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Chapter 16: So Much for Parody
The Unggoy, accompanied by (the always plump) Mario, stepped foot into the castle, the feel of hard, cold stone at their feet. Before them all stood a relatively large staircase, with a candle-lit chandelier hanging above their heads.
"Hello?" Pillow shouted, his voice echoing throughout the chamber.
"Looks like nobody's home." said Fisca, when suddenly, the ground before them began to quake.
"What..." the Grunt Sergeant said, "Was that?"
"Oh-a sheet." Mario said softly, as an enormous, turtle-esque creature walked through the darkness, and began its tread down the staircase. The creature wore a green, spiked shell on its back, coupled with sharp collars wrapped around his arms and neck. Probably the most noticable feature of the beast's appearance, however, was the red mohawk that caused the chamber to suddenly become at least sixty degress hotter.
"So, you must be the Shy Guys I ordered!" the behemoth cheered.
"End of the line, a-Bowser!" barked Mario, stepping infront of the three grunts.
"Mario?!" barked the monster, stomping his left foot to the ground, nearly snapping the staircase in half.
"Step back-a now, or Mario will have to open-a can-a woopass!" the plumber shouted, forming two fists.
"C'mon, man." Bowser replied, "Do we have to do this, today? I'm still recovering from Galaxy. Just....give a lil' while longer. I promise, we can settle this another time. I didn't even do anything, yet."
"You have ze princess, yes?" Mario asked.
"Huh? What are you talking about?!" the behemoth exclaimed.
"I saw you take-a girl in dress up to-a castle!"
"Oh, that was Zelda! Don't worry, dawg. She's from another universe.", Bowser winked.
"Is that supposed to sound hot?" Pillow asked, disgusted.
"Oh-a really? Tell me-about her!" Mario exclaimed, as he and Bowser began walking up the staircase together.
"Hey, wait a second! Where're you fellas goin'?" the Grunt Sergeant barked.
"Good day, Shy Guys." Bowser said, his voice getting fainter as he and the plumber delved deeper into the darkness.
"Well, that's just great.", the Unggoy commander sighed.
"Hey, Sarge! Come'ere. I think I found something." Pillow said, now standing through the doorway on the left side of the room. The two Unggoy followed, with the chandelier above their heads sprang to life. What appeared was a relatively large, glass dome, standing in the middle of the chamber.
"Greetings!" cheered a familiar voice, hovering just to the right of the globe, "I am 360 RingO'Fire. I am the monitor of this installation."
"What is this place?" Fisca asked, leaning closer towards the glass sphere.
"The Ark," answered RingO'Fire, "designed for the safeguarding of any and all classic moments in video gaming. Would you like to see how this globe operates?"
The Grunt Sergeant winced and said, "I'm not sure that we really-"
"Splendid!" RingO'Fire interrupted, "Let us begin."