Author's Note:
Two weeks after the Final Fantasy 7 remake, we have another Square remake hitting the shelves...Trials of Mana. I originally planned on incorporating much of the main story from Trials of Mana into this chapter, but I imagined that it would be a daunting task. The six main characters still appear in this chapter, though. Now to answer some reviews:
"Will a Sakura Wars related chapter happen when the game comes out on the 28th of this month? Are Peppy and Reno going to be written off?(Peppy's original VA Rick May passed away as well as Reno's Japanese VA Keiji Fujiwara). Will Xiaoyu and Panda appear again? Maybe have Xiaoyu's friend Miharu Hirano appear as well? Is Karin Kanzuki from Street Fighter gonna help when the mansion faces a financial problem? And finally, what are your thoughts on Jump Force getting a Switch port?"
Sadly, no. Peppy and Reno won't be written off. Xiaoyu and Panda may appear again, and Miharu may show up as well. Karin might help out the mansion. And...Jump Force? Do people still play Jump Force? Huh. On to Prometheus:
"1) How would Wario react to the playlist on YouTube of him dying 222 times?
2) Where is Meta Knight?"
1) There's a playlist of Wario dying 222 times? I gotta check that out. As for how Wario would react, I think he would be somewhat amused.
2) Meta Knight was in the last chapter...and he'll appear a lot, in the chapters to come.
Last is MarMan:
"What do you think about Super Mario Maker 2's latest and final update?
It's an awesome update. I really dig the world map feature, since I've always wanted to make my own world map. Good stuff. Moving on:
"Have you considered giving Kirby someone else to interact with, like, I don't know, a girlfriend like Jigglypuff?"
You know, Adeleine's always around...and she's always hinted to be Kirby's girlfriend. She hasn't been around in a while...
Episode 227: Tension
It was no secret that Terry Bogard spoke in Engrish, most of the time. It was very much evident in Smash battles, when he was out on the battlefield fighting against the best of the best. Many of his catchphrases were in Engrish, for crying out loud.
"BUSTAH WULF!"
"POWUH WAVE!"
"POWER GEYSER!"
The engrish that Terry spoke in was reminiscent of any anime, where an anime character was seen speaking English and failing in that regard. That meant Terry's Engrish was on par with any English-speaking anime character from a subbed anime...and that gave one of the residents a wicked idea.
Having recorded most of Terry's conversations, King Dedede used the audio recordings to piece together a fan dub, using footage from some obscure anime. A kind of anime you'd find while going down the Internet rabbit whole at night, while your parents were asleep. Andrew Oikonny, Palutena, Rosalina, Roy, and Lip were all gathered in the computer room around King Dedede, who was showing the residents his creation.
"Take this! POWUH DUNK!" said the anime protagonist in King Dedede's fandub, which had Terry's voice dubbed over him, as he was fighting a villain.
"Ha ha, this is awesome!" laughed Andrew, as the other residents were laughing along with him. King Dedede smirked, proud of his beautiful creation.
"Thanks, it didn't even take that long," said King Dedede, as the anime protagonist was throwing a flurry of punches at the main villain. Nothing like a "powuh dunk", per se, but he sure was using a whole lot of Stand energy.
"Are you okay?! BUSTER WOLF!" As the residents laughed at the fandub, Terry entered the computer room, and saw what was taking place.
"This isn't funny, you guys - I don't talk like that," a very ticked Terry said to the group of residents, who couldn't help but laugh at the fandub. They watched as the protagonist blew the villain to smithereens...nothing funny about that, depending on your own interpretation.
"Say 'Powuh Geysuh,'" Rosalina pleaded to Terry, speaking in a Engrish accent very reminiscent of Terry's. The accent was so on-point, that it made Terry grit his teeth in anger.
"No, I won't say it. You guys are just gonna laugh at me, I know it!"
"Why is everyone clumped together around King Dedede?" asked Cloud as he entered the computer room, wondering what all the hubbub was. "Is this some kind of clique? Break it up, you guys."
"It's Terry Bogard, as a cheesy anime hero," Roy said to Cloud, as he pointed at King Dedede computer screen. Cloud walked over and saw the anime protagonist, now beating up on another villain. Or perhaps that was the same villain as before, but with a second form. Anime had its strange rules...
"What anime is that supposed to be? Looks like Fist of the North Star...but only a poor man's version of it. Seems very low budget."
"King Dedede found it in the Internet archive, on the Wayback Machine," Rosalina explained to Cloud, as the anime protagonist finally defeated the second villain. He held his fist up high, reigning supreme.
"Nobody can beat me!" proclaimed the anime protagonist that had Terry's voice dubbed over him, speaking to absolutely no one in particular. "I am...UNSTUHPPUHBLE!"
"Good work, King Dedede," Roy commended the fat penguin, as he patted him on the shoulder. King Dedede looked pleased, although the same obviously couldn't be said for Terry.
"I'd love to see this video in full," said Cloud, who found the fan dub somewhat interesting. Felt like there was some comedic value to it. "Send me a link to it, King Dedede."
"Me too, King Dedede, I want to see it again in my downtime," Lip asked of the fat penguin, as Terry gritted his teeth in anger and tightened his fists.
"Put it on this flash drive," Roy said to King Dedede, handing the fat penguin a flash drive. "If Bass asks ever about his flash drive, just tell him it got lost somewhere..."
"Lady Palutena, how can you let this happen?" Terry asked the goddess of light, figuring that she would've reprimanded King Dedede for making fun of his English-speaking ways. "That video is mean and inappropriate!"
"I dunno, I kinda liked it," replied Palutena as she shrugged her shoulders. Terry angrily stomped his foot, and marched out of the computer room in a jiffy.
Minato: It's Makoto's birthday today. A perfect storm for Joker to do something romantic for her, like a date. Joker's gonna take Makoto out on a date, and with some help from Mitsuru and yours truly, we snagged a restaurant for Joker and Makoto's date. One where they can be safe and sound. And to make sure that everyone knows that today is Makoto's birthday... *unfurls a giant "Happy Birthday Makoto" banner" ...there you go. I sent an email blast, a text blast, and even a good old-fashioned talk blast. Since I'm a candidate for man of the mansion, I have to go all out. People better step up and appreciate the crap out of Makoto.
Indeed, it was Makoto's birthday today, and the young woman was expected to be showered with love and kindness, and maybe a gift or two. Mitsuru, a leading favorite for women of the mansion, would be one of the first to hand Makoto a birthday present.
"Here you go," Mitsuru said to Makoto, as she handed the brunette a birthday present in middle of the foyer
"Oh, thank you, Mitsuru," Makoto thanked the young woman, with a smile. She turned around, and saw Pit standing behind her.
"Happy birthday, Makoto..." Pit said to the brunette, handing her a Miss Potato Head that had Makoto's name on it. Makoto stared at it inquisitively. "...hey, it's the thought that counts!"
Joker: If I didn't have Makoto, I would have to depend on Ryuji, whenever I needed it. Don't think I would survive for that long, if that were the case.
As Makoto reluctantly accepted Pit's birthday gift, the doorbell suddenly rang. Quickly dropping Miss Potato Head to the floor, Makoto ran to the front door and answered it, seeing Fox and Krystal standing together.
"Welcome back!" Makoto said to Fox and Krystal, who both looked like they went on a vacation, if the sunglasses they were wearing was any indication. "You two enjoyed your honeymoon?"
"Sure did," replied Krystal, as she took off her sunglasses; Fox would do the same. "It was a much-deserved break from Seattle..."
Krystal: It's my first day back from our honeymoon. Fox and I spent it at a luxurious beach in Corneria. I miss the folks at the tower, some of them at least. But it feels great to be back home. What was our honeymoon like? Oh, how do I explain it...it rocked. It rocked my butt off.
Fox and Krystal went inside the mansion, just to see how Falco was handling things. Especially with his new temporary roommate Anna, while his "favorite married couple" was enjoying their honeymoon together. They saw Falco in his room, playing some video games, and they also saw a dried-up plant sitting on Fox's dresser - which now belonged to Anna.
"Oh dear, you forgot to bring this plant to our home," said Krystal as she picked up the dried-up plant, one that Fox wasn't overly concerned about. "You couldn't have watered it?"
"I literally did not know that it existed until this very moment," confessed Fox, showing innocence as Falco couldn't help but smirk.
"Well I knew it existed, and I chose to let it die," stated Falco, showing zero regard for the plant that he simply allowed to die. Plant lovers like Haru and Viridi would have a field day with him.
"It's nice to see you again, Falco." Falco paused his game and looked up at Krystal and Fox, before resuming playing his game.
"Hey guys..." Falco seemed more interested in beating his game, than giving his "favorite married couple" his time.
The RWBY gang had moved out of Mario's house, having returned home to their original universe and settling down back at...well, wherever they were living at before. While Spyro was neutral about the four girls leaving, Hunter was completely over the moon...but not because Ruby and the gang had left. It was because he and Spyro now had the room for themselves, with no worry about sharing it with anyone.
"Freedom, FREEDOM!" cheered Hunter, acting as if Mario had handed him possession of his house, as the cheetah ran around the living room. Mario watched this as he sat on his living room couch, with Joker.
"I wonder if you have anything special planned-a for Makoto's birthday," Mario said to Joker, doing his best to ignore Hunter's current state of euphoria.
"I'm going to give Makoto a present later," replied Joker, not wanting to do anything too small or anything too drastic. "Something in an affordable price range."
"I know that Makoto is going to be so psyched-a when you take her out on that date."
"You think so? Minato seems to be very interested in my date with Makoto, for whatever reason - a lot more than he should."
"Why wouldn't he be? Makoto loves-a you. And there's only so much-a more you can do as lovers. Her birth-a day is the perfect day to do what you want with her!"
"Makoto seems like a very no-nonsense person," said Spyro, interjecting himself into the conversation as he entered the living room. "Not much you could do with her."
"That's my girlfriend you're talking about..." Joker frowned at Spyro, slamming his fist on the arm of the living room couch. "...but your girlfriend is a fan, so you have no reason to talk."
"Okay, alright, alright-a you two," said Mario as he stood up, trying to ease tensions as Spyro and Joker were staring each other down. "If you want, Joker, I can hand-a you some moolah, to pay for your meal and-a Makoto's meal."
"Actually, Minato already gave me some funds. But I can use your money to leave a tip behind. Makoto might think it's a great gesture."
Makoto was alone by herself in the hallway, looking at a painting she had received from Vince. Joker sneaked up on Makoto from behind, before tapping on the brunette's shoulder.
"Hi, Makoto," Joker said to his girlfriend, who turned around and saw the young man. "I know I've told you this before, but...happy birthday."
"So nice, you had to say it twice..." smiled Makoto, appreciating Joker's remarks. Joker could wish Makoto a happy birthday every hour of the day, and it would never get old.
"I wanted to know what your plans for lunch we're, because I was hoping to ask you to go out with me on a...date." Joker saw that Makoto held up the painting she received, and it was a painting of Joker and Makoto.
"I got a painting of you asking me out on a date. And speaking of this date...I'm game. It'll be just the two of us!"
"Great! So, our date is going to be at Nordstrom Grill; it's closed due to the virus, but I found a way to make it open, for our date. Just the two of us, just like you said. The Grill, from what I've heard, is very business casual, and they always screw up your order..."
"Well, if it's the only restaurant willing to open its doors just for us...then I don't care. Just as long as we're not feeling selfish or anything."
"Then Nordstrom's Grill it is! Hopefully we can make our date today a very special one."
Terry was still offended by King Dedede's fan dub, and took to the kitchen to avoid being mocked. It wasn't even safe in the kitchen, for the fighter was still being made fun of by his peers.
"Have a doughnut, Terry," Wii Fit Trainer said to the fighter, sitting with her male counterpart with a box of doughnuts on the kitchen table. You'd think that Wii Fit and Male Wii Fit would abstain from eating doughnuts. "It's a Dunkin Donut - your favorite!"
"Yeah, ha ha, a bunch of Dunkin Donuts," frowned Terry as he folded his arms, refusing to even look at the Wii Fit Trainers. "I'm not falling for that."
"I bought these in; it's for Makoto, since her birthday is today," Male Wii Fit explained to Terry, in an attempt to make Terry have a change of heart. "That's some stone-cold narcissism right there."
"Well, I'm sorry..." Feeling apologetic, Terry walked over to Male Wii Fit and patted the fitness trainer on his back. "...tell Makoto I wished her happy birthday."
"Much appreciated." As Male Wii Fit took a doughnut, he looked at his cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen table, and smiled. "POWUH DUNK!" The fitness trainer then dipped his doughnut into the coffee, as a displeased Terry left the premises.
Terry: They're making fun of my Engrish! But I don't think that I even speak in Engrish. Maybe the others just have comprehension problems, and are too afraid to admit it. But I won't let this stand any longer!
Having obtained King Dedede's fan dub by borrowing Roy's flash drive (which actually belonged to Bass), Terry showed the fan dub to Meta Knight, on Coco's laptop. Since Terry couldn't consult Master Hand, with the giant hand being away, he had no choice but to consult one of the eight men chosen to be candidates for man of the mansion.
"This is violent and offensive," Meta Knight offered his two cents on the fandub, not sure which was more off-putting - the use of Terry's Engrish, or the high amount of violence in the fandub.
"Thank you," Terry said to Meta Knight, shaking his head in dismay as the fan dub continued. "It really makes me self-conscious about the way that I speak."
"It's awful, it truly is..." Meta Knight reaches for a tissue box, and handed it to Terry, who looked at it confused. "...need a tissue?"
"I'm not crying." Meta Knight still had the tissue box held out, in front of Terry.
"Suit yourself..." Meta Knight put the tissue box back where it was, as he continued to watch the fandub.
Meta Knight: Things here have been a little less than satisfactory. Either they don't respect me or they respect me too much. And some of them still think that I'm just another resident. This anime fandub thing is an opportunity to show people that I can be a strong enough authority figure.
Terry followed Meta Knight to the gaming room, where Meta Knight planned on laying the law down on the residents. If there was anything that Meta Knight learned while at the mansion, it was that it was best to let your authority known in the gaming room, where many could heed your message.
"Hello, everyone - if I might have a moment of your time," Meta Knight addressed everyone in the gaming room, as everyone looked at the Star Warrior. Meta Knight honestly didn't expect to command everyone's attention so easily. "It's come to my attention that people have been watching and laughing at a hurtful parody video. It is now forbidden to talk, joke about, or pass this video around."
"Yeah, what he said!" affirmed Terry, who was standing next to Meta Knight with a frown that he thought would send chills down the residents' spines.
"And that's straight from me. So not to be scary, but I would listen to me. And that's all. Adios."
Taking Joker and Makoto to the Nordstrom Grill would be Kapp'n, driving the two lovebirds to the restaurant in his trusty taxi. Kapp'n wasn't the first option that either Makoto or Joker had in mind, but he was better than nothing!
"Would you two mind if I listen to my book on tape?" Kapp'n asked Joker and Makoto, who wanted to say no yet at the same time didn't want to hurt Kapp'n's feelings. "I'm kind of a bookworm. It's the novelization of the movie Precious based on the book Push by Sapphire."
"I was thinking it would be nice if Joker and I just talked with one another," replied Makoto, who found it slightly concerning that Kapp'n owned an audio copy of Precious. Had no idea that turtle was into that kind of stuff.
"So what decade would you have chosen to be a teenager?" Kapp'n, thinking he was a part of Joker and Makoto's convo, asked this strange question, as an annoyed Joker shook his head. "Personally, I would have chosen the 1490's. Because America was discovered."
"Ahh, great choice..." said Joker as he looked out the window, sighing. Should've gotten Jacky Bryant to take him and Makoto to Nordstrom instead.
After a very grueling car ride with Kapp'n, Joker and Makoto finally arrived at the Nordstrom Grill, which was open just for the couple. Joker and Makoto were in the restaurant, sitting at a table as the only customers in the establishment.
"My favorite part about being a police officer is getting to be my own boss," Makoto said to Joker, who was enjoying himself with some appetizers. "Kinda like how my sister's her own boss. Do you have a favorite month, Joker?"
"A favorite month?" asked Joker as he perked up, being asked a question that he was in no way prepared for.
"Yeah, silly, a favorite month! Kinda like how April's my favorite month, since that's the month I was born in."
Joker: I've been trying. I've been trying to keep it going. Makoto might've had too much caffeine today, I'm assuming.
"How's Sae doing lately?" asked Joker, as Makoto took a sip from her glass of pink lemonade. Wouldn't hurt asking familial questions while on a date.
"She's been doing well, just keeps chugging through all the craziness going on today," replied Makoto, after she was done drinking from her glass. "So, about Minato...what do you think about him being the man of the mansion?"
"Well, let's see. Um...I think he's got the no-nonsense part down. Must've gotten it from you."
"Aw, you are such a tease...but I'll say that I like Minato's chances. Like them a whole lot more than Cortex's chances, that's for sure."
"Other than the fact that he stole your debit card, I think he's a stand-up guy." Realizing that he might've let one slip, Joker looked panicked as Makoto had a shocked look on her face.
"What?" Makoto wanted Joker to repeat what he just said, to make sure that she wasn't just hearing things.
"Uh, I said that he's a stand-up guy. Reminds me a lot about Cilan, in a weird way."
"Sorry. About my debit card. Did you say that Minato stole it? Why would he do that?"
"Here we go...hot plate," a Nordstrom Grill waiter showed up, putting a plate with a cheeseburger and fries where Joker was seated at. "And your salad, miss." The waiter placed a bowl of salad where Makoto was seated.
"Why would he even do such a thing?" Makoto had her mind fixated on Minato and her debit card, she couldn't possibly care about salad at the moment.
"I don't know," replied Joker, now finding himself in some pretty hot water. There was no possible way to get himself out of the mess that he was in. "Probably didn't want you to have a mental image of him being a thief."
"Minato...is a thief? Wow, I never would've expected that from him..."
"To tell you the truth..." Joker turned around and looked at the waiter, looking for a way to distract Makoto. "...excuse me, waiter?"
"Yes?" the waiter headed over to Joker, ready to fulfill the young man's request.
"I asked for pickles with my burger. And there are only five or six. Could I get some more pickles, please?"
"Of course. I'll get you a bowl of pickles." The waiter left, and Joker returned his attention to Makoto, who was still pretty shocked.
"Uh, are you sure that Minato is an actual thief?" Makoto asked Joker, as her view of Minato was starting to change for the worse. "You think he might've stolen more stuff from me?"
"I mean...it could be possible that he did," assumed Joker; Makoto now looked disgusted, as she moved around uncomfortably in her chair.
"Are you alright?" Makoto clearly was not alright, as she buried her face in her hands and moaned away. "It's a good thing that nobody's here to look at you..."
"We're still here..." a voice called out, as Joker turned around and saw the waiter standing behind him, with a bowl of pickles. Several other waiters were looking on.
"I'll have what she's having!" Joker said to the waiters, before looking away and groaned. Really let a big one slip out today.
The date was now over, and Kapp'n was taking Joker and Makoto back home. Makoto was still feeling some type of way, frowning during the entire ride as Joker felt some regret.
"Did you like your lunch, you two?" Kapp'n asked Joker and Makoto, both of whom were feeling too awkward to provide an answer. "Did you have a good date? Did you enjoy your food? I will enjoy my food later...although it's just sweets."
Being that Luigi and Daisy's daughter Deanna was around four months old, the infant was still subject to breastfeeding by Daisy. Of course, breastfeeding didn't come without its hardships, and Daisy was experiencing one as she, Luigi, and Yuffie were at the mansion's lounge awaiting Makoto's birthday party.
"Ooh...ah, ah," Daisy winced in pain, feeling a pain in her breast. A rightfully concerned Luigi came over to his wife, to see if she was okay.
"What's up?" Luigi asked Daisy, as Cortex - also chilling in the lounge - looked to offer his consensus on Daisy's ailment. Being one of the chosen eight gave him such supposed powers.
"Her milk must be coming in!" shouted Cortex, giving his input on the situation as Luigi, Daisy, and Yuffie gave him weird looks. "She's getting uncomfortable."
"Dr. Cortex, don't be gross," Uka scolded the evil genius, not wanting Cortex to turn into some kind of pregnancy expert. It just wasn't his expertise.
"No, he's right," said Daisy, giving Cortex a boost of confidence and clout as the evil genius smiled and pumped his fist.
"Same thing happens to cows if you don't tend them frequently enough," explained Cortex, as if he was speaking from experience. Like he was born and raised on a farm. "You gotta milk them, or else they'll moo like crazy! I should know, I've tried to brainwash cows before..."
"That's weird, my breast pump is missing." Daisy looked around, seeing that her breast pump was nowhere to be found. "Thought I brought it with me. Have you seen my breast pump?"
"Alright, this is gonna traumatize me a lot more than you, believe me..." Wanting to be a hero, Cortex removed his lab coat and applied some hand sanitizer to his hands.
"You know what, Cortex? Let me just check the bathroom first. Okay?"
"Fine. Have it your way! Let your breasts explode! Three squeezes, and I would drain you."
Ignoring Cortex entirely, Daisy left the lounge, and went to the nearest bathroom. The princess peaked inside the bathroom, and gasped when she saw her breast pump, being used.
"Anna!" screamed Daisy, as she saw the merchant in question standing in front of the bathroom mirror using the breast pump. "What are you doing?"
"I just like the way it feels," Anna said to Daisy, who came inside the bathroom to give the merchant a piece of her mind.
"What are you doing?!"
"Just relax. Okay?"
"Relax?! That breast pump is mine!"
"This is like the Excalibur of pumps."
"Give it back to me now."
"Okay...I was just warming it up."
"It's disgusting! Please stop it at once!"
"It's not that big of a deal."
"That thing is not sterile!"
"We're both girls. Who cares?"
Makoto was still very upset about Minato, and how the young man had stolen her debit card. So when the brunette passed by Minato in the hallway, he didn't want to look at him in the face.
"So...how was your date?" Minato asked Makoto, surprised to see the brunette back at the mansion so soon. Figured that the date would've lasted longer.
"Our date was fine," replied Makoto as she picked up her face, walking past Minato without looking at him. Minato would quickly follow after Makoto.
"Was it everything that you hoped and dreamed it might be?"
"I don't know. It was just a nice date for my birthday, Minato."
"Well, I know." Minato chuckled nervously, as he wanted to get on Makoto's good side. "Just want...I mean..."
"Excuse me, ma'am, but have you seen Princess Kamui?" asked Silas, who was back at the mansion just to see Kamui. Makoto would walk right past the cavalier.
"Get lost, you creep..." the brunette grumbled, as a confused Silas just looked on wondering what had gotten into the young woman. Safe to say that Makoto was in a pretty sour mood...
"Yo, Silas!" a voice called out to the cavalier, who looked behind him and saw Sonic holding two picnic baskets. "You came back to see Kamui?"
"Yes I have - I have returned to the mansion, just as I've said," replied Silas as Sonic caught up to him, with the cavalier staring at the picnic baskets that Sonic was holding in his hands. "What's with those picnic baskets?"
"Oh, just some food I bought from the grocery store. Had to get it real quick, before those panic shoppers cleaned out the shelves. Now follow me - I know where Kamui is!"
Makoto and a slew of other residents were gathered in the ballroom, for Makoto's birthday party which was organized by Minato and Mitsuru. The banner was hanging up, and balloons and decorations were aplenty.
"My name is Terry Bogard, and I can do a POWUH WAVE!" exclaimed Leaf, openly mocking Terry's Engrish as a ticked off Terry was looking on. "See? I did the voice."
"That's a little derivative," Cloud offered her two cents on Leaf's impersonation; Terry was expecting the swordsman to teach Leaf a lesson in respect.
"But parody is always derivative. Someone like you wouldn't know."
"Uh, it's not organic. Do you know what I mean?"
"Link does a really good one," said Zelda as she looked over at Link, who kept his lips pursed refusing to say a single word. "Do yours!"
"Oh, guys. I really refuse to participate..." said Link, but seeing how so many residents were looking at him, the Hylian had literally no choice but to give it a go. "...'Geese Howard, I'll have you know, that my CRACK SHOOT will be the end of you!'"
"Everyone, why don't we leave the parodies to the pros at Saturday Night Live?" Meta Knight asked the residents, having heard enough Terry impersonations for one day.
"Pros? Those jabronis are nothing compared to me. BURN KNUCKLE!"
"Hey. Can I have your attention please?" Minato shouted, ending Link's Terry impersonation as everyone focused their attention on Minato. "First of all, thanks to everyone for coming out to this awesome party."
"And a very special shout-out to our resident party planner Rosalina, for helping us organize this event," added Mitsuru, standing next to Minato as she gave a shout-out to the mother of Lumas. "You have outdone yourself."
"You know what, I think we can all agree that Rosalina's not so great, so..." murmured Samus, who thought that Rosalina's party-planning skills were overrated. Then again, she thought that most things under the mansion roof were overrated.
"I am saying the exact opposite. Rosalina is fantastic. Minato, would you like to continue?"
"Yes. As all of you obviously know, today is the 22nd birthday of Makoto Niijima," said Minato as he looked towards Makoto, who was still pretty angry with him. "To a lot of you, she may be a very bossy and critical lady. But for many others, she's very kind and sweet...on top of being a very bossy and critical lady. So Mitsuru and I asked K.K. Slider to write a song about Makoto, just for this..."
Before Minato could even finish, Makoto angrily grabbed a piece of her birthday cake, and tossed it in Minato's face. Minato assumed Makoto had did that because he called her bossy and critical, but little did he know...
"Don't try and hide it, Minato!" Makoto pointed at the young man, who wiped off the cake icing off his face. "I know that you stole my debit card! Joker told me."
"Oh no, it's happening..." fretted Joker, walking away and hiding his face. Best thing he could do right now was to just let things play out.
"Can we talk about this matter in private?" asked Mitsuru, wanting to get Makoto's birthday party started right on time.
"I don't want this to be in private," Makoto said to Mitsuru, before directing her attention back to Minato. "Is this true or not?"
"Do you want me to answer, or...?" asked Minato as he looked around the ballroom, finding himself firmly placed on the hot seat.
"Who else did you steal from? Did you steal debit cards from Bowser or Samus or Zelda?"
"Just to be clear, I don't have a debit card..." Zelda pointed out, as the princess was only accustomed to spending with rupees.
"Did everyone know? Was I the only one who didn't know?" Makoto looked around at everyone in the ballroom. "Anyone else had something stolen from them, by Minato?"
"I had my dignity stolen once," Lloyd randomly remarked, as Makoto grunted in frustration and stormed out of the ballroom. "Welp, more birthday cake for me!"
Meta Knight: I should probably get involved in this, but I think my energy is better spent on this whole fandub issue.
Kamui was having a picnic outside - not in the mansion's backyard, but rather at a distance close to the Yiga Clan hideout. Hanging out with the princess were six individuals, three men and three women, all of whom looked like heroes.
"Anyone want some more sandwiches?" asked Kamui, as she opened up a picnic basket and offered sandwiches to the six individuals. Two of them raised their hands.
Kamui: I was visited this morning by six people while out walking today - Angela, Duran, Hawkeye, Riesz, Kevin, and Charlotte. They claimed to have been brought here, through some sorcery called "Mana". They all looked pretty weary...so I treated them to a picnic. Corrin was too busy with his "lightsaber training" to attend.
"Kamui, I think you got a present," said Angela, princess of Atlena, as she and the others saw Sonic pushing a large present into the scene. "Is that...a blue hedgehog? Never seen one of those before..."
"Not just any blue hedgehog - the fastest hedgehog around!" Sonic said proudly as he pointed his thumb at himself, alarming the six when he spoke. Evidently the six heroes were not familiar with talking animals, from where they were from.
"Where's the name tag?" asked Hawkeye, the noble thief, searching around the present box for a name tag. "There's no mention of who this present is for."
"I'm pretty sure it's for Kamui..." responded Angela, as she looked towards a suspicious Kamui. Kamui was always suspicious of anything that came from Sonic. "...c'mon Kamui, open the gift!"
So Kamui cautiously unwrapped the present, slowly taking off the wrapping paper, before taking the lid off the box. A split second later, Silas came out from the box, causing Kamui to scream and jump back in fright.
"Here I am!" exclaimed Silas, allowing Kamui some time to catch her breath, as the cavalier climbed out from the box. "For the record...Sonic forced me to do that."
"You're Silas, is that correct?" Kamui asked the cavalier, who grinned and nodded his head. "A childhood friend of mine. I think it's all coming back to me now...but it's good to see you again."
"I am here to take you back to the kingdom of Nohr. Since you sadly don't remember most of our childhood memories, I believe that we should rekindle our friendship together, back home."
"Where are the flowers?" asked Charlotte, the half-elf young main, as she quickly got on Silas' case.
"I beg your pardon? What is this I hear, about flowers?"
"You heard her, where are the flowers?" asked Riesz, captain of the Amazon guard, as she too got on Silas' case. "You must have a thing for Kamui..."
"Uh, would you guys mind if we talked privately for a second?" Kamui asked the six heroes, as she grabbed Silas' hand and took him away. "Sorry everyone..."
"Oh man, I gotta see this..." said Sonic, as he followed closely behind Kamui and Silas; Duran, the swordsman from Valsena, and Kevin, the Ferolian beastman, would follow after Sonic just to be nosy.
"Look, Silas, I'm happy to see you...but I'm not coming back with you. I like it here at the mansion." Kamui was speaking with Silas in private, with Sonic, Kevin, and Duran spying on the princess and the cavalier from a short distance.
"Why won't she go with him?" Duran whispered to Sonic and Kevin, although was he was whispering mostly to Kevin.
"Kevin don't know. Could be because Silas not that handsome," Kevin whispered back, as Sonic took a inquisitive look at Kevin and looked at the beastman's face.
"Like you're the one to talk, buddy..." mumbled Sonic, before he went back to spying on Kamui and Silas.
Makoto was beside herself, not wanting anything to do with Minato as she went to the gaming room. The brunette was later visited by Terry, Fox, and Krystal.
"You know, if I knew anyone who would ever steal from you, I'd let you now in a heartbeat," Terry assured Makoto, who responded with a faint smile. "So if you need anything, I got your back!"
"Thank you, Terry, that means a lot," smiled Makoto, appreciative for stand-up dudes like Terry who always looked out for others.
"Knowing you, Terry, you'd bust out a BUSTAH WULF on any thief," Krystal said to the fighter, before gasping and covering her mouth. "Oh no, what have I done..."
"I heard that!" a voice called out to Krystal, who nervously turned around and saw Meta Knight coming up to her. "I'm sorry, Krystal, but that's it. I'm going to have to keep you out of the mansion for two days."
"What? What do you mean, keep me out of the mansion? Is this like some kind of ban?"
"I think you need to go a little easy, my man," Fox said to Meta Knight, not only sticking up for his wife but reminding Meta Knight of how much power he had. "You can't just ban people, you're not Master Hand. No need to overstep your boundaries."
"Yes, you're right..." agreed Meta Knight as he nodded his head, realizing that Fox made a pretty good point. "...you know what? You're banned too, Fox." Suddenly there was a slow clap, as Cortex entered the gaming room slow-clapping. "You too, Dr. Cortex."
"Wait, what? I was just slow-clapping your no-nonsense decision-making," explained Cortex, as Uka chuckled at the thought of Cortex being banned from the mansion. "Very good authority you're showing!"
"I don't want to hear it. You're banned!"
With Makoto's birthday party likely put on hold, Joker retreated back to Mario's home, to give Mario how his date with Makoto turned out. The young man was sitting on the living room couch, with some heavy regret.
"Why would that be some-a thing to talk about on her birthday?" Mario questioned Joker, who could do nothing but shake his head in shame.
"It just...I just let it slip out, for no reason," replied Joker, now feeling responsible for ruining part of Makoto's birthday. "Sometimes Makoto isn't the easiest person in the world to have a conversation with. Or maybe I'm not as good at conversations as I think I am..."
"It was a good thing that you told her, though," said Hunter, who was eavesdropping on the conversation between Mario and Joker. "Better out than in, before someone snitched on Minato. Snitches get stitches!"
"...I think it would've been-a better if you let Makoto find-a out herself," Mario suggested to Joker, putting an assuring hand on Joker's shoulder. "At least-a I wasn't privy to this situation - I suck at keeping secrets."
Minato: Who cares? I mean it's not like I killed someone. Big deal, right? This can blow over in two seconds. She never asked me. So, if you think about it…I should probably just tell her what she needs to know.
Kamui and Silas returned to the picnic, and Sonic would return as well along with Duran and Kevin. Everyone was enjoying the picnic, with Duran enjoying the sandwiches the most.
"Kamui, you really know how to make a great sandwich!" the swordsman said the princess, eating the sandwiches like there was no tomorrow. Gotta save some sandwiches for the others.
"Thanks, one of the chefs from the mansion helped me prepare them," responded Kamui; obviously Palutena couldn't be the chef, since Duran liked the sandwiches. "I had to use leftover meat, since the sandwiches were made on short notice, but I'm glad you like them."
"So, Silas, if you're not that into Kamui, then you probably have a girlfriend," Riesz said to the cavalier, who grinned sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. "Or are you single?"
"I...might've dabbled in love before," replied Silas, too chicken to give Riesz an entirely concrete answer. "I mean, it's hard not to fall in love at Nohr. Most people say that everyone there is attractive."
"Then that means you must've had a girlfriend before," said Kamui, as Silas bit his bottom lip - why were people asking him so many questions about his love life?
"I think you schwould make your move...you and Kamui would be a weally good couple!" Charlotte whispered to Silas, pronouncing words like a small child. And Silas had heard enough, as he stood up so he could make a point.
"Alright. To tell you the truth, I might've had a girlfriend in the past, back at Nohr. But I'm behind that now. I'm only here for Kamui - not for her to be my new love, but so we could be the best of friends again."
"This is so not part of the plan..." grumbled Sonic, the apparent shipper; evidently the hedgehog wanted Silas and Kamui to be more than just friends.
Makoto was still lurking around the ballroom, and checked inside the ballroom to see if the coast was clear. Mitsuru was still inside the ballroom, yet Minato was nowhere to be found.
"Psst! Hey, Makoto," someone whispered to the brunette, who turned around and saw Lucina. Looked like she wanted to speak with Makoto in private.
"You said you want to have a word with me," Makoto said quietly to Lucina, following the princess a short distance down the hallway. "Whatever this is about, it must be about my debit card..."
"Yukari filled me in on what happened. She was there in the ballroom, when you were chewing out Minato."
"Well I hope she also fills the buddy cops in on Minato's wrongdoing as well...Minato needs to get his just desserts."
"About Minato...I don't think that he's the one who stole your debit card." An astonished Makoto now looked up at Lucina.
"You mean that someone else was responsible? Minato has been innocent, this whole time?"
"I think so; for all we know, he could be the fall guy. Somebody must've put the blame squarely on him."
"How do you know about this? Did someone tell you? Who's the person that really stole my debit card?"
"I can take you to Yukari, if you want...she seems to know quite a lot about this situation."
So Lucina took Makoto to Yukari's room, where Yukari could fill in the brunette on what was really going on. Or rather tell her everything she knew.
"Saw someone wearing a black hood carrying some card around," Yukari said to Makoto, who was listening closely to every word the young woman said. "Couldn't tell who it was, but I saw some blue hair sticking from the side..."
"And you said that it wasn't Minato, right?" asked Makoto, as she was forming the image of the culprit in her head. "Who could it have been, then?"
"Got no clue, but for what it's worth, Minato might be a fall guy. I think someone told Joker that Minato stole your debit card, and then Joker told you inadvertently."
"I see...I suppose I better find out whoever passed this info on to Joker. Whoever this person is must have some kind of ulterior motive..."
Sonic remained at Kamui's picnic, and refused to leave until his goal of Kamui and Silas becoming an item was reached. He vowed to stick around as long as needed, even if someone needed him.
"Sonic!" Tails called out the hedgehog's name, as Sonic quickly grabbed a picnic quilt and used it to conceal himself. "Are you outside, Sonic?"
"I take it he's calling for you?" Angela asked Sonic, wondering why the hedgehog was trying to hide himself. "You should just go; you're obviously not here for conversation. But you can leave those picnic baskets of yours behind."
"Nope, I'm not leaving - whatever Tails wants is not that important," replied Sonic, refusing to lift himself off the ground. Tails could be whining about a severed arm, and Sonic still wouldn't move a inch to help out his best friend. "I can feel it in my gut. He's pulling a prank."
"I'm sure he's not pulling a prank...and I know a thing or two about pranks."
"And I know when Tails is is being serious or not. Don't act like I don't know my best friend!"
"Sonic, is that you hiding underneath that picnic blanket?" shouted Tails, showing up and seeing Sonic's trademark red shoes underneath the picnic blanket that Sonic was hiding under. "Who are those people you're hanging out with?"
"Uh, these are my new friends!" Sonic pulled the blanket off his head, and looked at the six heroes. "Let's see, there's...Blondie, Aladdin, Goldilocks, Feral Dude, El Dorado, and Ms. Stripperiffic." Riesz, Hawkeye, Charlotte, Kevin, Duran, and Angela all frowned at the nicknames Sonic had given them.
"Right...so are you gonna come and help me repair my airplane, or what? You said we could get it done today."
"Sonic too busy doing nothing at picnic," Kevin explained to Tails, taking note of how Sonic was lowkey keeping a close eye on Kamui and Silas. "He much rather spy on Kamui and friend."
"It's all for good intentions," Sonic told Tails, not wanting Kevin to give Tails and Kamui the wrong impression. "Don't think I can help ya with that airplane."
"Fine then...guess I'll go see if Kururin is available," shrugged Tails, refusing to question Sonic as he walked away and headed to the Assist Tower.
"Stupid Kamui and Silas, you're wasting my time..." Maybe you should just give up while you can, Sonic.
Meta Knight went to go speak with Tom Nook and Isabelle, the committee responsible for selecting the new man (and woman) of the mansion. He would find the duo in the Pokemon sanctuary, where they just spoke with Lucario.
"So I can reprimand them, but I can't outright ban them," Meta Knight said to Tom Nook and Isabelle, having told them about how he banned Fox, Krystal, and Cortex from the mansion.
"You can't really reprimand them either," stated Tom Nook, giving Meta Knight a bit of an authority check. "Leave that reprimanding stuff to me and Isabelle, for now."
"Basically I can't do either...uh huh. Seems fair enough." Meta Knight would leave the sanctuary, passing by a lurking Terry as he made his exit.
Since Fox, Krystal, and Cortex's bans had yet to go into effect, Meta Knight still had some time to revoke the bans. The Star Warrior went to the gaming room, where he saw Fox, Krystal, and Cortex chilling.
"Hello everyone," Meta Knight addressed the crowd, once again garnering their attention. Still was a surprise to him. "Quite an afternoon, huh? Cathartic in a way. I'm glad I got to share it with you. It makes you think about what's really important.
"We still haven't finished cleaning out our attic..." Fox whispered to Krystal, reminding his wife of some house chores that were left undone prior to the honeymoon. "...thought you'd wanna know. Also it's not like we live here or anything..."
"It's not about showing you're in charge or displaying some sort of authority. It's about forgiveness. And yes, I'm talking about you three...Fox, Krystal, and Dr. Cortex. I think that, if you were to apologize to me, then I would revoke your ban."
"I don't think an apology is enough," Krystal said to Meta Knight, who was left alarmed. He didn't expect Krystal to give in like that. "I really think the only way for me to learn my lesson is to take my ban."
"And I got to take this bad attitude, and I got to go home, and I got to adjust it," added Fox, leaving Meta Knight even more alarmed. Both Fox and Krystal were throwing in the towel. "And I hope the ban does that."
"Prideful imbeciles! Watch how it's done," Cortex said to Fox and Krystal, before walking to Meta Knight and getting down on one knee before him. "Meta Knight, I apologize. I kneel before you."
"Great..." Meta Knight said to Cortex, slightly unnerved by how the evil genius was acting, before seeing Fox and Krystal about to leave the gaming room. "...I would even take a contrite look as an apology," Meta Knight called out to the married couple.
"Humbly taking your hand upon which I kiss to show my contrition..." Very slowly, Cortex took Meta Knight's hand, but Meta Knight would slap Cortex's hand away as he chased after Fox and Krystal.
"Fox, Krystal, to err is human...maybe not in your case, since you aren't humans. But please, come back!"
Ready to tell Makoto the truth, Minato would seek the young woman, finding her in her room seated on her bed. Minato knocked on the bedroom door, garnering Makoto's attention.
"Trust is the most important thing to me," Makoto said to Minato, who entered the bedroom with his hands in his pockets. "Is your name Minato Arisato? What's your real name?"
"I have no big secrets to tell, nor any big secrets to hide," replied Minato, hoping that he and Makoto could get back on the same page. "Sure, my chest is not naturally hairless, and I don't pay for my cellphone plan myself..."
"Were you the one who stole my debit card? Yukari told me that you were the fall guy."
"I had nothing to do with your debit card being stolen. But I can't help but feel that I'm being falsely accused."
"Then who stole my debit card? Surely you must know who did it. So tell me!"
"Sadly, I don't know who's responsible...but I can hunt down the culprit, if you want me do. Only because it's your birthday."
"If you ever find this person...don't forget to show 'em no mercy." Minato gave Makoto a thumbs up, as he left the young woman's room. Upon leaving the room, he ran into Kapp'n.
"I think you should always handle things on your own," Kapp'n said to Minato, before taking a few licks from a giant lollipop in his hand. "Like the girl Precious in Precious. Based on the novel Push by Sapphire."
"I never saw that movie before..." remarked Minato, before furrowing his brow and looking very closely as Kapp'n's giant lollipop. "...where did you get that lollipop from?"
"Totally not from a famous blue hedgehog or anything...uh, I mean...quack?"
Silas was leaving Kamui's picnic with Sonic, feeling satisfied. The cavalier spent some time with Kamui, and Kamui slowly remembered some fond childhood memories she and Corrin had with Silas. However, Sonic was feeling unsatisfied, but for his own reasons.
Sonic: Sadly, Silas did not get the girl...apparently he was only interested in "rekindling" his friendship with Kamui. Wasted my time and energy on basically nothing! Now Tails' airplane will be ruined, because he had to work with Kururin and not me. I'm sorry, pal!
"That did not go how I wanted it to," frowned Sonic, voicing his frustration as he carried his two picnic baskets. "And I bought all these food, too! Cilan won't accept anymore food in the pantry, so all this grub I bought is going to waste!"
"I'm sure that food can decompose easily," said Silas, who was in a happier mood now that he got to spend time with Kamui. "The animals will eat it."
"Silas! Wait! Don't go!" Kamui called out to the cavalier, who stopped and turned around. Kamui ran to up to Silas, nearly out of breath. "I just wanted to see you off, before you went back to Nohr."
"Still interested in coming back home? I can help you pack your belongings. Corrin can come too, if he likes."
"No thanks. I told you, I like it here at the mansion! But you're still welcome to visit, whenever you want."
"In that case, I'll come by next week. After that, who knows. But it was great to see you again, Kamui!"
"Same here, Silas. Have a safe trip back home!" Both Silas and Kamui smiled at one another, before turning around and heading their separate ways. Sonic looked at Silas and Kamui, thinking that they wasted a perfect opportunity.
"...that's it? That's all they're gonna say to each other?!" the hedgehog frowned, who apparently was expecting a lot more from Kamui and Silas' brief conversation. "Their communication skills are already poor..."
"Sonic...were you the one who bought Kapp'n this giant lollipop?" someone asked, as Sonic was suddenly approached by Minato. With Minato was Kapp'n, who was holding his giant lollipop and looking guilty as ever.
"Uh...heck no, why would I do that for? Besides, I would never buy candy for Kapp'n, poor guy has a sweet tooth.
"I personally asked Sonic to buy me these lollipop...after I saw him sneak out of Makoto's room with Makoto's debit card," explained Kapp'n, feeling guilty to the point where he had to expose Sonic. "He said he was going to the grocery store, and I thought to myself...why not?"
"Where are you keeping Makoto's debit card? Give it up!" Minato fought with Sonic, wrangling with the hedgehog, until a debit card fell out of Sonic's imaginary pocket. Minato picked it up, seeing Makoto's name inscribed on it, before frowning at Sonic.
"I used that card to buy all these delicious food." Sonic held up both picnic baskets, while wearing an innocent smile. "So..." The hedgehog then dropped the baskets unto the ground and ran away, as Minato chased after him.
"Hmm, probably should've asked Sonic for a grocery store cake instead..." remarked Kapp'n, taking a glance at his giant lollipop as Minato chased Sonic inside the mansion.
Meta Knight was unable to chase down Fox and Krystal, and so he returned to the gaming room, feeling empty-handed. Not a good show of authority from him displayed earlier.
"That was ugly...I'm sorry you had to see that ugly display of authority," Meta Knight apologized to those hanging out in the gaming room. "It's best to pretend that this never happened."
"Sounds like they just wanted to go back home, and relax," said Gil, who couldn't blame Fox and Krystal for being so willing to accept their bans.
"Can I get everyone some drinks?" Most of the residents in the gaming room shook their heads. "Some, uh...some POWUHADE? Or how about some food, like some DUNKin Donuts?"
"What was that? Are you kidding me?" frowned Cortex, befuddled by what Meta Knight was trying to attempt. "Was that an impression?"
"'Everyone, I'm now going to apologize for the mess that I created because the search committee told me to,'" said Terry, doing his best Meta Knight impersonation as he spoke in a low voice. He stood over Meta Knight, who didn't like the impersonation one bit. "I just want you to know that I'm secretly Kirby's father."
"How did you know that I was speaking with Tom Nook and Isabelle?" frowned Meta Knight, as he looked up at Terry. That Star Warrior should never impersonate anyone ever again. "Also, I am NOT Kirby's father. Thought we've been through this..."
"'I like to live outside of Dream Land, because all the lazy people there offend me so much!'" said Cortex, doing his best impersonation of Meta Knight. He even tried speaking with some Hispanic flair.
"'Adios! I say adios, because I'm a Zorro wannabe,'" said Terry, doing another impersonation of Meta Knight while speaking with a more Hispanic flair. At this point, Meta Knight was tired of all the impersonations.
"Why don't we say 'adios' to the impersonations?" the Star Warrior asked everyone in the gaming room, as the residents said "adios" together. And Meta Knight was pleased.
Makoto was still in her bedroom, waiting for Minato to inform her about who stole her debit card. She would receive a visitor, but instead of Minato, Makoto saw her boyfriend Joker enter the room.
"Makoto?" Joker said to his girlfriend, entering the room and taking a seat on her bed.
"Ah, Joker - I imagined that you'd still be at the ballroom," said Makoto as she moved over, making some room for Joker. "Waiting for the party to begin..."
"No, I was just watching that fandub that King Dedede had made, with Terry's voice. It's kinda funny. So, how have you been?"
"Turns out Minato wasn't the one who stole my debit card...he was falsely accused this whole time."
"Oh. So he was innocent all along. Now I feel bad for ratting him out. I'm sorry I caused this whole thing."
"But know I now that my debit card's been tampered with. Whoever stole it will get what's coming to them."
"Well, yeah. But I still feel sorry. Got Minato in a whole heap of trouble, because of some false info someone told me. Minato isn't that bad of a guy; he's even more edgy than Cloud, for one thing. And he has an emo haircut. And he always wears black. But he's still a nice guy."
"I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!" Sonic was heard shouting through the hallways, seen running past Makoto's room. Chasing after the hedgehog was Minato, who ran past Makoto's room while tossing something inside the room that landed perfectly in Makoto's hands.
"Would you look at that...it's your debit card." Joker saw the item in Makoto's hands, which was indeed Makoto's debit card. Makoto never looked so happy. "Sonic must've had it all along."
"Oh, thank goodness!" Makoto sighed in relief, as she quickly grabbed her wallet and stuffed her debit card inside. "Guess I owe Minato a thank you, and an apology. And we should get that birthday party started real soon, right?"
"I don't see why not. The others are probably waiting, so we might as well get this birthday bash on the road. Wouldn't count on seeing Sonic's butt there."
"Ha ha, you said butt!" Makoto teasingly pointed at Joker, as she put her wallet. Joker just sat there, with a thousand mile stare.
"Did I really just say 'butt'? Oh my, I said it again...for some reason, I feel tricked."
That evening, after Makoto's birthday shindig was over with, Terry took it upon himself to get some retribution against King Dedede. The fighter made a video that had King Dedede's voice dubbed over it, and was showing it in the computer room to Kamui's friends - Ashley, Doran, Kevin, Charlotte, Hawkeye, and Riesz. Only because he couldn't find a good enough audience within the mansion.
"Howdy y'all, I'm King Dedede, and I loooove to eat!" said the star of Terry's video...the Cookie Monster, who had King Dedede's voice dubbed over him. "You know what I love to eat the most? CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!"
Terry: I made the most brilliant retaliation video. It's awesome. Shout-out to Eleonora, for getting me that audio recording of King Dedede's voice.
Eleonora: Eh, I felt bad about giving King Dedede Terry's audio recording, so when Terry told me about his retaliation video, I agreed to help him out. Don't feel bad about giving out Dedede's audio recording, in any way.
"I don't get it," Riesz offered her two cents on Terry's retaliation video, as the other heroes looked confused. Probably because they never watched Sesame Street.
"Yeah, I feel like that puppet thing should have a deeper voice," added Hawkeye; the Cookie Monster is a Muppet, Hawkeye, you uncultured swine.
"And he should speak much different, he look pretty dumb," added Kevin, like he had any room to speak about using broken English.
"But King Dedede loves to eat, much like the Cookie Monster here," Terry did his best to explain to the three heroes, knowing that their knowledge of Sesame Street was pretty poor. "If you met King Dedede, you would understand more."
"That thing is called the Cookie Monstew?" questioned Charlotte, giving the Cookie Monster the stink eye as he messily ate some cookies. "He looks like a howwibly cwafted wug, with eyeballs and a mouth!"
"Oh! I was just-a watching that," Mario said to Terry as he entered the computer room, taking a peek at Terry's monitor. "Some-a one sent me the link. Did you do that, man? 'I love chocolate chip cookies.' Nailed it."
"Someone is easily impressed..." mumbled Hawkeye, as Mario gave Terry a fist bump for the video he made.
"Nailed it! Good-a work, Mr. Bustah Wulf." Mario clicked his fingers at Terry, as he left the computer room.
"Thank you!" thanked Terry, before he frowned and crinkled his nose. "Wait, what did he just call me...?"