Post by bobsnicket on Jan 5, 2008 14:41:28 GMT -5
Chapter 9: The Tournament
PART 1
The morning that the group represented by a
landed outside the entrance to Fourside City and met with the groups represented by a and a was bright, beautiful, and calm. There was nothing to suggest that extraordinary things would be occurring that very day. But unusual sights could be found everywhere, not the least of which were the strange parties entering the city from the northern Battlefields, the eastern gates, and even the northern F-Zero drop-off point. If one searched carefully enough, one could even find a wooden ship with wings and the futuristic Great Fox parked discreetly in a low valley obscured by densely packed fir trees.Even after all of my research on what happened that day, I still have yet to figure out what made the “Banana” group change their motives from vengeance to liberation of the captive Nintendo areas and characters. The only thing I can tell you is that they got along better than I thought possible, although it still wasn’t what you would call friendship. It was more of a Star Fox-Star Wolf-type relationship; they were uniting to defeat a common enemy.
The eastern gates were really not very large. There were only like pretty big doors. On either side, as far as the eye could see, was a massive stone wall that was about one-half the height and thickness of the Great Wall of China.
As nineteen characters approached the gates, they saw that it was guarded by two helmeted and armored guards. One was short and fat, the other also short, but more agile-looking.
Luigi, although not the main star of the Mushroom Kingdom, had an extensive knowledge of every major Nintendo character in existence. In other words, sitting at home and caring for the Mario residence while Mario was away fight evil toads, turtles, monkeys, etc. is only what they want you to think he does. Remarkably, as soon as Luigi saw the blue fur coming out of the agile guard’s helmet, Luigi immediately recognized the character.
“Sonic!” Luigi exclaimed. “What are you doing here?” The guard Luigi had been speaking to wordlessly removed his helmet to reveal his white furry face and grinning mouth.
“Oh, the usual, Luigi,” Sonic spoke casually. “Looking for filthy Master Hand minions. The other guard here is Wario, trying to add something of a noble aspect to his reputation.”
“Hi,” Wario stammered nervously, uncomfortably removing his helmet to reveal his sweating forehead and his classic jagged mustache.
The others, shrugging, followed Luigi through the rather narrow gates, taking in the amazing sight before them.
Fourside City was a sight to behold. It was a place of perpetual night. Towering buildings covered with innumerable windows took up the bulk of the area. In between zoomed countless vehicles, pedestrians of every type and species, and narrow alleyways where shadowy figures lurked.
“Hey,” one of the shadowy cloaked figures whispered urgently as they passed a particularly gloomy-looking alley. “Over here!” They curiously stopped and listened to him (presumably a “him” due to his deep masculine voice). “I’ve been here for a long time, so I know all the stories and facts about this place.”
“So?” Bowser growled suspiciously. “Why should we trust you?”
“According to my sources,” the figure continued as if Bowser hadn’t spoken, “there is a colosseum in this city where they are going to hold an enormous single-elimination tournament. All the finalists, or the top eight out of sixty-four, will receive a prize of 1,000 coins. But the winner, they say, will be awarded a weapon so powerful that it can defeat even Master Hand!”
Most of them gasped, but Bowser folded his bulky arms and gave a snort of laughter. “Ha!” he snickered. “That’s a bunch of crap! What kind of weapon could do that?”
“Who knows? It so happens that the tournament begins at noon, anyway, but they still have seventeen or so openings, and you look like a group of strong fighters (the figure’s gaze appeared to avoid the Pokemon when he said this), so you should consider entering. I have, anyway.” And with that, the hooded figure swept itself away into the darkness of the alley.
“Har, har, har!” Bowser laughed. “You don’t believe any of that, do you, Luigi? LUIGI!” Luigi was lost in thought.
“But just think how much easier that would make our quest!” Luigi was imagining firing a missile launcher and blasting Master Hand away.
So everyone hurried to the massive colosseum entrance, and everyone, with the exceptions of Bowser, Slippy, Peppy, Tiny Kong, Pichu, and Jigglypuff, signed up for the battle tournament. As it happened, the
group, upon arriving, had also heard of the tournament, and had also signed up (except for Toad).
“Come on! We’re nearly there!” Bottles urged the small group along the underground passageway. “We’ll come to the surface in a storage room, and then we can tell everyone we come across!”
The warning party consisted of Mario, Bottles, Banjo and Kazooie, Professor E. Gadd, Pit, Meta Knight, and the Rito Postman. They were taking a secret passageway out of Master Hand’s room that led to a storage room in the bottom floor of a building in Fourside City. The door to the room was always locked, and Bottles had the only key. Once they got there, they would go to the colosseum, and during one of the intermissions, tell everyone what evil Master Hand was up to. Then they would gather an army of the willing and take the fight to the enemy. Meanwhile, the members back at the headquarters were attempting to free the prisoners and learn whatever they could about Master Hand’s plan.
“There it is!” Bottles stopped at the end of the dark tunnel, seeing with the light of Professor E. Gadd’s Lightatron 5000. He pushed up on the ceiling, and the trapdoor opened up. They climbed through the opening, left the storage room and the building (Bottles being careful to lock the door behind him), and started towards the Fourside Colosseum.
Along the way they met a group of escapees whom they had previously believed to still be locked up in Master Hand’s fortress (namely Link, Zelda, Falco, Popo, Goombario, and the Shadow Sirens). Once they had become acquainted one with another, they hurried off towards the Colosseum, for the tournament was about to begin.
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Character Locations
Fourside City (Colosseum): Luigi, Kirby, Mr. Game and Watch, Prince Peasley, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Pichu, Jigglypuff, Yoshi, Popo, Bomberman,Young Link, Roy, Fox, Samus,Toad, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Tiny Kong, Lanky Kong, Chunky Kong, Bowser, Sonic, Wario Fourside City: (to Colosseum) Zelda, Link, Falco, Nana, Goombario, Shadow Sirens, Mario, Bottles, Banjo and Kazooie, Professor E. Gadd, Pit, Metaknight, Rito PostmanMaster Hand's Fortress: Marth, Ness, Goombella, Toadette
Trophy: Pikachu, Princess Peach-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
END OF PART 1
So now since everyone is together the grouping will change, so I will no longer be using the symbols.
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