Author's Note:
Last week we saw the Black Eagles in action, and now it's time for the Blue Lions to shine. Also, looking at the polls, it seems that the best house is Black Eagles...granted, only one person voted. Hopefully there'll be more votes soon. But enough about polls. Let's answer some reviews:
"Any reason why the Fire Emblem Three Houses characters won't have their timeskip looks? Will you also have Claire Redfield reacting to Gintama? (Yuko Kaida is her Japanese voice actress and she voices Tsukuyo in Gintama) will a Fairy Tail related chapter or Resident Evil 3 Remake chapter happen when both games come out in March? Will other Final Fantasy characters show up for a Final Fantasy VII Remake chapter? And finally, do you think Tokyo Mirage Sessions for Switch will bomb in sales due to it being censored in both regions? (Japan hates game censorship big time)"
No reason at all. If I can squeeze Claire in for one chapter, I could. There will be a RE3 chapter in April. Only FFVII characters will be in the FFVII remake chapter. And I don't think that the censorship would harm the sales of Tokyo Mirage Sessions as much. Next is GreaterDoomerUKI, who now wishes to go by Prometheus from now on:
"1)...what do you expect Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony to do in this new decade? (That's if people consider 2020 a start of a new decade...)"
2) What I would of recommended for the Christmas Chapter was do a relation to Home Alone with one of the Kids in the mansion...
1) 2020 IS the start of the new decade...also, I expect Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, and other video gaming companies to introduce new IPs.
2) Sounds hard to pull off in theory, but I've done crazier things in the past...
We have a reviewer approaching, named MarioFan88:
Man, this story is still running strong and well!...And yet, Chapter 57 still has to be reposted."
Ack, chapter 57 is still a lost chapter! I promised myself that I would have it re-published soon, but soon is already too late. Right now, there is no timeline for chapter 57, but I will take my time in regards to getting it posted again. Last is PinkRose4452:
"Will Byleth and Beleth appear in one of the Three Houses banner, or will they appear after each house gets an appearance?"
They will likely appear after the Golden Deer chapter. What they will be doing, I'll have to figure out..
Episode 212: Flirtatious
Three episodes ago, Coco put Mario to the task, and had the plumber send a bunch of messages to Pit at the Maneki restaurant. These messages made Pit assume that he was some kind of government agent, on a mission to save the world or something. Eventually, this would lead to Pit dropping his cellphone in the garbage disposal, thereby destroying his phone altogether.
But Pit destroying his own cellphone wasn't Coco's true end goal...for the bandicoot had Pit destroy his phone for a purpose.
Coco, who drew Pit's name for Secret Santa, would purchase a new cellphone for Pit during Christmas. The only reason why she wanted the previous phone destroyed was because she couldn't get Dark Pit to make Pit give up his cellular device. But now, the angel had an upgrade...
Coco: Basically Pit had a prepaid phone, meaning that every month his phone bill had to be paid off. And every month, Pit forgot. The phone bill was his responsibility, so it wasn't like Lady Palutena had to remind him. Since Pit's phone service was turned off permanently due to his negligence, I went ahead and bought him a regular cellphone! Sure it came at the cost of his old phone being turned into metal scrap, but at least he doesn't have to carry that dingy thing around anymore.
For Pit, it was love at first sight with his new cellphone, and he was still trying out all the neat stuff that came with it. For instance, the angel was taking a bunch of selfies in the dining room during breakfast that morning, much to the chagrin of Lady Palutena.
"Pit can you please put that phone away?" Palutena kindly asked the angel, who was too busy taking selfies to stop anytime soon. "Your eggs are getting cold."
"I can't, Lady Palutena, it's too addicting!" replied Pit, growing increasingly egotistical with each and every selfie that he took. Kirby and Incineroar looked on, as the latter scarfed down Pit's eggs since Pit was distracted.
"Pit, Incineroar just ate the rest of your breakfast..." Kirby tried to inform the angel, who was seemingly in his own world now. "...you don't even care, do you?"
"Not for the moment, at least - still getting used to this camera," replied Pit; he had just discovered that his new cellphone had a camera last night. "The focus on the lens really enhances my features!"
"You do realize that your old phone had a camera too, right?" This was apparently news to Pit, who stopping taking selfies and looked at Kirby with a shocked face.
"So that thing on the back of my old phone wasn't a motion-sensor thingamajig? Eh, the more you know..." Pit went back to taking selfies, as Kirby facepalmed.
"Pit, if you don't put your cellphone away, I'm going to have to confiscate it," Palutena sternly told the angel, who wasn't the one to be deterred. Pit just stared at Palutena like the goddess was insane.
"You can't confiscate my phone - Coco bought it for me!" Feeling defiant, Pit pointed at Coco, who was eating her pancakes in peace and wished to be left out. "If anyone has jurisdiction over my phone being consisted, it's HER!"
"Lady Palutena, please do the right thing and take away Pit's phone..." Coco pleaded to the goddess of light, as Pt gasped at the bandicoot like he was betrayed. Palutena would head towards Pit, who quickly jumped up out of his seat.
"You'll never take me alive!" Pit pointed at Palutena, before he was ready to make his retreat out of the dining room. He maneuvered his way past everyone, trying not to step on anyone or anything, until Palutena had him cornered.
"Pit...cellphone. NOW," Palutena held out his hand to Pit, who refused to back down; since he knew that Palutena would have him cornered on the other side of the breakfast table, Pit hopped on top of the breakfast table itself to make his grand escape.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Kumatora frowned at Pit, who was maneuvering across the breakfast table and knocking stuff down. "You almost spilled my glass of orange juice!"
"Sorry, Kumatora, I'm a non-wanted criminal on the run!" Pit apologized to the girl, before hopping down from the breakfast table. Home free, the angel made a mad dash towards the kitchen, only to bump into Banjo and Kazooie.
"Hey Pit, you want some hash browns?" Banjo asked the angel, offering him some hash browns. Pit looked behind him, and saw palutena drawing near. "Found 'em on the kitchen stove...don't think that Cilan wanted anyone to eat this, though."
"Yeah, that's good, now get out of my way!" Pit barked at Banjo, who didn't bother moving a single muscle. With no other choice, Pit crawled on the floor underneath Banjo, crawling his way into the kitchen. Palutena had caught up by the time Pit escaped.
"Hash browns, m'lady?" Banjo offered the hash browns to Palutena, who wasn't really in the mood right now. Partly because of how much Pit upset her.
"I'll get him later..." vowed Palutena as she turned around, heading back to the dining room table. Banjo and Kazooie looked confused, wondering why Palutena was so incensed for.
"Oh well, more hash browns for me!" Banjo completely devoured the hash browns in his hands, not caring about the mess he was making on the floor. Eating like how any bear would.
Cilan: Someone felt foolish enough to eat the has browns off the stove...but I won't lose any sweat over it. But what I will lose sweat over is my five-layered cheesecake, which I worked so hard to perfect last week. I have yet to find the culprit that stoke my cake, but that won't stop me from recreating my magic! And if anyone messes with my cheesecake this time, there will be blood shed...hopefully I'll find somebody to carry that out before the cheesecake is finished.
Pit was in the kitchen, taking a short breather after he was able to get away from Palutena. Captain Falcon would enter the kitchen along with two dudes, from the Blue Lions - Dimitri and his right-hand man, Dedue.
"Why do I hear a lot of commotion from the dining room?" Dimitri asked Captain Falcon, as Pit was looking starstruck at the Blue Lions leader. "We must be late for breakfast, as I expected. Should've brought everyone here sooner..."
"Don't worry about it - Palutena made the breakfast today," assured Captain Falcon, hoping that Dimitri and Dedue knew about Palutena's culinary shortcomings. "You and your friends just dodged a bullet!"
"What's up, Dimitri!" Pit greeted the blonde man, holding out his hand for some dap. Dimitri, obviously not being hip, just stared at Pit's hand in bewilderment. "Blue Lions, up in the hizzy! WOOT WOOT!"
"Who or what is a 'hizzy'?" Dedue whispered to Claude, who shrugged his shoulders as he tried to give Pit all the benefit of the doubt. It was proving to be quite a challenge for him, though.
"Good morning Pit, I see that you're doing well this..." Dimitri greeted the angel, only to be interrupted when Pit took a photo with himself, Dimitri, Dedue, and Captain Falcon all in the picture. "...what on earth did you just do?"
"Pit just took a group photo of us!" exclaimed Captain Falcon, as Pit was checking out the picture he just took on his cellphone. "Should be one for the memories."
"A group photo? Why would that be even necessary? And how was Pit able to take such a photo on that...foreign device?"
"It's way better than whatever ancient stuff you guys got back home..." retorted Pit, before showing Dimitri and company the group photo. Everyone looked at the photo together. "Don't we all look great?"
"You have fingers on the back of your head," Dedue informed Dimitri, who saw that Captain Falcon was holding two fingers behind his head. Dimitri frowned at Captain Falcon, who smiled innocently.
"I think we should turn on the flash - that way we'll look shinier!" said Pit, as he turned on the flash on his cellphone. "Everyone get together!" So everyone huddled together, and once everybody was in the frame, Pit took the picture...
"AUGH, MY EYES!" Dimitri winced in pain, as the flash from Pit's phone temporarily blinded him. The nobleman had his hand covering his eyes, as he left the kitchen.
"Dimitri, where are you going?" Dedue asked the nobleman, who was looking like a blind man trying to find his way around his home. Dimitri was holding himself against the wall for support.
"I'll be fine, Dedue...just heading to the fitness center, that's all. The nurse there should help me get my eyesight back..." So Dimitri left the kitchen for good, leaving his right-hand man alone with Pit and Captain Falcon.
"Good to know that you're sticking around, my man!" grinned Captain Falcon as he wrapped his arm around Dedue. Dedue didn't have that many people skills, so he was understandably uncomfortable. "You must be more interesting than you look, huh?"
"...I like gardening," confessed Dedue, telling Pit and Captain Falcon a very interesting fact about himself. Both Pit and Captain Falcon were floored.
"You like gardening? So does Viridi!" exclaimed Pit, who could tell that Dedue and Viridi would be the best of friends. Along with Haru, if she was willing. "To the gardens we go!"
"I don't think that would be..." Sadly for Dedue he had no choice in the matter, as Pit grabbed his hand and dragged the commoner out of the kitchen. Captain Falcon, wanting to know Dedue a bit more, tagged along.
Fox and Falco were still upset over the fact that they couldn't sign talented opera singer Dorothea to Star Records. After Dorothea started making demands about going on tour and stuff, negotiations went south in a hurry and there was no turning back. Which meant that Star Records' quest of being diverse (which Falco claimed only served as a means to make money) had yet to be fulfilled.
To keep their minds off of last week's failure, Fox and Falco would pay Mario a visit, wanting to see how the officiant of Fox's wedding was handling himself. Fox stood at Mario's doorstep with Falco as he knocked on the front door.
"We have the menu for the wedding reception sorted out, right?" Falco asked Fox, holding a wedding checklist in his hand. "I heard something about lobster, but I also heard that we would be having seafood..."
"I just wanted to have a regular barbecue, but Krystal was strangely against it," replied Fox, as Falco gave him a crazy look. Obviously Krystal had no taste. "Said that a barbecue wasn't 'formal' enough for the occasion. But we're in America, dang it!"
"Starting to have a lot of doubts about your future wife, Fox. Judging by the many things she turned down during the wedding process, she doesn't seem like the kind of spouse that enjoys fun. It could be an omen!"
"But on the flipside, Krystal could be acting like she doesn't enjoy fun to reel me in. And then, when we actually get married...she'll turn out to be the funnest wife a man could ever have! Gotta stay optimistic."
Krystal: Can't quite recall the last time I've ever been to a wedding where the reception is nothing but an outdoors barbecue...granted I haven't been to many weddings, if at all. I'm just trying to set the standard, something that Fox refuses to do. Fox is all about going against the grain, and doing things his way...and Falco's way. At this point, it almost sounds like I'll be marrying two men at the same time...
Fox: Krystal and I settled on having lobster at our wedding reception. I suggested that we add doughnuts to the menu, but Krystal didn't think that would go hand-in-hand with the lobster. Nobody batted a single eye when some genius put chicken and waffles together...
The front door was opened, and it would be opened by a member of the Blue Lions house, Felix. There was a lot of commotion going on behind Felix, which the swordsman felt relieved to be away from.
"Why did there have to be two of you..." groaned Felix, when he saw Fox and Falco standing on the door. Felix resented giving eye contact, so giving eye contact to two guys at the same time would be too much for him.
"Yo, my guy, where is the man of the house?" Falco questioned Felix, not bothering to greet Felix or ask him how his day was going. It was serious business whenever it came to wedding plans. "You know who we came for!"
"Does it look like I'm some kind of mind reader? Was I supposed to know that you guys would show up? Just go away, you're both eyesores..."
Felix: Dimitri brought all of us to this stupid town, just to spend some downtime at the mansion. Edelgard was the one who put him up to it; at some point Claude will fall in line soon. Honestly if I were to take a vacation away from Fodlan I would go alone by myself, and not have my classmates around...but sometimes we can never have nice things, can we?
"Mario, have you finished typing up the guestbook?" Fox looked behind Felix and called out to Mario, not knowing where the plumber was. "Let me repeat...have you finished typing up the guestbook?"
"Go away, I'm-a busy!" shouted Mario, sounding like he was hanging around upstairs. Mario being present at his house was all that Fox and Falco needed, as the two pilots bum-rushed their way inside.
"Hey what are you...?" Felix questioned Fox and Falco, before the latter stiff-armed the nobleman out of his way. Ready to head upstairs, Fox and Falco would have to come to a stop when they saw Ruby and Yang obstructing their path, along with Spyro and Hunter.
"Uh...what is going on?" questioned Fox, seeing that Ruby and Yang were building something together. A lot of wooden pieces were lying on the floor, next to a few bottles of wood glue.
"We've been forced to build a baby crib for Deanna..." explained Ruby in a bored tone, losing her interest in her task the more she worked. Yang was so bored, that her eyes kept drifting asleep.
"Luigi didn't like any of the cribs he saw while he went out shopping...so we gotta build one for him," added Yang, before letting out a huge sigh. "Had no idea that he would be this picky..."
"Spyro and I are both gonna decorate the crib, after it's all put together," Hunter told Fox and Falco; unlike Spyro, the cheetah kept his distance from Ruby and Yang, thinking that coming in contact with the young women would give him bad luck or something.
"Really, you guys should come at another time, Mario is very busy," Felix told Fox and Falco, who refused to leave the house until they had a word with the wedding officiant. They were that adamant. "Who knows when he'll come down..."
"AAAAAH IT BURNS!" Mario was heard shouting from upstairs in pain, sounding like he burnt his hand or foot. "It burns-a so much! My bladder, it's en fuego!"
"...as I said, Mario is very busy." But that didn't matter in the slightest to Fox and Falco, who maneuvered their way through the living room en route to the stairs.
"Hey, watch it, we're trying to work here!" Yang frowned at Fox and Falco, who didn't even bother seeing where they were going as they caused the half-done baby crib to fall apart. Hunter couldn't help but laugh.
"What part of Mario is busy do you not understand?!" Felix snapped on Fox and Falco, while Hunter was rolling around on the floor laughing hysterically. Fox and Falco stopped and turned around at Felix.
"You're dang right Mario is busy...busy being in pain!" replied Fox, before Mario was heard shouting in pain once more. The plumber's shouts made Fox and Falco all the more motivated. "Which is why we're gonna heal him!"
"Mario is obviously having problems with his prostate," stated Falco, going off of what Mario had said earlier. "Good thing that Fox and I have the healing touch!"
"Yeah, just gotta stick our fingers through Mario's butt hole, and the guy will feel well to go." The thought of Fox and Falco sticking their fingers up in places that don't belong was enough to make Felix and the others cringe.
"Don't really think it works that way..." remarked Spyro, as a man with red hair came down the stairs. It was a fellow classmate of Felix's, from the Blue Lions...Sylvain, the heartthrob.
"It was nice speaking with you, Princess Peach!" Sylvain called out to the princess who was upstairs, before he ran into Fox and Falco. "Ah, Fox and Falco! Care to head over to the mansion with me? Talk to a few ladies?"
"Sorry, but I'm not morally obligated to do so, I'm engaged," replied Fox, before digging into his pocket and showing his engagement ring. Sylvain looked over at Falco, who was trying to look away.
"My girlfriend is super crazy..." Falco told Sylvain, who gave the avian pilot a very understanding nod. Sylvain looked towards Felix, a childhood friend of his.
"Wanna head over to the mansion and hang out with the chicks, Felix?" Sylvain asked the nobleman, who scoffed mightily at the idea. Felix always wondered where Sylvain's head was at. "Or are you too busy flirting with those girls in the living room?"
"Am not, they're working and I do not wish to interrupt them," replied Felix, seeing as Ruby and Yang were frantically trying to put together the baby crib that Fox and Falco inadvertently broke.
"You're making a great life decision..." Hunter informed Felix, who ignored the cheetah. Sylvain, seeing that Felix couldn't be convinced further, shrugged his shoulders.
"Welp, guess that means I'll be flying solo today...see you guys later!" So Sylvain left Mario's house through the screen doors, and shortly after Sylvain left, Fox and Falco went up the stairs to the master bedroom, where they saw Peach with Jennifer.
"Mario's in the bathroom, right?" Fox asked Peach, who nodded her head out of concern; Fox and Falco ran inside the bathroom, and saw Mario sitting on the toilet.
"Ah, that feels much-a better..." said a relieved Mario as he let out a happy sigh, before seeing Fox and Falco standing at the bathroom door. "...Fox? Falco? Can't you let a man use-a the bathroom in peace?"
"Not unless said man will be officiating a wedding pretty soon," replied Fox, who took Mario's health and well-being as serious as Peach did, if not more. "We need you to be in tip-top shape, Mario!"
"We're gonna help you fix your prostate!" added Falco, as he went over to Mario and tried to turn the plumber over. "Just need to see your butt..."
"Mama mia, you're not gonna stick-a your finger where I think you're gonna stick your...PRINCESS PEACH, HELP!"
Long after breakfast was over with, Cilan went ahead and baked another five-layered cheesecake, to avenge the one that was stolen last week by Nia. The connoisseur eventually finished baking the cake, and after much time spent in the kitchen, he opted to take a break - hoping that his cheesecake was still present.
Cilan: Think I know what happened to my cheesecake last week...it seems that whenever I leave the kitchen for more than five minutes, something bad arises! Stove eyes catches on fire, food from a pot boils over, and the lights in the fridge might even go out! Granted, all of those things could happen due to my own negligence, but I know that most people tend to get negligence mixed up with superstition. I'm just a very superstitious guy, that's what it is...
Cilan would hurry back to the kitchen, trying to make it back in time before his five minutes were up and bad voodoo transpired. As the connoisseur neared the kitchen, he heard someone in the kitchen singing.
"Today's dinner is steak and then a cake that's yummy yum..." this person sang their heart out, as Cilan stood near the kitchen entrance with an attentive ear. He didn't bother looking inside the kitchen, for he was too entranced by the song. "Now it's time to fill my tummy tummy tum..."
"We're having steak for dinner tonight?" Cilan furrowed his brow as he stroked his chin, wishing that someone gave him the memo earlier.
"Oh, this mountain of sweets, and treats that I long to eats...oh, stacks of steaks and cakes and crumbs and yums..."
"Such beautiful singing..." The singing wasn't really anything that would blow others away. Perhaps Cilan was just easily impressed. "...I must see who this wonderful voice belongs too!"
So Cilan ran inside the kitchen, and saw Blue Lions member Annette alone by herself. Annette was about to sing another chord, before Cilan tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention.
"Wha...?" Annette turned around and saw Cilan, who was beaming brightly with a wholesome smile. Annette was feeling embarrassed. "...oh, Cilan! You...you didn't hear me singing, did you?"
"Heard every single word!" Cilan happily replied, causing Annette to blush even more. Annette was the kind of person that obviously preferred to sing when absolutely no one was looking.
"Hehehe...and I take it that you saw me dancing as well?" If Cilan did see Annette dance, he would think of the noblewoman as one of the greatest dancers to have ever lived.
"Sadly I didn't, but I'm sure that it was great!" This made Annette blush even harder; Cilan kept on flattering her, a symptom of being too much of a nice guy.
"Please stop, you're really making me blush..." Annette's face was turning beat red, and Cilan couldn't help but find how Annette was reacting rather adorable.
"Tell you what...how about I make it up to you." Cilan placed his hand on Annette's shoulder, slightly relieving the noblewoman of her embarrassment. "I can teach you how to cook!"
"R-Really? You'd do that for me?" Annette was very much intrigued by the offer, as she looked up at Cilan with a smile.
"Dimitri once told me about how much of an affinity you had for cooking. I'd love to show you the ropes, and pass my talents down to someone else."
"Wow, this is so amazing!" Annette, being only an amateur at cooking, was gleeful over getting what was seemingly a chance of a lifetime. "I want to learn as much from you as I possibly can, Cilan!"
"That's the spirit! Love to hear the eagerness! But before we begin..." Cilan looked over at the kitchen counter, and saw his five-layered cheesecake. "...I must make sure that my cheesecake is safe from harm."
"Looks like you really worked hard on that cake." What Annette had said was an understatement; Cilan was looking at the cheesecake like it was his newborn child.
"Worked really hard on the one I baked last week...but it was met with a terrible fate. So making that cheesecake over there was like a chance at redemption!"
"Ever had PTSD from having to babysit a toddler and a newborn baby? I know I have..." Link conversed with Cloud, as the two swordsmen entered the kitchen. Upon arrival, they were pointed at by Cilan.
"Link! Cloud! I want you both to watch over my cheesecake," Cilan asked of the two best friends, who both knew that there was no chance of turning down the connoisseur's offer. Cilan was looking mighty determined. "Annette and I are gonna be cooking up a storm in the kitchen!"
"Soon I'll be the best chef that Foldan has ever seen!" Annette happily told Link and Cloud, shooting for the stars. Hearing that almost made Link laugh, but the Hylian caught himself in time.
"What's the matter, Cilan, can't keep your eye on it?" Cloud questioned the connoisseur, who looked back at his cheesecake just for good measure - and also because he was super paranoid. "Must not be that much of a multi-tasker."
"Annette and I may be making quite a mess in the kitchen, and I can't let a single spot get on my cheesecake!" stated Cilan, grabbing his cheesecake and placing it in the dining room before returning to the kitchen. "Which is why you'll guard my creation, with all your lives."
"Guy wouldn't even let us take the cheesecake into the dining room..." Link whispered to Cloud, able to see the paranoia that Cilan was trying to disguise. "...he's losing his marbles."
"And just because you're guarding the cake doesn't mean that you're allowed to touch it. If I see even the tiniest blemish on my cheesecake, there will be blood shed...but not by me, of course! Now get to it boys! Chop chop!"
Ingrid: Saw Cilan decorating that cheesecake of his earlier. Would be such a shame if someone were to...oh, I dunno...eat some of the cake? *giggles* That would really stink, wouldn't it? *giggles* Wonder who a possible culprit might be...
Sylvain was at the mansion, ready to talk to some ladies, but before he could begin one of the residents had to make sure that the nobleman was equipped. Sylvain was speaking with Sylvain in the hallway, handing him a list.
"This here is a list of all the female residents in the mansion and tower," Wario explained to Sylvain, who was skimming the list from top to bottom. "I had them personally ranked, in terms of hotness...and also viability."
"Viability? What kind of viability are we talking about here?" Sylvain asked Wario, who just wanted to get down with the ladies. He couldn't care less about how "viable" a woman was.
"A woman's viability is a measure of how able they are to get along with you. The more viable a woman is, the least likely she is to turn you down, or even outright attack you! A highly viable woman is girlfriend material, and a woman at the opposite end of the spectrum..."
"...is a kind of woman that I should steer clear of. Got it." Sylvain saw two princesses walking by, Zelda and Researcher Zelda. "Hey, how about I flirt with those lovely princesses?"
"Now wait a minute, Sylvain!" It was too late, for Sylvain had caught up to the two Zeldas and stood in front of them, stopping their progress. "Oy vey..."
"How's it going, ladies?" Sylvain grinned at the two Zeldas, who felt like turning around and walking away. But they knew that if they did, Sylvain would be hot on their heels. "Lovely weather we're having, isn't it?"
"We're trying to head to the library, if you don't mind..." Researcher Zelda kindly told Sylvain, as she and Zelda tried to move past the nobleman. But Sylvain wouldn't let the two princess get past him.
"The library, huh? You two must enjoy reading books, is that right? What a coincidence - I love reading books too! I really enjoy reading fantasy books - epic tales about a legendary hero saving the world and stuff."
"Starting to think that he's lying..." Zelda whispered to Researcher Zelda, while Sylvain kept running his mouth about his favorite genres - many of which he never even read before. It was all about making a good impression.
"...and I also enjoy reading poetry, but I prefer reading just simple poems. The longer ones are way too deep, and really make my brain hurt. So, ladies...what things do you like to read?"
"The same things, more or less," Researcher Zelda gingerly smiled at Sylvain, before grabbing Zelda's hand and storming down the hallway. "We really have to go - we're gonna be pretty late!"
"Pretty late for what?" wondered Sylvain as he scratched his head in confusion, as the two Zeldas stormed down the hallway. Wario came over to Sylvain. "Wario, what did I wrong? Zelda and Researcher Zelda were both pretty high in hotness AND viability!"
"You could've had a chance with Researcher Zelda - she was just pretty hesitant," replied Wario, as a confused Sylvain looked thoroughly at his list. "As for Zelda...you might wanna take a second look at the list."
"Lemme see..." Sylvain took a gander at the list, and saw an asterisk right next to Zelda's name. "...this asterisk means something, right?"
"It means that the regular Zelda is already taken...by Link." Sylvain snapped his fingers; he should've known that Link and Zelda were together from the get-go. "Any woman who has an asterisk by their name means that they're in a relationship."
"Then why did you add the women who are already taken to the list?" Poor Sylvain was feeling stupid about himself, making himself look like a fool in front of Zelda.
"Because you may never know when a lady's on the market again. Which is why you should always keep a close eye on your prospects." Sylvain seemed to like the way Wario was thinking, as he smiled and pointed his finger at the fatso.
"I see...that's some good thinking, Wario. There's plenty of fish for me to reel in here at the mansion...good-looking fish, I might add. I will take this list to heart!"
"Right on, my friend! Now go and make me proud!"
Being the very religious person that she was, Blue Lions student Mercedes often found herself praying. Due to the chaos going on within the mansion, Mercedes was unable to find a quiet spot to pray at...until she came across the Pokemon sanctuary. It was at this sanctuary that Mercedes met a bunch of Pokemon, namely a Gulpin, Swalot, and Munchlax.
"Would you like some more pumpkin seeds?" Mercedes asked the three Pokemon she was hanging out with in the sanctuary. "Here you go!" Mercedes gave the pumpkin seeds to the trio of Pokemon, looking on with a smile.
"Munchlax!" cried Munchlax, as he reached out for the bag of pumpkin seed that Mercedes was holding. Mercedes would hold the bag away from the big eater Pokemon, before wagging her finger at him.
"No, no, no...I'm afraid that's enough pumpkin seeds for you." Munchlax strongly opposed this, as he stomped his foot on the floor in anger. "These are the only pumpkin seeds that I..."
"BEGONE WITH YOU, SATANIC FIEND!" Simon was heard shouting from afar, before the sound of Pikachu squealing was heard. Mercedes gasped, for it sounded as if Pikachu's life was in danger.
"What could that be all about...?" wondered Mercedes, as she left, Munchlax, Gulpin, and Swalot all alone by themselves. Munchlax would look at the Gulpin and Swalot, rubbing his hands devilishly with a devious smile...
Meanwhile, Mercedes ran to an open room in the Pokemon sanctuary, where she saw Simon threatening Pikachu and Pichu with his chain whip. Pikachu and Pichu were shivering from head to toe, held back against a wall.
"Pika pika!" Pikachu tried to plead his case to Simon, who looked determined to kill the mouse Pokemon and Pichu for whatever reason.
"I have heard enough from you!" shouted Simon as he cracked his whip across the floor, intimidating both Pikachu and Pichu. "Now you must meet your end!"
"Leave them alone!" Mercedes confronted Simon, standing between the vampire hunter and Pikachu as she held her arms out to the side. "What have those Pokemon ever done to you?"
"Simon, are you messing with the Pokemon again?" asked Red the Pokemon Trainer, as he and Leaf showed up at the scene. Seeing everybody looking at him, Simon had no choice but to come clean.
"The Pokemon that live in this sanctuary are nothing but devilish beings," the vampire hunter explained, proving to the others how crazy and delusional he was. "They're secretly knights in Satan's Service!"
"I though that was the initials of the KISS band..." Red whispered to Leaf, who shrugged her shoulders.
Lloyd: Hehe...I found a funny article online one day, about how Pokemon are demonic creatures that are meant to corrupt children. I showed the article to Simon, and expected him to laugh...but instead he started screaming and knocking down everything in sight with his whip. I guess he's too manly to laugh, so he expresses his amusement in something by screaming and acting violent instead. I'd hate to see him at Disney World.
"But Pokemon are nice, lovely creatures," defended Mercedes, no matter how adamant Simon was in refusing to change his mind. "Sure some might be more scary than others, but Pokemon for the most part..."
"...Pokemon for the most part are EVIL!" interjected Simon, making Mercedes jump back in fright by whipping his chain whip in the air. "They're meant to send little children down the wrong path, and send them into a demonic realm."
"That's weird, because none of that stuff ever happened to me," remarked Leaf; with Simon's logic, Pokemon professors such as Oak must be truly Satanic beings for introducing young children to demons and stuff.
"You and Red had your lives spared, somehow...but for what it's worth, it's a good thing that Master Hand kept the devilish Pokemon away in this sanctuary, so they wouldn't corrupt the youth. However, the Pokemon must be destroyed at whatever cost!"
"Really hate that we have to do this..." sighed Red, taking out his Poke Ball and sending out Charizard. Leaf would send out her own Charizard, having to teach the heavily convinced Simon a lesson.
"Mercedes, you might wanna leave...this might get ugly," Leaf advised the young woman, who nodded her head as she retreated. With Simon ready to take on two Charizards by himself, Mercedes quickly returned to where Munchlax and company were.
"Hello, you three, I'm back..." Mercedes greeted the Munchlax, Gulpin, and Swalot...who were no longer present. Mercedes grew afraid, as she looked around. "...Munchlax? Gulpin? Swalot? Where are you?"
Samus was in the workshop, working hard as always, when Sylvain entered. Samus was ranked high in terms of hotness, but low in viability - something that Sylvain might've overlooked. Meaning that the nobleman could be setting himself up for failure.
"Samus Aran!" Sylvain called out to the bounty hunter, who rolled her eyes and kept on working. Didn't even want to know who was speaking to her. "It's me, Sylvain. I see you're doing pretty well."
"Obviously someone here doesn't value his life as much..." mumbled Samus, as Sylvain drew closer to the bounty hunter. Merely laying his finger on Samus could potentially end the nobleman's life.
"My goodness, you're always working, aren't you? Looks to me like you could use an assistant. And if you ask me, I'm the perfect assistant a lady could ask for!"
"Thanks, but no thanks - I prefer to handle my own work. I don't need anyone's help." Sylvain was very much impressed by Samus' attitude, as he smiled.
"Ooh, you must be an independent woman...that's my ideal type. Any type of woman is my ideal type, if we're being honest here."
"I know you must be a sweet guy and all...but can you please leave me alone?" Samus got up and turned around at Sylvain, looking at the nobleman with a very sincere look. "I'm not the kind of girl that gets along well with others..."
"Doesn't matter to me! I can vibe with pretty much anyone. Moody girls, anti-social girls, timid girls...no woman is off-limits to me!"
As expected, Sylvain's interaction with Samus ended poorly, as the nobleman exited the workshop with a black eye. Sonic happened to pass by the workshop, when he took sight of Sylvain.
"Woah, Sylvain! You look like you got into one heck of a bar fight," Sonic said to the nobleman, before realizing the very room that Sylvain walked out of. "Or were you mess with Samus?"
"I wasn't messing with Samus - I was just trying to make a move on her," replied Sylvain, wondering how things went south between him and Samus. Common sense would give him the answer.
"Yeah you wouldn't like Samus when she's busy. Then again, she's busy all the time...even when she shouldn't be. Shows ya how anti-social she is."
"Another one bites the dust, I'm afraid...thought I could be the one to give Samus a change of heart, but evidently Samus is pretty opposed to change!"
Samus: Believe me, there is absolutely no positives when it comes to being attractive. Any dude that you come across will literally delude himself into thinking that they would have a chance with you, and they'll do anything to make you their own. Sometimes I wish that I was born ugly...
"This is such a wonky list..." said Sylvain as he took out the list of ladies that Wario had given him. "...all the girls on this list that are rated as hot are the least viable. And the ones that are the most viable, are already taken!"
"Maybe there's a big reason why that's the case..." remarked Sonic, wanting to cite Samus as a major example. The hedgehog came over to Sylvain, putting his hand on the nobleman's back. "...what you need is some guidance, from a guy who's already in love!"
"That's what I need! A guy who knows what's like to be in a relationship, showing me the ropes. Your girlfriend is Amy Rose, right?"
"Yep! And I've been with her long enough to know the ups and downs of flirting with chicks. Just follow my advice, and I guarantee that you won't be single by the time you head back home!"
"I'll need all the guidance that I can possibly get. Show me your ways, Sonic!"
Ruby and Yang were finished working on the baby crib that fox and Falco accidentally wrecked, and Spyro and Hunter did the honors of painting said crib. Luigi was brought over to the Mario household, to see the finished baby crib for Deanna.
"I better be compensated for this..." grumbled Felix, who was asked by Luigi to cover his hands in front of the plumber's eyes. It was to add an "element of surprise" to the reveal.
"Okay, you can take away your hands-a now!" Luigi told Felix, who took his hands away from the plumber's eyes. Luigi now looking a baby crib in the living room, which was purple in color.
"Ta-da!" exclaimed Ruby, as she and Yang presented the baby crib to Luigi. So far, Luigi wasn't looking as impressed, as he furrowed his brow. "So, Luigi, what do you think of the crib?"
"I mean, it looks nice and all...but I don't-a like the color." Spyro and Hunter, who did the painting, were both less than satisfied.
"But I thought you said it could be any color!" Spyro said to Luigi, thinking that he and Hunter did a great job.
"Yes, I did-a say that...but I said that it had-a to be any color that is gold! But what I should-a have said was any shade-a of gold...hehe, my bad."
"No problem, we can just paint right over the purple! We'll paint the crib in dark gold, or even darker gold!"
"Nah, the original paint will bleed-a through...Ruby and Yang will just have to put another baby crib-a together." Ruby and Yang were both left in shambles, as Hunter pointed and laughed at the two ladies.
"Ha ha, it sucks to be you!" Hunter laughed away, before Mario was heard screaming from upstairs. Concerned, Luigi ran upstairs, with Felix following after him...
...and once upstairs, Luigi and Felix saw Mario on the floor, naked from the waist down, while being pinned down by Fox and Falco. So many questions were running through Luigi's head.
"Those two have been here for a while now," Felix explained to Luigi, who was bewildered by the very strange sight that he was seeing. "But I had no idea that they were doing...this, the whole time..."
"Mario let us stick our fingers through your butt!" Falco shouted at the plumber, who was screaming for help. Too bad his help was too disturbed to do anything. "Together, we can fix your prostate!"
"But you're not-a even doctors!" retorted Mario, before he saw Luigi and Felix standing near the staircase with disturbed looks. "Luigi, Felix, help-a me out!"
"I...should head back downstairs," Felix told Luigi, quickly retreating down the steps. Luigi continued to stand there, almost frozen. "You're on your own on this one..."
"Mario if you let us stick our fingers through your butt, then all your dreams will come true," Fox did his best to entice the plumber, although nothing he nor Falco said seemed to work. "Why do you resist us?"
"Because-a this is stupid!" Mario replied angrily, trying to wiggle his way out of Fox and Falco's grasp but to no avail. "And my urinating problem seems-a to be gone. So get off-a of me!"
"Doesn't mean that you don't have a prostate problem. But thankfully, Falco and I have the healing touch! Now if you would just give us a chance..."
"Where on earth-a is Peach..." wondered Luigi as he hurried over to the master bedroom, where he found Peach; the princess was still playing with Jennifer. "...Princess-a Peach, aren't you aware of what-a Fox and Falco are doing to Mario? Can you deal-a with them?"
"Mario is a grown man; he can handle those two himself," Peach responded with a smile - didn't sound like the princess want anything to do with Fox and Falco.
Sylvain was now receiving guidance from Sonic, and the nobleman was strolling with the hedgehog through the mansion looking for some hot babes. Sylvain would eventually find a gal, in Mitsuru.
"Mitsuru Kirijo..." said Sylvain, recognizing who Mitsuru was, as he took out Wario's list and searched for Mitsuru's name. The nobleman was very much delighted by Mitsuru's placement. "...ah! She's high in both hotness and viability!"
"I'd be lying if I said that Mitsuru wasn't a smoking hot babe," remarked Sonic, a hundred percent confident that Mitsuru would be the perfect girlfriend for Sylvain. "You would definitely have a chance with her!"
"Well, what move should I make on her? Should I ask her about her day? Or would that be too predictable of a question to ask?"
"Try asking her out for dinner, that'll hook her in. Insinuating it would make it even better!"
"Easier done than said! What could possibly go wrong?" So Sylvain approached Mitsuru, who was putting on the red necklace from the last episode around her neck.
Mitsuru: Mario gave me back my necklace sooner than I thought - he promised to give it back the next day, but he returned it about an hour later. Which must mean that he planned on stealing it...Peach was right about Mario always wanting to over-indulge her with unnecessary gifts. Good to know that Mario had some second doubts - he's still a good guy, after all.
Right after putting on her necklace, Mitsuru turned around and walked down the hallway - only to run into the grinning Sylvain. Sonic quickly hid behind a vase in the hallway, so he could watch Sylvain flirt from afar.
"Hello...Sylvain," Mitsuru greeted the nobleman, sounding very surprised but not annoyed. Things were starting off right for Sylvain so far. "Figured that I would run into you eventually."
"You look great today, Mitsuru - especially with that necklace on!" Sylvain complimented the young woman, thinking that complimenting her necklace would give him some brownie points. "You were about to invite me out to dinner, weren't you? I accept!"
"Actually, I planned on going out shopping with a few of my lady friends. There's a new retail store that opened up not so far from here."
"That's nice! So what are we shopping for? New clothes? Some accessories? Maybe some furniture for this mansion?"
"Um, who said that you were invited? Not sure if you were listening, but I'm going shopping with my lady friends..."
"Everyone knows that a bunch of girls need a strong man to protect them when they're out shopping! Gotta protect the girls, amirite?"
"Please stop, you're going to make me laugh...if I needed a bodyguard, then you're probably the last person that I would ask."
"Aw c'mon, don't be like that! Sure I may not look much, but when it comes down to it, I can get the job done!"
"Brush back your hair...it makes the ladies go wild," Sonic whispered to Sylvain, who did as he was told as he brushed back his hair with his hand. And Mitsuru...did not go wild. In fact she looked unimpressed.
"Well...good chat," Mitsuru would finish off the conversation, as she walked past Sylvain and continued down the hallway. Sylvain grunted in failure, as Sonic appeared from behind the vase.
"Think I got her at the wrong time..." assumed Sylvain, as Sonic gave the nobleman an encouraging pat on the back. "...if only she wasn't in such the mood for shopping."
"The timing might've been off, but you still have a chance to redeem yourself," Sonic told Sylvain, as he and nobleman walked down the hallway. "How about we head next door to the tower?"
Annette was learning so much from Cilan, as the connoisseur was giving the noblewoman quite the cooking lesson. Had Annette doing all sorts of things in the kitchen like dicing tomatoes, which she was doing right now.
"Make sure not to cut off your fingers!" Cilan advised Annette, monitored the noblewoman; Annette was chopping away at a very fast pace, her eyes glued to the cutting board. "That's how we found missing fingers in our chili, that one time."
"Missing fingers in your WHAT?" Annette stopped chopping and looked up at Cilan, with a concerned look; would be a bad look if the fingers Cilan was talking about were his very own...
"No, wait, it wasn't our chili...it was the Yiga Clan's chili! They were the ones who made the chili, it was for their leader, Master Kohga! I was in the kitchen when the incident transpired."
"Oh my...that must've been a pretty gruesome sight..."
Master Kohga: Our first time ever making chili, and one of my underlings had to ruin it by cutting off his fingers. Said that chopping fast made him "look like a pro"...bah! We only made the chili to avoid eating Chef Kawasaki's "Famous" Chili, mind you - he was forcing that crap on us for months on end!
"How's it coming along, you two?" Cilan walked into the dining room and asked Link and Cloud, who were watching over the five-layered cheesecake. Link looked tired and sleepy, whereas Cloud was restless.
"Hanging in there!" replied Link, as Cilan gave the swordsmen a thumbs up before returning to the kitchen. Shortly after Cilan had left, Link yawned. "Man this is getting so boring..."
"We could split up our duties," suggested Cloud, unaware of Ingrid who was sneaking around the dining room. "I can watch over the cheesecake by myself for a certain amount of time, and you can do the same."
"Oh, so we can just take turns watching over the cake? Sounds like a good plan, that way I won't be so tired and I can rest...my eyes."
Link looked over and saw Ingrid, who had her hand reached out towards the cheesecake. The noblewoman was caught in the act, by Link and Cloud.
"Dearest me, I must've dropped my contact lens..." said Ingrid she knelt down at the floor, searching for her imaginary contact lens. So close, yet so far...
"Well that sucks...sure hope...you find your contact lens..." Link said to Ingrid, who stood back up and flashed a smile at both Link and Cloud.
"Sorry for getting in your way - I should get going now." Ingrid was about to leave the dining room, but Cloud wasn't willing to let the noblewoman off the hook.
"Did you find your contact lens or not?" the swordsman asked Ingrid, who immediately stopped in place and bit her lower thumb. How could Ingrid possibly get herself out of this pickle of a situation.
"Yes, I found them - I should put them back in, before I lose them again." So Ingrid placed the imaginary contact lens back in her eye, as Link and Cloud observed the noblewoman. Ingrid had her back turned to the swordsmen, making it hard for them to determine the noblewoman's honesty.
"Glad you found your contact lens," Link said to Ingrid, who just flashed a smile at the Hylian and Cloud before retreating. Link then turned to Cloud and asked the following question: "Do they even have contact lens back at Fodlan?"
"Fodlan must be advancing faster than we thought..." remarked Cloud, who found Ingrid's behavior to be awfully suspicious. Link found it suspicious as well.
Sylvain followed Sonic to the tower, on the hunt for the ladies. The nobleman would find Yuri standing around in the hallway, with her Camera Obscura.
"She seems pretty ripe for the taking," commented Sylvain, after he consulted Wario's list. Yuri happened to be one of the more viable ladies. "So Sonic, how do you think I should approach her?"
"Tell Yuri that she's far more prettier than any picture on that camera of hers," suggested Sonic, who didn't think that the suggestion he gave wasn't cheesy at all. "She'll fall head over heels for it!"
"Worth a shot..." So Sylvain walked up to Yuri, and Sonic hid himself inside a room so he could watch Sylvain from afar. Yuri was looking through the pictures on her Camera Obscura, before looking up at Sylvain and jumping back a little.
"My goodness...you almost scared me," Yuri said to Sylvain, smiling with her hand on her chest. "Please don't startle me like that!"
"Not my fault that you were too much into that camera of yours!" grinned Sylvain, as he folded his arms behind his head. "And speaking of which, your smile is far more beautiful than any picture you've ever taken."
"Are you only saying that to make me feel good? Because if we're being honest here, it's not working."
"You know I'm telling the truth. Seeing you smile like that, after you seemed so frightened...makes me wanna smile, too."
"Seriously, why are you being so nice to me for? I know you aren't trying to flirt with me..."
"I'm just complimenting on your looks that's all. It's not my fault that I love to speak whatever's on my mind!"
"As far as I know, flirting is the only thing you seem to be capable of. See where that will get you..."
"Put your hand on her shoulder, and bring her in..." Sonic whispered to Sylvain, who grabbed Yuri by the shoulder and pulled the woman closer to him.
"Look, I'm not being disingenuous or anything - I'm just letting you know how I really feel," Sylvain told Yuri, who was beginning to feel rather uncomfortable. "Girls like you can handle the truth, right?"
"I really need to get going..." said Yuri as she slapped Sylvain's arm away, before heading down the hallway. "...Miu is probably waiting on me." Yuri kept walking down the hallway, as Sylvain looked on.
"...and she's off." Sylvain, after watching in defeat, went over to where Sonic was, the hedgehog hiding in the room. "Did the best I could, but it wasn't enough..."
"She may not seem as much, but Yuri is the kind of girl that can get easily flustered," stated Sonic; Tiki showed up at the bedroom door, peering down at Sonic.
"Sonic, what are you doing inside my room?" Tiki asked the hedgehog, who jumped back in fright and looked up at the Manakete. Sylvain saw Tiki, and saw a great flirting opportunity looming.
"Tiki...you look very pretty today, as always," Sylvain said to the Manakete, while Sonic was motioning the nobleman to stop. However, Sylvain didn't notice. "Care to join me for a cup of tea?"
"I'd love to, but I'll be pretty busy today." As Tiki gave Sylvain a heartfelt smile, Sonic looked down the hallway, hoping that a certain someone wouldn't show up.
"Whatever it is, I'm sure it can wait. I mean, who would pass up on the opportunity of having some tea? I know I wouldn't!"
"Back away from my woman, you skirt-chasing pervert!"
Sylvain soon looked over to his left, and saw Cortex and Uka; the former had his ray gun out, and was pointing it at the nobleman.
Sylvain: Tiki didn't have an asterisk beside her name...thought for sure that she was available...
Wario: Contrary to popular belief, Dr. Cortex and Tiki are NOT a couple. Neither are they in love with each other - the relationship can't have any one-sided love. Moreover, Cortex and Tiki would have to be the right fit for each other - and Cortex isn't the right fit for Tiki. He's not even the right fit for just about any woman on this earth!
"Dr. Cortex, it's not what you think..." Tiki wanted to plead her case to the evil genius, only to be silence when the angered Cortex put his hand up.
"Hush, Tiki...it's not you who's at fault here," Cortex told the Manakete, before he intensified his glare at Sylvain. "...it's this skirt-chaser that must pay!"
"Please don't shoot me, this is just a big misunderstanding!" Sylvain pleaded to Cortex, as he waved his hands in front of him. "I just didn't know!"
"How could you not? You're ignorant fool...I did my best to protect Tiki from perverted men like you, but evidently I haven't been trying hard enough!"
"I got carried away, that's all it is! I made an honest mistake. You believe me, don't you?"
"Ha, as if...get him, goose!" Right on command, the goose showed up, running past Cortex as he chased the screaming Sylvain down the hallway.
"Hey, wait up for me!" Sonic called out to Sylvain, as he chased after the nobleman. Cortex would put his ray gun away, as he approached Tiki.
"So, my lady, are you ready for our...tea party?" Cortex asked Tiki with a smile, as Uka assumed that Tiki would be better off with Sylvain rather than Cortex.
With Dimitri likely at the fitness center (provided that he even made it there in time), his right-hand man Dedue was in the mansion's gardens with Pit and Captain Falcon, while Viridi, Haru, and Olimar were gardening and such.
"I had no idea that you were interested in gardening, Dedue," Haru said to the commoner, while she watered a few flowers. Dedue was just standing there, not moving a single inch.
"Gardening is one of my many passions," stated Dedue, proving with his short sentence that he wasn't much for conversation. Something that Haru and the others picked up on initially.
"You look pretty tense, Dedue," said Olimar, as he watched over his Pikmin arranging several flower pots. "Are you socially awkward or something?"
"No I am not socially awkward...I'm just worried about Dimitri. I haven't seen him ever since he was temporarily blinded by that light from Pit's device."
"Why are you so worried about Dimitri for?" asked Pit, thinking that Dedue couldn't possibly live his life without Dimitri...and he wasn't wrong, in that regard. "Is he like your homeboy or something?"
"I wouldn't say that Dimitri is my 'homeboy', so to speak...but he's someone that I would put my life on the line over. He's treated me well after my region was destroyed."
"I dunno, that sounds like something a homeboy would do..."
Captain Falcon: First he said hizzy and now he said homeboy...Pit reminds me of those white boys that find a bunch of hood slang terms online, and then start using them in their everyday vocabulary to trick people into thinking that they're cool. Then again, considering that Pit himself...is white...
"Haru, are you still busy?" Mitsuru asked the heiress, as she showed up in the gardens. Still had on her red necklace. "Me and a few other ladies are going shopping at the new store. You in?"
"Thanks, Mitsuru, but I'm afraid I can't go," replied Haru, as Mitsuru gave an understanding nod. There was always next time for Haru. "Still have a lot of work to do in the garden today."
"Keep up the good work, then. Hopefully you'll get to go shopping with us one day. At least we won't have to worry about Sylvain, wanting to be our 'bodyguard'...can't believe he tried to flirt with me."
"Sylvain tried to flirt with you?!" questioned Dedue, with an angry frown; he was aware of Sylvain's skirt-chasing tendencies, and he and Dimitri did everything they could to keep the nobleman in check.
"He wanted to see if I would invite him out to dinner, and then he he tried to tag along with me on my shopping trip. He's a tenacious one, I'll give him that..."
"I must inform Dimitri about this right away." Dedue would leave the garden, needing to inform Dimitri about Sylvain's behavior. "Should be at the fitness center, provided that he even made it there..."
Common sense would tell Sylvain to stop flirting, but the nobleman was still determined to land at least one chick before heading back home. After being chased out of the tower by the goose, Sylvain followed Sonic to Luigi's home.
"Yuffie has been single, for as long as I know what," Sonic said to Sylvain, who was about to ring Luigi's doorbell when he turned around and saw a young woman walking from the garden shed. "If you can't snag her, you're toast!"
"What about her?" Sylvain asked sonic as he pointed at Ruby, who had left from the garden shed carrying a bunch of wood. Sonic looked at Ruby, scratching his chin in thought.
"Ruby Rose? I think you'd have a good chance with her. She has a bit of a fetish for weapons, so if you talk weapons with her, then she'll swoon in an instant!"
"Should be easy enough!" So Sylvain whistled over to Ruby, grabbing her attention, while Sonic hid himself in the nearby shrubbery. Ruby looked at Sylvain, before looking around and heading over to the nobleman.
"I believe that you called me over?" Ruby asked Sylvain, who had a beaming smile on his face. Sylvain brushed his hair back, although it got no reaction from Ruby.
"You remember who I am, don't you Ruby? Sylvain, from the Blue Lions! But of course you should remember me...we were chatting at Mario's house earlier today."
"Yes, I remember...and you practically drove off Weiss and Blake. Maybe they just wanted some fresh air, or peace and quiet."
Blake: That Sylvain guy tried to flirt with me...and I didn't want any of it. Which is why Weiss and I escaped here, to the mansion's library, just so we could get away from...
Weiss: Aw, why did I have to come too, Blake? I personally didn't mind Sylvain as much!
Blake: Shut up and keep filing my nails for me...also, I think you missed a finger.
"I imagined that you and Yang would be done working on that baby crib for Luigi," Sylvain said to Ruby, wondering why the young woman went to the garden shed.
"We were supposed to, but Spyro and Hunter painted the crib in a color that Luigi didn't like," stated Ruby, before looking down at the ground and heaving a sigh. "So now we have to start back all over again..."
"Well that sucks. Didn't know that a guy like Luigi would be so picky, but hey, what do I know?"
"Talk to her about weapons...and that scythe of hers," sonic whispered to Sylvain, knowing how fond Ruby was about weaponry and stuff.
"So I've heard that you like weapons." Ruby soon perked up, as Sylvain touched upon perhaps her biggest interest. "What do you fancy? Swords, knives, battle axes, or what? What's your preferred choice?"
"Oh my, where do I begin..." pondered Ruby as she sighed happily, almost dropping the pieces of wood on the doorstep. "...guess you could say that I like swords."
"Great choice! I like to consider myself a sword person myself - makes you feel strong, brave, and graceful holding it. But would you prefer a sword over, I don't know...your scythe?"
"I would never put anything above my scythe. It's gotten me out of trouble, plenty of times."
"Oh I bet! And I think I saw your scythe lying around in Mario's house, in your room. Looks pretty cool."
"Y-You really think so?" Ruby got even more giddy, as Sylvain smiled and nodded his head.
"Meant every word I said! Hey, after you and Yang are done with that crib, maybe you should show how your scythe works."
"Yes, I'd love to! Hurry - we have no time to waste!" So Ruby grabbed Sylvain's hand, taking the nobleman to Mario's home. Sonic poked his head out of the shrubbery afterwards, and pumped his fist.
"We're in business, baby!" the hedgehog cheered quietly, as he followed after Ruby and Sylvain.
Blue Lions member and noted bookworm Ashe loved reading books at the library, and at the mansion library it was no different. Seated a table across from where Weiss and Blake were sitting at, Ashe was reading a book and was so into it that he couldn't look away.
"All these twists and turns...more than what I expected from an adventure book," commented Ashe, before he heard a loud grunting sound nearby. And it certainly didn't come from Weiss nor Blake. Ashe looked over and saw Simon, reading book while standing.
"Nothing in this book about destroying Pokemon..." frowned Simon as he aggressively flipped through the pages, before slamming the book shut and glancing at the author's name on the book cover. "...Professor Elm, you are a FRAUD!"
"Um, I don't mean to bother you, but that's a book about Pokemon breeding," Ashe pointed out to Simon, who dumbfoundedly looked at the title of the book. "I should know, I read it before."
"I should've known...these demonic creatures are practically breeding, so they can lead more and more young children astray! Our youth is so doomed..."
"Simon, are you still paranoid about Pokemon?" asked Terry as he confronted the vampire hunter; obviously neither Red nor Leaf could get through Simon. Simon grabbed Terry, and shook him silly.
"How can one be paranoid when they're dealing with the truth? Pokemon are walking, breathing demons, and I'll be the one to reveal the truth!"
"Take it easy, pal...what you're believing in is just some dumb conspiracy stuff from the nineties. Let it go already!"
"Let it go I shall not! The general populace must know the truth about Pokemon, one way or another."
Terry: Remind me to never introduce Simon to the Harry Potter series...now with Richter, I'm sure he wouldn't mind.
"I think you really need to relax," Ashe said to Simon, who let go of Terry and placed the Pokemon book on breeding back on the bookshelf. "All that paranoia is going to your head!"
"Once again, you can't be paranoid about the truth," stated Simon, before marching away as he was about to leave the library. "Everyone will learn, one day. Time to go find Richter..."
"Sorry you had to put up with that, kid," Terry apologized to Ashe, who honestly didn't look that unfettered by Simon's crazy mannerisms. "Simon can act pretty crazy when it comes to demonic conspiracy stuff!"
"I bet he is - hope he comes around soon," responded Ashe, before he saw Mercedes enter the library. Mercedes would make her way over to Ashe. "Hey Mercedes, all done at the Pokemon sanctuary?"
"Yes I am - just passed by Simon on my way here," replied Mercedes, before looking back and making a concerned look on her face. "He won't stop talking about how 'evil' Pokemon are..."
"Yeah, apparently he was researching some ways to destroy Pokemon for good. It's such a good thing that you're nothing like him, Mercedes!"
"I would never, in my life, stoop down to Simon's level." Mercedes started to giggle, and Ashe lightly giggled along with her. "Oh, and speaking of Pokemon...have you seen a Munchlax around?"
"I haven't - kept myself here in the library throughout the day. Honestly have no idea what's going on out in the mansion!"
"I'm afraid that the Munchlax escaped from the mansion, along with a Gulpin and a Swalot. Where could they be...?"
Cilan's cooking lessons were almost finished, and Annette was learning a lot in the kitchen. The noblewoman was making some chili with Cilan, and had learned many cooking tips and tricks under the connoisseur's watch.
"Yes, Annette, keep stirring that pot!" Cilan encouraged the noblewoman, as the pot of chili on the stove was simmering away. "Stir it like you mean it!"
"Can I add in the cayenne pepper now?" asked Annette, as Cilan gave the noblewoman a thumbs up; Annette added a dash of crushed pepper into the pot of chili, before she resumed stirring.
"Nothing like some cayenne pepper to add a touch of flavor to our chili! Might make the chili hot, but what chili isn't hot anyways?"
"I'm so happy you're giving me this cooking lesson, Cilan. Very soon Dimitri will see how great of a cook I really..."
"BACK AWAY FROM THE CAKE, WOMAN!" Link was heard shouting from the dining room, cutting off Annette. Annette stopped stirring, as she followed Cilan into the dining room...
...and there she found Ingrid, armed with a spoon, facing off against Link and Cloud who were armed with their Master Sword and Buster Sword, respectively. Take a guess as to how this showdown even transpired.
"Ingrid what are you doing?!" shouted Annette, grabbing the attention of her fellow noblewoman. Hearing Annette sound distressed made Ingrid feel bad.
"I just want one bite of that cheesecake," replied Ingrid, with Link and Cloud standing in her way to the cheesecake on the dining room table. "One meager bite won't be so bad, right?"
"No one is allowed to lay a single finger on that cake!" shouted Cilan as he pointed at Ingrid, trying to put the noblewoman in her place. "You touch my cheesecake, and there will be blood shed..."
"You have got to be joking...you look like you can't even hurt a fly. I reckon that your Pokemon could put up a better fight than you."
"Right you are..." Taking out his Poke Ball, Cilan sent out his signature Pokemon, Simisage. "...Simisage, remove Ingrid from the premises!"
"Put your Simisage away, Cilan, we got this," Cloud told the connoisseur, in disbelief that he and Link would beat up a woman of nobility over some cheesecake. What were the odds? "You trusted us enough to guard your cake..."
"He's right, just put your Pokemon away..." said Ingrid, although Cilan refused to lower his guard. Not when his cheesecake was in danger.
"We shouldn't handle this violently," Annette advised Cilan; the noblewoman really wanted to finish her cooking lesson on time. "Things might get reckless!"
"There will be no violence of the sort, we'll handle this like adults," assured Cilan, before looking towards Link and Cloud. "Link, Cloud...off with her head!"
"Off with her what now?!" Link questioned Cilan, who did a neck-slicing hand motion over his neck. Ingrid was feeling nervous. "Cilan, it's just cheesecake!"
"Just cheesecake? JUST CHEESECAKE?! You think that I would afford to have a second cheesecake that I made to be wrongfully devoured?"
"Cilan you need to chill out, you're taking this way too far!" Annette told the connoisseur, who wanted justice to be dealt no matter what. "What about our cooking lesson? The chili!"
"Our cooking lesson will resume...right after we ensure that the cheesecake will be safe and sound. Now, Link and Cloud...off with her head!"
Suddenly the cheesecake was seemingly being lifted up, as everyone looked over at the dining room table. The cheesecake was being lifted up by a certain Pokemon, one that escaped from the Pokemon sanctuary earlier. It was Munchlax.
"He's got the cake!" shouted Ingrid as she pointed at Munchlax, who jumped down from the dining room table. No way was Cilan gonna let some Pokemon get away with his culinary creation.
"Get back here!" the connoisseur shouted as he ran after Munchlax, only to trip and fall on the floor. With Munchlax having gotten away, Cilan angrily slammed his fists on the floor as Ingrid patted him on the back.
"I can make it up to you, Cilan, and get the cheesecake back. Or would you rather let your 'bodyguards' handle it instead?"
"Stupid Munchlax..." mumbled Cilan, his voiced muffled since he was faceplanting on the floor, as he slammed his fists once more.
Ruby and Yang were finished putting together a second baby crib, and Spyro and Hunter did the honors of painting it in a light gold color. Sylvain and Felix were there in the living room, to see the final product.
"Looks great, Ruby!" Sylvain complimented the young woman, giving a thumbs up as Ruby smiled. Felix looked away and shook his head.
Sylvain: I just couldn't live without my own failure. And where did it lead me? Back to Mario's home. *grins* Sometimes, you just gotta let things come full circle.
Also present were Sonic, who wanted to see how Sylvain would vibe with Ruby, and Luigi, who wanted to see the crib. Luigi was easily impressed.
"Now THAT'S what you call a crib!" Luigi offered his two cents on the crib, the color being the only thing that made Luigi give a thumbs up seal of approval. "I'll be a nice-a fit for our nursery room."
"Good thing that's finally over with..." Yang let out a sigh of relief, before the sound of Mario screaming was heard from upstairs. Someone rang the doorbell, and Sonic promptly answered the front door.
"Sup?" Sonic greeted the person standing at the doorstep, Pit. Pit had his new cellphone in his pocket, done taking pictures for the day.
"Hey Sonic, is Sylvain around?" Pit asked the hedgehog - the angel sure was asking the right person.
"Yeah, he's here." Soon Pit moved out of the way, allowing Dedue to enter Luigi's house. And he didn't come alone...with him was Dimitri.
"Sylvain!" Dimitri shouted the nobleman's name, as Sylvain was looking frightened. Felix smiled, knowing what was coming for Sylvain. "I've been informed that you were spending your day, flirting with women."
"Uh, I can explain!" said Sylvain, despite having no valid explanation. And it wasn't like Sonic could bail him out of trouble. "You see, I was..."
"Ms. Mitsuru Kiriju told Dedue about how you wanted her to treat you to dinner, or go out shopping. You weren't planning on staying here overnight, were you?"
"No way, absolutely not! I just wanted to see what Mitsuru was all about."
"You were flirting with girls other than Mitsuru, weren't you Sylvain?"
"Am I no longer allowed to talk with women anymore? What do you expect me to do around here?"
"Sylvain was trying to mingle with Ruby Rose over here," Felix told Dimitri, putting Sylvain on the spot. Ruby looked at Sylvain, unsure of what to think anymore.
"You tell 'em Felix, make that Sylvain feel bad!" Hunter encouraged the nobleman, as he clapped his hands; both Felix and Spyro sighed at the cheetah. "Shoulda known better than to start something with that ungrateful woman!"
"Ungrateful woman...?" Ruby frowned at Hunter, as she still did not understand what beef the cheetah had with her and her pals.
"I'm ashamed in you, Sylvain - and here I thought that you'd do things aside from chasing after women," a very disappointed Dimitri told Sylvain, who smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"So it's my fault that there had to be a lot of chicks around here?" questioned Sylvain, before the sound of someone screaming was heard from upstairs. And yes, it came from Mario.
"HELP-A ME!" Mario cried out for help, with Fox and Falco still bothering him. Since no one else was stepping up to the plate, Dimitri wished to take matters into his own hands.
"I'll be having a word with you later..." Dimitri told Sylvain as he passed by the nobleman, on his way to the stairs. Dedue followed after Dimitri, as he was mean mugging Sylvain to let him know what was up.
"Still wanna show me that scythe of yours?" Sylvain smiled at Ruby, who lowered her head as she went to her room. Sylvain sighed, as Sonic gave the nobleman a pat on his back.
"I should go see what Ingrid is up to..." said Felix, wanting to distance himself from all the awkwardness, as he left Mario's house; Luigi grabbed the newly finished baby crib, and rushed out of the front door.
Luigi: Why did I let-a Dimitri and Dedue help-a Mario, and not handle things-a myself? *smiles nervously* I have-a my reasons...
Pit returned to the mansion around the same time Felix arrived, and the angel was following after the Felix - much to the nobleman's chagrin.
"Dedue told me that you liked dueling with other people," Pit said to Felix, who was annoyed with the angel the very moment he started talking. "Do you wanna have a duel with me? I'll let you go first!"
"I want an actual challenge, thank you very much," replied Felix, as he was searching left and right for Ingrid. The nobleman was fastly approaching the lounge.
"But I can be a pretty tough person to fight! I've studied all the fundamentals of tai chi, whatever that is, and have prepared my mind in the state of Zen."
"None of the crap that you mentioned will have anything to do with..." Felix soon came to a stop, and Pit as well, as some loud munching sounds were heard nearby. "Why do I hear munching sounds?"
Felix peeked around the corner, before he and Pit showed up in the lounge. There they caught three Pokemon red-handed - Munchlax, Gulpin, and Swalot - eating Cilan's five-layered cheesecake.
"Munchlax!" Munchlax smiled and waved at Felix and Pit, the former looking dumbfounded and the latter waving right back. Turns out Munchlax and his buddies weren't alone...
"Hi Felix," Ingrid - seated near Munchlax and company - greeted the nobleman as she too was eating from the cheesecake. "I saved you and Sylvain some of Cilan's cheesecake! Promise not to tell Cilan?"
"Absolutely no self-control..." Felix had this to say about Ingrid, as Link and Cloud showed up at the lounge. Link and Cloud looked inside and saw Ingrid, and turned around and walked away as if they saw nothing.
"Looks like Ingrid found the cake before we did..." remarked Cloud, daring not to inform Cilan about the current status of his now-eaten cheesecake.
Back at Mario's house, Fox and Falco were both seen leaving through the front door. Fox was holding the very item that the pilots came for - the wedding guestbook, which Mario typed up by himself.
"Thanks again for the guestbook, Mario!" Fox called out to Mario, as he and Falco made their exit. The front door was left open, as Dimitri and Dedue showed up together at the doorway.
"You two are both disgusting, just wanted to let you know that!" Dimitri called out to Fox and Falco, as the latter waved off the Blue Lions leader. Mario would join Dimitri and Dedue at the front door, in his overalls as he rubbed his butt.
"Never again..." seethed Mario, after Fox and Falco stuck their fingers down in places where they shouldn't belong. "...never again."
"Excuse me gents...I'm heading out," Sylvain told Mario and company, as he made his way past the gentlemen and through the front door. Dimitri would stop Sylvain, by placing his hand on the nobleman's shoulder.
"You're not going to flirt with more women, are you?" Dimitri asked Sylvain, with a stern look; Sylvain responded by giving Dimitri a grin.
"I think I learned my lesson today. No more flirting with women...at least until we head back home."
"Well then...I suppose you can do whatever you want." Dimitri would let go of Sylvain, who made his way back to the mansion. The Blue Lions leader then looked down at the floor, and saw that Sylvain had dropped the list he got from Wario...Dimitri grabbed the list, looked at it, and then ripped it into pieces.
"That Sylvain, he's going to get himself in trouble one of these days..." Dedue commented, after Sylvain had left. "...glad to see you got your vision back, Dimitri."
"Oh, it was just a false alarm...you had no reason to be worried. But Leia's messages were pretty nice, though..."
Simon was about to storm inside Master Hand's room, and convinced Master Hand to purge all the Pokemon in the sanctuary. But thankfully Captain Falcon stopped the vampire hunter in time, so he could show him something to change his mind.
"What? This whole thing about Pokemon being demonic creatures was just a hoax?" asked a very astonished Simon, after he read a news article that Captain Falcon showed him on his phone.
"That's right, it was only a hoax!" confirmed Captain Falcon as Simon was skimming through the article from start to finish, scrolling up and down on Falcon's cellphone. "Feel stupid now?"
"Very much so...and to think that I would've gotten Richter caught up in this tomfoolery! Thank you for showing me this information, Captain Falcon." Simon walked away, showing some regret over his insanity. "Now I have some choice words to say to Lloyd...none of which are profane, mind you."
Captain Falcon: The article I showed to Simon really wasn't an article - it was just a bunch of text I typed together, with some Pokemon jargon added to it to make it sound legit. Had Simon not believe a single word from the "article", I probably would've felt the power of his whip...
Captain Falcon headed down to the foyer, and when he showed up, he ran into Annette. Annette was carrying a pot of chili, which she had made thanks to Cilan and his cooking lessons.
"Do you want a taste of my chili?" Annette asked Captain Falcon, holding up the pot to the racer. Falcon couldn't possibly turn down any chili, as he flashed a smile.
"Don't have to ask me twice!" responded Captain Falcon, patting Annette on her shoulder as he went over to the dining room. "I'll meet you at the dining room!"
"Thank you!" Once Captain Falcon left, Annette looked over and saw three of her peers in the foyer, seating on a couch - Ingrid, Felix, and Sylvain, all three eating Cilan's cheesecake. Since Munchlax, Gulpin, and Swalot were full, Ingrid and company had some leftovers...
"Annette? You made that chili all by yourself?" Ingrid asked the noblewoman, who came over with her pot of chili.
"With some guidance from Cilan!" chirped Annette, who was very proud of the chili she had made. "Do you guys want to give it a try?"
"You did a great job with that chili, Annette...I just know it," Felix told Annette, who found herself trembling as she was overcome with anger for some reason.
"Ugh, what is wrong with you? You are the worst!" Annette stormed off, heading back to the dining room. Felix looked confused.
"What did I even say...?" Looks like Felix won't be getting a taste of Annette's chili anytime soon.
Annette: No, I won't tell Cilan about his cheesecake - I want Ingrid, Sylvain, and Felix to make it back home in Fodlan alive. I know that Cilan wouldn't deal with those three, but Master Hand definitely would!
Cilan: My second cheesecake was devoured...by that stupid Munchlax. Which means that I'm at... *sighs deeply* ...two strikes. Three strikes...and you're out...
As Sylvain ate his portion of cheesecake, he saw Bayonetta walk by, all sultry and everything. Sylvain couldn't help but give a holler to the Umbra Witch.
"Looking good as always, Bayonetta!" Sylvain told the Umbra Witch, who stopped in place and glanced at the nobleman. Felix and Ingrid both looked away.
"Whoever gave you the right to talk to me?" Bayonetta questioned Sylvain, smirking as she placed her hand on her hip. "Has your mother not taught you about how to talk to a lady?"
"Perhaps you could...give me a refresher course?" Smirking harder, Bayonetta scoffed...before summoning the fist of Madame Butterfly, and using said fist to send Sylvain into a wall. Felix and Ingrid were afraid, inching away as much as possible.
"How's that for a refresher course?" And with that, Bayonetta walked away, as Ingrid and Felix checked on Sylvain through a hole left in the wall. A bruised Sylvain fell down from the hole, falling down on his knees and panting.
"Yep...totally learned my lesson," remarked Sylvain, before he sat up on the floor with some assistance from Ingrid and Felix. He should've known that speaking with Bayonetta was a mistake bound to happen. At least he learned his lesson, right?
No point in learning a lesson if you can't apply it anywhere else.