Author's Note:
This chapter will be the debut chapter for three new characters - Terry Bogard, Goemon, and Sans. With the third character, expect puns - a skele-ton of puns. (Ba-dum-tss...) Now if you excuse me, I gotta answer some guest reviews...
"Will the Banjo Kazooie characters show up in the next chapter? (Since Banjo & Kazooie became available after the direct) a scene of Tiki interacting with Morgana and Pikachu? (They share the same Japanese voice actress, Ikue Otani) is Squall Leonhart using his David Boreanaz or Doug Eroholtz voice? Is Hana from Overwatch going to be a Smash mansion resident when the Overwatch chapter comes out? (Maybe have her interact with Futaba since they're both gamers) and finally, what are your thoughts on the SNES games finally being available for Nintendo Switch Online?"
No Banjo-Kazooie characters, I'm afraid. I can do that scene in the next chapter. Squall is using his Doug Eroholtz voice. No characters from Overwatch will be mansion residents (unless someone winds up in Smash). And I LOVE that the SNES games are now on Nintendo Switch Online; Super Mario World and A Link to the Past won me over. Another anonymous review:
"Can you put on your profile the exact list of all residents and their respective games where they come from?"
I can do that pretty soon - got the list on my Google Drive. It's in a spreadsheet document...don't ask. One last anonymous review:
"Hey I've been following you for months now and you've done an awesome job! However, I have one small request. Can we somehow see Cloud, Noctis and Lightning all at rhe Smash Mansion being cool? Or something like it? I've been on a final fantasy craze lately, and I feel like those three are basically the faces of final fantasy at the moment."
Why hasn't Noctis appeared in this story yet? I must be losing it. But yeah, Cloud, Noctis, and Lightning can all be cool together. Don't know when it'll happen, though. On to Nero the Devil:
Since their game is coming out for the Switch on September 27, I was wondering if you could add the characters from Ori and the Blind Forest?
They'll appear in the September 27th chapter. PinkRose4452 has come forth with more questions:
"1. What are your thoughts on the 5.0 update? Also, what are your thoughts playing as Banjo?
2. What are your thoughts on Sakurai adding more DLC characters after the Fighter's Pass is complete?
3. What are your thoughts and your reaction on Sans becoming a Mii Fighter costume?
4. Can Sans make the Hoes Mad reference to the DQ Heroes?
5. Can Sans hangout with Sonic, Pit and Bowser? Also, can he hangout with Waluigi, since they are both memes about becoming fighters in Smash?"
1. So glad they brought back home run contest. Banjo is very solid; he's not as gimmicky compared to Joker and Hero, which is nice.
2. Knew something was up when someone found those character slots in World of Light. My boy Crash still has a chance! (And a few others.)
3. I was surprised that Undertale even got representation in Smash at all, so Sans getting a Mii Fighter costume is a pretty big deal. Shows you how far indie games have come.
4. I could do that in the form of a pun...which would be very hard to pull off.
5. Sonic, Pit, and Bowser seem like the kind of guys that Sans would be good friends with. As for Waluigi...I could see him being a best friend of Sans.
Last for today is GreaterDoomerUKI:
1) I was really hoping for subspace dlc in smash...
2) Are you going to introduce Starlow and Dreambert?
1) I wouldn't mind some Subspace DLC, but seeing that Tabuu is a spirit...eh.
2) Starlow has a better chance being in Smash Life than Dreambert, in my opinion. But yeah, I can introduce them. Some day...
Episode 195: Humiliation
It was quite an eventful week for Smash, to say the least. Banjo and Kazooie were now full-fledged fighters, receiving the green light to fight with the likes of Mario, Pikachu, and many other Smash all-stars. The skeletal pungeon master best known as Sans somehow winded up in Smash, to an overwhelming positive reception. But, lost in all that hoopla, was the newest addition to Smash's roster...Terry Bogard.
Widely considered a hero to many gamers in South America, Terry was an American fighter who loved participating in fighting tournaments. With his muscles, and red cap, and blue jeans, Terry was as macho as they came. He was also quite prolific at basketball as well. Hard not to imagine Terry absolutely dominating on the mansion's basketball court.
To make Terry's inclusion into Smash and the Smash Mansion official, Master Hand and Crazy Hand gathered everyone in the mansion and tower inside the lecture hall. The two hands were present on the lecture hall stage, with Mario and Isabelle.
"How come we never did anything like this for Joker?" Isabelle asked Master Hand, while the residents were still filing into the lecture hall. "We never gave him such a big introduction!"
"That's because a huge majority of people have already met Joker," replied Master Hand, who was giddy about introducing Terry to everyone. "Also, Joker was revealed at some award show - Terry appeared in an award-winning Nintendo Direct. Big difference."
"Ridley appeared in a Nintendo Direct too, but even he never got treatment like this..."
Master Hand: I'm pretty excited to bring Terry on board, along with Sans and Goemon and whatever Team Rocket grunts Giovanni wants to live at this mansion. All those whiny brats online, acting all like, "Waaah, I don't even know who Terry is, I don't play fighting games!" Too ungrateful to realize the very irony that they're living in. Who were they expecting, Geno? Ha!
Geno: Feels great to know that you have a dedicated fanbase to your name, despite not being that popular for at least two decades...too bad Master Hand never sees it that way.
Once everyone filled up the lecture hall, it was time to begin. Master Hand floated center stage, ready to address the crowd.
"Good afternoon, everyone - I hope you are all aware of why you are all gathered here," Master Hand addressed the crowd, as the chatter among the residents started to die down. "Today is yet another historical day for..."
"Bring on Sans!" Pit shouted out, interrupting Master Hand. Which was the one thing no mortal being should ever do.
"Hold your horses, Sans is coming soon...I bet he's busy writing up some puns he'll share with us later. Anyways, I'm proud to announce that..."
"Also bring on Undyne, I love Undyne!" One person that didn't love Undyne was the goddess sitting next to Pit, Viridi, who looked at her boyfriend feeling hurt.
"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" the goddess of nature scolded her boyfriend, who looked around nervously.
"I...I never said anything! Undyne sucks! I hate fish people, all kinds!" What a very bold proclamation.
"Fish people like Mipha?" Champion Link frowned at Pit, ready to throw some hands with the angel.
"CAN YOU PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT SANS AND FISH PEOPLE?!" boomed Master Hand, as it grew quiet in the lecture hall again. "Thank you. Now, I'm proud to announce that we'll have new residents joining us today. But first, the main course...Mario, would you like to do the honors?"
"Glady, Master Hand," replied Mario, stepping to the front of the stage as he cleared his throat. "Everyone give a warm-a welcome to the one and-a only, Terry Bogard!"
Terry Bogard came out unto the stage, smiling and posturing to the crowd. Many residents were cheering, as a large "TERRY!" chant broke out.
"Powuh Wave! Bustah Wolf!" Terry shouted in his trademark Engrish, as he showed off a few of his signature moves. The man then raised his fist up high, as the cheers and chants kept going on.
"Does he always speak in Engrish?" asked Samus, thinking that an American speaking Engrish was something out of the ordinary. Which it kinda was.
"Don't discriminate, Samus..." Master Hand sternly told the bounty hunter, as the cheering and chanting started to die down. As Terry put his arm back down, he accidentally struck Mario in the face.
"Mama mia!" Mario immediately panicked, as he lost his footing and landed face-first on the stage floor. Residents a many were laughing at the plumber's misfortune.
"Mario! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Terry asked the plumber, as he helped Mario up to his feet. "Sorry about that, might've been a little too reckless there!"
Ken: Call me crazy, but Terry's presence in this mansion just...bugs me, for some reason. Not sure if it's his blonde ponytail, or his toned body, but I just can't...be in the same vicinity as the guy. You get what I'm saying?
Suddenly the lights in the lecture hall went out, as the entire hall went dim. Murmurings arose among the residents, as a somewhat recognizable villain leitmotif started to play. Master Hand groaned, because he knew who it was...
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To prepare the world for devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nation!"
"To denounce our evil of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!" A limelight shone on Jessie, who was striking a pose.
"James!" A limelight shone on James, who was also striking a pose.
"Team Rocket, blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!" Meowth finished off the song, as a limelight was shone on him.
"Wobbuffet!" cried Wobbuffet, appearing out from his Poke Ball and showing up behind Meowth.
Then suddenly another limelight appeared - but this one shone on someone outside of Team Rocket. It shone on some skeletal fellow one that was wearing a blue hoodie and black pants. He also had a huge smile on his face.
"hey," the skeletal fellow known as Sans greeted the crowd, as Team Rocket screamed out of fright. Just then, someone appeared from behind Sans; it was a short man, a ninja, with blue hair.
"Hello everybody, Goemon's the name!" the ninja greeted the crowd, as the lights in the lecture hall came on. Everyone that was scared of the dark let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Ah, Sans, and Goemon, how are you?" Master Hand said to the skeleton and ninja, completely ignoring Team Rocket's presence. "Wasn't expecting you both to come this soon!"
"we just followed those team rocket guys to your mansion," explained Sans, with a very casual shrug. "i guess you could say that they were...over the moon when they saw me."
"That creepy skeleton guy practically followed us here!" said Jessie, pointing accusingly at Sans who could only chuckle. "Kept annoying us with his stupid puns!"
"you thought my puns were stupid? well, you can think whatever you want. comments like those really don't get under my skin...get it? because i'm a skeleton?"
"See what I mean?!" Jessie asked Master Hand, still pointing at Sans. "How can you let someone like him live at your mansion?"
"Jessie, James, Meowth...what business do you bums have at my establishment?" Master Hand asked the trio, downplaying how much Sans has bothered them. "Still looking for my respect?"
"No, we already got the respect that we rightfully deserve!" replied James, as a few residents laughed at the thought of Team Rocket even demanding respect. "We're here to start our residency at the mansion."
"HA HA HA! Man, you guys are an absolute trip! So funny. You see, there's already two Team Rocket grunts coming to the mansion today, so unless you're doing some kind of snazzy introduction for them..."
"I'm guessing you never got the letter..." said Meowth, as he took out a letter from his imaginary pocket. One that was likely written by Giovanni.
"Mind if I read it?" Mario asked Meowth as he came over: Meowth would hand the letter to Mario, who read it from start to finish. "Hmm, it says here-a that Jessie and James are the Team-a Rocket grunts that will-a be living at the mansion."
"Really, it actually says that?" asked Master Hand, as Mario showed the giant hand the letter. Mario pointed at the bottom of the letter, at the closing.
"Written by the man him-a self, Giovanni. Judging by the writing and-a how this paper feels, Giovanni must still be in-a prison."
"And we would've broken him out of prison too, had he not disrespected us in the past!" said Meowth, unable to forgive what Giovanni had done to the trio.
"why not break him out of prison, it would be his...big break," joked Sans, before trying to stifle his laughter. At this point, Team Rocket had enough.
"Can you please put duct tape over his mouth?" James requested to Master Hand, feeling like he was about to go insane. "He'll drive everyone crazy before the end of the month, I guarantee you!"
"Honestly I don't mind Sans and his puns," said Yoshi, as Team Rocket looked at the dinosaur like he was insane. "This mansion could use a little humor every now and then."
"That dinosaur is now officially dead to us..." James said to Jessie and Meowth, both of whom nodded in agreement.
Jessie: Now that we're finally residents at the mansion, we have an even bigger opportunity to capture Pikachu!
James: Wouldn't that be pointless, considering he's a resident just like us? Capturing him won't be as big of a deal anymore...
Meowth: Yeah, we should've captured Pikachu years ago, when we had the chance! Our capture would've been quite a shocker to Giovanni.
Jessie: Meowth, did you seriously use a pun just now?
Meowth: Oh no, Sans and his stupid puns have corrupted me! I'm done for!
"hey buddy, wanna shake my hand?" Sans asked Mario; shaking hands with the famous plumber himself was almost a dream come true for Sans. Almost.
"Sure, why not - welcome-a to the Smash mansion, Sans!" replied Mario, as he gleefully shook Mario's hand...only for a farting sound to be heard. Almost everyone in the lecture hall was laughing, as Mario looked embarrassed.
"the old whoopie cushion in the hand trick..." In Sans' hand was a whoopie cushion, one that was now deflated. "...gets 'em every time!"
"Can I shake your hand?!" Goemon asked Sans, shouting in the skeleton's face. Goemon always found it a struggle to use his indoors voice...if he even had one.
"don't give your hopes up buddy..."
Mario was greatly upset by Sans when he got pranked on - so upset that after the meeting, the plumber was in his home pacing back and forth in the living room with a stern face. Hunter and Spyro watched the plumber, from a couch.
"Who would've imagined that Sans would be living at the mansion?" Hunter asked Spyro, thinking of how surreal the meeting was. "I certainly didn't! And we got Terry Bogard too?!"
"You literally had no idea who Sans or Terry Bogard were before we came to the lecture hall today," Spyro said to Hunter, wishing he could hear more of Sans' puns. "Stop trying to hop on the bandwagon, Hunter."
"Sans thought he could make-a me look bad in front of my friends..." Mario muttered angrily to himself, continuing to pace back and forth. Peach entered the living room, holding Jennifer in her arms.
"Why do you look so upset, sweetie?" the princess asked Mario, who was too much into his feelings to respond. "Is it about that hummus I threw out yesterday?"
"Mario is upset after Sans had pranked him earlier," Spyro had to explain to Peach; just hearing the prank be mentioned made Mario even angrier.
"Aw, is that so? I'm sure Mario will get over it soon!"
"You think it's-a that easy?" Mario asked Peach, as he stopped his endless pacing. "I may never recover from-a what Sans did to me!"
"Dude it's just a prank, not like Sans killed someone you loved..." Hunter said to Mario, trying his best to soothe the plumber.
"Let me speak-a to my wife!" shouted Mario as he pointed at Hunter, before redirecting his attention to Peach. "What Sans had done-a wasn't a harmless prank...it was a harmful prank! One that shook-a me down to my core!"
"It was only a whoopie cushion," stated Peach, who found the prank quite amusing. She'd never admit that to Mario. "Sans could have done far, far worse."
"Sans might not have hurt-a me physically, but psychologically he has taken his-a toll. The hurt and pain he dealt-a might be impossible to overcome."
"Where do you think you're going?" Peach watched as Mario marched away from the living room, heading to the staircase.
"I'm going to my room...to gather my thoughts, and reflect-a on some things." And with that, Mario marched up the stairs.
"Such a drama queen..." Spyro shook his head in dismay, as the sound of a bedroom door being slammed was heard.
Link made a promise to Tom Nook in the last episode, that he would pay the tanoki back tenfold of twenty dollars. $200 in total. Rather than waiting until December and (presumably) win his fantasy football league to earn $200 in prize money, Link sought to make $200 right away, so he could pay back Tom Nook ASAP. One idea the Hylian had considered was doing a taxi service, in B.D. Joe's taxi. But how did that turn out?
"Haven't seen you riding around B.D. Joe's taxi ever since Monday," Cloud spoke with Link in the bedroom, with Link too reluctant to answer. "What happened? Quit your job already?"
"I had scratched B.D. Joe's taxi, and got some wear and tear on the wheels," admitted Link, as Cloud winced in sympathy for his best friend. "The fifty dollars I had raised up to that point, I had to hand over to B.D. Joe for car repairs."
"Oof. Really sorry to hear that." Sometimes Link was unsure whether Cloud was genuinely sympathizing for him or not. To be fair, Cloud was never the one to sympathize.
Cloud: Funny how Link could easily handle the high horsepower of his truck, Epona, but struggled mightily when it came to driving a taxi. Something about that just seems backwards to me.
"Where do you think you're headed?" Cloud asked Link, who hopped up off his bed and was about to leave the room. "Gonna ask B.D. Joe if you could drive his taxi around town again?"
"Nah, I'm gonna find another way to get that $200...a way that doesn't involve me ruining someone's prized possession," replied Link, as he left the room. Curious as to where Link was heading, Cloud exited the room and was about to follow Link...
"Hey Cloud, you busy?" Ken called out to the swordsman, who stopped in place. If Ken was about to lecture Cloud on having fun, Cloud should just hightail back to his room for safety.
"What do you want, Ken?" Cloud asked the fighter, opting to stay where he was. Ken hurried over to Cloud, looking like he was frantic about something.
"So you know that Terry Bogard guy that was introduced earlier, right?" Ken asked Cloud, like the swordsman was literally born an hour ago.
"Of course I know Terry, I saw him at the lecture hall...what is it about him?"
"I dunno, I guess you could say that I feel...some type of way about him."
"Some type of way...are you trying to insinuate that you're jealous of him?"
"No, no, not at all, not even close! I just think that he's here to take my spot."
"Look, Ken, if you don't just cut to the chase, then I'm heading back to my room."
"Hear me out, okay?" Ken looked around, to make sure no one else was listening, before continuing. "I need you to help me beat up Terry."
"So you want me to help you beat up the new guy. What an awesome way to welcome someone new to the mansion."
"You don't get it, do you Cloud? Terry is basically me, but with jeans and a ponytail! He wants to steal my thunder!"
"Uh huh...and has he done anything yet to suggest that he's stealing your thunder?"
"Well, not yet, but eventually he will! And we gotta stop him before he shows any signs of evidence!"
"Consider me uninterested..." Cloud was about to head back inside his room, before Ken grabbed the back of the swordsman's collar.
"Cloud, listen to me...you're my only hope. Ryu turned me down, and so did Akuma and Heihachi."
"What about Jacky and Akira? Pretty sure they're available."
"Eh, there's no point in asking them. Just help me out, Cloud, just this once!"
"Okay, if this means you'll stop bothering me...then I'm willing to help." This was good news to Ken, who pumped his fist and smiled.
"Ha ha! Had a feeling you would come around! We'll give Terry the business, together!"
"I should just let you do most of the work..." The sooner Cloud was finished with Terry's shenanigans, the better.
Sans: got a lot on my agenda, on my first day at the mansion. meeting new people, checking out all the cool venues...should be a pretty eventful day for me. first thing on my to-do list? become friends with ness and his pals. heard ness talking about some baseball after that meeting in the lecture hall; must've been a whole lot of ball talk.
Ness and Lucas were getting ready for their baseball game outside, with Ness grabbing the baseball bats and Lucas grabbing the baseball underneath his bed. Also grabbed a second baseball, just for good measure; he gave it to his pet dog Boney, for safekeeping.
"What do you wanna do first - baseball game, or home run derby?" Ness asked Lucas, ready to head outside and enjoy America's pastime. Forecast called for rain - Lucas better make a decision soon.
"Poo is still salty about his performance in the last home run derby we had," replied Lucas, as Sans showed up and stood at Ness and Lucas' door. "We should do another home run derby, just to stop his complaining."
"Told him good and well that batting while blindfolded was a bad idea." As Ness adjusted the cap on his head, Lucas gasped when he took sight of Sans.
"Look, Ness, it's Sans!" the PSI whiz pointed at Sans, who was smiling - was there ever a moment where Sans wasn't smiling profusely?
"how do you do?" Sans asked Ness and Lucas, as he stepped inside the room. "heard you guys were about to play some baseball."
"That's right! it's gonna be me, Lucas, and a few of our friends. You want in?"
"You really think Sans is interested in playing baseball with us?" Lucas whispered to Ness, who shrugged in response.
"i wouldn't mind swinging a few bats," replied Sans, wanting to show off his baseball skills. "i was gonna play some table tennis upstairs, but i'm not really in the mood for any love...hehe."
"Tell you want - how about we play in teams?" Ness suggested to Sans, who scratched his chin with some interest. "You'll be in a team with Lucas and Kumatora, and you'll play against my team - me, Paula, and Poo."
"But what about the home run derby?!" Lucas whispered to Ness, with a pained facial expression; he did not wish to put up with Poo's saltiness again.
"The home run derby will have to wait, we can do it after the game..." Ness whispered back to Lucas, before redirecting his attention to Sans. "...so Sans, what do you say?"
"let's shake on it!" replied Sans, as he held out his hand...which had a milkshake in it. "whoops, that was a milkshake i got from the funny guy with the green hair."
Sans held out his other hand, and Ness shook it. A farting sound erupted, as Sans revealed a whoopie cushion.
"Aw man, you got me!" chuckled Ness, as Sans and Lucas chuckled along with the teen. Funny how Ness and Lucas took Sans' prank more lightly than Mario...
For Yusuke's school project, the young talented artist had to draw a portrait, of pretty much everyone. After narrowing down his list of candidates, Yusuke ultimately decided to draw a portrait of Simon. He would paint a portrait of the vampire hunter in the lounge, with Simon striking a magnificent pose.
"Make sure you get my glutes," Simon advised Yusuke, showing dedication to his pose by not even moving a single inch. "I want my body to look fantastic!"
"I'm making sure to get every little details, even the unnecessary ones," responded Yusuke, feeling like Bob Ross as he painted away on the canvas. "You have nothing to worry about, Mr. Belmont!"
Yusuke: I have it so easy...being an art major is the biggest luxury in the world! With Makoto working in the law school, and Futaba doing some computer science nonsense, all I have to do is draw and critique art! The drawing part is the easiest thing; I could just draw a picture of my chest hair, and still get full credit on my assignment. It's like winning a million dollars by simply folding a scratch card! *hangs head low* If only I even had chest hair...
While Yusuke continued to paint, the ever excitable Goemon strolled inside the lounge, wanting to make his presence known. The ninja saw Yusuke, and Simon, and also Chrom who was sitting on a couch.
"Oy vey, this is a very bad matchup..." frowned Chrom, as he was looking through his so-called fantasy football journal. Like that would ever help him win any fantasy game this season. "...I should ask Robin if benching this player is a good idea."
"Watcha lookin' at buddy?" Goemon asked Chrom, popping out of nowhere and frightening the prince. Chrom screamed and jumped back in his couch, clutching his heart as he hyperventilated.
"Go scream somewhere else Chrom, I'm trying to concentrate here..." Yusuke told the prince, doing his best to keep his focus intact...and soon enough, Goemon came over to Yusuke to check out the artist's portrait.
"Ooooooh! Who's that beautiful muscular lady you're painting?" the ninja asked Yusuke, as he pointed at the portrait; never in his life had Simon felt more offended.
"I'm sorry, Yusuke, but did that midget ninja just call me a woman?" Simon angrily questioned the artist, who was struggling to focus on his artwork.
"Yes he did call you a woman, now hush your mouth and let me concentrate..." Yusuke responded very sharply; he was beginning to lose his cool. A rarity for the very talented artist.
"You know what would make that woman even prettier?!" Goemon asked a slowly angered Yusuke, as a few veins were pulsating in Yusuke's forehead. "Some gold earrings! Or a necklace! Or even..."
"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Goemon was taken back, acting like he wasn't in the wrong. "You're being rude to my subject."
"I'm not even being rude, I'm just giving you suggestions! I think you're the rude one around here!"
"Now you look here, mister..." His anger soon reaching a boiling point, Yusuke stopped painting as he looked down at Goemon. "...you have no reason to talk back to me like that! Do you understand?!"
"Lay off the man, Yusuke," Chrom said to the artist, as he put away his football journal. "Goemon probably can't help it."
"Chrom, is this the kind of behavior you expect from a newcomer? This man can't even use his indoor voice!"
"But I can use my indoor voice, watch!" said Goemon, demonstrating as he started to screech at the top of his lungs, hurting the ears of everyone in the lounge.
"Must...resist...the urge..." winced a very pained Simon - wanting to cover his ears yet at the same time trying to maintain his magnificent pose.
"How's that for an indoor voice?" Goemon asked, after he was finished screeching. Chrom and Yusuke were left massaging their ears, whereas Simon was left in some major auditory pain.
"Sir...I think you need a lot of help," Yusuke said to Goemon, who begged to differ. The ninja thought he was perfect already. "What say you, Chrom?"
"Yusuke is right, Goemon - someone should teach you some manners," Chrom said to the ninja, who frowned defiantly and folded his arms.
"Why do I need manners for?" questioned Goemon, as he looked out the lounge window. "Manners are for dignified people only! Or at least that's what Pit said. First thing he ever told me."
"Goemon received advice from a boy who seldom washes his hands..." Yusuke whispered to Chrom, who furrowed his brow in a very concerning manner. "...not a very good sign."
"Indeed," nodded Chrom, before looking down at Goemon. "Tell you what, Goemon...Yusuke and I will teach you some manners. And if you pass...we'll give you anything your heart desires."
"Anything my heart desires?!" exclaimed Goemon, unfolding his arms as he sported a more happy deposition. "Like a lifetime supply of rice bowls?"
"Sure, something like that...just follow our lead, and you'll go places! Ready to begin, Yusuke?"
"Gladly," replied Yusuke, putting away his art tools as he, Chrom, and Goemon left the lounge. Simon was left behind, still stuck in his pose.
"You're going to come back and finish that painting, are you Yusuke?" Simon asked the artist, his muscles in his arms and legs starting to strain. "Yusuke? YUSUKE!"
As Simon cried out for Yusuke's name, Sans would pass by the lounge before peering inside and seeing Yusuke's unfinished portrait. The very sight of the portrait caused the skeleton to rub his hands together...
Still waiting on Rosalina's decision regarding the wedding officiant role, Fox and Falco were taking care of other things on the wedding checklist. One of those things was reviewing the wedding guest list, which Falco had compiled.
"Okay Falco...why the heck are we inviting Brock and Misty to the wedding?" Fox asked the avian pilot, seeing the two gym leaders' names on the guest list. "I have no personal connection whatsoever with those two."
"It's all about the aesthetics," replied Falco, as Fox furrowed his brow at several other questionable names he saw. "People will see that Brock and Misty are at your wedding, and be all like 'Wow! This must be the greatest wedding ever.' A good impression for the other guests."
"Sorry boys, did I come in at a wrong time?" Knuckles asked Fox and Falco, the echidna entering the Star Records room along with Sonic and Tails. Knuckles seemed to have a newfound swagger, rocking a pair of sunglasses and some gold chains around his neck.
"Nah, you're good," Fox said to Knuckles, who adjusted the sunglasses on his face. "Really digging the new look, Knuckles."
"I'm not Knuckles anymore. From now on, you can call me...Lil Knux. Lil Knux, that's my new rapper name."
Knuckles: Ever since I got released from jail, I feel like I've been through a rebirth, ready to pursue the next chapter in my life. Jail has taught me many things - how to be a man, how to handle adversity, and how to put up with butt-naked dudes in the showers. But most importantly, jail taught me out to be my best me. Which is exactly what I plan on doing.
"Yeah, you tell him Lil Knux!" Sonic encouraged Knuckles, patting the echidna on the back. "Gotta let 'em know!"
"No matter how much you want, I'm still not calling you Lil Knux," Tails said to Knuckles, who looked at the fox like he was a dissenter.
"Please ignore Tails, you guys, he hasn't really got down with the cause yet," Knuckles advised Fox and Falco, worried about Tails' behavior. "But in due time, he'll change from his ways."
"Uh huh...sorry for calling you Knuckles, Lil Knux," Fox apologized to Knuckles, unsure of why he was apologizing in the first place.
"Apology not...accepted. Because it wasn't even necessary in the first place." Knuckles laughed, and Sonic would laugh along with the echidna. Tails just looked on, with a cynical face.
Knuckles: Several weeks ago, Knuckles the Echidna had an incident. But after two weeks of being in jail, I'm back. And I've got a new attitude. And a new name. And...a bunch of new techniques for dealing with my anger.
"I take it that Knuckles is in the first stage of his 'epiphany'?" Itsuki asked Fox and Falco as he approached the pilots, sipping from his cup of coffee as Knuckles led his two best friends to the other side of the Star Records room.
"I think he prefers that you call him Lil Knux..." replied Falco, as Itsuki curiously furrowed his brow at the avian pilot. "...it's best if you don't ask, just do it."
Lucas and Ness were ready to star their baseball game, with their good pals Paula, Poo, Kumatora...and Sans. While Sans was nowhere to be found outside, all the Earthbound teens were hanging around at the front of the mansion.
"You said that Sans would be playing baseball with us," Kumatora interrogated Ness, with her hands on her hips. "So where is he?"
"He should be coming soon," Ness nervously replied, as he looked back to see if Sans was coming. If Sans was a no-show, it would make Ness and Lucas look bad in all sorts of ways.
"We're gonna do the home run derby after our baseball game, right?" Poo asked Ness, wanting to redeem himself from the last home run derby he participated in. Here's hoping he didn't bring a blindfold.
"Yes, Poo, the home run derby is still on the table. You'll have your little chance at redemption soon..."
"Hey you guys, is that Sans out on the basketball court?" Paula called out to Ness and Lucas, as she pointed at the basketball court not that far from where the others were standing. Ness and Lucas followed Paula to the basketball court...
...and there they found Sans, painting on a canvas. He was painting a portrait of Simon...wait, wasn't that supposed to be Yusuke's job?!
"Sans, what are you doing?" Lucas asked the skeleton, who was putting his own personal touch on Yusuke's portrait. Basically painting a few chickens all over the portrait. Yusuke would be most disappointed.
"don't mind me lucas, just drawing some fowls in the paint," replied Sans, before letting out a chuckle. Simon was still in the same pose as before, looking mighty.
"I refused to let my portrait go unfinished, so I personally asked Sans if he could finish the artwork," Simon explained to Ness and company; the vampire hunter would be very bemused upon seeing the finished product. "Guess you could say I was desperate..."
"Well, we need Sans for our baseball game," Ness explained to Simon, before glancing at his watch. Ness and friends couldn't afford to waste any time.
"you guys could do your little home run derby without me," Sans said to Ness, continuing to add a few chickens to the portrait. "just gotta add a few more chickens..."
"A few more what now?" Simon questioned as he looked at Sans. You could tell that Simon was gonna blow his gasket seeing the portrait. "Did you say something about...chickens?"
"nope, never did...don't want any fowl play get in the way of finishing up this portrait, do we?" Simon had better keep a close eye on Sans...
Mario was still triggered by Sans' prank, as the plumber was still in his room keeping to himself. Pac-Man came over to visit Mario, after hearing from Peach about how upset the plumber was.
"Hello, may I come in?" Pac-Man asked as he knocked on Mario's bedroom door. "It's me, Pac-Man!" Mario would open the door, surprised that he even had company.
"Ah, Pac-Man, come on in!" the plumber told the eater of ghosts, welcoming Pac-Man into his room. The room was dark, for whatever reason, so Mario had to turn the lights on. Was Mario just sitting in darkness, all alone?
"Peach told me about how salty you were after Sans pranked you." Pac-Man took a seat on Mario's bed, without even bothering to ask for permission. What a guy. "How are you feeling right now?"
"Not so good...I think I might-a have some kind of PTSD." Upon hearing this, Pac-Man just looked at Mario funny before bursting into a giant fit of laughter.
"PTSD from what, seeing a walking, talking skeleton?" Pac-Man laughed so much, he had to wipe away a tear from his eye. "You never showed signs of PTSD when those zombies showed up at that party."
"My PTSD isn't from-a Sans...it's from that prank Sans had pulled-a on me." Pac-Man had another laughing fit, as Mario frowned, wishing that Pac-Man would take the whole situation more seriously.
"Good grief, was the prank THAT traumatic for you? I understand that falling for the whoopee cushion prank in front of a lot of people is embarrassing, but..."
"Exactly, that's-a why I'm so upset!" Mario angrily stomped his foot on the floor, loud enough for anyone downstairs to hear. "Sans straight-up embarrassed-a me in front of my friends-a and family, and I don't appreciate it."
"Mario, I'm starting to think that you're taking this a bit too far...Sans didn't even hurt you!" Too bad Mario still has yet to see it that way.
"Physically he hasn't, but-a psychologically? Oh yes! Which is why I should-a get him back, in a psychological sense."
"This isn't some kind of mind game Sans is playing on you - the guy just wanted to have fun! If some whoopee cushion prank is making you do this, then I shudder to think what else could..."
"Yeah, I should-a prank Sans back! Give him a prank-a call, make him-a cry to his mommy! If he even has a mommy. I should do the prank-a call as Papyrus..."
"I give up..." Pac-Man would leave the room, as Mario kept running his mouth about the many various ways he could prank Sans. Sans, at this point, had rented a ton of space in Mario's head.
Pac-Man would head down the stairs to the bottom of the staircase, where Peach awaited. The princess desired to know if Pac-Man managed to reason with Pac-Man.
"Hate to say it, but the man has officially lost his marbles," Pac-Man informed Peach, with a heavy amount of regret. He knew how much Peach wanted to hear the exact opposite.
"Well Pac-Man, at least you tried your best," smiled Peach, placing her hand on where she assumed Pac-Man's shoulder would be. "Perhaps the other neighbors could get through to Mario."
Desiring to take out Terry Bogard for good, Ken and Cloud (but mainly Ken) were ready to carry out their plan. But before they could set foot, the two first had to find out where Terry was.
"Last time I saw him, he was in the gardens," Pyra told Ken and Cloud, while she and Mythra were waiting on Rex to finish using the bathroom. Rex sure was taking a long time. "He might still be there now."
"Thanks for the tip, Pyra!" Ken thanked the Blade, as he and Cloud made their way to the gardens. After Ken and Cloud left, Mythra knocked on the bathroom door.
"You done in there?" the Blade asked Rex, who responded by letting out a very pained scream. Which must mean that Rex wasn't done.
"Why must I make poor decisions?!" questioned Rex, as Pyra and Mythra shared some sympathy for the swordsman. Rex's digestive system must be going through a lot right now.
Rex: Tried out Cilan's new milkshake that afternoon...and it was one of the worst decisions I've ever made. Don't get me wrong, the milkshake was fine as it was, but it was too thick! According to Cilan, it was 175% ice cream, and fifty percent milk. Not sure if that was even possible. Either way, my stomach wasn't really a huge fan...
Popo: Ha, as I expected - Cilan's milkshake was an absolute dud! Which means that Nana and I are the king and queen when it comes to icy beverages! And to think Cilan told us that he would show us up...
Nana: Except that Cilan has never told us that, ever.
Popo: Maybe to you he didn't, but he definitely told me. I know what Cilan's all about, that sneaky little string bean.
Ken and Cloud walked down the hallway, until Cloud bumped into Goemon. Goemon was accompanied by Chrom and Yusuke, who were working together to teach the ninja some manners.
"Watch where you're going, loser!" Goemon shouted at Cloud, before taunting the swordsman as he held out his tongue. Time for Chrom and Yusuke to teach that Goemon a lesson.
"Goemon, apologize to Cloud and say excuse me," Chrom commanded of the ninja, who stopped his taunting immediately.
"I'm terribly sorry Cloud, please excuse my behavior..." Goemon apologized to Cloud, bowing down before the swordsman, before continuing on his way. Chrom and Yusuke followed after Goemon, while Cloud just stood there confused.
"What was that all about?" the swordsman asked Ken, who wished he knew the answer as he shook his head.
Ness and friends had their little home run derby, as they were waiting for Sans to join in on the baseball fun. Poo was absolutely dominating, improving upon his last outing in the home run derby as he homered...three home runs. On another note, he didn't need his blindfold.
"Three home runs, I'd say that's an improvement over the only home run you had last time," Ness said to Poo, who was full of confidence after his performance today. Maybe too much confidence...
"An improvement indeed! That blindfold really dragged me down last time," said Poo as he tossed the baseball bat to Lucas, who was next up to bat. "That, and batting with only one hand. Why did you tell me that was a good idea?"
"Only you told yourself that, Poo," replied Paula, as Poo scoffed mightily at the southern belle. Poo sometimes thought too highly of himself to admit he was wrong.
"alright guys, i'm done with the painting," Sans alerted Ness and company, showing up at the front of the mansion. Curiously, the skeleton was holding Yusuke's painting under his arm.
"Sweet! Now we can finally get started," said Lucas, before taking sight of the portrait that Sans was holding. "But did you bring that portrait with you?"
"you know, for safekeeping. also i don't trust simon to hold unto the portrait. he might get some ideas and try to whip the painting into shape."
"You can just rest the portrait at the side of the mansion, if it still needs to dry out," Ness said to Sans, who proceeded to put the portrait at the spot Ness suggested. "We'll do our best to keep an eye on it."
Ken and Cloud showed up at the mansion gardens, where their target was located...Terry. The man was with Pit, Viridi, and Haru, checking out some flowers.
"What a pretty little flower this is!" exclaimed Terry, picking out a flower that caught his attention. It was a pink flower, one that made Terry smiled when he smelt its alluring scent. "I shall call it Nakoruru!"
"I can't believe he just gave that flower a name," Pit murmured to Viridi, looking at Terry with a slight look of disdain. "He's as much of a weirdo as you are!"
"Says the angel boy who supposedly likes some fish girl," Viridi murmured back, putting Pit in his place. If Pit knew any better, he would stop liking Undyne altogether. Can't be in a relationship, and admitting your love for other chicks.
Pit: Viridi has literally named every single flower in the gardens, and they're not even real names! It's just completely made-up names, like "Taraxacum Albidum" or "Helianthus Annuus". (Hehe...anus.) I perfectly understand if Viridi is trying to go for the exotic, foreign appeal when it comes to the names, but she should at least tell me what foreign language she uses.
"You keep Terry distracted, while I go in for the kill..." Ken whispered to Cloud, before darting away; Cloud sighed, as he walked over to where Terry and company were hanging out at.
"I never knew that you were into flowers, Mr. Bogard," Haru said to the man, who was done sniffing the pink flower. Quite possibly the best flower Terry ever smelt. "Usually men don't really care for flowers!"
"Showing off your soft side is a secret way of exuding manliness!" exclaimed Terry, as he put the pink flower back where it was. Terry, talking about manliness...Jacky and Akira would be so proud. "It's my duty to demonstrate how men should carry themselves!"
"What's up, Terry..." Cloud awkwardly greeted the man; small talk was never the swordsman's strongest suit. "...nice ponytail you got there."
"Thanks Cloud! I tell you what, keeping up with this ponytail is no easy task. Especially for a guy like myself!"
"It can't possibly be that hard," said Pit, while Ken maneuvered around the garden waiting for his opportunity to pounce. "I mean, all you gotta do is tie up your hair in the back of your head, and BOOM! That's it."
"Oh but it's more than just that, Pit...you gotta do a whole bunch of other things, like grooming and..."
"Ha, I got you!" shouted Ken, leaping out from the shrubbery as he grabbed Terry's neck and put the man in a rear-naked chokehold. And no, there was no rear nor any nakedness...get your mind out of the gutter.
"Ken, what are you doing to poor Terry?" Viridi questioned the fighter, who had his arms wrapped around Terry's neck refusing to let go.
"Yeah Ken, what is the meaning of this?!" asked Terry, trying to release Ken's hold on him. But Ken kept on applying the pressure to Terry's neck.
"This is, uh...this is how we do bro hugs around the mansion," Ken explained to Terry, as Cloud lightly smirked at the fighter's lame explanation. "Just wrap your arms around a man's neck, like so..."
"That's got to be the most suspect 'hug' I've ever seen," commented Cloud, who was now regretting working with Ken. Should have just stayed behind in his room.
"Kick him in the groin..." Ken mouthed to Cloud, who was too hesitant to fulfill the fighter's command. Kicking people below the belt would be out of character for Cloud, who wasn't known for fighting dirty.
"Ken, if you're gonna continue your...'bro hug', then you and Terry are gonna have to leave," Viridi informed the fighter, letting him know who was boss. "We're quite busy here, in case you weren't aware!"
"We really need to water the flowers," stated Haru, as she grabbed a few watering cans. "I'm afraid you will be in our way."
"Fine then, we'll leave you girls to it," replied Ken, releasing his chokehold on Terry. Terry took the time to gather his breath, as Ken led Cloud out of the gardens. Ken and Cloud might not have gotten away with beating up Terry, but maybe later they could get their second chance.
With Pac-Man having failed to change Mario from his salty ways, it was time for another neighbor or two to reason with the plumber...Alm and Celica. The married couple from Valentia were in the plumber's room, with Mario devising a prank of his own to pull on Sans.
"That bucket of water will be sitting on the top-a of that door, up there," Mario explained to Alm and Celica, pointing at a bucket of water that was placed atop his half-closed bedroom door. "Then Sans will open-a the door, and the water will-a spill all over him!'
"Mario, don't you think you're taking this a bit too far?" Alm asked the plumber; he was very much concerned about Mario's current mental state. "It was just a light-hearted prank."
"Ask-a yourself this, Alm - how many times-a have you been pranked, in front-a of friends and family?"
"Truthfully I've never been pranked before...but I have been humiliated in front of large crowds. Typically at the hands of Berkut." Berkut always had to do what he could to make Alm look bad.
"When you felt humiliated in front-a of these large crowds...did you feel a special kind-a of pain inside you? Eating away at your soul, tearing you apart from-a the inside? Did this humiliation afflict-a you greatly?"
"...I guess it did." Alm eyed around the room, worried that Mario might have officially lost his mind for good. "It made me feel some type of way."
"Exactly! That's the very same-a way that I feel about Sans! Now it is my duty to return-a the favor, and give him a taste-a of his own medicine!"
"Mario, I don't think that Sans had intended to humiliate you," Celica said to the plumber, who was adjusting his bedroom door to ensure that his bucket of water didn't fall down. "He was just trying to have fun!"
"Fun is only subjective to jerks, and gets easily mixed-a up with unkindness." The bucket of water suddenly fell on Mario, dousing water over the plumber's head. "Hmm, maybe I should move-a the bucket over to the left...
"This is getting quite out of hand," Celica whispered to Alm, who feared that Mario was slowly turning into a lost cause.
Another person who was slowly turning into a lost cause was Mario's good friend Link, who was trying to find out how to pay back Tom Nook tenfold. The Hylian was doing his best not to become too desperate, as he wanted to pay back Tom Nook at the earliest convenience.
One idea Link had in mind was asking Team Rocket for suggestions. Jessie, James, and Meowth worked for a criminal organization that usually involved themselves in raking in money (albeit immorally), and their money-grabbing ways could prove useful to Link.
"Look at all the channels this television has!" Meowth said to Jessie and James, as Team Rocket was chilling out in the living room. Living inside the mansion was very surreal for the three members. "It probably has close to a thousand!"
"This television has channels that I've never even heard of before!" exclaimed James, as Meowth was flipping through the channels with the TV remote. "I mean, who has ever heard of the Lylat channel?!"
"Gimme that remote!" Jessie snatched the remote away from Meowth, as she opened the TV guide. Jessie then scrolled through the channels, before finding one that made her squeal with joy. "Ooh, they have a Pokemon Channel! How swell!"
Master Hand: Am I slighted about having Team Rocket as residents? Eh, I can't really complain, we gave each other what we wanted. I gave Team Rocket their respect, and Team Rocket gave me their intentions to leave me the heck alone. They can stalk Pikachu for all I care, as long as they don't bother me as much.
Link entered the living room, where he saw Team Rocket fighting over the TV remote. All things considered, Link believed that fighting over a TV remote was pretty much standard for Team Rocket.
"Ahem..." Link cleared his throat to garner Team Rocket's attention, as Jessie, James, and Meowth stopped their fighting. "...care to help an honest man out?"
"Are we really gonna help out that twerp?" Meowth asked Jessie and James, having some doubts and concerns. Was Link even old enough to be called a twerp?
"If we just agree to do what he says, then he won't bother us for the rest of the day," replied Jessie, putting the TV remote away as Team Rocket approached Link. "Well, Link, what is it that you want?"
"I was thinking that maybe you guys could help me make $200," replied Link, as the eyes of the Team Rockets' members grew wide. Anything that involved money, Team Rocket was all ears.
"Ooh, $200, what is it for?" asked James, all smiles after the thought of making money crossed his mind. "Buying an engagement ring for Princess Zelda?"
"No, well, not yet. I need to pay back Tom Nook, after I promised to back him back tenfold. You see, I borrowed twenty bucks from him to buy an iPod, and the iPod was faulty, so I tried to return it...but I couldn't do it."
"You couldn't return your iPod? Why not?" If Link were an honest man, he'd tell James that he shredded his receipt to pieces, because he thought he wouldn't need it.
"Because I idiotically shredded up my receipt, since I didn't think that I would need it again." What, Link actually admitted the truth and his wrongdoing?! Probably because Tom Nook wasn't around.
"Wouldn't the wise idea be to admit your fault to Tom Nook, rather than keeping him hanging on a string?" Meowth suggested to Link, who was hesitant to make such a confession to Tom Nook. "What if you get that $200, and then something happens?!"
"I can't just tell Tom Nook the truth, he'd probably hate me! Not to mention that he's already expecting that $200, so if I don't find the money soon..."
"How do you know if Tom Nook would hate you for speaking the truth?" Jessie asked Link, letting the Hylian think over things for a brief moment or two. "Knowing him, I bet he hates liars!"
"And telling him that you could pay him $200 easily could technically be considered a lie," said James; of course, Link wouldn't get $200 unless he tried, but Jessie and James' comments really made the Hylian think.
"You guys seriously believe that I should just tell Tom Nook the truth?" Link asked Team Rocket, who all agreed that Link telling the truth would be the Hylian's best option. A rare act of Team Rocket being reasonably sensible.
"It would be a great way to earn the man's respect," stated Meowth, who knew what it was like to gain respect from someone if his past appearances in Smash Life were anything to go by.
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet cried, popping out of his Poke Ball to side with Team Rocket. How that Pokemon was able to hear the entire conversation from inside his Poke Ball was anyone's guess.
"Fine then, guess my mind's all made up..." said Link, coming to a final decision. "...I'll just tell Tom Nook the truth. Not sure how he'll react, but as the old saying goes, it's better out than in..."
Since Alm and Celica were unable to help Mario, Berkut and Rinea were determined to reason with the plumber themselves. Or at least Rinea was.
"Berkut, sweetie, we're supposed to help Mario, not encourage his bad behavior," Rinea said to the paladin, who was designing a "KICK ME" sign along with Mario. "Our goal is for Mario to make up with Sans!"
"I am helping Mario...helping him make the best 'kick me' sign known to man," responded Berkut, applying some glitter to the sign. Rinea looked up at the heavens and sighed, her husband making things worse.
"Mario pranking Sans back isn't going to make things better. Who knows, it just might make things even worse! A prank war could break out between..."
"What else do you think Mario should do? Just apologize to Sans and hold hands afterwards? Give him a hug and a friendly pat on the back? That's how weak-minded men take care of their problems. And Mario isn't weak!"
"You tell-a her, Berkut!" Mario encouraged the paladin, as Riena rolled her eyes and groaned. The noblewoman grabbed the sign Mario and Berkut were working on, and ripped it to shreds. Good call.
Goemon was still learning manners, as the ninja headed to the library along with Chrom and Yusuke. When Goemon arrived at the library, Crash and Coco showed up.
"Goemon, be a gentlemen and hold the library door open for Crash and Coco," Yusuke told the ninja, after he had sensed the bandicoots' presence.
"Why should I, can't they open the door themselves?" questioned Goemon, refusing to move a single inch. "They have hands too!"
"So much for those rice bowls..." murmured Chrom; not wanting his lifetime supply of rice bowls to go to waste, Goemon sucked up his pride and opened the library door for Crash and Coco, letting the bandicoots in.
"Thank you!" Coco thanked Goemon, who remained silent until Yusuke whispered something into the ninja's ear.
"You're welcome!" responded Goemon, before waving to Crash and Coco. The shouting ninja man was coming along pretty nicely.
Chrom: Quick question: I know that Mintendo sells noodles, but are they also involved in the rice business? I think we could make some arrangements, if possible...
Inside the library, Zelda was standing at a bookshelf, checking out some books about Hyrulian literature. After grabbing a few books, the princess walked away, only to run into Knuckles and his entourage - Sonic and Tails.
"Oh, didn't see you there Knuckles," Zelda said to the echidna, before walking around him and his entourage. "My apologies!"
"The name is Lil Knux," replied Knuckles, pushing his sunglasses up to the bridge of his nose, as Zelda stopped in place and furrowed her brow. "From now on, my name is Lil Knux."
"I'm not going to call you by that name..." Zelda couldn't even envision herself saying Lil Knux out from her lips - it would just feel weird to her.
"Do you see anyone calling Snoop Dogg by his birth name, Calvin?" With the odds stacked against her, Zelda couldn't argue against Knuckles' retort. "Yeah, that's what I thought!"
"I'm pretty sure people call him Calvin, in private." Knuckles didn't seem to think so - acting like he knew Snoop Dogg personally. "Either way, I'm not calling you by your...new rapper name."
"She only said 'new rapper name'..." Sonic whispered to Knuckles and Tails, wondering why Zelda just couldn't say Lil Knux out loud. "...she's obviously scared."
"Cool. I can't control what you do," Knuckles said to Zelda, as he and his entourage walked away. " I can only control what I do."
"It was nice speaking with you, Knuckles." Zelda continued on her merry way; Knuckles wanted to correct the princess, but decided not to.
It was now Olimar's turn to reason with Mario, after the attempts of the other neighbors proved to be futile. Mario still had his eyes set on pranking Sans - with his bucket of water wasted, and his "KICK ME" sign ripped to shreds by Rinea, the plumber had no choice but to resort to a bottle of shaving cream, for the next prank he had in mind.
"I can assure you that nobody assumed that you actually farted," Olimar said to Mario, who was checking to see how much shaving cream he had left in the shaving cream can. It was more than half - just a good enough for Mario.
"True, true, but Sans still humiliated-a me in the end," replied Mario, as he put the can of shaving cream in his pocket. "Therefore I must-a humiliate him back!"
"Pretty sure that's not how it works..." But Mario didn't seem to care, as he found the perfect prank for Sans. Nothing could possibly stop the plumber now.
"But is that not how revenge-a works, Olimar? When you've been wronged-a in the past, shouldn't you do some-a thing to correct it?"
"Whoever wronged you? It...was...just...a prank! You're the one being all over-the-top and taking it way too seriously!"
"I'm taking it exactly how anyone-a else should." Mario was about to head out of the room...only to accidentally bang the side of his hip against the wall and cause his can of shaving cream to burst open. A huge wad of shaving cream was now in the plumber's left pocket.
"I mean, farting in front of a very large crowd - whether it's in the form of a prank or not - isn't that big of a deal. Everyone farts, even me! My wife even says that I fart all the time!"
"Get out..." Mario commanded of Olimar, who meekly scurried out of the room as Mario tried to clean up the mess he had made.
Ness, Lucas, and their pals were playing baseball outside the mansion - with Ness, Paula, and Poo going up against Lucas, Kumatora, and Sans. Ness was up to bat, with Kumatora as the pitcher and Sans as the catcher.
"Here it comes!" shouted Kumatora, winding up a curveball before slinging it towards Ness. Ness would strike the baseball with his bat, sending it flying across the ground. Lucas would catch the ball with his baseball mitt, before running towards Ness and tagging him out.
"Tag, you're out!" Lucas said to Ness, who was unable to reach first base in time. Should've been a little faster, Ness.
"No fair, I touched first base in time!" complained Ness, showing where his position was prior to being tagged out by Lucas.
"sorry my friend, but i think you were a little off-base," Sans told Ness, before letting out a slight chuckle.
Sans: playing out in the outfield, i was wondering why the baseball was getting bigger. and then it hit me...in the eye. good thing skeletons like me don't have eyeballs.
"You know, I don't think we really thought this baseball game out," said Paula, who was next up to bat for Ness' team. "We only have one outfielder on defense! Where's the basemen?"
"I think you're right, Paula; Lucas and I didn't think this out thoroughly," Ness agreed with Paula; who would've thunk that three-on-three baseball would be such a bad idea? "Anyone up for another home run derby?"
"Sans, where is that portrait?" Simon asked the skeleton, showing up in the front yard. "I must see how well I look, in art form!" Simon took the portrait just as seriously as Yusuke did.
"over there...might be a little too 'fowl' for your taste," replied Sans with a giggle, as he pointed at where the portrait was placed at. Simon grabbed the portrait and held it up, grimacing when he got a good look at it.
"What on earth have you done to this portrait?!" Simon showed a giggling Sans his portrait, which had chickens painted all over the canvas. "You absolute mad lad, you made it worse!"
"nah, i just made it better. wasn't really feeling the original direction, so i had to spruce the portrait up a bit." Not Sans' fault that Simon couldn't appreciate fine art.
"Ooh...wait until Yusuke gets a load of this..." Simon angrily marched inside the mansion, bringing the portrait along with him. Sans expected to receive heaps of praise from Yusuke pretty soon.
Marth was now in Mario's room, doing his best to turn Mario from his prankster ways. Recalling the soda can prank Aerith had pulled off in episode 42's prank war, Mario was shaking up a can of Pepsi, wanting to give it to Sans.
"Don't you think that you should be setting an example for your daughter?" Marth asked Mario, who was continuing to shake the can of Pepsi. Shaking it like it was shaking a Shake Weight.
"Yes, I'm setting an example for Jennifer by showing her how-a to seek revenge on others," replied Mario, before putting the soda can on his dresser. His arms were getting tired from the shaking. "Thanks-a for noticing, Marth."
"The most sensible thing to do is talk things out with Sans. There would be no hard feelings - just tell him that you were angry about the prank at first, but you got over it and decided to laugh it off."
"So you want-a me to straight up lie to Sans' face, got it." Unless there was a prank involved, Mario felt there was no other way to deal with Sans.
"Look, you want this whole thing to be other with, right? Just tell Sans what he would like to hear, and then let bygones be bygones."
"I can't just apologize-a to Sans! Like Berkut told-a me before, apologizing is for weak-minded men, which-a I am not."
"But the last time I checked, strong-minded men don't need to prank someone back, all in the name of 'revenge'. Just some food for thought."
Mario took some time to consider what Marth had said, as Marth grabbed the can of Pepsi and walked out of the room. Marth was heard opening the can after he left, followed by the sound of loud fizzling and Marth muttering under his breath.
Tom Nook was in a state of panic, for he had lost the one thing he couldn't live without...his watch. Granted, losing a watch wasn't that big of a deal, but for a very busy person like Tom Nook, it was like losing a newborn child. Thankfully the tanoki's watch was found, when Goemon found the watch lying on the floor in the gaming room.
"Thank you, Goemon, I really appreciate it," Tom Nook thanked the ninja, who returned the tanoki's watch in his room. Chrom and Yusuke were standing by.
"Shake his hand..." commanded Chrom, as Goemon lightly shook Tom Nook's hand. "Shake his head firmly..." Goemon applied more pressure to the handshake, appeasing Chrom.
"A nice handshake you got there...really felt professional, if I do say so myself." With the handshake over with, Goemon left Tom Nook's room with Chrom and Yusuke.
Tom Nook: I'm in no rush to get that $200 from Link. To tell you the truth, I'm more or less interested in how Link is going to cough that money up. It won't be easy...
As Tom Nook toyed around with his watch in the privacy of his own room, Link showed up and poked his head through the doorway. He held his head there, until Tom Nook looked up and spotted the Hylian.
"Hello Link, fancy seeing you here," Tom Nook greeted the Hylian, who stepped inside the room. "I take it that you found $200?"
"Actually, I have a bit of a confession to make..." replied Link, as he sat down on Tom Nook's bed. Team Rocket - Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet showed up at Tom Nook's room, peering through the doorway to watch the exchange.
"Yes, go on...did you get the $200 or not? I don't think I have enough time to wait till December for you to win that whole fantasy football league and..."
"No, no, it has nothing to do with the fantasy football league, or the $200...it has more to do about when I tried to return that iPod."
"Is he going to do it or not?" Meowth whispered to Jessie and James; there was no turning back for Link now.
"You see, when I tried to return the iPod, they wouldn't let me because I didn't have my receipt on me. Didn't think that I would need it."
"Uh huh...and what exactly happened to the receipt?" questioned Tom Nook, asking a question that Link resented answering.
"I...might have...put it through a shredder." Link was very reluctant in answering, wincing as if he was in serious pain.
"I see...and there was no other way for you to return the iPod?" Having admitted the truth, Link let out a sigh of relief.
"Nope, they wouldn't even let me show the transaction take place on their security cameras. Those cowards...but anyways, I'm sorry for everything."
"Sorry for everything, eh? Well in that case...I accept your apology." Link was surprised, as he looked at Tom Nook with an astonished look.
"Wait, so what about the twenty bucks? Or the $200? Do you still need it?"
"Not anymore I do. You admitting your fault and apologizing should make up for everything."
"Huh, I didn't know it would be that easy...should've apologized to you weeks ago!"
"Yes you should've. Honesty is worth far more than anything of value."
"'Honesty is worth far more than anything of value'...is that like from a fable or something?"
"No, just some good-hearted advice. Regardless, you have my respect, Link. Just for your honesty."
"We did it, we got Tom Nook to respect Link!" Meowth cheered very quietly, as he celebrated with Team Rocket. "And all Link had to do was apologize!"
"WOBBUFFET!" Wobbuffet cheered very loudly, prompting Jessie to cover the patient Pokemon's mouth. Link and Tom Nook looked towards the doorway, as Team Rocket dragged Wobbuffet away.
Link: Phew...telling Tom Nook the truth wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be. Had no idea why I was having a mini anxiety attack before I reached Tom Nook's room. Got my face sweaty and everything!
Tom Nook: Hard not to respect an honest man who's man enough to admit their faults. Being honest and admitting that you were in the wrong can go a long way. Other men should learn from Link's example.
Down to her last resort, Peach implored the last of her neighbors, Luigi and Daisy, to deal with Mario. Since Daisy refused to put up with Mario, Luigi had to be the one to carry the burden.
"Luigi, do you think I'm weak-a minded?" Mario asked his twin brother, as he sat on his bed. "Sorry if that question was a little loaded."
"From what I've-a heard, you've been feeling salty about-a Sans' prank," replied Luigi; if Luigi couldn't get through to Mario, then all hope was lost. "That's...pretty weak, in-a my opinion."
"Why am I so upset-a for? Just one-a whoopie cushion prank, and I'm all rattled. What do you think-a is wrong with me, Luigi?"
Perhaps you're not used to being embarrassed-a or humiliated all the time. Like me! For someone like-a you, humiliation doesn't happen that often."
"Hmm, you got a good-a point there...that would explain-a why I'm taking this whole thing so seriously. I'm not used-a to being pranked!"
"Exactly. Something like this shouldn't be getting to your-a head. You wouldn't see Princess-a Peach seeking revenge on someone that pranked-a her!"
"You right, you right...so you don't think I should-a prank Sans back? I should just apologize-a to him?"
"An apology wouldn't be necessary, he probably doesn't know-a that you were angry. But a prank, on-a the other hand..."
"What are you hinting at?" Mario looked curiously at Luigi, who was smiling as he stroked his chin in thought.
"Do you know if the lecture hall-a is still available?"
Terry was now hanging out at the tower, getting to now the assist characters better. The fighter was seated at the balcony with Phosphora and Magnus, while Ken and Cloud spied on him through the balcony doors.
"There he is, ripe for the opportunity..." Ken said to Cloud, who couldn't care less as he let out a yawn. "...Magnus and Phosphora have him distracted. This is it, Cloud - our one and only chance to destroy Terry, once and for all!"
"I thought we were only going to beat up Terry," said Cloud, who would just sit back and let Ken handle things if a beatdown where to happen. "Why destroy him?"
"Eh, beating him up would require too much work. Destroying him would be more instantaneous, you know?"
"I prefer the beating up route..." Cloud suddenly looked to his left, and saw Ken walking away. "Hey, Ken, where are you going?"
"Heading up to the roof of the tower, to get Bomberman ready. You distract Terry, while Bomberman drops a bomb on Terry's head! I'll give you a cue, so you can escape from the balcony unharmed!"
"But what about Phosphora and Magnus, they'll get caught in the blast! Shouldn't you give them a heads up or something?"
"Those two are immortal, they'll be fine!" While Phosphora was immortal, being a goddess, Magnus on the other hand was just a very strong human. Get your facts straight, Ken.
Cloud: I've been prone to making mistakes in the past - burning toast, neglecting to feed my pet Chocobo, and leaving the toilet seat up. Which is only a problem for the ladies, for some strange reason. But working with Ken? It's not the biggest mistake I've ever made, but it's still pretty big. Should've cut bait while I still had the chance...
Several moments later, Cloud opened the balcony doors and stepped out into the balcony, where Terry was having a conversation with Magnus and Phosphora. Terry was laughing it up, drinking some drink from a glass while chatting about his SNK buddies...and enemies.
"You should have seen how Geese Howard fell off that building, it was rich!" said Terry, before letting out a laugh. He was that kind of person that would laugh at someone plummeting to their doom. "I could watch it over and over again."
"But did he live?" asked Phosphora, wanting to know what Geese's fate was. The answer might surprise the goddess.
"In fact he did...kept living to see another day. I'm sure he paid someone off to keep living on borrowed time."
"I see you're making some new friends, Terry..." Cloud spoke with the fighter, with a much better attempt at small talk than the last one.
"Why should I not be making friends, is that not part of why I was invited to the mansion? To make new friends and have a good time?"
"You seem to be doing an even better job than I did...outside of a select few, I barely even wanted to talk to anyone."
"That's understandable, you were coming to a new place and everything! You made some new friends eventually, right?"
"There was one guy that wanted to be friends with me - Knuckles the Echidna. He tried to help me be 'cool'. I was a weird first day for me."
"He tried to help you be cool? Ha! I think you're pretty cool already, Cloud!" Ken couldn't possibly want to ruin the goodwill established between Cloud and Terry...would he?
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" Ken shouted from up above, before falling down and crashing into the balcony. The fighter was wracked in pain, as Cloud and company looked pretty shook.
"Sorry Ken, I slipped!" Bomberman apologized to the fighter, who slowly got back up on his feet and shook off the pain. Fortunately for Ken, his fall wasn't that long.
"Woah, where did you come from?" Magnus asked Ken, and instead of answering Magnus' question...Ken pointed his finger at Terry.
"You!" Ken shouted at Terry, who was wondering why he was being pointed at. "Cloud and I have been targeting you for the entire day! You wanna know why?"
"Is it because you wanna challenge me to a fight?" asked Terry, before getting into a fighting stance. "Could've just asked! Bring it on!"
"No, it's not that...it's that I cannot stand YOU!" Terry soon lowered his guard, as he looked at Ken with a disheartened look. "You came here to steal my thunder, didn't you?!"
"You got it all wrong - Master Hand invited me to come here! I wouldn't give up the opportunity of being in Smash for the world!"
"Liar! I know how much you want to take me out; you're doing a really good job at hiding it, too. However, it will be I who will...take...you out..."
Ken soon paused, when he saw Terry's drink on the balcony table. The drink was a glass of pina colada, one of the finest cocktails around. To some folk, that is.
"Is that...your drink?" Ken asked Terry, redirecting his hand as he pointed his index finger from Terry to the pina colada on the table. "Is that pina colada?"
"Yes it is, prepared it myself!" replied Terry, as he happily grabbed his glass of pina colada and took a giant sip out of it. A very manly sip. "It's my favorite drink!"
"Dude, that's my favorite drink, too! Who knew we had so much in common?!" It was just one little thing - a beverage, no less.
"I had no idea someone other than me liked pina colada! None of my friends like it, no matter how much I try to make them drink it."
"You know what, Terry? I think we would be great friends, the two of us!"
"Oh yeah, definitely! We would be like too peas in a pod!"
"Hmm, now I don't even know what I was talking about earlier..."
"You were literally telling Terry about how we were going to end him or something," replied Cloud, as Ken gasped at Cloud out of shock. How could the fighter have forgotten so quickly?
"Who is this 'we' that you speak of, Cloud? Why would I wanna end someone cool like Terry?! What is your problem, man?"
"That's it, I give up..." Finally taking his initiative to leave, Cloud left the balcony. Since Ken and Terry were apparently friends now, Cloud was no longer needed for Ken's services.
Master Hand: I hope that Terry doesn't feel overshadowed at the mansion, due to Sans being around and all. My goal is for Terry to make at least one friend before the end of the day...Okay, so maybe it's more or less a goal for Terry, but if he gets just one friend, then sending him that invitation will be worth it.
"Say, how about you show me where you got that pina colada from?" Ken asked Terry, wrapping his arm around the fighter. He sure became a good friend of Terry very quickly. "I could go for a drink right now!"
"You bet!" replied Terry, as he and Ken entered the interior of the tower. Phosphora and Magnus remained at the balcony, as they looked up and saw Bomberman.
"Looks like he's stuck up there," Magnus said to Phosphora, who groaned as she flew up to the roof of the tower to retrieve Bomberman.
It was a good thing that Phosphora managed to get Bomberman off the roof in time, for there was yet another meeting at the lecture hall. All the residents from the tower and the mansion had to gather in the lecture hall, in what was described by the Mario Bros as an impromptu meeting. While everyone filed inside the lecture hall, Simon met with Yusuke outside the entrance to show the artist the finished portrait...
"My goodness, what did you do to my masterpiece?!" Yusuke asked Simon when he saw his portrait, unable to keep his cool and collected demeanor. "It's ruined!"
"I had nothing to do with it, I was only serving as the subject!" replied Simon, before he saw Sans walk by. The vampire hunter pointed at the skeleton, who stopped in place when he was noticed. "It was his doing!"
"Were you the one who bastardized my precious artwork?" Yusuke confronted Sans, who was in some very special company. It wasn't often that someone could make Yusuke lose his cool.
"eh, the portrait looks even better with those chickens on it, in my opinion," Sans offered his two cents, as Yusuke ran his fingers through his hair and looked down at the floor. "i could really draw a crowd with my art skills."
"I'm going to get a failing grade for my assignment now, I'm done for..." Remember, Yusuke - you said that you could get full credit just from drawing your chest hair. So not all hope was lost.
"on the flipside, if you get a passing grade, you owe me one." Sans made sure to let Yusuke know this, before entering the lecture hall. "i scratch your back, you scratch mine..."
Once everyone was in the lecture hall, it was time for the impromptu meeting to begin. Mario was standing on the stage, all by himself.
"Glad everyone could-a make it here," the plumber addressed the crowd, once the noise level in the lecture hall died down. "I would thank you all, but I'm-a no Master Hand...I'm not that big-a on participation."
"Thank goodness..." Samus mumbled under her breath, grateful not to hear another "participation matters!" spiel from Master Hand. Before Mario could continue, Knuckles stood up from his seat, to address everyone.
"Everyone, I have an announcement," the echidna announced, as Tails looked away and facepalmed. The yellow fox knew what was coming next. "From now on, you must all call me by my rapper name, Lil Knux. I repeat, you must all..."
"Sit back down, you're being rude!" Goemon shouted to Knuckles, who grumbled as he sat back down in his seat. "Don't interrupt Mario like that!"
"Good one, Goemon," Chrom quietly commended the ninja, seated a few seats away. Although Chrom was impressed by Goemon's progress today, he still felt like a bit more work needed to be done.
Chrom: So I got off the phone with Min Min, from Mintendo, and she said that her company no longer sells rice. Apparently someone ate rice from Mintendo, and got mononucleosis the very next day. So, Mintendo Rice is no longer a thing. Hope Goemon loves eating noodles!
"I should just get-a this over with, before someone-a else interrupts me..." said Mario, as he scanned the entire crowd of residents for a certain someone. Any idea who it was? "Sans, get your butt on-a stage!"
"don't you mean my pelvis?" asked Sans, as he stood up from his seat. "because i'm a skeleton, I don't really have a butt, so..."
"Yeah, whatever, just get over here-a on this stage!" So Sans left his seat and went up to the stage, joining Mario. Sans had no idea what Mario had planned for him, which left the skeleton on edge.
"so what's up? what do you want me for? wanted to crack some puns together, you and me? how about this one..."
"No...I just wanted...to shake your hand." Mario held out his hand to Sans, who looked at the gloved hand funnily. What was Mario trying to pull?
"you seriously called me up here to shake your hand? that's pretty lame. you're really wasting everyone's time with this."
"C'mon, just shake-a my hand! I know you wanna!" Wanting to get it over with, Sans sighed and shook Mario's hand...
...only for a loud farting sound to be heard. Everyone laughed or giggled, while Sans looked confused. Sans' confusion vanished away, when Mario revealed something in his hand.
"The old-a whoopie cushion in the hand trick..." grinned Mario, who had a now deflated whoopie cushion in his hand. "...gets 'em every time!"
"ah, you got me!" exclaimed Sans, admitting defeat. Very rare for a prankster like him to be pranked himself. "you really blew me away on this one, mario."
"I figured that I had to return-a the favor, from how you pranked-a me. Just needed the right-a prank..." Mario looked towards the backstage area and saw Luigi, who gave his twin brother two thumbs up.
"gotta say, the whoopie cushion prank is my favorite prank. always gets a good, cheap laugh out of someone. i'm such a humerus person..."
"Yeah...I was pretty upset after you pranked-a me earlier with that whoopie cushion. But I'm-a over it now...friends?" Mario held out his hand, for another handshake.
"friends!" Sans would shake hands with Mario, who was shocked in an instant. Turns out that Sans was wearing a hand shock buzzer. "that was pretty shocking, wasn't it mario?"
"Pretty shocking indeed...but I won't hold it against-a you!"
About time Mario learned how to take a joke.