Author's Note:
Two games are being released today: the Link's Awakening remake, and Untitled Goose Game (uniroincally the best video game title ever). Today's chapter will be inspired by both games. Now for the reviews:
"Since Sans has shown up, will there be a pun-off with him, Lucina, Henry, and Lailah in a future chapter? If the Catherine cast does show up can you include them interacting with the Persona cast? (Since there was a Persona 5 Bonus scenario in Full Body and some say that Katherine and Ann might be related because of their hair color) will a King of Fighters chapter finally happen in the future? How soon will the rest of the Devil May Cry characters show up? And finally, what are your thoughts on the Fire Emblem Three Houses update altering Bernadetta's support dialogue?"
Maybe only with Lucina. The Catherine cast may not appear in this story at all. A King of Fighters chapter could happen. Doubt that any other DMC characters will show up. And Bernadetta's support dialogue shouldn't have been altered; the original dialogue added a wrinkle to Bernadetta's backstory and character. Another anonymous review:
"1:Can Zen and Rei from Persona Q appear?
2: how about an episode of "pets" only? you know, koromaru, rush, boney, etc
3: apart from the fighters, are you excited about mii costumes?
4: this is already a wish of mine, but can naoto appear more?
5:can there be any reference to transformers?
6: is the dragon quest slime resident? I say, he appears in the taunts of the heroes, and has a mii costume
7:do you think master chief enters smash? as a fighter or mii costume?
8:would you like someone from yo kai watch in smash? like jibanyan"
1. Eh...I doubt it.
2. Would be hard to do, but I love a good challenge.
3. I'm always excited about the Mii costumes.
4. I can squeeze in some room for Naoto, in future chapters.
5. I...I guess so?
6. Slime is indeed a resident.
7. I think not, but given that Microsoft is all chummy with Nintendo as of late...yeah, I don't think Master Hand will be in Smash, honestly.
8. Jibanyan has a good chance of being in Smash. A small chance, but a chance nonetheless.
On to Derick Lindsey:
"I'm surprised the whole Luigi trying to get Daisy to lose weight thing wasn't mentioned here so is that plot over or not yet?"
Not yet. Moving on:
"...I feel like Lil' Knux is a reference to something was it one of the names Lil' Soniq was using when he was still on fanfiction? because I could have sworn I read that somewhere."
I absolutely have no idea who Lil' Soniq is. Sorry. Last but not least, PinkRose4452:
"1. Is Anna is her Awakening, Three Hiuses, or another game appearance?
2. Can we see another prank war chapter, like chapter 42?"
1. Anna is in her Three Houses appearance.
2. I would love to do another prank war chapter, but it would have to feel drastically different from chapter 42. Gotta make it feel fresh and new and exciting, and a bunch of other adjectives. Gotta start planning while I can.
Episode 196: Goosey
Link was in very high spirits, after he got a giant monkey off his chest. The Hylian, who was unable to return his "faulty" iPod, was unable to repay Tom Nook after borrowing twenty bucks from the tanoki to purchase the device. Of course, had he not shredded his receipt, Link could've just returned his iPod, and everything would be springing daisies...
...but instead of just telling Tom Nook the truth, Link instead promised the tanoki that he would not only repay him, but repay him tenfold - two hundred dollars, to be exact. Thanks to some intervention from Team Rocket, Link ultimately told Tom Nook the whole truth, and earned the tanoki's respect. Just for his honesty.
Now relieved, Link went to the vending room to grab himself a snack. Just a little something to keep himself energized and upbeat. But when the Hylian went to the vending room and checked out one of the vending machines, he saw something quite...peculiar.
"What the..." uttered Link, when he saw many of his personal belongings in the vending machine - his deodorant, his toothbrush, his fake sunglasses, et cetera. The Hylian just stared at the vending machine, dumbfounded, as King Dedede popped up behind him.
"Howdy Link," the penguin greeted the Hylian, wondering what the big holdup was. "Trying to start a line in the vending room, aren't ya?"
"King Dedede, can I ask you an honest question?" Was King Dedede even capable of answering honest questions?
"Sure thing, what's up? Need help selecting the right snack?"
"Somehow most of my belongings ended up in this vending machine. How did that happen?"
"Oh yeah, that's weird...ooh, a dollar for a toothbrush, that's pretty good!"
"Yeah, well, I'm not paying for my own stuff, okay? I know you did this, because you've been accused of messing around with the vending machines."
"Accused? Me, of all people?" King Dedede looked away, scoffing at Link. "Mythra was snitching on me again, wasn't she?"
"Could have been her or Pyra. Forgot which one it was."
"Move aside, my dudes!" Yosuke told Link and King Dedede as he entered the vending room, brushing the two to the side. "What do I want, what do I want...ooh, a toothbrush!"
"I wouldn't recommend getting that. That's my toothbrush."
"Well that's too bad, because I already bought it!" Link watched in horror, as his toothbrush fell down to the bottom of the vending machine after Yosuke inserted his dollar and keyed his order in.
"Oh I think so, and you're going to hand it over to me." Link held out his hand to Yosuke, who grabbed the Hylian's toothbrush from the vending machine.
"You snooze, you lose..." was all Yosuke could say, as he left the vending room. Link could always get his toothbrush back from Yosuke, anytime he needed it.
Yosuke: I dropped my toothbrush down the sink, and Chie and Yukiko wouldn't stop complaining about how bad my breath was ever since the toothbrush incident. Girls are so judgmental, man. I've been without a toothbrush for almost a week...but whaddaya know, I managed to get this toothbrush for only a dollar! That was the easy part. *looks around* Wish the same could be said for hiding it...
"Hey, where's my wallet?" questioned Link, as he dug through his pockets for his wallet. King Dedede seemed to know where the Hylian's wallet was, as he was laughing to himself.
"It's right in there, J1," the penguin replied, as he pointed at the vending machine. Link saw where his wallet was, and sighed in frustration.
"That's not fair, how am I gonna get back my wallet if I don't even have my wallet?!"
"Here, you can have some nickels." King Dedede, in a rare act of kindness, handed Link a handful of nickels. "I'll just come back when you're done."
Nickels in hand, Link inserted the coins into the vending machine as King Dedede left. Knuckles would then show up at the vending room, with his entourage of Sonic, Tails...and now Crash.
"Is there anything to gain from following Knuckles around all day?" Aku asked Crash, forcing himself to follow Crash if the bandicoot found himself in any shenanigans. Crash shrugged in response to Aku's question.
"Hurry up Link, I ain't got all day!" Knuckles - wearing the same sunglasses and gold chains in the previous episode - told the Hylian, who was still inserting nickels into the vending machine.
"I'm moving as fast as I can, Knuckles..." replied Link; clearly he didn't get the memo, as Knuckles cleared his throat. "...uh, I mean, Lil Knux."
"That's a whole lotta nickels you got there," Sonic said to Link, never seeing anyone with that money nickels in one hand before. "Wallet got stolen again?"
"Seems like it...and whoever stole my wallet had the gall to put it in this very vending machine!" Knuckles and company saw Link's wallet in the vending machine, and started to sympathize for Link.
"Aw man, that sucks! Though to be fair, putting someone's wallet inside a vending machine seems like something Sans would do."
"I doubt it was Sans, he's more of a practical prankster. This prank would have to be executed by someone unexpected...like Cloud!"
"Cloud pranking you, let alone pranking anyone in general?" Aku questioned Link's thinking; the only way Cloud would actually do a prank was if someone held a gun to the swordsman's head and commanded him to do it. "That sounds highly..."
"...highly probable!" Knuckles would finish for Aku, although Aku didn't really need anyone to finish his sentence anyways. "No worries Link, we'll deal with Cloud and teach him a lesson."
"You actually think Cloud would prank Link?" Tails whispered to Knuckles, wanting the echidna to think reasonably and logically for a bit. "Pranking isn't exactly in Cloud's nature."
"But we would all look cool if Cloud was indeed the prankster, and we bust him for good," Knuckles whispered back to Tails, before redirecting his attention to Link. "We'll take care of Cloud for you, Link."
"Thanks a bunch, you guys, I'll leave you to it!" Link said to Knuckles and his entourage, who walked out of the vending room. Link returned to putting the nickels into the vending machine, counting as he went along. Sure hope the Hylian doesn't mess up his count!
Enjoying his time out of the house, Mario went out fishing at the mansion lake, fishing for whatever fish Pokemon he could find. Ike and his best friend Soren were also at the lake, tossing some Pokemon food to the Duckletts sitting on the water surface.
"Hey Mario, did I ever tell you how much of an intelligent scholar Soren is?" Ike asked the plumber, who had reeled in his latest catch...which was a Gorebyss. Good thing it wasn't a Gyarados, otherwise things would've gotten quite hectic.
"I've always assumed-a that Soren was a very smart-a cookie," replied Mario, as he brought the Gorebyss to the land surface, next to the Huntail he had caught a few minutes ago. "But a scholar? I never would-a have imagined!"
"Oh yeah, the dude has plenty of scholarships! He's never shown me them before, but that's just good ol' Soren being humble."
"Don't kid yourself, Ike, I'm not even close to being a scholar," stated Soren, who at times found it off-putting how much Ike was hyping him up. "Is it because I enjoy reading books, due to me being a mage? Is there some mage stereotype that I don't know about?"
"Quit selling yourself out like that, Soren, it's not good for your health! All that negativity could rot your brain."
Soren: That Jigglypuff has been looking at me kind of a lot, every time I visit the mansion. I would be creeped out by it, but it's nothing compared to the way Ike looks at me. *looks back at Ike, who is standing at a window staring at Soren through the window blinds*
Ike: *nonchalantly walks away from window after being caught*
"Whoever said I was being negative, I was just keeping it real," said Soren, causing Ike to laugh as the swordsman slapped the wind sage on his back.
"Even if Soren isn't a scholar, he's sure pretty good at being a comedian!" Ike said to Mario, wiping away a tear from his eye as he laughed. Mario smiled in response, which didn't do much to alleviate Soren's current mood.
"Yoo hoo, Mario!" Kapp'n called out to the plumber, speeding towards the lakeside on his motorboat. "You won't believe - or who - I found during my boat ride!"
Kapp'n drove his boat to the lakeside where Mario and company were, before bringing his boat to a stop. On Kapp'n's boat was an unconscious Hylian - one that was wearing a green hat and tunic, and had golden brown hair. Could be a Link incarnation.
"Woah, where did you find this kid Kapp'n?" Ike asked the turtle as he, Soren, and Mario were standing around the boat looking at the Hylian. From the looks of it, the Hylian looked like a little toy figurine, though it could be just the eyes.
"Found him stranded in the middle of the ocean, had to rescue him right away," replied Kapp'n, turning off his boat and hopping out. He brought the Hylian to land, placing him down on the ground near the Gorebyss and Huntail.
"Let me check-a his pulse..." said Mario as he knelt down at the Hylian's side, putting his index and middle fingers on the lad's throat. The plumber felt a steady pulsing sensation, which was good news. "...he's still alive!"
"What do you think we should do with him?" Soren asked Mario, who seemed to know exactly what to do. The return of Dr. Mario appeared to be on the horizon.
"We should take-a him to my house, and try to wake-a him up there. It's a blessing that this kid didn't drown-a in the ocean..."
"Yeah, you guys go handle that business," Kapp'n said to Mario and company, as he retreated to the tower. "I need to eat some lunch." Why was Kapp'n trying to run away for? Wanted to save himself saving a Hylian's life?
"I thought you had lunch before you started your boat ride," Ike said to Kapp'n, who was groaning. That turtle didn't want to help out the Hylian...what a jerk. "Saw you eating a cheeseburger before you headed out!"
"That...was my pre-boat ride meal. Riding on a boat can really make you feel hungry again. I hear another cheeseburger calling out my name!" And with that, Kapp'n scurried to the mansion.
"Ah, forget-a him, let's just get this-a kid to my house, pronto," ordered Mario, tossing Gorebyss and Huntail back into the lake. Ike grabbed the Hylian off the ground as he, Soren, and Mario made their way to Mario's house.
Shortly after Mario and company left, a flock of birds swam their way to the lake surface...and it wasn't a flock of Duckletts. Rather, it was a flock of geese, who waddled their way unto land. Where on earth where they headed...
Like any ordinary bear, Banjo loved honey. Whenever Banjo felt like it, he would raid the mansion's pantry of its jars of honey, and sat in the dining room on the floor and ate the honey like there was no tomorrow. The bear eating honey right now, making a mess all over the dining room floor.
"Banjo you silly bear, you're making an absolute mess!" Kazooie scolded the bear, who was eating from the jars of honey in a way that would make even Winnie the Pooh blush. "You're gonna clean up after your done, right?"
"Clean off my face, of course!" replied Banjo, before swallowing another handful of honey. That honey better not be used for any cooking soon. "But I'm not cleaning up the dining room...that's why why have Felicia and Flora around."
"As I've told you before, Banjo, you can't treat the maids like they're your pack mules! Abusing them like that can really go up to your head."
While Banjo continue to eat the honey, someone was knocking on the back door. Banjo stopped devouring the honey, as he opened the back door to see who it was.
"Aw, look Kazooie, it's a flock of geese!" squealed Banjo, as he pointed down at the geese. Kazooie just gave the geese the stink eye; she always hated other birds.
Banjo: Kazooie really has a thing against other bird species. Her hatred it sometimes really hard to put into words.
Falco: Kazooie is out to get me, I tell you...every time I pass by that bird, she always pecks me in the throat, right in the jugular! She really wants to kill me! For that reason, I've been doing my best to avoid Banjo, since he always has Kazooie around. But I can't avoid Banjo forever, because then I'll give away a false narrative that I'm scared of him. Or that Banjo is very intimidating. Either case is damning enough on its own.
"You honestly expect me to feel excited about them?" Kazooie asked Banjo in a very censorious tone, as Banjo left the door open and allowed the geese to just waddle inside the mansion.
"They look very friendly," commented Banjo, closing the back door as the geese were eating the honey left on the dining room floor. Kazooie just kept giving the geese the stink eye, until the Ice Climbers showed up.
"How did those geese get in here...?" Nana wondered as she saw the geese, before gasping when she noticed that they were eating honey. Already knew who the culprit was. "Banjo, were you eating up all the honey again? You've made another big mess!"
"Yeah Banjo, the heck is wrong with you?!" Popo scolded the bear, who whistled innocently to deflect the blame. "Why make a mess out of the honey when you could be making one out of our delicious ice cream?" What a terrible attempt at product placement.
"Seriously, Popo? You're not making things any better. How are you going to help Banjo learn from his despicable behavior?"
"By teaching him that there's more to life than just eating honey. Bears are so one-dimensional, acting like honey is the only thing that matters to them..."
Before Popo could finish making his point, an empty jar of honey was suddenly thrown at his head, making him wince in pain. The jar was thrown by one of the geese, who was going rogue.
"Oh no, it's our worst nightmare - the geese are attacking us!" panicked Popo, quickly running to the pantry for shelter. The geese followed Popo to the pantry, before grabbing food out of said pantry and running away. Things like sugar, vegetable oil, and ketchup were now in the possession of the geese.
"And now they're making a big mess!" fretted Nana, as the geese ran into the living room and wasted the pantry food all over the place. Felicia and Flora both had a daunting task ahead of themselves.
"Quick, Kazooie, we gotta scram!" Banjo told the bird, not wanting to get into trouble as he ran away from the dining room. After they made their mess, the geese left the living room, ready to cause even more trouble and chaos.
Pit, Kirby, and Incineroar showed up at the other side of the living room, and upon entering, they watched as the flock of geese ran by. Those birds nearly caused Pit to trip and fall.
"Not that often you see geese inside the living room..." remarked Kirby, before looking afar and seeing the giant mess the flock of geese had made. The pink puffball was stunned and surprised, all at once.
"Aw man, don't tell me we messed an epic food fight!" frowned Pit, as he and his friends observed the mess left behind. Sugar, ketchup, and vegetable oil was all over the walls and furniture.
"I doubt there was even a food fight to begin with, Pit..." Kirby started to wonder if the geese were involved, and he had no idea how right he was.
Fox, Falco, Peppy, and Slippy were hanging out in the lounge, playing everyone's favorite challenge - the bean boozled challenge. A Russian roulette challenge where you eat jelly beans, but you don't know what flavor it was. A blue jelly bean could be blueberry-flavored...or it could taste like toothpaste!
Bracing themselves for whatever awful jelly bean flavors they might come across, the entire Star Fox crew had to ready themselves (and their taste buds) for the bean boozled challenge. The crew had been through two types of jelly beans, and were now on their third one...chocolate pudding, or canned dog food.
"Ha ha, I got chocolate pudding!" cheered Fox as he pumped his fist, chewing the jelly bean proudly in his mouth. "What did you get, Peppy?"
"I got chocolate pudding as well, and it's quite delicious!" replied Peppy, delighting himself as he held his hand close to his mouth around the cheek area. "What about you, Mr. Lombardi?"
"...I got canned dog food," grimaced Falco, finding enough courage to swallow the jelly bean without vomiting. "It's a good thing I'm not a dog, must be a miserable life. Don't tell General Pepper what I just said."
"That's awesome, I got canned dog food too!" exclaimed Slippy, as his Star Fox mates gave the frog great looks of concern. Slippy would then eat all the brown jelly beans that were present, happily chewing on them. "Who knew that canned dog food would be so delicious?"
"...moving right along," sighed Fox, having to look away from Slippy to prevent himself from feeling queasy. "The next jelly bean we're gonna eat is this green one, with the spots on it. It's either juicy pear, or boogers."
"Down the hatch we go!" said Peppy, as the Star Fox members grabbed a green jelly bean. Peppy ate his jelly bean, and made a very disgusted face. "Looks like I wasn't so lucky this time around..."
"Alright, got juicy pear, let's get it!" exclaimed Falco, while Fox spat out his jelly bean on the floor. Not that hard to figure out what jelly bean Fox had selected. But what about Slippy?
"Hmm, to be honest I can't tell whether this is juicy pear or boogers," said Slippy as he thought to himself. "It might be boogers." If there was ever a big opportunity for the other Star Fox members to vomit, that opportunity was now.
Fox: What were we even expecting, Slippy is a frog and enjoys eating flies...eating disgusting things is practically in his nature.
Rosalina walked past the lounge, peering inside and seeing the Star Fox crew participating in the bean boozled challenge. One good look at Fox and Falco was enough for the mother of Lumas to run away, until...
"Yo, future officiant!" Fox called out to Rosalina, right before the mother of Lumas could take off. Sighing, Rosalina walked into the lounge to speak with Fox. "Have you made your decision yet?"
"Not yet, I'm still thinking it over," replied Rosalina, worried that she might be draining the patience of both Fox and Falco with her indecision. Luckily for her, Rosalina still had some time left to keep up with the act.
"Is there by any chance that you're worried about the pay?" Falco asked Rosalina, willing to take some money out of the wedding budget just to appease the mother of Lumas. "We'll offer you a grand."
"No, Falco, you don't have to indulge me with money, that won't make me come to a decision any quicker. Just give me a bit more time, okay?"
"Take as much time as you need to," replied Fox, allowing Rosalina to leave the lounge. Fox looked down, and saw that all the jelly beans had gone missing. "Slippy, did you eat all the jelly beans?"
"Not gonna lie, these barf-flavored jelly beans are quite delectable!" commented Slippy, happily chewing on the jelly beans he ate when Fox and the others weren't looking. Peppy did his best to stay vigilant, while Fox and Falco looked for the nearest trash can to vomit in.
Rosalina, letting out a sigh of relief, walked away from the lounge...and came across Toon Link and Young Link, who were being harassed by two geese carrying the buddy cops' swords in their beaks. Those two geese definitely came from that flock, which must be causing chaos around the mansion right about now.
"those two birds are really winging it, aren't they?" Sans asked Rosalina as he walked by, giggling at the buddy cops' misfortune. Ba-dum-tss...
Mario, back in his Dr. Mario attire, was looking down at the Hylian that Kapp'n had found on his boat. The Hylian was lying on the living room table still unconscious, with Dr. Mario, Ike, and Soren looking down at him.
"How long is he gonna stare at him?" Soren whispered to Ike, wondering why Dr. Mario hasn't done anything yet. "The kid isn't just going to wake up on his own..."
"Give Dr. Mario some time, he's gonna figure out something soon," Ike whispered back, as Dr. Mario scratched his chin in thought. A whole bunch of thoughts were running through the doctor's head.
"My mind has already been-a made up..." stated Dr. Mario, as if he was ready to give some kind of diagnosis. "...I've decided NOT to give this kid mouth-a to mouth resuscitation. I just don't trust-a myself."
"It took you that long to come to that decision?" Soren frowned at Dr. Mario; the wind sage should know better than to scold someone with a doctorate. "Way to keep us both waiting for no reason..."
"C'mon, Soren, show Dr. Mario how great of a medic you are!" Ike encouraged the wind sage. A great friend like Ike always presents opportunities to his pals. "Give that kid mouth-to-mouth!"
"I thought you claimed that I was a scholar...so which one is it?"
"You're a medical scholar, aight? Sound better? Now hurry up and do your thing!"
So Soren knelt down at the Hylian and gave him mouth-to-mouth, blowing air into his lungs. Dr. Mario and Ike watched as Soren kept on blowing air, hoping to wake up the Hylian. And after a few attempts, the Hylian's eyes opened, which Soren quickly noticed.
"He's finally awake!" announced Soren, as he stood back up. The Hylian was now fully awake, eyes open as he took the time to let a few coughs out and sit up on the table. He saw Dr. Mario and company looking at him, and was understandably on edge.
"Psst, what do you think we should call him?" Ike whispered to Dr. Mario, and the Hylian immediately knew that Ike was talking about him.
"He looks like Link, and he's dressed-a like a Link incarnation, and we just-a woke him up from unconsciousness..." said Dr. Mario, while thinking of a name. The perfect name came to mind, as the doctor snapped his fingers. "...we'll call-a him Woke Link!"
"Awesome name, very fitting!" Ike would kneel down at the table Woke Link was sitting on, and shook Woke Link's hand. "Nice to meet you, Woke Link, I'm Ike!"
"Nice to meet you...too?" Woke Link said to Ike, greatly confused and nearly out of it. In all fairness, the kid was lost at sea; it'll take him some time to get him all caught up to speed.
Woke Link: What's that you're holding in your hands?...A camera? Uh huh...feels so close to my face...and who are those people behind you?...A production crew? Is that like a pirate crew, or am I thinking about something else? *hears stomach growling* I could really go for some fish right about now...who knows the last time I've even had food...
"Hey Mario, who's that kid sitting on your table?" Spyro asked Dr. Mario as he and Hunter showed up in the living room. Little did Spyro know that he inadvertently triggered Dr. Mario; just calling the doctor "Mario" was like calling Palutena "ma'am".
"First of all, my name-a is Dr. Mario...get your facts straight, dragon," Dr. Mario sternly told Spyro, who was taken back by the doctor's sudden savagery. "Secondly, this kid-a here is Woke Link. Kapp'n found-a him lying in the ocean."
"His name is Woke Link, eh?" asked Hunter as he rubbed his hands together, like he wanted to know Woke Link personally. "So, Woke Link, what do you think of the feminist movement in the United States of America?"
"Where is the United States of Ameria?" inquired Woke Link; it was abundantly clear that the Hylian didn't even know where he was. "Also, what is this feminist movement?"
"I don't think Woke Link is that kind of woke," Spyro said to Hunter; someone should seriously get Woke Link a glass of water or something. "Bet he doesn't even know what being woke is!"
"Alright then, I'll ask him another question..." Hunter cleared his throat, readying himself for the next question he was going to ask. "...Woke Link, what do you think about the rising gas prices in the Pacific Northwest?"
"Hunter, please go get Woke-a Link a glass of water..." Dr. Mario commanded the cheetah, saving Woke Link from Hunter's onslaught of questions. Hunter went to the kitchen, while Spyro walked over to Dr. Mario.
"It looks like he came from time past," Spyro spoke with Dr. Mario concerning Woke Link, who was looking around Mario's living room and marveling at everything in sight. The television, the computer, the digital clock on the wall, you name it. "What are you gonna do with him?"
"We'll just keep-a him here at my house, for now," replied Dr. Mario, as Hunter returned to the living room with Woke Link's glass of water. The cheetah slipped on the floor, and wasted some water on Dr. Mario. "It would be for the best..."
The ninja twins from the Assist Tower, better known as Kat and Ana, were off at the mansion doing typical ninja things. Which mostly involved running around the hallways like a ninja, and acting all stealthy and stuff.
"Over here!" Kat whispered to Ana, who was hiding behind a flower pot. Acting stealthy as ever, Ana dashed her way to the flower pot her twin was hiding behind, making sure to make the slightest sound.
"We should be safe behind here," Ana said to Kat, like they were hiding from someone. Unless they were playing pretend, which is perfectly fine for kids their age. "Then when the time is right, we should..."
"Help, someone help!" shouted Gerudo Ganon, running down the hallway as he was being chased...by a goose. One that was quacking loudly, with its beak stuck in an empty jar. "Get this stupid bird away from me!"
"Are you...seeing things, or is it just me?" asked Kat, as Ana had to rub her eyes. A goose chasing an evil dude like Gerudo Ganon was something you don't see everyday, especially at the mansion.
"Nope, just saw a goose chasing Gerudo Ganon, in clear daylight..." replied Ana, once she was done rubbing her eyes to erase the bewilderment that was still present. "...I'm sure Gerudo Ganon was just playing along."
"Yeah, you might be right. That could be just Gerudo Ganon trying to show everyone that he has a silly side. Now let's make our next move!"
Kat and Ana darted away, moving from one flower vase to the next. When the coast was clear, the twins darted to the next flower vase they saw down the hallway. Then when the coast was clear, they darted to a hallway bench...which was already preoccupied.
"Oh, looks like I got some company..." remarked Yu, who was hiding behind the hallway bench with the Shadow Operatives' team pet, Koromaru. The young man looked almost delighted when he saw Kat and Ana.
"What are you doing here, this is OUR spot!" Ana frowned at Yu, letting the young man know that she and Kat were all business. "Or are you trying to be a ninja, just like us?"
"No, I have no interest in being a ninja...not after that horrible attempt I had at parkour last week." Just bringing up parkour made Yu cringe, as bad memories flooded his brain. "I'm hiding...from him."
Yu pointed down the hallway, as Kat and Ana looked over and saw a goose, pecking its beak at a cellphone lying on the floor. It was Yu's cellphone.
"I was just minding my own business, when that stupid goose showed up and started honking at me," Yu explained to Kat and Ana, watching helplessly as his cellphone was being attacked. "Nearly gave me a heart attack! It started flapping its wings at me, so I hid behind this bench for cover."
Master Hand: So Isabelle just informed me that a flock of geese are going around harassing people at the mansion, and the people who have been harassed have asked me to do something about it! We've been attacked by Calamity Ganon, had this establishment infiltrated by manor losers, dealt with Organization XIII and all the baddies they've summoned...if a flock of geese is truly upsetting everyone, then we have all lost collectively, as a whole.
"And you're just gonna sit here and not do anything about it?" Kat questioned Yu, expecting the young man to take action. "Hiding here won't solve your problems..."
"You're right..." said Yu, bravely standing up to his feet as he walked away from the bench, ready to confront the goose. No way was the young man gonna let some silly white bird intimidate him.
But once Yu stepped closer to the goose, the goose looked up at Yu, staring at him almost menacingly. There was now a high level of tension in the hallway, as the goose was establishing its superiority over a hesitant Yu just by staring him down.
"Nice bird...nice bird..." Yu said to the goose as he tip-toed closer, trying to retrieve his cellphone. "That's good...just stay right where you are and..."
"QUACK!" the goose suddenly quacked, spreading its wings about and running towards Yu. Yu got scared as he jumped back, before running back to the hallway bench and hiding behind it. Having fully established his superiority over Yu, the goose went back to the cellphone, continuing to poke at it with its beak.
"Can't believe I let that stupid goose get the better of me," Yu said to Kat and Ana, taking the time to recollect his breath. Being intimidated by a goose is something no man should ever be proud of. "It really wanted to attack me!"
"You think that a flock of geese managed to get inside the mansion somehow?" Kat asked Ana, after witnessing the two recent geese encounters.
"They might've found a way to sneak inside...or someone nonchalantly let them in, whoever it was," replied Ana, before redirecting her attention to Yu. Yu was too afraid to move. "Yu, you stay right here - we're gonna need some music..."
"You two go ahead and do your thing," Yu said to Kat and Ana, who both nodded before darting down the hallway. Yu looked back at the goose pecking his cellphone, as the cellphone rang. "Why must this happen to me..."
Ready to confront Cloud, Knuckles and his entourage entered the gaming room where Cloud was. Knuckles saw Cloud in the far corner of the room, as he lowered his sunglasses to get a better look.
"Hey guys, you see that troublemaker over there?" Knuckles asked his entourage, as he pointed at Cloud sitting in the far distance. "See him stirring up trouble?"
"He's just playing cards with King K. Rool, Captain Falcon, and Nowi" stated Sonic; playing cards with the three people Sonic mentioned was truly a sign of a troublemaker - at least in Knuckles' eyes. "Not exactly what most troublemakers do!"
"True dat, but Cloud could be playing blackjack. And there could be money on the line, which makes it gambling! Are we just gonna sit around, and let this gambling troublemaker get away with...being bad?"
"I'm starting to think that you're reaching, Knuckles," Tails said to the echidna; since the fox didn't call Knuckles by his rapper name, Knuckles slapped him silly.
"Go ahead and defend Cloud all you want...but the dude still deserves to be put in his place. So where's what we're going to do..."
As Knuckles discussed his plan with his entourage, Cloud, Captain Falcon, Nowi, and King K. Rool were happily playing a game of spades at a barstool table. Well, only K. Rool, Falcon , and Nowi were happily playing the game; Cloud just looked uninterested.
"Psst, Cloud, how many aces you got in your hand?" Captain Falcon whispered to Cloud; he wasn't trying to cheat, was he? Would be a very dishonorable thing to do in front of your own girlfriend.
"Why do you even care..." responded Cloud, making sure to keep his cards hidden from Captain Falcon's eyes. "...you should be asking Nowi, she's your partner."
"I just want to know how many aces you got, so I can secure an easy victory for Nowi and I. But especially Nowi. I want her to win her first game of spades, you know what I mean?"
"If this is just some silly attempt to 'impress' your girlfriend, then I'm not budging in the slightest. How about you just win the right way, like anyone else would do?"
"So it's that how you usually treated Aerith? Don't make things easy for her, and be all like, 'Oh, you'll get it next time Aerith, you just gotta win fair and square'!"
"Captain Falcon, are you gonna deal your card or not?" Nowi asked the racer; it was Captain Falcon's turn to deal his card, and the racer's willingness to cheat was holding the game up.
"Uh, yeah, thanks for reminding me Nowi!" With a newfound confidence, Captain Falcon laid down his card on the table, which was...a two of hearts, in a pile of two spade cards. Lowest of the low. K. Rool laid down an ace of spades, before collecting the suit.
"And it looks like Cloud and I win!" K. Rool happily announced; Captain Falcon banged his fists on the table in defeat, with Nowi comforting him, while Cloud just looked indifferent. "Because you bid double nil, Captain Falcon...you and Nowi lose 200 points!"
"That's what you get for trying to cheat," Cloud said to Captain Falcon, who banged his fists on the table once more. Bidding nil in spades was always a huge risk. "Next time maybe you should..."
Suddenly Cloud fell to the floor, as he felt the barstool chair he was sitting on being removed from underneath him. Cloud rubbed his back, as he looked up at the culprit responsible...Knuckles.
"Knuckles why did you do that for?" Cloud questioned the echidna, as he stood up and continued to rub his back. The back was the only body part of the swordsman that ached.
"My name is Lil Knux, get it memorized!" stated Knuckles, greatly despising the fact that to this day he still had to correct people. "How many times do I have to tell you people?!"
Knuckles: I've made a list of people who still refuse to call me by my rapper name...which is sadly over a hundred names right now. I should just wear some gold chains around my neck with my rapper name spelled out, so people won't forget.
"Anyways, I'm trying to teach you a lesson," continued Knuckles, as Cloud simply ignored the echidna and walked away. Knuckles was barely worth any of the swordsman's time. "Hey, get back here you troublemaker!"
"Me, a troublemaker?" questioned Cloud, as he stopped and turned around to look at Knuckles. Cloud really hated gossip about him. "That's news to me."
"We all know that you were the one responsible for that vending machine prank pulled on Link. And I'm gonna be the one to take you down! Because I'm hard!"
"Yeah...I think I'm gonna leave right now." Dismissing Knuckles and how "hard" the echidna was, Cloud turned back around and walked away...only to be tackled to the floor by Crash, who grabbed the swordsman's leg.
"Not so hard, Crash!" Aku instructed the bandicoot, who was putting Cloud in some kind of ankle lock. Knuckles beckoned to Sonic and Tails, who reluctantly came over to the echidna.
"Alright you two, give this troublemaker Cloud the crossface chickenwing!" Knuckles ordered Sonic and Tails, who were both confused beyond comprehension. Crossface chickenwing was a maneuver both friends obviously never heard of before.
"Crossface chickenwing? Is that supposed to be some kind of special at KFC?" Sonic asked Knuckles, who facepalmed at the hedgehog's ignorance.
"No you doofus, it's a submission move! Just grab one of Cloud's arms and put it behind his back, and then grab the other arm and wrap it around his neck! It's not that hard to do!"
"Oh! Well why didn't you just say so?" So Sonic leaped on top of Cloud, and pulled the swordsman's left arm behind his back. Tails grabbed Cloud's other arm - albeit with more reluctance than Sonic - and wrapped that arm around Cloud's neck.
"I'll make all of this stop, Cloud, and you only have to do one thing." As Knuckles spoke with Cloud, the echidna grabbed the barstool that Cloud was sitting on. "Admit that you pranked Link, and we'll let you go peacefully."
"Just because I'm friends with Link, doesn't mean that I pranked him," stated Cloud, unable to fight off Sonic and Tails. The swordsman was truly stuck. "Have you even seen me prank anyone before?"
"Maybe not in person, but we know you're hiding something under that frowning face of yours! Now just admit the truth, and we will..."
"...what on earth are you boys doing to Cloud?" a certain princess asked, as Knuckles and his entourage looked to see who it was. It was Zelda, who was scolding Knuckles and company with her arms folded.
"We were, uh, just doing some playfighting," grinned Knuckles, as he calmly placed the barstool back where it was. Sonic, Tails, and Crash were all grinning as well, as they got off of Cloud and helped the swordsman back up on his feet.
"Yeah, nothing like a little roughhousing, amirite Cloud?" Sonic asked the swordsman, with a nervous giggle. Knuckles and his entourage were so close, and yet so far.
"You were nearly about to break my arm," replied Cloud, leading Sonic to point and laugh at the swordsman. None of which was able to quell Zelda's anger.
"Okay, so maybe I was a little too much into it, but who cares? The point of the matter is, we all had fun."
Zelda: Link told me that he was pranked today, and apparently he thinks that Cloud is responsible. If I find out that Link asked Knuckles and his "entourage" to punish Cloud...Yes, I'm aware of what Knuckles wished to be identified as. Still not saying it.
"Guess we all have our own different interpretations of fun," remarked Cloud, as he walked away from good. With Cloud gone from the premises, Zelda looked at Knuckles and his entourage, still scolding.
"...we should get going, got some more roughhousing to do," Knuckles told Zelda, as he scurried away from Zelda. Crash and Aku would follow after Knuckles, while Sonic and Tails stayed put.
"I can't for the life of me understand how you're able to put up with Knuckles now," Zelda told Sonic and Tails, before walking away. In all honesty, Sonic and Tails both shared Zelda's sentiments.
"Tails, I'm starting to not like this new look Knuckles anymore," Sonic confessed to Tails, who was shocked. The Sonic that Tails knew would be all for Lil Knux. "He's so abrasive now! Going to jail might've been the worst thing for Knuckles."
"Funny you should say that, since Knuckles was only in jail for like, two weeks," said Tails; Knuckles treated that two-week jail sentence like it was life imprisonment. "Probably shouldn't have tried to steal that ice cream..."
A short distance away from the gaming room, Team Rocket had a trap set out, with a plate of bird feed lying on the floor below a cage. The cage was suspended in the air, being held by a rope that Meowth was holding unto. There was also a boombox next to the plate of bird feed, playing music; "Come a Little Bit Closer" by Jay and the Americans was playing.
"I can see that goose, dead on arrival..." said James as he looked through his binoculars, seeing a goose walking down the hallway. The goose would pick up its pace, when it saw the bird food.
"Yes, that's a good goose, keep coming closer..." smiled Jessie, as Team Rocket's trap was about to become a rousing success. But little did they know about another goose, sneaking up on them...
"QUACK!" the goose behind Team Rocket quacked, scaring the daylights out of the three members. Team Rocket screamed and ran away...only for their progress to stop when the cage fell upon them. Meowth had let go of the rope, causing the cage to fall.
"Meowth you nitwit, you got us all trapped!" James scolded the cat Pokemon, like he had intended to drop the cage on purpose. Wasn't Meowth's fault that the goose had to scare him.
"Don't worry, you guys - we just need a key to get outta here!" stated Meowth; much to the chagrin of Jessie and James, Meowth didn't even have a key on him at the moment. "Gave it to Dr. Cortex, for safekeeping."
"Get off of me, I say, get off!" Cortex yelled at the goose that was flying in the air and attacking the mad genius. Cortex walked away, trying to fan the goose away, as he had Meowth's key around his waist. Which Jessie and James had seen.
"Looks like we're gonna be trapped in here for a while..." sighed Jessie, as Wobbuffet appeared out of his Poke Ball and screamed "WOBBUFFET!" to make his presence known. The goose that had scared Team Rocket walked past the cage...
...before coming across the gaming room, and peering inside. Something about the gaming room - with how lively and packed it was - seemed so...alluring.
Dr. Mario and company did everything to make Woke Link feel at home - they fed the Hylian, and made sure the he was fully awake and alert. Once that stuff was taken care of, it was time for Dr. Mario and company to get to know Woke Link better.
"How did you wind-a up in the middle of the ocean, Woke Link?" Dr. Mario asked the Hylian, as he, Ike, Soren, Spyro, and Hunter were all gathered around. The way everyone was huddle together was quite unnerving to Woke Link.
"Last thing I remembered, I was lying on some driftwood, fast asleep," explained Woke Link, recollecting his memories to the best of his ability. Dr. Mario nodded, jotting down every little thing Woke Link said on his notepad. "It was after I had seen the Wind Fish flying overhead, in the sky."
"You know, you don't have to write down every single thing Woke Link says," Spyro said to Dr. Mario, who was furiously scribbling away on his notepad like his life had depended on it.
"But I must, everything that Woke-a Link says is purely confidential," responded Dr. Mario, as Spyro rolled his eyes. To Spyro, Dr. Mario was almost just as zany as regular Mario. "Carry on, Woke Link..."
"I had met the Wind Fish before, in a little adventure I had on Koholint Island. Which was only an island in my dreams. When I spoke with the Wind Fish on Koholint Island, his spirit was in the form of an owl."
"Oh wow, so an owl evolved-a into a Wind Fish, how fascinating." Greatly intrigued, Dr. Mario jotted this information down as Spyro shook his head at the doctor. "Evolution works in such-a wonderful ways."
"Ehhh...I wouldn't say that it was evolution, but for what it's worth it was just a dream sequence. It was all in my dreams..."
"Do you know what you were supposed to do before you fell asleep, Woke Link?" Soren asked the young Hylian, who took the time to think of what his objective was.
"I think I was supposed to follow the Wind Fish. Sadly, falling asleep kinda messed me up. Now I have no idea where the Wind Fish is headed..."
"Hey Dr. Mario, do you still have that Hyrulian tome that Impa gave you?" Ike asked the doctor, who nodded his head. Impa had let Mario and Peach keep the tome, as a keepsake of sorts. "Maybe that tome might show us where the Wind Fish is headed."
"Well, it's-a worth a shot," replied Dr. Mario, who apparently forgot where he last placed the Hyrulian tome at. "Gotta go find the tome-a first..."
Kirby: It appears that we have a geese infestation on our hands...everywhere that Pit, Incineroar and I go, we see someone being attacked or harassed by geese. We've seen Cilan being pecked by geese, Mr. Game and Watch being chased by geese, and geese getting holes in the cardboard box that Snake typically hides in. It's utter insanity!
Snake: *holds up a damaged cardboard box* You see how many holes those stinking geese left inside this box?! This was the last cardboard box that I had; the other cardboard boxes I've given away to that merchant woman from the food market, Anna. Now, Master Hand thinks I'm a capitalist, and a "major threat" to American ideals...
Leaf: *from afar* Snake, watch out!
Snake: Huh? *gets attack by a flock of geese* Gaaaaah! *falls down to floor, hands over his head*
Pit, Kirby, and Incineroar walked through the mansion, having to be mindful of any geese that might be lurking around. They saw one person being attacked by a goose - Heihachi, who had just stepped out of the bathroom. The fighter was being poked in the face by the goose.
"Ow, ow, not the face!" shouted Heihachi, so the goose decided to move down to the fighter's lower extremities and attack his nether regions. "Okay, go back to the face! Please!"
"We should get moving..." Pit told Kirby and Incineroar; the trio of friends walked away, not wanting to have the same punishment as Heihachi. The friends retreated to the fitness center, where they ran into Terry Bogard.
"Ah, nothing like a good ol' workout to brighten my day!" exclaimed Terry, flexing his muscles proudly, before spotting Pit and company. He could easily see how distressed the three friends were. "What's the matter with you guys?"
"Geese..." uttered Pit, as Terry looked up with a thousand mile stare. Pit's response had reminded Terry of Geese Howard, and the long history he and his brother had with the crime boss.
"Geese Howard is in the Smash Mansion?! How did he get in? Who let him in?" Geese Howard was the kind of company that Terry did not expect this soon.
"No Terry, you got it all wrong...Geese Howard is nowhere to be found," Kirby informed the fighter, while Diddy Kong ran by screaming his lungs out as a flying goose was chasing him. "We just have a bunch of geese, inside the mansion."
"I see..." Terry took sight of the goose chasing Diddy around, and was left with a bevy of questions that needed to be answered. "...and how did the geese find their way inside?"
The person that let the geese inside the mansion was none other than Banjo, who was in the hallway right now fighting off the geese. The bear was in Breegull Blaster form, using Kazooie to fire eggs at a horde of geese.
"Get back, get back I say!" Banjo shouted at the geese he was firing eggs at, before he looked over and saw Terry and company. "You guys, too! Get back inside that fitness center!"
"We should probably do as Banjo says," suggested Kirby, not wanting to risk getting hurt by the geese. But Terry had other plans in mind...
"POWUH WAVE!" Terry shouted, leaping on front of the horde of geese and unleashing one of his signature moves. The fighter slammed his fist on the floor, emitting a shockwave that caused the geese to jump back. The geese flew down the hallway, not wanting to cross paths with Terry again.
"Wow...that was the best attempt at animal cruelty I had ever seen!" exclaimed Pit, as he pumped his fists in the air. Animal cruelty was nothing worth cheering over, but apparently that wasn't the case for Pit.
"But the geese are still inside the mansion regardless..." stated Kirby, knowing that the geese Terry had scared away would only cause more trouble for the others. "...should've opened a window and let them fly out."
"Banjo, Kazooie, are you both okay?" Terry asked the bear and bird duo, as Banjo placed Kazooie back in his backpack. "The geese didn't hurt you, did they?"
"Nah, we're just fine," replied Kazooie, before shooting a glare at Banjo and making the bear nervously twiddle with his fingers. "If only Banjo hadn't let those geese inside the mansion in the first place..."
"Aw, c'mon Kazooie, you know I couldn't resist!" stated Banjo; he was definitely the kind of person that would be easily enchanted by anything. "Those birds looked very friendly, you gotta admit!"
"All birds are inherently evil, Banjo - they might look nice and friendly on the outside, but on the inside? They're the worst things any person could deal with! They can kill you, if you give them a chance!"
"Silly Kazooie, you say that about any bird species. Why do you have to be so jealous for? It's nothing personal, is it?"
"Nothing personal...I just call it like I see it."
Falco: I can feel it coming...Kazooie is gonna kill me in my sleep, isn't she?! She might do it next week, just so I could spend my last week on earth having the time of my life. I should just do what Chrom did with Raven and elope with Katt, and that way I can die fully satisfied and go out in style.
"Banjo, you were the one who let the geese in?" Terry questioned the bear; Banjo was sure to receive some kind of punishment, for all the mayhem he brought upon his fellow residents. "How do you plan on getting them outta here?"
"Uh, we could round them up, I suppose..." suggested Banjo; truthfully, the bear didn't even have a plan or end goal in mind. Just fight off the geese as much as possible, and hope for the best.
"Let's just round up all the geese," Kazooie told Terry, pulling out a bag of bird seed - bird seed she usually ate - from Banjo's backpack. Way to take initiative.
"You fellas down?" Terry asked Pit and company, as Pit nodded his head. The trio of friends were always willing to help.
"Just so we're clear, I'm NOT sucking up all the geese..." stated Kirby, aware of how much his mouth could hold at one time. "I've cleaned out my mouth before, and I'm not going through that again..."
"You just think that the geese are a choking hazard," Pit grinned at Kirby, as he nudged the pink puffball. "You'll be just fine, Kirby."
"...I've never choked on anything before in my life, not even King Dedede, but thanks for caring Pit."
Rosalina had to do something, and fast. She knew she couldn't keep Fox and Falco waiting, for the pilots would badger the mother of Lumas to come to a decision very, very soon. Rosalina returned to the lounge, standing at the entrance with Ganondorf who offered to give some advice.
"What do you think I should do, Ganon?" Rosalina asked the demon lord, looking nervous as she held her hand close to her mouth. Ganondorf could only smirk, in disbelief of how worried Rosalina was.
"Do what I would do, and make something up," the demon lord suggested to Rosalina; Rosalina could never make anything up, for she liked being honest. "But it has to be very convincing, otherwise Fox and Falco will see you through."
"I could never do that, I would mess things up...I'm just not that good at making excuses. Especially very elaborate ones."
"Well, sometimes I would just start off a sentence, and then I don't know where it's going. I just find it along the way! If you can just do that, then you'll be fine."
"...not the greatest advice I've heard, but it's better than nothing." Rosalina let out a deep breath, not ready to back down. "I'll just get this over with."
So Rosalina entered the lounge, where the Star Fox members were still playing the bean-boozled challenge with a new bag of jelly beans. As usual, Slippy was still acting like a weirdo.
"Man, this skunk spray flavor really hits the spot!" the frog exclaimed, happily chewing on a black jelly bean. His fellow members were giving Slippy judging looks. "Might be one of my favorite flavors - second only to rotten egg."
"You need some serious help, bro," Fox shook his at Slippy, as Rosalina approached the Star Fox crew. Who knows, there might be people out there like Slippy who adore the strange jelly bean flavors...bunch of weirdos.
Slippy: Fox, Falco, and Slippy were kind enough to give me this bag of jelly beans. Couldn't stop complaining about how their mouths were feeling. More for me *eats a handful of jelly beans from the bag, then smiles* Yowie wowie! Dirty dishwater mixed with dead fish and spoiled milk is such a superb combination! What a great mix of flavors!
"Excuse me..." Rosalina spoke up, as the Star Fox members looked at the mother of Lumas. "...sorry if I'm interrupting your game."
"No Rosalina, it's all good; we were about to stop playing anyways," replied Fox, as Slippy treated himself with some black jelly beans. The jelly beans that tasted like licorice, Slippy spat out unto the floor. "Slippy won't stop eating the jelly beans, and grossing us out at the same time."
"I wanted to speak with you and Falco about the officiant role, for the wedding." Just like that, Fox and Falco were fully attentive, all ears. "I have a bit of a...erm, confession to make."
"Then let us hear it," said Falco, interested in what Rosalina had to say. Rosalina cleared her throat, hoping that she wouldn't find a way to screw things up.
"I won't be able to be the officiant at the wedding...because of this disease that I have. Actually, it's not really a disease...it's more of a disorder."
"Lemme guess, it's an eating disorder, isn't it?" Falco was thoroughly convinced that was the case, celebrating as he gave his own self a high five. "Ha, knew it!"
"Was about to guess the same thing, Falco," Fox told the avian pilot; great minds think alike, which was always the case for Fox and Falco. "Don't sweat it, Rosalina, we'll find a way to work around your..."
"No, it's not an eating disorder..." stated Rosalina, as Falco snapped his fingers in disgust. Falco resented being wrong. "...it's a social anxiety disease...I mean, disorder. I have social anxiety."
"Oh my goodness!" squealed Peppy, in pure shock, holding his hands close to his face. Slippy just kept eating the jelly beans, not caring about Rosalina's "disorder". "Rosalina, you have social anxiety? How did we not realize this sooner?!"
"Stay out of this, Peppy, this is me and Falco's convo..." Fox sternly told the hare, before redirecting his attention back to Rosalina. "So, Rosalina, is this social anxiety a disorder, or a disease?"
"...it's a disease," Rosalina replied very quickly, mentally slapping herself. Fox and Falco were definitely gonna see through her now. "I'm, uh, allergic to people. Standing in front of people, especially strangers, gives me stomach aches, fever, and chills, compared to just sitting in a crowd."
"Dang, that's a very specific kind of social anxiety you have. It really must be a disease!" Fox was convinced, but what about Falco?
"I too am pretty allergic to people," confessed Falco; his confession was rather out of the blue. "Being around people I despise makes my face turn red. Could be a fever of some kind."
"Falco, your face turns red all the time when you get angry. You're just a very hot-headed person. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
"Oh, you right, you right...please just ignore what I said, I sounded foolish..." Should've just kept that to yourself, Falco.
"Well, Rosalina, if your social anxiety is truly legit...then you won't have to worry about being the wedding officiant. We'll just find someone else." Hearing this, Rosalina sighed in relief, albeit in secret so Fox and Falco wouldn't notice.
"Thank you, you two. I know that social anxiety isn't an easy thing to hide, but for you two to understand what I have to go through means all the world to..."
Before Rosalina could even finish, Ganondorf screamed as he was chased into the lounge by a goose. Soon several geese flied inside the lounge, and harassed everyone that was inside...everyone except for Slippy.
"Ah, this smelly socks-flavored jelly bean really hits the spot!" Slippy gleamed, as he popped a jelly bean into his mouth.
Dr. Mario and Soren searched through the Hyrulian tome, looking for any information about the Wind Fish. To pass the time while the doctor and wind sage flipped through the tome's pages, Hunter would quiz Woke Link on his "wokeness", with an online quiz the cheetah had found on Mario's computer.
"First question...how do you feel about mansplaining?" Hunter asked Woke Link, already making the Hyrulian feel very uncomfortable.
"Pretty sure mansplaining isn't a real word," said Spyro, who tried to talk Hunter out of quizzing Woke Link. Clearly, the dragon didn't go a great job.
"Question wasn't for you, Spyro...next question! Woke Link, do you think that minorities deserve more recognition in America?"
"I'm not entirely comfortable with answering that question..." replied Woke Link; perhaps if the Hylian was more informed, he wouldn't be so hesitant.
Spyro: This whole entire concept of being "woke" just seems silly to me. Seems like a way for people to act like they care about certain social issues, while at the same time seeking some form of attention. Some people who claim to be "woke" frighten me more than others.
Hunter: According to the results from the quiz, Woke Link isn't really woke at all...he's a fence-sitter. He's middle-of-the-road. If he stays in America, he'll get eaten alive! Better get him back to Hyrule, pronto.
"Aha! I think I found something about that Wind Fish," exclaimed Soren, as he pointed at a picture that had "Wind Fish" as the caption. There was a bunch of information listed underneath said picture.
"Aw yeah, that's my boy!" Ike commended Soren, slapping the wind sage on the back before clapping his hands. Soren winced in pain. "Always knew you were a scholar!"
"Does it say anything about the Wind-a Fish evolving from an owl?" asked Dr. Mario, his mind still stuck on how an owl could possibly turn into a Wind Fish. A question about evolution that the doctor sought an answer for.
"...not really, but it does say that the Wind Fish will be seen flying with a flock of seagulls," replied Soren, as he pointed at a picture of the Wind Fish flying with a flock of seagulls. "We have plenty of seagulls flying around in this city, do we not?"
"I just hope it's not one particular flock I have to look out for," remarked Woke Link, before he was suddenly alarmed by the ringing of Mario's house phone. Dr. Mario quickly answered the phone.
"Hello, Dr. Mario speaking, who is this?" Dr. Mario spoke into the phone, while Soren continued to look through the Hyrulian tome.
"Hi Dr. Mario, it's me, Isabelle!" replied Isabelle; Dr. Mario had a very gut feeling that Isabelle was the one who called. "We have a bit of a bird situation going on at the mansion..."
"A bird situation, eh? Does it have-a anything to do with a flock-a of seagulls?" Woke Link perked up, when he heard Dr. Mario's question.
"Nope, just a flock of geese that found its way inside the mansion. A very large flock at that! The geese have been harassing everyone at the mansion, all day long. There's a whole bunch of them at the gaming room, as I speak."
"A flock of geese? I'll come-a over soon and see what I can do." So Dr. Mario hung up the phone, and took off his doctor attire, back to being regular Mario again.
"Lots of weird stop always happening at the mansion," commented Spyro, as Mario threw his lab coat, stethoscope and head mirror on the living room couch. "Want me to roast some birds, Mario? Love the smell of roast bird in the morning!"
"We will not be harming the geese - we'll kindly remove-a them from the mansion," replied Mario, wanting to handle the situation peacefully and quickly as possible. "Hunter, Ike, and Soren...you boys keep-a Woke Link company."
"Will do!" Hunter saluted Mario, who left the house along with Spyro. With Mario and Spyro gone, Hunter could continue his woke quiz without interruption. "Third question...how do you feel about white girls having cornrows in their hair, Woke Link? Woke Link?"
"I think Woke Link left the house," observed Ike, seeing that Woke Link was nowhere to be found in the living room. "Probably sneaked out or something."
As Isabelle stated, there was a whole bunch of geese in the gaming room. The geese had taken up much of the space in the room, flying about, and had everyone that was inside cornered against a wall.
"This is terrible, I just know what they're gonna do..." Yoshi said about the geese, as they flew about. "...they're gonna band together, and form some kind of large goose being that will kill us all!" Makoto and Ann both looked at one another, amused by Yoshi's presumption.
"Which one sounds more unlikely: the geese forming some kind of 'being', or the geese outright killing us?" Makoto asked Ann, who didn't bother taking the time to think of an answer.
"Both sound pretty dumb, when you think about it," replied Ann, before suddenly changing her mind. "But the geese banding together as one does sound kinda cool!"
Yoshi: What I said didn't sound that stupid...it could very well happen! Or maybe I just watch a lot of cartoons in my spare time. Gotta unleash my inner child...although I never really recall ever actually being a child.
"Are we seriously letting the geese intimidate us?" Minato questioned the other residents, displeased by how afraid they were. "It's not like they're a bunch of vultures, trying to eat us."
"Well why don't you do something about it then, Minato?" Lucario challenged the young man. So Minato, heaving a sigh, walked away from the cornered residents and towards the flock of geese.
"Oh, look at me, I'm walking towards the geese..." To demonstrate how cool and collected he was, Minato held his arms out at his side, without a care in the world. "What could possibly happen..."
A split second later, a bunch of geese ganged up on Minato, bringing the young man down to the floor. Minato was pinned to the floor, as the geese were attacking him relentlessly.
"NOOOOO THEY GOT MINATO!" wailed Waluigi, acting as if Minato had died and there was no way to bring him back to life. "We're done for now!"
"We're not done just yet; the geese have yet to form that large goose being that I spoke of," stated Yoshi, as Makoto facepalmed at the green dinosaur. "The geese will only give us a few minutes to spare..."
The geese would suddenly ease their erratic behavior, as they stopped flying about when a flute sound was heard. Kat and Ana entered the gaming room, with Kat leading the way as she played on a bamboo flute. Oddly enough, there was a trail of geese following Kat and Ana.
"Look, Kat, it's working!" squealed Ana, as she pointed at the suddenly tranquil geese in the gaming room. The geese that were attacking Minato were now peaceful, as they backed away from the young man.
"Why do I make stupid choices..." wondered Minato, as the geese that attacked him were now following Kat and Ana. But Kat more specifically, since she was playing the bamboo flute.
"Follow us, birdies!" Kat said to the geese, who followed the ninja girl and her twin sister out of the gaming room. Once all the geese had left, Yoshi fell to his knees.
"Yes, we've been saved!" the green dinosaur cheered, with a slight flare of histrionics. "No large geese being is gonna kill us now!"
"Get a grip, buddy..." Anna said to Yoshi, as the cornered residents felt safe enough to disperse.
Mario and Spryo tried to reach the gaming room, but were unable to...for they were blocked by geese, who were in the middle of the hallway having a picnic. The geese were harassing Cilan, who had came for the food on the picnic blanket the geese had gathered.
"I could really teach the geese a lesson with my flame breath, you know," Spyro said to Mario, before winking slyly at the plumber. "Promise I won't roast them too hard...I'll show some mercy."
"Wait, do you hear-a that?" Mario asked Spyro, as he heard a harp tune behind him. The geese stopped harassing Cilan, as the harp tune crept closer and closer. Mario and Spryo turned around...
...and saw Woke Link, playing on a harp. A Surf Harp - one of the instruments used to wake up the Wind Fish. The geese seemed to like the sound of the harp, as they left Cilan alone and walked towards Woke Link.
"Woke Link!" Mario shouted out the Hylian's name, as he and Spyro approached him. "Thought I told-a you to stay at my house."
"I imagined that one this instrument would be able to calm the geese down," stated Woke Link, while he continued to play the harp. "So I sneaked out while you left the front door open. Turns out I was right all along..."
Woke Link: Oh, this isn't some kind of magical harp or anything... *holds up harp* ...I saw it floating in the ocean while I was adrift at sea, and I held unto it before falling asleep. I did use a harp before, but it was in a dream...only a dream...
"Let's get the geese outside!" exclaimed Spyro, as Woke Link led the way and led the trail of geese away, with Mario and Spyro following along. Cilan, who was cowering with arms over his head, looked up and saw that the geese were gone.
"The audacity of those birds to plan a picnic, without inviting me..." the connoisseur mumbled, as he gathered up all the food the geese had for their picnic.
Zelda had taken Cloud to the vending room, where Link's belongings were still in the vending machine. His deodorant, his toothbrush, his fake sunglasses, et cetera.
"Link apparently claimed that you were the one who pranked him and put his belongings in the vending machine," Zelda said to Cloud, who frowned at the fact that his own friend would accuse him. "Is is true, or not?"
"You know me, Zelda, I don't prank anyone," replied Cloud, bothered that Link would even dare to think of him as a prankster. "It's not in my nature."
"That's what I keep telling him, but he's still convinced that you did it...oh well, I'll relay that to Link. If that doesn't convince him, then nothing else will."
So Zelda left the vending room, wanting to speak with Link. Cloud still looked bothered, being accused of something that he didn't do...however, that bothered attitude went away the moment King Dedede stepped foot inside the vending room.
"You didn't tell her a single thing, didn't you?" King Dedede spoke quietly with Cloud, bearing a giant evil grin on his face. An interesting turn of events was about to unfold.
"Made sure not to mention your name," replied Cloud, as King Dedede silently cheered and pumped his fist. So King Dedede was the one responsible for the prank, this whole time...
"Alright! Thanks for putting the stuff in the vending machine for me, Mr. Strife!"
"No problem. It was worth collecting all those nickels. Now hopefully Ken won't bother me again about 'having some fun with my friends'..."
Banjo, Terry, and Pit and friends were working hard to round up all the geese, using some bird feed to reel in the geese. The five laid out a trail of bird food, which the geese had followed into the foyer.
"Hey, why is the front door open?" wondered Terry, as he saw geese walking out of the front door. The fighter then saw Kat and Ana, leading their trail of geese out the front door with Kat playing from her bamboo flute.
"Outside we go!" shouted Banjo, as he and the others carried their trail of bird food out of the front door. The geese followed, like mindless drones.
Soon enough, all the geese that were in the mansion were now outside, with Mario and company. The geese were walking around, unsure of where to go.
"Lemme send these geese flying..." Terry said to Mario, before punching the ground and emitting a shockwave. "POWUH WAVE!" The geese flew from the shockwave and into the sky, flying away from the mansion.
"And that should take care of that," remarked Banjo, watching as the geese flew away. Kazooie was watching the geese out of pure disdain. "Team work makes the dream work!"
"We should get going," Kat said to Mario and company, before vanishing away via smoke bomb. A signature exit for any ninja.
"I should get going, too," said Woke Link, ready to head back to...well, wherever the Hylian was headed. "If only I knew where to go..."
"Hey, isn't that the Wind Fish?" questioned Spyro, directing Woke Link's attention to the sky. A giant fish creature - one that resembled a whale and had wings - was flying in the sky with a flock of seagulls. Which was described in the Hyrulian tome.
"That is the Wind Fish!" exclaimed Woke Link, watching in complete awe as the Wind Fish flew in the sky. "Maybe he'll take me back home!"
"Better get-a going then..." said Mario; only problem was, Woke Link had no idea how to get going. "How about I show-a you a boat shop? I'll buy-a you a boat."
"You will? Thanks Mario, you're the best!"
Pit: Who was that Hylian kid that was hanging out with Mario and Spyro? A Link imposter?
Kirby: Spyro told me that was a Link incarnation - someone named Woke Link.
Pit: Woke Link? Must be pretty woke, huh? Bet he knows all about cultural appropriation and oppression, and all that jazz!
Kirby: He's not that kind of woke, Pit...
Team Rocket was still stuck in their cage, with no way of getting out. "Come a Little Bit Closer" by Jay and the Americans was still playing from the boombox.
"You got that song on repeat, didn't you?" Jessie frowned at Meowth, who gingerly smiled as Cortex ran by screaming while being pecked by a goose. The only goose that hadn't left the mansion.
"Anyone care for some jelly beans?" Slippy asked Team Rocket as he approached the cage, holding out his left hand which had jelly beans on it. "They're dirty socks-flavored!"
"Think I'm gonna be sick..." James grimaced out of utter disgust, as Jessie and Meowth grimaced as well. At least the three Team Rocket members were sane.
