Mario awakes to
mostly silence, although he can hear thunder in the distance.
Mario: Figures
I’d wake up to just in time for another storm.
He looks around
the cave, not seeing much more than what he saw the night before, except
with the addition of one spiky creature clinging to the ceiling.
Mario: Hmmm…
He tries throwing
a fireball; the creature flashes white, presumably indicating damage.
Mario: Gotcha!
He throws another
fireball; a small explosion engulfs the creature, leaving behind a small
purple sphere. Mario’s Plumber’s Log falls out of his pocket.
Mario: Oops!
He picks it up,
seeing a picture of the sphere.
Mario: Huh?
Name: Small
Energy
Desc: Purple
sphere of energy that restores 20 HP.
Mario: Wha?
He touches the
Small Energy, and it dissipates, leaving Mario felling refreshed.
Mario: Ahh… That
felt good…
He exits the
cave, and starts towards the Temple…
With Luigi…
Luigi hops up
a floating stairway and sees a small drop. He jumps down and arrives at
the source of the glowing, seeing a red and blue sphere. There is writing
on it.
Luigi: “Morphing
Ball”. Hmm… I wonder what it does.
He touches it
and feels power surge through his body as the sphere dissipates.
Luigi: What?
He turns around
and finds that he can no longer reach the top of the stairs, his only way
out a small hole under the stairs, just one meter in diameter.
Luigi: Hmm…
He remembers seeing something else written on the ball.
Luigi: Hmm… What
did that say? Mario? No… Ah! Maru Mari!
Green energy
surrounds him as he turns into a ball.
Luigi (as a ball):
Hey! What happened? Oh, I get it… Maru Mari is a keyword to activate the
power of the Morphing Ball…
He rolls through
the hole, finding that he fits perfectly.
Luigi: Cool!
Oh, wait, Maru Mari!
He reverts to
his human form and stretches.
Luigi: Ahh, that
feels good!
Luigi continues
down the passage into darkness…
With Peach…
Peach has been
walking along for what seems like hours. She is getting tired, and
her high heels don’t make matters any better. She walks ahead a little
more, then a hole opens up under her and she falls. When she looked around
her there os nothing but blackness, until…
Peach: OOF!
She hits the
ground with a thud. She looks around and sees a tunnel that continues deep
into the blackness. She follows the tunnel, seeing a strange, bird-shaped
statue holding a ball. She pokes the ball and it splits open, revealing
some boots with wings on the heels.
Peach: Aha! Just
what I needed to replace these old high heels.
She slips the
boots on, and they glow. Peach feels extreme power flowing into her feet,
and she shoots into the air, going higher than she had ever jumped before.
Peach heads back to where she fell and jumps back up the shaft, moving
on into the darkness.
A small, eye-shaped
camera witnessed the entire thing…
Meanwhile with
Bowser…
Bowser has been
watching Peach through the camera. He now knows that Mario, Luigi, Peach,
and himself are stranded on the planet. He also knows that the planet’s
name is Zebes, and he is in a place called Tourian, a mechanical fortress
submerged deep within the planet. Peach is in Norfair, a fiery cavern near
the planet’s core; Luigi is in Brinstar, home of 60% of the planet’s wildlife;
and Mario is in Crateria, the surface of the planet, constantly bombarded
by acid rains.
Bowser has near
limitless resources at his hands, and willing troops, called Space Pirates,
to follow his every command. Already he has begun research on some odd
creatures that could sap the life right out of their foes. What he doesn’t
know is the danger that these creatures pose to his own team…
Mario has conducted
some exploration, and finds himself in a crumbling courtyard area of the
temple. He begins to try to cross the courtyard, when the entire thing
crumbles under his weight. He plummets to the bottom, where he finds a
totem. It is too short for him to climb, though, so he looks at a wall.
After some exploration he finds a secret passage to a room with a large
statue holding a glowing orb. Mario touches it and his gloves glow green
and pads appear on them. He finds this allows him to cling to ledges better.
He returns to the previous room, finding that the totem has risen out of
the ground.
Mario: Yes! Now
I can climb that thing!
He makes some
tedious leaps from platform to platform on the totem, glad that his gloves
can grip onto the ledges…
To Be Continued...
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