Dry Bowser was riding in a new mechanical plane that Bowser Junior had built for him, taking it for a spin as he went through the Cloudtop Cruise's Thundercloud section.
"Ha! This plane is not bad!" Dry Bowser complimented as he spun through the Thundercloud, easily avoiding the various lightning strikes. "That Junior kid really knows how to craft a machine! Maybe I should ask him to help with that arm cannon I always wanted..."
However, it was then that the skeletal reptile was struck, but it was not by lightning. Rather, it was hit by a giant wooden airship, that was patrolling the skies as it caused Dry Bowser to go spiraling out of control down back to the earth, much to the skeleton's annoyance.
"Predictable." Dry Bowser snarled as she placed his right hand on his face, shaking his head as his boney parts began to separate.
Toadette hummed as she watched the stormy thunderclouds getting bigger around the Thundercloud section of the Cloudtop Cruise, gasping as she placed her hands on her face.
"Golly! I wonder what is happening all the way over there!" Toadette innocently exclaimed as she simply shook her head in response.
"You know, these lightning bolts are nothing compared to the hot soup I can make," A heavyweight black male Mii stated to a lightweight white female Mii, both of them on the Thundercloud section of the Cloudtop Cruise.
The female Mii sighed as she shook her head. "I'm sure that it is..." She responded as she got zapped by lightning, fizzling out as the black Mii shrugged in response.
Birdo was buying some extra tires from Lemmy Koopa at the entrance to the wooden airship parked before the Thundercloud, with Wendy O' Koopa pulling by on her Teddy ATV.
"Why are you buying tires from him? You're not in Mario Kart 8." Wendy remarked as she rolled her right hand around.
Birdo turned to Wendy as she placed her hands on her hips. "I'm well aware of that. I'm just getting some in case I need them in an emergency."
"Birdo raises a good point, Wend." Lemmy stated as he began hopping on a set of tires. "You'll never get tired of having tires! Ehehehe!"
Birdo and Wendy both groaned at Lemmy's pun as Lemmy sighed, sitting back down and continuing to do tire business with Birdo as Wendy rolled on to the Cloudtop Cruise's Thundercloud section.
King Bowser Koopa watched from the front deck of the wooden airship just above the Thundercloud as he was watching the various racers getting zapped by the lightning and pushed into the electrical barriers on a high definition wide screen television set onto the wooden pole near the steering wheel, with a Koopatrol approaching him.
"Sir, shouldn't we do something about the influx of racers that are showing up?" The Koopatrol suggested as he moved his hands around.
Bowser simply laughed as he waved his right hand at the Koopatrol. "Nah! Let them race. I'm enjoying them getting their carcasses burnt! Gwa ha ha!" He then stuffed some shrimp down his mouth as he wrapped his burly yellow arms behind the back of his head, with the Koopatrol shrugging in response as he went back to patrolling.
Kamek hummed as he was hovering past the various green beanstalks in the Cloudtop Cruise, being on his break from taking care of the Koopa Kingdom as he was riding on his broomstick, humming to himself.
"This place isn't so bad. Maybe I'll set up a golfing tournament up here so I can beat everyone while enjoying the sky's atmosphere. Literally." Kamek stated to himself as he flew through the white puffy clouds, only to get zapped by lightning as he approached the Thundercloud section of the cloudy race course from the northern direction.
Bowser Jr. was still hovering around in his personal private Koopa Klown Kar, looking down at the huge thunder clouds in the Cloudtop Cruise's Thundercloud section, rubbing his chin with his right hand as he thought to himself.
"Hmmm... the electricity pulses from here are off the roof," Bowser Jr. calculated as he went below in his Koopa Klown Kar, opening up several compartments of the hovering vehicle. "Why, I bet I could channel the power into this vehicle and have enough electricity to super charge-"
Bowser Jr. was then struck by a lightning bolt from approaching the Thundercloud section too closely, in turn causing the Koopa Klown Kar to break apart, leaving him exposed to the sky as the son of Bowser fell through the giant, white puffy clouds, screaming for help.
"This is not what I calculated would happen!" Bowser Jr. exclaimed as he flailed his arms, calling for help but realizing that no one would show up for assistance.
