Author's Note:
We're getting closer to the 200th chapter...only two chapters away! Can't wait. Time for some guest reviews:
"Is Blue Mary (Mary Ryan) gonna show up? (She's Terry's love interest in King of Fighters) have male and female Byleth shown up yet? A scene of Morgana interacting with Sothis? (Casandra Lee Morris voices them) is Pinstripe Potoroo using his Robbie Daymond voice from Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled? Will Midna ever use her true form? And finally, what are your thoughts on the upcoming Megaman Zero and ZX collection?"
In a future chapter she will. Male and female Byleth showed up in the Three Houses chapter. That sounds like an interesting scene to do. Pinstripe Potoroo is using his Robbie Daymond voice. Don't know if Midna will ever use her true form. And I'm pretty excited about the Megaman Zero and ZX collection - random fun fact: I played the Mega Man Anniversary Collection when I was a kid. Lots of fun. Next is Derick Lindsey:
"...speaking of last week has Team Rocket been freed from their trap or are they still trapped in the rope?"
They have been freed from their trap. But how where they freed? I'll just leave that to your imagination. PinkRose4452 has three questions for me:
"1. Can Sans' brother, Papyrus, make an appearance? Also, can the characters of Undertale, like Frisk, make an appearance?
2. Since Marin didn't make an appearance in the Goosed chapter, will she eventually make an appearance?
3. Can Andy, Terry's brother, Geese Howard and Rock Howard, Geese's son, make an appearance?"
1. Papyrus will make an appearance, but as for Frisk, we'll see.
2. She could make an appearance, but I don't know when.
3. They will all appear in a future chapter.
And we have a returning reviewer, Sioresov, who has omitted a fourth question for whatever reason:
1.] Aren't you just happy that our Saviour Sakurai is going to add more characters instead of the traditional 5?
2.] Are you prepared for Nazis, Mojang, and GTA mischief that bestows upon you? {BJ? Steve? Huang Lee?]
3.] Do you like me, as in a 'Regular Customer?'
5.] Since Galarian Weezing is here with neutralizing abilites, is there any chance Regigigas is going to appear at full strength?
1.] I didn't think that Sakurai would have it enough in him to add more DLC characters, but he took it upon himself and decided to do it anyways. I think we might get ten additional DLC characters.
2.] Not yet, I suppose.
3.] Um...I guess.
5.] If Regigigas does appear, it will be at full strength.
Episode 198: Initiation
It was another fine afternoon at the Smash Mansion; all the residents had finished their breakfast, and was ready to carry on with the rest of their joyous Friday. Nobody was more joyous than Master Hand, who was hanging around in the foyer.
Of course, Master Hand had every reason in the world to be joyous. He was the creator of the Smash universe. He was the head of the Smash Mansion. And he had residents a many looking up to him...well, some did. All in all, nothing bothered Master Hand...unless it was a certain merchant.
"What a beautiful day it is..." remarked Master Hand, as he looked out one of the windows in the foyer...before gasping when he saw a woman walking to the mansion, with a red ponytail. Master Hand was left shook, as Isabelle came over.
"Something wrong, Master Hand?" the shih tzu asked the giant hand, who was left shaking in fear. That's how shook Master Hand was.
"Oh no...oh no...this ain't good..." Master Hand was slowly bracing himself for the worst, as Champion Link and Crunch Bandicoot showed up in the foyer. Master Hand turned around and saw them. "We have a serious problem here, you guys. Lock the doors, turn off the lights. Pretend you're not here!"
"Are we in danger?" asked Champion Link, as he readily took out his Master Sword. "Is there evil afoot?"
"There's no time to think about if this is real. Just be quiet." Suddenly there was a ringing of the doorbell, followed by a knock at the door, as Master Hand screamed in fear.
"Master Hand, should I call the..." Crunch asked the giant hand, who waved off the bandicoot. "...what's the big deal? Who's outside?"
Master Hand: Anna and I...we never truly got along. Didn't get off to a great start.
While Master Hand was worrying his butt off about what Anna was doing at the mansion for, Mario was in his bedroom folding some origami. A nice, peaceful hobby to pass the time. While Mario was doing origami, Fox entered the plumber's room.
"Yo, officiant, what's up!" Fox greeted Mario, who was caught by surprise when he heard Fox's voice. The plumber dropped his folded-up pieces of paper on the floor, as he clutched his chest.
"Hi Fox, you scared-a me," Mario greeted the pilot, taking the time to catch his breath. Peach should've given Mario a warning that Fox was coming over. "How-a have you been?"
"You know about me, can't complain..." Fox would sit on Mario's bed, wanting to speak with the officiant of his wedding. "...so, tell me what you did yesterday."
"Uhh...I did-a nothing." Fox looked at Mario out of shock, having to make sure that his ears were messing with him.
"Nothing? Nothing at all?" Fox had to ask just to make sure that he was hearing right.
"Yeah, nothing. How was-a your day?
"I don't care how your day was, Mario."
W"ow. Well. Okay. I don't care how your day was-a either, Fox. I was just asking you because-a you asked me. Why do you set-a me up like that?"
"Just tell me what you did yesterday, dang it!"
"I exercised. And then I went-a to the herbal store. And Luigi came over. And then I spent-a some time with Peach. Is that what you want-a to hear?"
"I guess...it's better than nothing. But what I want, Mario, is an hour-by-hour log of how you spend your time."
"Well, that's really not-a the way I roll, because some-a times I'm in the zone, and sometimes I'm-a in the zoning out."
"Zoning out? Is that supposed to be the opposite of being in the zone?"
"Do you want-a me to go on Amazon and order you a slang-a dictionary? Cause I'll do it."
"Don't bother wasting your money..." Fox would turn around and take out his cellphone, ready to text Falco.
Fox: In order to see if Mario is worthy enough to be the wedding officiant, Falco and I will have to see if Mario's productive enough. I want my officiant to be a workhorse, someone who can handle anything and do everything without trouble. Being a wedding officiant is more than just reading some lines, and standing in front of a large crowd.
Having received a text message from Fox, Falco went to Zelda's room to have a quick word with the princess herself. Zelda was feeling much better, as her cold had went away; the princess was now playing with Ori, the white guardian angel creature that she had inadvertently received in the last episode.
"Hey princess," Falco greeted Zelda, who was stroking Ori's soft skin. If Midna were present, she would be feeling pretty jealous right now.
"Hi Falco," Zelda greeted the avian pilot, momentarily looking up at Falco before going back to petting Ori. Safe to say that Ori now had all of Zelda's attention.
"Can you do me a solid, Zelda? I would like you to keep a log of everything Mario does hour by hour so Fox and I can analyze it later."
"I don't know if I'll be able to do that..." In a perfect world, Falco would ask someone like Impa to do the job, but Impa was obviously back with her Sheikah tribe.
"Ha ha, that's what they all say. Thanks Zelda!" Falco gave Zelda a thumbs up, as he left the room. Zelda sighed, finding herself doing a task she wanted no part of.
Zelda: It's weird. Fox and Falco use to treat Mario like he was their best friend, but now that Mario's been named the wedding officiant, Fox and Falco treat him like he's their employee.
Jacky Bryant was taking Joker somewhere in Seattle, in his Wanderlust vehicle. Joker had no idea where he was going, or why he was in the car, but the young man had received a message from Link, to meet him at an "undisclosed location".
"So are you excited?" Jacky asked Joker, who was looking down at the note in his hand. It had the address of the location that Joker was supposed to be taken to.
"Yeah, I guess," shrugged Joker, feeling uneasy; a part of him wished that he had brought Morgana along, for the ride.
"Very excited?"
"Yes. I'm very excited."
"Extremely excited?" Joker looked to the side, watching the scenery, as Jacky furrowed his brow. "Just very? That's cool."
As it turned out, Anna came over to the mansion just so she could install a email surveillance system into the mansion's security system. Samus and Mega Man X had invited the merchant over, after they learned of the surveillance system Anna had found. Why did they do this, you ask? It was because someone had been sending threatening emails to the residents, and Samus and X wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"Yeah, Samus and X here tried to install it themselves, but, uh, you guys have these things so password-protected..." Master Hand explained to Anna, who was in the computer room with Samus and X. Anna was operating a computer - the computer that was hooked up to the mansion's security system.
"That just means you have to enter your password," explained Anna; the merchant girl herself knew more about technology than Master Hand did. Checkmate. "What's your password, Master Hand?"
"Yeah, Samus, what is the password?" Master Hand asked the bounty hunter, who sighed and shook her head. Clearly the giant hand didn't knew.
"Oh, here's the password hint! And it says...'password'." Anna had no idea what to make of this, as she just stared as the password hint. "Is the password...password?"
"I'm afraid that is correct," Samus replied begrudgingly, as Anna typed in the password into the prompt and pressed the enter key.
"Master Hand what is going on?" Pit asked as he poked his head inside the computer room, fearing for the worst when he saw Anna. "Why is she here? What are you doing?"
"I can't tell you, it's none of your business," replied Master Hand, while Anna was installing the email surveillance system to the computer.
"You have to tell me! Who knows what that capitalist crook Anna could be doing to that device."
"I don't have to tell you anything. There are some things that aren't meant for your puny ears."
"Look, Master Hand, I know you don't want to have to think about this, but if something were to happen to you, God forbid, then I would need to know in order to take over."
"Pit, nothing is going to happen to me, okay? I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm fit. And you're not even fit to rule over the mansion."
"Yeah, but that doesn't matter, you could get a brain aneurysm."
"I can't get a brain aneurysm, I don't even have a brain."
"You could get hit by a car. Or a bus or a train. Get poisoned, fall in a well, land on a mine, choke."
"Uh, oh, okay; if I land on a mine in Seattle, Washington, and die, you get to be the head of the mansion, okay? Why don't you just go...away?"
Master Hand: There are certain things a homeowner does not share with his underlings. His earnings, that would depress them. His bed, it...and I am not going to tell them that I'll be reading their e-mails. With the help of X, Samus, Futaba, Fuuka, and Coco. Just to be on the safe side.
Jacky and Joker arrived at their location, which was an abandoned mental asylum. The two got out of the car and approached the asylum, each with their own lingering doubts and concerns.
"So are you gonna pick me up when this is all over?" Joker asked Jacky, as he observed the mental asylum; an eerie feeling was enveloping the young man. "Or should I just walk back home?"
"Link's here, so he might take you back to the mansion in his truck," replied Jacky, backing away to his vehicle. Whatever Joker was bound to be a part of, Jacky wanted little to no part of it. "Just text me if you need anything!"
Anna had just finished installing the email surveillance system, and was now ready to test it out. The merchant pulled up a search option on the surveillance system, ready to type away.
"So it works just like a normal search engine?" X asked Anna, who was already liking what he was seeing from the surveillance system.
"Yep, it searches by keyword phrase!" Anna happily replied, as Master Hand took the merchant's happiness as an act. An act of evil and true malice. "Anything that you wanna search for?"
"Try 'Master Hand' and 'funny'," Master Hand suggested to Anna, expecting to hear some awesome praise. Anna typed in the keywords into the search box, and pulled up a few results. "Oh wow, an email from Doc Louis! What a nice guy he is. What does his email say?"
"Lemme see..." Anna pulled up Doc Louis' email, squinting her eyes as she was about to read. " 'Sorry I didn't write back sooner; I can't go to the watch party tonight because that jerk Master Hand is a bum and making me stay over for our rock-paper-scissors duel.'"
"He actually said that?!" Master Hand was offended, acting like no one was allowed to call him names and things and such. "Well, Doc Louis is a bum. Not my fault that I really wanted to beat him in rock-paper-scissors."
Cloud sure loved to relax in the hammock outside, but when the swordsman wished to relax indoors, he would head to the gaming room and relax on a bean bag. Cloud was resting on a bean bag right now, and it was a perfect time, as there was little to no commotion in the gaming room. Which, in itself, was a rarity.
"Hey," Lucina approached Cloud, who was busy resting his eyes. Cloud opened his eyes, as he looked up and saw Lucina towering over him.
"What?" asked Cloud, as he sat up on his bean bag. He could tell that Lucina was slightly annoyed, but he didn't know what was annoying her.
"You took my bean bag, didn't you?" Lucina's motif was blue, and the bean bag Cloud was on was blue, so...connect the dots.
"No, I didn't. I took back my bean bag that you took from me, but I didn't take your bean bag."
"When you get up, I'm just going to take it back anyway, so...
"So I guess I can't get up." Cloud laid back on his bean bag, letting Lucina know what was up. Lucina walked away, sighing.
Joker bravely approached the entrance to the abandoned mental asylum, walking and looking around. He saw a door, which had cryptic words written on on it. Everything about the mental asylum from the outside was obviously unnerving to Joker.
"Do you know where you are, Ren?" a voiced called out to Joker, sounding like it came from Link, as the door creaked open. Joker remained where he was, knowing that the voice was addressing him.
"I have no idea whatsoever," replied Joker, before someone poked his head out from the door...and it was Link. But no, this wasn't the regular Link that Joker was accustomed to - it was Link, dressed up as Joker from The Dark Knight.
"Care for a magic trick?" Link smiled creepily at Joker, taking out a pencil as he exited from the asylum. Joker, who knew the pencil magic trick all too well, shook his head. "Darn it...come with me, we must begin right away.
"Link what's with that Joker getup?" asked Joker, only for his question to go unanswered as Link giddily took Joker's hand and took the young man with him to who-knows-where. If not for his bravery, Joker would be peeing his pants.
Word soon spread about the mansion's new email surveillance system, after Pit told a few residents about what he had seen. When Master Hand returned to his room, he was met by Dark Pit and Yashiro.
"Hey, what's the big deal, Master Hand?" Yashiro asked the giant hand, after he heard the news from Pit. "Why are you spying on our emails?"
"Oh no, Yashiro has gone crazy!" exclaimed Master Hand, doing his best to downplay the concerns that Yashiro was having. "What other ghost stories do you have for me? That I'm a robot?"
"Dark Pit and I just heard from Pit that you're doing e-mail surveillance."
"Oh, what? No. That defeats the whole purpose."
"So it's true? You have access to our e-mails?" asked Dark Pit, making sure that Pit wasn't going around spreading false info.
"You know what the problem is? The problem is that when people hear the term 'big brother' they immediately think it's scary or bad, but I don't. I think, wow, I love my big brother."
Wario: *looking nervous* I gotta erase a lotta stuff. A lot of stuff.
Makoto: Got a strange email from this stranger...claimed that he was going to take Joker and bring him back to the mansion a full-grown man. Not sure what that means, but I'm confident that it's a non-issue.
Pit went to the beauty salon, to tell the ladies about about the email surveillance system. Although Pit wasn't allowed in the beauty salon, the angel felt like everyone had to be in the know.
"Just so ya know, if you have a lot of sensitive e-mails, they need to be deleted immediately," Pit informed Viridi in the beauty salon, stressing the importance of the situation at hand.
"I know, Pit, I'm well aware," replied Viridi, with a nod of her head. "I seldom use my email, so I think I'm good." Viridi seldom used her email? Probably didn't want to engage in online discourse with humans.
"That's good!" Pit patted Viridi on the shoulder, as Researcher Zelda overheard the conversation between Pit and Viridi from where she was. The princess sneaked her way over to Rise, who was busy brushing her hair.
"Something just happened...Pit just told Viridi that she has to deleted all of her sensitive e-mails immediately," Researcher Zelda whispered to Rise, who stopped brushing her hair in an instant.
"Viridi has an email address?" Rise whispered back; Viridi using email was even bigger news to the pop singer.
"I know, right? What do you think she even uses her email for?"
"Probably to spread her hatred about humans, I bet."
"You really think so? No, that can't be it..."
Not only did Anna install the email surveillance system to the mansion's main computer, but as a suggestion from Master Hand, the merchant installed said system to Futaba's, Fuuka's, and Coco's personal laptops. While Coco was off handling some business, Master Hand secretly stole the bandicoot's laptop and was checking out some emails in his room.
"Should have done this a long time ago," remarked Master Hand, as he was going through the emails. The giant hand felt filthy, going through everyone's personal stuff. "Tons of personal e-mails, huge time wasters. Wow, Pigma's rating the best bars in Seatlte? Pin Box is number seven? Stupid idiot."
"Master Hand did you seriously steal my laptop?" Coco asked from outside Master Hand's room, angrily banging her fist on the bedroom door.
"Go away, I'm busy right now...ooh! Wii Fit Trainer has an E-vite from Knuckles. Knuckles is hosting a barbecue tonight. Tonight? Wonder where my e-vitation is."
So Master Hand clicked on a guest list document that was attached to Wii Fit's email, and pulled up a Word document. The giant hand took a glance at a list of names provided.
"Lady Palutena, Doc Louis, Alm, Celica, Wii Fit Trainer, Rosalina, Wario, Snake..." Master Hand read the list of names, wondering when his name would show up. But it never did. "...Knuckles must've forgot to add my name to the list."
Cloud was still sitting on his bean bag in the gaming room, and there was nothing or no one that could possibly move the swordsman. Not even Sonic, who came over to Cloud eating a chili dog.
"Mr. Big Cloud, can I talk to you for a second?" Sonic asked the swordsman, who cringed at the nickname. "Mr. Big Cloud" just didn't sit well with Cloud, nor did any other nickname or pet name anyone addressed Cloud by.
"Sure thing," replied Cloud, as he sat up on the bean bag. He was happy to speak with Sonic, provided that the hedgehog wouldn't run his mouth for long.
"Can you stand up? And talk to me over there?" Sonic pointed at the far corner of the gaming room, as Cloud looked hesitant to move.
"That's it? That's what you came up with?" Lucina whispered to Sonic, watching the hedgehog from a safe distance. Sonic looked at Lucina, smiling nervously.
"I'm acting my heart out here..." Sonic kindly told Lucina, before redirecting his attention back to Cloud...who was napping away. Talk about a missed opportunity.
Mario continued making origami in his bedroom, when he heard his cellphone ringing. The plumber took out his cellphone, startled when he saw Doc Louis' name on the caller ID; Doc Louis barely called Mario, if ever.
"Hello?" Mario answered the call, hoping that it wasn't an emergency. Especially one that had to do with chocolate.
"Yo, Mario, I got some great news!" responded Doc Louis, and it was the happiest that the boxing trainer had ever sounded. "So I spoke with that merchant lady, Anna - the chick that Master Hand doesn't like."
"Yes, I'm well aware, apparently he thinks-a of Anna as some kind of capitalist...so what's the great-a news?"
"Phosphora and I were speaking with Anna, before she left, and Anna said that the Beedle fellow from Hyrule was giving away free doughnuts in the food market! He selling them until 4 o' clock!"
"Beedle is offering free doughnuts?! Mama mia! I'll come over and take-a you and Phosphora there!"
Anna: Every week or so, ever since I set up shop at the food market, Beedle would stop by and bring in a little cart to give away free doughnuts. It's really not a big deal. To some people it is.
Mario: Productivity is important but how can-a I be productive if I have this one-a little thing in my brain? That I cannot get-a out. And that one little thing is a glazed-a doughnut. So I'm just going to have my glazed-a doughnut, then I'll get to work, and I'll-a be super productive. Look out-a for me!
With doughnuts on his mind, Mario grabbed Doc Louis and Phosphora from the mansion, and brought them to the food market to get some doughnuts. After Mario parked his car and took his passengers to the food market...he saw that there was a long line. Beedle's doughnuts were in high demand!
"Aw come on!" frowned Mario, stomping his food on the ground angrily, as Doc Louis and Phosphora shared the plumber's sentiments.
Link was outside of the asylum with Joker, making the young man feel uncomfortable with his presence and his attire. But mainly his attire. Link watched attentively, as Joker planted a seed in the ground as an order from the Hylian.
"And just as you have planted your seed in the ground, I'm going to plant my seed in you...my pupil," Link said as he pointed at Joker, once Joker had done his deed. Link must be looking for a protege.
"I don't think you know what you're saying," responded Joker, as he eyed around the surrounding area. He had a shovel in his hand, in the event Link tried to pull something funny on him.
"Smells pretty bad, doesn't it?" Joker, recognizing the smell in the air, would nod his head in agreement. "It's called crap and any foolish person could smell it from a mile away."
"Uh huh...I think I got it." In reality, Joker didn't really get it; the guy just wanted to go back home and not be bothered.
"Oh wait, I forgot something in my...getaway car. I'll be right back." Link would walk away from the premises, as Joker evaluated his options. Should Joker run away while he can, or appease Link and stay put?
Done with whatever she was doing in the beauty salon, Viridi made her way to the mansion gardens, to tend to the flowers and stuff. On her way there, the goddess was met by Researcher Zelda.
"Hi Viridi, how's it going?" Researcher Zelda greeted the goddess of nature, who was looking indifferent. Probably because she was speaking with a human.
"It's...it's going," replied Viridi, picking up her pace as she walked faster. But Researcher Zelda would stay on the goddess' toes.
"Are you going to Knuckles' party tonight...depending on how many human guests there are?"
"Probably, but what does that have to do with anything? Are you worried or something?"
"No. I mean, I don't know, I don't think so."
Viridi was home-free, when she saw the entrance to the gardens up ahead. The goddess went through the entrance, safe from Researcher Zelda who had stopped in place. Researcher Zelda looked on, and couldn't help but feeling that Viridi was being rather sneaky.
Master Hand: There's always a distance between a ruler and his underlings. It is just nature's rule. It's intimidation mostly, it's the awareness that they are not me. I do think that I am very approachable, as one of the guys. But maybe I need to be even approachabler.
One way Master Hand wished to be "approachabler", if that was even a word, was by hanging out with the residents - whether it be from the mansion, or the tower. The giant hand went to the tower, and saw three individuals on the balcony - Crunch, Yuri, Miu, and Knuckles.
"Pretty nice Zero Suit outfit you got on here," Crunch said to Yuri, as he and Knuckles were looking through the young woman's photo album. Yuri and her friend Miu looked on, as Master Hand drew near.
"It was mostly just for cosplay, but thanks, Crunch..." Yuri thanked the bandicoot, as Master Hand drew closer to the balcony. Everyone would take sight of Master Hand, with Crunch putting Yuri's photo album down on the balcony table.
"Wanna hang out with us, Master Hand?" Crunch asked the giant hand; he would offer Master Hand some food, but he knew that Master Hand didn't have a mouth. Although he could chew, apparently.
"Of course!" exclaimed Master Hand, excited about the prospect of hanging out with some folks. "Hangin' with my crew, crew that I am one of. Hangin' with my Cup of Noodles. This is a meal in a cup."
"A meal in a cup..." Knuckles repeated what Master Hand had said, before shaking his head in disapproval. "...what a very weird thing to say."
"Hot, tasty. Just like college. Students live on noodles. Brain food. Mmmm...you know what I really, really adore about college? The parties. Everybody'd go. The athletes, the, the nerds, professors."
"The professors would go to the parties?" Yuri raised an eyebrow; she never recalled any of her professors attending college parties. Provided that she ever attended college to begin with.
"Yeah! College professors are lowkey fun. They're the most fun. People would always invite them."
Knuckles: It's true. I'm having a party. Mainly to celebrate the new me. I've got three cases of root beer, the Squid Sister's new karaoke machine, and I didn't invite Master Hand. So three ingredients for a great party. And it's nothing personal, I just think that if he were there, people wouldn't be able to relax, and you know, have fun, and my new friend wants to meet everybody. Because I'm pretty sure he thinks that I'm making most people up. *sighs* They are very real.
Mario, Doc Louis, and Phosphora were waiting in line, waiting to get their hands on some delicious doughnuts. Phosphora would pass the time by running her mouth with Mario and Doc Louis.
"Because they were acting all tough and everything..." the goddess said to Mario and Doc Louis; Mario was doing his best not to fall asleep, whereas Doc Louis had tuned Phosphora out completely.
"Uh huh..." responded Mario, only engaging in the conversation if it meant that Phosphora would shut up quicker.
"But what they were rapping about was cupcakes and the Chronicles of Narnia. Who invented cupcakes, right? I want to..."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Mario would soon cut off Phosphora, when he saw someone he recognized ahead of him in line...Rayman. The limbless hero joined Barbara, who was already in line. "Rayman, why are-a you flirting with Barbara in line?"
"...she's literally picking out the lint from my hair," replied Rayman, as Barbara started picking away at Rayman's hair. The barbaric princess looked like she was enjoying it, for some strange reason.
"Well, I think-a you're cutting in line. What do you think, Doc Louis?" Doc Louis, staring down Rayman, nodded his head.
"Ease up laddie, we were both in line before you and your friends were!" Barbara snapped on Mario, ready to throw some hands if necessary. Even at the expense of humiliating Rayman.
"No, I'm not going to ease-a up. Not by any means."
"Yeah that's right, you tell her Mario!" Doc Louis sided with Mario, getting amped up as he pumped his fist.
"Get-a in the back, please. Back of the line!"
"Boooooo! Booooo! Back of the line." Not wanting to start a scene, Rayman went to the back of the line, walking past Mario and Doc Louis who were jeering at him.
"Boooooo! Thank you." Appreciative of Doc Louis' efforts, Mario exchanged a high five with the boxing trainer.
"What a pair of Mary's..." Barbara shook her head in disdain at Mario and Doc Louis. Unwritten Rule #342: never mess with Mario and Doc Louis when it came to doughnuts.
Link never returned to Joker, after he had to retrieve something from his "getaway car", and Joker was tired of waiting. So the young man went to the back of the abandoned asylum, looking to find a way inside.
"Abandon me in front of an abandoned asylum, why don't you..." Joker muttered angrily, as he reached the back of the asylum. "...don't know what Link meant when he called me his 'pupil'."
"Congratulations, my apprentice, you have passed the second challenge!" exclaimed Link as he popped his head out of an asylum door, scaring the living daylights out of Joker. "You may now enter...the Arkham Asylum."
Because Cloud refused to give up his bean bag, Lucina had to resort to other measures and get another bean bag to sit on. When Lucina placed her bean bag on the ground and sat on it, the bean bag suddenly deflated, much to the princess' chagrin.
"I believe in a thing called love...just listen to the rhythm of my heart..." sang Sonic, sitting on a bean bag...one that wasn't deflated. "There's a chance we could make it now...we'll be rocking 'til the sun goes down..." Lucina gritted her teeth at the hedgehog's singing.
"Can you please shut up, that song's going to be in my head for the rest of the day," Lucina said to Sonic, who paused his song and looked over at the princess.
"Well the song's in my head already, so I'm gonna sing it just to get it out!" Sitting a close distance nearby was Cloud, who found himself smirking lightly.
Sonic: "I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE!"...man, whatever happened to those guys?
Zelda was tasked by Falco to keep record of Mario's actions throughout the day, and after hearing of Mario's whereabouts, the princess went to the food market, taking Ori with her. As well as a notepad, just in case.
"Mario!" Zelda called out to the plumber, as she caught up to where Mario was standing in line.
"No cuts!" shouted Mario, before turning around and seeing Zelda, with Ori on the princess' shoulder. Mario's frown soon turned into a smile. "Oh, Princess Zelda! Just-a the woman I'd like to see. You read-a my mind."
"Great! I thought you could use this time to authorize this wedding guest list that Falco gave me. Said the list is still in the authorization stage."
"I thought that maybe you could-a wait in line for me while I go-a to the restroom. You're an angel. Just like that guardian angel on-a your shoulder. Ori's the name, is that right?"
"Hey, why don't you just go back home, get some work done, and I'll just bring you a pretzel."
"Because I like them a certain-a way, and if it gets screwed-a up, the whole thing is blown. Also, I'm chauffeuring."
"You know, I just think it's really important that you be productive today..."
"Zelda, productivity starts-a with patience and determination. I'll be back..." Mario tried to do his best Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation, but it fell flat. Nonetheless, Mario ran away, leaving Zelda to take his place in line.
Knuckles was looking forward to his party tonight, as the echidna took a shower to freshen himself up a bit. Once he was done taking his shower, Knuckles would put his towel back in his room, where Bass showed up.
"So on the Internet, there's a lot of different options to get to that venue for the party tonight," Bass said to Knuckles, whose eyes widened with fear when the word "party" was mentioned. "I was just wondering if..."
"Oh no, uh, could you keep that down?" Knuckles asked of Bass, who looked at the echidna like he was crazy. The robot couldn't ask for some directions?!
"Why? What for? How do you think we're supposed to get to the party?"
"The thing is, not everybody knows about the party."
"Like who? Who doesn't know? Thought everyone got the memo."
"Everyone did get the memo...everyone except for Master Hand."
"Master Hand? Why just Master Hand? Sounds pretty messed up..."
"Because it's a bit of a surprise...a surprise party! Yeah..."
"A surprise party? That sounds...pretty neat, actually!"
"Yeah. Promise me you won't spill the beans to Master Hand?"
"I promise. You can count on me, Knuckles!"
Link and Joker walked through the hallways of the "Arkham Asylum", with Joker keeping his distance from Link. The young man was worried that if he clinged too much to Link, he would be infected by most of the Hylian's insanity.
"It is time for your next test," Link said to Joker, smiling as he rubbed his hands together in much anticipation. "You have planted the seed. You have walked the long lonely walk of loneliness.
"Look, I was hazed a lot in middle school," stated Joker, bringing out a dark part of his past. Something that caused Link to excitedly lick his lips. "So I know what you're doing. I get it."
"You know what your problem is? You know why you haven't gotten that far in life? Because you think you know everything. You're fickle! Just like all the other filthy humans on this rotten planet! But you have to trust that maybe there are some people that can teach you things. Are you ready to learn? Are you ready for the final test?"
"...I guess so." Whatever got Joker out of the asylum as soon as possible.
At long last, Doc Louis was in the home stretch, getting his doughnut from Beedle. The boxing trainer, standing at the cart of doughnuts, would receive his doughnuts from Beedle.
"Thank you, son!" Doc Louis would thank Beedle, as he happily accepted his doughnuts from the merchant and walked away. Next in line was Mario.
"Hi. Please tell-a me me that you have some glazed-a doughnuts left," the plumber said to Beedle, hoping that the merchant would come through.
"You're just in time, because I still got glazed doughnuts left in the cart!" replied Beedle, as Mario cheered and pumped his fist in excitement.
"Thank-a goodness! I was hoping that you wouldn't run-a out. I've been waiting in-a line for what feels-a like forever!"
"I have eighteen different toppings. I got sweet glaze, cinnamon sugar, chocolate, white chocolate, fudge, M&M's, caramel dip, mint chip, chocolate chip, marshmallow, nuts, toffee nuts, coconuts, peanut butter drizzle, Oreos, sprinkles, cotton candy bits, and powdered sugar.
"Is there anyway that you could do all-a of them?" All eighteen toppings? Mario was truly a man of culture.
"The Works. You got it!" So Beedle grabbed a bunch of doughnuts from his cart, put them inside a box, and started piling on the toppings.
"Alright! Thank you!" Mario would spend the next few seconds watching Beedle put on the toppings, feeling like a little kid.
"So, Bass thinks that tonight is a surprise party for Master Hand," Knuckles had a word with Ribbon Girl, in the Star Records room. They were the only ones present in the room.
"Really? That's great," smiled Ribbon Girl, who was in disbelief that Bass assumed that the party would be a surprise. For Master Hand, no less. "Maybe we can get him to hide and wait somewhere."
"Oh man, that'd be funny! Oh, you know what, speaking of which, I was just trying to get a handle on, you know, numbers and food and stuff."
Knuckles: Wish that Rouge would be able to attend my party. That way, she'd get to see the new me...the REAL me.
"Ah, my two favorite people in the whole world!" exclaimed Master Hand, magically appearing in the Star Records room; his presence meant that Knuckles had to shut up about his party. "Hey, you know, I don't know if you have any plans tonight, but if ya don't, we could hang out."
"Sorry, Master Hand, but I won't be free tonight," expressed Knuckles, selling how solemn he was by looking down at the floor with a sad face.
"You have plans for tonight, is that correct?"
"Uh, yeah, definitely. Who doesn't have plans?"
"I do, I have plans as well."
"Oh really, is that so?"
"I do. I got BIG plans."
"Because you said, 'do you wanna hang out'..."
"Tonight, I can't do it tonight, no. Improv class, I have improv class, hanging out with Crazy Hand and my improv buds..."
"A giant hand like yourself, doing improv?" Knuckles looked at Master Hand with a questionable look, before said look faded away. "Aw, that sounds like a lot of fun."
"It's the best. It's the best. I would not miss it for the world. But if something else came up, I would definitely not go."
"Improv sounds great. Hope you and Crazy Hand and your improv buddies have a great time tonight!"
Link took Joker to a darkened room in the asylum, one that only had one lit lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. In this darkened room was a chair, in the center; Link led Joker over to said chair.
"Please be seated," Link ordered Joker, who nervously sat down in the chair. After the young man sat down, he heard someone run past him.
"Who was that?" Joker asked Link, out of curiosity. And also out of fright. "We got company?"
"Pay no attention to the spirits that traverse this hallowed ground."
"Is that someone from the Rogue Gallery? Harley Quinn, I assume?"
"...yes, if you must now, it is indeed Harley Quinn. Happy now?"
Link: Harley Quinn is my sidekick and she lives here with me, in the Arkham Asylum. She will always be my best friend, and an occasional lover.. Unless things don't go so well with Ren today in which case, I won't hang out with Quinn so much anymore.
"What is the greatest danger facing mankind today?" Link asked Joker, hands behind his back as he walked back and forth behind the chair Joker was seated in. What a loaded question.
"Tribalism, immense pride, and a fear of failing," guessed Joker, unsure if he was giving the correct answer. But he didn't care - he just wanted out of the asylum.
"Wrong! Illusory superiority. Everyone hates anarchy, when structure and the order of society are broken. What is the true case of Harvey Dent's death?"
"Did he die from depression or something? Suicide, I'm assuming?" Obviously Joker wasn't that much of a DC Comics fan.
"Wrong! Dent fell to his death, after being tackled by Batman. He was a true symbol of the individual, and a symbol of society and its constantly adherence to the status quo..."
While Link was dropping some philosophical knowledge on Joker, against the young man's will, Makoto was hanging around outside the fitness center worrying about her boyfriend. Wii Fit Trainer exited the fitness center, when she saw the worry on Makoto's face.
"I can't believe that Joker isn't back yet," Makoto said to Wii Fit, as she rested her left hand on her temple. "Where could he and Jacky have gone off to?"
"From what I've heard, Jacky had to take Joker to a mental asylum in town," replied Wii Fit, wiping the sweat off her face with her green towel. "That is where Link is, in his Joker costume..."
"Joker is at a mental asylum? The one that was abandoned? Oh dear, I'm so worried..."
"I'm sure Jacky will protect him from Link. Provided that Jacky is still around, of course."
"I don't know, Jacky really strikes me as a very strange person."
"He's not weird, he's just...individualistic. But in a good way!"
"No, he's a weirdo." Akira, who was about to enter the fitness center, heard Makoto's words and was deeply offended.
"You're the weirdo!" the fighter accused Makoto, pointing accusingly at the brunette, before realizing what he was doing. Akira cleared his throat, putting his arm down as he meekly entered the fitness center. "Please ignore that..."
Master Hand was outside the mansion, seeing several residents leaving the mansion and tower. Time for him to get down to the bottom of things.
"Hey Researcher Zelda, do you need me to accompany to your vehicular transport?" Master Hand asked the princess, who had just left the mansion.
"No thanks, Captain Falcon is giving me a ride," replied Zelda as she walked away; Master Hand looked over, and saw Chrom.
"Chrom, my main man!" the giant hand floated over to the prince, who was on the phone. "Got big plans tonight with..."
"Can't talk, I'm on a call," Chrom said to Master Hand as he pointed at his phone, before continuing his phone call. Grumbling to himself, Master Hand floated over to Wario.
"Wario, big man, big man, what are you doing tonight?" the giant hand asked the fatso, who was getting his Wario Bike up and running.
"Mona is in town and we're gonna see that Joker movie together, at the movie theater," replied Wario, causing Master Hand to snap his fingers. Palutena would walk by, grabbing Master Hand's attention.
"Hey Lady Palutena, rushy, rushy," Master Hand floated over to the goddess of light, who stopped and turned around. "Where you rushin' off to?"
"I'm just going out to town, no biggie," replied Palutena, with a warm smile. Wasn't that often that the goddess left the mansion for anything other than shopping for groceries.
"Yeah, well duh...where ya headed?"
"To the bakery. There's a bake drive going on."
"Liar!" Master Hand pointed accusingly at Palutena, leaving her confused as he floated away. The giant hand would soon see Bass outside, and floated over to him.
"Oh no..." muttered Bass, when he saw Master Hand making his way over to him. He could see how desperate Master Hand was to hang out with somebody.
"Bass, oh ho, Bass, Bass, my true main man. You and I are hangin' tonight. The two of us. We are celebrating our freedom and our manhood. You know what? Why don't we watch that show that you've been wanting to watch...Real Time with Bill Meyer."
"It's Bill Maher...and I never even watched that show."
"Who cares, we'll just watch whatever stupid show you wanna..."
"Well I hate to break it to ya, but I can't..."
"...we're watching any show you wanna watch, tonight."
"Unfortunately, I've got plans. I, uh, have to go to practice. Tennis practice."
"I didn't know you played tennis, Bass."
"I was...just messing with you. I actually have piano practice."
"You're busy too, Bass? Dang, I'm never gonna hang out with anyone..."
"Have fun tonight with whatever it is that you're doing, and I'll see you later." Bass walked away from Master Hand, before laughing to himself. "He has no idea..."
Joker was still sitting in the chair, and Link was still asking the young man questions. Questions about life, society, and mankind.
"Final question, young Ren Amamiya..." Link said to Joker, still circling around the chair Joker was sitting in with his hands behind his back. "...what is mankind's greatest fear?"
"Um, loneliness," guessed Joker, relieved that he was asked one last question. Unless Link was just buffing. "Maybe violence."
"Wrong! Mankind is afraid of the lack of authority. I would've also accepted the loss of control. But you know what? Fear is what it's all about. You cannot live your life while undergoing fear. Fear is true power...you need to vanquish fear! One must wrestle fear to the ground. You will now wrestle Harley Quinn."
Out of nowhere, a woman dressed up as Harley Quinn popped out of nowhere with a baseball, scaring Joker. The woman completed the look - blonde pigtails, red-and-black leather pants, and white makeup that scared Joker down to the core.
"No, okay, alright," said an easily scared Joker, quickly getting up out of his chair when the Harley Quinn woman approached him with her baseball, her tongue sticking out. "Alright, it's over, this is over, okay?!"
"Chill out Joker, it's just me! Ann!" smiled the Harley Quinn woman, who turned out to be Ann dressed up as Harley Quinn. Ann had broke character, but Link would let it slide.
"Wrestle her to the ground!" Link commanded of Joker, who refused to engage in physical combat with one of his best friends. That was one of the many reasons for the Joker's reluctance.
"No, you're a freak," Joker said to Link, before storming away for his own good. Link and Ann watched as Joker ran away. "I'm not doing this anymore. This is over. Goodbye."
"Ren. Don't. Ren! You don't have to wrestle her. Just get in the coffin, behind the chair. Ren?"
"I really hate that I had to scare him like that..." remarked Ann, as she dropped her baseball bat to the floor. Did she not know how seriously Link was taking his whole Joker shtick?
"Where is the rest of the Rogue Gallery?" Link asked Ann, like the young woman even knew. Ann could only shrug.
Several residents were at Knuckles' party, which was held at a museum in Seattle. Although it was a fairly light party, the mood and atmosphere was still at an all-time high.
"Quick announcement everybody, if I could have everybody's attention," Knuckles addressed the crowd, as everyone stopped talking and gave Knuckles their uninvited attention. "We do have wine on the table, and, uh, there is root beer available outside and despite what you might think, it's not all for King K. Rool, so please enjoy."
Knuckles: Sonic and Tails strangely haven't shown up to my party yet, despite me telling them all about it. Must be coming later. But at least Crash remembered to show up, so that's good.
"Knuckles, do you think that keeping this party as a surprise from Master Hand is such a good idea?" Bass asked the echidna, who was seen hanging around with a sea urchin fellow with spiky hair. "Now that I think of it, he kinda knows everything..."
"You must be Bass..." the sea urchin fellow said to Bass; Bass was judging the fellow's fashion sense, staring inquisitively at his poncho. "...Knuckles has been telling me all sorts of stories about you."
"Who are you supposed to be? You don't live at the mansion OR the tower!"
"That guy is Spyke, he's a friend I made back in Inkpolis," Knuckles introduced the sea urchin fellow to Bass. "Met him while I was seeking Off the Hook for some rap advice. He's pretty much self-made."
"Made a lot of money selling gear to the Inklings," remarked Spyke, trying his best not to brag. Hard not to brag about a rags-to-riches story. "Now I don't even have to work anymore..."
"Cool story, bro," Bass said to Spyke, apathetic about how the sea urchin fellow made his money, before turning his attention back to Knuckles...only for Pit to butt in, pushing Bass to the side.
"Mind if I speak with you in private, Knuckles?" the angel said to the echidna, who obliged as he followed Knuckles to a far corner of the museum. Bass pulled himself off the floor, being mindful of Spyke.
"What's up, Pit, enjoying the party so far?" Knuckles asked the angel, wanting to know his honest opinions. "Or do you have any complaints?"
"When will the guest of honor be coming? Bass told me that this party was a surprise party for Master Hand."
"Oh, uh, Master Hand will be showing up later...later-ish."
"That's awesome. He's gonna love it!"
"Great." Knuckles turned to a group of guests having to make an announcement. "Just wanna let you guys know that we will be taking the tour, like I promised."
"Hey there, loverboy..." a certain bat greeted Knuckles, causing the echidna to smile. Knuckles around around, and saw his girlfriend Rouge.
"Hey! Just in time. You wanna go on the group tour? We were just about to leave."
"Definitely. I'd love to go."
"Well, the group tour is now leaving, then...ladies and gentlemen, just a few things that we are gonna be pointing out to you today, you will be able to see all exhibits and, uh, if we're lucky, maybe get a chance to peek into the restrooms, who knows. I have to remind you that flash photography is prohibited and as much as you can, please refrain from touching things. I know you might want to."
Link managed to locate Joker in the asylum, finding the young man hiding in a restroom stall. The Hylian stood outside the stall door, while holding a pencil.
"Ren, come on, I am sorry," Link apologized to Joker, hoping that he wasn't breaking character as much. "Harley Quinn is sorry too. Look, she even gave me this pencil. I can cheer you up with a magic trick!"
"Go away, please..." Joker pleaded to Link, refusing to unlock the stall door. Link would laugh to himself, putting his pencil back in his pocket.
"You know, I wanted us to be a team. An unstoppable team that competed against other teams. Against the established order. Against society."
"Look, that, that's not what I wanted, okay? I just want to go back home."
"You'll be going back home, believe me..." Link smiled deviously, pulling his pencil back out and fiddling with it. "...how about I make it up to you?"
Mario was on cloud nine after eating his doughnuts, and the plumber refused to share them with anyone, not even his own wife. What a jerk. Mario was hyperactive and sugar-fueled, running around the living room while Peach, Spyro, and Hunter watched.
"I AM A REAL AMERICAN!" sang Mario, while Hulk Hogan's theme song was blaring from the computer loudspeakers. Hunter was singing along, until Spyro gave the cheetah a side-eye.
"Told him not to get the Works..." sighed Peach; if only Mario had listened to his wife and heeded her advice.
While some folks at Knuckles' party went along for the tour, some stayed behind, such as Viridi. The goddess of nature found a bottle of wine lying on the floor, and took a sip from it.
"Meh, I'm a goddess, doesn't matter if I drank this stuff," shrugged Viridi, before taking another sip from the bottle of wine. Researcher Zelda looked on, before leaning her head close to Nowi who was sitting by.
"Hey Nowi, you got a minute?" Researcher Zelda said to the half-Manakete, who looked over at the princess. "You know anything about secret mansion stuff?"
"You do mean secret romances like you and Champion Link, right?" asked Nowi, as Researcher Zelda gave the half-Manakate an angry frown. Nowi looked apologetic in a snap. "Oh dear. I am so sorry, I thought you guys always hang out with one another! I'm sorry!"
"That's okay, it's okay..." Researcher Zelda got up, and walked away. Perhaps Nowi wasn't the best person to speak with...
Desperately looking for someone to hang out with, Master Hand took it upon himself to pay Rayman and friends a visit. The giant hand saw Rayman and Barbara exiting their house, figuring that the two were going on a date.
Rayman: Asking a lady friend of yours to pick the lint out of your hair is now a sign of flirting. What has this world come to...
"How do we get to that tavern from here?" Barbara asked Rayman, who handily pulled out a map of Seattle from his imaginary pocket.
"Oh, don't worry - we're gonna take an Uber," replied Rayman, before Master Hand made his appearing in front of the limbless hero and Barbara. Both Rayman and Barbara screamed, as the former dropped his map.
"So, heading to the tavern, huh?" Master Hand asked Rayman and Barbara - the tavern wasn't the giant hand's preferred choice, but at least he got the chance to hang out with someone. "We're all going to the tavern?"
"Oh sorry, we're not going for a date, it's just a friend of ours is throwing some kind of party."
"Right...well guys, I'd love to go to the tavern with you, but, you know, I have a party. A big party I need to go to, so...can't get out of it."
"Okay then, Master Hand. I guess we'll just see you around!"
Mario was in so much of a sugar rush, that the plumber didn't even know that Peach and company were watching him. It wasn't until the Hulk Hogan theme song stopped playing on a loop that Mario eventually came to a stop, sweating buckets.
"Oh! Hey!" Mario greeted everyone in the living room, like he had never seen them before. "Everyone, I am-a officially streamlining the efficiency of the work-a done in this house. Second..."
"Second?" Hunter raised an eyebrow, while Mario started running in place to keep his sugar rush ongoing.
"Yes, second, Hunter. Second, I am insisting on increased-a accountability from every single one of you."
"Accountability?" frowned Spyro, who hated being held accountable for just about anything. "Mario, what is going on?"
"And I will-a be taking questions. Anyone, any takers?"
"How much sugar did you have today, Mario?" Peach asked her husband, before taking a look at her husband's overalls. "What's that on your overalls?"
"Caramel Dip. But, one-a question at a time please. Peach, Hunter. I want you to switch-a the furniture around I'm going to reorganize and-a restructure the physical layout of the living room to maximize everything! I think we're-a getting a lot done, don't you? As a family, at least. And we are, after all, a family. Are we not, are we not, are-a we not? Are you with me, are you with me? Thank-a you very much!"
"Does anyone hear that?" asked Spyro, when he heard some loud sounds from outside. Almost as if someone was throwing objects at Mario's house. Curious, Spyro opened the front door and looked outside...
...and saw Joker, standing in Mario's front yard with Link, throwing eggs at Mario's house. Link was cheering on Joker, in a very delighted mood.
"Yes, Ren, yes!" the Hylian cheered, as Joker threw an egg at Mario's window, and another at the chimney. "Introduce anarchy! Upset the order! Let chaos run free!"
"Should we report this to someone?" Spyro asked Peach, who joined the purple dragon at the doorway. "Or tell someone?"
"Not really," replied Peach, before Joker accidentally tossed an egg at the princess' face. Spyro tried not to laugh, as Peach angrily went back inside the house. "Excuse me while I call Makoto..."
Link: Creating chaos is always a good way to introduce anarchy. But, if you're good at something, never do it for free. The only sensible way to live in this world, my friends, is without rules.
Samus: So as it turns out, according to the emails we've collected...it was Link who was sending out those threatening email messages. Apparently he did that to get into the psyche of Heath Ledger's Joker. Good thing Link acting as the Joker happens only once a year...or twice.
With Knuckles' tour of the museum over, it was time for the next phase of Knuckles' party...some karaoke. Cortex was singing karaoke on the stage right now, making the ears of the partygoers bleed with his rendition of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".
"At first I was afraid, I was petrified..." Cortex sang (albeit horribly) into the microphone, before stopping when he heard a familiar honking sound. The evil genius shrieked when he saw a goose - the one that's been harassing him - staring right at him. Cortex dropped his mic in a hurry and ran away, with the goose chasing him around.
"Oh by the way how's your thievery thing going?" Knuckles asked Rouge, while the sound of Cortex screaming his lungs out permeated the party atmosphere.
"I'm taking a break from robbing banks and stuff," replied Rouge, flexing her fingers as Knuckles looked at the bat with a shocked face.
"Really? You're taking a break? What for?"
"Yeah, it turns out I was robbing was too easy for me..."
Rouge: Knuckles implored me to come to his party, to see the "new" him. And I gotta say...the new Knuckles is the same exact Knuckles. Only difference is, that echidna's blinded by his own delusion and illusion of grandeur.
"Just so you know, the mic is still free you cool cats!" K.K. Slider, the DJ of Knuckles' party, alerted the crowd. Cortex's roommate, Wario, would step up to the plate as he hopped on the stage and grabbed the mic.
"Go on now, go, walk out the door!" Wario sang, as he snapped his fingers and moved his feet to the beat. "Just turn around now, 'cause you're not welcome anymore!"
Suddenly a giant hand appeared in the museum, his presence enough to make Wario stop singing. Master Hand had showed up to the party.
"Surprise!" Pit shouted at Master Hand, showing off his jazz hands. Knuckles was ticked, as he stomped his foot in anger.
"Seriously?!" the echidna frowned, as the individual whom he did not want at his little affair was now crashing the party.
"Wow! Who let all these cool cats in the museum?" asked Master Hand, looking around and seeing the partygoers. "I'm just strolling through town, thought I'd drop in. Knuckles, I'd love a glass of wine, if you're gonna open it."
"He sure sounds pretty candid right now..." whispered Anna, one of the partygoers, as she was speaking with Doc Louis. Master Hand saw the merchant, and gasped.
"Oh, come on! That woman? Thought every person here was cool. Karaoke, I love it! I am a karaoke fiend. I call dibs. I got next, I got next up. Come on, let's get this party started, ha! Okay? Where's that wine?"
"Guess Master Hand had one too many doughnuts," Doc Louis whispered back to Anna, while Master Hand was trying to take the microphone from Wario. The boxing trainer - and especially Mario - would know...
Doc Louis: Six more days until the next Doughnut Day... *grins* ...I can't wait!