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Can you add the U.S.S. Delta Team and Spec Ops Echo Six Team from Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City? A Skyrim or Doom chapter maybe? How soon will the other Fire Emblem or Tales characters show up? Why is Leia wearing her outfit from Tales of Xillia 1 instead of her outfit from Xillia 2? Is Samus using her Alesia Glidewell voice? And finally, what are your thoughts on Toys R Us going out of business?
Maybe. I might do a Skyrim chapter. Other Fire Emblem characters should show up soon. I like Leia's TX1 outfit more...don't ask why. Samus is using her Alesia Glidewell voice. And I still can't believe Toys R Us of all stores is going out of business. All those days of going to the store as a kid, and checking out all the Pokemon stuff...those were the days. But enough reminiscing from me, let's move on to the other review:
"BOTW Link visits the mansion, with Wolf Link. (Because of summoning with the amiibo.) Link gets really confused."
A chapter with Amiibo sounds interesting...but the execution of your idea will be done differently, without the Amiibo. Who knows.
Episode 119: StuntDouble
As you recall from the previous episode, Lara Croft would return to her hometown of London, after taking a flight back to Britain. Thanks to Professor Layton and Luke Triton, she was able to get a ticket, and thanks to Mario, she was able to arrive at the airport on time. Due to the time in which her plane left, Lara was unable to attend the "surprise" going away party Master Hand had planned for.
And her absence had left the giant hand very, very ticked.
Master Hand, who initially threw a tantrum of epic proportions and ruined the party as a result of said tantrum, automatically came to the conclusion that Lara was perhaps kidnapped by an evil syndicate, and held her at their secret hideout. (Hey, Lara did say that she was hunting down the evil syndicate that harmed her best friend, Samantha, so the theory wasn't that far off...) By no means did he think that Lara had already boarded on the plane back to London, because as Master Hand once said, "Who would willingly not show up to a party, let alone a surprise party?" Master Hand dropped his theory afterwards, and accepted the fact that Lara had to return to London pronto - though the giant hand was salty that Lara never even said goodbye to him.
At the going away party, Master Hand had planned on giving Lara a going away gift - a large ring the giant hand claimed he received from a band of rabbits. Nobody knew who these rabbits were but Master Hand, and it certainly raised a lot of questions within the mansion. The week after Lara left, a certain gift would be sent to the mansion, this one in the form of a white wedding dress.
"Saw this come in the mail last week, inside a package," Rosalina explained to Layton and Luke, as she held up the dress for the detectives to see in the mansion foyer. "I thought that maybe you would want to see it. Master Hand claimed that he has no foreknowledge of this dress, yet it was sent to the mansion's address..."
"Looks like a regular wedding dress to me..." remarked Layton, stroking his chin as he checked out the dress in question. "Someone in this mansion must be marrying in secret. Don't know who it could possibly be, though. You're not getting married to anyone, are you Luke?"
"What, who, me?" Luke giggled sheepishly, as he pointed at himself and blushed. "Who would I possibly be in love with? I have nobody that I would marry!"
Layton: *leans in close to the camera, and smiles* Fifty bucks Luke is secretly in love with Ashley...I'm starting to believe he has a thing for cold and distant girls. Ashley may be no Aurora, but she seems close to Luke's age range...
"May I see the box in which this dress was sent?" asked Layton, as Rosalina grabbed the box and showed it to the detective. Layton would accept the box, and take a look at the label. "Hmm...this box was apparently sent from the moon. Actual civilization on the moon, who would have thunk? Next thing you know, there's going to be civilization on Neptune! Will be nothing but fish people like the Zora, I can only assume."
"Look at the person who sent the dress," advised Rosalina, as Layton inspected the label even closer. He saw that the name was whited out, but under the name it read, "Client Relations".
"The name is whited out, yet the person who sent the dress is involved in client relations...why is he on the moon? Was he banished by his own kind? Did he wish to explore other extraterrestrial bodies in space? Or did he hijack Elon Musk's car, and ride it up to Mars? What if this fellow is actually Elon Musk himself?"
"Lemme take a peek at the box, Professor Layton!" exclaimed Luke, as Layton handed his apprentice the box. Luke would glance at the label, seeing a logo of what appeared to be a rabbit head on it. "I spot a bunny logo on the label, one with tall ears and such! Do you see, Professor Layton?"
"Yes, I do see Luke...and it sure is no Playboy bunny, that's for sure. Our friend must apparently be some kind of rabbit character, I assume. But can you honestly imagine a rabbit ever living on the moon? We might have ourselves another thorough investigation on our hands..."
While Layton and Luke were feigning to start yet another investigation, Sonic was more than prepared to start an investigation of his own. The hedgehog, who planned on "exposing" Balthier in last week's episode, would come close to doing so until Fox and Coco interfered. Despite this, Sonic was still very certain that Balthier was up to no good, and that the sky pirate was still helping out with Berkut in regards to assassinating Alm.
"Hey Master Hand, have you seen Balthier anywhere?" Sonic would ask the giant hand, in his room. "I just wanna ask him a few questions about his daily life as a sky pirate. I'm sure he's around here somewhere!"
"Sorry Sonic, but Balthier told me that March 16th was last day at the mansion," apologized Master Hand, as Sonic snapped his fingers in disgust. The hedgehog now had to change up his plans, though he would be more focused on Berkut and Dark Pit in the coming weeks. "Says he has to go back and raid some treasure and kiss some chicks...you know, prototypical pirate stuff. I'm sure you learn about pirates on the internet, in your spare time."
"So that's it, huh...Balthier stop by, serves at Berkut's wedding, and then just takes off to continue with his daily grind." Master Hand saw how displeased Sonic was, as the hedgehog held his head low looking at the floor, walking away. Really, Sonic was displeased that he couldn't throw hands with Balthier. Would be ten times more fun if he had Crash as his backup guy. "Guess I'll have to wait until the next time Balthier comes by...if there even is a next time. Later, Master Hand..."
Sonic: Yes, yes, I can see clearly what's going on...Balthier's playing the long con, as I had figured! Disappearing from the mansion for a substantial amount of time, and then returning when the time is right! Jakob did the same thing, and used caretaking his son as an excuse. Wonder what Balthier's excuse will be. Let's see, if Jakob was gone for three months...then I predict Balthier will be gone for three months as well! I can see him returning on the 4th of July, loading up some fireworks and then triggering off an epic fireworks explosion that will kill Alm (and anyone else caught within the blast) in the process. Yes, the writing's on the wall, it's hard not to see what Balthier is cooking up!
Certain that Balthier was doing some long-term planning in regards to Alm's assassination, Sonic would return to his room so he could inform Tails about what Balthier's plans, knowing Tails would ignore him anyways. On his way to his room, the hedgehog would encounter Toon Link and Young Link, who were standing with Wii Fit Trainer in the hallway ready to give her a ticket.
"Caught you speeding through the hallways like a banshee, Wii Fit..." said Toon Link, shaking his head in disapproval as he wrote up a ticket on his notepad. "Don't you know that speeding kills? Your speeding could've killed someone, or put someone's life in complete danger! This is the Smash Mansion, not a track meet! There's a place for everything, you know!"
"Oh please, you two, I was just lightly jogging around the mansion, that can't possibly harm anyone," smiled Wii Fit, jogging in place to keep her heart and adrenaline pumping. "I do that everyday as part of my daily exercise. I recommend that you boys do it too!"
"'Lightly jogging'...that's what they all say, Miss Wii Fit Trainer," responded Young Link, as Sonic was close by listening attentively. "We saw you run down the hallway past our speedometer, running like a gazelle caught on fire and trying to escape the clutches of a roaring lion. The speed you recorded on our speedometer? Five miles per hour! That is fine if you're driving on the road, stuck in slow-moving traffic...but in this mansion, that's asking for a murder charge!"
"Of all the times I spent jogging around the mansion, I've never came close to killing anyone...I always watch out for where I'm going. But of course you wouldn't know that if you never jogged!"
"We would never try your lethal exercise of jogging, Wii Fit - we're in the business of saving lives, not taking them from innocent souls," stated Toon Link, before handing Wii Fit her ticket. "Better be glad we didn't arrest you - had you jogged any faster, we would have taken you to the slammers. Stay safe, Wii Fit...or rather, be safe."
"Yeah, sure, I'll remember that if I can. Or if I even want to...just leave me alone." Wii Fit would accept her ticket, and continue her jogging, as she jogged down the hallway. Toon Link and Young Link both shook their heads, disgusted.
"That anorexic woman has all the makings of being a serial killer one day..." A serial killer who took lives by simply running, now that's something you wouldn't hear that often. Suddenly the buddy cops heard some footsteps; they both turned around and pointed their arrows at Sonic, who held his hands up.
"Spare me, my dudes, I'm innocent!" Sonic cried out, as the buddy cops put their weapons away. "I have a huge favor to ask of you. Really big. Life-altering big. Like, able to change the world and universe as we think of it big. I'm not sure if you're both aware of this, but Berkut has a goal of wanting to kill Alm, just because he dislikes the guy. And he asked Dark Pit to join him in one day assassinating his arch rival!"
"We already knew about Berkut wanting to kill Alm - that was obvious the moment he made his presence known to the others," replied Young Link, remembering Berkut's first day as mansion resident. "But the tidbit about Berkut having Dark Pit at his side...now that's news to us. How did you find out about Dark Pit's involvement?"
"Saw that edgy turncoat discussing with Berkut about their plan to kill Alm prior to the wedding. I was there to stop Dark Pit before he could kill Alm - and thankfully, I didn't have to take the bullet...arrow, I mean, I meant arrow. Who knows how different the landscape would be if I hadn't saved Alm's life for him..."
"Dark Pit has been acting differently as of late...not sure if it's because of his ugly breakup with Flora, or something else," mused Toon Link, before eventually coming to a decision. "How about this - we'll do some investigations on Berkut and Dark Pit, and give you the 411 after we gained substantial evidence."
"Do you guys seriously have to refer to yourselves as Starsky and Hutch? I get the buddy cop motif and all, but it has gotten confusing at this point. But yeah, you should conduct some investigations on those two criminals, and see if they have any underlying motives that must be revealed. Their time will come soon..."
Toon Link: Finally, our big break has come...all the other cases we've done in the past are not paralleled compared to the one we're about to do. How often do you hear a regular cop say that they've solved a huge assassination case? The chances of hearing that are slimmer than a mute kid asking his crush out on a prom. Slimmer than an electric eel killing someone without electricity. Slimmer than the odds of Facebook surviving before the end of the year.
Young Link: Too soon, buddy, too soon...for I was going to use that line myself. We think too alike, and that could prove detrimental to our job performances. We must be different, have our own different tastes and flavors, so we won't be seen as mirror copies of each other.
Toon Link: We could start by seeing which one of us iwll give up the Master Hand...wanna play rock-papers-scissors!
Young Link: Ooh, you push quite the bargain, don't ya...I like you. You got yourself a deal!
Mario and Peach's first child was due very soon, with the child expected to arrive in two months. Peach, dying to know what gender her first child would be, implored Mario to take her to the hospital, so she - or they, rather - would find out. Master Hand did everything he could to discourage the married couple, fearing they would "spoil it for everyone" with the gender reveal, but nothing he did could work.
"Let's take a look at how your baby is developing..." the doctor said to Mario and Peach, with Peach resting on the hospital bed as the doctor was conducting an ultrasound test on the princess. Mario and Peach would look up at the screen on the monitor, seeing the developing baby in the sonogram. "It appears to me that your little on is developing just fine! No problems whatsoever. The placenta isn't blocking the cervix, which is always a great sign when doing these tests."
"But what about the gender of our child, doctor?" Peach would ask the doctor, who dotted some notes down on his clipboard. "That's really want we came to the hospital for, to find out about the gender."
"Oh, that's not my job, that's the sonographer's job. I'm just filling in until he arrives. Ha ha ha!" The doctor's good-humored laugh wasn't enough to quell the suspicions of Mario and Peach, who were suddenly growing concerned. "He usually arrives late, and he always has his stupid excuse...last time he claimed he was attacked by a giraffe thtn ran out of the zoo. Wonder what excuse he'll come up with this time...lemme go see if the sonographer arrived yet."
So the doctor would leave the room with his clipboard, to begin his search for the sonographer. He wouldn't get that far when a certain spy came crashing down from the ceiling and landed on the floor, before grabbing the doctor by the neck with his arms and choked him, putting him to sleep. A bottle would fall out from the ceiling and land in the spy's hands, as the spy opened up the bottle and poured its contents into the doctor's mouth. In a matter of seconds, the doctor would fall unconscious, as the spy gently laid him on the floor. Several nurses watched the scene unfold; the spy would look at them with intimidating, making them shriek and run away, before dragging the doctor inside a nearby men's restroom.
"That drink from Cilan oughta subdue him for the time being," remarked a certain teenager, jumping down from the ceiling and twisting his red cap sideways. It was none other than Ness, PSI boy wonder. "So, why are we here again?" Ness would ask the spy that exited the restroom, that spy being none other than Snake.
"Because Master Hand doesn't want Mario nor Peach to know the gender of their baby, out of the fear they might tell someone," answered Snake, wearing the doctor's lab coat. He was also wearing his pants, just for good measure. "Doesn't want anyone to know the gender of the baby, at least until it's born. Now, we need to find you a lab coat that's just your size...hopefully we won't have to beat up a poor midget just to find one."
"Seeing a midget doctor would be pretty cool, I have to admit," said Ness, as he and Snake continued down the hallway. Moments after the two left, Mario would exit the hospital room to get some water from the water fountain, and on his way back, he found a bottle of Everclear lying on the floor. He picked up the bottle, and stared at it.
"Daisy was right-a when she said that this hospital was-a shady and immoral..." Mario had this to say as he tossed the bottle of Everclear in a nearby trash can, before returning to the room.
Falco, the avian pilot who always had a crush on Katt Monroe, finally scored a date with the cat of his dreams thanks to the help of sky pirate Balthier. Granted a date wasn't actually set up, but Katt told Falco that she would be open to dating him in the near future, which in turn left Falco in a state of euphoria.
That Tuesday, Falco would receive a surprise call from Katt, who asked the pilot if he was open to going on a date Friday. Falco, ready ever since the events of the last episode, was more than prepared to say yes. So today, Falco was about to have his first date, and he couldn't be any more excited.
Falco: Guess who's about to go on his first date? *points at himself* THIS GUY! Yeah, Katt called me on Tuesday, and asked me if I wanted to go on a date, and I agreed to the date faster than you could blink! Our date's gonna be at the Space Needle in this restaurant called SkyCity, and I heard that they serve Pacific Northwest cuisine there. Didn't know this region had a specific cuisine, to be honest. Must be entirely fish, I'm sure. As much as I'm dying to go on this date, I might have my hands tied up with Mamori...
Mamori: So for today's episode of Microwave Idol Mamorin, I opted to have Falco as my special guest. Wanted to have both him and Fox, but Fox is a little busy at the moment. I feel my Falco's presence and swagger will be enough to garner a lot of views online, so I have my fingers (and toes) crossed that he'll show up...
Not wanting to let Mamori down, let alone miss his debut appearance on Microwave Idol Mamorin, Falco was frantically looking for a situation in which he could go on his date with Katt and be on Microwave Idol Mamorin simultaneously. Both events resulted in a time conflict, which meant that Falco would have to clone himself to cover his bases. Maybe a potion from Ashley might do the trick?
"Falco, for the last time, I'm not giving you my cloning potion," Ashley told the avian pilot, as she was stirring up her pot in her room. "Don't think I've forgotten what went down the last time you had a clone running about..." Falco remembered this moment perfectly, as he nervously chuckled and rubbed his arm.
"Oh yeah, that parkour thing where my clone and Fox's clone were doing parkour moves around the mansion, like ninjas..." chuckled Falco, reminiscing. Him and Fox doing parkour was born out of their own delusion, according to Sheik; the Hylian ninja believed that the pilots would've winded up in the hospital. "...but that was a one time thing, Fox and I have both learned our lessons. I can redeem myself!"
"Sorry Falco, but I can't let you have my that cloning potion. I can't trust anyone with my potions after that whole Snake-Kiria incident. Should've known the dangers of potions after I involved myself in that Pit-Viridi thing...thank goodness those two are still together, somehow. Now begone!"
Falco refused to leave, so Ashley was left with no choice but to kick the pilot out of her room. Literally. Falco would wind up on the floor before Ashley closed the door shut, just when Little Mac showed up.
"Asked Ashley for a potion only to get shown out the door, huh?" Little Mac would ask Falco, as the pilot rose up to his feet and dusted himself off. "Been there, done that...I asked Ashley for a potion that would grant me the ability to fly, but she kept running her mouth about how 'overpowered' I would be. Obviously she wants me to be the same old boring boxer forever..."
"I was hoping Ashley would give me a cloning potion, so I could have a clone of myself be on Mamori's show so I arrive at my date on time," Falco explained to Little Mac, who fully understood the situation Falco found himself in. Trying to appease your girl and someone else at the same time was always a difficult thing to do. "But now, I'm stumped..."
"Ashley is a regular on Mamori's show though...perhaps she easily saw through your plan, and didn't want to give you the potion just so you would feel miserable. She likes it when people feel that way, take it from me...you won't believe the amount of cold showers I got, without warning." Little Mac shivered thinking about it. "Why not have a stunt double take your place on Microwave Idol Mamorin, while you enjoy your date?"
"Who could this stunt double be? Who on earth could pass as a walking blue bird that wears clothes?" That got Little Mac thinking...
There was a food truck set up outside at the front of the mansion, and Zelda and Cloud were set upon finding out who operated it. From what the two heard, there were bunches of people gathered around the food truck, and whoever ran the food truck was a resident from the mansion. Not only that, but the food truck was predominantly selling sushi to its customers.
"Got a feeling the person running the food truck is Asuka, she's really into sushi," Zelda said to Cloud, as the two were returning from a nearby dollar store. They would have to blend in with the crowd near the food truck, so they wouldn't look suspicious as they did their spying. "I wouldn't be surprised if she brought her classmates from the Hanzo Academy to run the food truck with her."
"That food truck is bound to receive a lot of male customers, if that's the case," responded Cloud, holding a shopping bag containing batteries. And some packs of cigars, just for Snake. The thought that counts. "Seriously doubt any of those customers would come to the food truck only for the...food."
When Cloud and Zelda returned to the mansion, they would find a long line of people, standing in line for a food truck. Said food truck had a sign at the top with the words "HAPPY PIKACHU DAY". The food truck line extended to the end of the block, and might be even longer than that. Though the line caught Cloud and Zelda off-guard, it was who operated the food truck that left the two surprised...and concerned.
"Thank you come again!" the operator of the food truck said to a customer, after serving them sushi. That operator was apparently Pit, and he was wearing a cooking apron. Zelda and Cloud would look on with concern, as Pit scanned the long line, before heading to the back of the food truck; that was when Viridi assumed his place. That left Zelda and Cloud without worry.
Viridi: Pit, Kirby, and I are operating a food truck today, to supposedly "spread awareness" about Pikachu Day. After the Pikachu Cheesesteak fad died down, Master Hand asked Pit to create a new delicacy centered around Pikachu Day, and that's when he introduced to him the next big thing...Pikachu Sushi Rolls! Same old sushi rolls, but with a yellow skin, to match Pikachu. So Pit and I will be selling the sushi rolls to everyone, while Kirby and a person of his choice will do all the cooking and stuff. Who might this person be?
Meta Knight: *seething, while wearing an extremely small chef apron* Kirby asked me to be a cook and make sushi rolls..."all in the name of Pikachu Day", he claimed...I better get some compensation out of this, otherwise I'll hate my life more than I do already...
"A food truck selling sushi, all done to promote Pikachu Day..." Cloud shook his head, surprised that Pikachu Day was still a thing. Master Hand might never let such a day go. "...what has this all come to? Follow me, we're gonna have to speak with the chef..." Zelda would follow Cloud, as the swordsman marched up to the food truck, cutting basically everyone in the entire line.
"Hey bub, get out of the way, wait in the back of the line like everybody else!" an angry customer shouted at Cloud, who built up enough endurance in his life to not respond to angry folks. "I was here before you!"
"Well for your information buddy, I just so happen to live in that mansion over there, which means I can do whatever I want on this property," retorted Cloud, putting the customer in his place. "So unless you don't truly value your arms or legs, I suggest you get out of my way, if you know what's coming to ya." The customer, feeling intimidated, backed away, giving Cloud some room to speak with Viridi. "May I have a word with the chef, please? Actually, I just want to speak with Pit..."
"You wish to speak with Pit, my lovely boyfriend?" asked Viridi, seeing how annoyed Cloud was by the last part. "Okay then...oh, Pit! Your favorite swordsman wishes to speak with you! The one with the Buster Sword!" Viridi would move out of the way, as Pit walked up to the food truck stand, having to perform a double take when he saw Cloud.
"Howdy partner, got a snake in yer boot?" Pit would greet Cloud with a funky Texas accent, although Cloud was hardly amused. He was hardly amused about anything. Someone should teach the guy how to have fun. "Nah, I'm just pulling your tail...do you have a tail? Think you could get yourself some major press if you did. You know I would do that. Came here for some sushi?"
"Not really, I just want to know the intent behind this food truck," answered Cloud, taking a peek inside the food truck. Kirby was cooking the sushi ingredients, and Meta Knight was putting everything together to make sushi rolls. "Was this your idea, or did Master Hand put you up to it?"
"A little bit of both - I wanted to make Pikachu Day bigger than it already is, and Master Hand wanted to start a new food trend to keep the hype for Pikachu Day going. Our wants soon clashed together and meshed, and then...BOOM! We now have this food truck that sells sushi rolls. Since you're standing here in my presence, you must buy a sushi roll, or else!"
"Or else what?" Pit apparently couldn't think of anything for Cloud to suffer through, so he remained silent. "You know what, I'll give your little sushi roll a try, just to see if it's any good..."
"Very wise choice, very wise choice indeed...and for the record, it's called a Pikachu Sushi Roll. Remember that, it'll save you some trouble in the future. One Pikachu Sushi Roll, coming right up!" Pit would head to the back, and return with a sushi roll in his hand, giving it to Cloud. "One Pikachu Sushi Roll, made and perfected by Viridi herself!"
"You sure you want to eat that thing?" Zelda would ask Cloud, holding the sushi roll in his hand. "Doesn't like that appetizing to me...looks questionable as well."
"Viridi made it herself, so I have some confidence it'll be somewhat tasty," replied Cloud, as he and Zelda walked away from the food truck. "Quite frankly, I trust Viridi as a chef more than I can trust Link. But that's not saying much..."
Cloud: Honestly I could care less if eating this sushi roll kills me. My life isn't that more important than anyone else's, don't think anyone outside of Aerith would care if I died. Death would be a very interesting experience anyways. Now let's get this out of the way... *takes a bite from sushi roll, making a funny face as he chews before swallowing*
Confident that Toon Link and Young Link would do his job for him in regards to digging up dirt on Berkut and Dark Pit, Sonic was able to accomplish things today that didn't involve spying on people or the like. On Sonic's to-do list was hanging out with Crash, and he would find the bandicoot outside...in a cage.
"Crash!" panicked Sonic, as he sped over to his furry pal. He would see Crash stuck inside the cage, whimpering like a dog. "Who did this to you?!" Crash would point at Fox, who was busy working on his Landmaster. "Fox put you inside that cage?! Say it ain't so...don't worry Crash, I'll avenge you!" Sonic would march up to Fox, and Fox noticed him with the corner of his eye.
"Back off Sonic, I'm a little busy as you can see," said Fox, oblivious to how ticked off Sonic was. "Don't need any distractions, all thanks to..." Suddenly Sonic threw a rock at Fox's head, fully grabbing the pilot's attention. "Ow man! What the heck?!"
"That's what I should be asking you about Crash! Why you got my man locked up in the cage like that? Explain yourself!"
"Crash kept interfering, so I had to keep him contained so I could focus on my work. It was bad enough that he damaged the interior AND exterior of my Landmaster, which is why I'm outside working in the first place..."
Fox: Crash tore up my Landmaster on the way back to the mansion two weeks ago, and Coco and Aku were unable to restrain the dude. Unfortunately they don't offer spacecraft repair services in Seattle, so I have to do the repairs myself.
"You release Sonic out of his cage at once!" demanded Sonic, pointing at Fox. But the pilot wouldn't oblige in the slightest.
"Crash won't be released until I'm done repairing the Landmaster," responded Fox, going to work on the launcher part of his trusty contraption. "Until then, you'll just have to wait..."
As Fox would later learn, waiting wasn't in Sonic's nature.
As you have learned, the mansion was receiving gifts over the past few weeks. Two weeks ago, a giant ring was sent to the mansion. Last week, a wedding dress came in, which led Layton and Luke to find out why the gifts were sent to the mansion in the first place. This week, another gift would be sent, as the mansion doorbell rang.
"I'm on it, nobody get in my way!" shouted Bowser, making a mad dash to the front door. The koopa king would open it, and look down at the doorstep, seeing a bouquet. Not just any ordinary bouquet, mind you - a bouquet with Piranha Plants in it. A tag was attached to the bouquet, as Bowser picked up the flowers and noticed it. He would take the tag, and it read...
Here is da Soirée Bouquet, lookin' good as new!
With the bouquet in his possession, Bowser would close the front door, and as soon as he turned around...
"Watcha got there, King Bowser?" Ema would ask the koopa king, making him shriek as he threw the bouquet up in the air. He would later catch the bouquet with one hand, like he was Willie Mays. "Nice catch, by the way!"
"Don't you dare spook me like that ever again, do you know how damaging shrieking is to my body AND reputation?!" scolded Bowser, angry by how amused Ema was after scaring the nonexistent pants off of him. "Not only does it messes up my vocal chords, but it also takes a toll on my manliness! The Koopa King is supposed to be manly!"
"Yeah, I don't see anything stating that a giant koopa like yourself should be flaunting his masculinity 24/7...so are you going to tell me what that thing is or not?"
"Were you born yesterday? Thought forensic experts were supposed to be smarter than that. This is obviously a bouquet, one which I just found! So keep your filthy paws away from it!"
"Finding it on the doorstep of the mansion, moments after someone arrived at the front door, accounts for just finding it? You act like you went on a large-scale search around the globe looking for that thing. Would be such a shame if someone were to...OH LOOK, LARA'S HERE, SHE'S BACK!" Ema pointed behind Bowser.
"Crap, she's back in town already?!" exclaimed Bowser as he looked around. One moment later, he realized that the bouquet was no longer in his hands...and that Ema was no longer in the foyer. "Gah, that Ema, snatching away the bouquet! Can't believe I allowed a chick to outsmart me like that...man, my track record with women isn't looking so great!"
After much thinking, Little Mac finally decided on the right guy to serve as Falco's stunt double. This candidate was a bird, just like Falco, and he already made an appearance in "Smash Life" before. However, Falco wasn't that keen on letting this dude back in the mansion again.
"No bruh, we can't bring him back, he'll steal my swag," the avian pilot frowned, as he was discussing with Little Mac in the Star Records room. "He might even get all the ladies! The chicks should be coming to me! ME!"
"But Falco, he would be the perfect guy to be your stunt double!" deferred Little Mac, wondering why Falco was so against the guy he picked out. "You both have similar appearances, similar attitudes, similar personalities...it just matches up. What's wrong with the guy?"
"What's wrong with who?" questioned Knuckles, overhearing the conversation as he stepped inside the room, holding a cup of coffee. "Y'all aren't talking behind Big Top's back, are you? Haven't I told you guys time and time again not to talk bad about that creep, especially WHEN HE'S IN YOUR VERY PRESENCE?!"
"I can hear every word too!" exclaimed Big Top, who couldn't care less if people constantly dissed him. Someone could "accidentally" throw the hat in the shredder, and he wouldn't care as long as he was still alive.
"Falco needs a stunt double for his appearance on Microwave Idol Mamorin, and he's apparently against the guy I have in mind," Little Mac would explain to Knuckles. "He may not like the choice, but we have very limited options..."
Big Top: Honestly I couldn't care less what people say about me. I'm just a mere hat, it's not like you can hurt a hat's feelings. And I've yet to experience bullying of any type, which alone makes me more superior than any human life form.
Little Mac: Who's the guy that'll serve as Falco's stunt double? Let's just say that he's a former champion, and a master of the arts...Link might know the guy well.
Much time had passed, and Mario and Peach's sonographer had yet to arrive. The married couple, wanting to pass the time, had a discussion on what they should name their first child.
"Let's say that the gender of our baby is male," presumed Peach, getting Mario's mind juices flowing with baby name suggestions. "What name do you think we should name our baby? What name fancies you the most?"
"I would've went-a with Charles, but Luigi beat-a me to the punch," replied Mario; having two infants named Charles, both from Mario and Luigi, would make things very confusing for everyone. "Allowing Luigi to get married-a before me was a huge-a mistake, looking back on it. "How does-a Lou sound?"
"Not bad, not bad...though I do think we should make the name much longer. Like Louie, or Louis." Adding two letters? That's it, Peach? "Now if the baby's gender is revealed to be female, what would you name the baby then?"
"This one, I gave more-a thought to. I was thinking about going with-a Jennifer...or Nicole...or Samantha...you know what, scratch-a Samantha, that's the name of Lara's best-a friend. Naming our daughter after our former guest's best friend-a would be downright creepy. We'll just pick between-a Jennifer and Nicole."
Someone knocked on the front door, meaning that the sonographer had finally arrived. What took him so long? After Mario gave the cue, two doctors would enter the room...one was old and scraggly, looking like a washed up Dr. Gregory House, and the other was short and peppy, wearing a surgical mask.
"Greetings, Mario and Peach, I'm your sonographer for today," the scraggly doctor introduced himself to the couple, as he closed the door behind him. It was actually Snake, and he was disguising his voice very well. Came with doing a lot of spy work and espionage in your field of work. "Iroquious Pliskin's the name, and I've brought my assistant with me, to assist me in my duties." Iroquious Pliskin was an alias Snake once used in MGS2.
"Yes, I am the assistant to the sonographer, Ness...Nestor von Grapple!" Ness would introduced himself to Mario and Peach, nearly giving away his identity. Snake let out a breath of relief as he wielded his clipboard.
"Peach, Peach, Peach...you're a princess, right?" Peach would nod her head in confirmation, as Snake took a seat in the doctor's chair. "Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom?" Peach nodded her head again. "I've heard great places about that kingdom, heard they got a lot of shrooms there...not the bad kind, mind you. Don't get any ideas, I don't wanna get fired...before I begin, I must ask, how are you today princess?"
"I'm feeling well, ready to get this whole sonography over with so we can know what gender our baby is," replied Peach. Mario had wished Snake asked him about his day, but he knew that his wife was the woman of the hour. He had to come to acceptance about that.
Mario: Yes, I'm fully aware of the fact-a that Peach will receive a lot of attention when-a the baby is due...and the baby might-a receive even more...but I'm comfortable with the attention the child-a will bring... *nervously smiles, chuckles, and twitches his eye*
"We figured you would say that," replied Ness, speaking like a grown up. Reason why he was wearing a surgical mask was to hide his childlike visage. "Before we can commence the sonography, we must first ask you a few questions. Are you ready, Princess Peach?"
"Ready as I'll ever be!" responded Peach, wishing the sonography could be started right now. All the materials were in place, so what was taking the sonographer (and his "assistant") so long?! "Can we please speed things up so we can get to..."
"It's not wise to rush the sonographer, Princess Peach, you just have to be patient," Snake said sternly, taking out an ink pen and flipping the page on his clipboard, ready to write at will. "We'll be asking several questions about...about your sex." That didn't make Mario and Peach feel uncomfortable at all. "...not sex as in like, gender, but you're both adults, you know what I mean...first question: who was involved with the sex?"
"Just me and Mario...just us two, and nobody else..."
"You sure there wasn't a third party? You know what, I'm not going down that rabbit hole. Second question: what did the sex feel like?"
"Hard to explain...I mean, there were some movements and all..."
"Well I sure hope there were movements involved...third question: where did this sex take place at?"
"In our master bedroom, on the bed. What kind of question is that?"
"I dunno, maybe you got it on somewhere else...pardon me princess. Fourth question: when did this sex happen?"
"Don't remember the exact date, but it was in the middle of August, that's for sure."
"Good thing your child's birthday won't be around that time...fifth question: why did you have sex for?"
"...so we could have our first child and start a family?"
"Likely story, princess, very likely story...final question; how was the sex done? Like, what kind of methods and practices did you apply to..."
"You know what, I think my wife-a heard enough questions," intervened Mario, wanting the unnessary questions to come to an end. "I'm like Peach, I want the sonography done-a soon. Sorry for-a our impatience."
Peach: That questionnaire...answering those questions was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life. Easily outweighed anything I've been forced to do in the past with Bowser.
"My apologies, I tend to get off the wayside the more questions I ask, so I deeply apologize," apologized Snake as he put away his pen and got up from the chair. "We'll turn these results in to the lab, and we'll gauge your answers there. Maybe we'll throw in some prop bets, just to make things more interesting. Who knows. Just sit tight until we return." Snake and Ness would leave the room, leaving Mario and Peach at unease.
"I've never noticed this until now, but this hospital has a very shady and dismal track record..." Peach had this to say after Snake and Ness had left.
Nobody was more saddened by the discontinuation of the Pikachu Cheesesteaks than Link, who took much of the credit for creating the cheesesteak while the originator of the sandwich, CJ, was chilling in Philadelphia. The Hylian was still attached to the cheesesteaks, as he was stuffing the remaining sandwiches inside a giant sack.
"You might be dead to Master Hand and the others, but you'll forever be legendary to me..." Link said to the cheesesteaks, acting like they were sentimental beings, and he placed them inside his sack. By the time the Hylian was done, Aerith would enter the bedroom, escorting Cloud. And Cloud wasn't lookin' good. "Yikes, what's the matter with Cloud?" Link would ask Aerith.
"Poor Cloud just has a case of food poisoning, that's all," answered Aerith, escorting her boyfriend inside the bedroom and sitting him on his bed. "He had tried out one of the 'Pikachu Sushi Rolls' offered at the food truck outside, and moments later, he started feeling nauseated and dizzy. Also has some cramps. I'm just keeping him here until Leia is done with Ike and his stomach ulcers."
"No need to worry about me Link, I'm just fine...Aerith loves to exaggerate the details sometimes," Cloud assured his best friend, right before vomiting inside the trash can near his bed. So much for Aerith exaggerating details. "Really, I'm just fine, me vomiting didn't mean much...it was just an anomaly."
"...just give Cloud some company until Leia is available," Aerith said to Link before leaving, as Link gave the flower girl a thumbs up as she left. Cloud would lie down on his bed, trying to play off his food poisoning.
"You're still attached to those stupid cheesesteaks?" Cloud asked Link, as he turned his head to face his best friend eating a Pikachu Cheesesteak. "Those things are no longer a fad Link, give it up already..."
"These cheesesteaks weren't a 'fad', they were a newfound delicacy that wasn't given a chance!" defended Link, as Cloud rolled his eyes. Stopping the Pikachu Cheesesteak fad was perhaps for the best. "The sheer audacity of Master Hand, to discontinue the cheesesteaks for some stupid sushi rolls...the same sushi rolls that made you sick! Pit and Kirby were selling them, weren't they?! You should sue them!"
"Sue? Sue someone over some food poisoning I got from eating a sushi roll? Yeah, right, I'm not going down that path. Besides, Pit isn't worth suing anyways. I'm that every judiciary system in America would give him a pass."
"Pit may be slow, but he certainly isn't special needs...and he doesn't deserve any coddling from anyone! Suing Pit would be payback for him making you sick! Once everyone finds out the evil truth about the sushi rolls, Master Hand will discontinue them, and go back to selling Pikachu Cheesesteaks, like how it was meant to be!"
"Wait, so you want me to sue Pit as part of some kind of revenge tour? You can do that yourself, buddy...do it on your own time, not mine."
Bowser: Stupid Ema refuses to give back the bouquet! I've tried asking nicely, but she refused to give it up. When I tried to ask a second time, she slammed the door and told me to never come back again! You think I'll go down without a fight? Nope! I'm very persistent as you know, if my attempts at kidnapping Peach are any indication. Since I can't ask for the bouquet, I'll just have to find another way to get it back...
Akuma was one of the few workout warriors at the Smash Mansion, along with Little Mac, Wii Fit Trainer, and several others. The Street Fighter veteran would go to work everyday in the fitness center, doing every exercise possible to keep his body and physique in shape. Staying in tip-top shape was always Akuma's MO, and it was also the MO for another Street Fighter dude, Ryu.
"Move out of the way Akuma, you're in my usual spot!" Ryu would bark at the fighter, who was on the floor doing crunches. Ryu was planning on doing some leg exercises, but Akuma was in his usual spot. Ryu, like any person out there, couldn't afford to skip leg day, the most important day of the week.
"This is a free country, Ryu, you can literally do your exercises somewhere else," replied Akuma, as he kept doing his crunches without breaking a sweat. He wasn't in the mood to fight with Ryu over a silly spot in the fitness center. "It's not like this specific spot has your name on it!"
"Akuma, I am telling you as a man...move out of my spot, and I'll leave you alone. The last thing I would want to do is start a scene, if I haven't already!"
"And I'm telling you as a man that I'm not leaving, so if you're feeling that salty, then go and do your exercising outside. Surely the oxygen will absorb all your needless salt."
Ryu had just about enough of Akuma, so he grabbed the fighter and threw him out of the fitness center. Akuma would collide against a wall, as a picture frame fell down and landed on his head. Said picture frame was now stuck between his neck.
"RUDE!" Akuma called out to Ryu, as he stood up and took the picture frame off. Akuma would grumble as he walked away, only for someone to tap him on the shoulder a few seconds later. "What do you want?" Akuma frowned as he turned around to face the person that tapped him, Bowser.
"Ema stole something from me and like a petulant child, she refuses to give it back," explained Bowser; hearing this story, Akuma kept on walking, before Bowser grabbed him and pulled him back. "No wait, there's more! I need a guy like you to knock some sense into Ema. Preferably by beating her up. A malicious beatdown oughta do it!"
"Thanks but no thanks. I refuse to fight a young lady who has virtually no fighting skills...don't want my beatdown to be terribly one-sided. It would be boring." Akuma would keep on walking, before stopping in place. "...but I can provide a distraction that will allow you to retrieve your little item..."
"Oh yeah, that was the third idea I had in mind! My second idea involved tossing Ema inside the lake outside, but I know she'd be crying about that nonstop. I'll probably do that with someone else in the future, provided they can easily take a joke."
Akuma: Bowser told me that the item Ema has is a bouquet. Don't know why he would even need it, considering Lara left two weeks ago...
Bowser would lead Akuma to Ema's room, where the forensics expert was seated at her desk inspecting the bouquet and taking notes. Bowser and Akuma peered inside through the half-open bedroom door.
"Go in there and do your thing, while I snatch the bouquet with Ema distracted," Bowser told Akuma, who nodded as he entered Ema's room. He would knock on the door to grab Ema's attention.
"I have a very important question to ask you Miss Skye, if you don't mind..." said Akuma, having Ema's full attention. The fighter stood at the desk, at Ema's side, so she wouldn't be able to notice Bowser...who apparently got himself stuck in-between the door sneaking his way inside the room. Clearly Bowser asked Ema to give back the bouquet from the door.
"Uh, okay then, ask away," responded Ema, while Bowser struggled to get himself unstuck. Tried to make as little noise as possible, so he wouldn't blow his cover.
"Just the other day, some teenage twerp challenged me to a fight at his school...you know, so he could prove to his peers that he's tough, that he's all about that life. No matter how many times I turned down his request, he told me to meet him outside of his school, at the football field so everyone can see. What should I do, Ema?"
"Personally I wouldn't show up - a grown man like yourself beating up a kid sounds bad either way you look it. And you not showing up will make it seem like you punked out, which will give your opponent the glory he so desperately craves for." As Ema gave her answer, Bowser finally got past the door, and snatched the bouquet, giving Akuma a nod when the mission was complete.
"Yeah you're right. I shouldn't have entertained the kid in the first place. It was my fault from the very beginning. Thanks for the advice, Ema." Ema would nod her head as Akuma left the room, and the forensics expert would go back to inspecting the bouquet...only to see that the bouquet was gone!
"Hold on, what happened to the bouquet?" Ema would look around her room, before bringing her attention to the bedroom door and the damaged done to it by Bowser. "And why does my bedroom door look so messed up for?"
Layton and Luke were on the heels of a new investigation - the rabbit logo on the box delivered to the mansion today led the detectives to believe that a group of rabbits were sending gifts to the mansion, for no reason. To see if anyone had any intel about the situation, Layton and Luke would ask random residents if they have seen any suspicious rabbits anywhere.
"Can't say I've seen any rabbits anywhere, aside from that Lopunny Lucario is attracted to," Akira would say to Layton and Luke, being questioned near the vending machine room. "But I will say, a wedding dress sent to this mansion does sound mighty suspicious!"
"Sure does Akira - almost makes me wonder if someone at the mansion is secretly eloping," remarked Layton, who was holding the wedding dress in his arms. "You can go now." Akira would leave the premises, just when Lloyd showed up. The swordsman was about to enter the vending machine room when Layton and Luke approached him.
"Lloyd before you grab yourself a snack, do you mind if we ask you a question or two?" Luke would ask the swordsman, who was quick to oblige. "We're running another investigation, and we believe that it might have something to do with rabbits. Have you seen any suspicious-looking rabbits anywhere?"
"Boy I sure have, saw some rabbits hanging around the mansion this week!" exclaimed Lloyd, getting Layton and Luke all excited. This was their chance to bust the investigation wide open. "I've seen things, my dudes! I've seen things!"
"Alright now Lloyd, calm down, we believe you," Layton calmed down the swordsman, before he could get all hyper. "How about you describe what these rabbits looked like, and Luke will draw a picture of them so we'll use it later."
"Cool beans! Lemme get a good visualization of what the rabbits looked like..." Luke took out a drawing pad and a marker, as Lloyd was ready to describe. "...these rabbits were short, had blank eyes, and these giant mouths...with these buck teeth..."
"Mhmm...mhmm...mhmm..." Luke would finish his drawing, and as he looked it at, he couldn't help but wonder if Lloyd provided the right description. "You sure this is right, Lloyd?" Luke would show Lloyd the drawing...a drawing of a Rabbid. And the swordsman would nod his head in eagerness.
"Yes, that's the one, looks like those Rabbids I saw outside!" Layton would take a peek at the Rabbid drawing, also sharing Luke's sentiments.
Lloyd: Saw those Rabbids terrorizing the Duck Hunt Dog one day. I wouldn't repelled them away from the mansion, but not at the fear of catching rabies...from the Rabbids, I mean.
"I can't see the Rabbids sending unwanted gifts to the mansion, they don't appear capable of doing anything aside from spreading chaos and mayhem," remarked Layton, as Luke put away the drawing and his drawing pad. "But we'll keep the drawing in our records anyways. Thanks Lloyd."
"Just doing my job!" Lloyd saluted Layton and Luke, as they walked away. Feeling more proud of himself than he should, Lloyd confidently strutted his way inside the vending machine room...only to stop and stare agape.
There in the room, raiding a vending machine, were a group of Rabbids - the very same creatures Lloyd claimed he saw earlier this week. The Rabbids were doing their thing when they turned around, and saw Lloyd staring at them. They would scream, and Lloyd would scream as well, before they ran out of the room knocking down Lloyd as they escaped. Lloyd would spring back up to his feet, fearing for the worst.
"Oh crap, those Rabbid chumps are inside the mansion...why didn't I stop them when I had the chance?!" panicked Lloyd, as he pulled on his hair. "This is all my fault..."
Last week, with the help of Samus, Mega Man and his robot crew repaired the teleportation device, after it was burned by Bowser. With the device functioning again, Proto Man would use it to teleport Falco's stunt double to the mansion.
"The coordinates and everything else should be correct - just hope that I get the right person," said Proto Man, as the teleportation device did its thing. In a matter of seconds, a certain Rito fellow would be warped to the mansion, standing on the teleportation pad with his bow in tow. This Rito was a champion of his people, and the pilot of the Divine Beast, Vah Medoh...his name was Revali.
"Hmm, this place looks oddly familiar..." Revali said to himself, scanning his surroundings. He would stop off the pad, and come across Proto Man. "...and you look quite familiar yourself. Mind telling me your name?"
"I'm Proto Man, I'm the guy that operates the device that brought you here, or at least one of the guys," Proto Man introduced himself to Revali, getting the Rito's memory banks operating. "You're back in the Smash Mansion."
"Ah, yes, the Smash Mansion, where my fellow Champions and I made our presence! Though my presence was far more superior than theirs. I recall the first time I was at the mansion, when that bird Falco accused me of stealing his best friend, Fox. Glad we got the whole situation sorted out, before fists were thrown."
"Speaking of Falco, I brought you here so you could do him a huge favor. You see, he has a date with this cat, Katt Monroe, and he's also supposed to be on this online show called Microwave Idol Mamorin, which takes place in our kitchen. He wants you to serve as his stunt double for the show, so he can make it in time for his date."
"A falcon on a date with a feline...these present times sure are strange." Proto Man could only chuckle in response to Revali's comments. "No matter - I shall appear on this 'online show' and deliver an unbelievable, heart-stopping performance nobody will ever forget."
Revali: Being that I'm from a distinctly medieval period, I have literally no clue as to what an online show is or how it works, but I have the utmost confidence in my abilities regardless. I do everything with confidence - living without confidence is like living in death.
"Proto Man, how did it go, did it work?" .EXE would ask the robot, seeing him standing near the device with Revali. "Sweet, the device actually worked! Was afraid you might've came across a technical mishap or something..."
"You should know better than to have your doubts, .EXE," Proto Man would say to his fellow robot pal...or NetNavi pal. Whichever one works best for you. "Mind showing our guest, Revali, where the kitchen is? He's supposed to be on Microwave Idol Mamorin, as Falco's stunt double."
"Mamori won't do her show if her special guest is unavailable...I'll do the honors." Revali would follow after .EXE, as the NetNavi guided the Rito to the kitchen. "Welcome back to the Smash Mansion, by the way - I know you were teleported here without notice. Happens to a lot of people when they're subject to teleportation. So, how are the Champions doing, what are they up to?"
"Same old, same old, I tell ya..." replied Revali, believing that his life was more superior than the other Champions' lives. "Mipha's still teaching her brother Sidon how to swim, Daruk is still mining for gold, and Urbosa...still won't let me inside her town. The Gerudo are an extremely sexist race, I'll tell you what. But enough of that - tell me how this, 'online show' works..."
Unless you were Samus and wanted to finish your task to the end without breaking a sweat, you probably want to take a break from your work every now and then. Fox, who was working on his Landmaster, felt his stomach growling, and went to eat some malasadas, to cure his hunger. Those malasadas were almost always readily available.
When Fox returned outside to his Landmaster, malasadas in hand, he would drop the Hawaiian treats to the ground when he saw a sight before him that greatly ticked him off - Sonic and Crash, the latter free from his cage, on top of the Landmaster and dancing. To add insult to injury, phrases such as "FOX SUCKS" were spray painted on the Landmaster in graffiti, which made Fox even more ticked.
"Hey Fox you gotta admit, the graffiti spruces up your Landmaster a bit doesn't it?" Sonic would ask the pilot, who growled his teeth as he marched towards the hedgehog and Crash. He rolled up his sleeve, meaning that he was gonna throw some hands.
Sonic: Think I know why Fox had Sonic caged up in the first place...he knew that Crash was a lowkey secret weapon in dismantling Berkut's assassination scheme! That's why Fox came and restrained Crash and I while we were laying the beatdown on Balthier. Whatever Falco's involved with, Fox is involved too. What if Coco was working with Berkut, Dark Pit, and Balthier as well? I mean, she also restrained us from exposing Balthier...and Aku himself could have a vital role...everything is starting to come full circle!
"YOU PUNKS ARE DEAD MEAT!" shouted Fox, jumping on top of his Landmaster ready to throw down with Sonic and Crash. He would push the two down and threw his fists, throwing his punches at them, as Sonic and Crash did their best to fight back. "Once I get through with you dorks, I'm gonna..."
"Bruh, Fox, why you beating up on Sonic and Crash for?" asked a voice, a voice Fox could easily recognize from a thousand miles away. The pilot would stop his senseless beating and look behind him, seeing Falco all dressed up for his date. "Now Sonic, that is understandable, but Crash...have you got any shame, dude?"
"I was, uh, teaching Sonic and Crash how to fight properly. That's what's going on, yeah. Teaching Crash how to fight before he officially becomes a Smash fighter, whenever that happens. As for Sonic...well, I just needed a punching bag to demonstrate on. No biggie, hehe..."
"Uh huh...seems legit. Well anyway, I'm about to go on my date with Katt - I'm supposed to meet her at some restaurant up in the Space Needle. Isn't that cool or what? Hoping and praying that my first date goes well..."
"There's restaurants up in the Space Needle? Sweet! Awesome! I thought the Space Needle was just some overrated building that only exists just for people to look at, but I see that my views about it have changed. Now the Taj Mahal is the most overrated building on Earth, at least in my book. So did you find someone to take your place on Microwave Idol Mamorin or not?"
"As in like, my stunt double?" Falco would ask before making a sudden face of realization, followed by a slap to his face. "Dang it, Little Mac must've brought that man Revali to the mansion! Told him good not to do it! Good thing I have a few minutes to spare before my date..." Falco would return to the mansion, on a mission to expel Revali.
"Definitely could've used one of those funky cloning potions Ashley has...maybe he wasn't that convincing enough. The puppy eyes look would've given Ashley some sympathy. Back to my..." Fox was ready to resume throwing hands with Sonic and Crash, only to notice that something - or someone - was amiss. "Hey, where did Sonic run off to? Eh, I'll just give his dose of fists later..."
Lloyd was in trouble, or so the swordsman thought. There were Rabbids inside the mansion, and Lloyd himself took the blame for their sudden appearing, believing that had he repelled them from the mansion earlier this week, they wouldn't have sneaked their way inside the establishment. But knowing how the Rabbids operated, they were bound to find a way anyways...
"YES, I've finally caught a fish Pokemon that isn't a Magikarp OR a Feebas!" rejoiced Villager, walking through the mansion with his catch of the day. The young lad was holding his fishing rod in one hand, and a Remoraid in the other. "This is the best day ever!" Little did Villager know that his best day was about to become his worst...
"Villager, Villager, you must save me!" Lloyd called out to the lad, running to him from behind. He would knock into Villager, making him drop his Remoraid as the poor jet Pokemon was flung out of a nearby open window. "Oh, and sorry about your Remoraid."
Villager: That Remoraid might not be much, but it was the best Pokemon I've caught in all my times fishing at the lake...I bet some stupid bird swooped up that poor Remoraid and made it its prey... *wipes away a tear* ...I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING! *sniffs, then walks away* I need a moment, excuse me...
"Oh, it's fine, it's fine...I can always catch another Remoraid another time," replied Villager, knowing dang well that the odds is, and will always be, against his favor. "So, what do I need to save you from? Ticked off Bayonetta again?"
"For the last time, I DID NOT tick off Bayonetta," clarified Lloyd, making sure Villager knew this. "My curiosity ticked her off. My curiosity was the one who told me to touch Bayonetta's butt, to see if it was full of silicone. Don't blame me, blame my curiosity...but back to the important stuff. There are Rabbids inside our mansion, and it was my fault for not telling them to go away when they showed up earlier this week. We must prevent a Rabbids invasion from happening!"
"Not sure if I should believe you or not, considering it's you. Might have to see some actual evidence of the Rabbids before...I can..."
The evidence Villager needed would walk right past him and Lloyd, as the young lad and the swordsman witnessed the Rabbids walk by, carrying an unfortunate female resident on a stake all tied up like she was the Rabbids' queen. And who was this woman exactly? Ema Skye.
"One moment I was looking for the bouquet, and now I'm caught up in this..." sighed Ema, forced to look up at the ceiling (and occasionally to the side) due to the position she was in. "...and the fact that I'm being held captive by some crackhead rabbits isn't doing anything to soften the situation..."
Lloyd and Villager would watch as the Rabbids carried Ema away, chanting some kind of tribal chant. They would then look at each other, knowing that they would have a major problem on their hands if they didn't act fast...
"Hello, Mamorinis, to another spanking episode of Microwave Idol Mamorin, with your hosts Mamori, Ashley, and Asuka!" Mamori kicked off her online show, in the kitchen. Mamorinis was the pet name Mamori came up with for her fanbase. "We're gonna warm up your heart, with the press of a button!"
"Unfortunately one of our scheduled guests today couldn't make it to today's show - he's too busy pimping out his ride," said Asuka, as Revali waited in the dining room, ready to make an impact. "Pretty honorable excuse for not showing up. But our other schedule guest is here...he is a famed space pilot, and he's as cool as a cucumber! Everyone give it up for...Ashley, would you like to do the honors?"
"Sure why not...everyone give it up for...Falco Revali...I mean Lombardi!" exclaimed Ashley, pressing the cheers/applause button on her remote as Revali stepped inside the kitchen, in the camera focus. It should be noted that Ashley was familiarized with Revali, while Mamori and Asuka weren't...
"Ah, what a perfect day to make my debut appearance!" smiled Revali, with his hands on his hips. "So glad to be here girls - I can guarantee that this episode will be the greatest episode in this series' history!"
"Ooooooh a guarantee already, I love it!" exclaimed Mamori, as Ashley looked around nervously wondering if she should've given Falco that cloning potion. "Our special treat of the day is raw prime meat!" Mamori held up a plate of the meat for the viewers to see. "Falco, would you like to hold the plate, since you're the guest?"
"Why of course, Mamori!" Mamori would give the plate of meat to the Rito. "You know, I've cooked this particular kind of meat before...tastes delicious when it's steaming hot!" As Revali kept running his mouth about raw prime meat, Falco stood at the kitchen entrance glaring down the Rito. Apparently Falco didn't want Revali in his place, and for several unknown reasons.
But as Falco glared at Revali, a person was spying on him...that person being Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic: Aw crap, Falco's gonna ask Revali to join Berkut's assassination crew! You might think Falco dislikes Revali, but it's just a facade used to make Revali's "initiation" easier. Pretty soon we're gonna have Dark Pit, Balthier, Fox, Falco, Coco, Aku, AND Revali working with Berkut to take out Alm! What if Revali tells the other Champions about the plot and asks them to join Berkut...I can't even think about it!
Falco couldn't stand to watch Revali run his jib jab anymore, so he stepped inside the kitchen to confront the Rito. He would slap the plate of raw prime meat out of his hands, looking into the eyes of the bird.
"My goodness, we now have TWO Falcos on our show!" exclaimed Mamori, after Falco made his presence, all up in Revali's grill. "Two times the fun! But, which Falco is actually the real Falco...?"
"Falco Lombardi...we met again," greeted Revali, as Falco had a death cold glare locked in on the Rito. Mamori and company looked on, with Mamori and Asuka confused, and Ashley suddenly having second regrets. " Why are you here, the show must go on!"
"Get out of my spot before I have to teach ya a lesson..." frowned Falco, rolling up his sleeve. What is it with Fox and Falco wanting to throw some hands today? "No way I'm gonna let you steal my glory and shine..."
"Now, now, this is not the time for a fight. Kitchens aren't the type of settings to have a brawl. Unless you're dealing with a horrible chef. So how about you take your beef elsewhere?"
Falco refused to, as he was still standing in front of Revali, ready for a fight. But Revali, the modest Rito, wouldn't budge...
Meanwhile, Mario and Peach were still waiting to know what gender their baby was, and Snake and Ness were still doing everything in their power to prevent the married couple from knowing. After turning in the "results" from the questionable questionnaire, Snake would inspect Peach's belly for any evidence of stretchmarks, and Ness would do the same.
"I've told you before, I already inspected my stomach for stretchmarks and I didn't see any," said the ever impatient Peach, as Snake was shining a literal flashlight on the princess' stomach. "Why won't you listen?!"
"There might be invisible stretchmarks for all we know, which is why Dr. Pliskin is using the special flashlight to find them," explained Ness, as Mario felt bored out of his mind. "It'll take some time." Suddenly Mario's phone rang, and the plumber was quick to answer.
"Hello, who's this?" Mario said into the phone, hoping this phone call would be the one thing that would quell his boredom. The phone was on speakerphone; this was important.
"Oh hey Mario, it's me, Ema," answered Ema, who certainly sounded like she was in a predicament. "Having trouble moving my arms...anyways, I just got kidnapped by a group of rabbits...Rabbids, I'm afraid." Mario's face understandably sank when the Rabbids were mentioned. "Just giving you a heads up, before we have a Rabbids invasion on our hands. I'm sure you'll know what to do to prevent the inevitable from happening."
"No matter the situation, I'll always-a find a way..." Mario sighed depressingly, as Peach, Snake, and Ness looked on. "...anything else you wish-a to share with me?"
"Well I'm not allowed to tell you or Peach this, but...Master Hand had sent Snake and Ness to the hospital to disguise themselves as doctors and prevent you and Peach from finding out the gender of your child because he's afraid you'll tell everyone the gender and ruin the surprise. Okay, bye!"
Ema quickly ended the call, and after she did, Mario dropped his phone to the floor, glaring at a concerned Snake and Ness. Peach would glare at the two as well.
"Look, Mario, Peach, it's not what you think..." said Snake, backing away with Ness, as Mario came closer towards the faux doctors. "We just wanted to wait until the day the baby is delivered, just for the surprise...everyone loves a good surprise, amirite Ness?" Ness nodded his head nervously.
"What's good Mario and Peach, sorry for being so late!" greeted the doctor that entered the room. It was the sonographer, and boy was he late. "Sorry for my late arrival, I got mugged by some guy and this kid and got trapped inside this dark...room." The sonographer stopped talking, when he saw Mario ready to throw it down with Snake and...what was up with Fox, Falco, AND Mario today?!
Snake: *sporting a black eye* Got Mario and Peach to momentarily hate me and Ness, but it was totally worth it. The best surprises...are the ones you don't have to wait too long for.
Once Leia was done treating Ike and his stomach ulcers, she would pay Cloud a visit, as she tended to the swordsman's sickness. Link, Zelda, and Aerith were standing by.
"Yup, this is definitely food poisoning... got all the usual symptoms," stated Leia, as she diagnosed her patient. "There could've been some bacteria, like salmonella, in the sushi roll you ate. I wouldn't accept any food from Pit from now on, if I were you..."
"You know, this will make suing Pit all the more easier, now that we have suitable evidence," remarked Link, as everyone glared at the Hylian. Dude just needed to let it go. Suddenly, a knock on the door. "Come in!"
"Is this a good time or not?" asked the person that knocked, Pit. With the angel was Meta Knight, who looked like he was contemplating life. Working with Pit must've done it to him. "There was something wrong with the sushi roll we gave to..."
"THERE HE IS CLOUD! SUE HIM, SUE HIS PRETENTIOUS BEHIND!" Everyone looked at Link, pointing at Pit like a madman, and the Hylian would cool off.
"The sushi we had given you, Cloud...it had contained salmonella, and it may have contributed to your food poisoning. We were informed about your sickness by Zelda, and so we had to inform you right away...that your sushi roll was essentially a defect."
"Heh, I knew that sushi roll was no good..." Cloud had this to say, only mustering a slight chuckle as his food poisoning was getting the best of him. "To be fair, it looked like any other sushi roll, but it still looked suspicious, at least to me. Did any of the other sushi rolls have salmonella?"
"We R.O.B. do some inspecting, and we found certain sushi rolls that carry the bacteria," answered Meta Knight, still looking like he was contemplating life. "We've placed them in the kitchen so Palutena could perhaps 'cleanse' them, if she can."
Layton and Luke were more hard-pressed for answers than ever. They've been asking people if they knew anything about the wedding dress, or the suspicious rabbit logo, but nobody knew a thing. Nobody could provide the answer Layton and Luke craved for.
Wanting to call it a day, Layton and Luke decided to ask one more person. And they would find that person in Bowser, holding his bouquet in the lounge.
"Ema may have tried to take you away from me, but she has another thing coming for her...I think," Bowser spoke to the bouquet like a sentimental being, as Layton and Luke entered the lounge. As Bowser saw them, he would hold his bouquet behind his back. "...sup dudes, what's cookin' up in your neighborhood?"
"Watcha holding behind your back, King Bowser?" Luke asked the koopa king out of curiosity. Bowser knew that Layton and Luke were too keen to be outsmarted in any given situation, so he had to give it up.
"Oh, you're talking about this?" Bowser would reveal the bouquet, for Layton and Luke to see. "Pfft, it's just some stupid bouquet, full of Piranha Plants...nothing special if you ask me."
"Uh huh...before we go, we must ask you a simple question, or two questions rather," said Layton, holding up the wedding dress for Bowser. "Do you know anything about this wedding dress? Also, have you seen any..."
"Look, I know you're just dying to conduct another investigation, but I'm scared to know what this investigation is all about if it involves some stupid wedding dress. You losers will never get married in a million years, so why bother gathering clues for?! Just leave me out of your investigation, will ya?!"
Bowser grumpily got up and left the lounge with his bouquet, and as he left, Layton turned around and saw the rabbit symbol he saw earlier on Bowser's bouquet...
Layton: Staring to get a clue as to why Bowser avoided Luke and I today...we shall be keeping a close eye on him in the coming weeks.
Falco and Revali were still having their staredown in the kitchen, while Microwave Idol Mamorin was going on. No action whatsoever - just an intense staredown.
"Folks, our Falco clones have been staring at each other for what feels like eons, you could literally cut the intensity in this kitchen with a knife!" exclaimed Mamori, before quietly whispering the following to Ashley and Asuka: "We are going to cut a majority of the staredown out of our episode for the sake of time, right?"
As the avian staredown persisted, Sonic was still spying on Falco. This time, the hedgehog was closer to prey, and he was ready to pounce. And pounce he did...
"Hiya!" Sonic belted, rushing inside the kitchen attempting to take out Falco's knees. Somehow the hedgehog messed up, and he caused Falco to fall forward towards Revali, pushing him. Sonic remained on the kitchen floor, soaking in failure, as Revali looked at Falco with contentious eyes.
"If it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you shall get!" exclaimed Revali, assuming Falco purposely incited him to fight, as he and the avian pilot were finally fighting. Unfortunately for Revali, he wasn't that much of a fighter - archery was his prowess. That meant that the fighting between him and Falco was rather awkward, as they legitimately had no idea what to do thanks in part to Revali's ineptitude.
"Oh my, the two Falcos are sparring in the kitchen!" fretted Mamori, as she and her friends were forced to watched the fight that increased in awkwardness with each and every second. "Will the real Falco Lombardi please stand up?! Never mind, they're both standing..."
Sonic, done bathing in defeat, would pick himself off up the floor, standing up on his own. As he did, he would see the Rabbids walk by Falco and Revali carrying their "queen" Ema Skye over their shoulders. The Rabbids would stop when they felt Sonic looking at them, as they turned around to face the blue blur.
"Um, guys...who invited them?" Sonic would ask the others, pointed at the Rabbids, as Falco and Revali stopped their awkward fight and looked at the Rabbids. The Rabbids, with their lifeless eyes, looked at Sonic, then at Falco and Revali, then at Mamori and company...and suddenly took interest in Mamori, as they dropped Ema to the floor like it was nothing and marched towards the nervous idol singer.
"Wonder who let the cancer inside the mansion..." remarked Falco, as the Rabbids drew closer to Mamori, who backed away. The idol singer's "stranger danger" couldn't save her now. Falco would look to his right, seeing a plate of the salmonella-ridden Pikachu Sushi Rolls, and had an idea. "Hey Revali, think fast!"
Falco would toss a handful of the sushi rolls to the Rito, before hurling his own sushi rolls at the Rabbids, halting their progress. Revali, seeing what Falco was doing, would join in on the effort, as he too threw the sushi rolls at the Rabbids. The poor bunny creatures were now backing away from Mamori, as they were pelted by the sushi rolls screaming incessantly; one Rabbid ate a sushi roll lying on the floor, and was left disgusted. Sonic, taking upon the opportunity, dragged Ema to the nearby dining room, and untied her there.
"About time someone untied me..." said Ema, as Sonic was untying her. Lloyd would eventually show up, and when he saw what Sonic was doing, he left the premises, snapping his fingers in disgust.
Lloyd: My one and only chance to save Ema, and prove how awesome I am...but Sonic just had to be even more awesome...er.
Sonic: I could've prevented Revali from joining Berkut's assassination pact, if it weren't for those intruding Rabbids...what if the Rabbids are a part of the pact too?
The Rabbids eventually had enough of the sushi rolls, as they were all screaming and ran outside the mansion, through the back door. The kitchen floor was covered with sushi rolls, but it was worth it in the end.
"In all my life, I've never seen creatures as strange-looking as those rabbits - and their screams were irritating!" said Revali, before looking at Falco with a smile. "You got quite the arm, my friend - an excellent thrower!"
"Heh, you got quite the arm too, Revali," replied Falco, also smiling. It was in that moment Mamori and Asuka realized they've been bamboozled. "Sorry about our little spat earlier - when I wanted a stunt double, you were perhaps the last person on my mind. Was afraid that my stunt double would outdo me on Mamori's show, show more swagger and personality than I do! Wanted my stunt double to be good, but not as good as I am. I was irrationally angry when you were the guy selected. But I see that I was in the wrong..."
"You have to admit Falco, we're more similar than you think aside from our looks. Similar attitudes, similar personalities...it just matches up, doesn't it?" Falco knew he heard that before. "So, how about we let bygones be bygones?" Bygones be bygones it was, as Falco and Revali shook hands, and were on the same page (again). Just then, Falco's phone rang, and the pilot knew who it was...
"Katt, babe, what's up?" Falco nervously said into his phone, leaving the kitchen. As he did, he waved goodbye to Revali, and Revali would wave right back.
Thanks to their sonographer...their real sonographer, Mario and Peach returned home in comfort, knowing what gender their baby was. Immediately after the married couple exited from their car, Lloyd came running up to them, out of breath.
"Mario...Princess Peach...some bad news..." alerted Lloyd, huffing and puffing and sweating buckets. "The Rabbids...were seen...in the mansion..."
"Yes, I'm fully aware Lloyd, Ema told-a me about them," replied Mario, leading Lloyd to hold his head in shame. His one and only chance to deliver information, and prove how awesome he was, but Ema just had to be more awesome...er. "She also told-a me how they had to be driven-a out of the kitchen. I'll have X tweak-a the security system, so we-a won't see the Rabbids again."
"Cool beans...cool beans..." Lloyd's breather would come to an end, as the swordsman was upbeat and perky again. "So how did the 'sialography' go, did you find out the baby's gender?"
"First-a of all, it's called a sonography...and secondly, it went-a well! As for the gender of-a our baby, it's a..." Lloyd looked at Mario with excitement, ready to hear the great news. "...you know what, we'll wait until-a we address it to everyone." Mario and Peach headed to their house, as Lloyd held his head in disappointment and walked away. Hopefully the swordsman didn't have to wait long, for as Snake said earlier...
...the best surprises are the ones you don't have to wait too long for.