The House that Mario Built

[NicoJoe]

Once the boat was loaded with the resistance, Luigi punched it and was taking off across the water. His boat cut through the pristine water surface swiftly and before long the burning jungle was out of site. Luigi saw Donkey Kong looking down, lost in defeat and loss. He pulled up to the mansion again and parked the boat on the dock. As he jumped from the boat, his head smashed against something he hadn’t seen before. Then a loud “ching” was heard and a gold coin shot up into the hair.

“I hate those dang things,” he mumbled under his breath as he led the group back to the mansion. As they entered a secret door hidden by some heavy ivy, the rebels were greeted by the foyer of the once great mansion. It was surely rundown. In the years since he had built this mansion, on the same site as the haunted one he had owned, it had slowly become less and less livable. He hadn’t really had any reason to keep up with the house work until recently, seeing as though he had a room in the castle until now. A thick layer of dust covered just about every surface in the house and various floor boards were missing. The candle light barely lit the room, leaving it dark and creepy. He wondered if ghosts had found their way in there, too. He was sure he was seeing things in the house but before he could focus on them, they disappeared. He decided he would ask Boo later.

He led the others to the dining room and sat down at the head of the table. As everyone joined him, he stared at their faces and wondered just what his next move would be. He wasn’t Mario. He didn’t have any experience leading people, planning things. He usually just went with what his brother decided and things worked out for the best. But that clearly wasn’t going to work this time. So he was at a loss.

Suddenly, as if from nowhere, a personage appeared to the rebels. She was woman, a beautiful woman. Her pale, ivory skin glowed in the darkness giving her an angelic quality. She had long, blonde framing her face and her dress was a peerless white. As she appeared over the table, she looked glumly down at them.

“I am Lolita,” she stated plainly, “And I am here to help you.”

The crowd fell silent as she hovered above them. Could she really help?

[Gafe]

Nabooru stepped through the corridors of Hyrule Castle, her light shoes barely making any noise. Instead, what bounced back to her ears was the sound of her unusual breathing.
She turned around, looked softly at Wolf and turned her head back. She answered absent-mindedly to his question. Her voice was quiet, as if she was trying to respect the all-too empty palace. "Silly Wolf, the Crest isn't something you can nab. It's a sacred patch of earth, there's eight throughout the land of Hyrule to which Zeffa will take you if you call her with this flute." As she was walking, Nabooru took out the instrument and held it above her head, so Wolf could see it clearly. "Yet aside from the one in Hyrule Castle Town, the Wind Crests lie in places completely irrelevant to this war. If you can call this sort of guerilla a war."

The sage of spirit stopped in her tracks and seized Wolf's ear. He whispered gently into it, "I see your reasoning, O'Donell, but Zelda is my Princess and I've sworn loyalty to her." Nabooru stood back up and gave Wolf an accomplice's look, "Besides, this Castle holds items much more valuable than this flute. And I'd bet the guard would be nothing against you."

As they reached the throne room, Nabooru spoke up again. "Zelda isn't here. I think you're right, O'Donell. We should get out of here. And I think. . . yes, I'm sure the courtyard was fitted with a makeshift hangar. There's bound to be ships there."
She dropped the question, "What DO you want to do?"


Boo turned to face the new woman. Lolita. Her skin was pasty and she looked like a real brat. Not to mention her dresses were slightly more nauseating than those Princess Daisy wore. Once more, Boo was unable to stop himself from rolling in the ground, laughing. He voiced what most of the Resistance was probably thinking after the mission gone wrong.
"You think you can help us? This resistance is a hopeless joke!" He said, laughing. He was mean, true. But he was Boo.
Hovering above the Ice Climbers, however, was Navi who promptly spoke up "Hey, listen!" She was clearly interested in what this Lolita had to say.

[NicoJoe]

Boo was obnoxious, so Luigi attempted to ignore his rude comments to the girl hovering in front of them. She was silent until Navi prompted them to listen to her. When she spoke again, her voice was quiet, but clear as day.

“King Mario must be stopped, but none of you have to tools or abilities to defeat him. You are all too weak to stand up to his soldiers, let alone stand up to the king himself. You will all fail should you enter a full out war against the Mushroom Kingdom,” she stated words they all knew to be true already and Luigi began to wonder if she had a point to her speech.

“We know, Ms. Lolita,” he said, politely but with a hint of irritation.

“Yes, Luigi, but what you don’t know is how you can defeat your brother,” she shot back. “There is a weapon that was built before most of you and your worlds were created.” her eyes seemed to flicker quickly to the newest member of this resistance, but she quickly continued. “This weapon was used to vanquish a great beast, years ago and save a woman. The wielder of this weapon wasn’t a warrior, but a lowly carpenter. A man bereft because the beast had captured his first and truest love. This man set out to rescue his love and to do so; he created a weapon that was able to destroy the obstacles placed before him in his quest to defeat the beast. After a long battle and journey, he finally defeated the beast and banished him to live in the wilderness. Later, after saving his love, he returned to his life. However, he soon grew bored of his life without adventuring. The woman, Paulina, became less interesting to him so he left her and moved to live with his brother in the Mushroom Kingdom to find excitement.” Lolita looked to Luigi. “This man was Mario. And I’m sure you all know the rest of the story. He fell in love with the Princess, saved her from evil countless times and became King of the Mushroom Kingdom. And now he’s corrupt, crazed with power and who knows what else. Lost to the world is the man who once inhabited that body. But I know of a way to bring him back,” she paused, seemingly for dramatic affect. “The weapon which he forged to save the girl. It is able to stop him. What you all most do is find this weapon and use it. It is the only way.” She stopped, waiting for someone to speak up, accept her challenge.

“Where is it?” Lugi asked, clinging to this new found hope.

“That, I do not know,” she replied, sending a tinge of disappointment through the room. “But I know who does. After the final battle with the beast, Paulina took the weapon into her possession. Only she knows its whereabouts. You must find her to find it. She lives in a small town in the south of Dream Land known as Kyo. It isn’t an easy journey, but it is a necessary one. Now, I must leave. I will be in contact.” And with that, she disappeared into a bright white light and was gone.

Luigi looked around at his team. “It’s the best lead we have,” he stated, at his wits end. “I’d much like to meet this Paulina. Mario has never mentioned her. Who’s still with me?”

[Eva]

Daisy looked down at her torn dress and sighed. This wasn't as easy as she had thought it would be, nor was it as fun. This whole 'resistance' thing just wasn't the right gig for a princess. But Daisy wasn't the kind of girl to leave things unfinished- no sir. "I guess I'll be the first to say it. I'm still in." she said. Daisy daintily pranced to Luigi's side and looked at the other members of the Resistance. "Now, everyone, it just wouldn't be proper to start this and leave it before we're done. That's rude." she reminded them.

[Aubs]

Seeing her good friend, Samus exit her ship made Peach smile. If there was something she needed in her desperate time it was a friend. Well there was Daisy, but. . . that was different. Peach was just being gracious to her retarded friend because it was the good thing for her to do. With Samus, she was able to be her normal self. [Retarded by default, as no one could truly outshine the intelligence of Samus Aran. Peach definitely had her in the looks department, at least if you wanted to poll everyone other than horny nerdboys.] Peach rushed over to Samus and gave her a hug.
“What have you gotten yourself into this time, Peach?” Samus inquired, frowning.
“I honestly have no idea.” Peach replied, pursing her lips in a slight pouting motion.

The two of them decided to take walk through Peach’s garden. They were quiet for a short while before Peach finally spoke. “My memory’s been a little fuzzy for the past couple of days, but here’s the gist: I signed on to do a mini-series documentary for Mtv.” She casually turned and posed for the cameras. “They’re following me around for lord knows what, but I’ve been too preoccupied with other things to even notice they were there.”
“You know I don’t know much about television, what’s going on?”
Peach giggled. “They’re recording us, silly! Isn’t that what cameras do? I mean.. duh! It’s so obvious Sammy!” She flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder. “Just do what I do and play it up to the cameras.” She gestured flirtatiously toward them, before sighing. “So enough about my life, let’s talk about you for once. How are you?”

-confessional-

“You know, friends are soo important to me! Like, I don’t know what I would do without them in my life. They help me when I’m down and out and give good advice for when I need to know which pink shoes match which pink dress. Life would be so hard without friends!” *smiles*