[In the middle of Camp...yes, THAT middle]

[king_of_shell]

[There's one of Washu's gateways, opening to a brightly lit world. Cheery, worldwide familiar background music is playing from there. And in front of this open gateway, is a sign and a Bowser

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[artist_of_anger]

... Oh God. No. Not again.

[king_of_shell]

*it CALLS to you, its charming tune echoing with ill promise. Da da dun, da dun DUN, dun!*

[artist_of_anger]

*Yeah, okay... might as well just get this over and done with. Let's see if I can't find that darn kart-track anywhere around here...*

... What are those blocks even hanging on to?

[king_of_shell]

*pauses, letting his monster troops walk ahead* Whaddya' mean, "hang on to?" They're ? blocks. They're supposed to float.

[artist_of_anger]

*... You look familiar. In some way. Mostly how you are part of the ideal that all platforming games have the oeidipal urge to overcome somehow, but let's ignore that for now.*

... You know what they are?

[king_of_shell]

Yeah! This is a dimen...reconstru.....this place is my homeworld, sans the people! These things are everywhere. Heck, they're responsible for the economy. *jumps to hit one. coins come out*

[artist_of_anger]

*Just. Just looks up at the block. And then Koopa. Then the block.*

... So you hit them with your head... and money comes out.

[king_of_shell]

Well, most professionals use their fists, but my head's hard enough to take it. And that discussion leads to fan rage.

Not just money, though; a few give out powerups!

[artist_of_anger]

... Like mushrooms that makes you superfast and homing turtleshell missiles?

[king_of_shell]

Those are just the kart race powerups. (I hate blue shells.) The normal ones restore health, or let you shoot fireballs, or turn giant for a short while. Stuff like that.

I don't usually bother with them, since I can do most of that on my own, hehehe.

[artist_of_anger]

... You mean there's more of... you're from that world.

You're from the crazy clouds-have-eyes world.

[king_of_shell]

Name's Bowser, King of the Koopas! And I'm not just FROM that world; I'm gonna rule it one day! Bwahahaha!

[artist_of_anger]

... You want to be the ruler of a place where the only money exists in big brick blocks, where conflicts are solved with kart-racing, and nobody is bothered by there being clouds, with eyes?

[king_of_shell]

What's wrong with clouds having eyes? It's not like they'll be able to do anything about what they see. They're clouds.

And why wouldn't an awesomely evil guy like myself wanna conquer a peaceful and free place like that? Especially since my home's lacking in the "anything besides lava" department.

[artist_of_anger]

... Right. How silly of me. You just...

*Goes and jumps into one of the blocks to make this hopefully bad, BAD dream to end, but. All that does is make a growing mushroom come out, so now he's not only stuck in crazyland, he's also a giant.

Yeah, he doesn't like life very much right now.*

[king_of_shell]

*whiner! :b* *goes back to pillaging said blocks. Maybe you'll like them better in Camp.*