Author's Note:
Starting the year off with a few chapters revolving around Three Houses - this chapter and the two chapters after it will be focused on Three Houses, with each chapter centered around a different house. This chapter will feature characters from the Black Eagles. Also, there's a poll on my profile about Three Houses, so make sure to check that out. Now to answer some reviews, and I know that I have a lot to answer...
"Will we see Hatsune Miku and the other Vocaloids show up next chapter? If the Gunstar Super Heroes cast show up, will Gunstar Blue be a couple with Gunstar Yellow? A scene of the Pokemon champions interacting with the Galar champion or Allister interacting with Acerola? A scene of Marnie and Team Yell encountering Team Skull? And finally, what are your thoughts on Capcom filing trademarks for Megaman Legends and a supposed Dino Crisis remake?"
The Vocaloids won't be showing up anytime soon. Gunstar Blue and Gunstar Yellow - if they show up with the other characters - will be a couple. I can possibly do those scenes in the future. Team Yell and Team Skull encountering one another is too big of a moment to pass up on. And I don't have any strong opinions on the trademarks Capcom filed. Here's the other review from this anonymous reviewer:
"Will Joker and Makoto ever go on an official date? Will Tae Takemi from Persona 5 show up and be a resident? (She's a back alley doctor in the games) can you also have Rhea or Morgana to be able to see Sothis? Is Raphael from the Golden Deer house a couple with Bernadetta from Black Eagles? (Look to their paired ending in the game) will there be any nods or references to the IDW Sonic comic? And finally, what Nintendo games from the past decade would be in your top 10 favorites?"
They will. Tae won't be a resident, but she can be a recurring character much like Anna. Rhea and/or Morgana seeing Sothis COULD work out. There are no couples with any Three Houses characters. Don't think there will be any references to the sonic comic anytime soon. And my top 10 favorite Nintendo games of the past decade...I'll leave that one unanswered. Kinda hard to narrow down my list...here's a review from another anonymous reviewer:
"I've been thinking about making a youtube adapation over the years when I read your fanfic. Is it Okay I can make it based on it after the dlc cast are finish from Smash Ultimate? I really loved your fanfic."
Ooh la la, a YouTube adaption? That sounds like a lot of work, but I would love to see it one day. If you want to make this adaption, then I'll go ahead and give you the green light. Again, I'd love to see this adaption one day. Moving on to joejoe...is that name a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure reference?! I digress...
"im just saying, but did you know your story is 4 times as long as the bible, and 2 and 7/10 times the entire harry potter series? at the rate we're going, you could write the longest piece of english literature in the world!"
I don't think I'll ever be close to being comfortable with writing the longest piece of English literature in the world...and is this story really that long? WHY CAN'T I EVER STOP WRITING?! Anyways, let's see what Derick Lindsey has to say:
"Finally how is Viridi doing hair length wise is she still have some hair on her, is she nearly bald, or somewhere in between since I don't think we've been given an update on that in a few weeks?"
Viridi's hair is short enough to go down to at least the top of her shoulders. Somewhere close to that. Moving on:
"Did we ever get to know who won the Soccer game between Mario and Knuckles' teams since last time we know about the game it was tied 2 to 2 and we never got to see what happened to Ryoma and the rest of the Hoshido family did they get Kamui, did Xander drive them off?"
The soccer game between Team Mario and Team Knuckles will forever end in a draw; as for Xander, he fended off the Hoshido family off-screen in the last episode and kept Kamui at the mansion. Moving on:
"...is Link staying as Joker for another few weeks or will he be back to normal next year?"
He'll be back to normal. And now to answer this question from Derick Lindsey:
"lso I don't know why but I kinda want to see a chapter where R truth and Jon Cone (a referee and more importantly the dad of former Raw tag team champion Nicholas) get transported to the mansion and see people like Pit, Brio, Cortex, Lloyd Irving, etc all fight for the 24/7 title getting beat by THE MOST DEVASTATING MOVE IN ALLLLLLLLLL OF WRESTLING the surprise roll up and cause chaos in the mansion running around trying to get it before Truth and Cone leave at the end I don't know why but it just would be amusing to read for some reason."
R-Truth and Jon Cone won't be transported to the mansion, but I kinda like the idea of Master Hand instituting a wrestling title similar to the 24/7 title, and then having a bunch of residents fighting over it. Not sure how that'll turn out, but it would be worth a shot. On to PinkRose4452:
1. Can Mitsuru, Koromaru, and Ken Amada get some more screentime?
2. What are your top 10 games of the decade, one favorite game from each year the game got released?"
1. I'll get them as much screen time as I possibly can.
2. This question I'll try to answer. And I'll list games other than Super Smash Bros. Here it goes...
2010: Donkey Kong Country Returns
2011: Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2012: Need for Speed: Most Wanted
2013: Rayman Legends
2014: Mario Kart 8
2015: Xenoblade Chronicles X
2016: Pokemon Sun/Moon
2017: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018: Spyro: Reignited Trilogy
2019: Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
Last review comes from the returning Sioresov:
"Since I'm back after the No Nut November Wars, name me all of the characters that have been introduced since chapter 197, how they've been introduced, and what chapter."
Sure are asking for a lot there, buddy...as much as I would love to answer your question, I'm afraid that it would take me all day. Or at least over an hour or two, which I'm not up for. So I'll just let you read the past couple of chapters, and see all the characters that were introduced for yourself...
Episode 211: Sleepyhead
Luigi and Daisy were both surprised and blessed at the same time, when it was discovered that Daisy was pregnant for nine months and not knowing about it the entire time. The couple would feel even more blessed, after Daisy gave birth to a daughter, Deanna, in the previous episode. It was something that Luigi and Daisy didn't see coming, and neither did anyone else.
Since Luigi and Daisy didn't know about the pregnancy, and because Daisy was doing who-knows-what during the past nine months, the couple took Deanna to the hospital so the doctors and nurses could run some tests on the newborn. Just to ensure that there were no problems or anything.
"This is stupid, the child isn't our baby," frowned Link, who was asked by Zelda to take her to the hospital. The Hylian was walking with Zelda through the hospital, with Cloud tagging along as a third wheel.
"I still want to know if Deanna will be okay or not," said Zelda, always looking out for a fellow princess and her newborn. "I mean, I WAS there when Daisy was going into labor...everything that happened afterwards was so abrupt."
"Good thing that Mario came over in time," remarked Cloud - imagine if Luigi had to handle the birth of Deanna by himself. That poor plumber would've been distressed beyond relief.
Link: It's literally the same thing that happened when Charles and Jennifer were born...soon as a new baby shows up, everyone wants to fawn over them and treat them like they're the king or queen of the world. They're practically teaching the newborn how to act privileged, and if you ask me, it's very toxic behavior. A part of me wishes that I was like that... *pauses* ...like I said, it's very toxic.
Spyro: Bianca really felt bad - she suspected that Daisy might've been pregnant, but was too chicken to tell anyone. Who knows what would've happened if she had told Luigi - he would've had a panic attack!
Link and company saw Luigi and Daisy standing together, outside the nursery room. They went over to the couple, who were waiting patiently.
"Are they still diagnosing the baby?" Link asked Luigi and Daisy, trying his hardest to care about Deanna. The ingenuity was in the tone of his voice.
"They're still running tests-a on her as we speak," replied Luigi, before looking inside the nursery room out of slight concern. "Taking a bit-a longer than I expected, but I won't rush-a them..."
"Dr. Brio stopped by the hospital before you guys showed up," Daisy said to Link and company, before holding up a onesie that Brio had given to the princess. It was green in color, and it had the words "I Was Invented by Dr. Nitrus Brio" in capital letters.
"That Dr. Brio is a walking ego trip," remarked Cloud, as Daisy put the onesie away; common sense would tell Daisy to just throw that onesie away. "Should've destroyed that list of his while we still had the chance..."
"Luigi and Daisy?" a doctor asked, grabbing the attention of the married couple. The doctor came out from the nursery room, holding Deanna; the baby was fast asleep, her brown hair as vibrant as the eye could see. "We're all done with your baby."
"Well, is there anything wrong with her?" asked Daisy, as she took Deanna from the doctor. The doctor looked like he wanted to say something, but was also looking like he was having some second doubts.
"There is one minor problem with your baby...only minor. There seems to be a problem with Deanna's heart. I can assume that such an issued might have resulted from a fall you might've had, Daisy."
"I can't really remember falling or anything; I've haven't had a single accident in the past few months. But I do remember falling unconscious on Thanksgiving..."
"Then that must've been when the fall occurred - someone must've knocked you out, causing your fall. Whoever did such a thing should feel ashamed."
"Yeah who could ever do such a heartless thing, dumb coward..." frowned Link as he folded his arms, while Cloud stared down the culprit...Link. "...why are you looking at me like that, Cloud?"
"I guess that means we should get-a some medication for Deanna," assumed Luigi, wanting to do whatever it took to ensue that his baby daughter was healthy. "What kind-a of heart medicine should we get, doc?"
"I'd highly recommend giving her this," the doctor replied as he handed Luigi a slip of paper, which had the medicine's name on it. It was a very complex name; Luigi had to squint his eyes to make the name out. "Give her a drop of that each day, and she'll be a fully healthy baby."
"That should be easy enough," said Daisy - no way that she and Luigi could possibly goof up buying medicine. Unless they went to the wrong pharmacy. "Thanks for everything, doctor!"
"You're welcome - let us know if any other problems arise with your baby. You all take care!" The doctor would walk away, leaving Luigi and Daisy alone with Deanna, as well as Link and company.
"Say, Link, would you mind babysitting Deanna while-a Daisy and I go to the pharmacy?" Luigi asked the Hylian, as he just handed Deanna to Link. Link had no choice but to take Deanna.
"Why can't you take her?" whined Link, who was not in the mood for babysitting anyone, let alone a one-week old infant. "Let her sit in the back seat, dang it!"
"We would put Deanna in an infant car seat, but Luigi has yet to buy one..." stated Daisy as she glared at Luigi, who was clearly slacking.
"They don't have-a the style that I want!" was Luigi's lousy excuse, one that Daisy refused to buy. "I don't want some plain-a car seat!" Daisy sighed, as she grabbed Luigi's hand and walked down the hallway.
"Whatever, let's just go..." As she took Luigi with her, Daisy turned around and looked back at Link, who was holding Deanna. "...take good care of her, you hear?"
"Uh, sure thing princess!" Link called out to Daisy, who was out of sight as she and Luigi made a turn at the corner of the hallway. Link looked towards Cloud, smiling at the swordsman. "Hey Cloud...wanna babysit?"
"C'mon, let's head back to the mansion," responded Cloud, as he and Zelda walked down the hallway. Link groaned, as he followed after Cloud and Zelda while cradling Deanna in his arms.
As you might recall, Marth started a fantasy football league for the first time, and asked his fellow Fire Emblem pals to join him. it was a very old-fashioned fantasy league - no computers, cellphones, or the like. It was just pen and paper, with Marth sending out the box scores that had all sorts of statistics and whatnot. And with the fantasy season over, it was time to crown the champion.
The champion of this fantasy football league, you might ask, was none other than Edelgard - whose fantasy football team was fittingly named the Black Eagles, after her own house. Edelgard left the handling of her team in the hands of her second-in-command, Hubert, who dutifully studied all the box scores Marth sent out and helped lead Edelgard's team to victory. Thanks to him, the Black Eagles had an undefeated season!
Edelgard and Hubert were in town, with the former desiring to claim her prize from wining the fantasy football league - whether it be trophy, money, or anything else. Edelgard brought the other members of the black Eagles house to town, not wanting them to feel left out, and allowed them to dilly dally at the mansion and tower as long as they pleased.
"So what kind of reward do you think Marth has laid out for us?" Hubert asked Edelgard, who knocked on the front door. Hubert was smiling as he rubbed his hands in anticipation, like he was expecting Marth to shower him and Edelgard with money.
"I just hope that Marth actually remembered that we actually played fantasy football," replied Edelgard, before the front door was opened. It was opened by Marth, who was looking nervous seeing Edelgard standing by.
"Hi...Edelgard...this is very unexpected," Marth greeted the woman sheepishly, trying to play it cool as he laid his back against the doorway. "Want to come inside? Want a glass of water?"
"You remember when we played fantasy football last year, right?" Edelgard asked Marth, who was now on the hot seat as sweat was pouring down his face. "You sent us the box score for every game!"
"And I used said box scores to lead Edelgard's team to victory," bragged Hubert, not wanting his valiant efforts to be ignored. "An undefeated record!"
"Oh yes, your team did win...went undefeated, in fact. Absolutely crushed every team. Same couldn't be said for Chrom's team, couldn't even get a single win..."
Chrom: I just don't get it...why do I suck so much at fantasy football? I had perhaps the best fantasy lineup since I started playing fantasy football, and yet I couldn't eek out a single win!
Robin: The quarterback we drafted was out for the season, and our backup had more turnovers than anything...
Chrom: The team we had looked good on paper, and somehow that didn't translate to wins.
Robin: One of our running backs got benched...haven't had a single good game since October...
Chrom: This has to be a conspiracy. How is is that my teams always suck, and everyone else's team is better?
Robin: The first player we selected was a wide receiver...he got kicked out of the league for acting like a fool...
Chrom: No point in staying silent anymore. I will not be bossed around like this!
Robin: Don't even get me started on our tight ends, or our kicker, or our overrated defense...
Chrom: You know what, I should just give up on fantasy football altogether. Lucina could do better than me!
Robin: Chrom, have you ever sat down and wondered how the two of us are still best friends?
"Chrom's team was imperfect...while my team was perfect all the way," said Edelgard as she brushed back her hair in a slightly cocky manner. "Since my team is on top, that means I've won the fantasy league title."
"And Edelgard deserves a reward for winning said league," Hubert sternly told Marth, letting the hero-king know that he meant business. The pressure was on Marth, who frankly had nothing to give to Edelgard.
"Do you want your reward now, or later?" Marth asked nervously, still trying to play it cool. Little did he know that Edelgard wasn't the one to wait around. "I could always send it to you next week, in the mail."
"...or we can do things the easy away, and you give me my reward before the end of the day," interjected Edelgard, putting even more pressure on Marth. The hero-king had to come up with a reward soon, or else. "I refuse to head back home empty-handed."
"You two stay right here...I'll be right back." Marth went back inside his house, and when he saw that Edelgard and Hubert were looking away, the hero-king hurriedly ran to the screen doors. Caeda saw him, watching her husband dash through the kitchen.
"Marth where are you...?" the princess asked the hero-king, only to be cut off when Marth shushed her. Marth opened the screen door, before exiting his house and closing the screen door back. Caeda just shook her head.
Now outside, Marth retreated to Mario's house, looking to make sure that neither Edelgard nor Hubert were looking his way. The hero-king entered Mario's backyard and knocked on the screen door, which was opened by Mario.
"Funny seeing you here, Marth," Mario greeted the hero-king; the plumber was wearing '80s workout gear, while cheesy '80s workout music was blasting from his living room television. "Care to join-a me for some throwback exercises?"
"No, Mario, I'm in a pickle right now," replied Marth, before taking a step inside Mario's house. Mario had no choice but to move out of the way, as Marth entered and closed the screen door. "Edelgard and Hubert just arrived..."
"What's so wrong-a with that? Is Hubert bugging you out with-a that evil stare of his?" Mario found Hubert's overall demeanor and presentation to be very unnerving, if not a tad frightening at times.
"Hubert's fine, but it's Edelgard that I'm worried about the most. You see, she came to my house asking for..."
"Edelgard's the one who's-a scaring you? Look, Marth, I understand that Edelgard's dignified nature is off-a putting, but man..."
"Can you just let me finish?!" Marth snapping on Mario was enough to silence the plumber for good. "Edelgard came to my house, looking for a reward. Since she won the fantasy league I started with the Fire Emblem folk in September."
"How can you claim-a to be a hero-king, and not have a reward? Here I was, thinking that you were some-a what affluent..."
"This is bad...if I don't come up with something, I'm screwed! What should I give Edelgard, Mario?"
"Tell-a you what - once I'm done-a exercising, I'll find a good enough-a reward that you can give to Edelgard. How does that sound?"
"You will? Thank you so much, Mario!" Marth was so thankful, that he was shaking Mario's hand. "You really are a lifesaver."
"Eh, I do what I can..." After shaking Mario's hand, Marth waltzed his way into the living room, taking a seat on Mario's sofa. "Aren't you returning to your-a house?"
"Not with Edelgard and Hubert likely lingering around. I'll just...kick back here till the coast is clear."
"Oh, so Marth gets to sit on the sofa, but I can't?" frowned Spyro, the purple dragon chilling in the living room as he glared at Mario. "I see how it is..."
"He'll be off-a the sofa soon..." assured Mario, and it would be a big if considering that Mario might be away from his house for a while...
While the members of the Black Eagles were thrilled to be back at the mansion again, after being there a week prior for the holidays, the same couldn't be said for the timid Bernadetta. The noblewoman, who was always anxious around people, was hiding underneath a table in the mansion's living room, while Ryo Sakazaki was having a conversation with Donkey Kong.
"Really? You saw an old Game Boy system inside of Donkey Kong?" Ryo asked Crunch, astonished by all the stories that the bandicoot was during about his and Crash's adventures inside Donkey Kong's body.
"Yeah and it looked all antiquated too!" exclaimed Crunch, who was unable to contain his excitement. "Wanted to take it for myself, but Aku was literally talking me out of it. And I let him do it, too!"
"You could've made some big bucks if you sold that thing. Who knows how much an old handheld gaming system could sell for!"
"Please go away..." pleaded Bernadetta in a whispering tone, too afraid to tell Ryo and Crunch to vamoose. The noblewoman's wish would seemingly come true, when Coco showed up at the living room with Crash.
"Crunch, can you do Crash a solid?" Coco asked the bandicoot, as she pointed at Crash - who apparently got his head stuck through a tennis racket. "He was messing with Wii Fit Trainer's sports equipment, and then...this happened."
"Anything for my little bro!" replied Crunch, before he looked at Ryo and patted the fighter on his back. "Well, Ryo, I gotta go...dumb Crash is always acting a fool!"
"I should get going, too - got a lot of training ahead of me," said Ryo, as he flexed his fingers; he and Crunch went their own separate ways, and Bernadetta was relieved to learn that she was now all alone.
"Thank goodness they left," the noblewoman sighed happily as she arose from underneath the table...only to duck back underneath when she saw Pit and Viridi show up in the living room. Viridi's hair was still short, but there was always room for it to grow back.
"Look Viridi, it's that shy girl from the Christmas party!" exclaimed Pit as he pointed at Bernadetta; Bernadetta didn't like all the attention on her, as she found herself cowering away from Pit.
"That shy girl has a name, you know...her name is Bernadetta," stated Viridi, before heading over to Bernadetta and kneeling down. The goddess of nature looked at Bernadetta, who pulled back slightly. "Hi Bernadetta, it's me, Viridi!"
"Y-You're that goddess girl that hates humans, aren't you?" Bernadetta asked Viridi, refusing to come in contact with a known xenophobe. Then again, Bernadetta wouldn't come in contact with anyone!
"Well, yeah...but that was the old me. I'm a changed person now!" Viridi held out her hand to Bernadetta, who looked at the hand with much hesitation. "You trust me, don't you?"
"If you're as changed as you say you are...then I guess so." Slowly and hesitantly, Bernadetta took Viridi's hand, and Viridi would help Bernadetta up to her feet, making sure that the noblewoman watched her head underneath the table.
Master Hand: Pleases me greatly to know that Viridi has finally push her xenophobic ways to the side, and has finally grown to appreciate humans more - the more redeemable humans, I should say. And it was all thanks to Professor Layton, formerly one of my favorite residents! (Still can't let him or anyone else know that.) Now, I won't have to worry about Viridi ever bullying Lloyd again! Though to be fair, I wouldn't put it past anyone for bullying that buffoon.
"So Bernadetta - that's your name, right?" Pit asked the noblewoman, who shyly nodded her head. The over/under on Pit finally remembering Bernadetta's name was around four hours. "What awesome things were you doing aside from playing hide-and-seek?"
"Nothing much..." replied Bernadetta, trying not to let her anxiety get the best of her. She could have an anxiety attack at any minute. "...and I wasn't playing hide-and-seek..."
"Oh so you're playing hide-and-seek by yourself? How are you gonna find out where you're hiding at, if you're in the same hiding spot as...whoops, I think I just confused myself..."
"When does that ever happen..." remarked Viridi in a playful, sarcastic tone, before directing her full attention on Bernadetta. "...how about you stop hiding from everyone, and start hanging out with us, Bernadetta?"
"You're not going to hurt me, are you?" Bernadetta cautiously asked Viridi, who laughed in response; Pit was laughing along with the goddess, but only because he didn't want to feel left out of the conversation.
"Hurt you? For what? We're gonna have lots of fun together...just come along, and you'll see!"
Upon returning to the mansion, Cloud was set on resting away on the hammock away, and ease his cares and worries away. However, the swordsman's plans would be dashed, when he saw Black Eagles member Linhardt sleeping away on the hammock.
"You've gotta be kidding me..." groaned Cloud, while Linhardt was snoring away. Linhardt was known by many to be a heavy sleeper sometimes, so trying to wake up the noblewoman would be a high task for the swordsman.
"Hey Cloud, whatcha doin' standing outside like that?" Sonic asked the swordsman, as he came over while accompanied by a young man with blue hair. The young man was a commoner from the Black Eagles house, and his name was Caspar.
"This guy is hogging the hammock." Cloud pointed at Linhardt, who looked like he was about to wake up from his slumber, but instead turned over to the other side of the hammock and snored some more "Don't really feel like kicking him out..."
"Seriously, is this the only thing he knows how to do?!" frowned Caspar, who knew Linhardt and his sleeping habits all too well. The noblewoman shook his head at Linhardt with heavy scorn. "This is how he wants to spend his time, while visiting the mansion..."
"You guys are visiting the mansion?" Took you long enough to notice, Cloud. "Still don't know why anyone would wanna do that...you know a way we could get this guy to wake up, right?"
"I've had the pleasure of waking up Linhardt many times - I'm the go-to guy for waking him up. Just sit back, and watch and learn!"
With a sneaky smile on his face, Caspar approached the hammock, peering down on the snoring Linhardt. The nobleman grabbed the hammock from underneath and turned it over, causing Linhardt to fall face-first on the ground. In a snap, Linhardt woke up.
"Wh-What? Byleth, where did you go?" wondered Linhardt as he looked around, before standing up on his feet. The nobleman saw Caspar looking at him, with a smile on his face.
"Hehe, thought that you could sleep in all day?" Caspar smirked at Linhardt, who was looking pretty salty. Linhardt must've had one heck of a dream if he was feeling that type of way. "Why can't you just live a little for once in your life?"
"Darn it, Caspar, you woke me up from my perfect dream! I was on a date, having a tea party with Byleth, and we were eating scones and talking about the weather - I was this close to kissing Byleth on the lips! On the lips!"
"Dude, nobody talks about the weather while they're on a date," Sonic informed Linhardt, as he was left wondering what Byleth - let alone any woman in general - would see in the nobleman. "You really know how to set yourself up for failure!"
"Setting himself up to fail is what Linhardt does best," said Caspar as he wrapped his arm around Linhardt, his best friend. "Say, Linhardt, how about you stop sleeping for once, and go play some arcade games with us?"
"I dunno, there's a huge chance that I might fall asleep while playing them." That remark earned Linhardt a dubious look from Caspar. "I mean, I love arcade games! They're the kind of entertainment that keeps me up and alert!"
"You're not fooling anyone with that fib, Linhardt..." Caspar looked towards Cloud, like he wanted to hang out with the swordsman. "...and you're coming along with us, Cloud. You can spend your time on the hammock later!"
"I can just do it now, you can't tell me what to do," retorted Cloud, who really wanted to get some rest in. He could really go for a nap right about now. "You wouldn't wanna play arcade games with me..."
"But Sonic here told me about how awesome you were at arcade games! Linhardt and I gotta see for ourselves!" Furrowing his brow, Cloud looked towards Sonic, who shrugged his shoulders in innocence.
"It's your fault for being so good at arcade games," Sonic told the swordsman, and the hedgehog sort of had a valid point. "You wanted to be more fun! You set your own self up for this!"
"Let's just get this over with then..." Cloud walked off, with Sonic, Caspar, and Linhardt following the swordsman inside the mansion. Cloud should just wipe the floor Sonic and company, and then it would be the hammock for the rest of the day.
Luigi and Daisy were at a Walmart pharmacy, and they were waiting in line as they were about to order some heart medicine for Deanna...or so they would've been, if it weren't for Luigi being so easily distracted.
"Luigi, we came here to buy medicine for Deanna - NOT to buy hair cream," Daisy sternly told her husband, who was snooping around the beauty section of Walmart. Luigi was grabbing products off the shelves, and tossing them inside his handbag.
"For the last-a time, I'm not buying hair-a cream," Luigi told Daisy, who was glaring down her husband with her arms folded. "I'm looking for products that will help-a me refine my mustache."
"Whatever, just hurry up already! We're gonna lose our spot in line!" But Luigi didn't seem to care, as he was resisting the urge to put another bottle of mustache oil inside his handbag.
"The pharmacy doesn't close-a until five o' clock, is that right? We still have enough-a time." Daisy was greatly bothered by Luigi's overall attitude, as the princess looked up at the heavens and groaned mightily.
Luigi: Serious question, which-a is more important... *holds up two bottles, each with different labels* Romantic Mustache Oil, or Mustache-a Oil with Growth and Shine?...Romantic Mustache Oil it is!
"Hey, are you in line?" someone asked Daisy, and Daisy recognized the voice quickly. The princess turned around, and saw Dr. Wily, who was holding a shopping bag. "I need to get my heart medicine..."
"You can go ahead and cut in front of me...line's moving slow enough as it is," replied Daisy, allowing Dr. Wily to cut in front of her. Dr. Wily looked at the line of folks ahead of him, and didn't know if he could wait long enough.
"You're right, this is a slow-moving line...welp, time to use my old man powers. Hold my bag for me..." Dr. Wily handed his bag to Daisy, who looked confused as she took the bag from the evil genius.
Then, with no one else looking, Dr. Wily frowned in pain, as he clutched his chest and fell down on his knees. He then started screaming in pain, accruing the attention of many before convulsing all over the floor.
"Oh no, my heart!" Dr. Wily grimaced in fake pain, as many shoppers came over to just to be nosy and whatnot. "And my chest, and my liver, and even my bladder too! Everything hurts!"
"Mama mia! Not Dr. Wily!" exclaimed Luigi, who like everyone else around (aside from Daisy) believed that Dr. Wily's fake ailments were legitimately serious. The plumber stopped his needless shopping, as a pharmacist ran out of the pharmacy to inspect Dr. Wily.
"Do you need anything, sir?" the pharmacist asked Dr. Wily; he placed his hand on Dr. Wily's arm and Dr. Wily was convulsing even more, causing the pharmacist to quickly pull his hand away.
"The only thing I need...that will make my pain go away...is some heart medicine," replied Dr. Wily, while Daisy rolled her eyes at the evil genius. "Give me...my heart medicine...save a life, my good friend..."
"What is the name of your medicine?" Overselling his ailments, Dr. Wily turned himself over on his back, as he grabbed a slip of paper out from the pocket of his lab coat and showed it to to pharmacist. "Pantopazole? Got it!"
"You can't be serious right now..." frowned Daisy as she shook her head - before realizing that the line ahead of her had now dissipated, thanks to Dr. Wily catching everyone's attention. Delighted, Daisy went to the front counter of the pharmacy, as the pharmacist ran into the pharmacy and returned with Dr. Wily's medicine.
"Here is your medicine, sir!" The pharmacist handed a box of Pantopazole to Dr. Wily, placing it in the evil genius' hand. Dr. Wily, seeing the Pantopazole, found the strength to slowly sit up on the floor.
"The pain in my body...it's gone away," the evil genius said merely for dramatic effect, before finding the strength to slowly stand up on his feet without any assistance from the pharmacist. Everyone was cheering for Dr. Wily, including Luigi.
"Dr. Wily is okay!" Luigi cheered, before looking over on the shelf and seeing a bottle of mustache cream. "Ooh, mooch-a wax, this is a must buy..."
"Thank you for saving my life, kind sir!" Dr. Wily thanked the pharmacist as he shook his head. With Dr. Wily "healthy" again, all the shoppers resumed their normal shopping duties. "Great to know that the elderly are still appreciated."
"It was the least that I could do," the pharmacist said, before returning to the pharmacy. Thanks to Dr. Wily's "distraction", Daisy was able to order the heart medicine for Deanna in due time.
"Who knew that heart medicine for babies would be so expensive..." remarked Daisy, who had to shell out over a hundred bucks to buy the medicine. Whatever it took to ensure Deanna's health. The princess went over to Dr. Wily, who was pleased to have received his Pantopazole medicine for free.
"Looks like I killed two birds with one stone," Dr. Wily said to Daisy, who handed the evil genius back his shopping bag. "I got you your medicine, and I got myself my own medicine...for free!"
"Then I guess that means you owe me a hundred bucks," smirked Daisy, as Dr. Wily gave the princess a distasteful look. "Ah, I'm just messing with ya! A hundred bucks for this medicine shouldn't bite me in the back that much."
"You should get your husband while you can...might've wandered off by now!" Since Daisy got all that she came for, she could just grab Luigi and head back home.
"He better not have wandered off..." So Daisy went to the beauty section, and looked for Luigi...but saw that the green plumber was nowhere to be found. The princess searched every aisle of the beauty section, but Luigi was nowhere in sight. "...Luigi? Where did you run off to?"
Meanwhile, on the other side of Walmart, Waluigi was in the electronics section, sneaking up on some women. The women were talking among themselves, and were giggling and laughing during their conversation.
"Why are they giggling, I haven't even told them any of my jokes yet!" wondered Waluigi, acting like he was Jim Carey in the flesh. That lanky man sure knew how to over-evaluate himself. "They must've preconceived the one-liner I was gonna use on 'em."
"You guys feel like we're being watched?" one of the women asked the others, as their conversation ceased. The women were now looking around, before their eyes set upon the daring Waluigi.
"Sup ladies...what's poppin'?" Waluigi grinned at the women as he pointed his fingers at them, as if they were pistols. The women screamed, as they ran away for their lives. "It's okay, I can resist my handsomeness either!" Waluigi called out to the ladies.
Waluigi: Every time I go out shopping, I'm always shopping for a few ladies that would be potential girlfriends. I can tell what they want, based on how they interact with me. A woman who slaps me means that they're tough. A woman who pepper sprays me means that they must work as a police officer. A woman who kicks me below the belt means that they don't wish to have any kids, and just wants to be alone at home with their good-looking man. Quite amazing how a negative can really turn out to be a positive...most of the time.
"You DO realize that the ladies you were speaking with are college girls, right?" someone asked Waluigi, who looked over and saw Ryuji. The delinquent was in the electronics section checking out some tablets and smartphones and whatnot.
"I knew that beforehand..." said Waluigi, who clearly didn't as he was showing some guilt in his body language. Dude was one step away from getting arrested. "...why weren't you speaking with them, Ryuji?"
"Because unlike you, I'm not that thirsty for women! You make single dudes like me look like outstanding citizens."
"At least I put in some effort - men like you just stand around, and only hope for the best. Me, I always go in - you can never miss the shots that you take!"
"Oh yeah, and how's that working out for you?" Waluigi couldn't say another word, for he was more than aware of his failing track record.
"Excuse me sir, do you need any help with anything?" a Walmart employee asked Ryuji, wanting to help out as much as he could. If he couldn't help out one customer before the end of his work shift, his day would be ruined.
"No thanks dude, I got it all covered," assured Ryuji, as the Walmart employee nodded his head and walked away. Way to ruin that guy's day, Ryuji...
"Well if you ever need help with anything, then just give me a holler..." Shortly after the employee left, Waluigi came over to Ryuji, curious as to what the delinquent was planning on buying.
"Buying yourself a new smartphone, I assume?" the lanky man asked Ryuji, who didn't appreciate Waluigi being so close to him. Ryuji jumped five feet away, worried that coming in contact with Waluigi would somehow give him the hives or something.
"No, why the heck are you being so nosy for?!" questioned Ryuji, before realizing that Waluigi wouldn't leave him alone unless he answered the question. "If you must know, I'm buying a prize for Fiora."
"For what, being the best blonde around? Because she's the only blonde I know that has yet to slap me. Or kick me. Or punch me in the throat."
"Surprised she's been holding out for that long...anyways, Shulk wants me to buy Fiora some sort of prize, since she somehow won that fantasy football league that Shulk and a couple of others were in."
"What do you mean, somehow? I detect a high amount of sexism from you, Ryuji...and that's no way to get a girlfriend!"
"I'm not being sexist, I'm just saying...anyways, Shulk suggested that I buy Fiora either a tablet, or a new smartphone."
"Pfft, buying her one of those two things would be too easy...I say that we buy her a flatscreen TV!"
"A flatscreen TV?" As Ryuji mused over the idea, Waluigi brought the deliquent's attention to the shopping shelf of televisions, on his left.
"If Fiora is a winner, then we gotta make her feel like a winner. What better way to do that, than buying her a television for her room?"
"But I don't even have enough money to buy a television. I could steal a television, but doing it by myself..."
"That's why you got me..." Waluigi would wink at Ryuji, who smiled in response.
"Two heads are better than one...alright then, it's settled! But before we head in, we might have to plan things out first..."
Bernadetta was off doing stuff with Pit and Viridi, and you could say that the noblewoman was bravely stepping out of the box - which was a huge rarity for her. Bernadetta was in the gaming room, playing some golf on the golf simulator with Pit and Viridi.
"If you ask me, I'm a master when it comes to golf," bragged Pit, demonstrating his supposed greatness as he struck the golf ball with his golf club. The golf club erratically sailed out of Pit's hands, nearly hitting Bernadetta who ducked in time.
"And this is why I'm the teacher..." sighed Viridi, picking up the golf club off the floor and handed it to Bernadetta. Bernadetta reluctantly accepted the golf club, acting as if the thing was poison. "...alright, Bernadetta, first things first; you gotta get yourself in position."
"Get myself in position for what?" inquired Bernadetta, who was hoping that playing golf didn't look more complicated than it was meant to be.
"You gotta get yourself in the right stance! That's why Pit had messed up - he had the wrong posture and everything."
"For your information, Viridi, I don't need to be in the right stance," Pit told his girlfriend, getting all fired up with his hands on his hips. "When you're a golf master, you don't have to abide by the rules!"
"Yeah, whatever Pit...now Bernadetta, approach the ball and bend your knees slightly." So Bernadetta approached the golf ball, with the golf club in her hand, and bent her knees.
"Is this the right position?" Bernadetta had her knees bent so much, that it looked like she was sitting on an invisible toilet.
"Raise your knees up a little bit..." Bernadetta raised her knees up higher, and appeared to be in a normal position. "...good! Now straighten your upper body a bit, and you'll be ready to go."
"Didn't know that there would be this many steps..." Bernadetta straightened her body, and soon she was in the right position for swinging. Looking on from a distance was Black Eagles member Ferdinand, who was playing billiards with King K. Rool.
"That Bernadetta is really coming out from her shell," commented Ferdinand, watching as Bernadetta struck the golf ball with her might. The ball on the golf simulator screen sailed far and wide, before landing near the hole.
"Oh man, she nearly got a hole-in-one on her first try!" remarked King K. Rool, as Ferdinand was looking salty for some reason. The nobleman thought that Bernadetta got super lucky on her first try.
Ferdinand: That golf simulator must be rigged...there's no way that Bernadetta of all people could be successful on her first try. She just got super lucky, that's what it is! If she was playing actual golf outside, she wouldn't be nearly as fortunate.
"Woo hoo! Awesome swing, Bernadetta!" cheered Pit, raising his hand up high for a high five. Bernadetta looked at Pit's hand warily, before giving Pit the softest high five ever known to man. "Dang Bernadetta - you hit way harder than I expected!"
"Thanks, I try my best..." Bernadetta meekly responded, as she gently stroke the hand she high-fived Pit with. Ferdinand looked on, feeling some type of way, before the sound of cue balls clashing broke his trance.
"I won! I won!" celebrated King K. Rool, after he hit the eight ball into one of the holes with the white ball. Ferdinand was distraught, in much disbelief that he lost to some fat Kremling in K. Rool. "Suck on that, Ferdinand!"
"No, this can't be..." frowned Ferdinand, before grabbing all the cue balls and placing them back on the pool table. "...I demand a rematch. I was off my game."
"Whaddaya mean, I won fair and square! Wasn't my fault that you kept on missing more than I did!"
"That was just the friction of the pool table working against me." Ferdinand was so determined, that he wasn't gonna stop playing until he won.
"Excuses, excuses...look, if you want a rematch, then I'll give ya one. But don't come crying to your sweet, precious Edelgard when you lose again, okay?"
"Wow, a hole in one!" exclaimed Pit, after Bernadetta successfully got a hole in one on the golf simulator. Viridi held out her hand for a high five, and Bernadetta delivered, with a high five slightly harder than the one she gave to Pit.
"Good gravy, that chick is on a roll!" said King K. Rool, thoroughly impressed by Bernadetta killing it on the golf simulator...but Ferdinand did not share the Kremling's excitement one bit.
"That Bernadetta thinks she's so good, hmm?" the noblewoman frowned, as broke his cue stick in two and placed the pieces on the pool table. Yeah, the guy was NOT happy at all.
"Where ya goin' Ferdinand?" K. Rool asked the nobleman, who marched over to Bernadetta; Ferdinand tapped Bernadetta on her shoulder, quickly grabbing the attention of the noblewoman.
"Seems like you're pretty good at this golf simulator thing," Ferdinand told Bernadetta, who found the nobleman quite intimidating at times. This was demonstrated as she cowered slightly in fear.
"It's only my first time playing..." stated Bernadetta, ready for Ferdinand's extremely competitive side to be fully unleashed. Ferdinand loved to compete with the other Black Eagle students, much to their chagrin.
"And you're doing far better than expected. But I don't think you're just as good at billiards. Which is why I want to challenge you...to a duel. King K. Rool and I, vs you and a partner of your choosing, at the pool table."
"Hey Ferdinand, can we please do another one-on-one?" King K. Rool called out to the nobleman; he was really in the mood for creaming Ferdinand. "Lemme school you one more time!"
"That angel behind you would make for a great partner, don't you think?" Ferdinand looked over at Pit, who was busy scratching his butt. "The master of golf, as I heard him claim?"
"That's right!" confirmed Pit, before he moved on to picking his nose. For a so-called golf master, Pit sure didn't carry himself as one.
"Then it's settled - King K. Rool and I, against you and Pit. I'll let you enjoy the time that you have, before you enjoy the bitter taste of defeat..." And with that, Ferdinand returned to the billiards table, as a fear-stricken Bernadetta fell down to her knees.
"Aw, do I really have to play against those dorks?" King K. Rool asked Ferdinand in a whiny tone; realizing that he broke his cue stick, Ferdinand went to go retrieve another one. "I'm gonna have to carry you to victory, am I?"
"It'll be okay, Bernadetta - K. Rool isn't as good as he thinks he is," Viridi assured the noblewoman, patting her encouragingly on the back. "It'll probably only be Ferdinand you'll have to worry about!"
"That's the thing that worries me the most..." said Bernadetta, knowing that she couldn't possibly stand a chance against Ferdinand. A loss was coming her way.
Perhaps the most adventurous person in the Black Eagles house was Petra, who enjoyed being outdoors and doing things like hunting and climbing trees. Being that the Yiga clansmen were known for being hunters, Petra spent most of her time at the Yiga Clan hideout, learning some tricks of the trade.
"This here is a bomb arrow - it's useful for making things go KABOOM!" Master Kohga explained to Petra, showing the commoner a bomb arrow. Petra took the bomb arrow, and analyzed it closely. "Great for hunting down bears."
"I can't imagine that this kind of arrow wouldn't start a few forest fires..." remarked Petra, before handing the bomb arrow back to Master Kohga.
"We have started a few wildfires, but we've contained them for the most part...within our hideout, that is. And this here is the shock arrow!" Master Kohga revealed the shock arrow to Petra, seemingly pulling the arrow out from his butt.
"And what is that arrow possibly useful for? Running electricity at your hideout? Then again, it doesn't look like your hideout uses much electricity anyways..."
"Nah, we use the shock arrows to take out intruders. Deer, bears, boy scouts - you name it! But we've stopped coming after the boy scouts, though - their parents are the WORST!"
"Master Kohga, we found another intruder!" a Yiga clansman, as he and another clansman brought a certain man with a blonde ponytail over to Kohga and Petra. In the clansmen's hands was Terry, who was frozen from neck to toe. "Caught him sniffing some flowers...he was too close to our hideout for comfort!"
"I am...not okay..." Terry stated his current condition, as the two clansmen placed him gently on the ground. His entire body from the neck down was frozen solid, so he couldn't move a single muscle.
Master Kohga: Yes, we also ice arrows to deal with intruders. We've used them to take out hikers that come too close to our hideout - most of the time, it usually results in us getting sued. Which is why we made Champion Link our fall guy, to get out of dodge!
Champion Link: So thanks to Master Kohga and the Yiga Clan, I am on house arrest, got two hundred hours of community service that I can't serve until my house arrest is over with, and on top of that, I got a half a million fine. Currently, I'm living in a huge heap of debt that I can't pull myself out of. I try not to blame the Yiga Clan for all my problems, but every day they just make it harder and harder...
"You dolt, that isn't an intruder - that's Terry Bogard, from the mansion!" Master Kohga barked at the Yiga clansmen who held their heads down in shame. "What did I tell you? The people from the mansion and tower are our friends!"
"We have friends now?" one of the Yiga clansmen questioned, as Master Kohga groaned and facepalmed. "I thought you said that anyone who wasn't a part of the Yiga Clan was our mortal enemy."
"You guys sure sound like a haughty bunch," Petra told Master Kohga, who was angered with the two clansmen for spoiling the Yiga Clan's image. It was an image that Kohga was intent on changing for good.
"Just ignore those two soldiers...they're the dumbest ones in the clan." The two clansmen looked offended, as Mario showed up at the hideout.
"Master Kohga, I need-a you man!" Mario told the Yiga clan leader - just hearing those words coming out from Mario's mouth made Master Kohga all giddy inside. "What valuables do you have?"
"Well I did steal a lot of toys, from that box of toys outside the mansion..." As Master Kohga stroked his chin in thought, Mario frowned at the Yiga Clan leader. "...oh, you wanted those toys for yourself? Why didn't you say so?!"
"Those toys-a were for the little children...no wonder so many toys-a were missing, it was your fault! You almost ruined Christmas!"
"By little children, you must mean those idiot boy scouts that intruded upon our property...so what I did was for the greater good. Now tell me, what do you need so?"
"Marth came to me and told-a me about how Edelgard wanted some-a sort of prize. She wants a prize-a for winning a fantasy football league that Marth had started."
"Ooh, fantasy football!" Master Kohga has heard much about fantasy football in spades, and greatly considered giving it a try. "I've always wanted to do fantasy football, but I had no idea who to play with. Perhaps I should play with my clansmen!"
"Yeah, about-a that...fantasy football is over, it's done-a with." This made Master Kohga very upset, as he stomped his foot in anger. "Ended two weeks-a ago."
"Argh! We always have to be late to every little thing, don't we? How can we grow as a clan, if we're always late to the party?"
"This is why we shouldn't have friends..." one of the two clansmen standing by murmured to the other, who nodded his head in agreement.
"If I may, I can give you a few suggestions," Petra spoke with Mario; she knew Edelgard and wanted she wanted better than anyone else. "...I've been snooping around Hubert long enough to be of assistance."
"I could use some assistance myself..." remarked Terry, who was feeling ignored by everyone. His arms and legs and everything else was feeling numb. "...is nobody going to thaw me out?!"
"Okay then, Petra - if you had to find some-a prize for Edelgard, what would you get-a her?" Mario quizzed the commoner, as the plumber was all ears. Right now, Petra was his best bet for making Edelgard (and Marth) happy.
"From what I've gathered, Edelgard fancies jewelry," replied Petra, recollecting the many conversations between Edelgard and Hubert that she eavesdropped on. "She told Hubert how much she liked jewelry. And red seems to be her favorite color."
"What a coincidence - red is our favorite color too!" Master Kohga blurted out, as Petra and the others gave the clan leader weird looks. Realizing the awkward silence that he started, Kohga mellowed out.
"Then you must-a have red jewelry, no?" Mario asked Master Kohga, who was now twiddling with his fingers nervously.
"I did find a red necklace once...but I gave it away, in exchange for a few bananas. The fate of my first-ever banana souffle counted on it!"
"Absolutely worth-a less..." Mario stormed off, knowing that he shouldn't have wasted his time with Master Kohga. But at least the plumber knew what to get for Edelgard - just fine some red jewelry, and he was all good to go.
"Mario where are you going, you can't leave me here!" Terry called out to the plumber, watching as Mario walked away. "Take me back to the mansion! PLEASE!"
Wanting to further grow Star Records, Fox, Falco, and Itsuki were in negotiations with Black Eagles songstress Dorothea, in the Star Records room. So far, negotiations between both parties were coming along well.
"So you're an opera star, is that right?" Fox asked Dorothea, who was sitting at the Star Records desk as she nodded her head in confirmation. "That's awesome! Because we could really use an opera singer, to diversify our brand."
"The more diversity, the better," replied Falco, who believed that signing an opera singer could do wonders for Star Records as a whole. "But we won't be as in-your-face about it, like most companies are. We're actually pretty genuine!"
Falco: We're not that genuine at all. We'll only act "diverse" when it's convenient, just to rake in that dough. But we don't do it to the point of making it a mainstream method, since everyone else is doing it.
"I just have one question, if you don't mind," said Dorothea, as Fox and company were all ears. Whatever Dorothea wanted, the heads of Star Records have to give it to her. "If I sign with your record company, will I be able to do opera performances?"
"Of course! You can have your operas and musicals at the mansion's lecture hall," replied Itsuki, but Dorothea didn't seem pleased with the idea. "You're not feeling the lecture hall, Miss Arnault?"
"No, it's just that...the lecture hall isn't that big of a venue to me. I want to perform at a venue in town that's more...legitimate." The mansion's lecture hall, not a legitimate performance venue? Better not let Master Hand hear that.
"Well, we have plenty of venues you can perform at around Seattle. This city is pretty well-known for its performing arts!"
"And not only that, but I also wish to travel around the country, or the world even, and perform opera. I can't just stay put in one place forever!"
"This chick sure knows how to drive a hard bargain," Falco murmured to Fox, taken back by the many demands that Dorothea was making. The chances of Star Records signing Dorothea to a deal were getting slimmer.
"She's just trying to flex on us to give herself some leverage, that's all it is..." Fox murmured back, before directing his attention back to Dorothea. "...so, uh, Dorothea, if you were to go on a world tour, or something like that..."
"...if you're asking me to pay for my own travel fares, then all I have to say is that the answer is no," Dorothea interjected before Fox could finish, as Fox grunted and slammed his fists on the desk.
"Dang it, woman - why do you have to be so difficult?! Are all opera singers this extra? No wonder most people don't consider opera singing cool anymore!"
Fox would soon have his tirade interrupted, when the pilot heard his cellphone ringing. Looking at the caller ID, Fox saw that Ryuji was calling him.
"Be right back, boys - don't let Dorothea's crazy demands get to ya," Fox told Falco and Itsuki, as he momentarily left the Star Records room. Once he was in the hallway, Fox answered the call. "Sup?"
"Sup, Fox, I need your help," spoke Ryuji, who sounded desperate yet pretty secretive at the same time. "What's the best way to steal a television?"
"Steal a television?" Fox found himself perplexed by Ryuji's question, as he looked around the hallway and making sure that he was hearing things right. "Why you wanna steal a television for? Christmas is over!"
"I know, I know, but I gotta steal one for Fiora. Apparently she wants some kind of prize for winning a fantasy football league she was in..."
"Woah, Fiora won the whole entire league?" Fox expected Fiora to finish in the middle of the fantasy league's standings, but Fiora sure exceeded expectations. "What was everyone else in that league doing?"
"Dunban helped her draft her team, for what it's worth...so there's that. Anyways, Waluigi and I need to steal this television, since we don't have enough money to afford it."
"Why not distract someone? Waluigi can distract the employees, while you sneak away with the television. Or, you two can use some 'magical powers', and then they'll let you get that television for free!"
"What magical powers are you even talking about? I'm just an ordinary guy! And Waluigi is, well...Waluigi."
"You won't know unless you give it a shot. Falco and I already taught Dr. Wily how to do it, and if he can do it, then so can you..."
Because he had no other choice, Cloud was in the arcade room playing some arcade games with Sonic, Caspar, and Linhardt. Cloud was doing most of the playing, after Sonic told Caspar and Linhardt how much of an arcade game whiz the swordsman was.
"I'm telling you, playing arcade games is his daily grind," Sonic said to Caspar and Linhardt as he was hyping up Cloud, who was playing Tetris. "The grind never stops for him!"
"Yeah, I've never seen anyone so focused," remarked Caspar as he watched a very focused Cloud play Tetris, before looking over and seeing Linhardt dozing off. Capsar frowned as he smacked the back of Linhardt's head. "Wake up, you sleepyhead!"
"Whuzzat?" Linhardt instantly woke up from his slight slumber, looking around and getting a sense of his surroundings. "Oh, we're still in the arcade room? Has Cloud started playing Tetris yet?"
"Don't tell me that you've been dozing this entire time! What, were you staying up all night before we came to town? What gives?!"
"I didn't mean to doze off like that - I just wanted to relive my perfect dream. I'm sorry, it won't happen again for the rest of the day!"
Linhardt: I won't be sleeping again during our stay...not at least until I have that dream again, of me going on a date with Byleth. I refuse to feel satisfied until my lips meet Byleth's. So until then, I'm a mourning man...
Sonic: Real talk - why is Linhardt fantasying over some lip action with a teacher of his? I understand that having a crush on a smoking hot teacher is completely natural, but that man Linhardt is taking it way too far!
"Game over..." said Cloud, once his game of Tetris was finished. A new high score flashed on the screen, and Sonic was cheering on for the swordsman, with Caspar and Linhardt joining in. "...please don't flatter me like that, guys."
"Great job, Cloud - a new high score!" the Arcade Bunny came over and applauded the swordsman, giving him praise - which Cloud constantly found annoying. "You beat your previous high score by more than a thousand points!"
"Did Cloud hold the previous record?" Caspar asked the Arcade Bunny, who nodded his head; Caspar was even more amazed by Cloud and his greatness. "Wow, no way! Did you hear that, Linhardt?! Linhardt?"
Much to the chagrin of Caspar, Linhardt had dozed off again, even though he promised that he wouldn't doze off again. An angered Caspar snapped his fingers in front of Linhardt, waking up the nobleman.
"Oh my, was I dozing off again?" Linhardt asked the frowning Caspar after he woke up, sheepishly scratching the back of his head. "How can I play a single arcade game, if I can't keep myself from sleeping?"
"What the heck, man? You promised that you wouldn't doze off for the rest of the day!" Caspar snapped on Linhardt, trying not to cause a scene. But that didn't matter, as those in the arcade room were looking.
"I can't help it Caspar, I really want to kiss Byleth! You have no idea how long I've had romantic feelings for her...my dream must be fulfilled!"
"Why does it even matter, it's just a dream! It's all a figment of your imagination! Why do you wanna have that dream so bad?"
"Because kissing Byleth in my dreams will give me practice for when I actually kiss her in real life. Kissing Byleth has become one of my life accomplishments."
"Well that's a pretty lousy life accomplishment, since I honestly can't see any woman kissing you anytime soon. Get your head out of the clouds, will ya?!"
"Excuse me, but what are you two even bickering about?" inquired Nia, as the girl with cat ears approached Caspar and Linhardt. As always, she was accompanied by her companion Dromarch.
"This man Linhardt is delusional, and thinks that he could one day kiss Byleth," Caspar explained to Nia, sparing the cat girl some details. Didn't want to leave her feeling disgusted. "But I don't think that any woman would kiss him!"
"You don't think that any woman would kiss him? Like this?" Nia leaned in close to Linhardt, and kissed the nobleman on the cheek. Caspar was left shocked, along with Cloud, Sonic, and the Arcade Bunny, but nobody was as shocked as Linhardt...
...who suddenly fainted unto the floor. Didn't look like he would be waking up anytime soon after that kiss.
"Nice one, Nia..." Dromarch said to the cat girl, as Caspar poked at Linhardt to see if his friend would wake up. No response.
"That was...that was purely unintentional," Nia sheepishly smiled, feigning innocence. An actual kiss on the cheek was always better than one in your wildest dreams.
Ferdinand was very much in the competitive spirit, as he and King K. Rool were going up against Pit and Bernadetta in a game of billiards. Ferdinand didn't think much of the duo he was competing against, firmly believing that he and K. Rool had a victory already sealed up.
"I am the ball...the ball is me," Pit said to himself, getting himself in the groove, as he struck the white ball with his cue stick. He hit the white ball so hard, that he sent it flying off the pool table and towards Ganondorf's head.
"Ow, not again!" Ganondorf winced in pain after being struck, as he looked towards Pit with an angry glare. "Pit for the last time, my head is NOT for target practice!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't really mean it that time! The past few times may have been on purpose...but still, I'm sorry!"
"Let's keep the ball in the pool table, shall we?" said Ferdinand as he retrieved the white ball, which was near Ganondorf. When the nobleman returned to the pool table, he saw Sans holding a pool safety net over the table, and gave the skeleton an inquisitive stare.
"thought that you guys could use a pool boy," Sans told Ferdinand, who furrowed his brow mightily. The skeleton would take his safety net and walk away. "excuse me for doing my job..."
Sans: *shrugs his shoulders* they don't call it a pool table for nothin'...
After Sans left, it was Ferdinand's turn at the pool table. The nobleman struck the white ball with his cue stick, sending a colored ball into one of the holes. He then tried to send another ball into one of the holes, but missed.
"Try and top that, Bernadetta..." Ferdinand told the noblewoman, who nervously approached the pool table with her cue stick. Aside from the white ball and the eight ball, only four other balls remained.
"You can do it, Bernadetta, we believe in you!" Viridi cheered on for the noblewoman, as Pit cheered on as well. Viridi cheering on for a human was a pretty momentous instance that wouldn't have happened many episodes ago.
"I'll do my best..." Bernadetta meekly replied, as she gently closed her eyes. Doing her best not to screw things up, Bernadetta closed her eyes, as she lined up her cue stick with the white ball, and struck it with meager might. The white ball would collide with a red-colored ball...
...and that red-colored ball rolled across the pool table, before hitting an eight ball. Bernadetta opened her eyes, at the exact moment that the eight ball rolled its way into one of the holes.
"Bernadetta, you did it! We actually won!" cheered Pit, while Bernadetta was looking on in great disbelief. Viridi ambushed Bernadetta and gave her a victory hug, as a slight smile formed on Bernadetta's face.
"What an awesome maneuver!" exclaimed Viridi, hugging a human being in what many would consider a first for the goddess of nature. "And you did it with your eyes closed, too! That was great, Bernadetta!"
"Yes, I'm quite amazed myself..." remarked a still smiling Bernadetta, finding herself overwhelmed by a slight uptick in her confidence levels. Ferdinand was furious as he clenched both of his fists, so angry that he could sucker punch somebody.
"Like I said, you should've let me carry you to victory..." King K. Rool told Ferdinand, who was incensed as the stormed out of the gaming room. Better for Ferdinand to take his anger out elsewhere, rather than in the gaming room.
"That Bernadetta must think she's so good now, doesn't she?" seethed Ferdinand, too enraged to see where he was going. The nobleman bumped into Yoshi, who turned around holding a box.
"Hey I know you - you're that perfectionist guy, from the Black Eagles!" exclaimed Yoshi, recognizing Ferdinand; Ferdinand wasn't in the mood for feeling flattered. "You must be Ferdinand."
"Yes, yes, Ferdinand's my name...now please move out of my way. I got some venting to do..." Ferdinand tried to move past Yoshi, but the green dinosaur wouldn't let the nobleman leave.
"Before you go, I want to give you something..." Yoshi dug into his box, and pulled out a small plaque which he handed to Ferdinand. Ferdinand would've handed the plaque back to Yoshi, but he saw a message on said plaque that caught his attention.
"'You are a winner'..." the nobleman read the message inscribed on the plaque, and just reading that made him feel encouraged again. "...you are right, I am a winner! The best winner there is!"
"Yeah, that's the spirit! That plaque is supposed to provide some motivation, so I'm happy to see that you're feeling motivated. Means that the effect of the plaque is working!"
Yoshi: *holds up plaque to the camera* I've been giving out plaques like these to make people feel encouraged and stuff. Tried giving one to Bowser, but he turned it down and accused me of being "a part of of the problem". What problem is he even talking about?
Bowser: Those dumb plaques that Yoshi would hand out are no better than participation trophies. You know how I feel about participation trophies...
"I do feel motivated - forgot why I was so angry for in the first place," said Ferdinand as he was feeling confident again, putting the loss he suffered against Pit and Bernadetta behind him. The nobleman shook Yoshi's hand. "Thank you for that plaque, good sir!"
"Consider yourself welcome!" replied Yoshi, and after the handshake was over with, Ferdinand continued on his merry way, feeling motivated. Soon King K. Rool came over to Yoshi, from the gaming room. "Hey K. Rool, you want a motivational plaque?"
"I'll need all the motivational plaques I can get..." replied King K. Rool, the sting of defeat coursing through his veins. "...I lost to Pit, in an actual competition. Me and Ferdinand! It sucks so much..."
"You and Ferdinand lost to Pit at something?" Feeling K. Rool's pain, Yoshi placed an encouraging hand on the Kremling's shoulder. "I'm gonna have to give you both this entire box of plaques, to make all that bad mojo go away..."
"Trust me, I'm gonna need more than a bunch of motivational plaques to feel happy again...you know what, I should just give up on life."
Daisy was still at Walmart, and she refused to head back home unless she found out about the whereabouts of her husband Luigi. Dr. Wily would assist the princess in her ongoing search.
"Sure you don't want me to ask the shoppers to look for Luigi, over the intercom?" a Walmart employee asked Daisy, who was snooping around the produce section. Daisy would always Luigi checking out the produce, whenever the plumber wandered off during a shopping trip.
"Luigi is a grown man...he can find his own self," replied Daisy, looking underneath a pile of cabbage just to see of Luigi was hiding from her. "I know for a fact that he didn't leave the store without me!"
"Who's to say that he did?" asked Dr. Wily, as Daisy glared down the evil genius for having such a preposterous thought. "Daisy, I'm starting to believe that you vastly underestimate your own husband..."
"Whatever...just keep on looking." Dr. Wily would resume his search, but not before he saw two fellows he was familiar with - Ryuji and Waluigi, both carrying a television together.
"Ahem..." Dr. Wily called out to Ryuji and Waluigi, who both stopped in place and looked over at the evil genius. Dr. Wily had his arms folded, while tapping his foot. "...I take it that you two purchased that television?"
"What prompted you to ask that, Dr. Wily?" asked Ryuji with a nervous smile, and Waluigi had a nervous smile going on as well. "You don't think that we're getting away with shoplifting...are you?"
"Even if you were..." Dr. Wily walked towards Ryuji and Waluigi, making the duo even more nervous. "...the way you're going about with stealing that television, you're doing it all wrong!"
"There's another way to shoplift an item?" questioned Waluigi, making Dr. Wily laugh - clearly Ryuji and Waluigi had much to learn. "Man, I've been doing it wrong all these years!"
"No, this method has little to do with shoplifting..." Dr. Wily leaned in close to Ryuji and Waluigi, looking around to ensure that nobody was eavesdropping, before he whispered the following: "...what you should do is act out an injury."
"Act out an injury?" whispered Ryuji as he raised an eyebrow, confused by what Dr. Wily meant. "What kind of injury are we talking about here?"
"Doesn't matter! Just fall down to the floor, and act like you're in immense pain. Then shout out the things that you want...and just go from there."
"Hey, what are y'all doing with that television?" an angry Walmart employee confronted Ryuji and Waluigi, as Dr. Wily took a step back. Ryuji, taking Dr. Wily's advice to heart...
...suddenly fell to the floor, as he started yelling in faux pain. The delinquent was holding his leg, yelling loud enough to garner the attention of everyone nearby.
"AW, CRAMP, I GOT A CRAMP!" shouted Ryuji as he was holding his leg and rolling around on the floor. More and more people came, feeling for the delinquent. "I think my leg is going numb!"
"Really, Ryuji, you too?" Daisy shook her head as she watched Ryuji acting from afar, before looking at Dr. Wily. She could tell that Dr. Wily was responsible for what Ryuji was doing right now.
"Uh, is there anything I can do?" the Walmart employee who was once angry with Ryuji was now asking the delinquent if there was any way he could help out. Ryuji kept on screaming in fake pain.
"There is one thing you can do..." replied Ryuji, clenching his teeth as the imaginary pain pulsated through his leg. "...you can let me and my friend take that television, free as charged..."
"You mean that television right there?" The Walmart employee pointed at the television in question, which was next to Waluigi. "Sure, you can take it! You won't have to pay a single dime!"
"Thanks dude, I really appreciate it..." Ryuji started to ham it up, as he laid on his back and started huffing and puffing while dealing with the imaginary pain. "...oh and while you're at it, can you let me a gaming chair, for free? And a tatami mat, too?"
"A gaming chair and a tatami mat, got it! I'll be right back with your items." As the Walmart employee ran off to retrieve both items for Ryuji, Daisy found herself facepalming at Ryuji's shenanigans.
Dr. Wily: Fox and Falco once told me about how I have innate magical powers - powers that allow me to receive everything I could ask for and then some, just by faking some injury. They say that it's a special kind of performance art that they've mastered before, and has worked wonders. I like to think that I have old man magical powers...Ryuji, erm, he has...edgy boy powers, or something like that. I can assure you that these kinds of magical powers won't work ALL the time, but using them has given me that personalized sauna I've always wanted...
Waluigi was feeling lowkey jealous, as the Walmart employee returned to the premises with a gaming chair and a tatami mat for Ryuji - both of which were free. The lanky man wanted some free stuff, too!
"MY LIVER, IT'S RUPTURING FROM THE INSIDE!" shouted Waluigi as he fell unto the floor, clutching his stomach. Daisy just rolled her eyes in disbelief. "The pain...I can't take this pain!" Everyone just looked at Waluigi for a brief moment...before directing their attention back to Ryuji.
"Is there anything else I can get for you?" the Walmart employee asked Ryuji, who went back to screaming in imaginary pain after being asked the question.
"This isn't really an item from the store, but...I could really use a girlfriend right about now..." replied Ryuji, and soon his wish would be seemingly be answered as a young woman around his age came over.
"Do you need me to call 9-1-1?" the young woman asked Ryuji, as a salty Waluigi stopped acting out in front of everyone. Ryuji was obviously stealing his thunder.
"Hey babe..." Ryuji grinned at the young woman momentarily, before he resumed yelling in pain. "...I mean...that won't be necessary...this stupid cramp should go away any second now..."
"People will do anything for free stuff, won't they?" sighed Daisy as she shook her head once more, with her hands on her hips. A certain man approached the princess from behind, holding a shopping bag.
"First-a Dr. Wily was in pain, and now-a Ryuji?" that man asked in his Italian accent, as Daisy looked to her right and gasped when she saw Luigi. "Must be some-a thing in the water today!"
"Luigi!" Daisy happily exclaimed the plumber's name, before giving her husband a huge hug. Luigi was very much delighted. "I was worried sick about you!"
"You were? Aw, sorry I put-a you through that. If you're wondering where I was, I went to Walmart's break-a room to ask the employees there some-a questions."
"You seriously went into Walmart's break room?" Daisy broke away from the hug just so she could stare inquisitively at Luigi. "How did they even let you in?"
"Name-a recognition - it gets me into all sorts-a of places. Anyways, I went to the break-a room just to ask the employees whether or not buying the mooch-a wax would be a good idea. And, after much-a consideration...I bought it!"
"Come on, let's go..." With Deanna's heart medicine purchased, and Luigi being found, Daisy grabbed Luigi's hand as she headed towards the Walmart exit, which was pretty close by. As Luigi followed Daisy to the exit, he turned around and saw Ryuji, still acting out.
"Say, did Ryuji walk all the way from-a the mansion to this store? And what's Waluigi doing with-a him?"
"Just ignore him...that Ryuji might sucker someone into giving him a ride back home at this rate..."
Unfortunately for Star Records, negotiations with Dorothea went south, and this would be emphasized when Dorothea stepped out of the Star Records door. Fox, Falco and Itsuki came crawling out of the door, trying to reach out to Dorothea.
"Miss Arnault, stop, we can work things out!" Itsuki called out to the opera singer, who stopped in place in the middle of the hallway when her name was called. "You said you wished to go on tour, is that right?"
"You three already made it abundantly clear where you stand on the touring issue," replied Dorothea as she refused to turn around, feeling that Itsuki and company didn't deserve to receive any form of eye contact. "I made it clear what my choice was..."
"No, Dorthea, we can change, we can accommodate things just for you!" Fox did his best to entice Dorothea, not wanting to let the current opportunity slip away. "You won't have to pay for your travel fares, we'll take care of it! Travel expenses, hotel rooms, you name it!"
"We'll even send a bunch of groupies to follow you around to every city you go to!" Falco said to Dorothea, who still wasn't changing her mind no matter what offer was thrown at her. "You'll feel like a rock star!"
"Sorry boys, but my made is all made up," Dorothea told the three heads of Star Records, as she made her way to the staircase. "I will not be signing with Star Records anytime soon." As Dorothea went down the stairs, Itsuki and company could do nothing but sulk in defeat.
Fox: We blew it...our one and only chance to sign an experienced opera singer to Star Records, and we blew it. Signing Dorothea to a record deal would've given us so much clout - think about it. Could Atlantic Records brag about having an opera singer? How about Fueled by Ramen? Or even Young Money Records? I think not. Having an opera singer under our brand would've given us loads of style points in the music industry.
Fox's cellphone rang, and Fox saw that it was Ryuji calling him again. As Falco and Itsuki dealt with the sting of failure, Fox answered the call.
"Yo, Fox McCloud speaking," Fox answered the call, wondering if Ryuji and Waluigi got their hands on the television. "What's up?"
"Fox, I got that television for free - and I used my magical powers!" exclaimed Ryuji, causing Fox's eyes to widen. Falco, who was eavesdropping on the call, smiled and did a fist pump while Itsuki looked on, confused.
"That's great, man! Told ya that it would work if you gave it a shot. So now you got that television for Fiora!"
"Not only that, but I suckered some dumb Walmart employee into giving me a gaming chair and a tatami mat. Now, some chick is giving me and Waluigi a ride back to the mansion! I even got her number!"
"Sounds like you're going places, Ryuji. Keep on using those magical powers of yours, and who knows how far you'll get!"
"What are these 'magical powers' that Fox speaks of?" Itsuki asked Falco, as the young man was finding himself very much confused.
"That's for you to figure out on your own - it's something that rests inside of you," replied Falco as he patted Itsuki on his chest; that did nothing but make Itsuki even more confused!
His mind set on finding a red necklace, Mario went around the mansion asking a few ladies if they owned any jewelry. Fortunately for the plumber Mitsuru came through, as the woman brought Mario to her room with Koromaru tagging along.
"This is a very expensive necklace - it's made entirely out of rubies," Mitsuru told Mario, handing the plumber a necklace from her jewelry box. "Do your best not to break it - it would cost me a fortune to have it fixed."
"Your necklace will be in good-a hands," assured Mario as he placed the necklace in his pocket; he dared not to tell Mitsuru why he needed the necklace, since there would be no way he would get his hands on it if he did.
"You are going to return my necklace, are you?" Mitsuru would ask this question right as Mario was about to leave the room. Mario stopped and froze, as he turned around at Mitsuru and smiled.
"I will, very soon..." Not fully convinced, Mitsuru grabbed Mario by the collar and held the plumber up high, close to her face.
"Elaborate on what you mean by 'very soon'." Mitsuru gave Mario a stare so intimidating, the plumber had no choice but to answer.
"...by tomorrow." Now convinced, Mitsuru placed Mario back on the floor, where the plumber was greeted by a stern-looking Koromaru. Koromaru was just making sure that Mario would hold up his promise.
"Please don't make me hold that against you..." As Mitsuru continued to stare down Mario, Mario scurried out of the room, letting out a sigh of relief when he was in the hallway. The plumber saw Champion Link pass by.
"Hey Champion Link - care to pony up some-a rupees?" Mario asked the Hylian, hoping that he would come through. A red necklace along with some rupees sounded like a swell reward for Edelgard. "It's for Edelgard - I'll explain-a later."
"I planned on saving up some rupees to pay off my stupid fine...but I got you covered," replied Champion Link, much to the delight of Mario. "How many rupees do you think you'll need?"
Cilan made a very interesting on New Year's Day, which also went in hand as a New Year's resolution - to make the biggest cheesecake he could possibly make. Starting Wednesday morning, the connoisseur was focused on baking this cheesecake, which he wanted to be five layers tops. Cilan would often take breaks during the baking process, and after his cheesecake was completed, he decided to take one more break...
"That cheesecake should still be nice and cozy in the kitchen!" grinned Cilan as he returned to the kitchen and headed towards the kitchen counter where the cheesecake was...but there was only one problem.
"How's the cheesecake coming along?" Ryo asked Cilan, entering the kitchen after he finished up his training. Cilan didn't respond, for he was distraught...the cheesecake he worked hard on was missing!
"My five-layered cheesecake, it's gone!" Cilan was so distraught, that he fell down on his knees and was pulling on his hair. "Somebody must have ate while I was taking my break!"
Cilan's cheesecake wasn't eaten...in fact, it was taken to the arcade room by Nia, who was force-feeding the cheesecake into the mouth of a fainted Linhardt. Sonic and Caspar were busy playing arcade games.
Caspar: One of the best ways to wake Linhardt up is by indulging him with food. Depending on what it is, Linhardt will awaken up if you force-feed him a food that his taste buds would like. The mansion has plenty of appetizing food (I should know, from experience), so Nia shouldn't have any issue finding some grub.
"C'mon, eat it already..." said a frustrated Nia, as she forced Cilan's cheesecake into Linhardt's increasingly stuffed mouth. Cloud and Dromarch were looking on.
"Chill out Nia, you might cause him to choke..." Cloud told the cat girl, who looked over at Sonic and Caspar. The two were playing Tetris, and Caspar just beat Sonic in a one-on-one match.
"YES! I won!" cheered Caspar, relishing in his victory as he pumped his fists in the air. Being the ever passionate one, Caspar was very exuberant in his celebration, catching the attention of Ferdinand who walked inside the arcade room.
"Silence, Caspar, you haven't won anything..." Ferdinand told the fellow nobleman, before showing off the plaque he got from Yoshi. "...and besides, you're not even half as close to the winner that I am."
"Shut up Ferdinand, let me enjoy my moment!" Caspar kept on over-celebrating, as Ferdinand grumbled and continued on. He went over to the fainted Linhardt, and Nia had finally stopped force-feeding the nobleman.
"How long has he been asleep?" Ferdinand asked Cloud, who was the closest person standing near the nobleman. "He better not have been sleeping throughout the entire day..."
"Eh, he's been in and out," replied Cloud - Ferdinand would rather take in and out over sleeping the whole day through. "Only reason he's asleep now is because he fainted after Nia here kissed him."
"A kiss caused him to faint? Who knows what would happen to him if he got a kiss from Byleth...he's had daydreams about Byleth for so long..."
"...Byleth?" asked Linhardt, as the nobleman immediately woke up for his slumber. With the cheesecake in his mouth and in his throat, Linhardt stood up as he started to choke and gag. Cloud applied the Heimlich maneuver to the nobleman, saving his life.
"You okay, man?" Cloud asked Linhardt, who looked down at the floor and saw the pieces of cheesecake that exited from his mouth. Linhardt, catching his breath, nodded his head in response.
"Thanks for saving me, Cloud..." Linhardt thanked the swordsman, before his eyes set upon the Tetris arcade game. "Hey Caspar, is that Tetris game up for grabs?"
"Yeah, it's a two-player game - you want in?" Caspar asked Linhardt, who was quick to oblige as he ran over to the arcade machine. Caspar inserted two tokens into the coin slot, before starting a new two-player game.
"You would not believe the crazy dream I had...sadly it had very little to do with Byleth, but it's still worth telling. Hey, Caspar, how did I fall asleep in the first place? Did I faint or something?"
"Should we tell him?" Sonic whispered to Caspar, who decided against it as he shook his head no. Didn't want his friend falling asleep again.
Edelgard and Hubert were inside Marth's home, and Caeda was the only person that was keeping them company. They hadn't seen Marth since they first showed up at the hero-king's front door.
"Where do you think Marth ran off to?" Edelgard asked Caeda, who was busy re-arranging some things in the living room; Caeda shrugged her shoulders. "Taking him an awfully long time to put together my..."
"I'm back!" announced Marth as he came inside through the front door. The hero-king was holding a gift box, which he gave to Edelgard. "Here is your prize, for winning the fantasy football league."
"'To Edelgard, from Marth'," Edelgard read the name tag on the gift box, finding it suspect that there was a name scratched out above Marth's name. Interestingly enough, the name started with the letter M.
"Open it up, see what's inside!" Hubert told Edelgard, who didn't bother waiting around as she took off the bow and tore off the wrapping paper. Edelgard took the lid off of the box, as she and Hubert peered inside.
"A red necklace..." Edelgard pulled the red necklace out of the box, before looking back inside. "...and a plethora of rupees." Marth was nervous as ever, as he twiddled with his thumbs.
"So...what do you think?" Marth asked Edelgard, his voice slightly cracking. Edelgard was looking at the red necklace rather closely. "You like your reward?"
"I'll be honest with you...I'm not feeling this red necklace, a black necklace I would've wanted." Edelgard tossed the red necklace at the feet of Marth, who suddenly found himself in hot water. "Black is my favorite color. But these rupees...these rupees will do. You can keep the red necklace."
"YES!" a man was heard cheering from outside, likely overhearing all the conversation inside Marth's home. That man definitely had to be Mario, who was now safe from Mitsuru.
"Thank you for this reward, Marth - we could really use these rupees," Edelgard thanked the hero-king, as she and Hubert were about to make their exit. "Knew you would come around with our prize."
"Don't mention it..." Marth responded through clenched teeth, and the hero-king sighed in relief after Edelgard and Hubert passed him by. Upon leaving Marth's house, Edelgard and Hubert saw Marth standing by, doing some kind of happy dance.
"What are you so happy about?" Hubert questioned Mario, who stopped dancing when he saw Edelgard and Hubert giving him judging looks.
"Gotta love-a Fridays..." grinned Mario, with a jovial swing of his arm, before Edelgard and Hubert made their way to the mansion. After the black Eagles duo left, Mario ran inside Marth's house, and came back out with the red necklace.
Luigi and Daisy were back home, and were in the living room with Charles and Deanna. Daisy was cradling a smiling Deanna in her arms, after she gave her newborn daughter her heart medicine. Deanna's babysitter Link was looking on.
"Had to do all the babysitting, since Yuffie was off doing ninja things with her ninja pals," Link explained to Luigi and Daisy, his arms resting on the couch that Luigi and Daisy were sitting on as he looked over the couple's shoulders. "Did a pretty good job, I think..."
LeVar: Link heavily requested that we don't feature any video footage of him babysitting Charles and Deanna in this episode. Didn't want the whole world to see his...many shortcomings as a babysitter.
"Ryuji got-a that television for free, didn't he?" Luigi asked Daisy, recalling Ryuji using his "magical powers" to get whatever he wanted. "What did he want-a that television for, I wonder..."
Master Kohga went over to the mansion, just so he could borrow some fruit...and no, they weren't bananas. The leader of the Yiga Clan would pass through the living room, where he saw Ryuji taking a nap on his new tatami mat, next to his gaming chair.
"That is one strange-looking bed..." remarked Master Kohga as he tip-toed away, not wanting to disturb Ryuji. He would make his way into the foyer, where he saw Fiora carrying her television with the Flying Man.
"Thank you again for the television, Shulk - this is the best prize I've ever gotten!" Fiora called out to Shulk through the hallway, before she and the Flying Man walked away to the nearest elevator. "And all I had to do was win a fantasy football league..." Hearing that made Master Kohga fall down to his knees.
"That could've been me with a television..." whimpered Kohga, before burying his faces in his hands and sobbing away. Ferdinand, still holding his plaque, came over to the leader of the Yiga Clan.
"We all can't be winners, can we?" Ferdinand said to Master Kohga, resting his hand on the leader's shoulder; that made Kohga sob even harder.