"Are you okay, sir? You look more pale than usual."

"Wow. Thanks for that. You're dismissed."

The Koopa Troopa left the room, and Olly pushed Scissors out as well.

"You should never leave a minor with an-" Olly slammed the door shut in Scissors' face.

He faced Peach and unfolded her again. "Princess Peach, I should properly introduce myself." Olly bowed. "I am Olly, King of the soon-to-be Origami Kingdom."

"I've never heard of the Origami Kingdom before. Is it still being built?" She blinked at him. "You're so pale for origami paper...oh you poor thing."

"Finally, somebody who understands..." Olly muttered. "Uhg..."

"Are you okay? You don't look very well..."

"I can assure you, I am fine."

"Okay...? Why are you by yourself? Where are your parents?"

"I ran away from home. My creator didn't want me." Olly went over to the door and cracked it open. "Scissors? Can you get me some Tylenol?"

"Not feeling well? Is it because of-"

"Just get it!" He slammed the door shut again, a picture of Mario falling off the wall. The glass of the frame shattered. "Ah, I'll get that." He picked it up. "It's Mario..."

"Oh! You know Mario?"

"I know enough. Say, can you tell me more about him? His strengths and weaknesses, maybe?"

"Well, Mario can break brick blocks with his fist, so I say he's pretty tough. I'm not sure about weaknesses though. Most of the time, I'm trapped in a cage or painting..."

"Ah, I see." Olly went over to the door again.

"Keeping secrets?" Scissors asked, handing him a cup of water. "Why is the door shut?"

"I'm trying to have a private conversation, thank you." Olly held out his hand. "Tylenol. Now."

Scissors sighed and handed it to him. "You shouldn't have done-" Olly slammed the door shut again.

He took the Tylenol and finished the rest of the water in the cup.

"Pardon the situation, Princess. I'm not feeling well today."

"Did you try to eat a Toad?"

"What? No. Why would you say that?"

"Because I tried to once when I was younger and had the same reaction you did. Do they still taste bitter?"

Olly nodded. "Are they supposed to make you feel awful?"

Peach nodded. "Yeah, I think they're poisonous mushrooms."

"P-poisonous...?"

Peach nodded. "Yeah, and also you've been scratching at your arm for a while. They give you arm rashes."

Olly looked at his arm. It didn't look the least bit red. "I didn't notice...?"

Peach giggled. "Yeah, sorry you didn't know about the Toads. I had to learn my lesson the hard way too. I do suggest putting some Calamine Lotion on your arm. If the rash reaches your face, everybody will be able to tell because of how pale you are."

Olly's face turned red. "Everybody keeps pointing that out..."

"Sir?"

Olly sighed and faced the door. "What is it?"

"I just wanted to let you know that the air units are all ready and accounted for!" He saluted Olly. "Also, your face is red."

"Aah!"


Peach rubbed her thumb against his face to spread it around. She smiled at him.

"That should do it. The itching should die down eventually." She replaced the cap. "Your face is surprisingly squishy." She smooshed both sides of his face. "It's kind of cute. Wait, wasn't there another Origami Folk with you? I think she was wearing yellow."

"That's my sister. She...left me behind..."

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be. I'm fine."

Peach removed Olly's crown and placed it on the nightstand. "You don't need that here." She removed hers as well. "We're friends, not royals."

Peach was sitting cross-legged on the bed near the pillows, and Olly was sitting near the other end of the bed with his legs out in front of him and his hands resting between them.

"You're super tiny," Peach pointed out. "Can you eat food with no mouth? I mean, you probably can since you can talk but..."

"I actually haven't eaten anything since I was first folded."

"Oh, that's not good. You probably don't want to eat anything right now, huh? You feel like you're going to vomit, right?"

Olly shrugged. "I don't know what that feels like? It's probably bad though, right?"

Peach nodded. "Buuut, the poison will slowly kill you from the inside out if you don't so..."

Olly's face went pale. "R-really?"

"That's how poison works, King Olly."

"Mmm...Oh! Do you know how to get to an island in the sky?"

Peach tapped her bent finger to her chin. "An island is the sky? I didn't know such a thing existed in the Mushroom Kingdom!"

"Oh..."

"But, there is a tower way out in the sea that stretches into the clouds! If you go there, I'll bet there will be some sort of clue on how to get to the sky from there."

Olly perked up a bit. "Really? How do you know?"

Peach giggled. "I don't know, but if we go together I'm sure we're bound to find some sort of clue!"

"Oh but...she won't like my plan to remove of the Toads. She is their princess after all," Olly pondered. "I'll just keep the reason I'm up there to a minimum. She'll be bound to leave me alone if I do, right? I mean, I won't LIE to her, since I will be up there for a purpose besides the Green Streamer anyhow...but is keeping the whole truth from her the same thing?"

Olly kicked his feet happily. "Can I bring somebody else then?"

"Oh? Who?"

"Scissors, you can enter now. I know you were eavesdropping on our conversation!" Olly smiled nervously. "Overprotective bodyguards, am I correct?"

"Yeah, there's always that one."

Scissors entered the room, hitting the top of his handles on the doorframe as he passed under it.

"I appreciate the fact you raised the height of the ceiling for me, my liege."

"Is that..."

"Don't freak out, Princess Peach! He's with me. I will make sure no harm will fall upon you while you are under my care."

Hole Punch peeked into the room. "Hey hey, Sciss. I guess you can say he 'raised the ROOF!' Hahahaha!"

"Leave me alone, you face-collecting, disco-obsessing, six-inch single male!"

"Que grosero!" Hole Punch gasped. "I'll find somebody! Just you wait! It might even be RB."

Scissors faced Hole Punch. "One, she told you to not call her that. TWO, Rubber band HAPPENS to be special to me! Three, NOBODY INVITED YOU! GET LOST!"

"Did he just say he loves her?" Peach asked.

Olly shrugged.

"Rude...idiota." Hole Punch left down the hall.

Scissors faced Olly agian. "So, we were departing? Hm?"

Peach was staring up at Scissors, Olly asleep in her lap. "He just kind of dozed off."

Scissors sighed. "I'll return later. Watch over him for me, alright?"

Peach nodded.