Author's Note:
Halloween is fastly approaching...and no, I still don't care about Halloween at all. Never did, never will. Also, Super Mario Odyssey is being released today, for those of you living under a rock. Now for the guest reviews...
"Can you add the characters from Shin Megami Tensei IV and Devil Survivor? The characters from Tales of Innocence? Camilla from the Castlevania games? (With her Circle of The Moon look) The Turks from Final Fantasy VII? Tifa reacting to her Death Battle? (Since that fight was a bit controversial) are Jin and Xiaoyu a couple? A scene where Hope and Vanille take Noctis's car for a joyride? (With Fang accidentally tagging along) And finally, what are your thoughts on BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle getting a port on the Switch?"
Sure. I dunno. Perhaps? Turks already appeared in chapter 5. Maybe. Most definitely. That could happen. Not that familiar with BlazBlue, but a BlazBlue port on the Switch sounds cool. Another anonymous guest review:
"Here is a challenge. Do a sitcom chapter."
Eh, I already consider this story to be a sitcom of sorts, so...challenge accepted? One last anonymous guest review:
"...I've noticed there haven't been a lot of bowser lately so can u make another story focused around him and sonic?"
*sigh* ...did three Sonic-Bowser chapters...doing a fourth one would be needless and unnecessary. So no. Moving on to the Masked Rocker:
"...have most of the smashers have a party get drunk wake up the following day trying to retrace their steps of their activities"
A hangover chapter, eh? I dunno. Derick Lindsey has a question regarding Odyssey:
"Just curious are you going to do anything Odyssey related for the game coming out next week?"
An Odyssey character will be debuting in this chapter, won't say who. Smashfan76 has several questions about Fawful...
"1. Will Fawful be the main villain like in Bowsers Inside Story or a henchman like in Superstar Saga?
2. Will Cackletta or Midbus be appearing in the series?
3. If Midbus appears could we see Mario and Luigi vs Fawful and Bowser vs Midbus
4. Could we see some of the assisting characters from Mario and Luigi appear such as Starlow, Stuffwell or Dreambert?
5. Could we see some of the younger versions of the residents like the baby characters from Mario or the classic characters from Sonic?"
1. I won't say...
2. Maybe?
3. Perhaps?
4. Possibly.
5. Sure, of course!
And last, but not least, Roydigs22:
"Lopunny gets sick. I think you can go from there. Also miitopia? And waiting on soma and mina from aos"
Still haven't decided on Miitopia yet...as for Lopunny being sick, and Soma and Mina, those will have to wait for now...
Episode 97: Scarecrow
It was that time of the year again...the time in which Master Hand started to question parents throughout America for allowing their children to - for one night only - to go around their neighborhood, asking strangers for candy. The time in which kids across America dressed up as Spider-Man, Buzz Lightyear, or Pennywise (if their parents were fine with it, that is), just for one night, and one night only.
This night took place on a day, a day Master Hand despised and loathed oh so much...the day known as Halloween.
Not a single person at the Smash Mansion was sure as to way Master Hand hated Halloween. Mario, who had a great relationship with Master Hand (well, at least compared to everyone else), did not know the giant hand's beef with Halloween, and did not care to delve that much into this disdain. He just knew that if Master Hand saw him dressed in a Halloween costume, he would instantly receive ire from the giant hand, being accused of acting "childish" for participating in something a majority of kids do. Master Hand found adults participating in Halloween to be extremely immature, and questioned adults who forced their children to do Halloween in the first place.
But Mario was living on his own now - since he no longer lived at the Smash Mansion, he didn't have to bow down to Master Hand, he could now care less how the giant hand felt. Since Mario was his own man now, he felt like dressing up in a Halloween costume...just for one year. That night the plumber, in his room, was looking through his closet, searching for the perfect Halloween costume.
Mario: It has-a been a week since Jakob was banned-a from the mansion, and he has been a complete-a afterthought in the minds-a of many. Jakob being evicted-a from the mansion has had-a such an effect, that everyone-a is more...happy now. Though it could be that-a beef stew Lady Palutena cooked, which everyone was-a raving about. About-a time that woman actually made-a something good, for once. After seeing the Halloween-a decorations already set-a up at the front-a of the mansion (much to Master Hand's-a chagrin, I'm sure), I've given some-a thought about dressing up-a for Halloween this year. No, I won't-a be going trick or-a treating, I'm just too-a old for that. Also don't want to give-a off any sexual offender vibes, either.
Mario reached into his closet, and pulled out his frog suit. The plumber hadn't worn the suit in such a long time; in fact, he had no idea he even had the suit with him! It was like he found a thousand dollar bill in a fountain when he pulled that frog suit out. Mario believed that the frog suit would be perfect for Halloween, but he needed some approval first, before making a decision.
So the plumber headed downstairs to the living room, where he would find Peach and Lara Croft. If either woman said no to the frog suit, then Mario would have no choice but to resume his search.
"Excuse-a me ladies, but do you think I should-a wear this frog suit for Halloween?" Mario would ask Peach and Lara, grabbing their attention. They looked at Mario, then at the frog suit, then back at Mario, who was smiling profusely, believing that doing so would make both ladies answer yes.
"Mario, aren't you a bit too..flabby, to even be dressing for Halloween?" asked Lara, her response indicating that she disapproved of Mario's costume, or Mario wearing a costume at all. "No offense, but I don't think that frog suit would look good on you..."
"I shed-a five pounds just-a for Halloween, so I think I'm-a slim enough to rock any costume." Wow, Mario, five freaking pounds...that must be a rousing accomplishment. Something worthy enough to be posted on social media. Five pounds ain't nothing worth mentioning. "Less is-a more, as they always-a say!" Yeah...doesn't even apply here in this situation. "Peach, what do you think?"
"I think you should shed a bit more pounds, that belly of yours doesn't look that great on you," replied Peach, as Mario looked down at his stomach; he didn't believe his belly was that big, unless Peach was just teasing with him. Or maybe the plumber was just in denial. Wouldn't hurt to feel self-conscious about your body. "Also, when was the last time you even wore that frog suit?"
"Last-a time I wore this suit was-a when...uh...um..." In all truthfulness, Mario couldn't remember at all the last time he wore the suit. He did remember swimming through water currents, but other than...the details were quite murky. "...well, it will be a blast-a from the past, and everyone loves blast from-a the pasts! Ain't that right, Lara?"
"I'm...not...obligated to answer that question, Mario," replied the tomb raider. There were a lot of things in Lara's past (her recent past) that she wished to keep out of her head for good.
The doorbell rang, meaning that someone was at the door. Who would be at Mario's home, at this time of night? Too early to be going trick-or-treating, unless the Koopalings were "practicing" for October 31st. Mario would answer the front door, and was genuinely surprised to see a white top hat creature, with large eyes, blue wisps of hair, and legs underneath.
"Greetings, Mario - we have met before, haven't we?" the hat creature asked Mario. Would be weird if you were walking by Mario's house, and you saw a floating hat speaking with someone at the front door. "Or have we not? That's not the point of the matter...the point is, I have a major dilemma on my hands! My sister, Tiara, has been KIDNAPPED!"
Tails: Sonic still refuses to give me back Suzie...it's because I've "yet to learn my lesson" from three weeks ago. Not exactly sure what this "lesson" was, but I've planned to return the favor to Sonic, in some manner. Since Sonic wants to keep my pet away from me, I'll just keep his pet away from HIM! Honestly, he hasn't spent much time with Shaymin recently, so it won't matter how he feels about his pet in my possession.
Sonic sat in the foyer, petting Tails' pet Vulpix Suzie. The fox Pokemon still didn't appreciate Sonic caring for her, and wished to be back in the loving arms of Tails, who was forbidden to even come within walking distance of her. To say the Sonic-Tails "feud" was becoming petty would be an understatement, especially with the pets getting involved in the scheme of things.
"Suzie, why are you shaking, are you suffering from the chills?" Sonic asked the Pokemon, who was now shivering in the hedgehog's arms. "Boy let me tell ya, having the chills was the absolute worst! Got it from this malaria disease I had - not only had the chills, but also had a fever, diarrhea, convulsions, and abdominal pain, not to mention constant sweating! It was like I had almost every known symptom to man! That's why you should always stay weary of mosquitoes, Suzie - they're like cockroaches, but with wings and long stingers. Thanks to the hospital I went to, I was instantly cured of my malaria, though I'm not sure how...maybe I'm simply too great to ever die."
"Hey Sonic, what do you think of my Halloween costume?" Diddy Kong would approach Sonic, wearing a yellow cap on his head backwards, and also carrying a roll of newspaper in his hand. Oddly enough, the spidermonkey was also wearing pants! Sonic didn't know what to think of Diddy's costume, as evidenced by the inquisitive look on his face. "What, you don't get my costume? I'm the Paperboy! You know, that arcade game from the eighties? I deliver them papes, yo! Please tell me you know where that quote comes from..."
"Ah...ah...ACHOO!" Suzie suddenly sneezed, her icy breath shooting out at Diddy Kong and freezing the poor spidermonkey. Diddy just stood there in place, now stuck inside a giant ice cube, with little to no movement. It was like he was suspended in time, but only temporarily rather than cyronically.
"Oh snap Suzie, you might be getting a cold!" exclaimed Sonic, not at all concerned about Diddy's well-being. "We should definitely take you to Leia, she probably has some Pokemon antidotes and whatnot that can heal you. Red probably has some antidotes, too. Cilan...eh, don't trust the guy. Has the look of a bona fide serial killer, gotta keep my distance from him!"
So Sonic would get up and leave, heading to the fitness center and leaving behind a frozen Diddy Kong in the foyer. Shortly after Sonic left, Donkey Kong would show up in the foyer, and was stunned to see his nephew Diddy, frozen in ice.
"D-Diddy, what happened to you, how did you end up like this?!" the gorilla asked his nephew, who couldn't even speak because of his obvious condition. Donkey Kong was too alarmed and afraid to realize that. "Who of all people would have the audacity to freeze you like this?...No, no, don't say a word, it will only make things worse...just stay where you are, for I shall help you! I'll find something to pry you out of the ice!"
Now a monkey on a mission, Donkey Kong ran off, to places unknown. Moments after DK left, Samus would arrive in the foyer, seeing Diddy Kong frozen in ice.
"Well this is definitely something you don't see everyday..." remarked the bounty hunter, stroking her chin as she observed the frozen Diddy. "...not that often Diddy chooses to wear a cap backwards. Could be a fashion statement, could be something else..."
With Halloween fastly approaching, Cilan decided to jump the gun and bake some Halloween cookies for everyone to enjoy. Even though the planned Halloween party was cancelled tonight by Master Hand (and for obvious reasons, also Master Hand believed having a Halloween party days before Halloween was weird), that didn't stop Cilan from baking his cookies, and giving out said cookies to residents such as Kiria, who was eating them in the lounge. Standing at the doorway to the lounge was Snake, still keeping her distance from Kiria.
Snake: Kiria has been acting differently ever since she made out with me during that "fire drill"...usually she would be constantly looking for me, falling over her heels, but now? She just treats me like a normal person, like I'm just a regular guy who no longer deserves of being renowned as the "hottest old man" on the face of this earth.
Cilan: *approaching Snake* Hey Snake, have you tried out my Halloween cookies? *holds up a plate of cookies to Snake* They're a huge hit with the residents, everyone loves them! Even Popo, who barked death threats at me and cursed me out as well while Nana held him back! Did it out of love and reverence, I'm sure!
Snake: Screw you and your stupid cookies! *kicks Cilan in the face, making him fall to the floor and drop his cookies all over the floor* ...sorry about that, the dude was really violating my personal space. Obviously nobody taught him about staying in your lane. *peeks inside the lounge* Kiria is looking more tranquil by the second...time to make my move...
With an aching Cilan on the floor, grieving over his now contaminated Halloween cookies - if Master Hand was here, he'd be laughing in Cilan's face - Snake sneaked his way inside the lounge, slithering like an actual Snake as he advanced towards Kiria. Snake would eventually creep his way unto the sofa Kiria was sitting on, and took a seat next to the idol singer, stealthily wrapping his arm around Kiria...
"What on earth are you even doing?" Kiria immediately stopped eating her cookies and looked at Snake, with a frown on her face. If this was the Kiria from episodes 82 to 94, she would commend Snake for finally coming around, and give the former spy a big smooch on his cheek, thereby initiating a very intense making out session to signify the beginning of a Kiria-Snake love affair. But the idol singer, seemingly a changed woman, felt bothered and offended that Snake was next to her, let alone being in contact with her.
"I was wondering if you could feed me some of those cookies of yours," answered Snake, testing to see if Kiria was still lovestruck with him or not. "I can only use my left arm, but not my right arm, and I always use my right arm, which has my right hand, to eat food. Eating with my left hand a major struggle. Also, Cilan wanted to be an ageist and restrict me from having any Halloween cookies, because of my..."
"Get away from, you old perverted creep!" Kiria would smack Snake hard, sending the former spy to the floor with his face turning red from the pain. "I know what you were trying to do, you were trying to flirt with me, but in the worse way possible! Why can't you just go back to obsessing over Meryl? Not like she ever cared to love you anyway!"
"Meryl is but a very confused and troubled woman...I mean, she married Johnny Sasaki. So that could mean Meryl is suffering from an unknown mental illness."
Disgusted, Kiria stormed out of the lounge, making sure to bring her cookies with her. Snake steadily rose up to his feet, rubbing his face as he watched Kiria make her exit. The idol singer was no longer infatuated with Snake...but when did the infatuation end? Couldn't hurt for Snake to know.
So the former spy went to a person responsible for Kiria falling in love with him...the intimidating young witch named Ashley. The witch was in her room, making potions while her roommate Wario counted his Benjamins, when Snake kicked the door open, grabbing the attention of Ashley and Wario.
"Snake why'd you kick our door like that, you're interrupting me from counting my money!" frowned Wario, before holding his wads of cash close to him, protecting his money like it was his one true love. Actually, the money was his one true love. "You're not here to steal my money, are you? Why can't you just steal Jacky's cash instead, he's still making dough from his car dealership job!"
"Like I would ever take your money...after all the times you've used your dollar bills to blow your nose, wipe your butt, and other disgusting things," said Snake, making his way over to Ashley. Wario apparently believed using dollar bills as tissue and toilet paper wasn't that big of a deal - just as long as you weren't willing to spend it. "Ashley, we need to talk..." Snake said to the young witch.
"I'm right here, so if there's anything you need to get off your chest, then just say it or I'll have Red kick you out," responded Ashley. Now that's no way to speak to your elders, even if one of those elders was in his mid-forties!
"Kiria has been acting differently when I'm around...she's no longer infatuated with me, or obsessive over me, or constantly talking about how handsome I am. When I wrapped my arm around Kiria in the lounge, she slapped me in the face and stormed out. She has been acting cold ever since she made out with me three weeks ago..."
"...and because she made out with you, the effects of the love potion have gone away, returning Kiria back to normal." Snake looked stunned after hearing this information; he just stood there with his mouth agape.
Ashley: The effects of a love potion don't last until the person who drank the potion kisses the person who gave said potion to them. If the love between both persons is mutual, then the effects aren't as diminished, and are replaced by genuine feelings and emotions, such as was the case of Link and Zelda. If a person loves the person who drinks the potion, then the effects will remain forever, after the kiss takes place. Now as for Snake and Kiria, Snake obviously didn't love Kiria one bit, and Kiria would never in her life love Snake, so after the two made out, Kiria returned to her normal self. Would I use the love potions to rekindle Meryl and Snake? With Meryl's martial status, there would be a whole bunch of icky stuff transpiring if I interfered...
"Wait...so what you're telling me is...if I had kissed Kiria earlier...THEN SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INFATUATED WITH ME THIS WHOLE TIME?!" questioned Snake, wondering why didn't kiss Kiria sooner. At the same time, he also knew deep down why he didn't kiss Kiria sooner.
"Yuck, you wanted to kiss Kiria, a woman who's probably half your age?" grimaced Wario, still counting his Benjamins. He was already using one of his hundred dollar bills to massage his butt, despite his massaing chair located near the end of his bed. Was probably too lazy to even use it anymore. "What a romantic failure you are!"
"You won't be seeing me hitting on chicks in high school, that's for sure..." After firing this verbal missile at Wario, who couldn't even say a word, Snake would leave the room, glad that his "relationship" with Kiria was finally over. He could have ended his troubles with Kiria earlier just by kissing her, but Snake couldn't bring himself to kiss any woman not named Meryl Silverburgh. It made the former spy sick to his stomach, just thinking about Johnny Sasaki kissing Meryl.
Snake, who wasn't expected to be spooked four days before Halloween, would be spooked anyways, when a giant hand tapped him on the shoulder as he walked down the hallway. Snake screamed at the top of his lungs as he turned around, spotting none other than Master Hand.
"My goodness man, you didn't have to scream like that - it sounded like you just got shot!" Master Hand scolded Snake, who knew the feeling of being shot, recollecting the battles he had with dudes like Revolver Ocelot - he greatest gun twirler to have ever lived. "Anyways, I need you to do me a little favor...I've signed you up to enlist in a mission, against your will, and you'll be traveling with another brawler or two to complete said mission..."
"Please don't tell me it's some mission that involves the eradication of Halloween..." grumbled Snake, scratching the facial hair near his chin. "FOXHOUND once sent me on a mission to end Halloween once and for all, and it ended with me stuck at some stupid voodoo place in New Orleans, having to deal with some so-called 'witchdoctor'...I'd rather not get into details, most of it isn't safe for work."
"Your mission - whether you choose to accept it or not - doesn't have to do with voodoo and witchdoctors...but it has much to do with Halloween, a day that I GREATLY DISLIKE oh so much. I want something to put outside the mansion, something so downright scary it will deter the brainwashed trick-or-treating kids away from the establishment. This decoration has to make the kids so darn afraid, they'll never even think about heading to the mansion for Halloween ever AGAIN!"
"Sounds like something up my alley. I could do this mansion, provided I have semi-competent accomplices...so who else will be participating in this mission? Is it someone who has superb stealth skills like myself?"
"There you are, Master Hand...my apologies for being away for so long. Toon Link and Young Link kept holding me up, doing their cheeky search warrant on me...sadly those two don't understand the difference between eyeball candy and actual eyeballs. How pitiful..."
Snake's face suddenly sank when Bayonetta appeared from behind Master Hand, carry a handful of eyeball candy. The Umbra Witch pulled off the wrapper of one of the candies, and popped the ball of chocolate into her mouth, smiling at Snake who was hoping Bayonetta was present just because.
Master Hand: What Halloween decoration am I exactly looking for, to place in front of the mansion? Preferably a scarecrow, one that looks like Freddy Krueger from The Nightmare on Elm Street. With Seattle being a hip, west coast city, and not having that much farmland, I'm sure there will be a suitable enough scarecrow somewhere in the South to steal...or should I say, borrow, and place in front of the mansion to scare those little kids away on Halloween. The kids will look at that scarecrow and be afraid, and then, and only then, will they realize that Halloween is an idiotic waste of time, and that keeping it around is the greatest mistake in the history of man.
"Snake, I would like for you to meet one of the individuals you'll be embarking on your mission, Bayonetta," said Master Hand, even though the former spy already met with Bayonetta a long time ago. "Now I know you two have quite a history with one another, which is why you'll be working together."
"Master Hand, why do you hate me so much, why would you pair me up with this...with this...broad?" questioned Snake, as Bayonetta shot a glare at the former spy. She was bound to make him pay for that comment. "Of all the people in this mansion, and you choose her!"
"Well it's not like you had any choice in the matter, Snakey Poo..." frowned Bayonetta, addressing Snake with a pet name he hated more than his father Big Boss. "Do you get to choose what biological mother or father you have? Do you get to choose the color of your skin, or your nationality? Do you get to choose the country that you're born in?"
"Good grief woman, you didn't have to get all preachy with me...bad enough that you pick on me day in and day out. Anyone else that I'm supposed to work with in this mission? It's too bad I can't throw in the towel and..."
"Master Hand...Snake...Bayonetta...we're here!" announced a certain angel, standing with his pink puffball friend. Snake rolled his eyes in bitter disgust and turned around, seeing Pit and Kirby behind him, with Pit saluting like a dedicated soldier. "Pit and the Kirbster are ready for duty!"
"Oh you have got to be killing me..." Snake was forced by Master Hand to go on a mission with Bayonetta, Pit, AND Kirby...a part of him wished that he was on a mission with Revolver Ocelot, Liquid Snake, and even Johnny Sasaki instead. "You just adore punishing me, don't you Master Hand?"
"Hmm, now that I think of it...next week marks the one-year anniversary of that time Bayonetta, Pit, and Kirby all teamed up to break you out of Dr. Wily's prison, on that Hawaiian island. So it makes perfect sense for you four to team up and work together, at this point in time!"
Snake thought otherwise, heaving a heavy sigh. It was going to be an awfully long night for the former FOXHOUND agent...
Mario was in the mansion, and with him was his new buddy, the talking top hat known as Cappy. Cappy's sister, Tiara, was missing, and Mario believed that Tiara might be in the mansion somewhere, possibly discovered by one of the residents. Mario and Cappy traversed through the mansion, on the search for Tiara.
"I do remember that fiendish koopa Bowser kidnapping Tiara once, so maybe he has my sister with him," said Cappy, while he and Mario kept their eyes peeled. Tiara was just a tiara, but with eyes, so finding her wouldn't be that hard. "But I must ask - how is it that Bowser lives at this mansion, and you're living on your own?"
"It's because-a I'm married to Princess-a Peach and he's not," answered Mario, as Cappy gave the plumber a very quizzical look. Evidently the talking hat wasn't caught up to speed quite yet. "...we got married in-a June." This fact wasn't enough to quell Cappy's bewilderment.
"Did you have to travel across the globe in order to marry Peach? Were you able to stop Bowser in time before he could marry your woman?" Now Mario was the bewildered one, believing Cappy had some kind of dream. Or maybe Mario was missing out on a grand adventure of epic proportions.
"Nope, none-a of that...just married Peach at the base-a ball stadium in Seattle, and that was-a that." Mario didn't think Cappy would be able to handle the extra detail about the hotel explosion, which as you learned in the previous episode, was planned by Jakob.
Mario and Cappy would stop in their tracks when they saw Red the Pokemon Trainer and Cloud enter a room, holding boxes of stuff. Mario nor Cappy knew what were in the boxes, or what Red and Cloud were up to.
Red: With Master Hand cancelling tonight's Halloween party, many of us residents are going rogue and having a Halloween party of our own in the gaming room, just to defy Master Hand himself. Cilan has the food, so we just gotta get the decorations in and set everything up. Cilan also tasked Isabelle to keep Master Hand at bay, keep him inside his room so he wouldn't be tempted to leave. Fairly sure Master Hand wouldn't mind another massage, from his favorite canine!
Cloud: Not really that interested in the rogue Halloween party...I'm only helping out because Aerith will be there. And I'm sure that if I don't prepare things for the party, then Aerith will chastise me to no end. Gotta beat Aerith to the punch, if you know what I mean...
"Look Mario, people are entering that room!" observed Cappy, as he and Mario watched Hisui and Kohaku enter the gaming room. "What if Tiara is in there? We should go undercover, and look for Tiara's whereabouts!"
"Exactly how are-a we going to do-a that, without-a being caught?" asked Mario, leading Cappy to shake his head at the plumber. He thought Mario knew the answer, but apparently he didn't... "Am I missing some-a thing here?"
"Give me your red hat and I'll show you what I mean by going undercover..." Mario, having trust in Cappy, would do as he was told and gave the talking hat his iconic hat. Cappy, with the red hat in his possession...
...suddenly transformed into Mario's hat, and was now one with the hat. Cappy then landed on Mario's head, acting like nothing cool just went down.
"What you just witnessed was step one of my capabilities!" explained Cappy, wishing Mario had known this earlier. "For step two, you must hurl me - your hat - at someone, and take control of them! It's like spirit possession, but infinitely more times cooler in my opinion."
"So I can-a throw you at pretty much-a anyone...sounds legit," remarked Mario, as he saw Crash, Coco, and Aku about to enter the gaming room. Crash and Aku were left with no other choice but to wait on Coco, who was checking herself in front of a pocket mirror while adorned in some cowgirl getup. Costumes were required to be at the party...apparently Cloud nor Red got the memo.
With Crash and Aku momentarily distracted, Mario decided to use Cappy's capture ability on Crash, since he wasn't down with being inside Aku's body...if you consider Aku even having a body at all! Taking Cappy off his head, and twirling him on his finger, Mario would throw the hat at Crash, taking possession of his body in a snap.
Once Mario took control of Crash, his mustache was on the bandicoot, and Cappy was on top of the bandicoot's head. Crash's eyes also turned blue - the same color as Mario's eyes. Mario was now in full possession of Crash, and Coco and Aku were not aware of this fact.
"Woah, Crash, you're going to the Halloween party dressed up as Mario?" Coco would ask "Crash", after she was done with her mirror. "Granted you could also use a some blue overalls and brown shoes...but that red Mario had and mustache should be convincing enough for you to be granted access. Glad you finally listened to me about finding a costume!"
"Crash must've found that Mario getup at the last minute - one moment, I was looking away, ogling Samus, and the next, Crash is dressed up as Mario!" exclaimed Aku. Aku, ogling Samus? Very freaky... "I keep telling you Coco, Crash is capable of doing amazing things, even when you're not noticing!"
"I knew that already Aku, and for good reason...I AM Crash's sister, after all. So how about the three of us head inside and enjoy this party!"
So Coco, Aku, and "Crash", a.k.a. Mario, entered the gaming room, and saw that the party had yet to begin. Preparations were still being made, the decorations were still being set up. K.K. Slider was at his turntable desk, with several Halloween tunes at his disposal. If "Monster Mash" wasn't played at the party, then it would be a complete, utter shame. Same goes for the Ghostbusters theme song.
K.K. Slider: Again, nobody was fond of having a Halloween party on a day other than Friday or Saturday, so we opted to have a Halloween party in the gaming room, despite Master Hand cancelling it. However, as Master Hand cancelled the party, he forgot one important detail...usually when Master Hand cancels parties and whatnot, he is essentially restricting Peach from holding a party, since she's the designated "party planner"...but with Peach having moved out of the mansion, there is no "party planner" in place, literally anyone can hold a party, regardless of what Master Hand says! With that in mind, one hippie guitar-playing dog had to rise up to the occasion...
"Crash and Coco Bandicoot, what up - really digging those costumes!" K.K. Slider gave a shout out to the bandicoots, ignoring Aku probably because he wasn't wearing anything. Wearing a tie was the least the floating mask could do. "Sorry this party hasn't started yet, but once Cloud and Red finish setting things up, then we'll begin."
"Aw, you don't have to apologize K.K., we can wait until the party begins," said Coco, as Cloud and Red were setting up jack-o-lanterns and tombstones and other spooky stuff around the gaming room. "Am I right, you guys?" Coco asked Aku and Mario; Aku would answer yes, while Mario, unsure if he should speak or not, just nodded his head, to be on the safe side.
"Yo, Crash, can you help us prop this tombstone up?" Red called out to Mario, as he and Cloud were holding up a large tombstone, struggling slightly. "Thought Cloud was strong enough to do just about anything, like setting up large objects...but I guess not." Cloud couldn't care less what Red thought - he knew he was stronger than the Pokemon trainer anyways - so giving him a glare wasn't necessary...
"Crash, please help us out before I have to sucker punch Red in the face, for his baseless comment," said Cloud, and so Mario came over to lend a helping hand to Red and Cloud. The three men would prop the tombstone up, the base now flat on the floor. "Thanks a bunch Crash, Red and I got it from here. Once we get the lights set up, then the party will begin...and I can finally go back to playing with Cloud Jr. Unless Aerith shows up and keeps me around."
"The party will be oodles of fun, I'm sure!" exclaimed Cappy, suddenly gasping once he realized he made a very damning mistake. Mario, not knowing what to do, just looked around, akin to what Cloud and Red were doing right now.
"Red did you hear that, that random voice?" By no means Cloud was scared; the swordsman was too apathetic to even be scared anyways. A gnarly ghoul could literally appear from the floor and spook Cloud, and the swordsman would just shrug it off and walk away, moving on with life.
"Sure hope there isn't a ghost around...having a ghost at a Halloween party would downright suck!" replied a frightened Red, shivering with his legs quivering. "Does this mean we have to bring Luigi over and suck up some ghosts?"
"Nah, it would be a waste of Luigi's time. Pretty sure he retired as a ghostbuster years ago. We should just let things play out and see if there's really a ghost lurking around. For a moment there, I thought you would suggest something stupid like..."
"...bringing a ghost-type Pokemon to hunt down the ghost? Yeah, that was the second suggestion I had in mind, but I didn't say it because I knew you would call me out for it. So I knew that you were going to know that I had that idea in mind, which in turn makes me a psychic telepath! Or a foreseer. But either way, I got made psychic powers! And you're just jealous..." If Cloud having a blank stare on his face counted as being jealous, then him having a stank eye would be the highest pinnacle of jealousy.
Red: Hmph, Mewtwo ain't got crap on me...psychic Pokemon my behind...only reason he sulks is because he wishes he could even have HALF of the psychic powers that I possess...You were about to call me out for being an idiot, weren't you? Ha, I knew you were going to say it right before this interview was conducted! Psychic abilities, for the win!
"Let's just set up the lights, so I can leave before Aerith shows up and keeps me hostage," said Cloud, as he and Red resumed their duties. Cappy would make his eyes visible on Mario's cap, looking down at Mario.
"Whoops, shouldn't have made that remark...almost blew our cover opening my mouth!" said the talking hat, letting out a sigh of relief. "Speaking of which, I forgot to mention one important thing: when you take control of a person's body, you also get full control of their voice! How cool is that? Try saying something, right now!"
"Woah!" uttered Mario, speaking with Crash's voice. Crash had a very limited vocabulary, and Mario didn't feel like speaking in gibberish.
"Limited vocabulary, eh? You can always work around that. With my capturing ability, you can also possess inanimate objects, and you can't speak at all...something you just have to get used to. So how about we check those boxes other there? Tiara might be in one of them, considering she isn't stuck with Bowser..."
Last year, Link was at the Halloween party unnerving the residents with his Dark Night Joker costume and persona, quoting the late actor Heath Ledger as he walked around with a knife and spreading "words of wisdom" to the others. But this year, the poor Hylian couldn't attend, for his head injuries, while progressively getting better, barred him from going to the party. He was very sensitive to lights, and there would be plenty of lights at the Halloween party.
Nobody felt more bad for Link than the Hylian's girlfriend Zelda, who stopped by the Hylian's room to check on her boyfriend. The princess of Hyrule was donning the same Harley Quinn outfit from last year's party, and no, it wasn't anything of Suicide Squad fare. Zelda just couldn't envision herself wearing skimpy clothing.
"I'll try and bring you some food from the Halloween party if I can," Zelda said to Link; said food could possibly come in the form of Halloween candy and perhaps Cilan's Halloween cookies. "If I can, then I'll just have Midna sneak something out for you. Considering she'll come around. Can I get you something to drink before I head to the Halloween party?"
"No thanks, Ike already gave me a bottle of Gatorade to drink," answered Link, grimacing as he stated this. "...a half-drunken bottle of Gatorade, that is. Don't like drinking behind others, but I had to accept the offer...my taste buds wouldn't handle drinking water anymore."
"Water has no taste, you silly...also, it isn't wise to drink Gatorade if you aren't sweaty or exhausted. It would be a complete waste. You're essentially rehydrating yourself, despite being fully hydrated thanks to the water you've been drinking. Did Ike look sweaty and exhausted when he offered you the Gatorade?"
"He looked pretty normal to me, looked like he just walked out of a shower, feeling and looking fresh and clean." So Ike was drinking Gatorade for the sake of drinking it, just for leisure...dude was doing it so, so wrong.
"Well, I don't see the bottle anywhere, so I'm assuming you drank all of the Gatorade...I'll be off to the Halloween party. Gonna feel weird not having Mario and Peach around, though I'm sure those two are having their own Halloween party. Same goes for Luigi and Daisy. I'll see you later, Link!"
Zelda would leave Link's room, leaving the hero of Hyrule alone by himself, yet again. The only time Link enjoyed the comforts of company was when his best friend Cloud was there, but the ex-SOLDIER was either doing solids for Aerith, or doing something else. Cloud Jr. wasn't enough to fill his pet owner's void.
Zelda: Leia and Dr. Mario ran a diagnosis on both Link and the Flying Man earlier in the week; both men are getting better, with Link expected to have his head problems dissipate in a week. The Flying Man, however, might have to wait a bit longer until he's fully healthy again. I imagined a mythical beast like him would be invulnerable to injuries of any sort, but I guess not...would I ever call the Flying Man a phony? Good heavens, no...I mean, Wario, Knuckles, and even the Koopalings are already ahead of me in that regard. Name-calling just isn't my thing!
While Link wasn't thirsty, he sure needed to go to the bathroom, and fast! That Gatorade from Ike really gave the Hylian's bladder all it could handle. Thankfully there was a bathroom near Link's room, and so Link would get up from his bed and exit his room, walking to the bathroom. His aching head was enough to make the Hylian walk slow, taking precious steps...slow and steady always wins the race, even if there's no competitors in plain sight.
Having finished taking care of his business, a now relieved Link would exit the bathroom, and head back to his bedroom. On his way back, he would stop in place, when he saw Tails, seated on the floor, taking care of Sonic's pet Shaymin.
"Um...why are you sitting on the floor taking care of Shaymin, isn't Shaymin Sonic's pet?" Link would ask Tails, looking for answers.
"Um...why are you outside of your room, shouldn't you be in bed resting?" Tails would ask Link, looking for answers (or maybe countering Link's question).
"No, before I answer my question, you must answer my question FIRST! Why are you caring for Shaymin, isn't that Sonic's job?"
"It WAS supposed to be Sonic's job, but he thinks that him taking care of my pet Suzie will reaffirm our friendship. Boy, did he thought wrong...to this day, he refuses to give Suzie back unless I 'change my ways'. So, just to return the favor, I'll be taking care of Shaymin, just to see how he likes it!"
"Like I've told many others...I literally have no choice in the matter, I'm seemingly being forced to be a part of this mess," stated Shaymin, who honestly didn't mind Tails taking care of her. Sure beats being stuck in a cage most of her days.
"Wow, this whole feud between you is still going on?" Link truly felt bad for both persons involved. "Glad Cloud and I aren't caught up in some silly squabble...I'm surprised Cloud has even tolerated me for so long! Maybe he doesn't tolerate me, and he just hasn't voice his feelings yet. Not really a very relatable person. But he's an entirely different beast from Sonic, that much I know. I hope you and Sonic can work things out in the future and be back on one page."
Link would make his way back to his room, leaving Tails behind with Shaymin. The yellow fox would feed the gratitude some Pokemon food, as a small kid descended from the ceiling, hanging from a rope. This kid had brown hair and elf ears, and was wearing a red suit and yellow boots.
And he had his eyes set on Tails and Shaymin...but mostly Tails.
Layton and Luke were with Fox, Falco, and Itsuki in the Star Records room, looking at Fox's laptop. The three heads of Star Records never saw how much Jakob spent on the propane tanks, and so they went under the Star Records' bank account to see how much money they lost because of the disgraced butler...
"Five hundred dollars for ONE propane tank?!" exclaimed Falco, looking at the purchase history in utter disbelief. "Five hundred dollars?! That's chocolate truffle money right there, man! Candy corn money too!"
"Why would you spend five hundred dollars on candy corn, wouldn't too much candy corn be too much?" asked Fox; the Halloween party could really use some candy corn, perhaps the finest staple of Halloween candy.
"Does candy corn give you high blood pressure? Does it have high sodium? Can it make you obese like King K. Rool? Could eating too much candy corn give you spleen cancer, or any form of cancer?" Fox, now fully understanding Falco's point, nodded his head, unsure if spleen cancer was a real thing or not...
Fox: With Jakob having been full-frontally exposed in front of everyone, and out of the mansion and out of our lives for good, Layton and Luke are still on the case, trying to find out the intent behind that hotel attack, and how Team Flare, Fawful, and even Raiden play into things.
Falco: Layton spoke with a former Team Flare member, Malva, on Tuesday, and Malva detailed how she was led to the club by Team Flare and how she was coaxed into dancing with Captain Falcon. She then claimed that Jakob forced her to tell Nowi what she did, but she was all like "No way Jose" and pulled a Bye Felicia on the man, leaving him in the dust!
Fox: Did Malva verbally tell Jakob "bye Felicia"? And if she did, did Jakob go on a long search for Felicia, having his entire existence in complete jeopardy along the way?
Falco: Why would Jakob even bother looking for Felicia, when she's already living at... *pauses, then smiles* ...ahh, I see what you did there.
"So what's next on the agenda, Mr. Layton, what's the next step in your investigation?" Itsuki asked the British detective, who flashed a quick smile. Layton always knew what steps were ahead of him, what steps he should take.
"Well, I already spoke with Malva, and she gave me her side of the story...so we have nothing left to do but snoop around for Team Flare," answered Layton, fixing the top hat on his head. "There hasn't been much Team Flare activity within the city - no suspicious things taking place, no Team Flare grunts to be found. Haven't seen Fawful since that Team Flare meeting a few weeks back. Though I expect something big is brewing, and we just don't know it..."
"Hey Professor Layton, wasn't Sephiroth supposed to return to the mansion for...you know?" asked Luke, as Fox, Falco, and Itsuki leaned in closer to hear why Sephiroth would even come back. The three heard the news about Sephiroth being released, but neither of them wanted the one-winged angel to return, for obvious reasons.
But their wants would dissipate, when a wicked black-and-white thunderbolt struck the Star Records room, crashing through the room as a silver-haired fellow made his appearing, with his long sword. Everyone in the room felt intimidated, almost in awe...
"Aw man, don't tell me the roof got damaged again, I just repaired that stupid thing last week!" Mr. Game and Watch could be heard from outside the room, likely sweeping the floor when the thunderbolt rained down. The only person capable of making his grand entrance via a thunderbolt was a one-winged angel, a main adversary of Cloud...
...Sephiroth. But the one-winged angel wasn't alone, for he had brought someone with him.. He rose up to his feet, his back turned to Layton and company, before turning around slowly (probably doing it on purpose just for the dramatics) and showing the others the guest he brought with him.
"Is this who you wanted?" Sephiroth asked Layton and Luke, holding up a famous Magikoopa by the name of Kamek - the same Kamek who was there when the hotel attack was organized. Layton bravely stood face-to-face with Sephiroth, while Fox, Falco, and even Itsuki were shivering in fear, thinking Layton was out of his mind.
"Yup, this is the guy you told us about, the guy we asked you to look for!" replied Layton, giving a thumbs up to Sephiroth for a job well done. Not that often you see anyone expressing as much candor Layton was standing in the presence of Sephiroth. "Your search took a lot longer than we expected..."
"This wizard was an expert at teleportation; every time I tried to capture him, he would use his magic to go teleport away. Had to chase him around the globe to capture him, but the effort was very much worth it."
"And you're a very formidable swordsman Sephiroth, so I know you had little to no problem whatsoever. Moving on to the guest of the hour..." Layton would give his attention to Kamek, looking into the eyes of the elderly Magikoopa. "Kamek...I know we've never met before, but let's cut to the chase, shall we? We have some important matters to discuss...like your spells, one of them which can bring back the dead. After all, I did hear that you brought a one-winged angel back to life...like the one-winged angel holding you right now!"
"Yeah yeah yeah, it was me, I was the one who brought Sephiroth back to life!" confessed Kamek, as Fox, Falco, and Itsuki were astonished to learn this information. "Professor Hojo and Lucrecia Crescent, they both put me up to it...paid me off to revive their 'son' so they could continue the Jenova Project. Inform them about Sephiroth's revival, I tried, but they never responded back..."
Sephiroth: By no means would I ever return to Hojo and Crescent, they're now marginal footnotes of my past. And if what that wizard said was any indication, they only wanted me back just to continue the Jenova Project, nothing more and nothing less. With me back at the mansion, I should pay someone a quick visit... *smiles evilly into the camera*
"I see, I see...but we didn't ask Sephiroth here to bring you to the Smash Mansion so we could know that you brought him back to life," said Layton. "We asked Sephiroth to bring you here to ask you this golden ticket question...were you the one who brought back Fawful?" Kamek, at first, wanted to answer the question, but then thought they he shouldn't do it.
"I can't answer that question, it's too confidential," replied Kamek, wishing Sephiroth would drop him to the floor. "I also have a day at the spa I must attend to...reserved myself a spot, and I can't let the spot be taken away. So could you please let me go?"
"Have it your way, Kamek...but we aren't letting you go until you give us some answers." Layton looked towards Luke, nodding at his apprentice, and Luke, receiving the cue and nodding right back, plucked a feather from Falco's left leg.
"Ouch man, that junk hurts!" frowned Falco, as Luke held a blue feather from the avian pilot. Luke would then give the feather to Layton, who tickled Kamek's feet with it. The urge was too much for Kamek to resist, and soon the Magikoopa burst out laughing, filling up the entire room with his laughter.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA, THAT TICKLES, HAHAHAHAHA, STOP IT I BEG OF YOU, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!" Kamek said in-between his laughter, as Layton ceased with the tickling and handed the feather back to Falco. Like the avian pilot would even need that feather anymore. Glue was always an option. "I was paid off to bring Fawful back to life, the offer was too big for me to pass up. Had no idea why I had to revive Fawful in the first place...but hey, money talks, and it's hard not to listen to it!"
"Then it's confirmed - Team Flare leader Lysandre had Kamek revive Fawful so he could perhaps play a pivotal role in the hotel attack. Didn't see Fawful anywhere in the hotel security footage, but he must've been with Jakob outside, and we failed to see him."
"Actually, Fawful was revived after the hotel attack went down...I should know, I was there. Oh, and one more thing...it wasn't even Lysandre who paid me to revive Fawful, it was someone else, someone who was in a partnership with Lysandre...someone who conjured the idea of blowing up the Four Seasons hotel and screwing up Mario and Peach's wedding day.
Now the investigation, which was already coming to a close as Layton presumed, now took another interesting turn, after Layton, Luke, Fox, Falco, and Itsuki learned this vital information from Kamek. Turns out the hotel attack wasn't Jakob's idea, wasn't Lysandre's idea...but rather the idea of an unknown individual in the ploy. The remainder of the investigation should be focused on finding out who this individual was.
"Can you possibly tell us who this individual is?" Layton asked Kamek; maybe asking the elderly Magikoopa could save the British detective some trouble.
"I was paid off not to give away their identity, but it was only a paltry five dollars, so I'll tell you anyways," replied Kamek, before clearing his throat, as Layton and Luke leaned in close to Kamek so he could give them the earth-shattering news they now craved. "The person...the person who plotted against Mario and Peach and sought to make their wedding day a living nightmare, was..." Suddenly an alarm sound was heard, as Kamek pulled his sleeve and looked at his watch. "Time for my spa appointment! Gotta claim my spot before that perverted old man with the speedo claims it!"
So Kamek whipped out his broom, got on it, and flew out of the Star Records room, flying through a window and breaking it in the process. That left Layton and company with Sephiroth, the last person they wanted to be in a room with.
"If you excuse me, I have some important matters to attend to," said the one-winged angel, as he walked out of the Star Records room. "You should definitely look into fixing that roof of yours, and that window as well." No hard task for Mr. Game and Watch to fulfill.
Through the broken window, a small helicopter was flying away, and the fact that the helicopter flew up from the ground was...very suspicious.
Layton: Should we let things play out, and let the culprit behind the hotel attack reveal themselves? Sounds like a high risk, high reward thing to do, and anything equating to high reward should be done, in my opinion. Perhaps Luke and I should lay off on Team Flare, just for now...
Fox: Just please let this whole hullabaloo with the hotel and Team Flare and whatnot end. I miss it when days at the mansion were nice and cozy, without an underlying aura of controversy and malice hovering above everyone's heads. I blame Aerith for this, everything was peachy until she showed up.
Itsuki: I will not be silent, I will not let my voice be taken away from me until I know the ultimate answer...just how did Jakob take my credit card? Better question is...why is my credit card under the Star Record's name?
Suzie, who was very much sick, had to be taken to the fitness center, so Leia could do a checkup on the Alolan Vulpix. Sonic would pace back and forth in the fitness center, hands behind his back and looking down at the floor, acting like poor Suzie was dying and in her last days. Wii Fit Trainer would walk by, sensing Sonic's concern.
"Is there anything wrong, Sonic?" the fitness trainer would ask the hedgehog, with a towel around her neck. "I've never seen you this distressed since...well, ever!"
"Sick and worried about Suzie...I think she might have a serious cold, she could be gone for good for all I know..." replied Sonic, still pacing back and forth, as Wii Fit couldn't help but chuckle at the hedgehog. Clearly Sonic was blowing things out of proportion.
"Suzie will be just fine, you just need to stop being such a worrywart. Constant worrying isn't good for your mind!" Leia would soon approach Sonic, carrying Suzie in her arms. The Alolan Vulpix looked pretty healthy.
"Tell me woman, tell me how Suzie is doing!" Sonic quickly confronted Leia, before the nurse could even reach him. "I cannot bare to see Suzie terribly ill, it would break my poor heart!" Sonic was acting like Suzie was his...a good sign that maybe he spent more quality time with the Pokemon than what was necessary.
"Sonic chill out, please...it's not like Suzie's your pet, anyways," said Leia, who found it very questionable that Sonic was the one who brought Suzie to the fitness center and not Tails. "But if you're so concerned, I'll tell you...I gave Suzie some Pokemon medicine, and cured her of her cold. I think she might be a little allergic to hedgehogs, though I could be wrong..."
"Oh snap, Pokemon can have allergies? How is that even possible? Also, how could Suzie be allergic to me of all people? I'm too rad to make anyone allergic! Give me one reason I should listen to a phony nurse like yourself!"
"Most Pokemon are animals, you know...and I'm sure that any contact with animals could lead to allergies. Again, I could be wrong, but if I am, I will own up to my own ignorance...something that you tend to fail at."
"Sonic, Sonic, your pet Shaymin has gone loose!" Jacky alerted the blue blur, running inside the fitness center. "Just saw her out of her cage, flying about, not giving a care about the..."
"SHAYMIN GOT OUT OF HER PET CAGE?!" screamed Sonic, obviously angry as ever, not knowing that Tails released the gratitude Pokemon from her cage. "How did she get out? Ooh, I knew I shouldn't have bought that pet cage from Petco, knew they were shady! I'll make sure to leave an extremely negative review about them before the end of the night. Where is Shaymin now?"
"Don't know, but I saw her flying around in the second floor. So you might wanna look around there." Sonic sped out of the fitness center at the speed of light, on the hunt for Shaymin.
Donkey Kong found it, he found the very item that would free Diddy Kong from his icy prison...that item being a pestle. A small pestle, yes, but a pestle nonetheless, Donkey Kong apparently believed that using this item would be enough to release his nephew from the ice cube encasing him.
"No need to fear, Diddy my boy, Uncle DK is here to the rescue!" Donkey Kong heroically said, arriving at the foyer...only to realize that Diddy Kong was no longer there. Only thing left was a puddle left from where the frozen Diddy was. Donkey Kong, realizing that he was too late, fell to the floor in shame, and cried. "My own nephew, Diddy Kong, lost and gone forever...WHY MUST THIS HAPPEN TO ME?!" DK cried out to the heavens, before breaking into a crying fit as Dunban walked by.
"What on earth are you even crying about?" the Homs asked the sobbing Donkey Kong, shaking his head. "A tough-as-nails gorilla like yourself shouldn't be crying. You better give me a good reason why you're even crying in the first place!"
"Diddy Kong is gone...he was here in the foyer, frozen in ice, and I promised him I'd save him. Now I've returned, and I see that Diddy is GONE!" Donkey Kong cried even more, as Dunban shook his head again and heaved a sigh. "This is what I get for looking too long..."
"If you must know, Diddy is in good hands...I saw Samus carry Diddy by herself, using some Power Glove or something." Donkey Kong immediately stopped crying, and looked at Dunban. "I do believe she brought him to the workshop so she could..."
"...so she could store him away and keep Diddy cyronically frozen forever! I won't let her get away with it! Diddy Kong, I'm coming for you!" Donkey Kong ran off to the workshop, leading Dunban to shake his head once more and walk away.
Master Hand: Sent Snake and his crew to the second-most dangerous place in America...Atlanta, Georgia. A city full of hookers and sluts and skanks. They should be fine, as long as they in the farmland...
MegaMan .EXE, who was in charge of the teleportation device, was supposed to teleport Snake, Bayonetta, Pit, and Kirby to the farmlands of Atlanta, but frankly there wasn't that much farmland in Atlanta to begin with, and so the NetNavi teleported Snake and company to the heart of the city, where they wound up at some club. The four would later escape from the club and took a taxi, arriving at a farm somewhere in Georgia.
"Thank you for the ride, you bub," Snake would thank the taxi driver as he and the others exited the taxi...the former spy's face covered with lipstick markings. He would look towards Pit and Kirby, as the taxi sped off. "We're NEVER going to the city of Atlanta again after our mission is complete..."
"I dunno, Snake, I liked that club a lot, those girls in bikinis liked me A LOT!" exclaimed Pit, whose face was even more marked than Snake's. Not sure the ladies at the clubs were wearing "bikinis"... "Five stars, would go again and again!"
"You poor boys, having those ladies all over you like that..." smirked Bayonetta, feeling the need to strike a seductive pose in the middle of nowhere, just because. "The worst thing I received was a mere tap to the butt from the single men, but other than that, I was relatively fine..."
"Yeah yeah yeah, nobody freaking cares...now let's go find the scarecrow, so we can bring it to Master Hand and he can feel happy."
Snake and company, now having arrived at the farm, would traverse the corn fields, the perfect place to have a scarecrow. The four would look for an eternity, with no scarecrow in sight, until...
"HEY GUYS, I FOUND ONE!" Kirby called out, having found a scary-looking scarecrow, one that looked like it could be the main villain of a scary horror film. "This scarecrow would look awfully nice in front of the mansion, don't you think?"
"Kirby you didn't have to scream like that, you'll blow our cover..." Snake whispered to the pink puffball, as he and the others made their way over to Kirby. "It's nighttime, after all, and there's a good chance someone close to the farm can hear us..."
"You're dang right I can hear y'all, what are you vermin doing in my precious farmland?!" shouted an angry farmer, approaching Snake and company with a musket. A farmer with a firearms was a very intimidating sight, especially at this time of the night. "Came here to steal my beloved scarecrow? Better keep your filthy paws off of it, if ya know what's good for ya!"
"You boys take the scarecrow and run, I'll keep this crazy farmer man at bay..." Bayonetta said to Snake, Pit, and Kirby; the three would snatch the scarecrow and ran off, as the farmer shot bullets at them while they made a run for it. Bayonetta would walk seductively towards the farmer, hoping to subdue him, but the farmer would remain undeterred.
"Try as hard as you might lady, but I've been rejecting' fine ladies like yourself for years! No pretty lady is ever gonna distract me from my farm work! So your seductive moves ain't gonna work on me! Better say your prayers..."
But Bayonetta didn't have to say a single word, for she used Witch Time on the farmer, before sprinting off. This left the farmer, moving in slow motion, like he was in The Matrix...but only less cooler.
Cilan: My Halloween cookies have become a major hit at the Halloween, everyone's eating them up by the dozens! So much, that I keep having to bake new batches to keep everyone happy! Nana told me about Popo attempt to steal the recipe for the cookies, but I'm sure that Popo just wants to bake the cookies himself, no harm done! Nana was definitely over-exaggerating when she said that Popo wanted to rip the recipe into pieces!
"Care for some more Halloween cookies, you two?" Cilan offered a plate of newly-baked cookies to Hisui and Kohaku Hearts, the two siblings wearing their costumes. "Baked them out of love, and appreciation from the others...but they were mostly baked out of love!"
"Yes we would like some more cookies, Cilan - it's no secret that you're the best baker in the mansion!" responded Kohaku. It wasn't like the Pokemon connoisseur had that much competition to go up against...
"Pfft, your stupid cookies aren't that great, they're overrated to me," said Hisui, leading Kohaku to nudge the young man and make him change his opinion to something more politically correct. "Uh, what I meant to say was, your cookies are the bomb dude! You should give them away, at different places, like, uh, cook-offs and stuff!"
As Kohaku and Hisui indulged themselves with Cilan's Halloween cookies (with Hisui only eating the cookies to avoid another nudge from his sister) Red was telling Popo all about his "psychic" skills, seated on the same couch as the Ice Climber.
"Then Eleonora was about to tell Tsubasa what her favorite shade of green was, and then I said, 'dark green?', and that's when she and Tsubasa looked at me with astonished faces!" Red would explain to Popo, getting all excited. "Seconds later, the two would resume the conversation, and guess what Eleonora said her favorite shade of green was?" Popo didn't answer, so Red had to answer for him... "DARK GREEN! Can you believe that, man?"
"Red, you wanna know what happens when you become to overconfident and overzealous with your abilities, no matter how good or bad they are?" Popo asked the Pokemon trainer, resting a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "You'll end up being just like me...don't EVER be like me."
The Halloween party was going swell, and everyone was having a good time...but it wasn't until when a one-winged angel entered the gaming room that everyone had to hold their breath, and the party had to be stopped...Sephiroth would step inside the gaming room, grabbing the attention of everyone, including K.K. Slider who immediately cut off the music.
"This wretched place looks almost the same the last time I was here..." said Sephiroth, looking around the gaming room, as the tension slowly built up. "...albeit with the hideous decorations and all. Now, if everyone wants to leave this room unscathed, you must tell me where Cloud Strife is..."
"SEPHIROTH!" shouted Sora, who was at the Halloween party, as he donned his Keyblade. "We meet again! I didn't intend on fighting you at this location, but if it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you're gonna get!" Sora looked determined, his frown broiling with determination, whereas Sephiroth was confused as heck.
"Do I...know you from somewhere?" Sephiroth found it odd that Sora knew his name beforehand, and that the Keyblade wielder was feigning to kick his butt. Even though he would get his butt whooped. "How do you even know my name?"
"Don't try and play your games with me Sephiroth, I've been dying to fight you since our last battle! You may have pushed me to my limits in our previous encounters, but I guarantee you that this time it'll be much different!"
"I'm sorry for coming here, wasting everyone's time...it's very evident that Cloud isn't here...so I'll just...look elsewhere..." Sephiroth sheepishly exited the gaming room, likely to get away from Sora, but the brunette still wanted his fight.
"If you want to get to Cloud, you'll just have to go through ME!" shouted Sora, as he chased after Sephiroth. Once those two were gone, K.K. Slider unpaused the music, and the party would continue.
King Dedede: Was it worth telling Sora that Sephiroth wasn't from his universe? *shakes his head* He still thinks that our president is a talking duck, and that China is still in the feudal period...there is literally no hope for that guy.
The only person to have not seen Sephiroth was Mario, who was still possessing Crash's body, with Cappy on his head. The plumber scourged the entire gaming room for Cappy's sister, Tiara, but the sentimental crown was nowhere to be found, as Mario exited from a door.
"Drat, we've looked everywhere for Tiara, and we couldn't find her..." said Cappy, more concerned about his sister's whereabouts than before. "Guess she's not here. Know anywhere else we could look for Tiara?" Mario would scratch his chin in thought...time to look elsewhere.
Having learned from Dunban that his nephew Diddy Kong was taken by Samus, Donkey Kong would tear through the workshop, Samus' number one destination for working on future projects. The gorilla refused to leave until he found Diddy, or until Samus showed up, whichever came first.
"Show yourself Samus, show me where Diddy Kong is!" DK shouted to no one in particular, as he continued to rummage through the workshop, throwing stuff around like it was nobody's business. "I better see my nephew safe and sound, otherwise some consequences will have to be paid!"
"Donkey Kong, why are you ransacking the workshop, have you gone mad?" Samus' voice was heard, as the anger grew inside of DK. The gorilla clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth, as his least favorite person in the world (right now) was behind him.
"SAMUS ARAN, YOU CROOKED BOUNTY HUNTER, YOU BETTER GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY YOU TOOK MY DIDDY KONG AWAY FROM ME," said Donkey Kong, slowly turning around. "NOBODY, AND I MEAN NOBODY, TAKES MY NEPHEW AND...gets away...with it..."
Once Donkey Kong was facing Samus, he saw that Diddy Kong was standing next to the bounty hunter, shivering with a towel wrapped around him. Poor spidermonkey might be having a cold, just like Suzie a few moments ago.
"Yeah...I saw Diddy frozen in ice in the foyer, and so I took him to the workshop and thawed him out," explained Samus, as the anger inside of Donkey Kong completely vanished away. "Took him to Leia so she could check him out, and I planned on keeping him around at the workshop until you showed up."
"Ah, I see, so you've been taking care of my nephew, for me...thank you Sams, I totally wasn't freaking out or anything!" The damage dealt to the workshop said otherwise...
Sonic was on a mad search for Shaymin, who as Jacky said was flying about in the mansion. The hedgehog, putting Suzie back in his room, would look for his own pet, calling out to Shaymin.
"Shaymin where are you girl?" Sonic called out, his voice carrying throughout the hallways. He searched high and low for Shaymin, inspecting every corner and cranny along the way...
...only to stop in his tracks when he saw a wrench, lying on the floor. Sonic ran over to the wrench, kneeling down at it, and picked it up, holding it in his hands. This wasn't just any ordinary wrench, for it had the initials "MTP" written on the side...
...that wrench belonged to Sonic's friend, Tails.
Sonic: This was the wrench Tails used...to fix my television...to repair my joystick machine...heck, he even let me use his wrench to grill some patties at the 4th of July cookout...oddly enough, I feel so empty inside now...
"Did you call my name?" Shaymin suddenly appeared, flying to the now disheartened Sonic and landing at his feet. She saw her pet owner holding Tails' wrench, and knew he had to tell him something. "Sonic, there's something I need to tell you..."
"No, Shaymin, hold your breath, just this once..." said Sonic, before letting out a sigh. "I think something bad happened to my man, Tails..."
Outside the mansion, Master Hand was analyzing the Halloween decorations, which he desired to take down and throw inside a dumpster fire. But the giant hand was willing to keep the decorations around, just so the scarecrow Snake and company would bring to the mansion would go with them.
Fearing that Snake had failed his mission, Master Hand was delighted to see Snake run out from the mansion, with the scarecrow in his possession. The scarecrow was in one piece...however, the same couldn't be said for Snake, who looked like he just ran through a battlefield.
"Never going to Atlanta, or the state or Georgia, ever again..." remarked the former spy, throwing the scarecrow unto the ground before heading back inside the mansion, in his exhausted state. No more doing any "Master Favors" for him!
"Thank you for the scarecrow Snake, make sure to give Pit, Kirby, and Bayonetta my regards!" Master Hand thanked Snake, who didn't care to listen, as he gently propped up the scarecrow and placed him at the front of the mansion, where the Halloween decorations were. "There, now those kids won't even dare to come to the mansion on Halloween night once they see this mighty scarecrow! Might even consider ditching Halloween altogether..."
As Master Hand proudly hovered in front of the scarecrow, he saw Crash exit the mansion and head to Mario's home. The giant hand found it odd that the bandicoot was heading to Mario's home, while wearing the plumber's cap...failing to notice the mustache on the bandicoot. Mario still had complete control of Crash's body.
Mario would return to his home, entering inside and seeing both Peach and Lara relaxing. He would make his way to the staircase in Crash's body, acting like nothing was wrong.
"Hello Crash, what brings...you...here?" asked Peach, seeing the famous Mario mustache on the bandicoot. She and Lara just stared in confusion, as Mario nonchantly went up the stairs, and to his room.
"Was that...Crash Bandicoot, just now?" Lara asked Peach out of bewilderment. "Why did he have a mustache...?"
Now in the privacy of his room, Mario hopped out of Crash's body, the bandicoot quickly falling to the floor in a stunned state. Mario was back to being Mario, and Cappy, well, remained Cappy, seated on top of Mario's head.
"Sorry I had return-a home Cappy...I have a very strict-a curfew," Mario apologized, taking off Cappy and looking at him in the eye. "We'll just have-a to look for your sister another day. For all-a we know, she might not-a even be at the mansion!"
"You're right, Mario...she might be in Bowser's belly!" exclaimed Cappy, insinuating that Tiara might've been eaten by Bowser. "...I'm thinking far too ahead, am I?"
"That doesn't sound-a too far-fetched...though I can't-a see Bowser eating tiaras. Except Marth's." Did Mario throw a diss at the hero-king just now? "But like I said, we'll look for-a your sister another time. She's in good-a hands, I'm certain..." ...and what if she wasn't? What if she was in the hands of Fawful, or Lysandre...
...or the conspirator working with Lysandre?