Inside the Torterra mech's shell, the control center's floor slid to the side, allowing its new occupants to be delivered into the room. Once Junior and Mario were fully elevated up to the control room, the floor hissed as the hydrologics finished raising the two into the room. Junior expressed a brimming, toothy smirk as he began to walk along the floor to give Mario and FLUDD a quick tour.

As Junior discussed what Mario only needed to do to control the mech along with Junior, as the contraption was a two person job to fully pilot the entire thing, Mario's eyes roamed the control room; spotting the place where the seats were, he noted that it was piloted like any ordinary plane would be.

Bringing his attention back to Junior, FLUDD took her turn to ask the tyke a question, "Junior." she spoke over Mario's shoulder, just as the Tyke was explaining the amount of water missiles that were ready to be launched from the top of the shell at any given moment, "Does this mech of yours have any slots for me, like you made for the last mech you did?" she questioned him.

With a wide toothy smirk, Bowser Junior turned to face Mario and FLUDD with an excited look, "Of course!" he cheered, springing his arms up in excitement, and gestured for Mario to follow him, "Come, I made to extensively research Professor 's schematics after I stole them from his lab!" he answered, showing the way to the center of the room where the pilot seats were.

"...excuse me?" FLUDD asked, her mechanical tone in disbelief that the little Tyke knew where her creator's lab was.

As Junior showed the way while Mario was looking at the tyke with a disapproving glare, he spoke back to FLUDD in a nonchalant tone, "Oh yeah, it was super easy. You see, I went to that Big Boo guy's mansion that he made to trap Mario in a painting and hang him up on a wall. While the professor was busy inside that mansion, I slipped into his lab and copied his schematics!" he explained with a cheerful voice.

Mario shuddered a bit, remembering that time, being stuck in a painting; he was very proud of his brother when he came and saved him by the end of the night.

FLUDD spoke up with an annoyed tone while Mario followed Junior to the seats, "That's…that's…I do not know how to process these emotions I am feeling…" she exclaimed, "How dare you sneak into my creator's lab and steal his schematics!" she declared.

Turning around to pat the seat for Mario to sit on, Junior expressed an amused toothy smirk, "Oh shucks, thanks! But I didn't steal anything of his, I just took photos of the plans!" he nodded to himself with a proud look.

"...That still doesn't make it any better…" FLUDD pointed out in an incessant tone.

Junior giggled in amusement, "I know! I'm working on being a better Villain!" He puffed his chest out with pride and planted his fists against his hips, "Soon, when the smash tournaments come around, I'm hoping I can attend and punch that master hand in the snoz! Then I can be crowned the biggest baddie!"

"...Excuse me?" FLUDD repeated herself of her previous question, and turned her nozzle to speak more to Mario, "Mario?" she questioned him, hoping to glean more info on what Junior was going on about.

Mario shook his head, "It's-a long story, FLUDD, I-a can explain-a later." He told her.

"Right!" Junior exclaimed as he hopped over one of the seats, and pointed at a holding device that looked like it was specifically for FLUDD, "Now, take her off, and insert her there, then the real fun begins!" He cheered with a brimming smile.

Mario turned his head to give FLUDD's nozzle a sideway glance, and shrugged before removing her from his back and slotting her into the holding device; with a 'kachunk' sounds, Mario was able to slot FLUDD into the device, with her nozzle facing him and Junior.

FLUDD's nozzle turned and spun, before retracting into herself, 'Processing…Junior…why am I now inside the systems of this mech now?' Her voice echoed around the control room.

"Duh!" Junior rolled his eyes at her, while Mario took a seat on his own chair, "Cause I made it that way! I told you I'm making you my A.I. buddy!" he answered with a smirk.

"I want to refuse." She answered back, as the mech's system began fully booting up from FLUDD integrating into it, "But right now, I must help Mario. I should probably alert the professor as well of your thievery!" she chided him.

Junior simply offered a thumbs up, "Good deal, it'll make my feat known to him! Maybe then I can get his autograph!" he responded, undeterred by FLUDD's attitude towards him.

"...If I were a biological being, I'd sigh right now…" FLUDD's voice chimed back in.

Ludwig Von Koopa

Standing outside atop the massive warship of his King's son's making, Ludwig swirled his glass of red wine as he watched from high up, witnessing Junior's other mech begin booting up; his blue mane atop his head whipped periodically from the harsh wind of the upper atmosphere, something he was used to after commanding many airships under his authority.

Throwing back his head to gulp the entirety of his wine, the liquid poured into his mouth before he tossed his glass aside, shattering it in the process across the floor. "So, the young sprout has finally contested against father, and not a year sooner." he spoke in a posh and grave tone.

Stepping forward to stomp his foot forward, Ludwig reached out and grasped the air to continue his theatrics, "For many decades, I alone have laid witness to the machinations of my King. From the humble days of charging out for him to conquer the kingdoms across the lands, to the Birth of his scion. Time will now witness the son climbing the roots of his father's shadow, to etch his own name into time."

Palming his hand out flat against the air, Ludwig slowly clenched his hand into a fist as he watched the Toreterra mech begin to hover above the water, ludacris amounts of water being displaced by the water thrusters being ejected out from the mechs feet, "a poetic destiny of father and son, to do battle against each other, a bid of contesting who's might is right.

Throwing his hand beside him with the fist opened back up, He smirked as he watched the mech fly up towards the stolen warship he acquired from Junior's collection, He thrusted his arms out in a welcoming manner, "LET IT BE KNOWN, I, LUDWIG VON KOOPA SHALL INTERCEDE YOU! FIGHT ME YOUNG ONE!" He yelled into the whipping wind, the sight of the Toreterra mech making its way up towards the other warship at a fast pace.