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Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 1/2 EXP: 211 Next: 68 Since: 02-08-09 Last post: 5577 days Last view: 5577 days |
Well, I registered to post up this suggestion. Feel free to shoot it down if you don't like it, it won't make me feel bad or anything as I got enjoyment out of witting it if nothing else. :-) Its a little long, so bear with me.
.......................................................... Sometimes, things don’t always end as they should, and even when the ending is happy, well, the ending isn’t always the end. So what happened after the curtain closed on Mario and our friends? What happened once balance was restored to the world and our heroes celebrated with their parade and watched the stars above? Within the world and beyond what eyes could see, the gears of what would come were already turning. After all, they didn’t really think things would be that simple, did they? The star road had been restored, this much was true, but the star road itself served to maintain the harmony of the world. Even if it was fixed, the time that it was damaged, the time that things were misaligned was more than enough to send fractures through the world. Smithy had been a powerful opponent, but he had been a living and breathing one. He had held both understandable motivation, if twisted, and emotions, if dark. But the foe that threatens our heroes this time is of a different nature. After all, how do you face something as basic as a manifestation of entropy released by the fractures that wound themselves through the world? But such a manifestation had little power without a vessel to channel itself through, without a form to concentrate itself in. Enter our starlit hero, Mario. Mario had saved the world, had spared it from the Havoc that Smithy would have unleashed. But by doing this, Mario himself had carried the Stars, had been a vessel for their safe return. All of that energy carried by a mortal, such a thing would leave unseen scars beneath the surface. It was these scars, these cracks in the armor of our righteous hero that entropy found, that entropy seeped through and invaded. It was in this way that the brightest light in our world faded and became its darkest point. Maybe Geno could have stopped this, had he taken from Mario that first star and held the ones there after himself. And he would have, surely, had Geno not been a youngling star child. Had he known what might occur. But even the elders themselves could only speculate and guess as to what might happen. And maybe the elders themselves could have looked upon the world, gazed upon what was starting and reached their hands into to stop the flow of cascading darkness from happening… had the fractures of the star road not have been worse than that which began in the world. The source of balance was also the hardest hit by the absence of it. Even as Mario found himself possessed by Entropy Manifest, even as it made its presence known to those that could feel it by concentrating itself so, the Star Road faltered and failed. As Mario made his way into the Mushroom Kingdom, his eyes swirling pools of sheer nothing, the stars above winked out one by one until none were left, and the people of the world felt a shudder shift through their very souls. A single glimmer of hope went easily overlooked due to this, but those who knew to look for it would find their hearts slightly lifted by its appearance. A single shooting star on an unknown destination, its form perhaps the gleaming sign marking the return of a hero who had helped to deliver the world in its last time of darknes. Our story picks up two years after the stars vanished, and the world finds itself dying. By this point, Entropy’s presence in the world has already caused most every towns buildings to find themselves reduced to rubble with those that still stand in various states of decay. Like the buildings, the population is already dead or finds itself dieing at various rates. There are still a few in good health, but the number of which slowly falls with every passing day. The Mushroom kingdom is the worst hit. Not a single building still stands besides the princesses castle, and it finds itself a twisted version of what it used to be, and even it is in a constant state of decay. It is here that Entropy sits upon its thrown, content to let the world fall to ruin while it stands idle. It is also from here that it sends out shadow images of itself, each of these varying in the level of strength provided. Where ever these make there way to decays at a much faster rate as they are concentrated form of entropy, if not Pure like the one that sits upon the throne. They are drawn to strong concentrations of stability. Luckily for the world, the princess was able to escape from the place before the darkness that is now in Mario’s form waltzed in. From here window she made way much as she did during the much lighter story that preceded this one. Her wear about are unknown by the general populous. Tadpole pond has been reduced to a murky swamp, most of the water having evaporated and the trees withered and dead. No sweet music can be heard coming from what was once the tune pool any more, and Frogfucious is assumed to be dead, his failing health from age having been hurried along by the forces of entropy in the world. Boosters tower has been abandoned, its structural safety having failed rather quickly after the appearance of a form of entropy. Gathering his Snifit and bomb armies, Booster “Invaded” Yoshi’s island and turned it into a veritable fortress. They have thus far been able to resist the appearance of further forms of entropy who have wandered in that direction, though a keen observer might notice that even at that the fortress holds itself together rather well. If one would ask the right person, they would learn that the star that fell on that fateful night landed on the island. The people of seaside town have relocated to Jones’ ship, much to his annoyance. Due to its location underwater, it has avoided being the target of concentrated entropy, and due to its nature of already being busted and decayed even increased entropy hasn’t had much of an effect on it at this point. The residents of monstro town have relocated to the inside of a once sealed door that had vanished for awhile. It reappeared a year after the death of the world began and much to the surprise of those that explored it an odd looking host was there to welcome them, though coldly, announcing that it wished to do battle with their hero once more. It grew disappointed when it was informed of what had thus happened in the world and allowed the citizens of the city to take up residence in its location between dimensions, even going so far as to make a city for them there. Even Culex’s immense power is limited, however, and the strain of maintaining a dimension in which both he and the citizens can live is slowly taking a toll on it. If things aren’t resolved soon, it will falter for even a second and all present will be lost to the void between dimensions forever. Nimbus land is in surprisingly good shape. Through some twist, the clouds themselves are held together through sheer will, or psychic magic. The people of the villages health is failing much like the rest of the world, but so long as they collectively have enough strength the city itself will maintain form. And the strongest of them all is the Hero Mallow, having been strengthened by his journey with Mario and co. He is a pillar that the rest have come to lean on, and through the strength of his mind the city has yet to falter an inch. The last place we visit, and the beginning of our story, is Bowser’s keep. Or the land that was once Bowser’s keep, at any rate. It is through the magic of Magi Koopa that the keep had survived thus, though it was the brains of the Princess that Bowser “kidnapped” from the woods near the mushroom kingdom that had hatched the plan. Through some use of experimental magic, Magi koopa had either managed to transfer Bowser’s keep into Exor’s Mouth and thus into that dimension, or he had managed to extend that dimension to cover the mouth. Even Magi Koopa isn’t really sure as the magic involved is new to him. [IE, whichever is easier to program. :-)] The world slowly finds itself fading into nothingness, and even the strongholds that have managed to allow life to continue on will soon find themselves fading from existence as their strength falters. The Heroes must act before even their strong will and strength finds itself sapped by the ongoing forces at work on them. Will the world find itself saved as it always has in the past, or is this its final chapter? To fade into the darkness with a whimper, rather than a bang? ................................................... Heroes: All of the old cast with the exception of Mario. If this is too difficult, then re-coloring Mario to Luigi is a possibility, as is having a Mario machine produced from Smithies factory. Level: I suggest starting the starting heroes off at level 15 if its not too difficult, and just adjusting the strength of the monsters and level of learning skills as needed. This is to just give a general feeling of continuity rather than starting at level 1 all over again. Comments, questions or concerns are well welcomed. |
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Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 2/2 EXP: 211 Next: 68 Since: 02-08-09 Last post: 5577 days Last view: 5577 days |
Well, glad you all like it then. 
I don't actually write much, well not story wise anyways. I role play a lot is the thing. I'm best if writing in focused chunks. Stories don't hold the same level, but if I do it in bits and pieces they sometimes come out well. Anyways, getting sidetracked, guess we'll see what the others think. |
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