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Prologue - A Split in Time

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All right folks, here is the prologue for Paper Mario The Celestial Clock. Just like always I'll first present the character as would Mario's first partner (in this case it's Goombill the Goomba Sheriff which won't appear until Chapter 1). As reading the description, try imagining him with a texan accent. Enjoy =)

Characters
:bulletblack: Luigi: This is Luigi, your younger brother. Um... Why would you need me to tattle him, aren't you two siblings? You should know him better than anyone else...
:bulletblack: Princess Peach: This is Princess Peach, the fair maiden ruling over our kingdom. I don't know whether she does it on purpose or is just unlucky, but she tends to get kidnapped often and by that I mean A LOT! Maybe she should reinforce security around her castle.
:bulletblack: Toadsworth: This is Toadsworth, an elderly Toad. He is the Princess's most trusted adviser and some kind of a father figure. He is always stressing over the welfare of her Highness... To be honest, I am surprised he's still standing.
:bulletblack: Merlon: This is Merlon, a Shaman living in Toad Town. He knows a lot about old stories and legend and tends to be melodramatic about the subject. If you ever get stuck go see him, his magical mumbo-jumbo may show you the way.
:bulletblack: Bowser: This is Bowser, King of the Koopa. He is in love with Princess Peach which is why he keeps kidnapping her... Maybe he wants her to develop a Stockholm Syndrome, I don't know... One time they almost got married but I don't really know anything else about it.
:bulletblack: Kammy Koopa: This is Kammy Koopa, the elderly Magikoopa. She is Bowser's right-hand Koopa and does her best to please him... Which mustn't happened so often... Apparently, she sees herself as the most beautiful woman in the world, sheesh...

Story
It's a nice day in the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and Luigi are home when a familiar Paratroopa arrives to bring them mail.
MAIL CALL!!!
Luigi goes out to pick up the letters. One of them is from Princess Peach.

Dear Mario and Luigi,
To celebrate your recent victory over Bowser, I have decided to throw a party in your honor.
The population of Toad Town is invited as well, I am sure they will be thrilled to see you.
Lots of tasty treats and sweets will be on the menu including a cake I made myself.
I really hope to see you there.
Sincerely, Peach


Both brothers agree to go and leave immediately. They take the pipe in their garden leading to Toad Town plaza and walk to Peach's Castle. On their way they are saluted by many Toads. They finally reach the gates of the Castle's Garden and enters, it is filled with Toads, friendly Koopas and Goombas. Tables have been set and the trays are full of delicious foods. They see Princess Peach, Toadsworth and Merlon discussing and decide to join them.

After a while, the Princess leaves them and goes onto a podium to speak to her guests. However, her speech is interrupted by Bowser and Kammy which show up to kidnap her once again. The guests start to panic and to flee.

From the inside of his Clowncopter, Bowser takes out a mechanical hand which he brought to grab Peach. Mario and Luigi jump into the action to defend the princess. Bowser senses he has a catch and reels it in. He giggles happily thinking the Princess will be before him when he opens his eyes. Unfortunately for him, that's not the case: his mechanical hand had grabbed Luigi. Surprised, Bowser falls flat on his back, pressing many buttons by mistake. Luigi is released and falls back to the podium, however Bowser has lost control of his Clowncopter.

He crashes into the highest tower of the Castle. The ground begins to shake and the sky uncontrollably shifts between day and night until it rapidly stops. Seven light come out of the tower and disperse around the Mushroom Kingdom. The Kingdom is now split in half : one part stuck in an eternal day, the other one in an eternal night.

In panic, they rush to the tower and finds a secret room. Inside it, is a huge hole in a wall, a large clock on the opposite wall and the Koopa King totally conked out on the ground beside his busted Clowncopter. Nobody knows what to do: Peach stands silently beside Mario, Luigi pokes Bowser to see if he'll react, Toadsworth is panicked because of the hole in the wall and Merlon is lost in his thoughts. Kammy Koopa comes in through the hole and assess the damages. 

Toadsworth begins to yell at her, saying the Koopa Kingdom will have to pay for the fixing... Merlon tries to speak but is always interrupted. Fed up, he yells at the elederly Toad to calm down and to listen to him. He explains he may know what's happened. He explains his ancestors once tried to experiment with time and broke the course of the celestial bodies. In order to repair their mistakes, they built a device known as the Celestial Clock that would restore the flow of "time". This device was powered by Star Cogs which seem to be missing. Merlon conjectures the seven lights they saw before were in fact the Star Cogs being dispersed around the Kingdom.

Kammy Koopa says the story is interesting but she needs to leave. She takes the still unconscious Bowser with her and fly away, claiming they would be back for Peach... eventually.

Merlon continues saying the retrieval of the seven Star Cogs may return things back to normal. Suddenly, the dial on the clock begins to glow and show a young female Goomba and a western-like town. Toadsworth says this seems to be Yeehaw Town, a small village located East of Toad Town, past the Tagada Plains. Peach asks Mario to help the Mushroom Kingdom once again by retrieving the Star Cogs. Mario accepts and leaves the castle. Toadsworth, Luigi and some of the castle staff begin to clean up the room while Merlon studies the clock in detail.
 Peach is reminded of an old lore book she read once and leave for the library.

Mario leaves to the East and enters the Tagada Plains.



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GoAnimateSucks2022's avatar

Here's my possible prologue for PM:RPF!


PROLOGUE: When the Blue Monster Comes...

Story: Tubba Blubba's about to kidnap Professor Frankly and you need to defeat him in order to save Frankly, but it's a fake out boss, Frankly is not saved!


For smochdar (Se-na Kim)