, so that I may go on my tree-cutting excursion!" Those poor trees...Cloud and Link rushed inside the house to see the damage the Flying Man had done, and to their surprise...
...there was hardly any damage at all. Every facet of the home, from the living room, to the kitchen, to the bedroom and bathroom, looked livable and usable. Everything was in place and in order. However, there was only one concern...
"Well I must say, this place doesn't look so bad, we've really underestimated the Flying Man and his abilities," Chrom remarked as he went inside the house to take a sneak peak of how it looked...only to find a certain electric/ghost-type Pokemon in the living room. "Is that a Rotom, what is that doing here?!"
"Flying Man must have seen it, and might have been too afraid to harm it," Link assumed. "Despite how it somehow got inside, we gotta get rid of it!"
Tails guided Sonic outside to the bounce house, where the group just dying to get inside the inflatable fortress were still waiting while Wario and Rool were still bouncing inside. Will those two ever grow exhausted from bouncing around too much, or have their respiratory systems have already been neutralized due to their fattiness?
"Ah, Sonic, just the guy we needed to see!" Ness approached the hedgehog, hoping that this new plan will prove to be successful. "You have Amy Rose's phone number, amirite? Can you do me a solid and call her, I'll tell you what to do next."
"And you said it would be a quick second..." Sonic would give Tails a stink eye as he pulled out his cellphone from...does the guy even have pockets? Where does he keep his cell phone and his other belongings at? "Trying to get me to call Amy...I just can't believe you, Tails."
"Hey, it was Ness' idea, not mine," Tails defended himself, throwing his arms up in the air to deflect any blame Sonic placed on him.
Sonic: As it turns out, Amy wasn't afraid of Bowser or anything like that...instead she was painting her nails, a utter waste of time. Why do girls even paint their nails anyway, why can't they just be happy with what they got?! This is why I don't understand girls sometimes...
Sonic dialed Amy's phone number, and waited for his girlfriend to pick up while the phone call tone sounded. The hedgehog pledged to call Amy on an occassional basis - at least once or twice per month, just to keep her yandere tendencies at bay - but Ness is ruining the hedgehog's intentions.
"Hello Amy, are you there?" Sonic spoke into the phone once Amy answered the call, bracing himself for what may transpire next.
"EEEEEEEIEEIEEEEE!" Amy screeched in pure happiness. Sonic's phone wasn't on speakerphone, mind you, yet the group was able to hear the girly hedgehog's scream through the cellphone. "You called me for the second consecutive week! This must be a dream, this must be a dream..."
"Is she always like this?" Pit just had to ask Sonic this question; both the hedgehog and Tails nodded their heads at the same time, letting them know about how Amy Rose operates whenever Sonic's involved.
Pit: Thank goodness Viridi isn't a crazy wacko like Amy...granted she has her moments, but they're nothing out of the ordinary...
Viridi: *sneaking up on Pit* What are these "moments" that you speak of, Pitty?
Pit: *stammering* Oh, uh, um...moments like...you trying to kiss me! You know I'm too old to have cooties...
Viridi: *stares questionably at the camera*
"So Sonic, how have you been since the last time you called me? Has that ugly Bowser bullied you at all? Are the brawlers treating you nicely, and not antagonizing against you or anything? Let me know if you do, my Piko will teach them!"
"Everything at the mansion is just dandy, no need to feel concerned," assured Sonic. A good girlfriend never ceases to ask about the condition of their boyfriend when he is away; Sonic should be adjusted to that ASAP unless he wants Amy to break up with him...though he wouldn't mind that one bit. "Bowser hasn't bullied me, ever, he's actually pretty chill when you get to know him."
"Ask Amy to give her opinion on Wario's and Rool's looks," Ness whispered to Sonic. "Put your phone on speakerphone!" Sonic initiated speakerphone, and soon the fun began.
"Yeah, so I've been wanting to ask you this question Amy, and I wanna know what your answer is...what do you think of Wario and King K. Rool in terms of attractiveness?" Ness anticipated Wario and Rool to overhear this conversation, and just as the teenager expected, they did, as evidenced by their angry looks.
"Wario and Rool?" Amy scoffed, offended that Sonic would dare to ask such a question. "You mean the two ugliest clowns to have ever existed! I bet you Medusa herself would turn to stone if she ever took the slightest glance at their putrid faces!"
"What did she just say?!" Rool frowned as he made his way towards the bounce house exit, only to be stopped by Wario. "Watcha doin' man, you're gonna let that girl talk about us like that?"
"Aren't you seeing what those brats are trying to do?" questioned Wario. "They making us angry to the point where we leave this bounce house and express our anger! By having that bratty hedgehog disrupt our tempers, they're making us feel agitated and make us want to leave these premises!"
"Watch yer mouth buddy, Amy isn't no brat!" Sonic defending his woman. Sonic? Sticking up for his crazy obsessive girlfriend? This must be a once in a blue moon type of thing!
"Aw, how cute, the little blue hedgehog is defending his wee girlfriend...even cuter than those punks' silly attempts to get us outta here!" Wario laughed, and Rool laughed afterwards, as the two resumed their endless bouncing.
"Sonic are you still there?" Amy's voice emitted from the cellphone. "I heard Wario's voice, did he say anything mean to you?" Even when she's away, Sonic's safety and dignity is the utmost concern of the pink hedgehog.
Ness: Another great plan failed...honestly I'm getting tired of this crap. This will probably be our last straw, and if this final plan doesn't work, then so be it. Wario and Rool can just bounce in that bounce house for all I care, and they can just keep bouncing until they run out of oxygen and can breath anymore, enough to the point where they have to spend time in the fitness center until they're well again. But you know, that sure does sound like a blessing in disguise when you think about it...
Mario laid in a bed at the infirmary room of the fitness center, sleeping with his eyes closed, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Wii Fit Trainer, looking at him with a smile. If it was someone other than Mario in that bed, that person would have screamed their butt off at the first glance of a pale woman who looks like Kayako Sakei from The Grudge, giving them a huge smile. But since it's Mario, he's not affected in any way.
"Glad to see you're finally awake!" Wii Fit Trainer gleamed, as Mario got up and rubbed his head. One moment he was in the garden speaking with Peach and the ladies, and now here he is in the fitness center. Losing your consciousness can take you on quite a journey, don't it?
"How did-a I get here?" Mario analyzed his surroundings. "Where's-a Luigi, I must speak-a with him immediately about his-a nursery!" Dude's been awake for only a couple of seconds, and yet he insists on finding his brother, which may very well take a long time. Why not get some rest in?
"No, no, no, you must rest for a bit before you speak with Luigi about this nursery thing. A good rest always equals a good mindset! But before you rest, I have to ask you this question, that I would assume has been on everyone's mind...how do you feel about Aerith as your new roommate?"
Mario looked down at the floor, taking the time to answer this question. As stated in the previous episode, Master Hand wanted to have Aerith live at the Smash Mansion as a "miracle worker", and he decided to have the flower girl serve as Mario's roommate, since Luigi is moving to live with Daisy in the house adjacent to the mansion. Master Hand's decision has been weighing on Mario's mind, and this has been prevalent through the plumber's posture and mannerisms.
"I just...don't-a know how to feel about it," responded Mario. "Having some-a one like Aerith - a sweet girl, the most-a caring person in the world, and the girlfriend-a of Cloud - as a room-a mate sounds daunting for me...but I'll make-a the best of it."
"Don't know why you feel so bothered by this move - after all, Master Hand did say that Aerith is a miracle worker...perhaps she can work miracles for your relationship with Peach." Mario's eyes widened as Wii Fit Trainer pinched his cheek. "It's just the thought that counts..."
A very relieved Doc Louis was in the gaming room, playing disc hockey with Little Mac. The boxing trainer and his protege were playing against Shulk and Fiora, and prevailed in their victory.
"Another mighty win for the great Little Mac!" Little Mac celebrated by flexing his muscles, leaving his trainer to give him a stink eye. "...and his awesome trainer Doc Louis. Once the celebration commenced, X entered the gaming room and approached Doc Louis, feeling rather nervous. The boxing trainer looked at the robot conspicuously, wondering what X could possibly have to say.
"I just wanted to say...I'm sorry for using that racial slur against you earlier, it wasn't me," apologized X, sounding sincere as he knew how.
Little Mac: Whenever you're apologizing to Doc Louis for any wrong you committed against him, you'll get either the good Doc Louis...or the bad Doc Louis. The good Doc Louis will accept your apology with gratitude, and forgive and forget. The bad Doc Louis will decline your apology and will more than likely put you in a hospital, and even hold a grudge against you until you die.
"Apology accepted?" X held out his hand to Doc Louis, expecting the trainer to shake it. Will Doc accept X's apology, or will he send him to the emergency room? Or will he be like Cloud in episode sixteen, and leave the dude hanging forever?
"Yeah, I accept your apology, let bygones be bygones!" Doc Louis genuinely shook X's hand, putting an end to their beef. "Let's forget that this thing ever happened!"
"And to think it all started over this..." X held up the nickel he had found on the floor, which he had kept in his...does X even have pockets too?! Does he just store his stuff in an imaginary pocket that exists when he wants it to?
"Your whole beef started over a freaking nickel?" Fiora chuckled, struggling to see the logic behind the genesis of Doc's and X's situation. "Sounds silly if you ask me..."
"I do believe that Snake once mentioned of a nickel he dropped in the hallway one day, said that he keeps the nickel for 'unexplained purposes'," stated Little Mac. "Maybe the nickel in your hand belongs to Snake, you should show him and see if it's his."
"Good idea," nodded X. "I will make sure to show this nickel to Snake right away, because knowing him, he might have a bunch of other stuff lying about that belongs to him."
Doc Louis' eyes grew large with anger and contempt. When Fiora and Little Mac say the word nickel, Doc hears just fine, but when X says the word, it's perceived as a racial slur! Where is the sense in that?
"So not only did you just call me that racial slur again, you're also implying that Snake is a slave owner, huh?!" Doc Louis frowned. X backed away, wanting to keep his health and livelihood intact. "Boy I'm gonna strangle you!" Doc chased the robot - who screamed like a little girl when Doc ran towards him (kudos if you got the reference) - out of the gaming room, and would eventually chase him throughout the mansion.
"Is Doc Louis always like this?" Fiora asked her boyfriend Shulk, trying to figure out what Little Mac sees in that chocolate-loving, easy-to-anger jumpsuit man.
"Well, most of the time," replied Shulk. "But that's why we love and appreciate him!"
The workers at outside the newly finished house, wondering what to do with the stray Rotom hanging about in the living room. They would catch it with a Poke Ball, but it is unsure whether or not the Rotom belongs to anybody.
Donkey Kong: The goal is to get that Rotom outside, without having to harm it, and with having it harm us. That alone is a hard task in itself, since Rotom is one of the more predictable Pokemon out there (according to Red and his random Pokemon babbling) and we may not know what it's capable of.
Before any of the workers could enter the house and deal with the Rotom, X happened to run out of the mansion, screaming his robot pants off, as Doc Louis chased after him. The boxing trainer would chase X into the new house, closing the door behind him. The workers were disgruntled with Doc Louis and X, both roaming about in the home and likely knocking stuff over.
"Great, just what we need, more chaos," groaned Cloud, throwing his arms up in the air in premature defeat. "Could things possibly get any worse?"
"Hey-a you guys!" Luigi greeted the workers, who immediately stiffened up and faced the plumber. Luigi cannot be allowed to enter his new home by any means, at least for the time being. "I can-a see that you're finished, and I must-a say, the exterior of the house-a looks awesome! I have-a one recommendation to ask-a of you though...is there by-a chance you can build nursery?"
"You want a nursery?" Link raised an eyebrow. A nursery is a room where a married couple keeps their infant child...was Link hearing this right? "Well, um, we have an extra room in the house, in the event you wanted to use it for...whatever."
"Why that's-a lovely! Phew, for a minute there-a I thought I might have-a put you through all the trouble-a of making you guys go back-a to work! Now can I take a look-a see at my new home?"
This is what the workers feared the most. They all exchanged looks of concern with one another, worried about what they should do. Doc Louis and X are still in the house with Rotom, and their wild goose chase is still going on...
"Get back here, you racist twit!" Doc Louis chased X out of the house with Rotom in his hands. Luigi and the workers looked bewildered as the two ran off, and Luigi would look at the workers, frowning at them with his foot tapping the ground.
"You see, Luigi, we let Doc Louis and X have a sneak preview before they do...because they're really into house building and all that stuff!" explained Akira, hoping the plumber would buy his claim. "Yes, it's true, I've seen X binge watching that HGTV channel for twelve hours straight! And Doc Louis has been looking at house catalogs in his spare time! Two men with such vast knowledge of house building, renovation, and improvement deserve a sneak preview before the homeowners!"
"Hmm..." Luigi stroked his chin, as the workers stood on their toes, hoping that the plumber bought Akira's claim. "I'll take-a your word for it." The workers all shared a collective sigh of relief. Akira bailed his fellow workers out big time.
Akira: Got a little confession I wanna make...I actually binge watch HGTV and I also read house catalogs as well...What, my entire life can't be entirely about kung fu fighting, always gotta have room for more interests!
"Let's-a see what we got here..." Luigi stepped inside the house, with the workers hoping that everything was in order and that no mess was made. And as it turns out, nothing was knocked over or anything - there was remarkably hardly any damage done at all! "My oh-a my, you boys did a great-a job with this house! I'll make sure-a to pay you generously for your-a efforts!"
"It better not be some lousy mushrooms," Link grinned as he nudged Cloud. The ex-SOLDIER couldn't help but crack a slight smile - although he felt that Link's joke was pretty lame and terrible.
Ness' final plan of ousting Wario and Rool from the bounce house involved having Ashley create a potion so foul, it would drive the two men away. The young witch placed the potion near the bounce house, and the stench from it penetrated the inflatable fortress and reaching the noses of Wario and Rool. But still they insisted on bouncing inside the bounce house, despite the horrible stench.
"Nice try, but no good yet again!" Wario taunted the group and their valiant efforts to get him and Rool out. How long have those two been bouncing, isn't too much bouncing horrendous to their health? Guess it doesn't apply to them...
"Eh, what's the point, no matter what we do we keep failing time after time," sighed Lucas, admitting defeat. He slowly made his way back to his room, where he'll remain until dinner is ready.
"Lucas has a valid point, we've been waiting for an eternity, and nothing comes our way!" added Sonic, who recently joined the group for reasons unknown.
"Sonic we've been waiting for far longer than you have, you want to be in the bounce house just to mess with us when we're inside," stated Diddy Kong, who was eating a banana to keep his tummy full during the wait. In fact, this is the fifth banana he's eating; four banana peels were on the ground. Nobody is going to pick them up and discard them?
"And you just want to eat your bananas and junk, you have no room to talk buddy!"
"You can run, but you can't hide!" Doc Louis bellowed as he chased X towards the bounce house, Rotom in hand. X ran to the right to the group, hiding among them, and Doc Louis ran straight forward until he slipped on an conspicuously lying banana peel and ran face-first into the bounce house; fortunately he didn't rip it with his ginormous weight, for that would really be taxing on the rupees Toon Link spent.
Diddy Kong: I have a habit of leaving my banana peels about all over the place...sometimes I even eat the banana peels before they get rotten from exposure. Doesn't taste so bad, if you ask me...
As Doc Louis sat on the ground, recollecting himself, Rotom infiltrated the bounce house, confronting Wario and Rool. Both men were scared as they ceased their endless bouncing and hugged each other in fright.
"It's a ghost!" Rool panicked, shivering as the harmless Rotom smiled at him and Wario. Little do they know that Rotom is perhaps the most peaceful ghost-type Pokemon there is, unless you choose to anger it. "What do we do, man?!"
"Let's scram!" Wario suggested as he and Rool scampered out of the bounce house and ran back inside the mansion screaming.
"Wario and Rool are finally gone!" Villager cheered, and the rest of the group shared the young lad's euphoria, after spending their time basking in the sun, waiting for Wario and Rool to come around. "In the bounce house we go!" And so the group finally got the chance to bounce inside Toon Link's bounce house, as they all ran inside and bounced like there was no tomorrow, while Rotom moved about sharing their fun.
"Although my potion wasn't the factor that drove those two bums out, I'm still taking all of the credit," Ashley remarked as she grabbed her potion and walked away...only to be grabbed by X.
"Where do you think you're going?" the robot grinned, taking the potion and throwing it in a lake so its horrible smell won't be smelt again. The aquatic Pokemon living in the water, however, may be looking for a new habitat sometime soon... "You ready to have some fun?!" X ran inside the bounce house, bringing an apathetic Ashley along with him, and joined the others in their aimless bouncing. After all the robot has been through, he deserved this moment.
But when X ran to the bounce house, however, he dropped the nickel that caused him so many trouble on the ground, and Snake just so happened to walk by when he found the nickel lying on the ground. He picked it up, and inspected it.
"Ah, finally found that nickel Gray Fox gave me during that spy mission!" he exclaimed, putting it back in his pocket. "I'm never letting that thing out of my sight again..." The former spy walked off, whistling happily.
Luigi, after checking the inside of his house, went back inside the mansion and to the lounge, where Mario was adjusting a lamp light on a table.
"You're not...angry with me about the whole nursery thing, are you?" Luigi approached his twin brother to ask him this question. It has been weighing on his mind, and it must have been weighing on Mario's mind as well.
"There is-a nothing to be mad over," Mario replied after he finished adjusted the lamp light. "It is your-a choice, after all. If you want-a to have kids and-a whatnot...then so be it."
"At least-a you're not holding anything against-a me," Luigi smiled as he patted Mario on the shoulder and exited the lounge...and Mario smiled as well.