Author's Note:
ultimateccc has written a very interesting question in his latest review:
"Aren't there cameras in the mansion?"
Glad you asked - there are cameras at every corner of the mansion, recording all the action and whatnot that occurs inside. In addition, there's also a large camera crew (divided into sections) that follows the brawlers around, observing everything that they do. Hope that answers your question. GamerDutchess01 (formerly known as Glamorous Cat) has also asked me a very interesting question:
"...will Luigi & Daisy be more focused if Daisy gets an ultrasound sometime later on in the story? Still wondering if it'll be a boy or a girl."
Honestly I'm still debating on whether or not I'm doing an ultrasound with Daisy within the story. But I'll have a couple of weeks or so to make a decision on that. Now this guest reviewer has given me an intriguing suggestion:
"You should have Chrom have an awkward practice date with male Robin like in Drake n' Josh"
In all my years of watching Drake and Josh, from the first few episodes, to the "series finale" to was deemed a "film", to the Christmas special, I don't ever recall this practice date transpiring in the show. But this practice date does sound better than what I had originally planned for Robin, so I've included in this chapter, though it may or may not be underwhelming, in my opinion.
Episode 38: Sensationalism
Diddy Kong didn't really know much about love. He's nothing more than a young spidermonkey whippersnapper who enjoys listening to hip hop music in his spare time and always looks up to his uncle, Donkey Kong. To say that love isn't one of Diddy's strong suits would be a vast understatement.
In spite of this, the monkey does have some questions about love, and he knew just the guy who could answer them. This guy in particular had recently kissed the girl of his dreams, and he was fortunate enough to not have some blue-haired prince, who happens to be the father of his lover, interrupt or ruin his moment. This guy, a mage in his own right...somehow got his head stuck in the trampoline in the mansion's backyard. Yes, Robin got his head stuck, and Dunban was prying his head out to the best of his ability.
"So Dixie Kong had just sent me a text today, and I just don't know how to respond back," Diddy said to Robin while Dunban helped the mage out in his little situation. For those of you who may not know or have forgotten, or overlooked for any reason, Dixie Kong is the love interest of Diddy - and contrary to what their last names may imply, Dixie and Diddy are not related. No way Nintendo could get away with something like that. "If I don't respond soon, then she'll think I didn't read her text and that she doesn't care about me..."
"Um, Diddy, I thought you said you don't have a cellphone," said Dunban, pulling Robin's neck out of the trampoline but to no avail. This was already stated back in episode sixteen. "Or did you entice Cranky Kong to buy you one?"
"Not really...Cranky Kong got me a cellphone since he got tired of nagging Donkey Kong and Funky Kong over the phone...apparently he needs another family relative to guilt trip for his own pleasure." Hard to find any faults in Diddy Kong - only thing Cranky can do is point out his gaudy obsession over bananas, but that's pretty much it.
Diddy Kong: Cranky Kong acts very much like a stereotypical Jewish mother...constantly nagging, often intruding upon his offspring's personal lives, guilt tripping and pointing out every single flaw he can detect...only thing he can't do is cook a matzah farfel.
"I'll be right back, gonna need some scissors for this," Dunban said as he walked to the mansion. "Keep a close eye on Robin and make sure he doesn't pull anything funny!" Robin's head is well stuck inside the trampoline, so it would be hard to do anything other than moving his extremities. Once Dunban was inside the mansion, Robin was left all alone with Diddy, who seeks the mage's romantic insight, should he have any.
"What do I do Robin, how should I respond?" asked an exasperated Diddy. "Dixie Kong just texted me hi and asked me how I was doing, and I don't know what to say back! I can't just tell her that I'm doing nothing, she would think I'm the most boring person in the world! Oh, Robin, if you can hear me..."
"I can hear you loud and clear, and I can speak as well Diddy," Robin told the spidermonkey in a very assuring manner. "Just because my head is stuck doesn't mean I'm deaf, I understand what you are going through. Go and tell Dixie that you're 'chilling'...it's a very vague answer that will keep her wondering."
"Robin you're an absolute genius, knew I could count on you!" Diddy pulled out his cellphone, which he kept underneath his hat for obvious reasons, and texted Dixie, telling her hello and that he was "chilling". Dixie would immediately assume that Diddy is either resting, watching TV, sleeping, or any other activity a standard lazy person would do.
"Aw sweet, the trampoline is available, ripe for the taking!" the male Inkling showed up, accompanied by none other than his female counterpart. They both failed to see Robin's head stuck in the trampoline, having fun is of higher priority for them than Robin's own safety. "Let's play!" The Inklings got on the trampoline and bounced on it, harming poor Robin in the process.
"Ow my head, my aching head!" the mage writhed in pain as the Inklings bounced away. "Diddy, help an honest man out!" Diddy Kong tried to pull Robin away from the trampoline, but to no avail, as Robin was really stuck. Help was on the way...
"You two kids get off of that trampoline!" Dunban angrily marched towards the trampoline, carrying a large pair of scissors. The Inklings screamed when they saw Dunban holding the scissors, and they instantly complied to the Homs' demand as they got off the trampoline and ran away out of fear. Those youngsters may have gone away, but the same can't be said for Robin's now nagging pain. "Stay still Robin, I'll get you out of this..." Dunban cut away on the trampoline, cutting just enough to pry Robin's head out; the mage let out a breath of fresh air once he was free. The trampoline, though, was damaged, but Mr. Game and Watch can patch it back up to shape...if he can fix the unused garage door of the mansion, then he can fix pretty much anything else.
Dunban: Finding the scissors was no easy task; Peach usually uses these scissors for her fashion stuff, and she leaves the scissors in the darnedest of places. Today I found these scissors...inside the dishwasher. Which was leaking out from the bottom. And somehow full of termites, yet no one seemed to be concerned one bit. It has gotten to the point where I choose not to even question Peach how the scissors end up where they are, she always says it's a "mystery"...
"Much appreciated Robin, for a minute there I thought I was a goner," Robin thanked the Homs before dusting himself off. "That Duck Hunt Dog had snatched one of my tomes, and while I was running after that mutt trying to get it back, I unsuspectingly ran into this trampoline, ramming head first and got my head stuck. Now if you excuse me boys, I have a tome to retrieve..." Robin walked forth on his way, until...
"Robin wait up for a sec!" Diddy called out, stopping the mage in his tracks. "Do you mind if I...come with you?" Robin, a renowned strategist, is a very capable man, and can recover his tome on his own...lest Diddy has something up his sleeve.
"You're more than welcome to come with me Diddy - just don't leave any bananas peels lying about."
"One very crucial step we must take regarding the wedding is finding a venue where the wedding will take place," Pac-Man spoke with Mario in the plumber's room. "Olympic Sculpture Park is obviously out of the question, since that's where Luigi's and Daisy's wedding took place. Good thing I have a list of venues prepared..."
"Why not have-a the wedding at-a Safeco Field?" suggested Mario. Safeco Field is the stadium where the hometown Seattle Mariners play at, and also hosted things like Wrestlemania XIX, a Paul McCartney concert, and even a Microsoft annual employee meeting. Bill Gates' idea, one may assume. "I've heard-a that many people had their-a weddings at major league baseball-a parks, and since Nintendo of America owns-a the Mariners..."
"Ooh, I'm not really so sure about that...what if the Mariners play on the day that the wedding takes place? Do you not know how hard it would be having to move the wedding date, and keeping the wedding guests and everyone else on tab? It's not like Major League Baseball would go on a major strike and the Mariners can't play in June, you know! It doesn't work that way, it's not 1994!"
Pac-Man: What wedding venues did I have in mind, you ask? Let me pull out the list... *pulls out list from an imaginary pocket* I have the Hall at Fauntleroy, the Arctic Club, Seattle Marriott Waterfront...And yes, I got those places off of Google. Google is everybody's best friend, except that it will never leave or betray you.
"We can just-a speak with the president-a of the Mariners, and ask-a him if he can-a flex any of the Mariners games-a in June," suggested Mario. Clearly he's desperate about getting that Safeco Field spot, it's either that or bust for him. "If that doesn't work-a out, we can send a letter-a to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, and he can..."
"Woah, first things first, Mr. Manfred could possibly care less about your wedding, no offense." Being a commissioner of a professional sports league is no easy task, it takes up a whole lot of your time; Manfred wouldn't have the time in the world to bother reading Mario's letter. "Secondly, what would the MLB do, force the Mariners to host your wedding in June, or else they'll slap with them a hefty fine? The decision to have the wedding at Safeco Field should be up to the Mariners organization, not Major League Baseball as a whole!"
"In that-a case...why don't we-a head down to Safeco-a Field and ask the president if we can-a hold the wedding at their-a stadium?" Oh yeah, Mario definitely has his eyes set on that field... "It won't-a be long, we'll go ask-a for their permission, and leave!"
"Me and my big mouth..." Pac-Man held his head down. He could have prevented this from happening, he really could.
Every other day or so, Lucario would take some time out of his day to do some yoga, as a means to keep his body conditioned throughout the week. The aura Pokemon does his yoga in the dancing room, the only room where he can find peace and quiet and solitude.
But when Lucario arrived at the dancing room, he noticed that his yoga mat - placed in its usual spot - had gone missing! He scoured every single inch of the room, but the yoga mat was nowhere to be found. However, the aura Pokemon did see a note lying on the ground, and he picked it up.
"You can find me behind the door with the flowers..." Lucario read the note out loud, stroking his chin while thinking of what this note means. So the Pokemon, exiting the room, looked around the mansion for this door with flowers, and he would eventually find it on the mansion's third floor. He opened the door, and found himself...in the bathroom, where his yoga mat was. But that wasn't even the worst part about it...
"Hey bub, can you give a man some privacy?!" frowned Wario, who was sitting on the toilet taking a dump. Constant bowel movements have always been a number one problem for Wario, but for everyone else, it's a number two problem. Lucario grumbled as he walked to his yoga mat and picked it up...only to find out that it was glued to the floor. Lucario tried to take it off of the floor, but stopped momentarily when Wario let a huge fart rip. Some heavy laughing could be heard from outside the bathroom, and Lucario went out to investigate - and saw Bowser laughing, leaning against the wall, and went to fight him.
"Lucario, chill out, it's just a prank bro!" Bowser said, repelling the aura Pokemon away.
"It's just a prank...okay Bowser, you just lost yourself a lot of points for saying that," Lucario stopped fighting to tell Bowser this.
Lucario: Ever since Master Hand cancelled his "lessons" with Corrin (thank goodness), Bowser has gone back to his pranking ways, spending an entire month devising new pranks and unleashing them throughout the week. Us brawlers have suffered for far too long - Dark Pit found his cellphone stuck in a ten-foot tall concoction of jello, Aerith became traumatized after a fake spider landed on her one day, and Villager is now the most wanted criminal in Venezuela thanks to a prank call orchestrated by Bowser. Still waiting for the day Master Hand grows a nerve and reprimands Bowser of pranking any more.
"Sometimes I just can't stand you Bowser..." Lucario shook his head at Bowser as he returned to the bathroom, holding his breath because of Wario's nasty fumes, and pry his yoga mat off of the floor. Bowser smirked evilly, continuing on his way, passing by the vending machine room, and overhearing a conversation from Tails and King Dedede.
"Ugh, seriously, Bowser put my phone inside the vending machine again!" Tails groaned. Too bad the yellow fox doesn't have a single dollar on him - he spent all of them throughout the week getting his cellphone out of a vending machine whenever Bowser steals his cellphone. "Mind if I borrow a dollar, King Dedede?"
"Sure thing kiddo, one dollar coming right up!" the obese penguin dug into his robe, pulling out a dollar and giving it to Tails, who inserted it into the vending machine and got his cellphone back after having to order it. Yeah, it's been that kind of week for the flying fox. "I understand your anger, what with Bowser messing with you like this, and in fact, I'm pretty angry myself!"
"How can you be so angry, it seems like you have everything you want and more - ruler of Dream Land, servants that do your every bidding, an arch-rival that cares about you..." Why would Dedede want a rival like Kirby to care about him, he hardly cares about anyone else! (Well, maybe except for Kirby.) "What could you be so possibly angry about?"
"The fact that I missed this week's episode of America's Got Talent! I missed the live shows since I was taking care of some important business; I would have watched the results show, but everyone knows the results shows are full of spoilers for those who haven't watched the previous episode! What would be the point of watching AGT finals, if I don't know how well the final five acts who made it performed? I had entrusted my Waddle Dees to record the live show on DVR, but they failed!"
"King Dedede the Waddle Dees don't even have fingers, they can't operate a remote control by any means." They can't operate pretty much anything else, they can only open a door but that's really all that they can do without struggling. "You should have just asked someone to record the show for you!"
"And reveal my secret to them, so they can spread the secret to the others?! I can't let a single soul know that I watch a reality show like America's Got Talent, it might make or break my reputation!"
"Sucks for you, since now I know..." Tails isn't the person that would go about spreading secrets, so King Dedede is in good hands.
King Dedede: I can't tell the others that I watch America's Got Talent, otherwise I'll become stigmatized and categorized in the same realm as those frantic fangirls that watch the show! You know, the ones that are all like "When is my favorite going to perform, I can't wait for them!" Then when their favorite performs, "What a great performance, I can see my favorite going all the way and winning the grand prize!" And if their favorite comes up short... "Boo, my favorite didn't win, I'm never watching this show ever again, the entire competition was rigged for the winner!" Fangirls have to ruin every little thing...
"And I know also..." Bowser, having overheard this conversation, stroked his chin in an evil manner. "I know just the prank to execute on Dedede!" The koopa king snapped his fingers as a dastardly idea popped in his head.
"Sonic I need to speak with you for a quick minute!" Bowser caught up with the hedgehog in the Pokemon sanctuary, where he was looking for Pokemon - more importantly, Pokemon that look like hedgehogs. "Would you like to be a part of my newest prank?"
"Sure thing, but on one condition..." Sonic approached the koopa king, holding a picture in his hand. And it's not the picture of Snake and Meryl Silverburgh, that has already been returned in the previous episode. "Do you know where I can find this Pokemon?" The hedgehog showed Bowser a picture of Shaymin, the gratitude Pokemon, who is also coincidentally a hedgehog. No wonder Sonic's inside the sanctuary. "Red told me that it's a hedgehog, and therefore I must align with my hedgehog brethren and..."
"That's not important right now, gimme that!" Bowser snatched the picture of Shaymin and tore it into little pieces. Burning the picture with his flame would have been a more effective method. "Do you want to be in on my prank or not? Yes or no question, just give me one answer, that's all I'm asking from you!"
"What exactly does this prank entail, will we need any banana peels or fake spiders? I got plenty of those in my room, I've wanted to use them on Tails and Knuckles, but I'm afraid that they might be smarter than I suspect them to be." Tails, thanks to his high intuition, could smell a prank from a mile away, though not literally since that's flat out impossible. Knuckles, well...not so much. He's more badbutt (yes, badbutt) than he is a genius.
"So I overheard that King Dedede missed an episode of America's Got Talent - a show that he's apparently too ashamed to watch, even though the general public likes it if fifteen million viewers per episode is any indication - and he doesn't want watch the finals partly because he hasn't seen a majority of the acts perform. And for whatever reason, he's against watching the results show to find out who went through because it's full of 'spoilers'...so why don't we spoil it for him?"
"Heh, that doesn't sound like a bad prank at all! One thing that would make it better is if we had a third person..." And Sonic happens to know this person very well.
Chrom: Finally got in contact with Raven; she said that our date will take place next Friday, at the Japanese restaurant downtown. Wasn't surprised by the venue, according to her dating profile, she has a bit of a hankering for Japanese cuisine. Before I go on my date, I must use the time that I have to practice so I won't be so awkward and sweaty - can't have any first date jitters. I've already asked Fox and Falco for assistance, so I've decided to ask these two particular swordsmen...
"Duck Hunt Dog should be hiding somewhere in this shed..." Robin looked inside the garden shed in the mansion's backyard. The mage has spent a bulk of his time scouring the backyard, and still no sign of the Duck Hunt Dog or the tome that the dog had stolen. "I'm hoping that he didn't dig a hole and buried my tome inside the ground, he simply doesn't know how much that book means to me; it's more powerful than one may think."
"Dixie just texted me back, now she wants to know how Donkey Kong is doing!" Diddy panicked after receiving another text from his girlfriend. At first, Robin was joyed that Diddy was tagging along with him in his quest to find his tome. But as it would later turn out, the spidermonkey was only accompanying the mage just so he could fill him in on some girlfriend-texting pointers. "I don't even know where my uncle is, what do I say?!"
"Just tell him that DK is busy eating or storing bananas," Robin suggested, still rummaging around in the garden shed. "That's practically the only thing I see him doing nowadays, aside from pounding his chest while doing some sort of Apache war cry in front of a mirror..."
Diddy Kong's phone vibrated, though it wasn't another text message - the vibration kept going on and on, meaning that he was getting a call...and it was a call from Cranky Kong. What would a crinkly old grandpa like be doing with a cellphone? Diddy moaned as he answered the call, instantly fearing for the absolute worst.
"Ah, Diddy Kong, just the monkey I needed to speak with!" Cranky started off the phone call in a happy tone...before things would take a turn for worse. "Have I ever told you how dingy your teeth are? You should definitely brush and floss your teeth more often! Also, when am I going to make another live appearance in this stupid Smash Life story, I refuse to remain as a one-time character! Do you not know how many one-time characters there are in the Pokemon anime? If I had a dollar for every time they didn't include a one-time character, I'd go broke!"
Diddy Kong felt embarrassed, blushing after Cranky Kong insulted his dental care. Robin understood the pain the spidermonkey was going through, having an unruly grandpa pinpoint your every flaw, even if you have no flaws to begin with. Cranky could throw unwanted insults at your girlfriend if he can't find a single negative thing about you, he'll always find some way to cut in deep. Diddy didn't say he acted like a stereotypical Jewish mother for nothing...
"Sup Robin, watcha doing here in the garden shed?" Link approached the mage, entering the shed. "About to do some hard work in the garden? Had no idea you were a gardener Robin - first you dabbled in cooking, and now you're trying out gardening? That's great, man!"
Link: A long time ago Zelda wanted me to take on gardening (don't know if it was the green of my tunic that gave her that bogus idea). My ventures in gardening didn't work out so well - Zelda gave me some Pegasus Seeds to grow, and she instructed me to water them on a daily basis. Did it for about a week or two, and the Pegasus Seeds later grew to Pegasus Trees. Zelda then told me to keep watering the trees, but I kept forgetting to do so, and the trees produced Mystical Seeds that had adverse effects. Instead of making you run faster (which is the ability of the seeds), the seeds makes you move slow and sluggish. Captain Falcon ate a feed seeds off of the tree, and then he moved all slow and stuff, becoming paranoid that the seeds were making him age quicker...even though there wasn't a single gray hair on his head.
"No I'm not gardening or anything, just looking for a tome that the Duck Hunt Dog stole from me," replied Robin, continuing his search even though he knows the dog nor the tome will be nowhere to be found. He's probably doing it just to save face in front of Link. "Diddy Kong is here on the lookout, and he's also granting me moral support." Yeah, if you want to even call it that...
"Heard that Chrom's date has been finalized for next week, and he wants to conduct a practice date so he'll be ready to go..." Link soon braced himself for what he was about to say next. "...and he's been wondering if you could be a part of this little 'practice date'..."
"I would love to be a part of this! What must I do?" Link sported a nervous grin on his face...
"Isabelle how can you do such a thing to me, I thought you loved and appreciated me this whole time!" Master Hand sobbed to Isabelle, while he was in his room. Why is this giant hand so sad, you might ask? It's because Isabelle had ordered Fox and Falco to watch over the hand while he's serving his house arrest. Keep in mind that Fox and Falco weren't exactly ordered to watch over Master Hand - they were the only ones that willingly agreed to do the task, after Isabelle asked everyone in the mansion.
"You know, this situation wouldn't have happened if you hadn't disappeared from your room and teleported to Luigi's and Daisy's home," said Isabelle. If you recall from the previous episode, Master Hand teleported to the home to alert Mario about Kirby's arch-rivals Magalor, Marx, and Zero attacking the mansion, although it was more of Zero's doing. No, not the robot, the giant eyeball thing that apparently bleeds at will. "Better be glad that the tracking device on your ring finger didn't go off!"
"I'm Master Hand, creator of the Smash Universe, I can do whatever I want, whatever I please! The judicial system is underneath me, who cares what punishment they dole out to me! Putting me on house arrest for 'theft'...what an absolute joke!"
"Yo, Isabelle, we're here!" Fox, and his partner-in-crime Falco, entered Master Hand's room, holding a couple of board games in their hands. "Got here just in time, the time we're gonna have with Master Hand will be off the chain!" Some grumbling could be heard from the giant hand in question...
Fox: Not surprised that nobody volunteered to watch over Master Hand...his amount of fun is simply too much for any mortal being to handle. He finds fun in the most abstract and unorthodox ways, like scaring people behind their backs for example.
Falco: Watching over Master Hand will teach us about Master Hand's ways - ways that we shall use in our everyday ventures, and we can pass on what we already know to Master Hand. It'll be a great learning experience for the both of us.
"Just put all your stuff on the floor and come here, I need to speak with you for a quick minute," said Isabelle; the Star Fox pilots did as they were told, and went to go speak with the shih tzu. "In case you haven't noticed yet, Master Hand isn't in the best mood, he's still bummed out about being under house arrest, and he thinks he did nothing wrong. So I want you both to cheer him up the best you can."
"No need to fear Isabelle, we got this all under control," Falco gave a thumbs up. "You can always count on us to get the job done!" Isabelle shrugged as she smiled and exited the room, sporting a somewhat confident smile. Fox and Falco may not be the best candidates for "babysitting" Master Hand, but someone's gotta do it! Once Isabelle closed the door, it was now time for the Star Fox pilots to do their thing.
"Stay away from me as far as possible, and leave me be!" Apparently Master Hand's mood prevented him from letting the pilots do their thing, as the giant hand floated to his bed and laid on it. "Go surf on the Internet on our computer phones for all I care!" Man, who peed in Master Hand's cheerios today? Link wasn't up to his usual tricks again, was he?
"Nah fam, we can't have you sulking like this, gotta turn that nonexistent frown upside down!" Falco said to Master Hand, doing his best to cheer up the Smash Universe creator. However, he did the exact opposite...
"What on earth did you just call me?!" Master Hand arose from his bed in fury. "That sounded like a curse word, or a fighting word, how dare you call me such a thing!"
"Bruh, I just called you fam...you know, like family, I consider you and everyone else my family...with only a few exceptions." It's pretty evident Master Hand has no knowledge of any hip slang. You'd think that an "all-knowing" being would have a few slang words in his personal dictionary.
"Now you've used another derogatory word! I am shocked and appalled Falco, I thought you were better than this!"
"This is not going well so far, Master Hand's bad mood is ruining things for us..." Fox whispered to Falco. Master Hand, not wanting to start a full-blown argument with Falco, returned to flying on his bed...and he doesn't even use the cover sheet, what a waste of a bed! "Making him happy will be a gradual process..."
"Reach for those toes!" Wii Fit Trainer told King Dedede, who was doing sit-ups in the fitness center in an effort to lose some weight. As you would imagine, the penguin is struggling mightily. "Don't give up Dedede, I know you can do it!"
Wii Fit Trainer: King Dedede has been whining and complaining all day about missing America's Got Talent on Tuesday, and he's too darn reluctant to see the results...so, to keep his mind off of things, I'm making him do a few exercises...And he better take these exercises to heart, I better not catch him scarfing down on a chocolate cake or a box of donuts once we're through!
Standing a faraway distance from Wii Fit Trainer and King Dedede was Sonic and Bowser, who were about to put their prank into motion. sonic had brought a third person along for the prank, and the hedgehog thought she would be a great addition.
"Can you explain to me what we're doing again, are we talking about who went through or who went home?" Amy said to the two pranksters. The pink hedgehog's a perfect choice - most fangirls watch reality competition shows (it's arguably been that way since American Idol first went mainstream in the early 2000's), and Amy is the pure epitome of a fangirl, if her previous fangirling of Sonic was any indication.
"We're not talking that kind of stuff, the main point of the prank is to talk about each act, and since you watch the show, you can help us 'stretch the truth', so to speak," Bowser explained Amy. "You'll say false things about each individual act, and we'll keep the conversation going! Our prank won't work though if Dedede doesn't hear us!"
"Wouldn't that be considered...lying?" Sonic and Bowser sheepishly looked at one another, before shaking their heads in response. "Oh well, that's fine by me! Let's get to it!"
The three waited until King Dedede was finished with Wii Fit Trainer. Once the penguin was done, walking out of the exercising room, the prank was now a go.
"So did you hear about what happened to Steven Brundage, the guy who does magic with Rubix cubes?" Amy started the discussion. "Heard he hurt himself pretty badly during his performance - in fact, he suffered from first-degree burns, and had to be sent to a nearby hospital!"
"Get out of here, no way!" Sonic exclaimed in faux shock, making the nearby King Dedede bummed out that he missed what could have been America's Got Talent's first serious injury on live television, where someone ended up in critical condition. "First-degree burns from a Rubix cube, that's practically unheard of!"
"Oh, but that's not all...Brian Justin Crum, the man who did that Phil Collins cover in the quarterfinals? He absolutely bombed in his semifinals performance, so badly that he got four X's! Pretty embarrassing, if you ask me!"
"Yeah, I think I saw that online!" stated Bowser. "He started off his song pretty good, and then the nerves got to him, and he stumbled along the way! It's a darn shame he went home..." But it's a real good thing he didn't, right?
Amy: Saying false things about the acts from America's Got Talent sounds so wrong...but sounds so right at the same time. I guess there's a lot of humor involved in what I'm doing with Sonic and Bowser, and humor can make anything fun, I suppose...
"St-Steven Brundage...got hurt?!" King Dedede approached the three, he had eavesdropped for far too long. "Is he okay, is he one hundred percent? He's one of my favorites, I'm always a huge fan of magicians, and to see one of my favorites get hurt..."
"Too bad he wasn't the only magic act who got seriously hurt," replied Bowser. "Isn't that right Amy?" Amy, in a slightly frantic state of mind, suddenly conjured a magic act in her head.
"Ah yes, the Clairvoyants!" Amy snapped her fingers once the name came in her head. "They were doing some freaky mind trick with the judges, and it was so intense, that one of the performers hemorrhaged and had to be sent to the hospital as well." Would the producers of America's Got Talent ever let hemorrhages slip by on their show?
"Someone bled on live television, and I missed it!" King Dedede had his hands on his head in distress. "Why did I let those Waddle Dees record the show for me, what was I thinking? I can't my faithful servants do all of my bidding, they need a break every now and then!"
"Ain't that the truth," responded Sonic, receiving a nudge from Amy. "What, he has an extremely valid point!" Sonic whispered to Amy while shrugging.
Mario and Pac-Man met with Mega Man and R.O.B, in the room where Mega Man's teleportation device (the one Master Hand forced the blue bomber to build just so he could take the brawlers to Rio and also steal the United State men's basketball team's cruise ship) was.
"WORKING ON...CALIBRATIONS..." R.O.B. said to Mario Pac-Man, and Megaman while he was working away on the teleportation device. "WE'LL BE READY IN...ONLY A FEW MINUTES..."
Mega Man: After the Rio incident that saw Master Hand wind up with a house arrest for cruise ship theft (a crime that sounds more unbelievable every time you say it), I was more than ready to destroy the teleportation device, and I was actually close to destroying it, until Mario and Pac-Man came to me, wanting to use the device. So I had R.O.B., whom I consider the Mr. Game and Watch of the technology world, patch the device back up. Kinda sucks for me, since I was going to sell the device scraps for money so I can buy me a highly expensive personal hair dryer, for my robot hair...but there's always Christmas.
"Aw, cheer up Villager, one day you'll beat Ness in a home run derby, just gotta work on your craft and you'll beat Ness in no time!" Pit spoke with Villager, holding a baseball bat, as the two lads walked by the room. Villager walked back and poked his head through the doorway when he saw Mario and company standing on the pad of the teleportation device; the youngster had recalled Mega Man vigorously destroying the device prior to going outside for his home run derby, so to see the device back together in one piece...it certainly befuddled the young Villager.
"Going back to Rio, I'm assuming?" Villager asked those inside the room. "Thought we already put Rio behind, especially after the whole cruise ship fiasco..."
"Sweet, we're going back to Rio, that's awesome!" Pit knocked Villager out of the way and ran inside the room, stepping on the teleportation pad. Typical Pit, wanting to be a part of things... "I've always wanted to go back, those Jamaican people are way nicer than the news made them out to be!" Can someone tell Pit that the Brazilians are NOT Jamaican, regardless of what the green and yellow colors may have entailed?
"Silly Pit, we're-a not heading back-a to Rio...Master Hand's actions got-a us banned from ever coming back to-a Brazil," explained Mario; took Pit forever to suddenly realize that Rio is not in Jamaica. "We're going to Safeco-a Field to visit the Mariners president, and ask-a him if we can use-a the baseball stadium-a for my wedding."
"Due to a lack of transportation - what with Mario not owning a vehicle aside from the kart vehicles he uses for racing (same goes for me), and Mega Man's car no longer in commission - we had Mega Man and R.O.B (mostly R.O.B.) repair the teleportation device so we can go to Safeco Field," added Pac-Man. "And by the looks of it, you're more than eager to come along for the ride!"
"Safeco Field is the place where the Seattle Mariners play, right?" Villager came up to ask this question. "I wanna come to; while you guys are doing your thing, I can work on my hitting with the Mariners coaches." Well what if the coaches don't want to work with Villager on their hitting, what is he gonna do then? The Mariners still have to play, you know!
"We're unsure about how long we'll be at the stadium...but I suppose you can use the time that you have to work on your skills. There won't be much for you and Pit to accomplish while Mario and I speak with the team president."
"ALL SYSTEMS... ARE TO GO..." R.O.B. announced after he was finished with the calibrations, hopping on the teleportation pad. "TO SAFECO FIELD...WE GO..." And just like that, Mario and company were teleported...and the camera crew putting together the documentary was also teleported. Can't forget about them!
Aerith: Link and Cloud relayed Chrom's practice date to me and Zelda, and Link said that Chrom wants the practice date to have an "authentic" feel, like he's at an actual restaurant.
Zelda: In order to fulfill Chrom's wishes, we designed the ballroom to look like a fancy restaurant, and we even included a stage so we could have a musical act to perform while the practice date goes on...As for the practice date itself, you'll just have to wait and see what we have in store. *giggles*
"Put this wig on, and don't say a single word until I say so," Cloud gave a Robin a wig - a wig that strangely resembles female Robin's hair - and the mage put it on his head, albeit reluctantly. He and Cloud were standing outside the door to the ballroom, with a certain spidermonkey in their presence.
"Dixie just texted me about the Panthers-Broncos game tonight, I had no idea she watches sports!" Diddy panicked after receiving yet another text from Dixie Kong. "Why must I listen to social ideals and assume that girls aren't into sports that much?" No matter where Robin is, or what he does, Diddy Kong has to be there, asking the mage for texting assistance. It should be teenagers getting their first phone who would need assistance in texting others, especially their significant others.
"Diddy it's not that big of a deal, just tell her that it will be a great game, and that you'll thoroughly enjoy it," Robin suggested to Cloud, not knowing that he just broke a recently established rule.
"Did I not tell you not to say a single word?!" Cloud scolded the mage. Lucina poked her head through the ballroom door, giving Cloud a thumbs up. "Alright, we're ready, just follow me inside and everything will be explained for you."
So Cloud led Robin inside the ballroom, and Diddy closely followed along, and soon the three ended up in the ballroom...which hardly looked that much like a ballroom. It looked like a legit fancy restaurant, what with the tables with the white tablecloth, the bright lights at every corner, and a musical stage, with Link (with a triangle), Toon Link (with a flute), Young Link (with an ocarina) and K.K. Slider on top. Sitting at one of the tables was Chrom, looking through a fake menu.
"Glad to see that you have finally arrived!" Aerith approached Robin, taking the mage's hand and walking him over to the table where Chrom sat at. Zelda was also at the table, pulling out a chair for Robin. You'd be hard pressed to find that kind of generous service at any restaurant. "We've been expecting you to come!"
"What is the meaning of this, what's with this setup?" Robin questioned as Aerith sat him and his seat, and Zelda pulled the chair up to the table. Diddy sat at a nearby table, so he can alert Robin about any text he may receive from Dixie. "I demand answers at once!" Aerith nor Zelda didn't answer; they just stepped away from the table, as Chrom looked up from the menu, putting said menu on the table.
"Hello, Raven, I didn't expect you to show up this soon," Chrom greeted Robin, who's now confused as all heck. Ever saw the Nick Young confused face? That's the very facial expression Robin was giving Chrom right now.
K.K. Slider: One of my many dreams is to one day perform at a restaurant, for all the lovebirds in love on their dates...and the families who wish to celebrate a major accomplishment, like a graduation. When Zelda asked me if I wanted to perform at a restaurant, I quickly obliged - but I never expected to be performing in the ballroom, transformed into a restaurant, but like the Chrom practice date that Zelda had alluded to, it's only just for practice...though I really want the real deal.
"Just play along and this will be all over sooner than you know it," Lucina came over to tell Robin this, before patting him on the shoulder and walking away. No comforting kiss on the cheek to cheer up the mage? How very mysterious.
"So tell me Raven, how do you like it in Seattle?" Chrom started off the conversation. "What do you like the most about it - is it the weather? The people? The attractions? Tell me what your heart desires!" If this is how Chrom plans on starting out his actual date...
"Oh, um, I like...the people, they're very nice to me," responded Robin, albeit in a girly voice, since it might be what Chrom wants. He can't let this be a one-sided conversation, he's gotta keep the conversation going too. "You've been in Seattle far longer than I have, what do YOU like about this city?"
"I'd say I love Seattle's culture, a lot of intriguing aspects like the local musical bands. Speaking of which, I could definitely kill for some music now..." Chrom looked over to the stage, and saw K.K. Slider and the three Links silently waiting for their cues, although a cue was already given out. "I said, I could definitely KILL for some music now..."
"You want music, well you got it!" K.K. exclaimed as he played his guitar, and the three Links played their instruments. The melody was imperfect, the harmony was harrowing, and the rhythm was all over the place, and Chrom didn't like it one bit.
"Some singing would be awfully nice," the prince of Ylisse voiced his concerns with a frown. "The four of you together doesn't really sound that good..."
"Don't worry, I'm on it!" Link disappeared off of the stage, and came back on with a synthesizer. He pressed a button, and some techno music began playing, as the Hylian sang the following in a relatively low voice: "Oh yeah, you gotta get schwifty, gotta get schwifty in here, time to get schwifty, oh yeah you gotta get schwifty, take off your pants and your panties, and then you...poop on the floor..." Link was now getting low on the floor, a harrowing sight for anyone who's not used to Link dancing (and anyone in this sense means everyone). "...time to get schwifty in here, gotta poop on the floor..."
Cloud: After the whole Lucina-Robin stalking incident, I thought for a minute that Link's standards wouldn't fall any longer than they were. And now he just got low to the floor, real low, enough to the point where you would be in danger of turning in your man card. So it's safe to say that Link's low standards have now just been obliterated.
"Dixie Kong just texted me again, she's asking me if I'm watching any football games on Sunday!" Diddy Kong went over to Robin to alert him this. "She knows a lot more than I have ever...why are you dating Chrom?" What a very awkward question to ask the mage.
"I'm not 'dating' Chrom, this is just a mere practice date," explained Robin. "The reason why I'm dressed up as Chrom's date, Raven, is to prepare..."
"You need to go on a practice date so when you go on an actual date with your new girlfriend Lucina, you'll know exactly what to do?" The words "girlfriend" and "Lucina", both uttered one after another - it greatly angered Lucina's loving and caring father, Chrom.
"You're in love with Lucina and you never told me?" the prince frowned at Robin, nearly seething. As a father, Chrom demands to know everything pertaining to Lucina. "Why were you too reluctant to tell me Robin, we're pretty tight after all!"
"Diddy how do you of all people know this, is this why you were following me this whole time?" Robin frowned at Diddy. "Because you knew that Lucina and I are in love, is that why?!"
"For the record, Link told me after our Scholars Club meeting about you and Lucina making out at Luigi's and Daisy's home," responded Diddy. Robin furiously looked at Link, who immediately stopped singing his weird song and sheepishly walked off the stage, and Chrom gave a similar look to Lucina, who was chilling in the back with Aerith and Zelda, now too ashamed to look at her own father.
"Kissing in Luigi's home when no one (save for Link, maybe) was looking, that's...that's just low man," Chrom shook his head at Robin, still in a bit slight of disbelief. "I don't know what to think of you anymore, Robin." Chrom heaved a heavy sigh as he got up from his seat, and exited the ballroom, thus ending the practice date on a highly awkward note. Had Link not told Diddy what he had seen, the spidermonkey wouldn't have bothered Robin all day long, and the truth of Robin and Lucina kissing would have never been made known to Chrom. It could have been the best-kept secret going on in the mansion, but nope, Diddy (and to an extent, Link, supplying the information to Diddy) had to ruin it.
"Anyone mind if I use this time to practice my guitar playing skills?" asked K.K. Slider; the current mood inside the ballroom prevented anyone from giving the hippie dog an answer. "Groovy!" K.K. played his guitar with all his heart, as the tension in the ballroom persisted.
Inside the arcade room, Wolf was playing the Space Invaders arcade machine. And he didn't just play it - he also broke the record, previously held by Zero!
Wolf: "Nobody can beat my high score," he said, "I'm the best Space Invaders player this mansion has ever seen," he said, "You guys are nothing but a bunch of scrubs," he said...well Wolf O'Donnell says that I just beat your high score Zero, so do me a solid and hold this L!
"Ha ha, take that haters, you're now looking at a new record holder!" Wolf cockily turned around to face .EXE, X, and Zero, the later robot fuming about his long-standing score, now erased by Wolf. "Bow down to the king!"
"Who's hating, the only person that's hating is Zero, and his reasons are very much justified," stated .EXE. Wolf laughed manically in Zero's face, and the Maverick Hunter held his tongue. Opening his mouth would prove to be quite disastrous.
"Hey dudes, you want some free tokens?" King Dedede approached Wolf and company, holding a pile of tokens in his hands. "Got these tokens from a few vending machines, and since I'm feeling very generous today, I was wondering if you want any tokens!"
"Is it just me, or is King Dedede feeling more caring towards us because he missed that episode of America's Got Talent?" Zero whispered to X; the pacifist robot shrugged. Dedede didn't want anyone to find out that he watches AGT, partially because he doesn't want to be grouped in the same category as "fangirls", and yet here we are, and Zero and X both know that Dedede watches the show.
"Grace VanderWaal got busted for taking PEDs during the competition, and now she's been booted from the America's Got Talent finals?!" Sonic discussed with Bowser and Amy as they entered the arcade room, knowing that King Dedede would be there. Now Grace is but twelve years of age, but twelve-year-old would take steroids at such a young age? Had her parents allowed this to happen, it would probably count as child abuse. "That's not a good sign for the show, never would have imagined a singing act caught for doping! I was shocked when they confirmed it on the results show!"
"The PEDs helped improve her singing skills, and also granted her the ability to write her original songs," Amy kept the discussion going. "How very scandalous of her to do!" King Dedede was biting on his fingernails - through his gloves. How did he miss out on his (extreme false) news, why did his Waddle Dees fail him?
Bowser: This Grace kid is practically harmless, has done no wrong, and yet people want to hate on her...that's how you know she's destined to become a bona fide pop star.
"Grace is no longer in the competition, how can this be?" an exasperated King Dedede approached Sonic and company. "She's perhaps the only singer that I like, and now she's been disqualified from competing! This season has taken a turn for the worse!"
"Um, I'm pretty sure that Grace is..." X started off, before Bowser came in and covered the robot's mouth with his arms. No way the koopa king would like the pacifist robot ruin his prank, it's going awfully well so far!
"First Steven Brundage, and now Grace! What about Victor Kee, was he eliminated or not?" Sonic and Bowser nodded their heads; Amy would have nodded hers, but she was too reluctant to do so. "Great, now my favorites aren't even in the finals! Life is so unfair!" King Dedede ran out of the arcade, on the verge of tears. Sonic and Bowser found themselves laughing at the penguin, but Amy on the other hand was feeling kinda sympathetic.
"Yeah buddy, won again, man I'm on a roll!" Fox exclaimed after beating his pal Falco in a game of Sorry!, bringing his four pawns to his "home" space. The pilots were playing in Master Hand's bedroom, and yes, they've been playing against each other for the longest.
"Your eleven-game winning streak will come to an end Fox, mark my words!" Falco vowed as he took the game pieces off the Sorry! game board, ready to start another game with his friendly rival. "It would be very pleasant if someone wanted to play with us, instead of sulking around on a bed they probably don't even use that often." That someone Falco is referring to is none other than Master Hand, still on his bed.
"I'm not playing as a sign of showing mercy to you both, if I played, I would cream you two, to the point where you would be embarrassed to play me ever again!" was Master Hand's lousy excuse, and evidently the Star Fox pilots didn't buy it at all. Soon Isabelle came inside the room, to check on Master Hand and make sure that Fox and Falco haven't made him lose his sanity yet.
"How are Fox and Falco treating you, Master Hand?" Isabelle asked the giant hand; Master Hand gave a weak thumbs up before plopping his fingers back on the bed. "Excellent!" Isabelle scribbled Master Hand's condition on her clipboard, like his condition needed to be recorded.
Isabelle: At first I believed that Master Hand would have went off his rocker due to Fox and Falco's antics, and expel them from the mansion...but he looks generally content, lying on the bed. He must have really high tolerance levels for silliness.
"Just wanted to see how you were doing, goodbye for now!" Isabelle exited the room, making Master Hand groan. Fox and Falco were about to play their twelfth straight game of Sorry! (Falco refuses to give up until he comes away with a victory), but they can't play with only themselves, there has to be a third player.
"C'mon, Master Hand, if you can supposedly cream us in this game, then how about you show us?" enticed Fox, trying to uplift Master Hand's mood. "Unless you're a...a coward!" Now THAT should get Master Hand riled up, he doesn't appreciate people calling him names. That's one thing he doesn't have a high tolerance for.
"Oooooh SNAP!" exclaimed Falco, getting pumped for no reason. He has a potent tendency of doing that.
"Fine then, a game you want, a game you shall get!" Master Hand got off of his bed and hovered towards the game board, picking out his pieces and placing them at the start space. Let the games begin...
"A wedding at Safeco Field, eh?" the president of the Seattle Mariners spoke with Mario and Pac-Man in his office, while Mega Man and R.O.B. waited outside. "I'm sure we can work something out. We could have your wedding on one of our off days, or we can hold the wedding right after an early afternoon game, if that's fine with you..."
"The latter option sounds-a more feasible," replied Mario. "How does...June 23rd sound to-a you?" A little close to Luigi's wedding date, don't you think?
"June 23 is an absolutely perfect date! Well, Mr. Mario, looks like we got ourselves a deal." The Mariners president shook hands with Mario, signifying June 23rd as the day Mario and Peach will (finally) wed.
"MISSION COMPLETE...TIME TO HEAD BACK HOME..." R.O.B. uttered from outside the office; like Mega Man, he was already feeling the need to return to the mansion in one peace.
"Well, it looks like our work here is done," said Pac-Man. "Thanks for hearing us out, Mr. President!" The Mariners president waved to Mario and Pac-Man as the two video game icons exited the office, ready to return home.
Mario: So it's-a been settled, June 23rd will-a be the day Peach and-a I will wed. Obviously we have-a to do whole-a lotta planning up-a to that date, but for me-a and Peach, it'll be the best-a day ever...
Mega Man: The way the teleportation device works, the only way we can return to the mansion is if me, Mario, Pac-Man, Pit, and Villager are together. It won't work if someone's left behind...
Outside on the baseball field, Villager was having batting practice with one of the Mariners' starting pitchers, while Pit kept track of the balls Villager homered. We shall dub the Mariners pitcher Abraham.
"You see, batting isn't that hard - you just gotta be focused, and keep your head straight, and you'll be churning out home runs in an instant," Abraham said to Villager as he pitched baseball after baseball to the young lad. Villager hit one of the baseballs with the swift crack of his baseball bat, delivering a home run that Hank Aaron would be proud of.
"Easy for you to say, you're a pitcher, what would you know about hitting and all that stuff?" questioned Pit, recording Villager's home run on a piece of paper. "All you do is throw the baseball all game long!"
"Yes, that may be true, but as a pitcher, I know what batters I go up against, and what they are capable of. That's one of the many great things about baseball, knowing where the strengths and weaknesses of your opponents lie."
"Pit, Villager, it's time to go!" Mega Man called out to the two, running out on the baseball field. "Mario and Pac-Man have already spoken with the team president, and they have decided that..."
"Wait, which one of you is Villager?" Abraham asked Pit and Villager; the sound of Villager's name made the pitcher somewhat sick to his stomach. And would you know it, the boy with the "1" t-shirt raised his hand. "You're the most wanted criminal in my home country of Venezuela, do you not know the harm and panic you have brought upon my country?"
"I'm the most wanted criminal in Venezuela?" worried Villager, until he recalled the prank call he was subject to. Bowser had made him call a foreign number, saying that the number belonged to Villager's long-lost parents, and the young lad fell for the prank. "No sir, it's not what you think, this is all a huge misunderstanding!"
"Don't think I won't let you get away with this!" Abraham charged at Villager, putting him in a headlock and making him pay for the hysteria he (inadvertently) brought upon Venezuela with the prank call. Mario, Pac-Man, and R.O.B. arrived at the baseball field, and saw Pit and Mega Man prying Abraham away from Villager.
"Mama mia!" Mario exclaimed as he and the others rushed in to assist Pit and Mega Man, and as they were doing that...
...the entire group (as well as the camera crew, can't forget about them) was warped back to the mansion. And Abraham was brought along.
Mega Man: Oh yeah, I forget one more crucial thing...any outsiders that are present with us when we warp back will be warped along with us. Teleportation works both ways, you know.
"I'm not done with you yet!" the pitcher said to Villager as he continued to harass the boy. He brought Villager out of the room, and harassed him in the hallway. Robin, who was walking in the hallway reflecting on how the practice date earlier ended, saw Abraham messing with Villager, and wanted to help his fellow brawler out.
"You leave him alone this instant!" Robin said to Abraham, confronting the pitcher and restraining him. Abraham elbowed the mage in the face several times, the last blow sending Robin to the floor writhing in pain.
"Robin!" Amy, who had just turned around the corner of the hallway, screamed out the mage's name when he saw what had happened to him. The hedgehog ran over to Robin to tend to his needs, while Abraham dragged Villager down the hallway and to another part of the mansion where he can't be bothered. "Are you okay, did that mean man hurt you?"
"My jaw feels horribly sore..." Robin rubbed his temples, massaging them. "But other than that, I'm fine." Robin slowly got up, before falling on the floor. "...or maybe not." Mario and company exited the room, to see what had transpired.
"You guys watch over Robin, I'll go find some help!" Amy told the men as she ran away. Isn't she supposed to be with Sonic and Bowser, why did she break away from them?
"To think that Robin was a trustworthy friend, someone I could put my faith in, or rely on when I need him the most...and he has the gall to cover up his kiss with Lucina, what a coward he is," Chrom shook his head as he sat in the foyer, griping over the actions of Robin. "So what about you, how are things treating yourself?" Chrom would ask this question to King Dedede, who was also sitting in the foyer after being wronged (although he doesn't even realize it).
"My favorites from America's Got Talent aren't even in the finals, I don't think I can watch anymore..." the penguin heaved a deep sigh. "I'll just...see who the winner is, and until May or June or the next season..." Or he could audition for the show, and be a part of the experience! But we all know that Dedede his devoid of any talent. If speed-eating was an actual talent that can get you far in the competition, maybe the penguin could have a chance.
"Chrom, I have some terribly bad news, it's about Robin!" Amy frantically ran down the steps to alert the prince, who instantly looked up when Robin's name was mentioned. "Some man just hurt Robin - I think he elbowed him in the face, knocking him to the floor! And he's taking Villager away to who-knows-where! You must..."
"That's enough for now, Amy, I know what must be done..." Chrom got up, and ran up the stairs, likely wanting to be a hero.
Chrom: Even though Robin may have done me wrong, I can't stand to see anyone hurt him by any means. I'll find this person, and make him pay for what he has done!
"Oh, and King Dedede, there's something that I have to get off of my chest..." Amy turned to face King Dedede, still very much depressed. "Those things I said with Sonic and Bowser...they weren't true." Dedede looked up at Amy with a surprised expression on his face, his eyes bulged out. "Brian Justin Crum, Grace VanderWaal, Victor Kee, they never went home...though Steven Brundage did. Point of the matter is, no one got seriously hurt or anything, and none of the names I mentioned except for Brundage went home - it was all just a part of Sonic's and Bowser's prank, and they invited me to be a participant. I didn't feel that bad at all about what I was doing until I saw you about to break down into tears..."
"How dare those posers prank me like that!" King Dedede gritted his teeth, pulling out his hammer. "Although Sonic deserves most of the blame, it was that dastardly Bowser who came up with that prank in the first place, he's the only one that would come up with such a prank! He may have slipped by with his pranks in the past, but this time, he'll pay..."
"I'm telling you Zelda, this wasn't me nor Diddy Kong's fault, Chrom had to found out sooner or later," Link discussed with his girlfriend about the ordeal with Chrom and Robin as they walked through the hallway. "Sure the situation could have been handled better, but still..."
"Had you not spilled the beans to Diddy, none of this wouldn't have happened," Zelda responded in a reprimanding manner. She stopped in her tracks - also making Link stop by throwing her arm in front of him - when she saw Abraham verbally abusing Villager on the floor. He may be sticking up for his home country of Venezuela, but he's definitely going over-the-top with his actions. "What is that man doing here, and why is he harming Villager like that?! Link, you have to stop him!"
"Nah that guy looks way too tough for me, I wouldn't want to face him if I was walking down the street, I'd just go in the opposite direction." Zelda gave Link a dubious look, for the hero of Hyrule has faced tougher enemies before (see: Ganondorf).
However, someone did come in to save the day, when Chrom showed up and confronted Abraham. The pitcher left Villager alone, as he and Chrom got into a fight, which ended with Chrom delivering a knockout punch to Abraham and sending him to the floor, unconscious. Link and Zelda just stood there agape after witnessing what they had seen; who knew Chrom was that capable!
Zelda: Chrom had knocked out that man with one swift punch, not to mention that he used his fists to bring the man down. Whereas with Link, he can only fight with his sword, and his punches are relatively weak...they feel like light taps on your body, you would never know that he's punching you. I should know, Link tried to prove to me how "tough" he is, and needless to say, miserable wouldn't begin to describe how he failed...
"Hoo boy, what happened over here?" Ganondorf came over to investigate the scene, seeing Abraham lying on the floor with Chrom standing strong. Ness and Lucas also came over, and seeing Abraham being treated by Ganondorf, they both ran over to see what was going on.
"Hey I know that man, he's one of the Seattle Mariners' starting pitchers!" Lucas exclaimed after inspecting Abraham, to ensure he wasn't seeing things. "But how and why is he even here in the first place?"
"My best guess is that he trespassed here without warning, and was taken out by Chrom for his actions! I say that we turn him over to the police, so they can send him to jail where he belongs, behind the bars!"
"No way, think of the bad publicity that would be brought upon the Mariners organization if that were to happen!" fretted Ness. Abraham is a squeaky-clean player, in terms of off-the-field behavior (like most baseball players generally are), so to be turned over to the police would hamper his reputation. "We can just return him to the Mariners headquarters, and pretend that nothing ever happened."
"My suggestion sounds a lot better...but I suppose we can return him to the team." Ganondorf picked up Abraham, and threw him over his shoulders. "Who here has a mode of transportation?"
"I do, we can just throw that man in the back of my pickup truck and drive down to the Mariners organization," Link volunteered. "Just follow me!" So Ganondorf, Ness, and Lucas ( the latter two possibly providing directions for Link, if he needs any), as well as Zelda, followed Link downstairs and to the foyer. A few seconds after they had left, Villager lifted up his head, rubbing it.
"Are you feeling okay Villager?" Chrom knelt down and asked the young boy, who nodded his head with a reassuring smile. "That's really good to hear." Chrom stood back up, and turned around and saw Robin, who's feeling a whole lot better. Not to mention that the mage had feelings of regret written all over his face.
"Got here as fast as I could," the mage began, looking down at the floor. "Just wanted to say that..."
"...you're sorry?" Chrom finished for Robin, catching the mage off-guard. The prince of Yliesse was also smiling! "Well, consider your apology accepted. Lucina told me everything I needed to know as I made my way up here, she apologized to me about the whole kissing thing and wished she had told me earlier. And you were wanting to make a similar apology, is that correct?" Robin responded with a cheesy grin...so that's definitely a yes. "Also, I found the Duck Hunt Dog carrying this in his mouth..." Chrom gave Robin his tome, albeit covered in dog saliva. "Found him on the staircase, chewing on a Bowser plushie while getting drool all over the tome." A Bowser plushie? Hmmm...
Lucina: I felt kind of bad for letting Robin kiss me in Luigi's home, in private when no one was looking...but I felt even worse about not telling Father about our kiss. It was a burden that I couldn't bear to persist forever, it was imperative that Father found out sooner or later.
"So Villager, why on earth was that man harassing you, was it because of something personal?" Robin asked Villager. What personal thing would Villager have with Abraham, it's not like Villager were to leave Abraham hanging after a high-five, and agitate the pitcher to the point where he would have to bully the little fella.
"It was mainly because of a prank call, Bowser tricked me into calling this number - saying that it was my parents - and it made me the most wanted criminal in Venezuela," explained Villager. "That man that was tormenting me, he's from Venezuela, and he said that I had brought harm upon his country after that phone call."
"How about we give our dear friend Bowser a taste of his own medicine?" smirked Chrom, conjuring an idea in his head. Bowser had this coming for some time now.
"Muahahahaha, beat you fools yet again!" Master Hand laughed maniacally after beating Fox and Falco for the nth time in the game of Sorry! - did they not consider playing the other board games, lying on the floor?
"Good game, good game, lots of fun all around," Fox said as he placed the Sorry! game board and pieces and whatnot back inside the box. "You were right Master Hand, you definitely creamed us, no ands, ifs, or buts about it!"
"Bruh why are you putting the game back, you said we would stop playing until I won at least one game!" pouted Falco. He's been playing Sorry! this whole time, yet he has no wins under his belt while playing the board game - guess that's why they call it Sorry!
"Aaaah, I feel so refreshed!" Master Hand let out a sigh of relief, stretching out his fingers. "I don't feel as angry as I did before!" There was a knock at the door; Master Hand answered it, and saw Diddy Kong. "Hello, Diddy, how may I help you today?"
"Man, pranking King Dedede was fun stuff!" Sonic was chilling with Bowser in the cafe, drinking a bottle of soda pop. "Can you believe that man was about to cry after we told him that his favorites were eliminated and/or disqualified? What a maroon he is!"
"Too bad your girlfriend didn't want to stick around, we could have kept the prank rolling!" added Bowser, also drinking a bottle of soda pop. Amy had left for a pretty good reason...
Amy: Today I learned a valuable lesson - it's never nice to change things around, just for the sake of fun. It can easily misguide others, and hurt other people's feelings. I also learned that Bowser is one of the biggest jerks of all time - he found it funny and comical that King Dedede was feeling so hurt, and even called him a baby at one point! How Sonic and the others are able to put up with Bowser is absolutely mind-boggling.
"Hey Bowser, you got a minute?" Diddy Kong entered the cafe to ask Bowser, giving the koopa king his cellphone. "This call is for you." Bowser rudely snatched the phone out of Diddy's hands, having a few doubts.
"Who's speaking, this better be quick, I don't have all day you know!" Bowser rudely said into the cellphone. It's safe to say that he doesn't have the best people skills out there...
"That's no way to talk to an elderly grandpa like myself!" Cranky Kong's voice emitted from the phone. "Do me a favor, and do it quick: head down to the basement of the Smash Mansion, if ya know what's good for ya! You call yourself the Prank King, correct? Well there's a reward waiting for you, down in that basement!"
"Yeah buddy, I better claim it right away!" Bowser handed Diddy back his cellphone as he hurried down to the basement, with Diddy Kong and Sonic following along. And when the koopa king arrived at the basement...
...he saw Villager, with his umbrella, King Dedede, with his Chrom, with his Falchion, and Robin, with his tome (still covered in the Duck Hunt Dog's saliva), all glaring down Bowser. To top it all off, Master Hand was also present, making Bowser very much afraid.
"Well Bowser, it's been fun pranking with you and all, now if you excuse me, I gotta go..." Sonic, who was at the top of the basement staircase with Diddy, nervously said before speeding way. Bowser looked up at Diddy, who smiled as he headed out of the basement, closing the door behind him. Bowser's gonna get it now...
"Okay you guys, just chill out, I know why you're all angry," Bowser did his best to appease to Master Hand and company, as they neared the koopa king. "Certainly we can work something out, something that will be feasible for both sides..." No one listened to Bowser; instead, they were beating him up, making him pay for the troubles he had caused...
...and so ends the mighty reign of the Prank King.
