Chapter
11
Preparations
The
Mario Bros. reach
“Oy,
Michael!” Mario yells.
“What?”
“Umm,”
Luigi says, “could you tell us where the next castle is?”
“Yes.”
“WHAT?!
You will?”
“Sure.
The reason I’m doing this is because I kinda feel bad about what I did to you
guys. I was kinda mean too, not helping you on adventure. So I will tell you
where the next castle is. You must go… down.”
“What
do you mean?” Luigi asks.
“What
I mean is that you must go under the sea.”
“Okay,”
Mario says, “but there’s one teensy little problem… WE CAN’T BREATHE
WHEN WE’RE IN WATER!”
“I’m
very aware of that problem.” Michael says.
“Okay,”
Mario says, “how do we breathe underwater?”
“Simple;
Merlon.” (Merlon is a wizard and fortune teller in ‘Paper Mario’.)
Mario
smacks his forehead. “Of course! Why didn’t I think of that?”
“Beca-.
I’ll stop myself from saying that.” M
“Okay,
thanks. Bye.” Luigi says.
They
Mario brothers walk off to Merlon (not to be confused with “Merlin”).
They
stop at the circular house with the spinning roof (which is Merlon’s house).
They go into Merlon’s house. The brothers look around the house. It is
circular shaped and the only thing in it is a table and a crystal ball.
“Hello.
Isn’t anybody here?” Luigi yells.
No
answer.
“I
don’t think he’s here, Luigi.” Mario says.
“Hello.
Welcome to Merlon’s Magical Mason. Come here to get palms read, fortunes told,
and to see a look into your future.”
Merlon
appears to the right side of Mario.
“We
didn’t come here to get ripped off,” Mario says, “We want to be able to
breathe underwater.”
“Okay.”
Merlon says, “I need you both to stand over in that corner.”
The
Mario Bros. stand in that corner. Merlon goes over to the crystal ball and waves
his hands over it. He starts saying magical words and the crystal ball lights
up. Merlon then points over to where the two brothers are and the light from the
crystal ball shoots out a ray of light. The light engulfs the brothers. The
light.
“Good,
good. Excellent! But does it work…” Merlon says. He snaps his fingers and a
water trough appears in the corner. “Mario, I need you to come over here…”
Mario
goes over there. “Do you want me to stick my head in that water trough? Cause
it’s not gonna happen!”
“Don’t
worry,” Merlon says, “I don’t want you
to stick your head underwater…”
Upon
saying this, Merlon grabs Mario’s head and holds it underwater. Mario takes a
huge gulp of water, and to his surprise, he can breathe!
“Great!
It works!” Merlon says.
“Please
don’t stick my head underwater too.” Luigi says.
“Don’t
worry. If it works on him, it’ll work on you too.”
While
they were talking, Mario had taken his head out from the trough. He is
miraculously dry though.
“Cool.”
Mario says, “That was really cool. It’s just like breathing air!”
“Oh
by the way,” Merlon says, “You two can talk to each other while you are
underwater.
“Thanks
Merlon!” Luigi says.
“Yes,
yes. You’re welcome. That’ll be fifty bucks.” Merlon says.
“WHAT?!”
The Mario brothers say in unison.
“But,
but,” Luigi stammers, “we’re trying to save the princess and all, and,
and, you gotta make this free!”
“Sorry.
A business is a business. Pay up… NOW!”
“Fine.”
Says Mario as he fishes out fifty from his pocket.
“Why
thank you.” Merlon says. “I hope to do business with you again.” Merlon
says with a smile.
The
brothers leave Merlon’s house and go to the port.
“You
ready, Luigi?”
“I’m
ready, Mario.”
They
both take a deep breath, close their eyes, and then jump into the sea.