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« on: May 13, 2002, 05:14:46 PM »
Bowser threw his head back, placing his large clawed hands upon his lightly shelled stomach, and laughed ferociously, "Bwahahahahahahaha! You--you actually think you can stop me this time, MARIO!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!", the Koopa King laughed, standing poised atop a large rock. Mario stared up at him, from his lower platform, both platforms being deep in the darkest, creepiest, Boo-infested part of Bowser's Castle. Lava swirled and mixed around them, bubbling and splashing, burning and causing Mario to sweat profusely. He struggled in his chains, his red hat falling from his head as he pulled against the chains. Mario attempted to answer the Koopa King, through the bandana around his mouth.
"Why are you even trying to get away, Mario!? Now the lava will swallow you, and I'll take over the Mushroom Kingdom once and for all! Ahahahahaha!"
Luigi shook all over, standing poised atop the highest platform, staring down from above. "Mama mia! Bowser's gonna fry-a Mario!", Luigi cried out, terrified, wanting to help his brother but too scared to take the leap. Just then, Luigi flashed back, thinking about what a young Toad had said to him while he was resting at a Toad House... *You have to save Mario, Luigi! You're the only one who can do it! We're all counting on you!*.
Luigi rolled up his green sleeves, biting his upper lip slightly, "If I don't-a make it, I hope the best for the Mushroom Kingdom! Here we go!!", the green-clad plumber shrieked, grabbing ahold of an overhead chain-chomp (which happened to be holding up a large chandelier), before swinging his way down to plow accidentally into the overjoyed Koopa. Luigi and Bowser rolled haphazardously towards the edge of the platform, skidding to a stop shortly after. Luigi pushed his hand down against the ground, leaping back and off, to jump down to Mario's platform, which was just about to sink into the lava. "I'll-a save you, Mario!", Luigi chimed, skipping down to grab his slightly-heavy brother before leaping up to an adjacent platform.
Luigi quickly untied Mario, freeing him of his restraints. Mario stood up, red-faced an angry with Bowser, brushing himself off. "Mama mia, that one was-a too close!", said the older Mario brother. "Uh, hey, bro... why isn't Bowser-a moving?", asked Luigi, concerned.
"I'm not reall sure bro... you must have-a hit him pretty hard! Wow-ee!", said Mario, rubbing the back of his head. Just then, the ghastly shape of Kamek appeared in the far doorway, "Idiots! You actually thought that was Bowser! King Bowser would NEVER be downed by someone so puny! The real Bowser didn't even bother with you two boneheads this time! He had this rigged so he couldn't just strike one bee, but the whole hive! Hahahaha!"
As Kamek disappeared through the hallway, the platforms all began to shake. A few moments after, the lava began to rise! "Oh no!", shrieked Luigi. "What should we do, Mario? The lava's rising!", he screamed in a panic.
[:::] Is this the end of the Mario brothers? We'll have to wait until the story is continued to see if they make it!!
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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