Worry not, gentle reader, for I am not dead. I've just been busy with other things, and wondering if I should keep going with this. Fortunately for you all, I'm sticking with it. So now, Onward!
Darnit, why didn't anyone tell me I'd left an italics tag unclosed in my last entry? Usually I catch those things before I post, but that one slipped by me.
It sure feels longer than four days. Anyway, we left Mario laying unconcious in the bottom of a mysterious desert temple after defeat at the hands of the evil Tutankoopa...