This is gonna be a disaster.
Right-on. This means you'll have to read this thread sideways too, so rotate your monitors, folks.
"It was mysterious mainly because nobody could read the dang stories. How do you read a book that's just a bunch of lines? Nobody knows."
"But when they got their hands on the book, they found you could see through it because it was empty. People couldn't tell if that was because their futures were empty, or they just got ripped off."
Ohhhh... so it's one of Hermaeus Mora's books then? That's neat, I could use a few more perks.
Because that always works so well in video games.
Evil book --> Love? Makes sense.
Oh my god, I didn't know they meant "love" that literally. Abort mission! Abort!
Oh wait, false alarm. I'm just the Princess and I was practicing the alphabet. Vowels always give me trouble.
Eyelids... so heavy.
Eh? Who is this dumbass here?
And why is THIS dumbass here???
And why am I wearing a wedding dress????? Did you fucks seriously change my clothes while I was unconscious?!? Are you for real?!? And here I thought TEC wanting me to take my clothes off every five seconds was creepy.
What is even going on here? I heard of in medias res, but this is kind of a bit TOO weird to dump on someone all at once.
"You're not wearing any pants, dude!"
"I know, and it's AWESOME!"
"Like, you literally do because you're the king, but also we're celebrating for you!"
Ok, dope. Preparations for what, though?
Is that the title of this story? "Then It Shall Be Begun", by Count Bleck? I thought it was called Super Paper Mario, but maybe I missed a memo.
Wait, back up.
No really, hold on for a sec'.
Ok, I think I've had enough of this nonsense!
Oh my god, he's a shipper! Now it all makes sense, I got sucked into someone's weird fanfic.
"Because that's my OTP, you silly Princess!"
I smell a sitcom. I guess Toadsworth can be the cranky old man who lives in our basement.
"Oh no she didn't!"
KABOOM!
"Also, I'm not sure you have any right to insult someone elses fashion sense, Ms. Pastel-Pink."
Must... resist... being... shipped...
Super-hypnosis? What, was the regular kind too vanilla for you?
There are those pesky vowels again.
I think I resisted a bit too hard there. Those words came out red.
"Ahem, excuse me!"
"I have you know that the bond of matrimony is a legally binding contract. And by law it is dictated that, by making someone agree to the terms of a contract by force, the agreement is not binding, and said contract becomes null and void!
So really, your plan is stupid, this wedding is invalid, and you wasted everyone's time, including your own."
Since Mario is our main character and silent protagonist of this playthrough, most of it will be narrated from his perspective, the sole exception being the first entry, which is from Peach's. The text outside the screencaps illustrates his internal monologues, mumblings under his breath, and snide comments at other characters. This extends to scenes where he is not actually present... somehow. It's best not to think about it.
I am characterizing Mario as a video game veteran, and thus his comments will occasionally be meta and discuss game tropes and such. He is also easily irritable and does not take kindly to being annoyed on purpose or having his time wasted.
Mario's narration will be plain text, with no quotation marks
"Princess Peach talks in pink"
"Bowser talks in orange"
"Luigi talks in green"
"Quotation marks and plain text means any other character is talking"
I am characterizing Mario as a video game veteran, and thus his comments will occasionally be meta and discuss game tropes and such. He is also easily irritable and does not take kindly to being annoyed on purpose or having his time wasted.
Mario's narration will be plain text, with no quotation marks
"Princess Peach talks in pink"
"Bowser talks in orange"
"Luigi talks in green"
"Quotation marks and plain text means any other character is talking"
Right-on. This means you'll have to read this thread sideways too, so rotate your monitors, folks.
"It was mysterious mainly because nobody could read the dang stories. How do you read a book that's just a bunch of lines? Nobody knows."
"But when they got their hands on the book, they found you could see through it because it was empty. People couldn't tell if that was because their futures were empty, or they just got ripped off."
Ohhhh... so it's one of Hermaeus Mora's books then? That's neat, I could use a few more perks.
Because that always works so well in video games.
Evil book --> Love? Makes sense.
Oh my god, I didn't know they meant "love" that literally. Abort mission! Abort!
Oh wait, false alarm. I'm just the Princess and I was practicing the alphabet. Vowels always give me trouble.
Eyelids... so heavy.
Eh? Who is this dumbass here?
And why is THIS dumbass here???
And why am I wearing a wedding dress????? Did you fucks seriously change my clothes while I was unconscious?!? Are you for real?!? And here I thought TEC wanting me to take my clothes off every five seconds was creepy.
What is even going on here? I heard of in medias res, but this is kind of a bit TOO weird to dump on someone all at once.
"You're not wearing any pants, dude!"
"I know, and it's AWESOME!"
"Like, you literally do because you're the king, but also we're celebrating for you!"
Ok, dope. Preparations for what, though?
Is that the title of this story? "Then It Shall Be Begun", by Count Bleck? I thought it was called Super Paper Mario, but maybe I missed a memo.
Wait, back up.
No really, hold on for a sec'.
Ok, I think I've had enough of this nonsense!
Oh my god, he's a shipper! Now it all makes sense, I got sucked into someone's weird fanfic.
"Because that's my OTP, you silly Princess!"
I smell a sitcom. I guess Toadsworth can be the cranky old man who lives in our basement.
"Oh no she didn't!"
KABOOM!
"Also, I'm not sure you have any right to insult someone elses fashion sense, Ms. Pastel-Pink."
Must... resist... being... shipped...
Super-hypnosis? What, was the regular kind too vanilla for you?
There are those pesky vowels again.
I think I resisted a bit too hard there. Those words came out red.
"Ahem, excuse me!"
"I have you know that the bond of matrimony is a legally binding contract. And by law it is dictated that, by making someone agree to the terms of a contract by force, the agreement is not binding, and said contract becomes null and void!
So really, your plan is stupid, this wedding is invalid, and you wasted everyone's time, including your own."
