Author's Note:

What's this? A Valentine's Day chapter...posted on Valentine's Day?! No way! This is definitely a first, for this story. And speaking of Valentine's Day, I have a confession to make...I never cared about Valentine's Day. Not at least since elementary school (back when I got Valentine's Day candy). But, that's just me. One thing I do care about, is answering guest reviews:

"Will Joker and Makoto's date happen when the Persona 5 Royal chapter happens? Will Monica/Kronya be a Smash Mansion resident? (She was a wasted character in Three Houses and has a small fanbase) are you gonna do a special chapter for when the Sonic movie comes out? And finally, what are your thoughts on the Switch games like Doom Eternal, Fairy Tail, and The Outer Worlds being delayed?"

Sounds like a perfect time for those two to go on a date. As wasted as Monica may be, she won't be a mansion resident. I had planned to do a special chapter for the Sonic movie, but those plans unfortunately had to be scrapped. And I don't mind those games being delayed, provided that the developers work on them and make them the best games that they could be. Derick Lindsey had a question from two weeks ago that I overlooked:

"...does the guy who puts Ketchup on his steak really sound like Kermit, also you had him do that and not have Chrom involved seems like a waste of an opportunity there."

Yes, he does sound like Kermit; the resemblance is almost uncanny. (Kudos if you know who Kermit is.) And I definitely should've had him involved with Chrom, in some fashion. Those two could've bonded over their strange food choices. Last up is PinkRose4452:

"Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude come to the mansion, but for this visit, they want to become residents."

I wouldn't say that the three House leaders will be residents - don't want them leaving their respective house. But I wouldn't fault them for trying!


Episode 217: Pursuit

Love was in the air around this time of the year, for today was Valentine's Day. The one day where people celebrate love and affection, and cherished their significant others. And the one day other than Halloween where it was acceptable to devour candy all day long. Valentine's Day candy, that is.

Since it was Valentine's Day, the residents of the Smash Mansion were allowed by Master Hand to bring their boyfriend or girlfriend over to the mansion for a day. For some residents, their significant other was already living at the mansion, but for others, their lover was far away.

Waluigi had a gut feeling that there would be a Valentine's Day party today, and the lanky man wished to have a date with him so he could attend. He had three options on hand...Blake Belladona, Risky Boots, and that restaurant manager he spoke with at the steakhouse in the last episode. Waluigi was speaking with the restaurant manager on his phone right now, standing outside the tower.

"Wha, whaddaya mean you can't come?" Waluigi spoke into the phone as he walked around the front of the tower. "You're busy? Well guess what, I'm busy too - too busy trying to look fly!"

"Waluigi who is that you're talking to?" asked Tails as he approached the lanky man; not wanting any distractions, Waluigi walked away from Tails as he continued his phone call.

"Quit laughing at me, woman, you know it's the truth...fine then, I respect your choice. At least I tried...have a good day." Waluigi would heave a sigh, as he ended his phone call.

"You weren't trying to score a date for the Valentine's Day party, are you?" Tails veered at Waluigi, who was looking away out of shame. "You just don't know when to stop, do you Waluigi?"

Waluigi: I've limited my options to three ladies - Blake Belladona, Risky Boots, and that manager lady from El Gaucho. Picking one of them to be my one true love will be a hard choice to make. It's like a marry, date, or kill situation - just how do I choose? If I had to, I'd marry Risky Boots - we could travel across the seven seas together. Then I would date the manager from El Gaucho, and go out for some steak. I can assume that she really likes steak. And sadly, I would have to kill Blake...gotta kill her before she kills me first, you know what I mean?

"Also, I don't know how to break this to you...but we're not really have a full-fledged Valentein's Day party today," Tails informed Waluigi, who saw his jaw drop to the ground in utter shock. "We're having more of a...an ice cream social!"

"Those blasted Ice Climbers!" frowned Waluigi as he punched the air, thinking that Nana and Popo (but mostly Popo) were the ones to blame. "Why have an ice cream social, that's an elementary school thing!"

"Master Hand doesn't want anyone to feel overwhelmed by a Valentine's Day party, and he doesn't want a repeat of what happened last year." Shadow got beat up by Fox and Falco last year, for those who may not remember. "So we're sticking with an ice cream social. But you're still allowed to bring a date, though."

"So that means I must have Blake be my valentine, in order to attend this ice cream social?" Not wanting to fuel Waluigi's delusion, Tails walked away, and Waluigi would chase after the yellow fox. "Wait, Tails, do you think Blake likes ice cream?"


In the previous episode, Sonic met Shantae at El Gaucho, and got to know the half-genie better and eventually befriended her. However, that came at a price - the price of Amy feeling abandoned. According to Amy, Sonic "forsake" the contract he and Amy signed together, by hanging out with Shantae too much. While there was nothing romantic or even platonic between Sonic and Shantae, the fact that the two were getting all chummy together made Amy feel some type of way.

Looking for a compromise of some sort with Amy, Sonic decided upon himself to rework the contract he and Amy originally signed. The hedgehog had his own individual copy of said contract, and was furiously writing down marks on it in the living room of the mansion.

"If Amy doesn't like all these changes I've made..." said Sonic, making as many changes to the contract as possible, as Ema Sky entered the living room. Curious, Ema stood behind the couch Sonic was sitting on, and looked over the hedgehog's shoulder.

"Is that...is that a love contract?" the forensics expert inquired, as Sonic stopped marking and turned around. He saw Ema and screamed, as he sped away from the forensics expert.

"Dude, how long were you spying on me like that? That's not cool!" Sonic would sue Ema for spying, but he had no grounds to sue her on.

"I just got here a few seconds ago." Ema was smiling to herself, as she walked from behind the couch. "Why do you have a love contract for?"

"It's, uh...it's supposed to signify the amount of love and romantic tension that Amy and I have for each other. We wrote our love, in written form."

"Let me get a good look at this..." Ema walked closer to Sonic, who took a couple of steps back. Sonic held the love contract behind his back, not knowing that anyone could walk up to him from behind and grab the contract...

"Hmm, what's this?" asked Chrom, approaching Sonic from behind as he curiously snatched the love contract from the hedgehog. Chrom saw the words "Love Contract" at the top of the document, furrowing his brow.

"No Chrom, don't read it...it's confidential information!" Sonic pleaded to the prince, who went ahead and skimmed through the contract anyways. A lot of provisions on the contract caught Chrom's eye.

"'As your loving girlfriend, I, Amy Rose, am extremely obligated to be your girlfriend, from now until we die and to the end of time,'" Chrom read this provision out loud, smirking to himself as Sonic wanted to hide his face from embarrassment.

"Sonic, I thought you said that Amy wasn't a crazy girlfriend anymore," Ema said to the hedgehog, who now wished that he could rip the love contract to shreds. "Doesn't sound like she's changed a bit!"

"The love contract, it's, um...it's a parody thing," Sonic tried to explain, unaware of the fact that Chrom had momentarily left the living room. "It's supposed to be funny - an inside joke that Amy and I are in on."

"Hey Raven - get a load of this 'love contract'!" Chrom was heard speaking to his wife, and Sonic started panicking in an instant. The hedgehog quickly ran over to where Chrom was, and watched in horror as Chrom was showing Raven the love contract.

"'You will not be allowed to spend more than three full minutes with any female not named Amy Rose, without Amy Rose's permission,'" Raven read this provision from the love contract out loud, as Sonic died a little inside. "Is this...is this real?"

"It does have Sonic and Amy's signatures at the bottom, so we can only assume so," replied Chrom, as Sonic was now having major second regrets. What was that hedgehog thinking? "Didn't know that Sonic had it in him to sign anything like this!"

"What are you lovebirds looking at?" Bowser asked Chrom and Raven as he approached the married couple, while Sonic threw his arms up in defeat. Bowser was the last person that Sonic wanted to see the love contract - now Sonic was in danger of being picked on, by Bowser.

"We're just reading this love contract that Sonic and Amy signed off on," replied Raven, as she handed the love contract to Bowser. Bowser quickly read the contents of the love contract, from top to bottom, and was laughing his butt off.

"'Looking or staring at other women, even without romantic or platonic affection, is prohibited'?!" The harder Bowser laughed, the more Sonic died inside. "Oh man, that's rich, that's hilarious! Definitely something that Amy would enforce!"

Bowser: Sadly A Pimp Named Bowser won't be around this Valentine's Day...a lot of the ladies kept complaining about him, and why he ever existed. Yukiko and Futaba are certainly to blame. This just goes on to show you that people can't take jokes anymore these days. PC culture is running rampant! But don't worry, A Pimp Named Bowser will make his triumphant comeback soon. Just not this year.

"I'd love to have my contract back, if you don't mind..." Sonic said to Bowser, already tired of all the comments and remarks. The hedgehog held out his hand, like he expected Bowser to oblige. "...I've been making a few changes to it."

"The only thing that needs changing is your girlfriend's temper," responded Bowser, as he handed the love contract to Sonic. The fact that he willingly gave it back to Sonic was very...uncharacteristic of him. "Good gravy, she's crazy!"

"Yeah, I know...and that's why I'm gonna fix that." Wanting to work on the love contract in peace, Sonic would leave the living room. Bowser and company watched the hedgehog leave.

"Did Sonic just say that he was going to 'fix' Amy?" asked Ema, shortly after Sonic had left. The forensics expert burst into a fit of laughter, and Chrom, Raven, and Bowser couldn't help but laugh along with her. "I'd like to see him try..."


For Mario, attending the ice cream social would easy, since he only needed Peach just to get in. With Spyro and Hunter, they could just ask Dr. Wily to bring Elora and Bianca to the mansion, with his universe transport machine. But as for the RWBY gang - Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang - they had nobody to attend the ice cream social with!

"Ha ha, you guys don't have a valentine!" Hunter pointed and laughed at the RWBY gang, who were seated on a couch in Mario's living room. The four were perfectly fine with chilling at Mario's place, while Mario and the others had fun.

"Is attending this ice cream social really that necessary?" Yang asked Spyro, who walked by; Yang heard that the ice cream social, while not a traditional Valentine's Day party, was still a pretty big deal.

"Not really, but with Master Hand, everything is necessary," replied Spyro, and truer words have never been said by the purple dragon himself. "You guys don't know what's it like when you miss out on a birthday party!"

"Please-a don't remind me..." pleaded Mario, who was busy trimming his mustache. Gotta look good at the ice cream social. "...I missed-a the entirety of Captain Falcon's birthday party one-a time, all because I had-a the runs, and Master Hand made-a me clean out the toilet!"

"Don't you have the runs all the time? Maybe you should just lay off the Mexican food." Laying off the Mexican food? Mario would never.

"What, you think I have-a some kind of addiction or something?" Digging into his pocket, Mario pulled out a quesadilla and ate it in one gulp. Spyro gave the plumber an inquisitive stare. "That was just-a bread."

"A quesadilla that's just bread...likely story, Mario." Just then, someone rang the doorbell, and Mario would promptly answer the front door. When Mario opened the door, he saw a woman with black hair, dressed as a dark mage. There was almost a very creepy vibe about her...

"Ah, you must be Mario," the dark mage said to Mario, giving off her creepy vibe and making Mario feel all sorts of unsettled.

"And you must-a be...Tharja," Mario said to the dark mage, remembering seeing Tharja before. Tharja would take Mario's hands, unnerving Mario greatly with her stone-cold visage. "What are-a you doing with my hands?"

"Answer me this question...is my sweet, precious Robin at the mansion?" Mario looked around his house, hoping that Peach wouldn't show up. "I need to know, before I head over there."

"So, you still like-a Robin, huh?" As much as Mario would love to tell Tharja about Robin being with Lucina, it wasn't worth putting his livelihood in jeopardy.

"Yes I still like Robin! Always have, always will. Now tell me, is he at the mansion or not?" Soon Peach came down the stairs, and when she arrived at the kitchen, she gasped when she saw Tharja holding Mario's hands at the front door.

"M-Mario?!" stammered Peach, frowning as she grabbed the nearest frying pan that she could find. A world of hurt was coming towards Tharja's way if she didn't let go of Mario anytime soon.

"Just be a good boy, and answer my question..." Being mindful of Peach, Tharja leaned in close to Mario, to the point where she was almost touching the plumber's nose with hers. "...is Robin at the mansion?"

"He is at the mansion," confirmed Mario, knowing that Robin would kill him for telling Tharja about his whereabouts. Delighted in the answer, Tharja would let go of Mario's hands.

"Why thank you! That's all I needed to know. Oh, and by the way...that princess of yours, Princess Peach, is the epitome of a dumb blonde."

Ready to head over to the mansion, Tharja would leave the premises, as Mario just stood there completely frozen. Watching the exchange between Mario and Tharja, Peach was pent up with frustration, before screaming out loud.

"That...is...IT!" the princess screamed, enough to grab Mario's attention. Mario knew that Peach wanted a piece with Tharja, and the plumber would let his wife have it as much as she pleased.

"Hurry up-a Peach, Tharja is still out-a side!" Mario said to Peach as he pointed out from the open front door. Peach would run to the front door, screaming her tail off as if it was some kind of rally cry...

...but instead of running outside, the princess instead began to whack Mario on the head with her frying pan, sending him to the floor. Peach would whack Mario repeatedly, while Mario covered his head with his hands.

"Princess-a Peach, why are you beating ME up?" questioned Mario, who got down on his knees and still covered his head while Peach started hitting his back. "I did-a nothing wrong!"

"How could you let that Tharja touch your hands like that?!" Peach scolded her husband, as Spyro and the others were internally debating whether they should stop Peach's reign of terror or not.

"You don't-a understand, Peach, I wasn't at fault! Tharja was touching my hands-a first, she caught-a me off-guard! Spyro, tell-a Peach the truth!"

"To be fair, Mario did nothing to stop Tharja from holding his hands," explained Spyro, and that made Peach even angrier as she whacked Mario with her frying pan even harder. "He just stood there and took it."

"I can't believe that you would do this to me, Mario!" frowned a highly disappointed Peach, now whacking Mario at a slower yet more impactful pace. "I thought you were supposed to be a faithful husband!"

"So Mario isn't a faithful husband?" asked a very astonished Hunter, with his hands on both sides of his head. "Wow, I just heard everything now!"

"Yeah, it would totally suck if Mario and Peach were to get divorced over this one little incident..." mumbled Blake, who couldn't care less about what was going on right now. Waluigi stared at Blake from outside, through the windows, before darting away...


Tharja was standing outside Mario's house, and was joined by three other ladies...Ilia, the farmer girl from Ordon Village; Melia, a powerful mage and the princess of the High Entia race, and Sumia, one of Chrom's most notable war allies in the war against Plegia. What on earth where girls like Ilia, Melia, and Sumia doing hanging around with Tharja, of all people?

"Well, ladies...Robin is confirmed to be at the mansion," Tharja said to Ilia and company, bringing them up to speed with whatever she was plotting. "If he's there, then Link and Shulk must be there, too. Our boyfriends are ours for the taking!"

Tharja: Today is Valentine's Day, and a day like this is a perfect opportunity to claim the one true love of my life, Robin! Nobody, not even Chrom, is going to stop me in my pursuit. I know a few girls who also wish to claim their boyfriends, which is why I'm extending the opportunity to pursue after their lovers as well...provided they follow after my lead. I'll be the one to lead them to harmony.

"Are you sure this is such a good idea?" Melia asked Tharja, who was busy inspecting her nails. "What if we encounter a roadblock in our plan?"

"Here's a 'what if' for you...what if your precious little Shulk is getting down with Fiora?" asked Tharja, doing her best to make Melia more tenacious. "You did say that you were always jealous of Fiora, did you not?"

"I have always envied Fiora for the longest time. Not sure where this envy even came from, but I've always felt so jealous of Fiora..."

"I know why...it's because she's always with Shulk. It's because of the chemistry she has with him. You never had that chemistry with Shulk, did you?"

"Now that you mention it...I don't think so." The more that Melia mused on the subject, the more ticked off she was with Fiora. "Fiora has been stealing my thunder! I can't let her get away with it!"

"That's it! That's the motivation I expect to see from you. Can't be going after your boyfriend if you're not feeling any sort of motivation!"

"But is that the right motivation to have?" asked Ilia, seeing how ticked Melia was all of a sudden. "You only just made Melia angry!"

"Only because she should be angry - angry over the fact that Fiora might possibly be in a relationship with Shulk. If that isn't motivation, then I don't know what is..."

"I still think you're going about this the wrong way..." Just then, two other ladies showed up at the scene, joining Ilia and company...Catria, the middle sister of the Whitewing Sisters, and Faye, a childhood friend of Alm's hailing from the village of Ram.

"Well ladies, how did it go?" Tharja would ask Catria and Faye, folding her arms and awaiting responses from the two ladies she asked.

"Marth wasn't at his home, I'm afraid," reported Catria - how did she know where Marth's house was? Tharja must've told her.

"Ditto with Alm; only Berkut and Rinea were at his house," reported Faye, who still had the hots for Alm despite the king being married to Celica. "Berkut said that Alm might be at the mansion."

"Then we're off to the mansion, for good," said Tharja, as she led her troop of ladies to the mansion. "After me, ladies...our lovely men are waiting for us!"

"Whoops!" exclaimed Sumia, who tripped over air and fell to the ground as she followed after Tharja. She had a strong habit of doing that. "Wait up for me, guys!"

Upon reaching the porch of the mansion, Tharja went up the porch stairs and encountered Copper and Booker. Copper refused to let Tharja and company inside the mansion, as he put out his hand in front of him.

"Halt! Not a single move!" the shiba inu shouted, as Tharja and company stopped in place...gave Sumia enough time to catch up with the other ladies.

"What seems to be the problem?" Tharja asked Copper, wondering what the big holdup was. Copper was frowning as he looked down at Tharja and company's feet, looking especially at Ilia's.

"That woman is trying to enter the mansion barefoot!" Copper pointed at Ilia's bare feet, acting like the farmer girl was committing a crime against humanity. "Barefoot people are prohibited from entering the mansion! No shoes, no service!"

"No shoes, no service?" Booker questioned Copper, giving his fellow canine partner an inquisitive stare. "Copper, this isn't a convenience store!"

"I make the rules around here, you bum!" Disgusted with Booker for questioning his authority, Copper backhanded Booker and made him wince in pain. "Barefoot people are disallowed in the mansion, and you know it!"

"Hey fellas, did you know that today was my birthday?" Ken Masters excitedly asked Copper and Booker, opening the front door to ask the canine guards his question. Here was Ken, standing inside the mansion barefoot...and Copper had no problem with it.

"Today is your birthday...?" Booker asked Ken, who grunted in frustration and was pulling on his hair. Seemed like everyone forgot that today was Ken's birthday - the guy was turning fifty-five today.

"Dang it, you guys too?! I can never win on my birthday, can I?" Too incensed to even greet Tharja and company, Ken would slam the front door as he returned to the interior of the mansion. Hopefully someone would remember that today was Ken's birthday.

Ken: It stinks being born on Valentine's Day - all your friends are too busy trying to woo their boyfriend or girlfriend, and they're completely neglecting the fact that today's your birthday! I actually feel for people who were born on Thanksgiving; their family is too busy eating up turkey to be celebrating your birthday! They must be the most depressed people in the whole wide world...

"I don't get it - Ken is barefoot, but he lives in the mansion all the time," Booker said to Copper, wondering why the shiba inu didn't put Ken on blast for walking around the mansion barefoot. "How come you never chastise him?"

"Because I don't wish to pick a fight with Ken," replied Copper, and you can't say that you blame the shiba inu for his reasoning. "Much rather pick a fight with someone who won't beat me to a bloody pulp!"

"Soooo are you letting us inside the mansion, or what?" Tharja asked Copper and Booker, realizing that time was of the essence. Valuable time was being wasted standing around on the porch. "Ilia, she can stay outside."

"I personally wouldn't mind that..." mumbled Ilia, who was beginning to have second doubts about taking up on Tharja's offer.

"She is with you, yes?" asked Copper, to which Tharja nodded her head. "In that case, I won't let you or any of your friends inside this mansion. Not unless until Ilia puts on some shoes."

"Guess we have to go in through the backdoor..." sighed Tharja as she led her troop of ladies down the porch - making sure to grab Ilia's hand so the farmer girl wouldn't be left behind. Tharja would lead the ladies to the back of the mansion, and Sumia tripped along the way.

"Here I go, tripping again..." the klutzy Pegasus Knight sighed, as she picked herself up and chased after Tharja and company. She ran past Waluigi, who was seen taking out his cellphone and calling someone.

"Hey...it's me again," Waluigi spoke into the phone, as he walked around the side of the mansion. "I was wondering...do you like ice cream?"


The Valentine's Day ice cream social was taking place in the ballroom, and as expected, the Ice Climbers Nana and Popo were responsible for putting together all the decorations and such. Popo wanted the ice cream social to be a rousing success, and also wanted to please Master Hand.

"I've never thought about this, but why are we having an ice cream social during the winter?" Nana curiously asked Popo, while she hung up a few red and pink balloons around the ballroom. "Isn't that more of a summer thing?"

"People go on vacation in the winter, so what's your point?" questioned Popo, who was inspecting each and every ice cream flavor that was present in the ballroom. "We shouldn't let the seasons limit us!"

"Also, I don't think we have enough ice cream for everyone." Hearing that made Popo gasp, and look up at Nana out of shock. "There's gonna be like what, over two hundred people in this one ballroom?"

"You're right...huh, I haven't thought this out through. You know what, we should limit every guest to just one scoop of ice cream. They better take what they can get, or get out!"

"One scoop of ice cream isn't going to satisfy everyone..." Nana began facepalming, knowing that the ice cream social would be underwhelming. "...why did we even agree to do this thing?"

Nana: Master Hand has been too preoccupied with the Seattle Dragons as of late, and our resident party planner Rosalina was forced by Master Hand to promote the Dragons around King county. So we were asked by Master Hand to put a party together. You know that Popo couldn't say no...

Popo: Master Hand sure has a miserable eye for talent...always constantly doting on those crummy idol singers, but never giving Nana and I (but mostly me) the credit that we...or I, deserve! When Master Hand sees the awesome job that Nana and I did with the ice cream social, he'll never overlook us...but mostly me...again!

Nana: Thing is, Master Hand will likely be out for the entire day, so I don't think he'll show up in time to see Popo's supposed "greatness". Popo is very determined to impress Master Hand, but quite frankly I don't think that Master Hand could care less.

Entering the ballroom was Polar Bear, who offered to help the Ice Climbers put the ice cream social together. The sunglasses-wearing bear walked over to Popo, who was inspecting a bowl of rocky road ice cream and ensuring that it was at the right temperature.

"Hey boss, we got some guests," Polar Bear said to Popo, who wasn't that impressed; Popo knew that there would be guests today, on Valentine's Day. "Said that they're a bunch of nobles from some place called Abyss." Now that bit of info got Popo's attention.

"Must be a bunch of interesting folk, then," remarked Popo, as he looked away from the rocky road ice cream - which was at the proper temperature, much to his great delight. "I bet they're sea people, from the deep sea!"

"Nah, they're just a bunch of sword guys from a country close to Fodlan. You know, the land where Byleth and Beleth taught war crimes and stuff?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know what Fodlan is, I'm not stupid..." While Popo's interest diminished, the Ice Climber was still interested in seeing the guests. "...bring them on in, I want a good look at 'em!"

So Polar Bear looked over at the ballroom entrance, and whistled over. The four guests - two men, and two women - entered the ballroom, and all of them were wearing silver clothing.

"Popo, I'd like for you to meet the Ashen Wolves - Yuri, Hapi, Balthus, and Constance," Polar Bear would introduce the four guests to Popo, who was unsure of what to make of the four nobles. But mainly their attire.

"They're called the Ashy Wolves?" asked Popo, after he egregiously misheard Polar Bear. The leader of the Ashen Wolves, Yuri, took great offense to Popo's question. "Don't know why anyone would wanna be collectively called ashy, but whatever floats your boat..."

"We're called the Ashen Wolves," Yuri had to correct for Popo, furrowing his brow angrily. Popo got a good look at Yuri, scanning the nobleman up and down before looking at his boots.

"Why are you wearing high heels for?" Popo then looked up at Yuri, getting a good look at the nobleman's face. "And why are you wearing eyeliner? Are you trying to pose as a woman?"

"Pose as a woman?! Absolutely not! Why you little..." Yuri angrily took out his sword and was about to charge at Popo, only for Balthus to put his arm out in front of the fellow nobleman.

"Take it easy, Yuri - the guy was just kidding!" grinned Balthus, as he brought Yuri's sword down. The big guy practically saved Popo's life. "He just doesn't understand the customs of Abyss, that's all."

"I suppose you're right, I shouldn't have let my emotions get the best of me." Yuri would place his sword back in his holster, and Balthus would grin even harder as he smacked Yuri on his back. Something Yuri did not appreciate.

"Well since you guys are all here...perhaps you'd like to be a part of my Valentine's Day ice cream social!" Popo enticed the Ashen Wolves, never giving up an opportunity to extend an invite to just about anyone. "You only need a date for admission, and since they're four of you already..."

"I'm not that interested in this...ice cream social, to be honest," stated Hapi, the noblewoman who was known for being apathetic towards just about anything. Popo looked at the noblewoman funny, before laughing out loud.

"Oh man, that's a good one, that's a really good joke!" Popo was laughing so hard that he was almost in tears. But little did he know that Hapi was dead serious. "Seriously, you should attend our...I mean, my...ice cream social."

"I'm afraid that none of us can attend this ice cream social," said Constance, as Popo gasped and was on the verge of fainting. "I'd love to attend, but we all came to this mansion to pay Byleth and Beleth a visit."

"Funny you should mention that, 'cause Byleth and Beleth are gonna be at this ice cream social! Or at least I think they will be..."

"You need a date to be admitted into the party, right?" Balthus asked Popo and Polar Bear, to which they both nodded their heads. "And would you and your date have to be in a relationship? Byleth and Beleth can't get in while posing as a couple!"

"Hey, we've seen a guy get into a Valentine's Day party once with a freaking chocolate bar...those professors will find some way around the rules."


Tharja and company found a way inside the mansion, and were on the hunt for the men they loved so much. The six ladies entered the foyer, standing around the corner, and they saw Ken speaking with Pit and Robin. Tharja was beyond ecstatic when she saw Robin.

"Happy birthday, Ken!" Pit said to the fighter, who was now all smiles. Finally, someone remembered that today was his birthday - and it was Pit, of all people!

"Yeah, happy birthday, man," Robin said to Ken, being only the second person to remember Ken's birthday. Putting him in some pretty rare company. "Wish I had a birthday present to give to you..."

"Don't worry Robin, it's all good!" smiled Ken, as he gave Robin an assuring thumbs up. "When you get to me as old as me, you stop caring about birthday presents and all that jazz. You just wanna kick back, and relax all day long!"

"I had a birthday present for you, Ken, but Kirby sadly sucked it up," said Pit; knowing that the present came from Pit, Ken thought that Kirby did the right thing.

Kirby: Pit saved up whatever allowance Lady Palutena had given him so he could buy for Ken...a mankini. That only has one strap. To this day, I still have nightmares about Captain Falcon wearing his mankini around the mansion, so I did the right thing and sucked up the mankini that Pit bought for Ken. I'll repay Pit, and this time around I hope that he'll use that money to buy something more meaningful...

"Are you okay, Tharja?" Sumia asked Tharja, who was looking dreamily at Robin with the biggest smile that Sumia had ever seen from the dark mage. "I've never seen you this happy before!"

"I'm sorry...it's just been so long since I last saw Robin," apologized Tharja, as she quickly reverted back to her normal visage and candor. "You ladies can go on on without me - I already got my eyes on the prize."

"We'll meet back here once we have our boyfriends," Faye said to Tharja as she, Melia, and a very reluctant Ilia left the premises. The only ladies that stayed behind were Sumia and Catria.

"Sumia and I will stick around with you - provided that Robin leads us to Chrom and Marth," Catria said to Tharja, who didn't mind one bit...as long as Sumia and Catria didn't interfere in her pursuit of Robin.

"Suit yourself..." responded Tharja, as she brought her attention back to Robin. "...just stay out of my way, and you ladies won't be hexed."

"Doc Louis and I just want to wish you a happy birthday, Ken," Little Mac said to the fighter as he and Doc Louis showed up in the foyer. The more people wished him happy birthday, the happier that Ken grew.

"Aw shucks, and I thought that everyone forgot today was my birthday!" gleamed Ken; for him, having people remembering that today was his birthday was more meaningful than any birthday present. "You fellas sure know how to make a man happy today!"

"Watch and learn, ladies..." Tharja said to Sumia and Catria, as she stepped away from the corner ready to make her move. Robin saw Tharja advancing towards him, and took a few steps back.

"Th-Tharja?" the mage uttered, acting as if he was seeing a ghost in broad daylight. Tharja got close to Robin, putting her hand on the mage's chest.

"Been a long time since we last saw each other, Robin..." Tharja smiled slightly, as she opened up Robin's coat a little and began to stroke the mage's chest. Robin felt uncomfortable, and seeing his fellow men staring at him made him even more so.

"I don't appreciate you doing this..." Robin was also feeling nervous, as a trickle of sweat was running down his face. He couldn't let Lucina, Chrom, Morgan, or Marc see Tharja acting seductive with him.

"Okay, Robin!" exclaimed Doc Louis with a smile, easily impressed by how much of a player Robin was. The boxing trainer was liking what he was seeing.

"Doc Louis can you not, you're embarrassing me..." grumbled Little Mac, who was feeling some second-hand embarrassment as he hid his face in his boxing gloves.

"Shut up Mac and observe, this is how you're gonna be with Leia! She's gonna be stroking your chest up and down, all day long...and I'll be watching!"

"Tharja can you please stop this?" Robin pleaded to the dark mage as he grabbed her hand, but Tharja couldn't stop stroking Robin's chest.

"Robin I thought you said that you liked girls?" Pit questioned the mage, left wondering why Robin was feeling so uneasy for. "Why would you tell a girl like Tharja to stop stroking your chest?"

"Maybe because I'm in a relationship and I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea?!" If Pit were in Robin's shoes, he wouldn't mind Tharja stroking his chest - he'd probably tell Tharja to stroke faster!

"Okay, but what does you being in a relationship with Lucina have to do with Tharja stroking your chest?" Hearing that Robin was in a relationship with Lucina, Tharja gasped as she stopped stroking.

"You're in a relationship with that skank?" Tharja frowned at Robin, as she quickly let go of the mage - much to his great delight. "Why her, she's absolutely bland! I'm more interesting than she is!"

"But at least Lucina knows how to keep her hands to herself," remarked Robin, as Tharja was all sorts of angry with Robin. Robin tried to retreat as he backed away, but Tharja was walking closer to him. "Settle down now, Tharja..."

"Why should I, when your taste in women is so tragically low? It should be me who you should be with! ME!"

"Oh man, this isn't good..." Robin turned around and made a run for it, as he ran down the hall. Tharja was hot on his heels, running after the mage.

"Wait up for us, Tharja!" Sumia called out to the dark mage, as she and Catria chased after Tharja. Sumia would once again trip and fall, and Catria helped her up to feet, before resuming chasing after Tharja.

"Pretty exciting birthday so far, huh?" Doc Louis asked Ken, slapping his hand on the fighter's back. Ken gave a slight shrug.


The Ice Climbers' Valentine's Day ice cream social had just begun, and Touma and Ridley were in charge of being the bouncers, so to speak. Touma was all dressed up in a red suit, while Ridley was wearing a bowtie

"Once Eleonora shows up, I can finally go into the ballroom in style," said Touma, who was waiting patiently for his date to show up. The redhead looked towards Ridley, who was adjusting his bowtie. "Sucks that you don't have a date to get inside, Ridley!"

Ridley: *holds up a heart-shaped picture frame, adorned with red, pink, and white flowers, with a picture of Samus in said picture frame*

"The Ice Climbers' ice cream better be delicious!" said Cortex as he led Tiki to the ballroom; seeing Cortex and Tiki together made Touma and Ridley cringe. Cortex and Tiki were both stopped in front of the ballroom door, by Touma.

"Only legitimate couples allowed..." Touma informed Cortex and Tiki, but mainly Cortex, as Cortex held his head in sadness. Tiki, not wanting to see Cortex sad, angrily confronted Touma.

"Either you let us both in together, or I'll burn this mansion down to smithereens..." the manakete threatened Touma, all up in the redhead's grill. Touma had never seen Tiki so angry...

"Uh, right this way!" grinned Touma as he stepped aside, revealing the open ballroom door. Cortex looked up and smiled, grateful for Tiki sticking up for him.

"Now where were we?" the mad genius said to Tiki, as he and the manakete entered the ballroom door. Touma went back to his original position, shaking his head.

"That's it, Ridley...we're not allowing another illegitimate couple inside that ballroom. Not even Doc Louis, and his stupid chocolate bar." Touma would be put to the test, as Cuphead showed up with some fuzzy dice.

"Sadly I couldn't find a date for the ice cream social..." Cuphead told Touma and Ridley, as he held up his fuzzy dice. "...but I like this fuzzy dice as much as I love any girl in the world!"

"That fuzzy dice can be your date! Step right on in, Cuphead!" Touma would let Cuphead inside the ballroom, and Ridley would shake his head in dismay at Touma. "Aight, starting right now we're not allowing another illegitimate couple inside the ballroom."

Touma would soon be put to the test once again, for another illegitimate couple was walking down the hallway. Waluigi was walking with a woman, but not just any woman; the lanky man was with the restaurant manager from El Gaucho, who caved in to Waluigi's requests.

"The ice cream better be as 'exceptionally tasty' as you claim it to be," the manager said to Waluigi, who was holding the manager by her hand. To be with another woman, and not being judged for it (so far), made Waluigi's heart swell with glee.

"Popo takes his ice cream very seriously, so you should have nothing to worry about," assured Waluigi as he and the manager went to the ballroom door, where they saw Touma and Ridley dealing with Crash and a certain goth girl...

"You're sure that you and Crash are an item?" Touma asked the goth girl that was hugging Crash tightly, against the bandicoot's will...Nina Cortex, Cortex's adoring daughter...erm, niece. Just pick one.

"We've been secretly in love since we had our first adventure together," replied Nina, to which Crash shook his head no. Touma saw Crash shaking his head, as he was contemplating his decision.

"In that case...I'll take your word for it. You and Crash are free to enjoy the ice cream social!" Touma would let Crash and Nina inside the ballroom, as Crash gulped.

"We're gonna tear this bad boy to the ground..." Nina grinned at Crash, as she grabbed the bandicoot and rushed inside the ballroom. Waluigi and the manager would approach Touma and Ridley; both the redhead and the dragon did a double take.

"Woah, is that the manager from El Gaucho you've been telling us about?" Touma was checking the manger up and down, amazed that Waluigi was even able to woo her successfully.

"She's the one who gave me that free lunch," replied Waluigi, as he happily rubbed his stomach and reminisced over his lunch. "That ribeye sure hit the spot!"

"Oh I bet it did! But, I don't think Ridley and I should let you inside. Only legit couples are allowed." Not wanting his opportunity to slip from his hands, Waluigi got down on his knees, with begging hands.

"Please, Touma, please let me inside the ballroom!" Waluigi didn't want to cry, because he thought it would make him look weak in front of the manager. "This manager is the closest I've ever been to having a woman, and I must relish in the moment that I have!"

"Fine, we'll let you inside...if you stop begging." Waluigi would stop begging in an instant, as he stood up and cheered.

"Thank you so much, Touma - you're such a bro!" Waluigi looked towards the manager, grinning as he took her head. "Get ready to see the life of the party...or should I say, ice cream social!"

"What have we done..." fretted Touma as Waluigi entered the ballroom with the manager, fearing that Waluigi might somehow ruin the ice cream social.

"Pardon me, gentlemen, but is it p-p-possible to join in this ice cream social...that I rightfully invented?" a voice asked Touma and Ridley, who saw Dr. Brio standing in their presence.

"Do you have a date with you?" Touma looked around for Brio's date, but didn't see a single woman in sight.

"You nincompoop, I should be let inside regardless of whether I have a date or not! I invented the ice cream social, along with V-V-Valentine's Day!"

Brio: There's not a single holiday on the calendar that I, Dr. Nitrus Brio, did not invent! Christmas? I invented it. Halloween? I invented it. Independence Day? I invented it. St. Patrick's Day? I invented it. Arbor Day? *pauses* ...I'll let the tree huggers have that one.

"Is this where the ice cream social is held at?" a girl asked Touma and Ridley, who looked over and saw Faye, standing with Melia and Ilia. "We have heard about it, from some so-called assassin."

"You made it to the right spot," replied Touma, before looking around to see if Faye, Melia, and Ilia had a man with them. Little did he know that they wanted to be at the ice cream social to claim their men. "Thing is, you need a date to get inside..."

"Screw your rules, that I didn't invent!" Brio shouted at Touma, hitting the redhead in the shin with his ray gun. Touma yelped in pain as he got down on one knee, as Brio looked towards Ridley. "You want some too?!" Brio asked Ridley, who shook his head no as he stepped away.

"That was pretty helpful of him..." Melia said to Faye and Ilia about Brio, who noticed the three ladies standing by. Being the gentleman that he was, Brio stepped out of the way and granted Melia and company access.

"Consider yourselves welcome..." the evil genius said to Melia and company, who entered the ballroom together.


Inside the ballroom, Melia, Faye, and Ilia saw many couples enjoying the ice cream social. Couples such as Knuckles and Rouge, Luigi and Daisy, Pit and Viridi, and even Ryu and Chun-li were in the ballroom, enjoying ice cream and friendly banter.

"Let's split up," Faye said to Melia and Ilia, as she and Melia both went their separate ways. Only person that remained in place was Ilia, who was still having some second doubts.

"Why am I even doing this..." the farmer girl wondered, feeling as if she would waste Link's valuable time. Cloud would bump into Ilia, nearly dropping the ice cream cone he was holding in his hand.

"Oh sorry, didn't see you there," Cloud apologized to Ilia, before getting a good look at the farmer girl. He knew that Ilia was a visitor. "First time here?"

"Yes, this is my first time...I'm Ilia, I'm from Ordon Village." Ilia would shake Cloud's hand, but that would be too formal for her. "I'm Link's childhood friend."

"Childhood friend, eh? Well, you could consider me Link's best friend. I can take you over to Link, if you wanna see him."

"That would be pretty nice." Although Ilia didn't wish to chase after Link's heart, she wouldn't pass up on the opportunity to see her childhood friend again.

Elsewhere at the ballroom, Alm and Celica were speaking with Ike. Ike managed to get inside the ballroom without a human date, by using one thing...Puppet Mia, whom we haven't seen since episode 67.

"You made that puppet by yourself, Ike?" Alm asked the swordsman, who was holding Puppet Mia in his right hand. Could've made a puppet in Elincia's likeness, but perhaps Ike didn't have enough time.

"Only a few years ago - I used this puppet to dispel any notion that I was single," explained Ike, as Faye was creeping closer to Alm unseen. "I planned on retiring Puppet Mia, but then I heard about the ice cream social..."

"I'm surprised you didn't disguise Soren as a woman, and get inside the ballroom that way," joked Celica, as Faye was now in breathing distance with Alm. Alm looked to his right, and jumped in fright when he saw Faye.

"Hi Alm!" Faye said to the king, nearly spooking him. Alm fell into the arms of Celica, who helped her husband back up on his own feet.

"Hello, Faye - you're a sight for sore eyes," greeted Alm, delightfully surprised to see his childhood friend again. He hadn't seen Faye or anyone from the village of Ram since he first moved into the mansion. "How have you been? Where's your date?"

"My date? I'm looking right at him..." Faye was looking lovingly into Alm's eyes, and Alm was feeling uncomfortable. Celica had to set things straight.

"Hate to break it to you, but Alm is my date," the queen said to Faye, whose spirits weren't crushed. Faye was too happy to ever feel down, but she was still jealous of Celica to an extent. "We're still married, in case you weren't aware..."

"No it's fine, I knew that already..." Faye directed her attention back to Alm, unable to resist how handsome the king was. "...but do you still love me, Alm?"

"I still love you...as a friend," replied Alm, letting Faye know where his and her boundaries were. But Faye was adamant on making Alm say the things that she wanted him to say.

"But do you love me more than you love your wife, Celica?" If Alm answered yes, then Faye would be completely over the moon and beyond. "I know you way better than she does."

"How can I love anyone more than Celica? You must be out of your mind!" Alm backed away from Faye, who was drawing closer. With no other option left, Alm ran away from Faye.

"Just tell me how much you love me, Alm!" Faye would chase Alm around the ballroom, as Celica would be left all alone with Ike...and Puppet Mia.

"Wanna hear a joke, from Mia?" Ike asked Celica, with an enticing smile. Celica would walk away, much to Ike's chagrin, as she wanted to bail Alm out of trouble.

Berkut: The poor woman at my door, Faye, told me about how much she loved Alm, and how she left her own village to pursue Alm. I'm perfectly fine with her leaving her village, to escape from all the poor people, but to do it just to chase after Alm? Why would anyone be interested in that cretin? Still think that Celica is suffering from some kind of mental illness.

Cloud would take Ilia to Link, who was alone by himself enjoying some ice cream. Ilia was all smiles, seeing her childhood friend in person again.

"Hey Link, I found a childhood friend of yours," Cloud said to the Hylian, who had to do a double take when he saw Ilia in the flesh. Link was so surprised, that he almost choked on his ice cream.

"Ilia! It's been a while," Link said to the farmer girl, who walked closer to the Hylian. "To see you here...this is very...unexpected, to say the least."

"Hope you didn't miss me too much," Ilia smiled at Link, who smiled in return. Soon Zelda came over, eating from a bowl of ice cream, and saw Link with Ilia.

"Link, who is that girl?" the princess asked the Hylian, who was nervous all of a sudden. Link was standing with another girl, and he didn't want Zelda to get the wrong idea.

"Uh...this is Ilia, a girl I know from Ordon Village," Link introduced Zelda to Ilia, who was looking at Zelda with a starstruck gaze. "We both go way back..."

"Is that Princess Zelda? The princess of Hyrule?" Ilia asked Link as she pointed at Zelda. This was the closest that Ilia has ever been to anyone of Hyrulian royalty.

"It's definitely her...she's been living here at the mansion for as long as I have." Why did it seem like Link was leaving out some important details?

"Then that must mean you two have romantic feelings for each other, right?" This was the moment of truth for Link, who could state the truth, or find a way around it. Which path would the Hylian take?

"Um, Zelda and I...we're not really boyfriend or girlfriend, or anything." Zelda gasped, as Cloud's eyes grew big in shock. Did Link just deny Zelda's love?

"Wow, I thought that a hero like yourself would have some kind of romantic interest in the princess of Hyrule...guess I thought wrong."

"Yeah, Zelda is an overrated princess, if you ask me." Now Link was just making up silly talk - and Zelda couldn't believe it. "Nothing about her is remarkable."

"I mean Princess Zelda is a very dignified princess...not that there's anything wrong with being dignified."

"But that makes her bland. She doesn't have the personality that other princesses have, like Princess Daisy."

"And she doesn't have hips like Daisy," added Cortex, who was eavesdropping on the conversation at hand just for all the drama. "Daisy's hips don't lie!"

"Uncle Cortex..." moaned Nina, who was feeling second-hand embarrassment from her uncle...or rather. Again, just pick one.

"Either way, Princess Zelda just isn't girlfriend material," confessed Link, as Zelda grew more angry with her boyfriend. The audacity of Link to say those things, in the presence of his girlfriend...

"I've heard enough..." Zelda glared down Link before storming off, as Link began to feel some type of way. A part of Zelda was hoping that Link was just joking around with Ilia - but what if he was being serious?

"So, uh, Ilia...how are the Ordon kids handling themselves?" Link asked the farmer girl, now feeling awkward as he led Ilia to a corner of the ballroom. Cloud could tell how awkward - and ashamed - Link was feeling.

"Zelda, where did you go?" the swordsman called out to the princess, as he left the premises to go search for Zelda.

As Cloud looked for Zelda, he would pass by Mario and Peach, who were speaking with Byleth, Beleth, and the Ashen Wolves. Hapi was still showing great disinterest in the ice cream social, for those of you who may be wondering.

"These four joined the Garreg Mach Monastery after they left Abyss," Byleth explained to Mario and Peach. "These noblemen and noblewomen had found comfort in their land, and felt like joining our ranks."

"Weird, I only see one-a nobleman and three noblewomen," stated Mario, as he was inspecting each member of the Ashen Wolves one by one. The plumber was looking at Yuri most especially.

"I'm...I'm a man," Yuri begrudgingly stated to Mario, the nobleman hating that he had to make that statement. Mario would look at Yuri from head to toe, checking out his eyeliner and his boots.

"...yeah, I don't see it. But to each-a their own." Soon Spring Man came over to Mario, tapping the plumber on his shoulder. "What is it, Spring Man?"

"Do you know if Sonic showed up to the ice cream social yet?" Spring Man asked Mario, who couldn't recall seeing Sonic at the ballroom today. "I need to ask that guy a question..."


Sonic was in the foyer, waiting for Amy to show up. He needed Amy not only to be invited to the ice cream social, but also so he could go over the love contract that he and Amy signed.

"Waiting on your girl to show up, too?" Falco asked Sonic, as he joined the hedgehog in the foyer. The avian pilot was waiting on Katt Monroe.

"Amy sure knows how to keep a guy waiting," replied Sonic, as he took out his love contract. He made a couple more marks on it, while he waited. "You'd think that she would be here right about now!"

"What's that you got their in your hand?" Falco saw the love contract that Sonic was holding; Sonic wished that Falco hadn't seen it.

"Oh, uh, you mean this?" Sonic showed the contract to Falco, hoping that he didn't laugh. Falco was rather silent. "It's, uh, a love contract, that Amy and I signed..."

"Amy forced you to sign a love contract? That sucks, bruh. I'm just glad that Katt and I never got to that extreme!"

"Would you have to get really far in a relationship, to even reach that extreme?" Falco would glare at Sonic, when he heard that. "I was just joking..."

Falco: Katt isn't crazy like Amy, so our love contract wouldn't be as insane. It would have menial stuff on it, like "no touching in public" and junk. Cats are very particular creatures, you know.

"That must be her," assumed Sonic, after he heard the doorbell ring. The hedgehog answered the door, and saw Amy. "Hey Amy - come on in!"

"Hi Sonic!" greeted Amy as she followed her boyfriend inside the mansion. Falco looked out through the front door expecting to see Katt, but she wasn't around.

"Just so you know, I still haven't forgiven you for what you did to me at El Gaucho last week. That hammer of yours nearly gave me a concussion!"

"Maybe if you honored the contract we had signed, then maybe I would've spared you. You'd rather hang out with Shantae, over me!"

"I'm still sorry for doing that...oh, and speaking of the contract.." Sonic took out his contract, showing Amy the marks he made on it. "...I've been making a few changes to the contract, here and there."

"Are these changes beneficial to the both of us?" Sonic didn't know what to say; it was best that Amy see the changes for herself.

"I'll let you be the judge of that..." So Sonic handed his copy of the love contract to Amy, who skimmed through the changes made from top to bottom. Amy frowned at the changes, as Sonic gulped nervously.

"Sonic, what on earth are these changes? Like this one right here, 'Sonic should be allowed to speak to other women'? What kind of rule is that?!"

"I mean, I can't just not talk to the girls at the mansion, you know? Otherwise they'll think that I'm anti-social!"

"It's not about being anti-social, sonic - it's about establishing a sense of trust. How can I trust you in our relationship, if you're flirting with other chicks?"

"For the record, I've never flirted with any women before. And that includes Shantae; I was just trying to befriend her."

"That's what you want me to think..." Amy grumpily folded her arms, as she looked at Sonic with disdain. "...I simply won't stand to see you disregard our love contract any longer."

"This whole love contract...it's kinda stupid, if we're being honest." Sonic calling the love contract stupid caused Amy to gasp, and frown mightily. "Chill out Amy, I was just kidding!"

"You agreed to sign that contract, you doofus!" Amy took out her Piko Hammer, ready to bonk Sonic on the head again. "You can't go back on your word!"

"I only did it just to please you, I thought it would make you happy! But now, I see that it just made you crazy again..." Amy did not appreciate being called crazy, especially by her boyfriend Sonic.

"Sonic...I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Amy would chase after Sonic, whacking away with her Piko Hammer. Sonic ran for his life, screaming as Amy chased him down the hallway; Falco was idly standing in the foyer, by himself.

"Eh...I should go see what Fox's up to," the avian pilot shrugged as he left the foyer, wanting to kill some time.


Robin managed to get away from Tharja, but knowing the dark mage and her stalkerish ways, Robin needed somewhere to hide. The tactician chose to hide in Chrom's room with the door locked, while he was chilling with Chrom.

"Chrom, I know I don't say this often, but you are such a bro," Robin said to the prince, in slight disbelief that he uttered the word "bro". A word that was barely in his personal lexicon. "Thank you for keeping me company."

"I'm only doing this because you're my best friend," stated Chrom, who had someplace to be. Namely the ballroom, for the ice cream social. "I should really be at the ice cream social right now, with Raven."

"Yeah, and I should be there with Lucina. I do think that the coast is clear right now." Robin was about to open the bedroom door, before looking at Chrom. "But before we go...will you agree to help me get rid of Tharja?"

"Um...I'll think about it." Glad that Chrom would at least think over his options, Robin would leave Chrom's room, with Chrom following after him...

...only to be spooked when he looked to his left, and saw Tharja standing with Sumia and Catria. The tactician yelled as he jumped back.

"Knew you were hiding in this room the whole time..." Tharja smiled at Robin, implying that she was hanging around Chrom's bedroom the whole time. That woman sure was committed.

"Tharja? How long have you been..." Chrom asked the dark mage, before his eyes shifted to his right and took sight of Sumia. "...Sumia?!" uttered Chrom, as Sumia smiled and waved at the prince.

"Hi Chrom!" greeted Sumia, being the last person that Chrom wanted to see today. Especially on a day like Valentine's Day. "I baked you your favorite pie...rhuburb-and-fiddlehead!"

"NOT RHUBURB-AND-FIDDLEHEAD PIE!" Acting as if he was having Plegia War flashbacks, Chrom grabbed Robin's hand and ran down the hallway for safety. He and Robin would make a turn around the corner of the hallway, before coming to a stop.

"Now will you help me get rid of Tharja?" Robin asked Chrom, as he and Chrom were taking a breather. Who knew that Sumia's pies scared Chrom so much?

"Anything to get Sumia's pies away from me..." Someone whistled to Chrom and Robin, who both turned around and saw Tharja, Catria, and Sumia. Sumia was holding some rhuburb-and-fiddlehead pie in her hands.

"Did you mention my wonderful pies, Chrom?" Sumia asked the prince, as she held out her pie to the fear-stricken Chrom. "I know you love 'em!"

"C'mon Robin, I know how much you can't resist me," Tharja said to the tactician as she, Sumia, and Catria drew closer to Robin and Chrom who kept backing away. "You can't hide your inner feelings for..."

"...Tharja, what are you and those ladies doing here?" a voice asked Tharja and company, as Robin and Chrom both turned around. Both were relieved to see Marth, standing with Lucina, Raven, and the twins, Morgan and Marc.

"Marth...I LOVE YOU!" Catria confessed her love to Marth, who just stared at the Pegasus Knight with a blank stare. Catria couldn't hide her love any longer.

"...good to know," Marth flatly responded to Catria's confession, effectively crushing the Pegasus Knight's heart, before directing his attention to Tharja. "Seriously, Tharja, why are you here?"

"You know exactly why I'm here - to claim my one true love," replied Tharja, as she pointed at Robin. Lucina was looking very tense. "Everyone knows that I'm truly Robin's girlfriend!"

"No, I think that distinction goes to me," stated Lucina, as Tharja hissed at the princess. Any woman that liked Robin was always an enemy of Tharja's. "You're just a creepy, bona fide stalker."

"Nonsense! You have no idea what you're talking about." Tharja soon took sight of Morgan and Marc, and furrowed her brow. "Is that Morgan and Marc I see?"

"Yes, and they're my children...from the future. And there's nothing you can do to change that!" Tharja would look at Lucina funny, before letting out a laugh.

"Oh, you must be sorely mistaken...they're MY children." Now things were really getting dire, in the middle of the hallway. "Those twins look nothing like you!"

"Does that even matter? I know for a fact that they're my offspring. So what if they don't have any resemblance of me?"

"Basing your reasoning on feelings, rather than logic...I'm starting to wonder what Robin sees in you. But no matter...I'll just have to take what's mine!"

Taking out her spellbook, Tharja would summon a spell that caused a giant cloud of smokescreen to appear. The smoke filled up the surrounding area, as Lucina and the others were coughing until the smoke cleared up.

"Is everyone alright?" asked Marth, once the smoke was gone. Chrom would look down in his hands after the smoke cleared, and saw that he was holding Sumia's rhuburb-and-fiddlehead pie.

"Why am I holding Sumia's pie for..." the prince wondered, before looking up and realizing that Tharja, Sumia, and Catria were all gone. Along with three others. "Oh dear...Tharja must've taken Robin and the twins!"

"She did WHAT?!" frowned Lucina, when she saw that Chrom was right about her boyfriend and future children missing. "Where could she have taken them?"

"Guess that's for us to find out..." replied Marth, ready to take charge and lead the initiative in searching for Robin and the twins. "...really hate that we have to miss much of the ice cream social over this foolishness."


Popo: My ice cream social so far has been a huge success - everyone is having a good time, and they're also enjoying the ice cream that I made! It's a win-win all around.
Nana: *showing up* Um, don't you mean OUR ice cream social, with the ice cream that WE made?
Popo: Nana why are you being so arrogant for? Why do you have to take all the credit? Can't you be humble for just one second?
Nana: Look who's talking... *walks away*
Popo: Wish Master Hand was here to see my awesomeness...the look on his face would be glorious. If I could ever see his face, that is...

At the ice cream social, Melia was trying to get as close to Shulk as possible. Only obstacle standing in her way was Fiora, whom she had a jealous streak towards.

"Blonde girls think they can have all the fun in the world, do they?" Melia said to herself, unable to hide her inner jealousy. She would make her move, as she advanced towards Shulk.

"So King Dedede apparently said that he wanted a speedo, so I had to tell him that..." Shulk spoke with Fiora, before he saw Melia standing in his presence. "...oh! Melia! I didn't see you there."

"You two enjoying the ice cream social so far?" Melia asked Shulk and Fiora; Melia had spoke to Shulk earlier, but the Homs barely listened to her. Fiora at least gave Melia her full attention.

"Gotta say, the Ice Climbers have really outdone themselves! But it's nice to have you here to enjoy the festivities, Melia."

"This event is far better than we expected," replied Fiora, who couldn't help but notice the tense look on Melia's face. "What's with the look on your face, Melia? Still aren't jealous of me, are you?"

"Who, me? Good heavens, no..." Melia giggled nervously, fearing that Fiora was on to her. "...what's there for me to be jealous about?"

"I dunno, you might be jealous of the fact that Fiora's my girlfriend, and you aren't..." assumed Shulk, as Melia was even more nervous. Now Shulk was on to her! "...but who am I kidding? You shouldn't let a little jealousy get in the way between you two."

"Shulk's right - we are good friends, after all," stated Fiora, as the nervousness that was building inside of Melia slowly vanished away. "Shouldn't be fighting over the affections of Shulk!"

"I guess you're right, you do have a point there," responded Melia, seemingly learning her lesson. The jealousy she had for Fiora was now gone. "Now that I think about it, I don't know why I followed Tharja to the mansion..."

"You followed who to the mansion?" asked Shulk, as he raised an eyebrow; he heard Tharja's name mentioned, and was slightly hoping that Melia was referring to someone else. The Homs heard all the stories...

"Oh, nothing...forget that I ever said anything." Why don't we see how Faye and Ilia were handling themselves, in the ballroom?

Faye was standing near a ballroom curtain, and she wasn't standing near it just because. Alm was hiding behind the curtain, expecting Faye to just go away.

"Do you really like me?" Faye asked Alm, the king that she was obsessed with. To say that Faye's obsession with Alm was big would be an understatement.

"Yes, Faye, I do like you..." replied Alm, who had to repeat this statement more times than he could count. How many times did he have to get his point across?

"Do you like me more than you like Celica?" This question was the clincher; a resounding yes from Alm was all that Faye needed.

"That would be the case, if I weren't married to Celica..." Faye held her head in sadness, and Alm knew he had to bring her spirits back up. "...but, I wouldn't mind if you still had feelings for me."

"R-Really?" Faye would perk her head back up, as Alm stepped from behind the closet with a warm smile. "You're fine with that?"

"You are a very special person, Faye - you helped me grow into the man that I am today. Which I'm pretty thankful for."

"So you wouldn't mind that I have feelings for you...even though you're married to Celica and all?" Alm shook his head, in response to Faye's question.

"Just as long as you acknowledge the fact that I'm married to someone else. That's something you can deal with, right?"

"That's the reality I had to deal with...but, if you want, we can just be friends. If that's alright with you..."

"I mean, we've been friends ever since we were kids - don't see how I could turn that down!" Alm laughed, and Faye would laugh along with him.

Berkut: Did Faye get to speak with Alm?...She did? Did she reject Alm, and tell him how much of a disgrace he was?...Faye and Alm mutually agreed to be just friends?! That's just as bad as being Alm's spouse! My goodness, such poor taste!

Elsewhere in the ballroom, Link was hanging out with his childhood friend, Ilia. He and Ilia were chatting with Minato and Yukari, who were now an item...an "experimental" one, at that.

"You two must go way back," Minato said to Link and Ilia, taking a sip from his milkshake - the only beverage served at the ice cream social.

"We pretty much grew up in Ordon Village together," explained Ilia, as Link nodded his heal while keeping his cool. Link knew that Zelda was angry with him. "I took care of his horse, Epona, several times."

"She even gave me this Horse Call," said Link, as he took out a whistle that resembled a Horse Grass - which was some kind of Hyrulian plant. "I use it to call my horse, whenever I need to."

"Funny how we never see you using that thing," remarked Yukari, as Link was holding his Horse Call for Yukari and Minato to see. "Bet you don't really need your horse these days, huh?"

"You two must be having fun..." Zelda said to Link and Ilia, approaching them from behind and grabbing their attention. Link and Ilia looked at Zelda, with the former smiling.

"Oh, Zelda...didn't see you there," Link said to the princess, who was still understandably angry with her boyfriend. "Ilia and I, we were just catching up..."

"Doesn't look like you're catching up to me." Zelda turned her head to the side, refusing to look at Link. "Looks to me like you're chatting with your new girlfriend..."

"You're ditching Princess Zelda for Ilia, Link?" Minato questioned the Hylian, putting him on the hot seat. Ilia was curiously looking at Link.

"Didn't you say that Zelda wasn't your girlfriend?" Ilia asked Link, who couldn't handle the pressure. The Hylian had to fess up.

"I'll confess...Princess Zelda is my girlfriend," Link confessed to Ilia, as Zelda looked at Link and smiled. "Has been for three years."

"Why couldn't you have said that earlier?" Probably because Link enjoyed making things difficult.

"I just didn't you to assume anything. Didn't want you to think that I didn't like you, or..."

"I wouldn't have cared either way. You should be with whoever your heart truly desires."

"You're right...glad you have no issue with Zelda and I being together." Link would look back at Zelda, owing the princess an apology. "Sorry about earlier, Zelda."

"Just don't let anything like this happen again," Zelda warned Link, hoping that the Hylian learned his lesson.

Midna: Wasn't at that stupid ice cream social, but I did get a front-row seat of Link posturing with that Ilia chick, from the ballroom entrance. I just love seeing Link finding himself in messy situations!

Cortex: It has been brought to my attention that Zelda does have hips like Daisy...which means that her hips do in fact not lie!
Nina: *from afar* Uncle Cortex, can you not embarrass me for ONE second?


Katt Monroe had yet to show up at the mansion, so Falco had no choice but to hang out in the Star Records room with Fox, Krystal, Slippy, and Peppy. Fox and Krystal were at the Star Records table, staring into each other's eyes.

"This is the most intense eye-staring match ever," Slippy said to Slippy and Peppy, while eating some buttered popcorn. The frog was unaware that Fox and Krystal had already blinked, multiple times.

"Uh...shouldn't you guys be at the ice cream social or something?" Falco asked Fox and Krystal, amazed that the two could stare at one another for so long. "Why are you staring at each other like that?"

"Studies have shown that staring into your significant other's eyes increases your love and passion," stated Fox - what kind of stuff was he studying? "I can feel my desire for Krystal growing by the minute..."

"I'm really getting tired of doing this, Fox," said Krystal, who was unsure why she agreed to stare into Fox's eyes in the first place. You'd think that she would turn down such a silly request.

"Shut up babe, you'll ruin the romantic tension..." Fox and Krystal would continue to stare at one another, before Ema entered the room.

"Fox, do you have..." started Ema, before trailing when she saw the intense staring that Fox was doing. Almost made the forensics expert speechless. "...do you have a minute? Sonic and Amy are on the roof."

"Oh snap, are they having a fight on the roof?" Fox would break away his focus on Krystal, as he looked at Ema with some excitement on his face. "Slippy, get me some popcorn, on the double!"

"Do you want regular butter, or extra butter?" Slippy asked Fox, who excitedly ran out of the Star Records room too bothered to answer the question. "Regular butter it is, then..."


Fox wasn't that interested in ending the spat between Sonic and Amy - he just wanted to see some fireworks. The pilot was on the rooftop, where he saw Amy cornering Sonic with her Piko Hammer.

"Let's not get rash, Amy, I'm still your boyfriend..." Sonic said to his girlfriend, finding himself close to the edge of the roof. One wrong move, and it would be extremely bad for Sonic.

"I don't even know if you're still my boyfriend..." seethed Amy as she held her Piko Hammer up high, ready to put Sonic in a world of hurt. "...this is for almost breaking my heart!"

"But our contract!" Sonic took out his copy of the love contract, stopping Amy mid-swing. "We gotta honor the contract, right?"

"Says the man who barely honored the contract to begin with...I knew I couldn't trust you to adhere to all the provisions I listed."

"Why couldn't I have a say in what the provisions on the contract were? It just makes the whole contract so one-sided."

"How about you stop complaining and take what's given to you? Maybe if you did that, then we wouldn't be up here on his stupid roof!"

"Woah woah woah...timeout," announced Fox, having heard enough as he approached Sonic and Amy. "What's this I hear about some love contract?"

"Sonic and I agreed to a love contract last year, that we both signed." Amy took out the original copy of the love contract, and handed it to Fox, who was skimming it. "Basically it has a set of rules we both must abide by."

"Uh huh...and I take it that's your own copy, Sonic?" Fox saw the contract that Sonic was holding, after he skimmed through the original copy.

"It's my own," replied Sonic as he stood up, walking away from the edge of the roof. "Do you...wanna see it?"

"Gladly..." So Sonic gave his own copy of the love contract to Fox, and Fox, rather than seeing whether or not both copies of the contract were identical...

...instead ripped both copies into pieces, gasping Amy to gasp. Having done the deed, Fox dropped the shredded pieces of paper unto the roof.

"Why did you do that for?!" Amy questioned Fox, who wished that he had his lighter on him. Would've come in handy right now. "Sonic and I signed that contract..."

"Lemme teach you a lesson in love, Miss Rose..." said Fox as he wrapped his arm around the hedgehog, ready to offer some sage advice. "...when you're in love with someone, and you go far in your relationship, like Krystal and I, you don't need some silly love contract to dictate the nature of your relationship."

"I...I don't?" Amy looked up at Fox, acting like she just heard the most astonishing fact in all of existence.

"Of course not! It's good to keep Sonic in check, but you can't go full psycho about it. Sometimes you gotta let the man be himself!"

"Part of the reason why I made that contract was not to keep Sonic in check...but also so Sonic could spend more time with me. That's why I was upset, when Sonic was hanging out with Shantae."

"I mean, you can't hang out with Sonic all the time...heck, I don't get mad when I don't spend a day with Krystal! Doesn't bother me any."

"Well Sonic can be a pretty busy hedgehog...I should spend time with him on my own terms. Instead of enforcing my will on him."

"Atta girl! You two should be in perfect harmony. Then you'll go very far." Amy would look at Sonic, as she broke away from Fox.

"Sonic, I'm sorry about that whole love contract thing. I kinda...forced it on you." It was clear that Sonic had no say, in regards to signing that contract.

"And I'm sorry for wanting to befriend Shantae, instead of hanging out with you as we originally planned," Sonic apologized to Amy, offering his own apology. "I tried apologizing last week, but you kept attacking me with that Piko Hammer..."

"We'll make sure an incident like that never happens again," smiled Amy, and Sonic would smile in response, as Fox approached Sonic and Amy with open arms.

"Group hug?" Fox asked Sonic and Amy, who both let their silence do the answering. Fox frowned, as he put his arms down. "It was worth a shot..."


Marth was with Chrom, Raven, and Lucina, as the four were peeking through Chrom's creaked bedroom door. Tharja was with Robin inside Chrom's bedroom, while Morgan and Marc waiting for Lucina or anyone else to save them.

"I'd greatly appreciate it if you got your arms off of me..." an annoyed Robin said to Tharja, who had arm arms wrapped around the tactician. Robin told Tharja repeatedly to let go of him, but do you expect Tharja to listen?

"You sure are in a pretty sour mood today," remarked Tharja, refusing to believe that she was in the wrong. The dark mage rested her head against Robin, making the tactician more uncomfortable.

"I really want to go back to mother..." Morgan said to Marc, as the twins were being held in Chrom's room against their will. Tharja refused to let the twins leave.

"Silly girl, I am your bother...don't get it twisted." Lucina simply couldn't bear to wait around, and witness the things that Tharja was doing.

"Alright, so who's going in there and willing to get themselves hexed?" Lucina asked the others, not wanting to be hexed herself. She, Chrom, and Raven were all looking at Marth.

"Why does it have to be me?" whined Marth, who hated the responsibility he had in remedying many of his descendants' familial problems.

Marth: Chrom and Lucina depend on me too much, because I'm the "family patriarch". Shows you how low their lack of judgement is, since they have to depend on me. I don't have that much judgement myself...at least not anymore. It's not easy living without a war...

"Hey guys, why are we standing around for?" asked Slippy as he approached Marth and company, with the bag of popcorn he prepared for Fox. Marth looked at Slippy, before pointing at the frog.

"I know, Slippy should go in my place!" Marth suggested to Chrom and the others, who were all pretty skeptical about the idea. "What's so wrong with that?"

"It's Slippy - he'll find some way to screw things up," replied Raven, pretty much aware of Slippy's tendency to ruin stuff. Slippy frowned in disgust. "He'll make the situation even worse!"

"I won't make it worse - I'll make it even better!" Slippy stood up for himself, having no clue what the situation was at hand. "Just give me a fighting chance..."

"Chrom? We found you, Chrom!" a woman called out to Chrom, who froze in place as Sumia and Catria came running to Chrom and company.

"Ah, Sumia...looks like you found us," grinned Chrom, who was still holding Sumia's rhuburb-and-fiddlehead pie. Should've thrown that pie into the trash, while he had the chance.

"I see you haven't eaten my rhuburb-and-fiddlehead pie...so what's the holdup?" Chrom grinned even harder, but only because he was nervous.

"Glad you asked, Sumia...for I was just about to exchange it for Slippy's popcorn." Chrom would exchange his pie for the bag of popcorn that Slippy was holding. "The thought that counts!"

"Aw, I was hoping that you would eat that pie...I thought that if you did, then you would be more inclined to love me!"

"Hate to burst your bubble, Sumia, but Chrom's in love with someone else..." Raven said to the Pegasus Knight, as she flashed her wedding ring to Sumia.

"You are?! Aw phooey...Tharja made it seem like Chrom and Marth were unmarried. That's why she brought me and Catria to the mansion..."

"Wait, she brought you both to the mansion just so you could chase after your crushes?" Raven looked at both Sumia and Catria in disbelief.

"And so she could chase after Robin," replied Catria, before looking through the creak in Chrom's doorway and seeing Tharja with Robin. "Looks like she's finally getting her wish..."

"What's with all this talk about Tharja? Is she at the mansion?" Slippy asked these questions, still holding Sumia's rhuburb-and-fiddlehead pie. Lucina looked at Slippy, formulating some kind of plan.

"Send him in there..." Lucina said quietly to Marth, thinking that Slippy could successfully drive Tharja out of Chrom's room. She was originally against utilizing Slippy, but she was all for it now.

"As you wish..." nodded Marth, before opening Chrom's bedroom door wide open and thrusting Slippy inside Chrom's room. Tharja, who was feeling all over Robin, would look at Slippy.

"Um, can't you give us our alone time?" Tharja asked of Slippy, as all eyes were on the frog. Slippy was gawking at Tharja, trying not to drop Sumia's pie.

"No way...it's actually you! Tharja!" exclaimed Slippy, being perhaps the only individual on this earth who was stoked to see Tharja in person. "I know who you are, I've heard of all your wonderful stories!"

"Wonderful, you say?" Tharja cracked a smile on her face, as she released her hold on Robin; Robin would sigh in relief. "Tell me more..."

"People say that you're a stalker kind of girl...and that's one of my favorite types of women! I love stalker girls, who stalk after their man and take notes on them!"

"Please tell me he's joking," Catria said to Chrom and company...oh how much they wanted to answer no.

"As a token of my appreciation, for your dedication to your craft, I'd like to offer this cake to you." Slippy handed Sumia's rhuburb-and-fiddlehead pie to Tharja, who inspected the pie closely as she hopped off of Chrom's bed.

"This is the same pie that Sumia baked for Chrom..." observed Tharja, before slightly shrugging her shoulders. "...but I'll accept it anyways. You're the only person that has accepted me for who I am."

"Glad that I could be the first! Now, will you go to the ice cream social with me?" Mulling her options, Tharja looked at Slippy, before looking at Robin, and then back at Slippy.

"Since you already accepted me...I suppose I can tag along." So Tharja would leave Chrom's bedroom, walking out of the room with Slippy. The dark mage ignored Chrom and the others, as she walked with Slippy down the hallway.

Raven: Why do I feel like Tharja and Slippy are somehow meant for each other?

Slippy: Woo! This is the first time I've ever been around a girl, ever since I first joined this mansion. Fox and Falco thought I couldn't do it, but I sure made a fool out of them! I'm so happy, that I forgot about the favor I was supposed to do for Fox...

Fox: *taps his foot impatiently* Still waiting on that popcorn, Slippy...

Robin felt like the freest man alive, all thanks to Slippy saving him from Tharja. The tactician saw his girlfriend Lucina standing in the doorway, beaming.

"About time you showed up, Lucina," Robin said to the princess, who caught Robin off-guard as she ran to the tactician and embraced him in a hug. Robin would hug Lucina in return, as Morgan and Marc came over for a group hug.

"All's well that ends well!" remarked Marth, watching Robin and company's group hug with Raven and Chrom...the latter eating from the bag of popcorn. Which had regular butter. Catria would tap Marth on his shoulder, garnering his attention.

"Do you like me, Marth?" Catria asked the hero-king, not asking for much - she just didn't want Marth to respond flatly.

"I do like you..but only as a friend." Marth would pat Catria on her shoulder, before walking away. Catria nodded and smiled.


It was time for the Ashen Wolves to leave, and no one was happier to ditch the ice cream social than Hapi. Mario was speaking with the Ashen Wolves outside the ballroom entrance.

"It was a pleasure getting to know-a you all," Mario said to the Ashen Wolves, before shaking Yuri's hand. "Nice-a meeting you ma'am...I mean, sir."

"Just don't make that mistake again, if we ever come back..." Yuri warned Mario; ditching that eyeliner or those shoes might help out. As the Ashen Wolves made their leave, Ryo showed up at the ballroom entrance, where Touma and Ridley were still hanging around.

"What's up, Sakazaki!" Touma greeted the fighter, who was seemingly looking around for someone. "Wanna get some ice cream? Gonna need a date first!"

"I'm waiting for my date to show up," stated Ryo, before looking around the hallway once more. "She promised me that she would come..."


Inside the ballroom, Waluigi was with the manager of El Gaucho, sipping on some milkshakes together. The manager finished her milkshake, before Waluigi could.

"Rats, you beat me again!" frowned Waluigi, tossing his hat on the floor in anger before putting it back on his head. "I'll never beat you at this."

"You're the one making a competition out of nothing," the manager smiled at Waluigi, only for her smile to immediately turn upside down when she saw Ryo at the ballroom entrance. "Uh, Waluigi, I should get going..."

"Not this soon! We were starting to vibe with one another. Almost like two peas in a pod!"

"I have to get back home, it's past my curfew." Past her curfew? It was still in the afternoon!

"Look, woman, if you can't resist me, then just say it. Don't hide the truth from me!"

"Really, I have to go...got stuff to do, you know? I appreciate time we had here and..."

"...King?" said Ryo, as he marched inside the ballroom towards the manager. "Is that you?"

"You know this guy?" Waluigi asked the manager as he pointed his thumb at Ryo; the manager was too reluctant to answer.

"King, you promised that you would attend this ice cream social with me! Why are you with Waluigi, of all people?"

"Your name is King?" Waluigi looked at the manager's chest for a name tag just for clarification, but saw no name tag in sight. "What kind of girl name is that?"

"Hold up...are you King, that French Art of Fighting chick?" Polar Bear approached the manager, essentially outing her identity in the presence of everyone. The manager nervously nodded.

"That's her, alright!" shouted Ryo, very much angry with the now downtrodden King. "She promised me that she wouldn't work her part-time manager job at El Gaucho today, so she could attend this ice cream social with me!"

"Waluigi reached out to me shortly after Ryo did..." King stated to Polar Bear, before letting out a heavy sigh. "...didn't want to hurt his feelings."

"Ooh, we got some drama at our ice cream social..." Popo excitedly told Nana, acting like drama at a romantic get-together was a good thing. Nana rolled her eyes.

"I can't believe you would do this to me, King...I'm outta here!" Ryo growled at the manager, before storming out of the ballroom.

"No, Ryo, wait! I can explain!" King called out to Ryo, chasing the fighter out of the ballroom. Waluigi didn't know what to think anymore, as he fell to his knees.

"Got to hang out with a girl today...but at what cost?" questioned Waluigi, seemingly finding himself stuck in a love triangle of sorts. "Now I'm stuck in some stupid love triangle..."

"Just so we're clear...I invented that love triangle," Brio informed Waluigi, before patting the lanky man on his back and walking away. "As well as every other triangle in existence. Screw you, Phil Jackson!"


Faye promised to meet up with her lady pals, at the corner of the foyer. Faye, Ilia, Melia, Sumia, and Catria met at this corner, with Tharja nowhere to be found.

"You know, I think we all learned a valuable lesson today," Faye said to the four other ladies, who all nodded in agreement. "No point in chasing after men who are already in love!"

"Figured that you ladies would learn the error of your ways," remarked Ilia, who knew better than to follow Tharja to the mansion. "By the way, where's Tharja?"

"Thank you Tharja - I had the time of my life!" Slippy thanked the dark mage, as he showed up at the corner with Tharja. The five ladies all looked at Tharja in disgust, when they saw who she was with.

"At least I provided some excitement today...take care, I guess," responded Tharja, before mildly waving at Slippy would waved right back. Tharja would look at her troop of ladies, who were giving her weird looks. "What did I do wrong...?"

"Tharja...you really are a very strange woman," Sumia had this to say about the dark mage, and she couldn't have said that any better.

More often the not, the truth will set you free.