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Fan Creations / PHASE 50
« on: August 26, 2010, 01:44:03 PM »
PHASE 50
Pipe Dreams
(Mushroom Castle looms over a ruined town. Inside the castle, Penter calls for endless drinks, and his threats keep the guards from rebelling…they have already seen what he can do. In Penter’s mind, he has finally given up the fight against Azine…and has accepted him as a partner…a partner to help him destroy the world…In fact, Penter thinks, the world would already be quailing under Azine’s power…except Azine was tired. It seemed to Penter that Azine was constantly tired…but he was over a thousand years old. Penter didn’t mind, though. He seemed to get thirstier and thirstier every day, literally, and in the blood-thirsty sense. At the time, the Sacharials were being quiet, the bombs had stopped going off. Then again, all of the people of Toad Town had run away, fleeing to Mushroom City. But that was okay. Penter had decided {With Azine’s approval, of course} that they would head for Mushroom City soon, and send it to oblivion. Afterwards, he would head for the Koopa Kingdom, kill everyone there, and then go to Sarasaland from there, and onwards. But for now, rest. Falling asleep almost instantly, Penter falls asleep on the throne, dropping the wine glass, shattering a valuable wine over the carpet. None of the servants would get near to clean it up. They didn’t want to startle Penter, who would then shoot beams out of his fingers…and kill the closest person to him…)
(Nearly 8 hours later, Celis, Jonas, and Vapear finally get out of the Warp Pipe, and end up in a desert-exactly where they wanted to end up…)
Jonas: Erm…Yes! That…was the right Pipe…
Celis: Then this is the Desert Hill? Then we’re just east of the United Cities!
Jonas: Yes…we are very close. We have to make it their before tonight…warn King Okken…
Celis: Shouldn’t he already know about the huge, approaching army?
Jonas: (Sigh)…Erm, no. The United Cities are on a cut-off piece of land. It is completely surrounded by water. And while the Cities are, erm, technologically advanced, they still do some…ancient holidays.
Celis: …?
Jonas: Well, erm, this is hard to say, but they are rather superstitious. More than any other part of Sub-Con. For the last three weeks, the holiday of the Quiet Past has been taking, erm, place. In the past, the people of what would, erm, eventually become the United Cities, lived in a quiet peace, separated from the outside world by the violent rapids. On this day, nearly 700 years ago, the area was discovered. The last four weeks, the holiday has taken place, to honor the time that the, erm, area was undiscovered.
Celis: The Blood Masks must have planned this…
Jonas: Definitely. They started their attacks exactly four weeks ago.
Celis: Exactly four weeks ago…that…that’s when I found out I was a…!
Jonas: What?
Celis: Er! Never mind…
Vapear: Don’t just stop…now I’m curious…and hungry…
Celis: It…doesn’t matter. What matters is getting to the Cities!
Jonas: …Yes! Erm, we need to get going right now!
Celis: Here we go!
Vapear/Jonas: …
(…)
Jonas: Celis?
Celis: Jonas?
Jonas: …
Jonas: If we took the right pipe…where did, erm, Wes end up?
Celis: Somewhere else. He can fight…he should be able to find his way back to Mushroom Castle…
Jonas: Yes, but…why would that pipe be sealed under that fountain?
Celis: …! It…was, wasn’t it? I only saw the ruins, but…
Vapear: You didn’t see that script on it?
Jonas: Script!?!
Vapear: Yeah. Bunch of gibberish, but I remember one of those…”Antetzu”…heh, what could that mean?
Celis: Ahn-tet-zoo?
Jonas: Antetzu…you…please tell me you’re joking…
Vapear: Yeah, that would be a pretty funny joke, but I’m not.
Jonas: Spare the sarcasm. This…is really, erm, bad.
Celis: What does “Antetzu” mean?
Jonas: It’s an ancient word…and the fact that it is a plural word is what makes it a problem.
Vapear: …And?
Jonas: “Antetzu” means “Pipes”…
Celis: You don’t mean…
Jonas: …
Vapear: What are you talking about…?
(Far to the south-east, about ten minutes ago, Wes crawls out of the Warp Pipe he fell into. Immediately in front of him is a massive field of pipes, sticking out of the ground. In the distance are mountains, one wall of it having pipes sticking out from the mountainside. Wes stares in horror.)
Wes: Oh no…! I’m not at the…?
(In one of the pipes in the distance, a black, thin pops out of the pipe, and gropes along the side, trying to grip it. The hand loses its grip, and falls back. Wes hears the shriek of rage from where he stands.)
Wes: The Pipes…a great field of pipes…leading into alternate universes, alternate dimensions. Incomprehensible terrors…every possibility of everything…could crawl from them. Where Mario came from…our greatest savior…but…
(Wind blows around. The shrieking has stopped.)
Wes: I’d better get out of here. Another twelve hours, and I should be back at Blue River…another twelve hours after that, and then…
(Wes turns around…to find two pipes where the single one was. Wes pales.)
Wes: Wh-what?
(The two pipes begin to multiply, over and over. Suddenly, there are 14 pipes. Wes panics, and dives into the closest pipe. …But seconds later, he ends up underground…with more pipes all around.)
Wes: No no no no no no no no!
(Wes swings around, and around. Six pipes in all. He decides to start heading towards one of the Pipes, until a horrible wheezing sound echoes from the direction of the Pipe. Wes swears and falls backwards. He can already barely see the outline…which looks like a giant ball of tentacles oozing towards him. Wes scurries backwards…into another Pipe. He falls twenty feet, into a pool of freezing water. Twenty pipes now surround him.)
Wes: This can’t be happening…it really can’t…
???: Hundreds have wandered into The Pipes…and died.
Wes: Who…who’s there?!?
???: Wa ha ha! I…am the great Wario!
Wes: Er…what?
(Wario emerges from one of the pipes, a huge backpack on his back. In one hand, he carries a small radar.)
Wario: You’re lucky you came across me…wa ha ha!
Wes: You’re…THE Wario?
Wario: “The” Heh heh ha! Yes.
Wes: Why are…you in The Pipes?
Wario: I’m searching for a certain Pipe.
Wes: It’s incredibly dangerous…why would you want to be here?
Wario: Why, to find the Treasure Universe!
Wes: Treasure…Universe?
Wario: If every possible universe exists, there must be one full of treasure! And with this radar here, I can always find the right way back to the surface.
Wes: A radar that will lead you the right way? Who could possibly invent that?
Wario: The great E. Gadd! Old friend of mine, he even wrote a paper on The Pipes. I asked him if he could try to build a radar like this five years ago, and he was successful! I had to pay quite a hefty fee, but…it will be worth it, once I find the Treasure Universe!
Wes: Oh…well. Could you please help me out of here?
Wario: Wa ha! Sure. I’ve spent way too long here, anyway. It’s already 1:19!
(Wario leads Wes through a series of pipes. A few times, they are forced to run in a different direction, but Wario just continues to read the radar. After twenty minutes, they finally reach the surface, leaving through one of the pipes sticking out of the mountain-side.)
Wes: Thank…thank you so much…I…If you hadn’t come…I’d be dead…or lost…
Wario: Not like the rumors, eh?
Wes: …
Wario: Mario’s rumors of me almost ruined my life. But once I find the Treasure Universe, I’ll be even richer then Luigi!
Wes: I wish you good luck…thank you.
Wario: No problem. Oh, you should take that pipe over there-
(Wario points to a pipe nearby.)
Wario: It’ll take you to E.Gadd’s place. He lets anybody I find stay, and Toad Town will be nearby.
Wes: Okay. Where do you-?
Wario: I live in a shack nearby. But soon…rags to riches! Wa ha ha ha!
Wes: Good…bye.
(Wes jumps down the pipe. In twelve hours, he will get out at E.Gadd’s home…and find a revolting surprise…)
TO BE CONTINUED…
Pipe Dreams
(Mushroom Castle looms over a ruined town. Inside the castle, Penter calls for endless drinks, and his threats keep the guards from rebelling…they have already seen what he can do. In Penter’s mind, he has finally given up the fight against Azine…and has accepted him as a partner…a partner to help him destroy the world…In fact, Penter thinks, the world would already be quailing under Azine’s power…except Azine was tired. It seemed to Penter that Azine was constantly tired…but he was over a thousand years old. Penter didn’t mind, though. He seemed to get thirstier and thirstier every day, literally, and in the blood-thirsty sense. At the time, the Sacharials were being quiet, the bombs had stopped going off. Then again, all of the people of Toad Town had run away, fleeing to Mushroom City. But that was okay. Penter had decided {With Azine’s approval, of course} that they would head for Mushroom City soon, and send it to oblivion. Afterwards, he would head for the Koopa Kingdom, kill everyone there, and then go to Sarasaland from there, and onwards. But for now, rest. Falling asleep almost instantly, Penter falls asleep on the throne, dropping the wine glass, shattering a valuable wine over the carpet. None of the servants would get near to clean it up. They didn’t want to startle Penter, who would then shoot beams out of his fingers…and kill the closest person to him…)
(Nearly 8 hours later, Celis, Jonas, and Vapear finally get out of the Warp Pipe, and end up in a desert-exactly where they wanted to end up…)
Jonas: Erm…Yes! That…was the right Pipe…
Celis: Then this is the Desert Hill? Then we’re just east of the United Cities!
Jonas: Yes…we are very close. We have to make it their before tonight…warn King Okken…
Celis: Shouldn’t he already know about the huge, approaching army?
Jonas: (Sigh)…Erm, no. The United Cities are on a cut-off piece of land. It is completely surrounded by water. And while the Cities are, erm, technologically advanced, they still do some…ancient holidays.
Celis: …?
Jonas: Well, erm, this is hard to say, but they are rather superstitious. More than any other part of Sub-Con. For the last three weeks, the holiday of the Quiet Past has been taking, erm, place. In the past, the people of what would, erm, eventually become the United Cities, lived in a quiet peace, separated from the outside world by the violent rapids. On this day, nearly 700 years ago, the area was discovered. The last four weeks, the holiday has taken place, to honor the time that the, erm, area was undiscovered.
Celis: The Blood Masks must have planned this…
Jonas: Definitely. They started their attacks exactly four weeks ago.
Celis: Exactly four weeks ago…that…that’s when I found out I was a…!
Jonas: What?
Celis: Er! Never mind…
Vapear: Don’t just stop…now I’m curious…and hungry…
Celis: It…doesn’t matter. What matters is getting to the Cities!
Jonas: …Yes! Erm, we need to get going right now!
Celis: Here we go!
Vapear/Jonas: …
(…)
Jonas: Celis?
Celis: Jonas?
Jonas: …
Jonas: If we took the right pipe…where did, erm, Wes end up?
Celis: Somewhere else. He can fight…he should be able to find his way back to Mushroom Castle…
Jonas: Yes, but…why would that pipe be sealed under that fountain?
Celis: …! It…was, wasn’t it? I only saw the ruins, but…
Vapear: You didn’t see that script on it?
Jonas: Script!?!
Vapear: Yeah. Bunch of gibberish, but I remember one of those…”Antetzu”…heh, what could that mean?
Celis: Ahn-tet-zoo?
Jonas: Antetzu…you…please tell me you’re joking…
Vapear: Yeah, that would be a pretty funny joke, but I’m not.
Jonas: Spare the sarcasm. This…is really, erm, bad.
Celis: What does “Antetzu” mean?
Jonas: It’s an ancient word…and the fact that it is a plural word is what makes it a problem.
Vapear: …And?
Jonas: “Antetzu” means “Pipes”…
Celis: You don’t mean…
Jonas: …
Vapear: What are you talking about…?
(Far to the south-east, about ten minutes ago, Wes crawls out of the Warp Pipe he fell into. Immediately in front of him is a massive field of pipes, sticking out of the ground. In the distance are mountains, one wall of it having pipes sticking out from the mountainside. Wes stares in horror.)
Wes: Oh no…! I’m not at the…?
(In one of the pipes in the distance, a black, thin pops out of the pipe, and gropes along the side, trying to grip it. The hand loses its grip, and falls back. Wes hears the shriek of rage from where he stands.)
Wes: The Pipes…a great field of pipes…leading into alternate universes, alternate dimensions. Incomprehensible terrors…every possibility of everything…could crawl from them. Where Mario came from…our greatest savior…but…
(Wind blows around. The shrieking has stopped.)
Wes: I’d better get out of here. Another twelve hours, and I should be back at Blue River…another twelve hours after that, and then…
(Wes turns around…to find two pipes where the single one was. Wes pales.)
Wes: Wh-what?
(The two pipes begin to multiply, over and over. Suddenly, there are 14 pipes. Wes panics, and dives into the closest pipe. …But seconds later, he ends up underground…with more pipes all around.)
Wes: No no no no no no no no!
(Wes swings around, and around. Six pipes in all. He decides to start heading towards one of the Pipes, until a horrible wheezing sound echoes from the direction of the Pipe. Wes swears and falls backwards. He can already barely see the outline…which looks like a giant ball of tentacles oozing towards him. Wes scurries backwards…into another Pipe. He falls twenty feet, into a pool of freezing water. Twenty pipes now surround him.)
Wes: This can’t be happening…it really can’t…
???: Hundreds have wandered into The Pipes…and died.
Wes: Who…who’s there?!?
???: Wa ha ha! I…am the great Wario!
Wes: Er…what?
(Wario emerges from one of the pipes, a huge backpack on his back. In one hand, he carries a small radar.)
Wario: You’re lucky you came across me…wa ha ha!
Wes: You’re…THE Wario?
Wario: “The” Heh heh ha! Yes.
Wes: Why are…you in The Pipes?
Wario: I’m searching for a certain Pipe.
Wes: It’s incredibly dangerous…why would you want to be here?
Wario: Why, to find the Treasure Universe!
Wes: Treasure…Universe?
Wario: If every possible universe exists, there must be one full of treasure! And with this radar here, I can always find the right way back to the surface.
Wes: A radar that will lead you the right way? Who could possibly invent that?
Wario: The great E. Gadd! Old friend of mine, he even wrote a paper on The Pipes. I asked him if he could try to build a radar like this five years ago, and he was successful! I had to pay quite a hefty fee, but…it will be worth it, once I find the Treasure Universe!
Wes: Oh…well. Could you please help me out of here?
Wario: Wa ha! Sure. I’ve spent way too long here, anyway. It’s already 1:19!
(Wario leads Wes through a series of pipes. A few times, they are forced to run in a different direction, but Wario just continues to read the radar. After twenty minutes, they finally reach the surface, leaving through one of the pipes sticking out of the mountain-side.)
Wes: Thank…thank you so much…I…If you hadn’t come…I’d be dead…or lost…
Wario: Not like the rumors, eh?
Wes: …
Wario: Mario’s rumors of me almost ruined my life. But once I find the Treasure Universe, I’ll be even richer then Luigi!
Wes: I wish you good luck…thank you.
Wario: No problem. Oh, you should take that pipe over there-
(Wario points to a pipe nearby.)
Wario: It’ll take you to E.Gadd’s place. He lets anybody I find stay, and Toad Town will be nearby.
Wes: Okay. Where do you-?
Wario: I live in a shack nearby. But soon…rags to riches! Wa ha ha ha!
Wes: Good…bye.
(Wes jumps down the pipe. In twelve hours, he will get out at E.Gadd’s home…and find a revolting surprise…)
TO BE CONTINUED…
