The Mushroom Kingdom (Phase 58)

Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 8)

PHASE 9
The Shadowed


(Morning, in Peach’s Castle. Peach has been up all night. Her eyes are saggy, and she looks horrible. A Shy Guy has been escorted into the castle, by several Toad Guards.)

Random Toad: Queen Peach, we have bought the subject you requested. He has passed all the tests (Although he is rather clumsy, [The Toad mutters under his breath]) and he is just like you have specified…he IS a Shy Guy, however…

Shy Guy: Ert, please do not call us that. We are Heihos.

Random Toad: (That sounds even worse)

Peach: Hmm…yes. A…Shy…Guy.

Random Toad: So, Princess, is this truly our new kingdom guardian? (He looks pathetic.)

Peach: Yes…and…your…first…task…is…to…find…my-

(Door slams open, enter Royal Guard Captain)

Royal Guard: Queen…GASP! An update! GASP! Princess Celistar has been spotted…with Penter and a strange Koopa….GASP!

Peach: Celistar…has been…captured…by…Penter…who…has…-

Royal Guard: Teamed up with a Koopa! And they are escaping the Kingdom…

Peach: QUICKLY! New…Kingdom…Protector…rescue…the…Princess…

Shy Guy: Ert, yes Queen Peach. I, Jonas, shall rescue-

Royal Guard: Shut up and go!

Jonas: (Glares) Goodbye, Queen.

(Jonas leaves)

Random Toad: I apologize for the accent, my Queen. We picked him out straight from a small Subconian Village…he is rather foreign.

Peach: Hrm…send…a…few…guards…after…him. Make…sure…he…too…is…not…a…traitor.

Royal Guard/Random Toad: Yes, my Queen!

(Both glare at each other, and then both run off at the same time.)

(Scene switches to Mush Fields. “The Group” is running through, Penter in front, Celistar shortly behind, and Wes a little back.)

Wes: Where…exactly…are we…going? And…WHY?

Penter: We are on a rescue mission.

Wes: A…RESCUE MISSION?

Celistar: Remind me again why I’m doing this, with BARELY…any training?

Penter: As I said, your talents…are much greater then I thought.

Celistar: (Grimaces) I still think this is insane.

Penter: Don’t talk that way. We need completely positive energy, if we are going to make it to the Forever Forest by nightfall.

Wes: Isn’t there a river before that, too?

Penter: Don’t worry about that now.

Celistar: (Groans)

(Scene switches to Apprentice, also running, but in the opposite direction, towards the castle. He has now strapped the Lethal Bob-omb to his back. And, he is now running through Dry Dry Desert. He is still grinning insanely.)

(And finally, showing blackness, an excited voice cries out. The first “Gun” is complete. “Camera” moves into Bowser’s Throne Room, where a Koopa is excitedly showing him the “Gun”. Bowser laughs.)

(And finally, Jonas is shown bumbling through Toad Town, running into carts, and tripping over Toads.)

Jonas: Ugh-ert! Are they TRYING to get into my way?

Goomba: Yes. They are.

Jonas: Wha-?

(A Goomba appears behind him.)

Goomba: These “Toad’s”…they don’t like our kind.

Jonas: Ert…what?

Goomba: Even the Koopas are somewhat respected for their power, but us…Nah, we’re nothing.

Jonas: But…

Goomba: Yah, yah. I know what’s going on. They hired ya. Find their pretty princess. Protect their Kingdom from problems. But do you really think that you’re that special? That they can’t find another one like you, if you die? Hah!

Jonas: Ert, my…

Goomba: Just somethin’ to think about. I was foolish enough to move here, away from Tropix City. My life’s hell. You remember this.

Jonas: Erm, but…

(The Goomba is gone. Jonas looks worried, but he quickly moves on. Three Toad’s follow behind, 5 seconds later. Things are going to get crazy…)


TO BE CONTINUED…?
 
MUSHROOM KINGDOM PHASE 10

PHASE 10
Forever Fortune



(Morning, in Toad Town)

Innkeeper: Get-OUT!

(Jonas goes flying out of an Inn; he lands, dazed and confused.)

Jonas: I think…I might’ve over paid…

Jonas: …Ughhh…Why am I doing this again…ert?

Goomba: Because you got no job, right? You needed something to do, right? Jumped into this a little too fast, right? Getting kicked out of Inns, just because they don’t like you? Didn’t know about the Shy Guy uprising years back?

(Goomba has suddenly appeared)

Jonas: Ert, what?

Goomba: There was a time when a large group of Shy Guys plotted to overtake Toad Town, with some General as their leader. But do you know who stopped them?

Jonas: Ert…

Goomba: Mario! It’s Mario! Who else would you expect! He does everything, doesn’t he? He’s the great one, right? Everyone knows his name, but no one knows our names!

Jonas: Well, ert, my name is-

Goomba: I don’t care. We have no identities…it’s…it’s…like…we’re all-COME BACK!

Jonas: (Scurrying away) Ert, very sorry. Must be on my way…ert.

Goomba: Don’t forget me, my friend. The world is waiting for us to rebel. We just-

(Goomba’s voice drowns out. Jonas scurries through town, ignoring nasty looks from Toads. Switch to Celistar. “The Group” has reached a river.)

Penter: We’ve finally made it…this is the Kappa River.

Wes: Kappa…

Penter: It is a very old river. All the way back to when the Kappa’s launched their great attack.

Celistar: Kappas…Koopas…?

Penter: No, they are different. The Kappas are another species. They live far up this river. More then a century ago, they launched an attack on the Castle. Fortunately, a blizzard occurred right when they attempted to attack. They are now a near extinct species, due to the freezing cold that killed so many of them.

Celistar: Why haven’t I ever-

Penter: As I said, they are near extinct. And, they are insane savages.

Celistar: …

Wes: (Looks on with a strange look)

Penter: Anyway, we need to get across this river. Celistar, you need to leap across.

Celistar: WHAT?

Penter: I SAID YOU NEED TO LEAP ACROSS.

Celistar: This River is almost…20 Feet…

Penter: Yes?

Celistar: (Stares at Penter for a few seconds.) I can’t jump THAT far.

Penter: You’re father is Mario…of course you can.

Wes: (Imagine a Koopa’s face, when he learns that he has been traveling with Mario’s daughter.) Awk.

Penter: Hm? What?

Wes: You’re…you’re Mario’s daughter?

Celistar: I knew this would happen SOMETIME.

Wes: I…I… (GULP)…but…you…are our Kingdom’s princess. I must get accustomed…you are no different…then anyone…else.

Celistar: (Looks annoyed.)

Penter: I am glad you are accustomed to our Kingdom, Wes.

Wes: Yes. I’m okay…it’s…nothing… (Still looks tense)

Celistar: Don’t act like that. My father only…defeated…bad Koopas…

Penter: Yes…bad…Koopas… (Has an incredibly quaint look on his face)

Celistar: Why are you-?

Penter: No more time for questions. The search is still on, and once we are in the Forever Forest, we can hide.

Wes: Hide?

Celistar: Yes. We’re escaping from my obsessive Mother and her group of slaves.

Penter: Their not slaves, Celistar. They simply love to work for your mother.

Celistar: Their mindless.

Penter: Yes, yes. We still need to cross the river. And YOU Celistar…you still need to jump.

Celistar: As I said, it must be at least 20 feet-

Penter: It doesn’t matter. I’m sure you’ll make it across.

Celistar: And what if I fall in?

Penter: You’ll wash up at the Chesim Dam. And we’ll be able to fish you out.

Celistar: You’ve got to be kidding.

Penter: No. Now jump! Oh wait…give me your backpack…

(The usual hesitation. Celistar looks in. A cheep-cheep with teeth looks back. Celistar almost says something, but decides not to complain. She takes the jump-and-)

Wes: Uh oh.

Penter: I am sure-

(WUMP)

(Celistar just barely lands-on her stomach. The rest of her body below that is in the water. Not for long-)

Celistar: AHH OUCH!

(Celistar leaps out with amazing speed, her knees with bite marks all over them. She falls to the ground in a comical fashion.)

Celistar: There. Your great idea worked. Now how are YOU going to get across? Feel like swimming?

Penter: No. The current is too strong. We shall be using this.

(Penter pulls a retractable ladder out of his backpack, and-retracts it. Penter and Wes cross-Wes with a little nervousness-while Celistar looks on, too shocked and angry to move.)

Celistar: What-what-what-what-what-what-

Penter: Come on. A few more steps into the forest.

Celistar: What-what-what-what-what-what-

Penter: Celistar, you need all the chances you can get to train.

Celistar: What-what-what-what-what-what-

(The group enters the Forever Forest. Scene switches to the Apprentice, who is also entering the Forever Forest, from the Shrub Lands.)

Apprentice: Heh heh. The only problem left is how I’m going to cross that blasted river…

(Back to Jonas, now continuing to scurry through Mushroom City)

Jonas: Rebellion, ert, that guy must have been kidding…ert.

(Speed change to night. Back to Forever Forest)

Penter: That was fast.

Wes: What?

Celistar: The fire…we started it surprisingly easy.

Penter: It is a forest, after all. But be careful. We must not burn down the forest. And we are only making this because the trees block out the smoke from escaping.

Celistar: We shouldn’t burn down the forest? Are you SURE?

Penter: Many incidents have happened…Cel…are you still mad about the river?

Celistar: No.

(Slow fade to darkness. Celistar’s nightmare. It’s back. Celistar is running through the castle…six…tripping…opening the door. And the figure turns. It has a mask of gold. It is a Mask of an eternal grin. Melded like…something familiar. The mask…it resembles something…but Celistar can’t make it out. Then…the figure speaks.)

Mask ???: Celistar…Celistar…you’re d-

(Instant blackness. Celistar wakes up with a scream. Everyone else stays awake, through some strange sleeping powers. Celistar blinks. And desperately tries to remember the mask.)


TO BE CONTINUED…?
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 10)


PHASE 11
LETHAL CONFRONTATION


(Forever Forest, morning. Penter, Celistar, and Wes are traveling through. Celistar looks bitter.)

Penter: Are you sure you-?

Celistar: It’s not important. It was a dream. It was stupid. It means nothing.

Penter: (Quietly) I heard you screaming…

Celistar: I told you! It was a dream! It was a sick, twisted, distorted dream, but-

Wes: Celistar is right. I used to have horrible dreams. Dreams of people dying…but they are dreams. They mean nothing…

Celistar: That’s RIGHT. NOTHING. (Says it rather loudly, and then looks surprised at herself.)

(Penter grimaces and they continue on. Back to Jonas, now on a hovercraft, being driven by a Doogan*. The Kappa River is ahead, and they are about to pass over it.)

Jonas: Ert, sir, excuse me sir, but I, er, I believe I need to go north of the Mush Fields…not west…the perpetrators-

Rowf**: Oh, don’t worry. We’re just taking a NICE LONG ride in the forest!

Jonas: But, ert, sir, this is a matter of-

(Hovercraft enters the Forever Forest.)

Jonas: Sir, please, I appreciate you taking me for a ride, but I really need to head to the Sarasa Hills, where the villains-

(Rowf turns around, crazy eyes)

Rowf: Look punk, you’re the only evil around here! You little b****** stole my calculator! It smelled awful for years, and then, it broke…if Mario hadn’t…ARRGH!

(In a fit of rage, Rowf slams the Hovercraft sideways, sending Jonas flying and leaving with the Hovercraft with a nasty dent. Jonas lays stunned for a while. Then, gets up.)

Jonas: Ert…why did he do that?

(Dusts off mask)

Jonas: Well…ert…better start heading back-

(Distant noise is heard, farther west)

Celistar: -RIGHT. NOTHING.

Jonas: Ert! Princess Celistar! PRINCESS! I AM COMING!

(Back to “Group”)

Penter: Cel…sometimes…

Wes: Who was that?

Celistar: Trouble. Let’s go!

Penter: Cel…why…

Celistar: Save the criticisms for later!

(They start running. Then, Wes stops.)

Wes: Wait. Couldn’t we deal with whoever this is?

Penter: Not if they have the Royal Guards with them.

Wes: But it only sounded like one-

Celistar: No chances! Come on!

(They continue running. Eventually, they end up in a clearing that is strangely familiar to Celistar, except that a river is running nearby. Penter stops. Then the rest stop.)

Celistar: Why are we STOPPING?

Penter: There’s…someone ahead…or something. Stay back.

Celistar: What-?

Penter: We need to-

(From a group of shrubs, the Apprentice approaches. Although he has no wand, he still clutches the Lethal Bob-omb. Penter freezes.)

Penter: A Lethal Bob-omb…who-?

Celistar: It’s that weird Koopa I told you about.

Wes: (Looks horrified) this…is Bowser’s personal Magik!

Penter: What? I knew he must’ve had a new one…but so late…Kammy died 11 years ago…

Apprentice: I’ve stayed hidden. Bowser has not had need of me until now.

Celistar: You…what are you doing here?

Apprentice: I could ask the same…but I’m going to keep this short. I’m heading for your Queen’s Castle. Anyone who gets in my way will die a painful death.

Celistar: Where’s your wand, Powerful One?

Penter: Celistar…he has…a LETHAL BOB-OMB.

Celistar: So what? What-

Penter: Celistar…it can destroy entire castles.

Celistar: It…um…

Wes: And that’s why he’s heading for Mushroom Castle.

Penter: Oh no…

Apprentice: It’s terrible, isn’t it? I admit, sometimes I hate doing this, but sometimes…it’s so much fun!

Celistar: You’re sick. How can you think like that?

Apprentice: I’m an outsider. Although I’m playing the game, I’m out of ways harm. I watch the horror as it occurs. It’s so much fun! Watching Toad’s die in agony…

Wes: You…you’re twisted.

Apprentice: Yes, yes. Now then, I must be on my way, I have a castle to-

Jonas: PRINCESS!

Apprentice: What…the hell?

(Jonas bounds out of the trees, trips on a root, and lands right in front of Celistar. He quickly gets up, pretending that nothing embarrassing happened.)

Jonas: Princess! GASP! I finally…ert…found you! Step away from the criminals!

Celistar: Who…?

Penter: Celistar…we don’t have any time for this. If the Castle has employed a Shy Guy-(Jonas: HEIHO!)- Heiho, whatever, if they have employed a Shy Guy, they must have sent others after him, just in case-

Royal Guard Toad: Princess! We are here to rescue you!

(Dramatically, a Helicopter starts to land, cutting through the branches, landing on the ground, right near the Apprentice.)

Apprentice: WHY-?

(Toad Royal Guards leap out.)

Royal Guard Toad: When that Shy Guy-(Jonas: HEIHO!)- Heiho, whatever, when he took that hovercraft, we had to get a vehicle of our own, and-A KOOPA! Tw-TWO KOOPAS!

Apprentice: Move your Helicopter out of the way, or I’ll-

Royal Guard Toad: Quickly! Get out the nets!

Apprentice: I HAVE A LETHAL BOB-OMB. IF YOU MOVE-

Royal Guard Toad: Fire the nets!

(A net is shot out of a cannon, made to ensnare criminals (In this case, the Apprentice), and falls at the Apprentice. He panics.)

Apprentice: Rope! Rope…rope…rope!!!

Penter: Cel…Wes…run to the river…we have to get out of here…he’s going to-

(Memory Scene, for the Apprentice. Quite young, right after he met Bowser. Without a cloak, he is watching a video of an area in the Mushroom Kingdom, along with other Koopas. It is part of a Meeting. Hamro is speaking.)

Hamro: And finally, in conclusion, we are going to show you the TRUE appearance of the Mushroom Kingdom. Some areas may be happy, and these are the parts we are aiming to capture, but this…this is the Darkness of the Mushroom Kingdom…this is the evil they try to hide…

(Video shows a field full of Koopas…hanging…from ropes…most with crushed heads. The bodies are everywhere. As the video continues across the field, a glimpse shows another two Koopas. But THESE are the Apprentice’s parents. He stares in horror, and then runs out. Hamro is smiling. The Plan has worked. The New Apprentice’s mind is slowly twisting. Memory ends.)

(Deeemp-BOOMMMMMMMMM. The Lethal Bob-omb was thrown in a moment of panic, and soon the world is flashing lights. Celistar has falling into the river. She’s trying to swim, but something heavy falls on her. She is pushed underwater, as she tries to breathe. As she comes up, she hears Penter calling her name, but his call is interrupted by another explosion…an aftermath. With failing strength, she crawls under the water, hiding from the hot explosions. And then, swimming up for breath, her head hits something heavy, and the darkness of the river swallows her. The darkness consumes…)


TO BE CONTINUED…?
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 11)

There's so many phases! :o

I'm kinda surprised your getting away with breaking the "No double posting" rule.
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 11)

Nerdy Guy said:
There's so many phases! :o

I'm kinda surprised your getting away with breaking the "No double posting" rule.
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You can only double post after three hours passed after you posted. (Nobody should reply, you know.)
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 11)

Lario said:
Nerdy Guy said:
There's so many phases! :o

I'm kinda surprised your getting away with breaking the "No double posting" rule.
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You can only double post after three hours passed after you posted. (Nobody should reply, you know.)
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Realy, I should do that more often...
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 11)

Nerdy Guy said:
Lario said:
Nerdy Guy said:
There's so many phases! :o

I'm kinda surprised your getting away with breaking the "No double posting" rule.
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You can only double post after three hours passed after you posted. (Nobody should reply, you know.)
Click to expand...
Realy, I should do that more often...
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It does have to be on-topic you know.
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 10)

2 things I gotta say about this:


1.
Nintendoobsessed said:
(Penter grimaces and they continue on. Back to Jonas, now on a hovercraft, being driven by a Doogan* . The Kappa River is ahead, and they are about to pass over it.)
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What is the "*" for?


2.
Nintendoobsessed said:
Rowf**: Oh, don’t worry. We’re just taking a NICE LONG ride in the forest!
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Putting two asterisks by his name makes it look like his name is "Rowf***" (The F-word)
 
Re: The Mushroom Kingdom (At Phase 12)

How many Phases did you expect? 5?




PHASE 12
River’s Bend

(It is a news report entitled the Kingdom Courier. It’s on a Television set, and it’s a Mushroom Kingdom-only channel. The reporter sounds monotonous, trying to keep the terror out of her voice.)

Toad Reporter: Today on Kingdom Courier…the famous Koopa Inspector, Inspector Kooper, was found dead today, in the MIDDLE of Toad Town. The victim has had his lungs and stomach ripped out through the m-mouth. The report indicates that Kooper died a slow, painful death. More reports are being written, as others try to indicate…what exactly…has killed Inspector Kooper…

THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM


(Celistar wakes up. It is night. Another fire is going. She is on a beach. In the inky background, a large city looms over the land. Looking around, Celistar finds only Wes is with her. He has a dead look in his eyes.)

Wes: You’ve been asleep for 11 Hours. I wasn’t sure…

Celistar: 11 Hours…where’s…Penter? (Cough)

Wes: I don’t know. I just barely managed to find you. I dragged both of us out at this beach…I don’t know what it’s called…all I know is that this part of the river is called River’s Bend…it’s an area where many battles took place…

(Celistar turns around. Right behind her, the river is raging.)

Wes: The current of the Munu River is very strong. It is likely that either “Penter” got off farther north… (Looks at the distant forest.)…or…he was dragged out to the ocean… (The Omega Ocean is seen to the south.) In that case…they say that the Bloopers out there-

Celistar: No. He must have gotten out farther north. He’s tough…I mean, he’s said…

Wes: That strange Heiho was probably dragged out there too, if he survived.

Celistar: Heiho?

Wes: Shy Guy…

Celistar: …

Wes: …

Celistar: I think we need to head north…to look for Penter…

Wes: Follow the river all the way back to the clearing?

Celistar: Yes…is there a problem?

Wes: Celis- erm…Cel…that Toad Helicopter had cameras…that likely link back to Mushroom Castle. A team has probably been sent west from the castle…and if they find the right clues…they’ll know we’ve fallen into the Munu River…and…

Celistar: They’ll search.

Wes: Yes. We need to go west. Well…I do at least. I’m a criminal now…they think I captured you...

Celistar: West? Dark Land?

Wes: No…see that city? (City in background) That’s Tropix City. It’s got even more of a mess of creatures then Mushroom City. Mostly because it’s in the Mushroom Outlands…near Dark Land. But the point is, is that it’s the only place I can hide. And…

Celistar: Well…I can’t go anywhere either. I hate Mushroom Castle…

Wes: Celistar…you can’t honestly expect to travel the world at you’re-

Celistar: You’re practically the same age as me!

Wes: Yes…but Koopa’s…our lives are fated to be insanity.

Celistar: What-?

Wes: Cel…our leaders have been greedy, evil characters for generations…but most Koopas….we escape to the Mushroom Kingdom-to be fugitives…This is all beside the point. Are you seriously going to travel? The poor queen is probably thinking you’re dead!

Celistar: Dead…dead…dead! They…they probably do….I mean, if they don’t find me…they’ll think I’m dead…

Wes: Wait…oh no. Celst…this isn’t a good idea-

Celistar: They’ll think I’m dead! And after a few disguises…they won’t be able to find me…because I’ll be DEAD!

Wes: Celst…you can’t possibly hate the Castle that much…

Celistar: Yes! Yes, I do! A free life…

Wes: But-

Celistar: I hate my life! Everyone always treats me like I’m nothing! That I can’t do anything! But…I like this! The adventure of it all…

Wes: We crossed a river and were nearly blown up. That’s not much of a-

Celistar: But still! And I could fight the forces of Dark Land! And…Toadbert…

Celistar: …I still haven’t rescued Toadbert.

Wes: Toadbert…the famous Toad intellect…THAT’S who you were attempting to rescue?

Celistar: Yes…and I still can! Just head west to Tropix City…then head north…

Wes: Through the Klapra Mountains.

Celistar: Er…yes…and then north east…

Wes: Through the Dark Side of the Forever Forest.

Celistar: Er…yes…and then northwest…

Wes: Through the Dry Dry Desert.

Celistar: Er…yes…and then farther northwest…

Wes: Barren Lands. Lava Ring.

Celistar: And then I’ll be at Bowser’s Castle! Easy!

Wes: Even if you aren’t afraid of the rest…the LAVA RING. Hello? LAVA RING. Impassable, maybe?

Celistar: Well, if Bowser put his castle in the middle, it must be some kind of passable.

Wes: Yes…but…ugh! You really are desperate, aren’t you?

Celistar: Yes. I’m going to rescue Toadbert…I’m feeling more confident then ever!

Wes: You’re crazy…well; I’m just heading to Tropix, and then-

Celistar: Didn’t you say you’d come to Dark Land?

Wes: Yeah…but not BOWSER’S CASTLE and THE LAVA RING.

Celistar: Well…you still have to come to at least the Barren Lands.

Wes: …Fine. But…do you really know how dangerous this is?

Celistar: Yes. Now I’m going to sleep…we’re traveling tomorrow, right? Now good night.

Wes: I thought you’re supposed to be a princess.

Celistar: Good Night!

Wes: You’re sleeping on the sand? I guess the backpacks are gone… (Sigh).

(Wes lies out on the sand, and looks at the stars. The stars are consumed by the night blackness.)


TO BE CONTINUED…?