Well, I kept my promise and I'm going to talk about my recent misadventure with Luigi. Don't ask me why I find myself in these situations with him more than Mario, we don't get it either. This happened back in May right after I finished fighting the Piranha Plants and rebuilding Isle Delfino, so this is also adding on to the crap-chute that is my 2019 year. With that out of the way, where do I begin...
Right, so this all started in mid- May. I was so exhausted after fighting the Plant Gang that I lost track of the dates. All that I cared about was that it was on a weekend which meant some quality time with Mario and Luigi, at least, that was what I was hoping for. That Saturday morning Mario had to go overlook a project for E3 before the convention opened, so he was going to be gone until the end of the day. This left Luigi, PomPom and myself at the house just chilling and doing nothing. Well, technically Luigi was reading a book at the kitchen table, and I was the lazy bum who crashed on the couch. After a while I couldn't find a comfortable position there, so I did what any little sister would do and decided to go bug Luigi. I initially just sat down at the table with him and laid my head down, but then he gave me that, "Can I help you?" look on his face like he knew I wanted something. Pretty soon Luigi gave in and he let me sleep in his chest pocket in my fairy form. If you've read some of my blog entries in the past, you would know that I have this tendency of changing into my fairy form around the Bros. I'm not sure if it's the difference in scale when I'm tiny or what, but I always feel super safe when I'm with them this way. So I shrink down and fuse with PomPom to have her wings and fly into Luigi's pocket to sleep in. Once I was all set inside Luigi went back to his reading. This went on for a little while to the point where I almost dozed off, but then we both heard a loud knock on the front door. It startled us at first, but Luigi then just casually put down his book and made his way to the door. He first checked the peep hole in case it was a person there, but he didn't see anybody. It was when he opened the door that he saw a box on the porch marked to the house. We originally thought the package was for Mario, since Luigi nor I were expecting any packages that day, so we took it in. For the box's size, Luigi said it didn't feel as heavy as it should have been, so he decided to open it up to see what was inside it while I looked on in his pocket. As he was cutting the tape though, I started to see the box itself start to bulge like there was a spring inside. I was so small that I basically had to scream at Luigi to get him to stop what he was doing and see what I was talking about. Although he panicked at first, Luigi quickly took the box to the front door, pointed the opening away from him, and BANG! All at once this huge and sturdy net flew out of the box onto the lawn with a surprising amount of force that almost knocked Luigi backwards. We both were shocked at what we saw, but we got our nerves back together and confirmed that it was yet another one of Bowser's traps. We had a good laugh about how the trick failed and what an idiot Bowser was, but that mood quickly turned around. Because as soon as we let our guard down, we heard a loud popping sound from the box, and this dark noxious smoke started billowing out. Luigi's first reaction was to drop the box and cover his nose and mouth with one hand, and me with the other hand, but it just wasn't enough. There was too much gas around us to avoid it, and the next thing I know Luigi started to collapse to the floor and fall asleep. I couldn't do anything to help him, so I just stayed in the pocket and kept quiet. The gas eventually got to me too, but I was able to see the feet of some of Bowser's minions, so I knew we were toast before I fell unconscious.
Some time later I finally regained consciousness enough to check on Luigi. As I flew out of his pocket, it was revealed that Bowser did in fact capture us and threw us into a dungeon cell at his castle. What I didn't expect was how long we were out for, because when I looked out the window to see outside, it was sundown! After that I tried desperately to wake Luigi up to get him going, but he took a little longer than I did to come to. Once he did he was pretty shocked and upset about it, but he quickly started thinking up a plan to escape, which was very appreciated on my end. All that went up in flames though as soon as we heard Bowser stomping his way to our room. We weren't sure that if he knew I was there with Luigi, so I hid in the pocket again to be on the safe side. All we could do then was wait anxiously for Bowser to enter the room. For most of this I kept my head down inside the pocket, so I didn't get to see much but heard all of the conversation. All that Bowser did was just go on and on and ON with how effective his new kidnapping technique was, along with throwing out some intimidating jeers at Luigi to keep him nervous. I felt so bad for him, the whole time I was in the pocket I could hear Luigi's heart booming so fast in my ears, poor guy! After a few minutes of that torture, Bowser started spilling the more juicy information about his plan. Apparently that net-in-a-box gas trap was supposed to be a test, and used Luigi (and myself) as a guinea pig to make sure it worked. Bowser also explained that he left a planted note behind for Mario to find and read, which would entice him to come running for the castle to save us. However, instead of a fair fight, Bowser planned on utilizing the same elements of the trap to capture Mario! Oh man you guys, that pocket was starting to get a little warm for me, because I was SPITTING mad! I wanted to jump out of that pocket and beat the crap out of Bowser so badly, but of course I wasn't going to when I was tiny! I could tell Luigi was pretty upset too, and he mustered up all of the bravado he had that night to argue back at Bowser. Obviously, he wasn't shaken by it, and before Luigi could say anything else we hear that Mario already made it to the castle, and Bowser left the room to prepare for the impending fight. After that, Luigi and I immediately got back to work on our escape.
Getting out of the dungeon room was easy, one of Bowser's idiot minions left the key to the door just across the hall, which Luigi sent me out to snag and open the door. Once we were out it was a matter of navigating the castle to find the room Mario and Bowser were fighting in. Immediately we thought of the place the Bros. call "The Pit". You know, that big room with vaulted ceilings Mario fights Bowser in the "New Super Mario Bros" games? Yeah that one, it has a name now. Anyway we eventually made it to those iconic big double doors, only to find two Sledge Bros guarding it. Instead of dealing with that mess, Luigi decided to use some stone tunnels that ran across the top of the walls to get past them. When we were inside the tunnel, all we had to do was follow the sound of the fight to the right room. Once we made it, there was a convenient opening where we could watch them. At first things were going pretty well, from the way Mario was jumping around Bowser with so much agility he seemed unfazed by all the work from the E3 prep. Then suddenly Bowser found an opening and swatted at Mario to knock him to the ground, and just as he explained to us in the dungeon, had a minion pull out the net-in-a-box to shoot at Mario and completely engulf him in the net. Not too long after we hear the familiar pop of the gas going off, and it was curtains from there, no matter how much Mario struggled to get out of the net, he was out in under a minute. After the fight was over, all Luigi and I could do was stare at each other in complete shock and gobsmacked horror. Not gonna lie, it kinda shook me up little bit, all I thought about doing was crawling back into Luigi's pocket and sulking. After the both of us recovered from that, Luigi deducted that they were taking Mario to a separate dungeon that was on the complete opposite side of the castle, which meant more exploring through the tunnels. Eventually we found the room Mario was in, but before Luigi set out to find the key, he dropped me off to stay with Mario until he got back, which was fair.
Once Luigi was gone, I slipped through the window of the dungeon room door to check in on Mario, who was still asleep on the ground and covered in the net. I was still pretty worried about him, so the first thing I did was fly down to see how he was doing. Coming from such an intense fight, Mario looked way too relaxed as he slept. After I was sure he was okay, I then took my frustration out on the net to see if I could cut it, but the net itself was made of very sturdy materials that my tiny fairy magic couldn't scratch. As I was busy with that, I didn't pay attention to what was going on behind me. Before I could react, all I could see was a giant white hand reaching out and grabbing me out of the air. Holy crap I was about to scream my head off! It wasn't until Mario, who was wide awake and fully alert, quickly shushed me and calmed me down. Uh... WHAT?! I was so confused! How come Luigi and I were conked out all day when Mario was down for only a few minutes?? After I settled down, Mario explained everything. Starting from when he got home with the planted note, but instead of going straight to Bowser's castle, he managed to find some evidence at the house first. At that point he pulled out a small purple CO2 canister that had that sleeping smoke inside it. Not only was it a good foreshadowing for what to expect, but it turned out to have a small list of the smoke's ingredients in fine print! What kind of idiots does Bowser hire?! Thanks to the ingredients, Mario knew exactly how to counter the smoke, and it's stupidly simple. Three words: Fire. Flower. Seeds! I never would've guessed! Apparently the seeds of a Fire Flower have the same potency as a fully grown bloom, and it's spicy enough to keep you awake. The only downside is that it takes longer to activate since you have to actually consume one like a sunflower seed, which Mario took advantage of. He said that while he was "struggling" in the net, he brought his hand up to his face to cover his mouth from the smoke and had a seed there ready to use. Once he was out of Bowser's sight, the seed would activate his Fire Mario form. DUDE!! I'm usually the one who comes up with schemes like that! Just as he finished talking, his clothes suddenly flashed and changed to his Fire form as if on cue.
Once Mario's fire mode was up, he made quick work of the net surrounding him and freed himself. As he finished that up, Luigi had returned with the key to the dungeon room and unlocked the door, only to be just as confused as I was at Mario's state. Mario laughed it off and passed Luigi a proper Fire Flower while he explained everything again. Now that we were grouped back together, we then made our exit. It was getting way too late to start any more fights, so we just took the quiet approach to escape this time. Once we were far enough away from the castle I was finally able to defuse from PomPom and grow back to normal size, and as soon as we got home I crashed yet again on the sofa. So much for 2019 so far huh? I seriously can't catch a break...
Alrighty, it's been a while since I posted a story, it's pretty refreshing. Although with E3 and having Father's Day with Mario, this post took longer than I wanted to finish. It's worth it I think, and hopefully this will somewhat make up for my hiatus right? Well, I'm out. I've finally got some downtime for myself this year and I'm going to take every last second of it! Blog ya later guys! Peace out!
- Dana ;)
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| I was trying so hard to stay calm in Luigi's pocket. This was the most stressful part of the night! |
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| Our little culprit. Who knew that this tiny thing would cause so much trouble? And yes, we kept it as a souvenir. XD |
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