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« on: December 17, 2001, 05:19:00 PM »
"Just how did you get to Luigi so fast?", asked Kirby, after having finally woken up. The Dreampuff and the Mario Bros. were sitting at the Pipe House's main table again. Mario and Luigi quietly sipped a Super Soda. Kirby slurped up some of his Pep Soda after speaking. Luigi piped up, "I had been wondering that myself. It's quite interesting, really. How did you get to Sarasaland so quickly, Mario?"
Mario smirked smuggly.
"Well, you know how Bowser previously stole the Star Road? The only way I was able to get up to Peach's castle, which was on Bowser's castle, mind you, was by riding in a star-guided chariot, which flies through the air at very high speeds!", said Mario, a little arrogance in his voice.
"Ohhhhhh...", Luigi and Kirby said in unison.
"Now that we've gotten that one out of the way... you said something about the voice speaking to you while you were sleeping in Luigi's bed? Well, what did it say?", asked Mario, intrigued.
"Yoshi!" came a familiar voice from beyond the Pipe House door. Yoshi walked into the Pipe House. - That's right! -, thought Mario. - I invited him over today! I totally forgot about it... -.
Suddenly, it was eerily silent. Kirby seemed fixated on Yoshi, and vica verca. Yoshi curled his upper lip and snarled, "Yoshi...".
Kirby narrowed his dark eyes, his small mouth curving into a frown. "What's the big deal, you two?", asked Luigi, innocently.
"It's...him!", screamed Kirby. "I've been having dreams about him since I was young! You see, I've always been proud of my so called "endless stomach", but in my dreams it portrayed that green dino as the only one who could match me!"
Yoshi seemed astonished. In a few quick snaps of his own name, Yoshi explained to the Mario brothers that the same had been happening to him, too, who then relayed it to the puzzled puffball. "I wouldn't trust that one...", muttered Kirby. "Relax, Kirby. Yoshi's been our friend since we were this big", Mario held his hand about one foot from the ground, "Yep. If it wasn't for him we might not even be alive."
"Doesn't look like they grew too much more...", Kirby said under his breath.
"Enough!", chimed in an unfamiliar voice. The four looked up to spot a funny looking young man, dressed in a green tunic, with light blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. He carried a sword and a shield, along with what looked like many other useful items. He stood planted firmly, and said no more, as if he had endured many years of patience and virtue to stand the way he stood.
"I have received a message from the great Deku Tree, through my fairy Navi, that I must seek out the Mario Brothers, Kirby, and Yoshi. He said I'd know where to find you. I've been listening to your conversation, and you four seem to fit the bill.", said Link.
"Link, eh?", said Luigi suavely. "I've heard of you...heh heh."
"Of course you have, Luigi.", Link responded warmly.
"Wha? Huh? How? Luig--Link--wha? No?", Mario stammered, confused.
"Uhm, er, it's a long story, Mario.", Luigi said quickly.
--
Link, Mario, Luigi, Kirby, and Yoshi sat around the table, discussing the recent events that had been occuring in their parts of the Universe. They all seemed to have the same problem; everyone was gone!
"What I don't get...", Yoshi was saying...
(As of now, Yoshi will be translated to stop confusion and/or annoyance. As the Yoshi's have a simple language, Link had already learned his speech pattern. Kirby was fluent in many languages, and the Mario brothers naturally understood Yoshis.)
"Is, why us? I mean, aren't there other people out there who aren't "gone"? I can't think of anyone in my past who'd have the power to pull something like THIS off!", he said, irritation lathering his voice.
"Seems like things had just settled down, too.", Luigi was commenting. "I just now saved Mario from that whole fake mansion deal, and then--wham--this!"
"Maybe it's something that was destined to happen. Maybe someone--or something--has been waiting for a moment of peace, when no one would suspect, to unleash this evil that has occured. Maybe it's just up to us five to stop it.", Link spoke clearly.
"Hmm...", was all Mario had to say...
Kirby seemed deeply in thought...
All was still...
"Whatever it is, it won't do us any good just sitting here.", said Mario.
And so with little argue, they had headed outside, for the first time in what seemed like days, but had only been a few hours.
Mario, Kirby, and Yoshi were already waiting in Toad Town. Luigi was trying to help Link get down the warp pipe, who was having a bit of trouble. Luigi finally got fed up with the Hyrulian Hero and shoved him down the pipe, so that he plopped out in Toad Town, and landed on his head.
Luigi shortly followed, and after a bit of confused mumbling, all five of them were standing prepared in Toad Town square.
Luigi scratched the back of his head. Mario adjusted his hat. Link brushed the hair from his eyes. Kirby began whistling the "Cloudy Park" theme. Yoshi was inspecting something near Merlon's house.
"Hey guys, come check this out!", called Yoshi.
The four ran over to the egg-wielding dino, finding themselved face to face with a six foot chest, padlocked with many different locks. On the right side of the chest were five very strange markings, all in a certain order.
Luigi had his large nose pressed up against one of the markings, "Maybe they're ancient heiroglyphics!", he exclaimed wildly.
"I don't think so.", Kirby answered.
"If not, then what?", answered a certain green-clad plumber.
"This looks like one of the eggs I can make...", said Yoshi, observing the second to last marking on the side of the chest.
"Maybe there's one for each of us.", answered Link, who had previously not spoken. "This looks like a target... maybe it requires an arrow of mine. Look, here--", he placed his hand up to the two first markings, "These look like a bob-omb and a fire flower... and this one here is shaped like a star."
Mario, Luigi, and Kirby stared in wonderment at the strange markings.
"Nothing to do now but test it out! It just so happens that I have a bob-omb right here!", said Mario, pulling the small black explosive from the depths of his overalls, and lifting it towards the indented engraving...
Out of story: Hope everyone likes it so far! I'll be continuing this later or tomorrow! Much more to come!
Born To Play:
"What if everything you see is more than what you see– the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn''t? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you''ll find many unexpected things."
-Shigeru Miyamoto
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