Author's Note:

The Smash community lost a great man recently...Desmond Amofah, otherwise known by many as Etika. He was a really cool dude, and I've always enjoyed watching his reaction videos to all things Nintendo, ever since his reaction to Cloud in Smash Bros. It was sad and heartbreaking how he went out, committing suicide by drowning, all because of his mental health issues. Looking back on a few of his videos, the signs were there, and I don't think many people noticed them at the time. Mental health is obviously no joke, and is just as important as your physical health - so I encourage you all to stay positive, think positive, and steer away from the things that'll fill you with negativity (i.e. social media). Always hang out with friends and family, and only do whatever makes you genuinely happy. If you ever feel down, just know that there's always someone out there willing to help. And I'm you're too afraid to reach out, just know that there's boatloads of people out there who care about you. You are NOT alone. Life is a precious gift...always cherish it while you can.

And now, on a hopefully less somber note...let's answer some reviews:

"Will Tawna show up in a later chapter? (Since she was confirmed as DLC for Crash Team Racing) are Prompto and Cindy from Final Fantasy XV going to be a couple if they show up? Is Luminary being called Android 17 going to be a running gag? Will Viridi ever cut her hair short? (Make it part of her character development) will Blanc from Neptunia become a Smash Mansion resident? (Since her appearance is based off the Wii) and finally, will we ever see a Cloud and Tifa wedding in the future?"

That's the plan. Prompto and Cindy will be a couple. I'll keep it a running gag until it gets old. Viridi with short hair seems like a good fit for her. Blanc won't be a mansion resident. And Cloud won't be marrying Tifa, or anyone else for that matter. Just friends. On to Sioresov:

"1. When are we getting our security guard? For all we could know terrorists or even sly could come back (AGAIN,) and strike the mansion you know.
2. Can there be a chapter where everyone is divided on which Nintendo switch is better, since there is the mini.
3. Can there be a moment where Arceus, Giratina, MH, and CH Interact?
4. Why do you need a job? *sits on stool and plays 'whirlwinds of danger', carefully listening and constantly nodding*
5. "Minecraft was in obselesence?" R u kidding me? Have you ever heard of the 'great depression' and 'new deal' of mine craft?"

1. Haven't made a final decision yet...
2. Isn't the Switch Mini just a rumor?
3. Arceus, Giratina, Master Hand and Crazy Hand interacting...oh my. Gotta figure out how that'll happen.
4. I need a job...because I want to unleash my talents and make money? And maybe find a girlfriend/future wife.
5. Never heard of either of those events, to be honest.

Derick Lindsey has a question about Ike:

"Is Ike in his Path of Radiance appearance or his Radiant Dawn appearance because of him being jealous of Crunch...?"

Ike is in his Radiant Dawn appearance. I prefer to go with the most recent appearance of a character. PinkRose4452's got two questions:

"1. What happened to Piranha Plant being Joker's roommate in chapter 156? Did Piranha Plant move rooms overtime, or is he rooming with Joker and Banjo and Kazooie?
2. I'm just curious, but aren't the Dragon Quest Heroes besides the Luminary do not speak? Will they speak eventually?"

1. Piranha Plant moved out when Petey Piranha joined the mansion, so Petey is its new roommate. Joker was all by himself until the previous chapter.
2. Only gave Luminary a speaking role, since he's the only DQ hero on record to use dialogue in-game. On that note, don't expect the other heroes to be speaking anytime soon.

And last for today is El Pollo Campero:

"Is Morgana ever gonna get some spare coochie from lady Ann?"

Spare coochie from Ann...hehe, why not?

Episode 184: Zroomed

Two yard sales have happened at the mansion, both on separate occasions. The first one was held by Mario, in episode 8, and the second was held by Sonic and Tails in episode 71. Mario was trying to raise money for a Valentine's Day gift for Peach, whereas Sonic was focused on accruing enough funds for a Nintendo Switch.

Interestingly enough, both Mario and Sonic had to compete against another resident, who was hosting a yard sale of their own. They had to go up against Ganondorf, who ultimately had the last laugh at the end of the day. No matter how much money Mario and Sonic got, Ganondorf always seemed to have more.

Today, there would be another yard sale...although there was something different about this one. This garage sale was more or less a garage sale, with many items from the garage being put for sale. Sanctioned by Master Hand, this garage sale would be carried out by several residents, including Link, Zelda, Pit, and Dark Pit - the four of whom were standing in the mansion driveway, near the garage door. There were stands and signs set up at the front yard already, all of which closely resembled Lucy van Houten's psychiatry booth from Peanuts.

Zelda: The Smash Mansion is having our first own garage sale. Like many Americans, we realized we had a lot of things that we really didn't need. And 10 cents of every dollar is going into the party fund so we can throw more parties for ourselves.

"Look alive, people, it's showtime!" exclaimed Pit, who was holding some kind of small device in his hand. The angel pressed a button on the device, as the garage door behind him opened slowly. "Doors open in 3...2...1..."

"Um, what do you think you're doing?" Link questioned the angel, watching as the garage door was slowly rising up from the driveway.

"Pit just close the garage door, the garage sale will be taking place outside," Zelda told the angel, who refused to heed the princess' command.

"Aw, but it might rain soon! The rain will eventually drive people inside the garage."

"The signs will drive the people to the front yard, and keep them there."

"The humidity will drive the people inside. I can feel a tornado coming already!"

"Close it," Dark Pit commanded of Pit, letting the angel know who the boss was.

"This is how business is done...you wouldn't know a thing about business, Pittoo."

"Close it..." Dark Pit repeated, this time speaking in a more stern voice.

"Repeat that how many times you won't, I'm still not closing the garage door."

"I said close it!" Fed up with Pit, Dark Pit charged at the angel, wrangling with him as he tried to take the small device out of his hand.

"Stop it, you're gonna give us a bad look!" As Pit and Dark Pit kept on fighting, Link and Zelda just looked on.

"Just close it! That's all you have to do!"

While Pit and Dark Pit were busy fighting over the device that opened the garage door, Falco made his way over to Mario's house. The avian pilot rang the doorbell, and Mario would soon answer the door.

"Sup, I'm Zroom," Falco greeted Mario, like he never met the plumber before. He was wearing a shirt with the words "ZROOM!" on it.

"I'm Twitter," Mario introduced himself to Falco, like he never met the pilot before. He was wearing a white t-shirt with the Twitter logo on it.

"What's good with you, Twitter?" Falco gave Mario some dap, as Peach and Spyro - both in the living room - looked on feeling confused. Mario would let Falco inside his house, closing the door.

"I sent-a you a Twitter message yesterday, I still haven't heard-a anything back."

"You should've sent me a Zroom instead. Everyone knows that Zroom is the new best thing right now."

Falco: Aight, so remember that messaging website Krystal had bought out? The one from a couple of years ago? Fox and I took it upon ourselves, and attempt to restart that website and build it from the ground up! We renamed the website, and called it "Zroom" - a little homage to Luigi's pet Rotom. I'm telling you, it's gonna start a new wave in social media. We're gonna see how much money we could make off the bad boy in a short amount of time, so we'll have enough funds for the budget for Fox's wedding.

Itsuki: Being the nice guy that I am, I would let Fox and Falco use some of the Star Records money as a budget for Fox's wedding, but I've already let those two know that they won't be using the company's profits for personal matters. They'll just have to make money elsewhere, on their own...really interested in seeing how desperate they'll become. I was already told that Fox and Falco have secured Mario, as an "investor" of some sort.

"A what now?" Mario raised his eyebrow, as Falco pulled out an iPad from his pocket. After fiddling around, he showed Mario the iPad screen.

"When you send a Zroom, it goes to your home phone, Email, Facebook, Twitter and home screen - all at the same time," explained Falco, before sending a message, otherwise known as a "zroom". Moments later, Mario's phone rang, the computer in the living room chimed, and even the printer started up.

"Zroom..." a robotic voice echoed from the printer, which sat next to the home computer. Peach was very much unsure what to make of it.

"Ah, Zroom!" smiled Mario, now nodding his head in full understanding. Falco was pleased, as he gave Mario some dap one more time. "I get it now!"

"This sounds like a huge scam," Spyro offered his two cents on Zroom to Peach, who wasn't ready yet to dismiss Zroom. But she still felt unsure about it, though.

Fiora was in the printing room, getting some copies for someone. The Homs was stacking the copies together, as Researcher Zelda was nearby making copies of her own. Copies of an excerpt from a Hyrulian book she found in the library.

"Researcher Zelda?" Fiora called out to the princess, quickly grabbing her attention.

"Yes, Fiora?" Researcher Zelda perked up, while the copier machine was doing its thing.

"I don't want to be a lousy snitch, but...Falco has been using the color printer for his website a lot. He's using up a lot of paper, and ink."

"Oh, I'm sure it'll be fine. Falco's just trying to jump start this whole Zroom thing, that's all."

"But what if Master Hand sees how low the resources are in the printing room, and..."

"Let it go..." Having no choice but to listen to Researcher Zelda's words, Fiora nodded her head, as she took her copies and left.

Researcher Zelda: Yes, I invested in Zroom...or at least I was told to invest in it. Only gave Fox and Falco a couple of rupees. Zroom sounds like a good idea on the surface, and I can't believe it didn't exist before. And I know Fox and Falco are an eccentric duo, but I've dealt with bigger crazies back in Hyrule. Sometimes as a princess, you gotta do your part.

The garage sale was off to a great early start, as many Seattle denizens were at the front yard, looking at the items the residents were offering. Pit, looking around, saw that Bayonetta was at her own stand, selling stuff.

"Uh oh, looks like someone's sign is a little crooked!" observed Pit, as he was looking up at Bayonetta's sign. "Looks awful. Need a thumb tack, Bayonetta?"

"Like I would ever need anything from you, angel boy..." responded Bayonetta, feeling bored already as she rested her elbow on the stand, with her chin resting in the palm of her right hand.

Pit: Stallions of Palutena's army, like myself, are angels by hobby, and traders by trade. Through the art of the swap, I will walk out of this garage sale with the finest item I can find!

"I will trade you for that used candle," Pit said to Bayonetta, as he pointed at a used candle sitting on Bayonetta's stand.

"Forget you, Pit, buzz off..." Bayonetta frowned at the angel, not wanting to deal with him during her state of boredom. "...I'd much rather do business with someone else."

"Come on, its trash, like your sign...unless you have a thumb tack!"

"Fine, just give it." Pit would give Bayonetta a thumb tack, exchanging it for the used candle. "Now get lost!"

"That's how it's done...nice to do business with you, Bayonetta!" With the used candle in his possession, Pit smiled and waved at Bayonetta as he walked away. Bayonetta could only roll her eyes.

Meanwhile, at another stand, Fox and Krystal were also trying to do business as they was trying to sell some old technological stuff. Old computers, old monitors, used MP3 players, like anyone used MP3 players these days...

"Woah, I love this MP3 player!" exclaimed Banjo, as he picked up an MP3 player he liked off of Fox and Krystal's stand. He and Kazooie looked at it together. "How much for it?"

"I uh...I actually don't know why I brought that because It's kind of priceless," replied Fox, being as frank as possible. "It's not as valuable as it used to be."

"It's worth ten dollars," Krystal said to Banjo, sticking her head out in front of Fox. Fox looked on, looking slightly impressed.

"Um, no, I paid $500 for that, a long time ago! Back when MP3 players were a thing."

"I'll pay you $200," Banjo challenged Krystal, bringing his hands down on the stand.

"$500, that's the final offer."

"I'd say that $20 is a better deal," interjected Krystal, as Fox went from impressed to disappointed as Krystal was stealing his thunder.

"Okay then, how about $45? How does that sound?"

"Get lost..." Fox snarled at Banjo, who placed the MP3 player back on the stand as he walked away. Banjo snapped his fingers in disgust. "...and that, Krystal, is how you do it."

"You know we don't have to sell that if you don't want to," Krystal said to Fox, as a lady came over to the stand to look around. Neither Fox nor Krystal were being the man any mind. What jerks.

"You know it's really more for a rave party...at a bachelor pad. I just want to get a fair price."

"Well we could put it in the storage room at the mansion...in case."

"In case...in case of what?" Fox clearly didn't follow, as he furrowed his brow.

"You know... in case if something changes."

"I don't have an in case. Do you have an in case?"

"Nope," Krystal shook her head, continuing to leave Fox at an edge.

"How much for that Macintosh laptop?" the lady at the stand asked Fox and Krystal, as she pointed at the Macintosh laptop in question.

"Get lost, woman..." Fox said to the lady, who walked away. That's what she deserved for trying to interrupt Fox and Krystal's convo - as well as saying Macintosh instead of Mac. Nobody says Macintosh anymore!

Mario and Falco sat on the couch in the living room, with Peach looking on with scornful eyes as she vacuumed the floor. Little did Peach know that her own husband, like Researcher Zelda, was a Zroom investor.

"I think an investor's ski trip-a is the best idea," Mario suggested to Falco, as the plumber and pilot were watching television together. "It will be a bonding experience - you, me, and-a Fox."

"Aw yeah, I love the sound of that!" grinned Falco, as Peach groaned and kept on vacuuming.

"I was looking at a trail-a map, and I was thinking that we should-a start on a bunny hill, because I've never actually been-a skiing. And then work our-a way up to death-a drop."

"Great, so we got our first offer to buy the website." Hearing this made Mario perk up, as the plumber looked at Falco with his eyes wide open.

"You're-a kidding! For real?" Mario was so stunned, that he had the absolute gall to steal Ryuji's catchphrase.

"We could sell, but why think so small? We can just get a couple more people involved, really do this thing our way."

"You, me, and-a Fox. And perhaps Researcher Zelda, if she's still-a interested."

"New investors are key, though. That's actually why I came to stop by."

"Can't you and Fox work-a on finding new investors your own-a selves?" Looking down at the floor, Falco could only chuckle in response.

"Today, I was thinking I would sit down with a few of the people who haven't invested yet. Or we could do that together, if that sounds fun to you."

"That does sound-a pretty fun to me..." Mario scratched his chin in thought, as Peach was still feeling pretty skeptical about Zroom.

"Awesome, then it's a go!"

In the backyard of the mansion, there was another public function going on - one known as the Wumpa Festival. One that primarily involved wumpa fruit and...well, it was mostly just wumpa. Crash and Crunch were unloading boxes of wumpa fruit, which would be used as decor for the festival.

"Ah, that is some good wumpa," remarked Sonic, who watched as the bandicoots were unloading the wumpa. "That's the good stuff, green apple quality!"

Sonic: I had traveled with the bandicoots to Wumpa Island, as a little tag-along (or "fourth wheel", as Coco called it), and I found a heck of a lot of wumpa fruit lying around! The bandicoots took some of the wumpa fruit back to the mansion, for safekeeping in the storage room. And me, wanting to put the wumpa to good use, thought about doing a...wait for it...a Wumpa Festival! There's gonna be lots of wumpa, and food, and maybe rides, and even a wumpa maze! It'll be great, trust me.

Once Crash and Crunch were done with their task, the two bandicoots assumed their positions behind a large stand, where Crash was. Several Seattle denizens showed up at the backyard arriving at the festival, looking impressed so far.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the Wumpa Festival!" Sonic greeted the denizens that were arriving, as he, Crash, and Crunch waved to them. "A place for all things wumpa. And mazes."

"Sure hope there's some wumpa milkshakes lying around!" a guy remarked, licking his lips as he rubbed his stomach.

"Oh, just one thing - the Petting Zoo closes at 2:00, and the Skunk Roast is at 3:00. Come on in, enjoy!"

"Hey Sonic, who's that pink hedgehog chick?" Crunch tapped the hedgehog on the shoulder, before pointing at the Wumpa Festival entrance. Sonic and Crash looked over, recognize who the pink hedgehog was.

"Snap, it's my girlfriend Amy Rose! Haven't seen her in a minute." Sonic would maintain his composure, as a smiling Amy Rose walked over to the stand.

"Hi Sonic, hi Crash, hi big scary-looking bandicoot I've never seen before!" Amy greeted Sonic and company, inadvertently making Crunch feel self-conscious. Was the muscular bandicoot really scary and intimidating?

"Hey Amy! Still looking pretty beautiful, as always. So you came to enjoy the Wumpa Festival? Good timing, 'cause we just started!"

"Oh yeah, Tails and Knuckles were telling me about it the other day. Since you're here, I was thinking that maybe we could, I don't know...roll around in the wumpa fruit?"

"Rolling around in the wumpa fruit? Sure, I'm down! It'll be five dollars, though."

"No, I meant..." Amy started motioning to herself and Sonic, and Sonic soon understood quickly.

"Oh, yeah, our contract! Totally forgot that I had to sign it, hehe. Forgive me, Amy!"

"Did Sonic have to sign a love contract or something?" Crunch whispered to Crash, who shrugged in response. "This Amy Rose chick sounds like a crazy person!"

"Yes, why don't we meet at the usual spot, where we hang out outside." Sonic took out his phone, checking the time. "Uh...I've got a half an hour during lunch in-between the historical reenactment of the Papu Papu Tribe slaughters and the wumpa boil."

"Don't really know what any of that is, but I can wait till you're ready!" smiled Amy, as she walked away. Sonic watched lovingly as Amy walked towards the festival, as Crunch saw a young lad bouncing on an abnormally large wumpa fruit with the corner of his eye.

"Watch out kid, get off of that thing!" yelled Crunch, running away from the stand as he ran over to the large wumpa fruit. "That wumpa fruit's for show, not play!"

Pit's exchange quest continued, as the angel was now looking for a resident willing to trade for his used candle. One resident Pit decided to do business with was Nikki, who was selling some art supplies at her stand.

"Are you serious, a half used candle?" Nikki frowned Pit, who was holding out the used candle like it was the most valuable item in existence. "Get out of here Pit. You're blocking my stand!"

"Oh, cause there's a huge line of people waiting in line who want some lousy, worn-up paintbrushes," retorted Pit, with his hands on his hips. Nikki certainly did not expect to deal with Pit today.

"Settle down, Pit, I'm sure there's someone out there who will appreciate this stuff. Other than Yusuke and Vince, at the least..."

"Vince? Do you harbor a secret crush on him?" Nikki cringed in disgust when she heard that - she hardly even found Vince remotely attractive. "Let me tell you about men like him. He comes over and you're like 'Hey baby let me light a candle' then you pull out this one half used and he's like 'Uh! Who else is she seeing? I better lock her down fast.'"

"...you can have this Canson XL sketchbook." Disgusted with Pit to the point where she wanted the angel to go away, Nikki offered the angel a sketchbook.

"And the Daeler-Rowney Cachet sketchbook." Heaving a heavy sigh, Nikki offered a second sketchbook to Pit, exchanging two sketchbooks for the used candle.

Elsewhere at the garage sale, after Pit made his second exchange, Little Mac was looking around seeing people buying stuff and whatnot. The boxer waltzed over to Guile's stand, when he spotted something that caught his eye.

"Oh cool, you got the Dallas board game?" Little Mac said to Guile, when he saw the board game in question on Guile's stand. The boxer excitedly picked the board game up.

"Yeah, I got it when I was stationed over in Texas," replied Guile, looking stoic with his hands on his hips as he watched Little Mac marvel at the Dallas board game.

"Really? You were stationed in Texas? How was it, what was it like?"

"You see what happened was, my boys and I went on the wrong flight and we ended up in Dallas, in the Arlington area. Then we got on the right plane later on, and spent a week on Hawaii...I was in heaven."

"Is that the Dallas board game?" inquired Rodin as he walked over to Guile's stand, with a cigar in his mouth. "We should play it, the three of us."

"Well...there's no instructions," stated Little Mac, as he looked inside the board game box for some instructions.

"It's just a board game, we can figure it out on our own. Or we can make up our own rules! Manly rules!"

"I do like the sound of that," remarked Guile, as he rubbed his chin in thought.

"I'm pretty good at board games," stated Little Mac, although he was unsure why he made that statement in the first place.

"Well, shall we make things interesting?" Rodin asked Little Mac and Guile, the demon bartender ready to get things started.

"Sure, let's do it!" replied Little Mac, walking away with the Dallas board game with Guile and Rodin following him. That Guile, leaving his stand unattended...

Over at the arcade room, Cloud was doing something he never thought he would've ever done in his entire life...playing very well at an arcade game. The swordsman was playing some Space Invaders, and he was absolutely going off.

"Would you look at that, another high score," Cloud remarked after the game ended, looking at his high score. The man was having the most serious, chill celebration of all time, while a few residents who were spectating were cheering on.

Cloud: I'm actually good at playing arcade games, for the first time in my life. It might have something to do with those flowers Tifa sends me, because no matter how much she resists, she keeps sending me those flowers. There's nothing remotely romantic about it - Tifa's just being nice and friendly, that's all. We both know our boundaries.

"And your new high score is...dunh-duh-na-dah! 200,00 points," announced Morton, pulling up the high scores on the arcade screen. "Not bad, not bad in the slightest!"

"Well it can't be 200,000, Morton - I already beat that score on Tuesday," stated Cloud, who was still being chill about how well he did at Space Invaders.

"I pulled up the high scores on the screen, and I pressed that button, and I said 'dunh,-duh-na-dah!'. I'm pretty sure I timesed it right."

"You already reached 200,000 points the day before Tuesday," the Arcade Bunny, who was put in place to run the arcade room, informed Cloud. "So from here until the end of the year, your new high score will be 200,000!"

"What are you even talking about?" Cloud asked the Arcade Bunny, not following what the pink rabbit was saying. "We have a limit to the high scores now?"

"It's a new policy I set in place. I imagined that it would give the others who play the arcade games in here a fair chance!"

"Dunh,-duh-na-dah!" Morton exclaimed in Cloud's face, exhibiting the use of jazz hands. Cloud couldn't say anything, as he walked out of the arcade room.

When Cloud left the arcade room, he saw someone leaning against the wall, near the arcade room entrance. It was Ken Masters, who was looking at Cloud with his brow furrowed.

"Is playing arcade games really about the glory and attention for you, Cloud?" Ken asked the swordsman, before pulling himself off of the wall. "I mean, isn't that arcade room the place where you fell in love?"

"Not really..." replied Cloud as he eyed around the hallway, wondering why Ken was talking to him. "...but I'm kinda miffed at the moment. That Arcade Bunny's stupid new policy of limiting high scores is gonna take away whatever enjoyment I've actually felt from playing arcade games."

"When you're dealing with guys like the Arcade Bunny, sometimes you have to put up with policies you don't like. I wish my gym didn't allow full nudity in the locker room. Okay, seeing these old guys walking around naked feels almost passive-aggressive. But I deal with it! 'Cause it's policy! See what I mean?"

"I didn't even know you worked out at a gym. Learn something new everyday..."

"Nudity makes me uncomfortable. It just...bugs me!" Thinking about nudity sent chills down Ken's spine.

"Keep that to yourself, bud..." Cloud tried to back away, but Ken stepped closer to the swordsman.

"My gym allows it. I wish they didn't, but it's policy. So I respect it, and I just...keep a low...you know, I look away. Think about that new high score limit as a naked old man in a gym locker room."

"I'll try and do that...if I can." Cloud walked away, certain that he had the weirdest conversation ever under the mansion roof.

Continuing on with his exchange escapades, Pit went over to Champion Link's stand, where he found all sorts of Hyrulian goodies.

"What's all of this?" Pit asked Champion Link, as he saw fruits, veggies, and even monster parts all over Champion Link's stand - each indicated by a small sign that had its name on it.

"Just some food and relics I've collected during my adventures in Hyrule," explained Champion Link, seemingly proud of the items he collected. "Kept all of them inside that small fridge in the garage, mainly for safekeeping."

"'Electro Fruit and Mushroom Mix'?" Pit found a fruit and mushroom dish that caught his attention the most, as he picked up said dish and analyzed it.

Pit: I can't believe it...I actually read something! I really do know how to read! Take that, Dark Pit! Take that, world! Take that...um...uh...

"I was adventuring around in Hyrule at night, and I got lost, and it was getting dark," Champion Link told his story, as Pit listened on. "Then out of nowhere Beedle comes by, with his stuff, and he was selling dishes like the one in your hands. Pit, he was telling me things about myself that there's no way he could have known..."

"That's a common swindler's trick," said Pit, one hundred percent certain that Beedle was up to no good. He was the only person who thought that. "A Beedle should never be trusted!"

"Probably, probably. So I buy some dishes, I turn the corner, I feel like an idiot, so I go back to get my rupees. And just like that, Beedle was gone..."

"So you wanna sell me some funky fruit-and-mushroom concoction."

"Correction. I do not want to sell you 'Beedle's Electro Fruit and Mushroom Mix'."

"Nice try. No. Correction. Terrible try." Pit walked away, looking to exchange his two sketchbooks with someone else.

Mario left his house along with Falco, as the plumber and pilot headed over to the mansion. The duo went to the gaming room, which was Mario's favorite spot for making grand announcements. Master Hand's, too.

"Excuse me, everyone...ROMANCE!" shouted Mario, with not a single soul in the gaming room responding to him. "Now that I have-a your attention..."

"You don't have my attention," mumbled Doc Louis, who was too busy reading a newspaper to care.

"Alright-a then, what about...MONEY!"

"I'm listening..." Doc Louis looked up from his newspaper, as he and everyone else gave Mario their uninvited attention.

"You had me at 'romance'," snickered Waluigi, with a giant grin on his face.

"Pervert!" Mario called out Waluigi, pointing an accusing finger at the lanky man.

"You have all of our attention just by screaming anything," Rosalina said to Mario, speaking nothing but the truth.

"That's good-a to know." Mario suddenly let out a giant scream, scaring a few residents here and there.

"What is it that you want to say, Mario?" Researcher Zelda asked the plumber, questioning the shirt he was wearing.

"ZROOM!" shouted Mario, as nobody in the gaming room understood what the plumber meant by that. "All right, I've warmed-a them up for you. You have-a the floor, Mr. Lombardi."

"How's everybody doing?!" Falco asked everyone in the gaming room with a big voice, his arms spread out wide.

"Woooo!" Mario cheered, raising his fist up high in the air. He and Falco were being exuberant, and nobody knew exactly why.

"Good! Now, a few of you have already staked out your corner of the Zroom empire. Raise your hand if I'm describing you." Mario, Researcher Zelda, Heihachi, and Doc Louis all raised their hands in response.

Doc Louis: Yes, I have a dream. And It's not some M.L.K. Dream for Equality. I want to own a decommissioned gym. And I want to live inside of it! And nobody knows I live there. And there's a button that I can press, and it'll launch that gym into space!

"For my current investors, things are going to be GREAT!" assured Falco, rubbing his hands together in pure excitement.

"Why in-a fact, we already have a buyer!" announced Mario, as Falco nodded his head in confirmation.

"Really? Who?!" asked Researcher Zelda, who did not expect Zroom to have a buyer this soon.

"Some dude named..." Falco dug into his pocket and pulled out a card, with someone's name written on it. "...Mac Cole. Said he was a billionaire. I don't even want to think about selling until our numbers get into the millions."

"At least," added Mario, with a few residents having some doubts about if this Mac Cole guy was legit or not.

"So I've decided to open up a second round of investment to friends and family."

"Oh my..." remarked Kiria, easily the most doubtful person in the gaming room. She has always been doubtful of Fox and Falco's motives. "...hold on to your wallets, everyone!"

Wario, believe it or not, has never used a coffee machine in his life. The fatso, while liking coffee, always found the process of making coffee to be very tedious. Most of the time, he would have someone like Isabelle make coffee for him! But after receiving the cold shoulder from Isabelle today, Wario had no choice but to make coffee himself.

"Which one is decaf?" wondered Wario, as he looked at the coffee maker in the cafe. Fox entered the cafe, taking a break from the garage sale, as Wario caught the pilot with the corner of his eye. "Ah, Fox!"

"Sup Wario," Fox greeted the fatso, walking over to a table in the cafe as he took out a pen and a slip of paper.

"I take it that you're taking a short break from that garage sale. Don't blame ya. I just wanted to know if..."

"Oh, you know what, you have a siphon? I think I'm gonna run out of gas."

"Why do you need more gas?" If Wario had a siphon, he would've given it to Fox...though it wouldn't be free.

"Well, I'm writing a message - a message for a very special someone."

"Is it a good message or a bad message? Or is it...THE message?"

Wario: Stupid Pit and his weird wrestling inside jokes...

"I'm asking Krystal a question in fire," replied Fox, as he started to write away. Wario gasped, when he knew what the pilot meant.

"Are you finally proposing?!" the fatso asked Fox; he was feeling happy for Fox, and he didn't even know why.

"Um...maybe."

"Dang it..."

"Hey you know what? I've got gas all over my hands and my shoes. Would you light it? Would you do the honors please?"

"Yeah, I can do it...I'll be right back."

"Wait Wario, hold it!" Fox shouted at Wario, before the fatso could step foot out of the cafe. "Could you light this note, please?"

"I'd rather not - it sounds like a terrible idea, on the surface."

"It's not a terrible idea, it's a romantic one."

"You know what? I'm gonna get a hose. If I can bring it up here. Then we'll talk about it. Okay? We'll figure it out. Be right back. Just stay there." Wario left the cafe, grinning to himself as he left...

Now that he was no longer running away from Morgan and Marc, Robin was perfectly fine with letting his kids from the future stay with him at the mansion. Master Hand found a room fit for Morgan and Marc...even though he couldn't find rooms to put a couple of Dragon Quest heroes in. Morgan and Marc were in their room right now, playing with some dominoes, as their father Robin looked on while speaking with Mario and Falco.

"Did you ever think of Zroom as an emergency notification system, like, for college campuses with shooters or gas leaks?" Robin asked Mario and Falco, watching as Morgan and Marc assembled the dominoes together on their bedroom floor.

"No, no...Robin, it's not...it's not a digital rape whistle," replied Falco, without fearing for Morgan and Marc's innocence. "Zroom is all about fun!"

"That's-a right!" exclaimed Mario with the swing of his arm, sharing the same excitement that Falco had.

"Fun, communication, connection...that's our motto."

"What's your money situation like?" inquired Robin, as Mario and Falco were suddenly tight-lipped.

"Well, it's tight, as with any start-up. Itsuki wouldn't let Fox and I use Star Records profits."

"Sure, how long can you sustain this without a cash infusion?"

"We have nine solid days. I love these questions. Keep 'em coming."

"I'm sorry, nine days until what?" asked Marc, who stopped assembling the dominoes as he looked up at Falco.

"Bankruptcy?" asked Morgan, putting a little pressure on Falco as he started to sweat a little.

"Wait, Falco, so this could-a be over by the weekend?" Mario asked Falco, who was nervously scratching the back of his neck.

"How long do you think a week is?" asked Robin, slightly amused by how nervous Mario and Falco were looking.

"No, not this weekend - next-a weekend. We were gonna go-a on the investors ski trip. I bought-a poles!"

Meanwhile, at the garage sale, Pit paid a visit to Richter's stand. While Simon was selling dangerous weapons such as ball chains and whips at his stand, Richter was selling sauces at his.

"Free sample?" the vampire hunter offered a pesto sample to Pit, who was grimacing. Probably because he knew that pesto had vegetables in it.

Richter: My wife makes the best pesto in the world. And I always tell her "Annette, you should sell this, you'd make a fortune" and she always says "No it's just for family". Well finally I was like screw it, I'll sell it so I'm like "Annette, I need you to make a ton of pesto for a pesto party for all my friends" and she's like "Uh, okay"...pesto party? Really? Anyway...she makes like a hundred bottles worth. It's so good. And Rosalina...just had that wife look I wanted...close to it.

"You got that kosher certified?" asked Pit as he pointed at the pesto. Richter was surprised that Pit even knew what kosher was.

"No I meant like uh, it's cool, its kosher, it's all good," affirmed Richter, as Pit continued to grimace at the pesto.

"Richter, you have such an interesting mind. So creative. All these business ideas to go with your artistic works!"

"Uh...thank you. So what's that you got there?" Richter looked at Pit's hand, seeing a photo album of some sort.

"Oh, its just Knuckles' old photo album. Exchanged it for some sketchbooks. I'm thinking about throwing it in the garbage. I mean, why would I want some random black man's old photo album on my bookshelf. I'm not James Franco!"

"Knuckles is black...?" Stunned to have learned such vital information, Richter just stood there dumbfoundedly as Pit grabbed the pesto out of the vampire hunter's hand. Sure, the pesto had veggies in it, but it was still kosher!

Pit wandered off, with the pesto in his hands. He walked over to Link's stand, seeing something on the stand that made him disgusted.

"Ew, Link, put that stuff away!" Pit said to the Hylian, who grabbed a bag of Brussels Sprouts from the stand. "Nobody eats that crap!"

"I'm really sorry, Zelda must have put those out," apologized Link, as he placed the Brussels Sprouts on the ground.

"Just out of curiosity, what were the claims for those Brussels Sprouts?"

"It's cabbage, Pit, and you're just gonna make fun of me, so why would I...you know what, this ends now." Link mashed the Brussels Sprouts together in his hands, before stomping on them and tossing them in a nearby trash can. Pit had never looked so pleased.

Pit: Things are going very well. I traded a thumb tack for Bayonetta's junk for Nikki's crap for Tsubasa's garbage for Chrom's trash for Knuckles' garbage for Richter's junk for Gray Fox's garbage for a very cute squid that Callie happened to have. All is well!

With Falco doing business with Mario, Tsubasa and Knuckles at the garage sale, Little Mac playing a board game, and Doc Louis and Kiria in the gaming room, Fox had to conduct his Star Records floor meeting with the remaining members of Star Records - namely Mamori, Ashley, Asuka, Eleonora, Yashiro, Touma, and Itsuki. And Big Top, too. Oh, and Wario was there in attendance as well.

"Thank you all for coming," Fox thanked the Star Records crowd, standing at the front of the Star Records room. "I would like to talk to you all today about...proposals."

"Fox, I know I've never said this before, but..." Eleonora started, preparing herself for what she was about to say next. "...we are a family."

"I could not have agreed with you more." Fox would point at Eleonora, like the blonde was his soul sister.

"And I've always believed that we should all be somewhat involved in each other's personal lives, So, about this proposal thing..."

"No, no, no, no. My mind's made up, I am not going to change my mind, you can't talk me out of it!"

"But Fox, Krystal's the perfect gal for you!" Wario said to the pilot, not wanting Fox to do anything stupid with his proposal.

"She's the one," agreed Touma, as Fox was suddenly open to changing his mind. "She's meant for you!"

"She's a pretty amazing woman," said Itsuki, giving Fox all of his trust and care. "This is very exciting."

"So we just...we wanna help you plan the proposal so that it's safe and responsible and realistic and doable," Eleonora said to Fox, who now had the full trust of everyone in the Star Records room. Or at least that's what Eleonora thought.

"I had a great idea until you ruined it..." grumbled Fox, as he folded his arms and looked away.

"Wanna know how to do it?" questioned Yashiro, quickly standing up from his chair. "Here's how you do it. Take her out to dinner. Go down on one knee. If you are in costume, you did something wrong. If at any point you find yourself tying a ring to a dogs collar, stop, and look at yourself."

"All of that sounds pretty stupid in theory...but thanks anyways, Yashiro."

In the room where the Black Knight would usually hold his tea parties, the threesome of Little Mac, Guile, and Rodin were playing the Dallas board game. Since there were no rules, the three men had to make up rules of their own.

"Hmm, I'm gonna play me a little ol' black mail card," said Little Mac, as he drew the top card on a pile of cards. "And call a proxy meeting to take control of you and oil once and for all!"

"No, you cant do that!" Guile challenged Little Mac, right after the boxer drew his card. "You can't play a black mail card and call a proxy meeting in the same turn."

"Why not? Seems to me we're just making up rules cause somebody forgot to staple the rules to the inside of the game like a normal human being."

"And I'm gonna play this here share the wealth card," Rodin chuckled deviously, as he drew his card from the top of the card pile. "Which entitles me to half of both of y'alls money so if you don't mind..."

"No, that card is from the wrong game," Guile challenged Rodin, who didn't care in the very slightest. "That card is from the Game of Life."

"It was in the box, which means that playing this card is legal! Deal with it!"

"Ah, well played..." Little Mac commended Rodin, who cracked a cocky smile.

"Thank you, Little Mac," Rodin thanked the boxer, as Guile grunted out of frustration.

"We must honorably adhere to the rules we are making up on the spot."

"We can't, that would make the game seem unfair," refuted Guile, who just wanted to play a fair game. That's all he ever wanted.

"Well that's Dallas for ya..." Giving up all hope, Guile sighed in defeat.

"Dallas indeed..." agreed Rodin, adjusting the cigar in his mouth.

Taking a short little break, Chrom walked around the garage sale to see how the other residents were doing. The prince walked over to Richter's stand, seeing a familiar object at said stand.

"What...Richter, where did you get this picture?" Chrom questioned the vampire hunter, picking up a picture of himself and Raven that he found among Richter's bottles of salsa.

Richter: *grins* My wife Annette also makes the best salsa. *winks at camera*

Elsewhere at the garage sale, Krystal was feeling bored as she was waiting on her boyfriend Fox to return to the stand. Her boredom would soon come to an end, when Haru approached the vixen with the mansion's house phone.

"I believe this is for you," Haru said to Krystal, handing the phone over to the vixen and walking away. Who could it be?

"Hello?" Krystal said into the phone, as she furrowed her brow. "Who is this?"

Cloud: Well, since I have no incentive to have fun, I've cleaned my motorcycle, organized my room, and taken a multivitamin. So...what now?

Cloud sat in the living room on the couch, undecided on what he should do to spend his time and have fun. With him was the Luminary, who was trying to figure out how the living room's television remote worked.

"I've tried everything, but nothing I did was fun..." remarked Cloud, as he was looking straight at the blank television screen. The Luminary had assumed that Cloud was speaking to him.

"Did you try pranking people?" the swordsman said to Cloud, as he opened up the back of the television remote. "Pranking others is a pretty fun thing to do, if you ask me."

"Yeah, it's not as fun if I'm trying to spend my time. And I was never that big on pranks anyways. I have that prank war to blame for that."

"I'd love to help out, but I'm kinda busy. You're gonna have to figure it out on your own." The Luminary walked away, about to ask someone about the strange battery markings inside the TV remote. Left alone, Cloud sighed as he sat back on the couch.

Falco met with Mario, Researcher Zelda, Heihachi, and Doc Louis for a Zroom business meeting at the Star Records room...or at least he would have, if Fox hadn't taken the room already. Heeding Fox's suggestion, Falco would take the meeting elsewhere...Wolf's room, since Wolf wasn't around.

"So, it has been brought to my attention that Zroom only has enough money for nine days..." Researcher Zelda said, wanting to make sure she was hearing correctly, as Falco pulled out a colorful poster.

"Check this out, peeps!" Falco said to his fellow Zroom investors, showing off the poster which had a line graph on it. "All this color!"

"Look at that!" Mario exclaimed, as he pointed at the poster - but more specifically, the words at the bottom of said poster. "Triple your-a investment by August."

"Oh please, anyone can just throw numbers up on a chart..." muttered a very reptilian voice, as Leon suddenly appeared in the room via camouflage and nearly scared everyone. "...what are you doing to make it happen?

"Well, earlier today, I was emailing someone by the name of Sean Combs," replied Falco, in an almost bragging manner, as Leon rolled his eyes.

"Sean Combs? As in like, hip hop mogul Sean Combs? You have his email? I wanna see it!"

"A lot of these guys are just , their website, whatever. We get that guy zrooming, it's all over!"

"I want my money back!" shouted Doc Louis, with an angry frown. "This is starting to sound like a scam already!"

"Do not talk like-a that, Doc," Mario warned the boxing trainer, who was still feeling salty. "Have some-a respect."

"Falco, just tell us what your plan is," Researcher Zelda pleaded to Falco, who was looking nervous again as he backed away towards the bedroom door.

"Okay, all right, I know what you wanna see," said Falco, nearly two inches out of the room. "I'll be right back." Falco darted out of the room, not doing much to quell Researcher Zelda and company's doubts.

Sonic's Wumpa Festival was going along pretty well, and everyone was having fun. Especially the kids, who were at the petting zoo - not only did they have the chance to pet Ridley, but they also had the chance to ride on the dragon as well. Of course, they couldn't ride on Ridley without parent supervision.

"Hey kids, was that fun or what?!" Sonic asked the little children, after each kid had the opportunity to ride on Ridley. The children cheered, while Crash and Crunch - both standing behind Sonic - held unto a leash that was tied to Ridley's collar.

"Admit it, letting those kids ride on top of you made ya feel some type of way," Crunch said to Ridley, who let out a very slight whimper as he nodded his head.

"I wanna ride on Giant Spyro again!" a kid shouted, as he raised his hand. Hearing the moniker "Giant Spyro" made Ridley die inside a little.

"Oh, I bet you do!" Sonic smiled, surprised that Ridley was such a big draw at the festival. Thought the dragon would've scared everyone away. "You know what? When I was a little kid, they couldn't get me off the dragon...roller coaster! But it's gonna cost you three more bucks."

"Daddy?" the kid looked up at his father, who sighed as he dug into his pocket and pulled out three dollar bills out of his wallet.

Crunch: Our original plan was to feature Spyro at the Wumpa Festival. As you would imagine, Spyro wasn't that keen on letting little kids pet him, let alone riding on top of him like a horse. So Ridley had to be our replacement guy.

Sonic: Wow! This brings back memories. Riding on rides, having fun...and at the end of it all, one lucky boy does something stupid and gains the attention of every festival goer and becomes the talk of the town. I always wanted to be that lucky boy. I should give Crash that opportunity.

Sonic would let Crash and Crunch handle the Ridley rides, as the hedgehog went to the nearest portable potty to handle his business. On his way there, he encountered Amy, who jumped in front of him.

"Where have you been?!" Amy scolded her boyfriend, who jumped back out of fright. "I've been waiting."

"Uh, can we move this to the end of the day?" asked Sonic, giggling nervously as he was looking for some pockets to put his hands in.

"No, I think you should make time for it. I know you've been busy all day, but..."

"I found a needle in the wumpa fruit!" a little girl approached Sonic, holding a needle in her hand.

"Hey, congratulations!" Sonic commended the little girl, patting her gingerly on the head. "Do you know what your prize is?"

"I don't know!" The little girl was all smiles, awaiting her prize...as Sonic went from delighted to serious in a snap.

"Nothing. Life lesson? Some tasks are not worth doing. Way to waste your time, kiddo!"

"Sonic?" Amy said to her boyfriend, as the little girl walked away sadly with the needle still in her hand.

"Sorry Amy, but I've got some business to attend to..." Sonic apologized to Amy, pulling up his imaginary pants as he walked to the portable potty. "...nature is calling!" Sonic entered the portable potty, slamming the door as Amy sighed and walked away.

Fox continued his meeting in the Star Records room, trying to work the whole marriage proposal thing out. Fox had to make this proposal right, or else...or else...something bad would happen.

"Okay, I think animals and proposals are out," said Asuka, before looking at Yashiro. "Yashiro, didn't you read in one of your blogs that animals are out?"

"Blogs are out but people are texting each other 'no more animals'," replied Yashiro; the idol singer had his own blog? Who would've thought.

"How about this..." started Fox, ready to propose an idea to the others. "..I throw a corpse dressed like me off of the roof, it hits the ground, the head pops off, this leads me to the line ' I lost my head when I fell in love with you.'"

"That's a guarantee," responded Itsuki, pretty open to the idea although the others were a little iffy on it.

"It's easy enough to get a corpse, you just go to a med school. If only I had a ring..." Just then, Wario returned to the Star Records room, slamming the door as he sweating and huffing and puffing.

"Don't think you need the corpse then." Seconds later, Itsuki turned around, spotting Wario at the Star Records door. "Where have you been, Wario?"

"Took me a while, but I finally got it..." replied a panting Wario, digging into his pocket and pulling out...a ring. Not just any ring, a wedding ring. One that captured the attention of everyone in the room.

"Oh crap, is that real?" exclaimed Fox, standing up so he could get a better look at the wedding ring. "Is that my wedding ring?"

"It's the wedding ring, alright...took a lot in me to actually spend money on it. But I have to say it was a job well done."

Wario: Screw you, Fox! I want you and Krystal to have an awesome wedding...but screw you, for having me spend my hard-earned money on some stinking jewelry! I'll never forget this, not at least until my OWN wedding!

"You think Krystal will like the ring?" Fox asked everyone in the room not named Wario, wanting their consensus.

"She's going to love it so I think you can keep the proposal simple," replied Eleonora, figuring that keeping things simple would work out for the best. "Like any regular proposal. The man just gets down on one knee and he tells their girl that he loved her and he asked her to marry him. It's perfect!"

"Say, where did Luigi propose to Daisy?" wondered Touma, not sure why this random thought came to his head.

"He told me that he proposed to Daisy at a thrift store," snickered Wario, as he was covering his mouth.

"At a thrift store?" Fox raised an eyebrow, looking on in pure disbelief.

"Luigi said it was back when Daisy was in and out of town, infrequently visiting and all that jazz."

"That must have been a surprise when...at the thrift store he proposed."

"I bet it was really sweet," remarked Mamori, with a smile. "Though I did hear Daisy mention that it was raining at the time..."

"So the weather was bad outside? That sounds perfect! I want this to be an event that everyone talks about always and forever."

"Totally reasonable," Itsuki nodded his head, fully on board with what Fox wanted.

"I just...it's terrifying. For both of us, me and Krystal."

"She's not going to say no," stated Ashley, making sure she had the most obvious point out of the way.

"I know but I'm still scared I don't know why."

"Because it's a big deal," said Itsuki, as he placed a reassuring hand on Fox's shoulder. "I mean...I'm sure Luigi knew Daisy was gonna say yes but was still scared. Proposing is just a scary thing..."

Falco returned to Wolf's room, and he came with...t-shirts. Zroom t-shirts! Zroom t-shirts of many different colors.

"Zroom t-shirts, who wants one?" Falco offered to his fellow Zroom investors, before tossing a t-shirt to Heihachi who didn't even attempt to catch it. "Just imagine that you're at spring break, Daytona Beach."

"Here-a we go!" smiled Mario, completely open to the t-shirt idea, while the others were skeptical.

"Everyone's like, 'Hey dude, what's up with all the hotties in the Zroom shirts?' Or, Uh, 'Hey, what's up with that Arwing? It's Fal from Zroom!'"

"'It's-a Falco, the Zroom guy!'"

"'Yo, Fal from Zroom!"

"'He's up-a there.'"

"'What's he dropping?! Wow, what's falling on us, man?!' Zroom fidget spinners! 50,000 fidget spinners out of the sky!"

"Look at that! He threw 'em on-a the ground!"

"Look, this is a marketing campaign," frowned Heihachi, having seen and heard enough of Falco and Mario's shenanigans. "You got nine days. Let's say you do get the money. What are you going to do with it?"

"The first lesson of Silicon Valley, actually, is that you only think about the user, the experience," stated Falco, as if he was an actual Silicon Valley billionaire. "You actually don't think about the money. Ever."

"That sounds weird," remarked Leon, who remained in the room to see how big of a hole Falco could dig himself into.

"No, it's not-a weird, Leon, and you know-a what else?" Mario said to Leon, sticking up for Falco. "We have an offer from a billionaire, named-a Mac Cole. So monetize-a that!"

"Excuse me, are you guys talking about Zroom?" someone asked, as a cat entered the room. It was Falco's girlfriend, Katt Monroe, holding a cellphone in her hand - Falco gulped as Katt was looking straight at him. "Falco, you know that that was my idea, right?"

"Busted..." muttered Falco, realizing the worst-case scenario already unfolding in his head.

Fox: I have high confidence that my man Falco can get Zroom off the ground and into the big time, while I get this whole marriage proposal thing figured out. Falco has never let me down before (selective memory notwithstanding), so he won't let me down now!

Finished with his Star Records meeting, Fox returned to the garage sale and back to his stand. He was hoping that he didn't keep Krystal waiting too long.

"Aight, so get this..." Fox said to Krystal, who was looking like she was down in the dumps. "Banjo thought I was gonna sell that leaf blower for $200 and I told him, 'Dude, this was a prop in Touma's Force Five show'."

"Look Fox, I need to talk to you," Krystal said to her boyfriend, who was immediately all ears.

"Okay, it's because we haven't sold anything. You know what? We just wait until the end of the day! People get desperate, and they're gonna pay anything."

"I think I need to head back to Sauria. I just received word that my mom is still alive."

"Oh cool, someone from your family is still alive? When did you find out about this?"

"A while ago, while you were on your break. I was speaking with someone on the phone."

"How is your mom doing, is she doing alright?"

"The person on the phone said she was ill, but she's hanging in there."

"You okay? You look kinda sad about it..."

"Yeah, it's just, you know...I don't want to go home when she's on his death bed, you know. I wanna be there when she's still my mom."

"Yeah well you definitely need to do that."

"And I want you to come with me. Now I know that's a lot to ask of a boyfriend."

"Falco and the others might feel some type of way about it, but I wouldn't mind."

"And I was thinking...you know maybe since given our last conversation that we're both ready...Fox McCloud, will you..."

"No, no, shut it. Mhmm. Nope, nope, nope." Having heard enough, Fox shook his head as he walked away from the stand.

Krystal: *frowning* ...uh, what?

Fox: Nope. I am not going to be proposed to at some yard sale...garage sale, whatever. That is not going to be our story. Should have put an end to the yard sale myself when I had the chance...garage sale, I mean.

It was revealed that Katt Monroe was the one who came up with the Zroom messaging service. The feline pilot was at Wolf's room, explaining everything to Mario and company while Falco looked on.

"I texted Falco, 'I try to call you, and you don't have your phone. I try to I.M. you, and you're not online,'" Katt said to the investors of Zroom, while Falco remained quiet. "I wish there was a way that I could've done everything all at once, and I could just be like this little dog going..."

"Baby, that's enough," Falco said to Katt, confronting her girlfriend as he placed his index finger on her lips. Katt would quickly swipe Falco's hand away.

"I think I'm gonna stay here."

"No no no no, not on my watch!"

"I do, I do. This isn't right."

"I help you with your things and you help me with my things. Sounds fair?"

"But it's...it's not right."

"I got this, it's okay. Don't worry about this."

"Who did you say was the billionaire that bought Zroom?" Heihachi asked Falco, interrupting him from his conversation with Katt.

"His name was Mac Cole. I'm sure he's legit."

"Mac Cole...Mac Cole...that sounds like a pseudonym for Cole MacGrath!"

"The more I think about it, Mac Cole doesn't sound like a very billionaire name," remarked Researcher Zelda, as the Cole MacGrath name rang a familiar tune in Mario's ears.

"But it's more than that - Mac Cole this whole time might've been Cole Macgrath, from the All-Star Manor! We've been duped!"

"I highly doubt that," remarked a skeptical Falco, thinking Heihachi was making a big deal out of nothing.

"I think we should sell!" declared Researcher Zelda, wanting to keep Zroom away from Cole MacGrath.

"Yeah, sell!" agreed Heihachi, pumping his fist in the air.

"Yeah, sell!" agreed Leon, who already had his suspicions about Zroom.

"Falco, you have to sell Zroom to someone legit," Zelda stressed to the pilot, who was feeling the heat.

"Get us out of this!" Doc Louis pleaded to Falco, ready to get on his knees if necessary.

"Have some faith in this idea!" Falco pleaded to everyone, not caring how adamant the others were. "I'm sure Heihachi's just making things up."

"If everybody wants to sell, we sell, right?" Heihachi asked Mario, hoping that the plumber was on the investors' side.

"I won't-a sell," announced Mario, to the shock of everyone in the room not named Falco. "And you know-a what? Falco and I have-a the majority of shares. Isn't that right?"

"Yes we do, along with Fox," replied Falco, as Katt furrowed her brow.

Katt: Confession time...so you remember when Krystal bought out that online messaging site? I put her up to it. She kept asking me how she could make her love to Fox known, and when I heard about the web site years back, I told Krystal about it, and she asked Yuichiro Hikari to help her buy the website out. She could've sent all our romantic messages to Fox on there, and everything would've worked out well...and now here we are, and Fox and Falco are trying to make money off of the web site Krystal had already bought out. Time really is a flat circle...

"We're not selling, I will-a not sell," affirmed Mario, as he walked out of the room. The investors would have to do a lot of convincing to change Mario's mind.

At the Wumpa Festival, Banjo was walking around as he and Kazooie were soaking in all the sights. Banjo would come across a maze, where the walls were nothing but wumpa furit.

"Ooh, a wumpa maze, awesome!" gleamed Banjo, as he excitedly rubbed his hands together. Kazooie was feeling the exact opposite of Banjo.

"I don't think this is such a good idea..." the redbird said to Banjo, who ignored Kazooie's concerns as he entered the maze.

Meanwhile, Amy sat alone at a picnic table, waiting on Sonic to no longer be busy. A man wearing a funny-looking hat and a trench coat would come near the picnic table, seeing Amy.

"Do you mind if I sit at this table?" the man asked Amy, who looked too sad to speak with anyone.

"Sure, go ahead..." replied Amy, as the funny-hat man sat down at the picnic table.

"There's no charge to sit at the picnic table, is there?"

"Probably. I'm not running this festival."

"I mean, wouldn't you think the ten dollars to build a picnic table would include the wood and not just the instructions?"

"Mm-hmm." Amy wasn't even looking at the man, her head turned the other way.

"I mean, I'm starting to think this guy is just trying to make money off some make-believe holiday."

"Yeah, instead of the Wumpa Festival, it should be called the Pay Festival." The funny-hat man would laugh at Amy's joke, as an irked Amy turned and looked at the man with a frown. "Don't laugh at me..."

"No, no, no, I wasn't...I was just laughing at your joke."

"Oh, you weren't? My apologies."

"Pay Festival, heh heh."

"Mm. I wonder if they should incorporate the Wumpa Festival into Thanksgiving-Me-Your-Money Day."

"That's humorous." The funny-hat man laughed, and Amy would laugh as well.

"Thank you! Didn't think that joke was that funny."

Meanwhile, at the maze...Banjo was lost! Which wasn't a surprise. Trying to find a way out, the bear came across a bunch of kids, who were also looking for a way out.

"Hey kids, you know a way outta here?" Banjo asked the kids, who screamed as they ran away from the bear. Banjo sighed, as he continued his search.

Little Mac, Guile, and Rodin were still playing the Dallas board game, and Little Mac and Rodin were having lots of fun. However, the same couldn't be said for Guile.

"Hey guys, it's my turn," the major informed Little Mac and Guile, as he was patiently waiting his turn.

"You can't go, you're dead," Little Mac said to Guile, who was now more than ready to rage quit. "I shot you five moves ago."

"Yeah I told you, you can't shoot people. It's against the rules!"

"I told you we're way past rules," Rodin said to Guile, holding a lighter up to his cigar. "We have been for some time now. We start having rules now, everything we built collapses!"

"This is stupid and I want my money back! Where's the money?"

"Yeah where is the money?" Rodin pretended to look around for the money, before Guile eventually found the money lying underneath the game board.

"Okay, you know what? I am never ever playing board games with you two again." Guile would grab the money from underneath the game board, and both Little Mac and Rodin looked disgruntled as Guile marched out of the room.

Guile: And that is Dallas. *shows off Monopoly dollar bills to camera*

Taking a break from the garage sale, Link was playing some miniature golf with a golf club that was for sale. Richter was looking on.

"Nice golf club," the vampire hunter said to Link, who was preparing his swing, as Pit came over.

"Not bad, right?" grinned Link, swinging with the golf club as he hit the golf ball.

"Can't really tell the..." Richter would stop mid-sentence, when he and Link saw that Pit was holding a telescope.

"Wow, a telescope, that's pretty neat," commented Link, as Pit didn't want any of the Hylian's flattery.

"I know, right?" Pit responded sarcastically, before gasping in horror when he saw a bag of Brussels Sprouts on Link's stand. "What the..."

"Oh wow! No way! Inconceivable!"

"That's...that's impossible! There's no way!"

"It is right. I mean, it's impossible."

"...alright, I guess I'll take them."

"They're probably worthless."

"Probably." Pit grabbed the bag of Brussels Sprouts off the stand, and walked away.

"Leave the telescope..." Given how precious the telescope was, Pit whimpered as he turned back to Link's stand.

Pit: I started with a thumb tack and traded my way to a telescope. But in a way the most valuable thing here wasn't the telescope at all. No, it was this...bag of Brussels Sprouts. *holds up bag to the camera* So I traded the telescope for it. And I can just go buy another telescope. If I can.

"Hey how did we do?" Fox asked Krystal, after the couple made their latest sale. Krystal would count up the dollar bills in her hands.

"Thirteen dollars," replied Krystal, once she was done counting. A fairly modest total.

"That's great and we still have most of our stuff. Good."

"Listen about earlier...that conversation we had..."

"No, no, no, no, lets not talk about that."

"It was wrong to put you in that position and...Fox, you are my life now. I'm not going back to Sauria."

"Shh. Let's go on a little walk." Fox grabbed Krystal's hand, walking as he took his girlfriend away from the stand. "You know what? I wanna show you some stuff."

Not wanting to hear any talk about having to sell Zroom, Mario returned home and sat alone in the living so he could ponder over things. Peach showed up in the living room, seeing her husband sitting on his sofa.

"Hi Mario," the princess greeted her husband, who was furiously jotting down some notes on a notepad.

"Can't-a talk, saving the planet," replied Mario, too much into his note-taking to pay attention to Peach.

"But we don't recycle. You were the one who made that clear."

"I did? We don't recycle? Well, why have-a I been separating the trash into whites-a and colors?"

"I'm sure no one asked you to do that."

"You may-a be right." Mario ripped the paper he was writing on out of the notepad, balled it up, and shot it into a trash can - a white trash can - in a way that would make Kobe Bryant proud.

"Listen, I know you really want to help Fox and Falco out..."

"Are you trying to change-a my mind? 'Cause it's not gonna work."

"Mario, I..." Before she continued speaking, Peach sat down on the living room couch, near Mario. "I hate to say this, but...that Mac Cole man, that you and Falco were talking about earlier?"

"He's NOT Cole MacGrath. Heihachi tried to claim-a that, but I know better than-a to believe him."

"Mario, I'm wholeheartedly believe that this Mac Cole man is a fraud. Do you even know how much he's worth?"

"He's a billionaire, so he's obviously worth-a many billions of dollars."

"Oh really? Then explain why his name didn't pop up when I searched for billionaires on Forbes."

That rebuttal from Peach had Mario completely stumped. He would say that Forbes wasn't a good source, but Forbes was always trustworthy when it came to net worth and finances. Mario had no ammo whatsoever.

Peach: It's always great when Mario is willing to sacrifice his time to help his friends and others...but sometimes that can really go up to his head. And for better or for worse, I'm usually the one that has to snap Mario out of it!

"Soooo you think that Mac Cole might-a have been Cole MacGrath all along, too?" Mario asked Peach, not ready yet to admit that he was in the wrong.

"You know, Mac Cole and Cole MacGrath are both very similar names," replied Peach with a smile, as Mario thought over it a bit.

"You may be right. I may be-a crazy."

"Mario, you aren't crazy! You're just...out there."

"I'm just saying that I think-a I agree with your point."

"Yeah, but in a jokey way where you're gonna start singing."

"I thought it might make-a me feel better."

"Okay. Go Ahead." A now encouraged Mario stood up, clearing his throat.

"'But it just may be a lunatic...'" Mario started to sing, before stopping in an instant and shaking his head. "...no."

"So this is one of my favorite places in the mansion," Fox said to Krystal, taking the vixen to the living room.

"Really, why is that so?" asked Krystal, watching as the Luminary was trying to insert double-A batteries into the living room remote with the other Heroes helping him out the best the could.

"This is where Lloyd announced that he was moving back home. Happiest day of my life. Only to be ruined when he came back. Let's go."

"Um...a little help here guys?" the Luminary asked Fox and Krystal, who had already left the living room.

Cloud was at the fitness center, having finished his workout. The swordsman came over to Wii Fit Trainer, who was sitting on the floor. Turns out that Wii Fit wasn't exercising at all...she was noodling around on her phone.

"Some exercise you're doing, Wii Fit," Cloud said to the fitness center, who frowned as she looked up at the swordsman.

"Back off, it's just Solitaire!" Wii Fit fired back, as she went back to her Solitaire game.

Wii Fit Trainer: Playing Solitaire is a good way to reduce stress, I've heard. Not saying that I'm stressed right now, but playing Solitaire right now might do wonders for me down the road. Always gotta think ahead.

"Hey man - heard you're trying to have some fun," a man with a creepy deep voice said to Cloud, who turned around and saw Snake. Had it been someone other than Snake, Cloud would've been legitimately scared.

"Talk to me," Cloud said to Snake, all ears as he was willing to listen to any advice Snake had. No matter how weird or stupid it was.

"How far can you reach those long arms of yours?" Cloud held out his arms, as Snake analyzed the swordsman's limbs. "Eh, put 'em down. How long can you hold in your breath?" Cloud held in his breath. "Good, good..."

"Hey, Cloud, are you distracting Wii Fit from her exercise?" Ken asked the swordsman as he peered inside the fitness center, unaware that Wii Fit was playing Solitaire.

"We're trying to have fun, in case you might be wondering Ken."

"Can you at least try to look like you're having fun?" Cloud would exhale, as Ken walked away.

"This is where we first kissed," Fox said to Krystal, taking the vixen to an elevator. "At the mansion, that is."

"I remember," said Krystal, remembering kissing Fox like it happened yesterday.

"And this is also where we first made out. Remember what I tried in there?"

"Fox..." Krystal giggled, and Fox would giggle as well as the two lovebirds walked away.

Desperately looking for something fun to do, Cloud seemingly found what he had been looking for after speaking with Snake. The swordsman followed the former spy to the computer room, where he was editing some some audio footage on a computer with Snake looking on.

"The moment Eli put the cupcake in his mouth, his daddy pulled him aside and said, 'You're too fat, no one's gonna like you if you're too fat,'" said EVA - the woman whose voice was on the audio footage. Snake was quite busy smirking proudly. "The next time I saw Kenneth Baker was at the buffalo club. 'I love you, you fat dingus," I said. 'You fat dingus, you...'"

"Through these blinds is where I first saw you, after you started living at the tower," Fox said to Krystal, standing with the vixen at the top floor of the mansion looking through a window. "You were running around the block, and I thought you were the prettiest runner I've ever seen. "

"I had a feeling someone was watching me..." smirked Krystal, as Fox walked her away from the window and to the Star Records room.

"And I was sitting in the Star Records room when I called you to tell you that I had herpes and that I was still in love with you and you said that it was over, and that you didn't love me. Thank goodness none of that was true. Including the herpes."

"Yes, that was a thing that happened..."

"In-grown hair. That's what could've caused it."

Mario would return to the mansion, as the plumber went to Falco's room. Inside the room was Falco, sitting on his bed and thinking to himself when he saw Mario.

"Ay, Mario, how's it going bro?" Falco asked the plumber, relieved that it wasn't Katt Monroe.

"Good, good, bro," replied Mario, as he sat on the bed next to Falco. But not close enough to violate the pilot's personal space.

"Hey, thanks so much for having my back out there. Appreciate it."

"Always have-a your back. So, do you still trust-a this Mac Cole person?"

"Of course I trust him! From the sound of it, it seems like he has a lot of money."

"Sure, but we only have-a nine days, as you said. What if Mac Cole does-a something like..."

"Look, I know I've tapped you so hard."

"Yes, you have tapped this. Hard."

"Ah, you're so funny, Mario!" Falco let out a laugh, slapping his knee. "People don't give you enough credit."

"I'm really starting to have some-a doubts about this Mac Cole fellow. How come we've-a never seen him before?"

"You know most billionaires don't like being in the spotlight. Maybe he's just shy."

"And you still think we should-a trust him regardless?"

"Think about this. With the money Mac Cole will give us, you, me and Fox will be on a private plane flown by our private pilot. Eating our private meal cooked by our private chef."

"Yeah, well, we never had-a dinner on a plane before, so..." Suddenly Mario's phone rang, and Mario answered the call. "...hello?"

"Hi, Sir Mario!" Isabelle said on the phone, in her usual cheery tone. "You're not busy, are you?"

"Hi Isabelle! No, I'm just having a little talk-a with Falco. What's up?"

"There's a suspicious-looking man at the Wumpa Festival outside. I'm afraid he might have something up his sleeve..."

Isabelle: I had stopped by Sonic's Wumpa Festival, to see how Sonic and the bandicoots were handling themselves, and that's when I saw some strange man speaking with Amy Rose. I know I should judge others by appearance, but that hat the man was wearing looked quite...suspect.

"Get some-a one to bring that man inside the mansion, for interrogation," ordered Mario, wanting to see if the man was truly suspicious or Isabelle was just overreacting.

"On it!" chirped Isabelle, before ending the phone call. Mario placed his phone back in his pocket, returning his attention to Falco.

"You should go, and see what Isabelle wants," Falco advised Mario, who nodded as he hopped off of the bed. "I'll handle the Zroom situation."

"I'll leave it up-a to you then," Mario said to Falco as he left the room, hoping to continue his conversation with the avian pilot soon.

"Right in here..." Fox guided Krystal to the gaming room, taking her inside. "...this is where we played pool together. Remember when we beat Paula and Poo?"

"I had completely forgotten about it, but sure, I remember," replied Krystal, only saying this just to make her man happy.

"We really proved a lot of people wrong that day. This is also where you first met Mr. Clump."

"Mario attempting to sit on me in that fat suit was the worst possible life decision he could make."

"And right over there is where you found out that Wario was selling himself out for Outback steak. And I will never forget that you had the cutest look on your face because you couldn't believe it, you thought it was so wrong."

It was almost time for the Wumpa Festival to end, and it had to end on a high note. So what beter way to end the festival, than with crowning the first ever Wumpa King? Sonic, Crash, and Crunch gathered all the festival goers at a small stage, for the grand occasion.

"And now, by show of applause, we will crown this year's Wumpa King!" announced Sonic, as the crowd cheered. Three randomly selected men were standing on the stage, each of them dying to be crowned.

"All in favor of Norman!" shouted Crunch, as he pointed at Norman. The crowd cheered. "All in favor of Gavin!" Crunch then pointed at Gain, and the crowd cheered once more. "All in favor of Derek!" Crunch pointed at Derek and...yup, the crowd cheered again.

"Mm, It appears we have a three-way tie," Sonic furrowed his brow, placing his hands on his hips. "I have no choice but to pick the Wumpa King myself! I pick..." The three contestants - Norman, Gavin, and Derek - all looked at Sonic, begging the hedgehog to pick them. "...Crash! Crash is your new Wumpa King!"

The three contestants and the crowd all looked disgusted, watching as Sonic placed a crown with wumpa fruit on it atop Crash's head. Just as the crowd was about to leave, Crash suddenly lost his footing on the stage, and fell backwards unto the ground. Everyone laughed at the hedgehog, as Crunch came over to check upon his brother.

"He's okay, everyone!" the bandicoot alerted the crowd, who was laughing at Crash's expense. "The Wumpa King is doing okay!"

Sonic: Did I entice Crash to fall off the stage, so he could realize a childhood dream only few could have? Yes, yes I did.

The only two folks who didn't care about the crowning of Wumpa King was Amy, and the funny hat man Amy was speaking with. The two were still hanging out at the picnic table, away from the hubbub.

"So, if I were to call the Smash Mansion and ask for Amy Rose, would I get through to you?" the funny hat man asked Amy, with his phone in his hand.

"If I'm at the mansion, then yes," replied Amy, after she had exchanged her contact info with the man. "And if I were to call your house and ask for your wife, would I get through to you?"

"I never had a wife...never even had a girlfriend. Sad, but true."

"Oh! I'm so sorry to hear that...but I'm sure you'll find love soon."

"Thank you. Guess I should be going now, festival seems over..."

The man with the funny hat got up from the picnic table, nodding at Amy before walking away. The man wouldn't get that far when he ran into Donkey Kong, who was mean mugging him.

"You're coming with me..." Donkey Kong said to the man, grabbing him and walking away. Meanwhile, Banjo was still stuck in the maze...

"Help! Hello?! Oh! Help!" Banjo cried out for help, as the bear was hopelessly running around in the wumpa maze.

"And over here..." Fox took Krystal to a random, unoccupied room in the mansion. Nothing really special about it.

"What happened here?" asked Krystal, not having any fond memories about the room.

"Well, nothing. Nothing really. I would just find an excuse to come here so I could stare at you through that window, whenever you were outside. This is what I'd do."

"Nice. A little creepy, in a way...but nice."

"Can you wait in here?" Fox pushed Krystal inside the room. "I'll be right back."

"Better be quick..." was the last thing Krystal said to Fox, before Fox closed the door.

Having been held by by an urgent trip to the bathroom, a now relieved Mario went to the foyer, hoping to deal with the suspicious man Isabelle spoke of. When the plumber arrived at the foyer, he saw not only Isabelle...but Heihachi, Donkey Kong, and the funny hat man.

"Take this!" Heihachi yelled at the funny hat man, who was being held up by Donkey Kong, as he punched the man in the gut.

"Mama mia, what's-a going on?" asked Mario, watching as Heihachi was beating up the man. "Is that the man you were-a speaking of, Isabelle?"

"Yep, it's him alright," replied Isabelle, as Falco and his other Zroom investors - Researcher Zelda and Doc Louis - showed up.

"Yo, we beating up random dudes right now?" grinned Falco, wanting to show off a few of his fighting chops. "Lemme hop in!"

"Not yet, we haven't found out this man's identity yet," said Donkey Kong. Unwritten Rule #97: it's always okay to beat up an unidentified man, even if he was suspicious or not. "Heihachi, wanna do the honors?"

"Gladly..." smiled Heihachi, as the Japanese fighter got all up in the funny hat man's grill. "...what's your name, punk?"

"My name...my name is Mac Cole," replied the man, as Falco excitedly clapped his hands.

"Ha! Told you that Mac Cole was legit," the avian pilot said to Heihachi, who frowned as he returned his attention to the funny hat man.

"I'm a huge investor for Zroom, the newest messaging thing...after hearing about Zroom, and what it was all about, I reached out to Mr. McCloud and Mr. Lombardi, and they reached out to me. And I bought Zroom, and..."

"Oh really? How much did you buy it for?" Heihachi's question easily stumped Mac Cole, rendering him silent. "Let's see who you REALLY are!"

Heihachi took off the man's funny hat, and tore off the trench coat. Everyone in the foyer gasped, when they saw that the funny hat man was really a guy with a yellow and black shirt, black cargo pants, and a sling bag.

"Aha, just as I suspected...Cole MacGrath!" said Heihachi, as he was looking at the infamous electric man himself. Cole gritted his teeth in anger.

"That's right, you got me..." said Cole, admitting defeat - before kicking Donkey Kong's shin and making the gorilla drop him. "...but I'm not going out without a fight."

"Get him!" shouted Mario, as Cole ran to the front door to make his getaway escape. The electric man opened the door, only to run into Link and being knocked down the Hylian's telescope.

"Whoops, my bad," Link apologized to Cole, before he slowly started to realize who he was. "Wait, are you...?"

"Crap..." frowned Cole, as he got up and ran down the hallway. Falco chased after Cole, tackling him to the floor. "Get off of me, you stupid bird!"

"This is for duping me and Fox this whole time!" Falco said to Cole, punching him in the head. "You just wanted Zroom for the manor, so you could manipulate us!"

"Well aren't you a smart one...now will you please get off? You're starting to crush my leg, man!"

"Who on earth is horsing around outside my room?" boomed Master Hand, floating out of his bedroom. He saw Falco and Cole, who both stopped fighting one another as they looked up at Master Hand.

"Yikes, looks like I'm screwed..." muttered Cole, as Falco got off of the electric man and pulled him up to his feet, holding his hands behind his back.

"This man Cole MacGrath tried to buy Zroom, under some Mac Cole alias, and use Zroom for the manor!" Falco explained to Master Hand, as Cole tried to fight the avian pilot off. "He was gonna try to tear up apart, from the inside!"

"Oh is that so?" asked Master Hand, who knew exactly what to do with Cole. "Walk that man over to the front door, and stand him up straight!"

So Falco walked Cole to the front door, which was still open, standing the electric man at the doorstep. Falco then moved out of the way, as Master Hand flicked Cole away for good.

"And that takes care of that," remarked the giant hand, as he floated away to his room. "Carry on with your lives, everyone."

Master Hand: Isabelle just informed me that Cole MacGrath reached the mansion while wearing a costume. Those manor dorks are now wearing crappy costumes so they could easily sneak their way unto the mansion premises! Mega Man is gonna have to do an even better job on patrol duty.

With Cole MacGrath gone, Falco met with his Zroom investors inside the foyer, looking and feeling regretful.

"Guys, I'm sorry for thinking that 'Mac Cole' was legit," the avian pilot apologized to the investors, hanging his head low. "I just wanted to raise some money, for Fox's wedding! That's why Fox and I are trying to make Zroom big!"

"We understand, Falco - you were trying to do what you felt was right," Researcher Zelda said to Falco, who now lifted his head up high. "Rather than using Zroom...why don't you just ask us to fund the wedding?"

"Yeah, why haven't I thought of that? Always assuming everyone at the mansion is broke...shame on me. So, where should we start?"

With the Wumpa Festival over, and Amy having already left the festival in a sour mood, Sonic returned to the mansion through the back door along with Crash and Crunch. Dunban was the one who let the three inside.

"Man, I sure hope Amy isn't angry at me because I didn't spend any time with her today..." Sonic said to his bandicoot buddies, as he entered the kitchen. There he saw Dunban, hurriedly finishing up frying some fish. "Working pretty fast there, Dunban!"

"Yes, but not by consequence," replied Dunban, too focused on his task at hand. "Fox wants everyone outside, for a 'special event'. Got no clue what it is."

Mario: Sometimes you just have to play with-a the cards that you're dealt. Link, that guy is an ace. Cloud is my King up-a my sleeve. Lloyd is the instruction card-a you throw away. Zelda's a solid seven. And yeah, you know-a what? Falco is probably, like, a two. But some-a times twos can be wild. So watch-a out. And I am obviously the joker. No offense-a Joker. So... *Mario's phone rings, computer chimes, printer starts up* Uh...
Robotic Voice from Computer: Mario, it's me, Falco. Tell Peach, Spyro, and Hunter to meet everyone else outside. Very special.
Mario: "Very special", eh?

Ken sat alone in his room, practicing his punches, as Cloud and Snake peered inside from the hallway. Snake was smirking, as Cloud had a cellphone other than his in one hand and an MP3 player in the other. Same MP3 player from the garage sale?

"Alright, do it..." Snake whispered to Cloud, who used the cellphone to dial Ken's number. Seconds later, Ken's phone started ringing, as Ken stopped practicing.

"Hello, Ken Masters speaking!" grinned Ken as he answered the phone. Snake tried to stifle his laughter, as Cloud played some audio from the MP3 player into the cellphone before sneaking away with Snake.

"Now listen here, Ken, you're too fat!" EVA's voice was heard from Ken's phone, as Ken looked confused. "No one's gonna like you if you're too fat! I made some changes to my book. See if you like them."

"I'm sorry, who's this calling me?" questioned Ken, with Snake down the hallway chuckling to himself. Cloud just had a smirk on his face, as he handed the cellphone and MP3 player to Snake before running down the hallway.

"Now, I love reading, and I hate being interrupted. Shut up and listen, you fat dingus! 'Chapter One. I was born, not into luxury, nor into adversity, and for that, I thank the Lord. My father was a man. That's all we can know. After I learned to ride a bike, there was no stopping me. I would ride up Magnolia Street and down Azalea Lane. Which would later become my...'"

"Hey Ken, just wanna say thank you for that talk we had earlier," Cloud said to the bewildered fighter, poking his head inside his room. Ken was motioning to Cloud that he was on the phone. "I really think I made good use of my day because of it...still on the phone? Oh, sorry."

"Hello, Snake?" a cheery voice chirped in Snake's earpiece, as Snake pressed the earpiece against his ear with his index finger. "It's me, Toad!"

"It's Snake, I'm here..." responded Snake, in true Snake fashion. "What do you want?"

"Are you outside yet? There's something special going on..."

After keeping Krystal inside the room, Fox took the vixen out of the room, and outside of the mansion. Krystal was told to cover her eyes.

"You can open your eyes now..." Fox whispered to Krystal, who took her hands away from her face and opened her eyes. To her shock, Krystal saw two lines of residents standing on opposite sides, holding lit candles.

"Well then...this is quite unexpected," remarked Krystal, having never seen so many residents gathered outside.

"This is where our love faces its toughest test," Fox said to Krystal, walking the vixen through the open path provided by the residents. "After this, its just smooth sailing for the rest of our lives."

"Krystal, will you marry me?" Champion Link asked Krystal, despite liking the Zelda from his time period.

"No," Krystal kindly said to the Hylian; she would say no to anyone else that approached her.

"Marry me Krystal," Doc Louis told the vixen, willing to put away his chocolate significant others for good.

"That guy's got more than he can handle as it is," replied Fox, walking Krystal along through the open path.

"Will you marry me?" Yusuke asked Krystal, who once said that he would prefer any type of woman.

"That marriage would be a sham."

"Will you marry me?" Waluigi asked Krystal, desperate for love.

"Easiest no in the book, hands down."

"Will you marry me?" Tails asked Krystal, knowing he was too young for Krystal.

"That would be hot, I'd pay to see that."

"Will you marry me Krystal?" Falco asked the vixen, as the open path was coming to an end.

"Only one I was kinda worried about..."

Fox and Krystal eventually reached the end of the open path, the two lovebirds holding hands. Fox took Krystal to a particular spot, one surrounded by lit candles, as all the residents gathered around.

"This is where you first saw me at the mansion, before K.K. Slider's concert," Fox said to Krystal, looking into her eyes lovingly. "And this is also where I will ask you the most important question of your life. Krystal, will you..."

Fox suddenly got down on one knee, taking out the wedding ring Wario had bought. Krystal looked emotionally delighted, as a few residents were delighted as well. Suddenly loud thunder was heard, followed by some pouring rain.

"...will you marry me?" Fox finished his sentence as the rain poured down, knowing from the get-go how Krystal would answer.

"Yes, I will marry you!" replied Krystal, as Fox stood up and embraced Krystal, before kissing her in the rain. Everyone was cheering.

Luigi: *smiling* Ah, watching that proposal brought-a back some memories...some very wet-a memories.

"Awesome!" applauded Wario, who despite being salty about having to spend money for someone else was still happy for Fox and Krystal.

"Congratulations!" exclaimed the Luminary, who was holding unto the living room TV remote. Those batteries better not be exposed.

"Thank you, everyone!" Fox thanked the residents, once he was done embracing Krystal. "So guys...we're moving to Sauria."

"All of us?" Lloyd dumbly asked, excited about going into outer space and seeing other planets. Fox nodded his head.

"Wait, what's this I hear about moving to Sauria?" asked Master Hand, magically appearing outside. "Fox, care to explain?"

"Holly has to go back to Sauria," Fox explained to Master Hand, aware that the giant hand wouldn't like the decision. "I'm going with her. I'm leaving."

Standing in the rain from afar, having watched the entire proposal through his binoculars, was Dante. The vigilante was hanging out at the mansion's backyard, where the Wumpa Festival was. And no, Sonic and the bandicoot didn't even bother taking the festival stuff down.

"So Fox finally proposed to Krystal, eh?" grinned Dante, pulling his binoculars down from his eyes. "Only a matter of time...we should probably keep a close eye on the married couple-to-be, just in case.

"Sorry I was late..." apologized Cole, as he came up to Dante soaking wet. "...that Master Hand flicked me away. Then it started raining..."

"Yeah, yeah, I don't wanna hear it...so, I take it that the whole Zroom thing didn't go exactly as planned?"

"Guess you could say that - I got foiled by Falco and his friends. But I did have a backup plan...I acquired the mansion's contact info through Sonic's girlfriend, Amy."

"That's great, man! That should keep things rolling along. Now our efforts for today weren't totally a failure!"

"Hooray, we finally made it out of the maze!" Banjo said to Kazooie, cheering as he ran out of the maze...only to run into Dante and Cole. At the mere sight of Dante, Banjo screamed as he ran back inside the maze.

"Heh, had no idea I was that intimidating..." remarked Dante, with a very cocky grin on his face.