#Morton koopa knows what's up

[angelxd-3303]

Ok, everyone asked for this, so here you go!

Tw: panic attack, mention of trauma

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"I don't understand, he's never done this!" Kamek gave his concerned agreement, saying:

"Indeed, this is very unlike him." He and Bowser were scouring the castle grounds in search of Luigi. The queen had gone missing around midday, with guards swearing that he'd never left. Certainly he wouldn't sneak out? Bowser was rumbling worriedly, looking over and under everything in his room. Then, he perked up.

"If I'm going to find him, I need to get down to his level. Get me one of the human potions." Too worried to argue, Kamek hopped on his broom and raced to his study. As he exited the room, he was met by all eight Koopalings. All of them sensed the fear from their elders, and it unsettled them.

"Where's Mama?" Ludwig asked.

"We, uh, don't know. Hey! Spread out and go help us find him. He's got to be somewhere in the castle…" The last bit was mumbled, but the koopa kits were already scampering off in all directions to find their Mama. Kamek rushed back to Bowser, where the frantic husband was letting out rumbling chirps to call his mate. Kamek smacked him on the head to snap him out of it; one instinct-driven MegaKoopa was one too many. Bowser growled, stopping once he saw Kamek. The wizard handed him the potion, and the eager Koopa King downed it in one gulp.

The changes were quick, and soon a strongly built ginger with dark skin and catlike yellow eyes replaced the gargantuan koopa. Bowser shook his head to clear it, adjusting the cuffs of his dress shirt. He rolled the sleeves up to the elbows, as he hated the feeling of them being all the way down.

"Ok, I'm gonna check the room again; go check on the troops. See if anyone's found him." Bowser ordered. Kamek bowed, racing on his broom to obey. Bowser looked around the room, opening closets and pushing aside a multitude of dresses to peek behind them. Nothing. He huffed.

Where could his beloved queen be?!

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'It's ok, just wait here until Mario comes back.' It was no secret that Luigi had a hard time with solitude. He'd always been with his brother; being alone was dangerous. Being alone was bad. He had to hide. Hide until he wasn't alone. 

That led to Luigi eventually tucking himself away in the back of a broom closet. He snuggled into his shawl, sighing deeply. Cleaning supplies surrounded him, and Luigi made sure they obscured his hiding place from view. He rested his head against the wall behind him, playing with his braid. 

He had been taking care of some paperwork for the construction of a new set of ships. Rather than warships, these were made for the purpose of exploration. Since the Koopa Kingdom had shed their somewhat barbaric reputation, other worlds were more open to the idea of the kingdom expanding their knowledge.

The bookkeepers were thrilled to have their queen taking care of the paperwork. Not only was he more organized than Bowser, but they also didn't have to print all the papers out to be six times their size so he could read it. The only problem was, he had been alone nearly all morning. After saying a quick "see you later" to his husband, Luigi had been left to his own devices, aside from a servant bringing him lunch at his desk. 

It started ok, with him carefully reading through each document before signing them. More and more though, Luigi found his eyes darting around the room nervously. His leg began to bounce, his forehead beaded with sweat, and his hand trembled as he picked up his glass of water. Finally, Luigi let out a whimper and jumped up from his seat. He braced his hands against the mahogany desk, shaking and panting. In moments, he was no longer safe in his home. Suddenly he was on the streets, and all he knew was that Mario was nowhere in sight. 

Mind clouded by fear, Luigi snuck out of his study on featherlight feet. He darted about looking for a place to hide. He finally found a broom closet, rushing in and burrowing himself in the furthest corner. Finally he could breathe.

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"Mama! Mama!" Lemmy called, perched on the head of a paratroopa.

"Mama, where are you?!" Jr. peeked under a table, frowning at Wendy as she scoffed.

"He wouldn't be under the table, silly!" His twin declared. Jr. stuck out his tongue.

"Well I don't see you miraculously finding him, dummy!" He retorted. Iggy stepped between them, growling irritably.

"Shut up, you knuckleheads! This isn't helping! Quit fighting, Mama could be hurt, or trapped somewhere!" The pair sobered, resuming their search of the dining hall more intensely. 

Morton, meanwhile, was out in the hall with Ludwig and Roy. Larry scampered in, frantic.

"He's not in his study, any luck?!" He shouted. Roy shook his head, tail twitching nervously. As they ran through a list of possible places, Morton suddenly perked up. He wasn't very good at talking, Mama was working with him on that, but he had a very good sense of smell. As such, the scent of lilac perfume and old books came to him easily. A smell that was so uniquely Mama. He sniffed the air, tail wagging as he followed the trail. 

The rest of the kits had entered the hall, and Iggy frowned at seeing Morton shuffle off.

"Uh. Morton. Buddy. Ma's still missing, dude." He called. Morton shot him a toothy grin, wagging his tail.

"Mama this way!" He exclaimed. Morton didn't wait for them to answer, trotting off. His siblings tailed after, a chorus of trills sounding off as they picked up the scent. The kits rounded the corner, skidding to a halt. At first they didn't recognize the strange human, but the thick smell of apple wood smoke and honey marked him as their Papa. 

"Anything, kids?" He asked. 

"Morton found Mama's scent! We're following it now!" Laughing with relief, Bowser patted Morton's head.

"Atta boy, Morton! Let's go find your Mama." With that, the group followed Morton. He sniffed the air, pausing beside a closet door. He crouched down, sniffing under the doorway. Yup, Mama was definitely in there!

"Is…is he in there? Why would Mama be in the closet?" Wendy inquired. Morton chirped worriedly. Mama was in there, he was sure of it! Papa came up beside him, and opened the door. The kits all piled up in the doorway. At first, no one saw anything. Well, other than a broom closet. Then, way in the back, something moved.

Morton crawled in, burly body barely fitting. He nudged his Mama's leg, chirping. A soft snore met him, and he trilled. His Mama didn't respond at first, then his pretty eyes opened slowly. 

"Mhh? Morton?"

"Hi, Mama!" Morton exclaimed. Mama looked sleepy, humming softly.

Behind him, Bowser sighed with relief. He turned to the paratroopa accompanying the kits.

"Tell the search parties we found him."

"Yes, sire." Bowser nudged Morton, who gave up his place hesitantly. Bowser crouched down, moving buckets and mops aside. Luigi was tucked into the back of the closet, and seemed to be just waking up. Bleary eyes landed on him, and Luigi whined quietly.

"Mh, Bowser? Wha-?" 

"Shhh, it's ok." Bowser reassured him, gently scooping him up. It took a bit of wiggling, but Bowser managed to get out. Immediately, Luigi was bombarded by his worried children. All of them were trilling and chirping while rubbing their cheeks against his.

"Mama, why were you in the closet?!"

"We were so worried!"

"Are you hurt, did someone hurt you?!"

Luigi looked between the speakers with a dazed expression.

"Uh…huh? Wha-"

"Ok, I think your Mama is having a rough day, how about you go let all the search parties know he's ok? I'm gonna take him back to the nest." Leaving no room for argument, Bowser gathered Luigi up bridal style and carried him towards their shared room. Luigi went limp against his chest, groaning. As he was laid down, Luigi rubbed his eyes.

"Ugh, what happened?" Bowser sighed, pulling him into his arms as he sat down.

"I was hoping you could tell me. You went missing for a few hours; the whole Capital is in an uproar because no one could find you." He explained. Luigi groaned.

"I'm… I'm sorry. I…I don't know what happened. I just… I was alone for a long time…and I think…" Luigi twiddled his thumbs. 

"I think I got really panicked. I started thinking that I was…back on the streets and had to hide." Bowser hummed, kissing his forehead.

"Well, we can't have that now can we, my Queen? How about we arrange for you to have an assistant with you so you're not alone while doing paperwork? Would that help?" Luigi's eyes darted around, he was clearly still disoriented.

"I don't- I don't know, I…" He sniffled, burying his face in Bowser's chest with whimpered apologies. 

"Hey, shush, it's ok. I've got you. Let's just relax for a bit, ok? We can make decisions later. Just breathe, Turtledove." He whispered. Luigi nodded, and they did just that. Later the Koopalings would swarm the nest to comfort their still shaking Mama, and Kamek would come in to meticulously look him over to make sure he really was unharmed.

For now? They just sat in the silence and enjoyed the company of the one they loved the most.

[shapeshiftinterest]

mario fanfiction prompts: bowser x luigi (PART 3)

headcanons i made in the discord

there is 1 long lasting peace treaty between kingdoms and it’s an agreement that nobody is allowed to use the nickname KB (because of kings boo, bowser, and bob-omb)

bowser kidnaps everyone he has an interest in

koopas are good at knitting/ crochet and use their claws instead of hooks or needles; it’s one of bowser’s anger management hobbies and he taught junior how to do it

thought of this cuz i can crochet and learned some ppl can do it with just their hands

bowuigi try to makeout but luigi burns his tongue or something cuz bowser runs abnormally hot

thought of this when i burnt my mouth eating a croquette

sometimes luigi wakes up earlier than bowser and watches him sleep

since luigi can fall asleep fast, maybe he’s a heavy sleeper and doesn’t mind if bowser snores

luigi sleep walks and talks, but like THIS

bowser as luigi’s weighted blanket

bowser asks kamek to help luigi with his anxiety with a spell or a potion or something; kamek says that’s impossible and suggests medicine and a therapist, maybe multiple therapists

junior and the koopalings probably call luigi by his name or nicknames before bowser does, before and when the two start dating

bowser gets jealous and wants to do it too but feels awkward cuz it’d be weird to just start doing it out of nowhere

rookie (amnesia bowser) but instead of just being kind of gullible he’s actually a bit of a yandere; maybe he’s sweet but also smart and scheming

sneaky rookie where he switches between useful and resourceful to stupid and pathetic to keep mr. L interested and his guard down

someone in the discord mentioned that italians climb poles (LINK they gave) and i saw a vid of morton koopa saying “high place broke... low place scary“, headcanon that luigi and morton climb bowser when he’s really big

koopas shed/molt, bowser usually helps his kids with it

luigi helps after getting captured or after him and bowser start dating, maybe luigi has eczema and that’s why he knows so much about lessening the itching feeling

bowser and his kids like to loaf or sploot when they’re really comfortable or sleepy tired, sometimes luigi will lie down next to/ on their side and relax with them

luigi worked at the casino enough to learn both card and magic tricks and he shows off to anyone interested, including bowser’s army

luigi is incredibly comfortable and casual about wearing skirts and dresses, he could show up to tennis practice in a skirt and no one would bat an eye, it’s one of the things he’s most confident about

what if bowser had a pouch like a kangaroo and junior tagged along on some of his adventures with a switch and a juicebox just chillin in there and occassionally popping his head out to watch the fight

luigi talking about polterpup “what ails you my little unemployed freeloader”

bowser measuring his kid’s height in sauces

PART 1, PART 2, PART 3

[bones-and-whatnot]

Breakdowns of How I Characterize the Koopalings

Ludwig:

“Classy”, grandiose and insufferably smug. Unlike Larry, you cannot convince Ludwig he isn’t hot shit, no matter what you do. After Iggy, Ludwig is the best at plotting and since Iggy keeps his schemes to himself more often than not, Ludwig usually plays the mastermind in the Koopalings plans. (Ironically, Iggy is the one whose plots are generally built on self-interest. Ludwig is more likely to scheme for the goals of the Koopalings and Koopa Kingdom as a whole— just as long as everyone is clear it was HIS brilliant idea.)

Ludwig loves the classical arts, the sciences and anything else that will reinforce his belief of being smarter and more cultured than the other Koopalings. He sees himself as their leader and essentially he is— not because they respect him more, but because he is the one most interested in actual conquest and warfare, so when Bowser gives them an assignment Ludwig is usually the one who takes the initiative to make a plan and assign all the others different tasks. Ludwig can often be found sequestered away somewhere playing music, painting, tending to his Piranha Plant garden or otherwise looking pretentious and unbothered.

Lemmy:

Silly and fun-loving, not particularly evil. Pretty content to go along with whatever the objective of his family is. Of the Koopalings, he’s the most likely to be friendly with the Mario Brothers/not DIRECTLY injure them/defect from Bowser. However, this isn’t necessarily because he believes in the cause of GOOD, but just because he’s more concerned with his own entertainment than any particular ideology or group (not in like a “mwahaha you are all my toys” way, but in a way where he kinda treats everything like a fun little game and just doesn’t seem super concerned with the consequences of anything). Lemmy surrounds himself with games, toys and amusements. He’s something of a G-rated hedonist.

Roy:

Stereotypical bully. Gets a kick from violence, thinks he’s really cool, always seems to be in that bully mood where they’re wearing a mean smile because they’re at the top of the food chain but they also seem really angry.

Though he has the capacity to be high energy and DOES like beating people up, Roy’s also kinda lazy, preferring to intimidate others into doing the hard work for him while he kicks his feet up (unless his pride is on the line). He will not charge into battle like Morton or desperately try to prove himself like Larry. Forcibly enrolled in night school by Kamek to try and whip him into shape (but he’ll act like it was his own idea when it makes him look good).

Iggy:

Manic, sadistic, always giggling with the kind of laugh that makes it seem like he knows (or thinks he knows) something you don’t. Like something bad is going to happen, and you could avoid it if you knew about it, but Iggy is deliberately keeping it to himself. Very cunning, probably plotting at any given moment, but no one ever knows for sure (Lemmy is the only one who generally is party to Iggy’s plans, but he doesn’t tell anyone because it’s fun to watch the fallout after).

He and Ludwig both have a passion for mechanical engineering. Iggy is actually a BETTER, more innovative inventor than Ludwig, but (being generally more secretive and enigmatic) he’s not as much of a show-off about it, so Ludwig usually ends up presenting himself with a more blatant “technology” motif (although it’s mostly stuff he didn’t actually make, like Bob-ombs, Mechakoopas and airships). Iggy’s stuff often has more of a “scavenged” or “cobbled-together” look than Ludwig’s, but where Ludwig gets by on only innate affinity, Iggy has actual honed skill and study, meaning the machinery he creates is usually more diverse and technically impressive. He just tends to keep it to himself. (Iggy’s equivalent to Ludwig’s natural-but-unhoned talent for technology is his skill in taming animals— particularly Chain Chomps).

Iggy’s also just kinda weird. He wanted a “cheese hotel”.

Wendy:

Greedy. Also a bit vain, which partly contributes to the greed— she wants baubles and pretty, shiny things. Wendy has a taste for glitz, glamour, and secret hordes of gold and jewels. Her aesthetic ostentatiousness is similar to Ludwig’s, but Wendy usually goes for a more flashy, white-marble-sculptures, “art deco” or “fancy hotel/casino” vibe, while Ludwig leans towards “sprawling Gothic manor/castle”.

Wendy’s also somewhat short-tempered. “Angry” is not her default, but she does appear to get mad more easily than most of her brothers (save Morton). Seems constantly annoyed (at best) or infuriated (at worst) with the “fools” around her, thinks she knows better. Bit of a mean girl.

Morton:

Like Roy, Morton is kind of a brute. The difference is that Morton is more brash and temperamental/doesn’t “play it cool” as much as Roy. Roy always seems angry, but there’s also a hint of smugness. Like he’s not TOO concerned, because he already knows he’s better than you. Morton definitely comes off as a lot more invested in his battles/genuinely fully INFURIATED by his foes— Roy is violent because it’s fun, Morton is violent because he’s easily angered to the point of violence. He’s also more likely to charge into battle without thinking (it’s not exactly that Roy is more tactical, just more lazy). Not a big smiler or joker.

Although he is deeply devoted to his family (and NO ONE else), Morton is not SPINELESS. Matter of fact, he is incredibly stubborn and no stranger to arguments with his siblings (mostly Roy). Morton never backs down from anything— he may move slowly, but once he starts, he can’t be stopped. Not really STUPID… but not really smart, either. (Morton is a bit insecure about seeming dim-witted, and sometimes sits in on Roy’s night classes. He’s still only really of average intelligence and lets his temper lead him into situations without giving them as much thought as he perhaps ought to, but he CAN recite long passages of the textbooks and lectures from memory at breakneck speed. Roy uses it to cheat on tests and essays.)

Larry:

Like a snarky, annoying 90s protagonist who thinks he’s hot shit (very easily angered by the implication that he is not hot shit— he’s got something to prove). Into sports. Larry is deeply envious of anyone in the Koopa Troop who gets more respect or recognition than him, intensely desires Bowser’s approval and tries to scheme against his siblings to get it about as often as he schemes against the Mario Brothers. His siblings tolerate it because his machinations are always excruciatingly obvious and unsuccessful. Despite his rank-climbing ambitions, though, Larry is not a suck-up. He has JUST enough dignity to avoid that. Claims he is the leader of the Koopalings. All the rest either say Ludwig is or that they don’t have one. (Wendy says she SHOULD be the leader, but not that she IS.)

[koopaling-au]

The Rise of Koopa Kid Final Part

Junior: Troopas! TROOPAS! Wake up!! Please wake up! I know you can!!

Morton: Troopas…dead.

Junior: No. NO!!! I refuse it! I refuse to believe it!!

Morton: He…he lost much blood.

Junior: no…no…Troopas…

Morton: *sniffle*

Junior: Hey, Morty, what’s wrong? :(

Junior: W-what? But…but…you saved me!

Morton: Yeah, but Bowser says if one of us sibling hurt each other, we will be severely punished. And Morton broke rule saving you.

Junior: But…but…BUT SO DID KOOPA KID!!!

Morton: But…Koopa Kid dead.

Junior: …

Morton: *sniffle*

Junior: …

Morton: What does Junior mean?

Junior: I mean—we can’t tell anyone! He’kk never know! But we can’t tell anyone! Not even Ludwig, got it?!

Morton: …

Junior: I! I mean, if that’s okay with you…

Morton: *nods* :3

Junior: Wait, really?! Even after I was a jerk to you?!

Morton: All Morton want to do is protect Junior. :)

Junior: *sniffle* :)

Morton: Morton is now bodyguard.

Junior: :D Okay, okay!! But first I have to explain this to Trooper and Troops…

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The End

So…hope you liked the story, there will be more to come! Dusk & Dawn is currently in action!!

Also there will be an aftermath post of this story called “The Damage of Koopa Kid” including The Troopa family crisis, Junior & Morton after, & the fate of Koopa Kid

And Thank you!! :3

[spikedsoul]

maid's worst nightmare - ch 41

thank you to everyone who's keeping up with this longass, slow to update story!! i'll keep updating the pinned post on my blog just in case some of y'all prefer to wait a while to read several chapters at once, i know they short 😅

previous chapters

@sovereign-of-succ

(i'm assuming you still want tagged in these?)

Your mind should’ve been reeling over the fact that you just insulted a king to his face only for him to turn around and tell you he liked it. It should’ve also still been reeling about how the same king had completely and utterly rearranged your guts just earlier.

But it wasn’t.

Junior barely avoided a banana that Morton dropped, but Ludwig hit it hard and went spinning out; at the same time, Junior let fly a red shell, and Morton wasn’t quite able to dodge the homing device, allowing the youngest koopa to fly out in front.

Bowser genuinely hadn’t minded, and had calmed you down so naturally that you were almost alarmed. He’d been surprisingly good to you so far, like you couldn’t do any wrong… and you were starting to wonder what would happen when you did inevitably fuck up. Hopefully he hadn’t put you on such a pedestal as to have it come crashing down when you proved fallible…

The moment the boys crashed through some item boxes, both Morton and Ludwig threw them - Morton chucked a banana forward at the same time Ludwig threw a red shell. The shell skidded under the banana and straight for Junior, but Junior was ready; at the last moment, he sent a green shell flying backwards, shattering the threat to his lead.

You’d just have to wait and see, you supposed; things were just getting started between you two, and even the healthiest of couples probably argued sometimes. The test would be how you two reconciled, depending on the infraction.

Morton flew through an item block, now behind not only Junior but Ludwig as well. No sooner did the little star appear in his hand than he used it - his speed picked up fairly dramatically on top of his new glowing status, and he quickly began to close the gap between himself and his eldest brother. Ludwig barely had time to move before Morton came barreling past him.

Unfortunately, that chosen moment was right on a sharp turn, and Morton was going much too fast to be able to handle the corner. Even more unfortunately, it had been a turn onto the stretch of road that ran through the lava field without guardrails; he went careening off the edge toward the boiling lava below, Ludwig quickly overtaking him with what seemed to be a laugh.

“Morton!” you cried, and you could even feel Bowser tense behind you, but just like before he held you fast in his lap.

“Remember what I said,” he rumbled quietly, although the vague strain of his voice was easy enough for you to hear.

“How–?!”

Literally as you asked that question, a lakitu came rising up with a fishing pole in hand. Morton was somehow on the end of the line, obviously fuming as his kart got plopped back onto the road a little unceremoniously. He took off the second he could, but he was now well behind both of his brothers.

“See? There’s never real danger.” Bowser gently rubbed his chin on your head again, purring quietly.

You let out a little whimper as you pressed yourself as close to Bowser as you could. “Doesn’t mean it’s not terrifying… you can’t tell me you didn’t worry briefly, too.”

“Of course I did!” he scoffed. “But they’re my kids. Well as I know the game, don’t mean I won’t still worry ‘bout ‘em.”

At least he was man enough to admit it, you supposed. And he had a point - they were his kids, not yours, yet here you are worrying like a distraught mother. Bowser had seemed like the type to just let his kids do whatever without worrying too much, so you were actually sort of glad to realize that wasn’t the case, and that maybe he just knew how to let the kids make their own mistakes. Based on his flinch, you knew he’d be willing to do what was needed for them if necessary, but if he knew it wasn’t…

“Are there ever any times you do step in?” you asked softly as you watched Junior use “bad” items to routinely block the shells coming at him.

Somehow, Ludwig and Morton weren’t getting lucky with items anymore.

“All the time… or at least, I used to. My kids is pretty good at knowing their limits now, though. We been through enough rigamarole they know when to ask for help, or when I might go off on ‘em. I mean, Junior still learnin’, but he is the youngest,” he murmured.

You nodded, gently squeezing his hand with both of yours. That sounded fair enough, and still allowed the kids to make their own mistakes if they thought they could handle something.

Bowser chuffed above you and used both of his arms to gently squeeze you against him.

Down on the tracks, it was little surprise to see Junior sail over the finish line first, both of his little fists in the air from the obvious win. Ludwig came second, several seconds behind him and pouting, which meant poor Morton came last with a scowl on his face the whole way. You felt a little for him - he’d gotten a star, after all, and still came in last place! But then he’d also tried to drift around that sharp corner…

“Let’s go meet ‘em,” Bowser grunted, suddenly shifting you into his arms.

“Ah–” You barely had time to realize what was happening before he was taking the steps down two at a time, though he managed to keep from jostling you too much.

As he entered the hallway that led to the stairs down, he hummed quietly, thoughtfully. “Y’know, I think once we get back to our room-” Your eyes snapped wide at his use of the phrase ‘our room’ “-I think it’s about time you tell me your name, huh, darlin’?”

If you weren’t so blindsided by how his room was now y’all’s room, you might’ve sighed and tried to downplay it or put it off. But you were once again reeling for the umpteenth time that day at something incredibly unexpected that all you could do was nod and give him a weak response.

“Y-yeah… I’ll explain then…”

“Good! But first, we gotta congratulate the boys on a decent race. I’m sure Morton could use a big hug after that humiliatin’ defeat,” Bowser chuckled softly.

Yeah, honestly, after watching him almost fall into lava, you were pretty eager to hug the poor kid. Plus Ludwig would probably like a hug, and Junior… well, maybe even he’d want one! But you weren’t totally sure just yet. At any rate, you were happy for a change of subject.

“Yeah. But you’re gonna have to put me down for that, you know,” you smiled a bit.

Bowser scoffed, but you could see the playful smile on his maw. “We’ll see about that.”

[funtimesale123]

gn reader x bowser fan fic fourth chapter

You have breakfast and get to know the Royal Koopa Family a little better

(Also read the notes at the end for a little more info on things in this chapter)

Ugh…

You notice unknown weigh on you as you start to wake up.

Hearing multiple small voices some attempting to whisper but basically yelling in a whispery tone instead.

"Guys you're gonna wake em up!" Says the one you're most familiar with

"So this is the human from another world, huh? They don't look that special." Says a more girly voice

"Hey! The Human is very special!!! They were very nice to Morton and helped Morton golf!" Booms the loudest voice of the group

"..."

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I wonder if they'll like my tricks. Larry says they were fun to play golf with even if they're not the best" says a very bouncy and hyper voice

"They're probably just like the other humans like that scaredy cat green one or dumb meanie red one" says an agitated and rough voice

"Hey! Don't be mean, Roy. We haven't even given them a chance yet," says a very eloquently spoken voice

"Yeah! hehehe! and we can show them all our cool gadgets and battle strategies!" Another voice says

Groggily you finally open your sleepy eyes looking around to see you're surrounded by the koopa children with Roy and Wendy on you.

Oh… yeah… yesterday was real… and you really are in Bowser's Castle… surrounded by his eight kids… who have now started an argument over you.

Sigh

Welp while they're distracted you sneak off to the bathroom to hopefully tidy up a bit.

As you close the door you can still hear the now muffled sibling squabble.

You look around at the gorgeous and gigantic bathroom. The walls of course match a similar theme to the rest of the castle. Blacks and dark grays with fiery red highlights. You look over to see a bathtub/shower that's probably big enough to be jacuzzi.

Man, nearly everything in this castle is so much bigger and grander than what you're used to.

You notice something folded up on the counter with a note.

"Clothes fitting for the guest have been provided as well as possible necessities such as a toothbrush and toothpaste, both scented and unscented soaps, colognes and perfumes, hairbrush and other hair related products, and Basic beauty products and/or makeup. These can be found in the drawers and cabinets."

Setting the note aside you look over the clothes given to you

They're in a similar style to what you're currently wearing if not a bit more fancy. They're also seemingly made of the same materials as yours.

All in all the clothes are basically just a slightly fancier version of what you'd usually wear.

You set the clothes back down before washing your face, brushing your teeth, and doing whatever else then getting dressed.

As you step out the kids suddenly stop their arguing. It seems no one but Ludwig actually noticed that you'd gotten up.

As you walk in you remember that you technically haven't met all of them yet. You awkwardly wave.

"Um… Hi?"

"Tsk. At least they no longer look like some hobo even if it's not that much better." Roy mumbles

"Yeah, right?" Wendy whispers to him

Suddenly the twins were all over you!!!

Lemmy asking you childish questions while simultaneously showing you his tricks.

Iggy invading your personal space inspecting you and asking more invasive scientific questions.

Jr. Quickly runs over as Ludwig casually follows

You stand there dazed till Jr. Is able to calm the twins down as the three are bickering Ludwig introduces himself rather egotistically.

"Well hello there, I am Ludwig von Koopa, the eldest and most intelligent of my siblings." He boasts, puffing out his chest.

You notice Larry wave his wand showing a few images to talk and soon Lemmy translates

"Yeah!!! Larry's right, we're just as smart as you!!!"

"Hey! hey! hey! You're supposed to be tellin em who ya are guys!" Bowser Jr. reminds his siblings

"Oh… yeah!" Lemmy rolls his ball closer to you before excitedly saying "My name's Lemmy! Look at my trick! Look! Look! Look!" He then flips landing upside down on the ball on one hand and flipping and landing right side up.

"Wow!" You clap at the young koopas acrobatics as he giggles and bows

"My turn!" Iggy says nearly tripping over his twin to get to you. As he introduces himself he quickly starts to ramble out questions before you can even answer.

"I'm Iggy! You're from another world right, I'd love to study the differences in your anatomy and physiology! Do you have any unusual talents or abilities? Maybe we could run some experiments!"

You chuckle at Iggy's enthusiasm, but also feel a little overwhelmed by the bombardment of questions.

Before you can even respond, Roy pushes Iggy out the way and rudely introduces himself.

"Name's Roy or whatever " he grumbles before crossing his arms.

"Hey I wanted to go next! Hmph." Wendy pouts she then shoves Roy out the way as he yells about kicking her butt if she pushes him again to which she completely ignores as she introduces herself

"I'm Wendy and it's a pleasure to meet… Me"

"It is" you say as you indulge in the bratty princess's antics

As all the koopalings once again start talking at once, Kamek appears and not surprised by the children's behavior in the least simply announces

"Breakfast is ready, and young royals I urge you to try to not overwhelm the guest as being in an environment new to oneself can already be quite overwhelming."

You nod appreciatively at Kamek as he poofs off

before starting to chat with the koopalings on the way to the dining hall and throughout breakfast, learning about their personalities and interests.

Bowser chimes in occasionally about his children's many different accomplishments and skills.

Seems the Koopa King's pride isn't only limited to himself but to his children as well even if they're not related by blood it's clear he deeply cares for them nonetheless.

And despite their differences, the koopalings and Jr. all share a strong bond as siblings and a love for their family and kingdom.

You take a deep breath, realizing just how chaotic it can be living with the Royal Koopa Family, but also feeling a bit charmed by their quirks and personalities.

Notes

Man this is probably gonna take some getting used to ain't it…

(having played golf with Larry and Morton as well)

Sorry for retconning the story a bit

but I just had to have the koopalings play a more major story role cause I feel they don't get enough love

also sorry if the koopalings seem off, their characters haven't really been fleshed out as much in the games as Jr.s or Kameks

Also something to note is that Bowser's Castle in this story is based off of a combination of the Mario kart 8 track Bowser's Castle, Bowser's Castle (Arcade) from Mario Kart Arcade GP, and Bowser's Castle from Paper Mario: The Origami King.

so I'm basing them off of a combination of how they act in multiple appearances but mainly "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3" show and the "Nintendo Adventure Books" and just changing the personalities a bit to fit the game versions

I'll probably draw up some reference images of a few of the rooms I've described and maybe make a rough castle layout as well as draw a height chart that includes the koopalings soon so be prepared for that ^v^ anyways sorry for the massive notes and hope you've enjoyed the story so far <3

[perch-the-cat]

I'ma Judge you for who you main in Mario Kart (Don't take it too seriously)

(these are for Mario Kart 8 deluxe so it doesn't have all the players from tour)

Mario: You are basic or you just started playing Mario Kart and you don't really like any other characters as much

Luigi: You are probably obsessed with this man

Peach: same as Mario but you're probably a girl or a gay adult man

Daisy: you are probably a tomboy

Rosalina: You probably find her attractive (and you're not wrong about that)

Tanooki Mario: You probably think he's a raccoon. You also probably play as him because You wanted to play as Tom Nook but he isn't a playable character in any games you have

Cat Peach: along with what was said about Peach, but I will add furry into that mix

Yoshi: You wish the dinosaurs never went extinct

Toad: You probably impersonate him a lot and your parents hate you for it

Koopa Troopa: You wanted to play as a villain character so you chose this little guy (or you really like turtles with no spikes on them)

Shy Guy: You feel socially awkward a lot and you want to cry in your room until the other person leaves

Lakitu: You like that you can actually see his legs now

Toadette: Same as toad but you are probably a girl or again a gay man

King Boo: You wish it was his Luigi's mansion design because I would look way more cool (I'd also probably main him if it was the L's mansion design)

Baby Mario: No matter how small you are you think you can defeat anyone

Baby Luigi: You like his baby design more

Baby Peach: you think she's an angle

Baby Daisy: You are very strong and people think you wouldn't be able to lift a pencil

Baby Rosalina: Someone else is playing as Rosalina or you are one of those hardcore gamers on YouTube who knows what they are doing

Metal Mario: Takes you back to the good old days (you also weigh a lot probably

Pink Gold Peach: same with peach but you weigh a LOT (you also probably think she should be called rose gold peach)

Wario: You are an old greasy man that loves garlic and money or you think he's funny

Waluigi: You wish this man was your husband no matter which gender you are

Donkey Kong: you like the DK Rap (where are they now)

Bowser: You like being in charge... You are also probably an alcoholic

Dry Bones: You are dead inside

Bowser Jr: You favor your father and don't care about hurting anyone's feelings about saying it. Your parents probably also get in a lot of fights as well.

Dry Bowser: same as Bowser but you are also dead inside

Lemmy: You think he's very wholesome and adorable (or you like midget turtles that are probably gay)

Larry: You like turtles that are easy to beat up

Wendy: You are probably a diva or you put her baldness and fat ass lips aside and played as her anyway

Ludwig: You are probably one of his OBSESSIVE fans who will do anything for him. Or you like classical music. Or both.

Iggy: You are very much mentally unstable, so you chose the character that is just as insane as you are

Roy: You are a Bully and an Asshole

Morton: You probably have this on your agenda, Wake up, eat, eat, eat some more, sleep, wake up in the middle of the night to raid the fridge, eat the food you just stole, sleep, and repeat.

Inkling girl: You are a girl who likes squids and painting

Inkling Boy: same as Inkling Girl but you are a boy instead.

Link: You think you're the "Chosen One"

Villager Boy: You are an Animal Crossing fan who doesn't want to be called a furry

Villager Girl: same as Villager Boy but you are a girl

Isabelle: Same as villager girl and boy but you don't care if you are called a furry (You may or may not be one)

Birdo: You are probably a trans

Kamek: You read a lot of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings

Petey Piranha: You are the type of person to talk to their Venus flytraps

Wiggler: You like him because he's adorable and you like bugs... or you use the kart that looks like him and make him ride it, then you start calling it slavery

Peachette: If anyone knows what chaos the super crown has brought they would know why you chose her, You whore!

Pauline: You are a talented singer

Diddy Kong: You like monkeys or you're Jane Goodall

Funky Kong: You played so many mods playing as him and you are so happy he's back

Thank you for reading this and remember don't take it seriously this is all a joke.

Also, reblog if you think it's pretty accurate

[spontaneouskoopalingblog]

What do ye kids plan on doing when ye grow up?

Ludwig: "I plan on taking over Kamek's role after he passes... I am currently his apprentice and excelling in my magic studies!!... Although, I do want to have a future with my mother... I might look into working part-time in Sky Land or something..."

Lemmy: "Local clown!! I can boost morale n' stuff!!"

Roy: "It's always been my dream to pilot the air ships... Imma take a course for it n' stuff. You'll see!! I'll be the greatest pilot this kingdom's ever seen!!!"

Iggy:

Morton: "Iggy and I will probably become the official royal scientists when we turn eighteen!! And Vivian, too, maybe!!"

Wendy: "I wanna be in the Koopa Troop! There's not enough women in the squad, and I wanna fix that!! I am a leader and an independent woman!! I will lead us into many glorious battles!! And if I die, it'll be with honor. WARRIOR STYLE."

Larry: "I'm going to be an actor!! I've always wanted to!! And I'll never stop wanting to pursue it!!! I've already started, in fact!"

Jr: "... I don't know yet, actually..."

[fanfiction-butterfree]

THE NANNY NAMED LUIGI

CHAPTER III: Introductions

The man in green stared at the onyx colored building known across the 13 seas as Bowser's Castle. The Citadel easily dwarfed the largest buildings in the Mushroom Kingdom and was considered one of the 9 marvels of the world. No one outside of the Darklands knew its age, but many speculated that its oldest parts predated the first Dynasty of the Ruined Kingdom, making it significantly older than the Mushroom Kingdom.

Luigi opened the front door of the black stone structure, and was met with a wall of red fire. Reacting on a combination of instinct, training, a fury still left over from when his fiance broke his heart and an anger at being greeted this way, the man clad in emerald garments produced balls of Green fire on his hands and wrapped the Emerald flames around him, creating a blanket of Viridian Fire. The flames of which easily protected him from the Scarlet firestorm, without forcing him to excert to much energy. 

He gazed at his attackers and realized they weren't adults, but teenagers and children. He dropped his guard, and felt his nerves get the better of him as he realized they were the ones he was supposed to babysit. 

Luigi: Hello… I'm…

Bowser: The Nanny

Luigi: No! I mean yes I am the nanny but what I was going to say is that…umm.. I'm Luigi! 

Bowser and his kids stared at him. Iggy, Larry, and Lemmy were confused. No one had ever blocked their flames without using at least a shield. Likewise even the possibility of blocking fire with fire was beyond their comprehension.

The oldest male, the male koopa that fell just above the middle of the group in terms of age, and the female koopa, looked at him closer. Noticing how his seemingly kind eyes held a hidden intensity the likes of which they had only seen in the fathers eyes before their mother died, and how his weak arms were covered in a thin but visible layer of muscles. The more they looked the more horrified they became as whoever was in front of them was clearly more powerful than they were, and was, based on his age, significantly more experienced. 

The second oldest was impressed. He had eavesdropped on father when he called Mario and done some research on Luigi before he arrived, and learned enough to know he wasn't going to be like the other babysitters.

Second oldest teenage male Koopa: His reputation doesn't do him justice. 

He muttered to himself. 

Bowser was unsure what to think. On the one hand Luigi had just shown himself to be more than capable of dealing with his childrens antics, on the other hand he has just shown himself to be potentially as powerful as himself and he couldn't really trust someone who he couldn't control, even if he was Mario's brother. 

Luigi stuck out his hand

Luigi: Nice to meet you! 

No one stepped forward, as each of them dealt with their own thoughts. 

His hand hung in the air, as the man in green felt increasingly nervous. 

The youngest koopa walked from behind his fathers legs and grabbed the man's hand. 

Bowser Junior: I'm Bowser Junior! Nice to meet you!

The young koopa said with a grin very much like his father's. 

He had put on a red bowtie for the occasion, and wore a shell in the same shade as his dad's. 

When the boy witnesses the lime green flames briefly mix with the crimson red ones, he saw flames in colors ranging from violet and blue, to orange and yellow. A moment that left him with a pleasant feeling of awe. 

The man shook the boy's hand, and returned his smile with one that was both warm and relieved. 

The second oldest walked up to him

Morton Koopa Jr: Morton Koopa Junior! 

Luigi: Where's the senior? 

Morton glanced at Bowser with a slight smirk 

Bowser: Morton's… my middle name..

Bowser replied awkwardly. 

Luigi chuckled at his reaction. 

The middle male teenage koopa and the female teenage koopa walked up to Luigi. 

Roy Koopa: Roy Koopa. Pleasure to meet you! 

The middle male koopa said confidently.

Wendy O. Koopa: Wendy Orlean Koopa. But you can call me Wendy. 

The female koopa said nicely but slightly wary. 

Iggy, Lemmy, and Larry were next up. 

Iggy: Iggy! 

Lemmy: Lemmy! 

Larry: Larry! 

Iggy, Lemmy, & Larry: And we are .. THE KOOPA TRIPLETS! HERE TO ENTERTAIN YOU! 

Luigi laughed. 

Bowser: Don't encourage them. They aren't that entertaining.

He groaned. 

The three pretended to cry. 

Iggy, Lemmy, & Larry:  Oh woe is us. Treated like underpaid  starving jesters by a cruel father! 

Bowser: I'll buy you a pizza for lunch. 

The three started laughing and left the room. 

Luigi: Are they always like this?

Bowser: Usually they're worse.

The oldest teenager walked up to Luigi. He was wearing a blue single breasted sport coat, Black dress shirt with button cuffs, dark jeans, white trainers, and a navy shell. 

Ludwig: I'm Ludwig Von Koopa. Crown Prince of the Koopa throne, and future Baron of the Silver Plains. It's an honor to meet you, Mister Luigi. 

Luigi couldnt put his finger on it, but there was something patronizing and pompous about the way the koopa said it. In a way it reminded him of the videos he'd seen of Bowser years ago, when the fights between him and Mario were still newsworthy. 

The king of the Koopas glared at his first born, he hated that side of him.

Luigi: Nice to meet you

Bowser sighed

Bowser: I'll order a taxi

Luigi: What why?! 

Bowser: You just got here and they already tried to set fire to you. 

Luigi: And I dealt with it. Besides I want to stay

Bowser: And… wait, you want to stay? 

Luigi: Yes. 

Bowser: Why? 

Luigi: Because I just learned their names, and there's a certain cute guy with a beard who clearly needs my help. 

He winked. 

Bowser: Oh ..oh! You like the beard? 

Luigi: Yes it looks regal. Also, I just had a 5 hour flight, and I really don't want to waste all that time and effort getting here. 

Bowser: In that case i'll show you to your room mister Luigi. 

Luigi: Thank you Mister Bowser. 

The King and the Nanny walked through the corridors of the castle, past rows of portraits of former Rulers and their families, paintings of landscapes and historical events, a few paintings in various styles from artists old and new, and doors leading to various rooms, wings, or sections of the palace. 

Occasionally the King would tell something about an art piece or door they walked past, and the Nanny would nod or ask a question, which the monarch would answer. 

Eventually they reached a large door made of intricately carved door made of a red wood with black metal hinges, a black metal keyhole, and black metal doorknob. 

Bowser: This is the living wing. 

The King opened the door, and showed the green clad Nanny around.

The wing consisted of 3 floors, 4 staircases, 1 big living room,  2 small living rooms, 1 large dining room, 1 small dining room, 1 large kitchen meant for feasts attached to the main building and across from one of the conference rooms, 1 smaller kitchen meant for day to day use with direct access to the outside, 1 office, 4 bathrooms, 5 toilets, 1 large library, 1 music room, 1 inside pool, 12 bedrooms , and 4 empty rooms meant anything they needed. 

Bowser: There's two bedrooms available, one is between my room and Bowser juniors room. The other is next to the small kitchen and is currently being used as storage.

Luigi: I'll sleep next to you. 

Bowser: huh? 

Luigi: I mean in the room next to yours!

Bowser: Oh ok. 

The Suited king led the unsuited man to the available bedroom

Bowser: Lunch will be served in an hour, try to be unpacked by then. 

Luigi: Yes, Mister Bowser. 

Luigi entered the room, and was impressed by the size of the room. Though he felt it could use some personalisation. 

He sat on the bed enjoying the softness of the mattress, until he realized what he'd said. 

Luigi: I called Bowser Cute?! 

He screamed into the nearest pillow. 

Bowser looked in the mirror in his bedroom

Bowser: Regal?

He said, stroking his beard. 

Bowser: Hmm it does look regal, doesn't it? 

A smile appeared on his face.

Bowser: I think I'll keep it. For now. 

[thekoopalingsandstuffs]

who is the most emotional/sensitive koopaling?

Oh, easy, it's Ludwig. By a LOT.

For Roy, most things don't usually make him cry... It's possible for him to, but it's not that common. He's usually "the calm one" who comforts other people and rarely needs comfort himself.

Iggy only shows "extreme emotions." Like, he'll scream and rant in furious-ness or roll around on the floor and sob in devastation, but when it comes to smaller things like simple frustration or sadness, he tends to bottle those up. Smaller, more complex emotions are harder to express to him. Plus, Iggy is usually happy and cheerful most of the time, so any negative emotions whatsoever are rarely seen at all.

Wendy has always been fairly monotone(?) She doesn't show emotion most of the time and really wants people to NOT talk to her or comfort her. She barely shows excitement/happiness and rarely lets her sad side show. Her default emotion is annoyance and can only turn into rage.

Morton bottles up EVERYTHING that isn't him smiling and showing a happy face. Truth be told, Morton is probably the 2nd most sensitive koopa. He is constantly on-edge and about to just, explode from stress and being overworked. But he doesn't. Every negative thought or feeling that appears gets bottled up and thrown away, never to be seen again :) {Somebody help this boy-}

Larry has been a punching bag his whole life, so he has been desensitized to pain and sadness for himself. He also doesn't really care about other people's feeling. Unless Larry is raging at people on the Xbox, he pretty much never shows anything other than a hideous smile.

Lemmy, like Wendy, usually shows annoyance->rage most of the time. But he can be bursting with glee, too. Lemmy also gets sad sometimes. Very sad. After having an accident because of Roy (back in January) Lemmy locked himself in his room and didn't speak with anyone--ESPECIALLY ROY--For a while. Lemmy doesn't really know how to talk about his feelings, so when he gets upset and people try to comfort him, he "shuts down." (Like what happened with Ludwig in January, too)

Jr has never been mad in his life. You have to do something very specific to get anger out of him. It also takes quite a bit to make him upset, but not as much effort as to make him mad. Junie is usually happy and optimistic all the time, and it is quite difficult to ruin his spirit.

Ludwig is super sensitive and will tear up/cry at very simple things. For example: Him completely breaking down and sobbing because... It's snowing. Making Ludwig cry is probably the easiest thing on Earth. However, Ludwig is very good at talking about his feelings and finding healthy ways to relieve stress. And he never bottles anything up--He is very open about how he feels. And similar to Jr, Ludwig NEVER gets mad. You'd have to do something very specific. Only twice in his whole life has he ever gotten pissed off with someone. And fair warning: A mad Ludwig is a scary Ludwig. Worse than Wendy.

[koopaling-headcanons]

Some wholesome Holiday HCs:

Iggy seems like the type to give people glitter bomb cards full of the really fine glitter that never goes away. He sends them out to everybody he knows, including Mario and Luigi.

Lemmy has a collection of the gaudiest, tackiest, most absurd ugly sweaters you can imagine. I’m talking lights, tinsel, googly eyes, everything. Also, 100% the best gift giver in the family.

Larry, Lemmy, and (secretly) Ludwig REALLY like the classic stop motion Christmas movies and have them on constantly for the entire month of December. It drives everyone else nuts.

Wendy always gifts people clothes, but like, really nice clothes, with everyone’s personal style in mind. She also really enjoys decorating. Definitely gets spoiled rotten with jewelry and bows every year.

Morton just enjoys spending time with everybody. Definitely a handmade gifts kind of guy. Also the feast is 100% his favorite part of the day.

Larry is constantly initiating snowball fights with EVERYBODY. Would drink hot chocolate by the gallon if given the opportunity. Winter is his favorite season. Always gets a new tennis racket every year.

Roy is the type of dude to just shrug whenever someone asks what he wants that year, so people just get him video games or cool weapons. His giant bill blaster was a present from Bowser one year.

Junior always gets the most gifts from Bowser. He’s the first one up in the morning, loudly pestering everyone else to come open gifts. Bowser ropes all the older kids into helping him play Santa the night before. He gets loads of toys and art supplies. Makes everybody (badly) hand drawn cards. Nobody has ever thrown them away, bowser has a drawer full of them.

Ludwig gives really thoughtful and expensive gifts, but only one per person. Typically gets instruments and clothes. Being the oldest, I’d imagine he does his best to mitigate the holiday chaos (and fails). Secretly swaps some of the stocking candy for fruit.

Bowser has an every growing collection of “worlds best dad” mugs and corny joke T-shirts. He doesn’t mind too much. Mario, Luigi, and Peach send him very formal cards every year out of sympathy.

Kamek can’t stand the chaos, and locks himself in his room to watch old movies until dinner time. Gives cards and small toys to all the kids, and usually receives new robes and spell books.

Also I think Peach would throw a big Holliday party every year, and it’s a Koopa family tradition to try crashing it. Their methods get more and more elaborate each time.

Morton loving the feast is the most relatable thing ever ngl

[nightcovefox]

!!!HAPPY MAR10 DAY!!!

A/n: AAAH HAPPY MARIO DAY!! I’m playing so many Mario games in my own way to celebrate this- Fun Fact about me, today was the first introduction for me to playing Mario games thanks to my older brothers. Ahh. Fun times. Anyway, this is based on Once Upon Studio, well got inspired by this!

Warnings: My bad grammar, out of character(?), some Mario/related references, maybe some ships, weird-headcanons, and my AU

Genre: Comedy and Fluff

Anyways, enjoy Reading!!

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March 10, 20XX.. Jeez, times pass quickly huh? This day was special, all the heroes and villains will come here on this special day. A little anniversary of their, working together, and defeating a force of evil. Mario, Peach, and Luigi invited their friends to join together on this special day. Old Friends and New Friends.

Beep-O and Peaches are managements. Checking the list of who’s invited and who’s not. Peaches let Vivian and Yoshi in, seeing her friend Beep-O squealing in joy. “Maybe this was a bad idea..” Peaches mumbled. “What's a bad idea?” Beep-O ask, looking at her. “Well.. You keep fanboying on every guest we let in. I mean.. What's so special about the other two we let in before? The girl has black hair; two ponytails and wears a red dress. And the other one who’s just a goomba with a blonde ponytail-”

“Ashley and Goombella?! Honestly, I just love how Goombella works! An archaeology student who just mastered their degree!! She was one of those heroes party members to defeat Shadow Queen!!” Beep-O explained.

“Uh-huh,” said Peaches unused. “And this Ashley girl?”

“Well, what I heard is Ashley is a young which who lives in Diamond City. I don't think she’s friends with Mario? Is she?-”

“Beep-O!!! Peaches!!!” a Toad screamed out.

Beep-O and Peaches look at the Toad.

“What happened Toad?” Beep-O ask.

“Do you guys know where Mario, Luigi, and Peach are?!”

“Uhh no-”

“Never seen them.”

“THIS WHOLE CELEBRATION IS A MESS!!!?” Toad screamed out.

“Toad!! Calm down!!” said Beep-O waving his hands.

“Plus, you’re making a scene.” Peaches hiss.

Toad calms down a bit, but still is panicking.

“Look why don't we try to find them, while you stay here and check the list.. All right?” said Beep-O handing him the list.

“Right..Right.. Thanks, guys..” said Toad.

“Mhm, let's go Peaches.”

“Great more work..” Peaches groan.

Both of them walk inside Peach’s castle trying to find their friends.

Meanwhile, in the other room, Mallow holding a Geno Doll, walking beside Toadette.

“Don’t worry Mallow! I’m sure Geno will come!!” said Toadette trying to reassure her friend.

“I know.. But you know him busy with all those wishes…” Mallow sighed and hugged the Geno doll tightly. “This is the one year.. We get to see each other..”

Toadette smile turn to a little frown. She pat on Mallow’s shoulder. “I may not know Geno.. But I do hear all about him from Mario. I’m sure Geno will show up just in time for picture time! Don’t lose hope..”

Mallow nods his head slowly. “You’re right..”

“Come on! Let’s head outside to help the others!”

“Right!!”

>>>>>>>>>>>

“So this is your second time Lu?!” Diddy asks his best friend.

“Yep!! Last time it was a bit chaotic with our Rabbid Cousins!” said Lu, closing his book.

The two friends in Rabbid Luigi’s room. Nice and quiet.

“Hey Larry? Where’s your siblings?” Diddy asks the young water koopa prince.

“Last I check, Ludwig with Toadsworth, Morton with Ashley, Roy with Edge, Wendy with Mimi, Lemmy, and Iggy hanging out with some Jester, and Junior with his friends along with Spawny last I check..” Larry explained.

“Wow..” said Diddy.

“So, babe you ready to rock your moves with Miss Pauline and my sister?” asks Larry to Lu.

“Holy stars!! I almost forgot!!” Lu exclaimed jumping out of his seat.

“Did you forget your moves?”

“I didn't Diddy.. Just forgot I was part of their song..” said Lu. His ears going down. “God!! Now I’m thinking about it and it's making me nervous!!!”

“Calm down babe and take deep breath’s..” said Larry holding Lu’s hands gently. “Breathe in and breathe out.. In and out..”

Lu did exactly what he did, his nervousness calmed down. “Okay.. Okay.. Thanks, Star..” said Lu, giving Larry a kiss on the hand.

“You dork..” Larry chuckled.

“You’re making me third wheel guys..” said Diddy rolling his eyes and looking away.

“Where’s your girlfriend Dixie?”

“…Good question-”

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Dixie jumped on the metal door one more time. But she bounces off of it. “Ugh!! This stupid door won’t open!!” Dixie groaned, stopping her feet.

“Oh no..” Luigi mumbled.

“Great hornspoon!! Now what do we do?!” Captain Orion shouted.

“Were gonna freeze to death..” Rosa mumbled.

“Oh, what joy.. Curse your frozen womb-” Woodrow’s mouth was covered by Captain Orion and Rabbid Cranky.

“No offense my friend.. But-” Captain Orion was cut off by Woodrow. “None is taken..” he said, clearly muffled.

All of these people are trapped in a giant freezer in Toad’s kitchen. Luigi was supposed to get the desserts with the help of his friends.. But someone shut the door on them. Now locked from the inside, with nowhere to get out.

Rabbid Cranky pulls his paw away. “What a waste of time. Well if you all need me, I’m going to dig myself a grave.”

Dixie rolled her eyes. “If you can or try to help us get out-”

“Nah,” said Rabbid Cranky waving his hand no.

“I should’ve being DK..”

The metal door was turning green, this caused Luigi’s attention along with Dixie.

“What..?” the others question.

“Uhh everyone step back!!-” said Luigi.

The door burst open before anyone could react to it. Black smoke was covered in the freezer, and everyone was coughing.

A strange little figure walks into the room. The smoke cleared off a bit and revealed Professor E Gadd! E or Gadd for short.

“Professor E!! How did you find us?!-” ask Luigi but coughs right after?

“Ohoho! Luigi, a Toad explains you went missing along with your brother and the Princess. I put a tracking device to find you and look! Here you are trapped in a freezer! Uhh.. Do mind tell her Highness I will fix her door after this event is over..” E Gadd explained putting his raygun away.

The others ran/walked out. Captain Orion holding Rosa. Rabbid Cranky was being dragged by Dixie. Woodrow walks out as he thanks E Gadd.

Luigi watches as everyone is leaving he turns to the old man. “Thank you- Wait.. YOU PUT A WHAT ON ME?!”

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Mario sighed as he looked up at the frame. Two people were in the frame. At the bottom of the frame, it said: Marco and Louise. Both parents of Mario and Luigi.

“Hey Mom and Dad.. I wish you were here..” he mumbled. He looks out his window, sees the sun going down, and hears loud music outside.

A knock was heard from the other side.

“Who is it?”

“It's me Mario.. Peach..”

“Come in..” he said as he sat down on his bed.

He heard the door creak open, revealing Peach wearing her pink dress but having some sparkles at the bottom. At the top wearing a white fabric, having some gold sparkles too. She stepped in and closed the door. “Are you okay, Mario?”

“Mhm..” he hummed.

“Don’t lie to me mister..” she said sitting next to him. “What's wrong?”

“Just…” He looks at her then looks back at the frame. “I miss them.. So much.. Today will not be this year they will see us..” he explained.. Looking down.

“Oh Mario..” she said, feeling sympathy towards him. She wraps her arm around Mario and pulls him into a hug. “I’m so sorry…”

“Don’t be.. I’m over reacting..”

“You’re not.. You have the right to cry.. But Mario, they will always be in your heart. Both you and Luigi’s. Both in the stars looking down at you proud.

Mario smiled at what she said. “You sound just like Mama..”

Peach laughs a bit. “Really?”

“Mm.. Thank you Peach..”

“You’re welcome..” she said as she kissed Mario’s cheek.

“Ah, Peach you missed.”

“I missed?” Peach lift her eyebrow.

Mario pulled away from the hug a bit and pointed his lips.

Peach laugh and looks away. “Mmm. I dunno, you have to earn that kiss, Mario~”

“Oh really?~”

“Yep- Ah!!” Peach yelped as Mario pinned her on the bed. Peach was laughing as Mario kissed her on the cheek, lips, and neck. Peach feels Mario’s mustache tickled her. “Haha!!”

The door swing opened revealing Beep-O and Peaches.

“Princess Peach and Mario?!-” Beep-O stop and look at the two.

“Uhh..”

“Looks like we caught you two on a bad timing- Will leave-” said Peaches, her face red as she pulled her robot friend out the door. Beep-O’s face was blank.

“Make sure to be out just in time for the picture!!” Peaches exclaimed as she shut the door. Mario and Peach look at the door. Both turn their heads toward each other. Mario gets off of her and coughs. “Let's go outside..”

“Yeah..”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“Flowers go here and there..” Daisy pointed to where the flowers should go. Rabbid Daisy helping her counterpart. Bea smiled warmly, holding the little spoon to mix her tea. “Thank you so much, Bea for the flowers..” said Rabbid Daisy bowing her head to her. Bea waves her hand, “No need to bow flower.. It is a pleasure and a thanks for helping my planet once again…”

Rabbid Daisy lifts her head up and nods.

Prince Florian (Is that how u spell his name right?) and Starla sitting on the white cloth tables. Watching the Phantom and Mayor Pauline practicing their singing vocals. “I never see so many people here..” Prince Florian said in awed. “Agreed my friend..” said Starla.

“Sullivan be a dear and fetch them more flowers-” said Bea but see Sullivan wasn’t there. “Where is he?” Bea ask, looking around.

“With his brothers at the food table..” Prince Florian pointed. Bea looked in his direction and he was right. Indeed Sullivan was at the food table, with his brothers. Professor Backpack and Dj Cheep-Tuna. Dj Tuna eating all the sweets, Sullivan scolding him, and Professor watching this eating his salad.

Luigi stepped in the view as Daisy practically ran over to him. Hugging him tightly and spins him around. “Luigi!! Where were you?! Omg!!! You’re cold as ice!! What happened?!” Daisy ask. Luigi chuckled nervously look at Professor E Gadd for help. But E Gadd gives him a thumbs up and walks over to the food table. Luigi sighed and looked at his girlfriend. “A very long story.. I’ll tell you later.. Okay?”

Daisy sighed, “Okay.. After this okay?”

“Mhm..”

“Luigi!!” someone called out his name.

Luigi look over to see Nastasia, O’Chunks, and Mimi.

Luigi smiled, “I’ll catch you later, okay?”

Daisy smiled and kissed Luigi’s cheek. “Sure. Go on.”

Luigi then ran over to see his friends. Daisy look to see Beep-O having a blank face and Peaches face was red. “Uhhh what happened to you two?!”

Jeanie came into view and tugged on Beep-O’s sleeve. “Beep-O! I’ve been looking for you everywhere!! Come on it's almost time!!” said Jeanie pulling him away. Beep-O’s face appeared back on staring at his sister Jeanie. “What- What-”

Mari walked to the ladies and hold Peaches hand. “Come on Peaches it's picture time.”

“R-Right-” Peaches shook her head.

“Wait!! Where’s Mario and Peach? We can’t start without them-” Daisy was cut off by hearing her best friend’s voice.

“Daisy was here!!! Come, Daisy gather everyone to the center!!”

“Mm. Right.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Everyone was gathered around in the middle. Biggest/Tallest at the back. While Small/Shortest at the front. O’Chunks setting up the camera stand.

“I never felt so crowed in my life..” Sweetlopek wheezed out.

“Couldn’t agree with you more Bigfoot,” said Iggy.

“Hmm Funky Kong and Ms.Grape please switch spots?” said O’Chunks.

Just like that they both switch. Ms.Grape look Beep-O up and down. “Hmm.”

“Uhhh yes?” said Beep-O looking at her feeling scared.

“Mmm. Carry on.” she waved her hand.

“What was that about..?” Beep-O mumbled.

“Maybe you’re dating her little brother?” Peaches murmured.

“What?!”

“Nothing~” Peaches answered.

“Okay!! Setting on the timer to 10 seconds!!” O’Chunks shouted as he ran toward his spot.

“10 seconds?!” Kamek groaned. “I do not want to spend another second with her.” he hissed. Kammy scoffs. “Me too, old man.”

“9..”

“Once this is over this purple marshmallow can stop staring at me..” said Tom looking at King Boo.

“I’m sorry purple marshmallow?!”

Luigi chuckles.

“Watch it Greenie.” King Boo hissed.

“Fight! Fight!!” Dooplis chanted.

“Doop!!” Vivian scolds him.

“What..?” Dooplis shrug.

“8..7..6..”

“Wario and Walugi I bet you 20 coins if there’s going to be a fight!” Walpeach grinned.

Wario laugh, “Deal.”

Walugi rolls his eyes.

“5..”

“Guys focus on the camera..”

“4..”

“Come on..”

“3….

2…

1..”

“WAIT GENO ISN'T HERE-” Mallow screamed. But the Camera didn't flash at all. A gold star floats upon everyone. “I hope.. I’m not too late..” said the star. Bowser, Mallow, Mario, and Peach smiled. Knowing that voice anywhere. “Geno!!” Mallow cried. Geno chuckled, “Yes I am here.” he said. As he got inside the doll which Mallow lifted up. Geno landed on his two feet, looked at his friend Mallow then looked at everyone. Everyone was awed but half were confused.

The silence was broken by Yosh saying, “Pinocchio is real?!”

Mario and Peach laugh.

“I thought so too, Rabbid,” said Bowser.

Mallow hugged his friend as Geno hugged him back.

“Uhh how is the camera not taking the picture-?”

“Oh right.. Forgot about that..” said Geno moving his hand to start the countdown. But to 5 seconds.

“Everyone say Happy ❤️🔆✅❕❣️” shouted Mario.

“Happy ❤️🔆✅❕❣️!!!” everyone shouted as the picture was taken.

“….Happy Mario Day..” said Kassidy as she read Beep-O’s letter and saw the picture. Seeing every Mario character there. “Glad you’re having fun Beep-O..” Kassidy smiled.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

WAHOO!!! That was a lot- Hope you all enjoy reading this! How many ships do you guys spot? What do you all think of this? This was fun writing it!! I know, I did not put every Mario character, me having lack ideas or was too lazy to put everyone there-

Anyways, Happy Mario Day!! Thank you all for reading this weird fic<3

[chasani]

Go on then, what are your koopaling/koopakid headcanons?

Aha

Ahaha

AHAHAHHAHAHAAGAHHAHAHAHAHA-

GASP

KOOPALINGS

Morton ->

stupid little dork

Asks what song it is when they're singing 'Happy Birthday to You' at a party

Memory loss, they gave him a note pad so he could write things down but he forgot where he put it

Enjoys wearing bows and is very open about it

Takes Wendy's bows

Big Hammer Tiny Brain

Smashes things he doesn't like/understand/want/know

Doesn't know how doors work

Somehow immune to poison if he doesn't know it's poison??

Iggy ->

Completely blind without his glasses

It's legally allowed to drive but drives anyway

Owns a bunch of blond wigs

Weird obsession with sticks and bones

Hangs out in Ludwig's room to listen to him play piano (whether he was invited or not)

Has at least 20 differently themed body pillows

Hatsune Miku binder

Ludwig ->

Does not sleep

Composer at day evil maniac scientist by night

Has a better eating habit than Kooky

I will fight you if you argue with me (you don't have to like it but just don't yell at me for it) but otherwise he's trans ftm and DEFINITELY bi

Steals mirrors from Wendy so he can admire himself

Makes Ramen in the toaster at 3 am while getting a sweet glass of Orange Milk (pineapple juice + milk + coffee + shots)

Dips bread in Egg Whites + Oreo crumbs and fries it (old habit never grew out of)

Wendy ->

Her room is FULL of coins and other gold things

Has two closets, one for clothes and the other for jewelry

Will scream if you take her bows

Somehow always has a mirror on hand

Drags the boys into her room so she can practice her makeup on them

Lemmy is willing to be makeup tester

Believes in bad luck but still dresses up for Friday the 13

PINK PINK PINK

you wouldn't guess it but her favorite songs are rock and country

Larry ->

Has 51 diseases and is banned from most public spaces

Would be a carnivore if the didn't force him to eat vegetables

Throws the baby penguin from the Mario game over the side of the ice cliff

Big fan of trains

His room is full of toy trains

Somehow knows how to drive a train

Owns + Pilots a helicopter, where did he get it from?

Lemmy ->

CLOWN BABY

wanted in 50 states (and counting)

states like solid, liquid, and gas

collect weird miscellaneous objects in hopes he could use it for a performance

Probably pan

Constantly makes jokes about liking pans because he's pan

Once he was caught kissing a pan

Once found biting a pan by the handle and running around on all fours at 3 am

Roy ->

Big man

Acts all tough but also loves bows

Finger paints

Eats raw eggs

KOOPAKIDS

Big Mouth ->

dumb baby

Tries to be tough but just ends up being cute

Memory loss

Eats raw eggs as a snack

Doesn't know you have to cook certain foods

Bully ->

never takes off his shades

Wears pink, blue, and white bows (in no particular order ;])

Own at LEAST 20 different pairs of glasses and counting

Eats like 30 pounds of food a day

Cheatsy ->

trains

trans

trains

Kooky Von Koopa ->

Complete Smart-Ack Maniac

Does not sleep (except for when he completely PASSES OUT from exhaustion in which it's usually day)

Only eats junk food like candy and fried stuff

does not shower or brush his hair you have to throw him into a lake with piranhas to get him clean

Stupidly smart, mad scientist that lives in a basement making monsters

Does a little composing here and there

Knows all of Beethoven's Symphonys + Rush E from heart

Knows at least 25 different languages and counting, already multi bilingual at 1 month old (smart baby)

Probably trans and Agender or smth idk I'm not a mad scientist

Kootie Pie ->

GIRLY GIRL

GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSS

won't admit it but she's a fan of clowns

Literally hates all boys (wouldn't blame her, growing up in an all boy house)

Would be friends with the princess if they didn't try to kidnap her all the time

Ringsssss

Hip ->

Clown baby

can cry at a frequency only dogs can hear

will throw his ball at you if you even dare disagree with him

Bites

Probably has autism idk I'm not a koopa

Hop ->

blind without the glasses

Will eat raw meat if you give it to him un cooked

Do not give him raw meat

He will scream if you give him food before dessert

Never give him food before dessert

[ask-marios-apprentice]

Heyo :3 Just a short little question for Garth. If you could go back and change anything in your past, what would you chose and why?

I need some specific connotations before making this kind of decision if I'm going to be honest.

If this is personal history, I guess I would have maybe went to all the locations during warp point.

Like

New York

The Meme Graveyard

Isle delfino

And Yoshi Island

I could have also handle the incident with "L Is Real" A bit better. I could have just looked it up on the internet rather than having to do a Mission Improbable situation. I didn't have to upset Winona.

Or if we're going even earlier, I would probably try to change grades so my parents don't get as upset.

If we're talking far back in time.

I don't really want to mess with that.

I don't know this is one of those universes where if you change one thing, everything is going to change like the butterfly effect.

I mean I know there is the time machine that Egadd has in his storage, the one Kooky has. And that other time machine that that weird edutainment game got made.

But it I'm not entirely sure if I should touch those without supervision of some sort.

I don't want to change the past and be living underneath the reign of Morton Koopa or a timeline without the SUPERS.

Thank you @tophatwearingidiot

[koopaling-au]

Kamek & The Koopaling Quotes [I felt an urge to do this too]

Kamek: (teaching a very important lesson)

Lemmy: Did you hear what happened to Wendy?

Iggy: No, what?

Lemmy: Well, she-

Kamek: I'll wait.

Lemmy: Okay, then wait then.

Iggy: (snickers)

Kamek: Guys, I do not have the patience right now.

Lemmy: Then find it.

Kamek: Lemmy, you are on the last straw.

Lemmy: Then buy more.

...

Kamek: And then when these two chemicals mix, yada yada yada~

Lemmy: (raises hand)

Kamek: (sighs) Yes, Lemmy?

Lemmy: Can I go to the restroom?

Kamek: I don't know, CAN you?

Lemmy: MAY I go to the restroom?

Kamek: Lunch was five minutes ago. Why didn't you go then?

Lemmy: Why do all adults think we have this on and off switch in our bladder?! I didn't have to GO then.

...

Kamek: Today we are going over fire safety.

Wendy: Again?

Kamek: Yup.

Ludwig: If there's a fire, I'm jumping out the window, and you can't stop me.

Kamek: No, that's not a safe way to exit the building. We will leave the classroom quietly and calmly.

Roy: You want us to stay calm, while we are basically running for our lives?

Kamek: We need to set a good example for the younger ones.

Koopa Kid: That'll be hard to do if we are all dead.

Kamek: (ignores) Once we get to the exit, we will leave in alphabetical order.

Koopa Kid: How the fuck does that matter?!

Kamek: Language~

Roy: It's fine with me since Junior isn't first for once.

Iggy: Then I'd be first.

Roy: Dammit.

Kamek: Actually, Junior is first since his name is Bowser Junior.

Iggy: OMFG-

Lemmy: Welp, bye Wendy!

Wendy: This is so stupid.

Kamek: FINE-youngest leaves first since they have a longer life then the ones that are older.

Junior: Bye, Ludwig!

Ludwig: Actually Roy would be last; since I'm jumping out the window.

Kamek: Why-

...

Kamek: Now that everyone is settled from the fire safety, we will be going over lockdown safety.

Koopa Kid: Eh, grab a gun and shoot them in the face.

Kamek: Erm, no.

Ludwig: I'm still jumping out the window. I'm not dealing with this.

Iggy: I'm joining you.

Kamek: No, we are hiding in the corner until we are claimed to be safe.

Wendy: What are we playing hide-and-seek?

Larry: What if he comes in?

Roy: ...We'll let Koopa Kid handle it.

Lemmy: Or sacrifice Junior. Whatever comes first.

Junior: ...NO.

Kamek: I will disarm him before he or she shoots us.

Koopa Kid: You can't do shit.

Kamek: Language.

Ludwig: Actually, I think we should all just start picking up our chairs and desks and throw it at the shooter to knock them unconscious. After we do that we can disarm him, and steal his wallet: because he doesn't deserve it. Once they wake up, we threaten him with the gun, and wait until further notice from the police. Hopefully.

Everyone: ...

Roy: The fuck did he just say?

Wendy: We aren't writing an essay here.

Morton: Uh, Morton agrees!! :)

...

Kamek: (walks in ready to teach Literature) You've got to be serious.

Ludwig: (writing a ten-page essay about his book)

Roy: (about to light the book on fire)

Morton: (can't read, just looking at the pictures)

Koopa Kid: (ripping pages out of the book, and crumpling them up into balls and attempting to throw them into the trash can, which is why there is paper everywhere.)

Wendy: (threw the book out the window)

Iggy: (reading the book upside down)

Lemmy: (eating the paper)

Larry: (pretending to read but zoning out)

Junior: (the one actually reading)

...

Kind of got this idea from @splatoondetective

[spikedsoul]

maid's worst nightmare - ch 16

it's a chat with ludwig this time! ludwig is too smart for mc's wellbeing

previous chapters

@soverign-of-succ

You heaved a sigh as you finally finished up Ludwig's room. To your pleasant surprise, he had joined you to help, muttering about Morton being a big baby because he'd crashed his kart after being warned about consequences. It kept you from starting to over analyze anything Bowser did, not that you had literally any idea of the confusion you were instilling in the king koopa.

You had it firmly in your head that he just felt sorry for you and you were content to keep thinking that.

Ludwig, it seemed, had other ideas, and turned to you with an appraising look when the two of you were done. You cocked an eyebrow at him curiously when he didn't say anything.

"So do you like him?" he finally asked, crossing his arms.

"You'll have to be more specific. There's a lot of men in this castle," you replied.

He snorted and rolled his eyes. "You know who I mean," he sneered. "But just in case you try to play dumb again, I mean my dad. Do you like him?"

You blinked, genuinely surprised at the question. Did you like him? Well… to be honest, you didn't dislike him.

You pursed your lips as you sat on the edge of his bed. "Honestly, he's a little more personable than I had been led to believe. I mean don't get me wrong - he was downright terrifying when he kidnapped me, but he doesn't really seem like the ruthless ruler I was told he was. But then, I guess he does intend to trade me off… so I guess the answer is kinda? I don't dislike him, if that's what you mean."

Even so, you'd already been treated worlds better than you could've hoped and that was a very pleasant surprise. But you didn't really want to get into that with Ludwig.

"Are you trying to be dense?" Ludwig growled. "Of course that's not what I mean! I'm trying to ask if you're into him, you thick bitch!"

You winced and looked away from him; hell, right now you liked Bowser more than Ludwig. "Hasn't your father ever taught you how to talk to women?" you muttered. "No, I'm not into him, but I appreciate his willingness to keep… er, a certain person away from me."

Ludwig scoffed, rolling his eyes as he turned away from you. You quietly hoped this meant an end to the conversation.

"The guy he spat a fireball at? Yeah, I noticed. What did he even do?"

Damn.

"He used to beat me up a whole lot," you said bluntly. "If I got him a sandwich that wasbt quite what he wanted, or sounded less than enthusiastic about something, or even just looked at him wrong he'd put his hands on me. If I existed around him wrong, he'd do that to me. Happy?"

Ludwig's shoulders hunched slightly, his tail slightly curling around his legs. For a moment, all he did was look down at the floor, and when he finally glanced back at you he was pouting a little. You met his eyes, keeping your face blank as you basically stared him down.

Unaware it was the same thing Bowser did, you were surprised when Ludwig threw his arms into the air.

"Stop looking at me like that! Fuck, you and dad both! I'm sorry, okay? And for insulting you! That sounds like shit and I get why he did that! But if you're not into him, what was yesterday morning all about, huh?"

You sighed, taking a moment to rub your face before replying, "That's easy, kid. He was threatening me."

"Bullshit," he muttered, "I saw his spikes raise when I opened the door. No way he was threatening you."

You shrugged and stood up, keenly aware of Ludwig's gaze on you. It wasn't your fault you weren't versed in koopa ways! Although you quietly added the fascinating fact that without the shell on, Bowser's spikes could give away his emotions in certain situations.

"Well, then I don't know what he was up to. I was definitely scared - I thought he was going to bite me or something, I dunno. So why don't you tell me, hm?" You sighed, starting to head for the door.

"You really want my opinion?" Instead of sounding skeptical like you'd expected, he sounded… surprised. Genuine. So you turned to him, head tilted, and nodded. An excited look flashed across his face, eyes getting wide for a brief moment, before he hurried over to usher you back to the edge of his bed.

Initially, he reached for your wrist, but he seemed to remember your reaction from yesterday and instead gently caught your hand in his. You smiled a little; that was definitely not something you thought he'd do, and you let him sit you back down. The sight of his wagging tail when he turned to go stand in front you suddenly made the earlier tension a little more worth it.

"You're awfully excited to tell me," you said gently.

"No one ever wants my opinion these days!" Ludwig sighed in exasperation. You weren't sure if he was being dramatic or not, but you nodded sympathetically. "Um, you might get embarrassed, but please don't stop me until I'm done, okay? Promise?"

Damn, you went from hating the kid to your heart going out to him in basically a matter of seconds. It was pretty obvious he wanted someone to talk to, or rather just listen to him, but for whatever reason the others had stopped doing that. And now his pleading eyes and clasped hands were just the cherry on top.

At this point, telling yourself not to get attached sounded like a joke when everyone was so… adorable. Well, the kids were, anyway.

"Alright," you sighed with a nod. "I'm here to listen, Ludwig. You've got my undivided attention."

Ludwig spared just a brief moment to beam before he launched into what would turn out to be a very long-winded theory on what he thought his father had been doing.

Holy fuck, were you embarrassed. Although, to be fair, it was from shame at not realizing that the king had been messing with you, as Ludwig carefully detailed in his explanation.

It became pretty clear that Ludwig was an intelligent kid. He described how, if Bowser’s shell was off, you could tell if he was startled or angry or threatening if his spikes suddenly stuck out, or how his tail might wag if he was particularly excited or happy. If he was embarrassed, he would gruff and chuff and snap. It was a little endearing to learn, honestly. At least until Ludwig went into detail about why he suspected his father might actually like you, even if you never saw him that way.

Apparently, despite his many years trying to steal Peach away to marry her, Bowser had never spent a significant amount of time around a lady that didn’t hate his guts - and even in Peach’s case, it took her years to become even relatively amicable to him, or so Ludwig heard through the grapevine. The longest Bowser ever got with Peach was just a few days before she’d inevitably get rescued.

He was careful to reiterate several times that he wasn’t totally sure it would happen, but that he did suspect it could happen that Bowser might fall for you. You, the trading pawn handmaiden who was unwilling to give her real name.

By the time he was done, you were staring down at your hands. Bowser, potentially falling for his prisoner… it was absurd, honestly. You didn’t deserve that. You barely felt like you deserved the protection you’d get while you were here.

“Uh… Megan?” Ludwig mumbled uncertainly. He moved closer to you, making sure you saw his hands before lightly touching yours.

It took you a moment to remember to look up at him. “Hm?”

“You okay? Did I break you? Sorry…”

You sighed, then smiled a little. “Smart kid, thinking of all of that within a day of meeting me. Um… it’s just a lot to think about, that’s all. But while I’m here, feel free to come talk to me about anything you’re excited about, okay? Even if I don’t understand, I’ll do my best to engage.”

He perked up, looking excited before suspicion caused his eyes to narrow. “...You mean it? No backing out, right?”

“Yeah,” you chuckled softly. “Promise. I’m gonna head back to your dad now, though, okay? It was an order that I went straight back once I was done here.”

“Yeah, yeah. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable, lady. …You’re a lot cooler than I thought you’d be.” He smiled sheepishly at you as he helped you back onto your feet. “I really am sorry for insulting you earlier.”

You gently patted his shell as he walked you to his doorway. “It’s alright, Ludwig. Water under the bridge, okay? I’ll see you later.” He waved you out and you headed back toward the king’s room… you hoped. The hallways were still confusing, but you were doing your best to remember the exact way back. Only now, you were vaguely dreading spending more time around Bowser just in case Ludwig ended up being right - if he caught feelings for you, where would that leave you? Would he keep you prisoner forever? Would you become his new Peach?

You swallowed your overactive sense of anxiety and forced your legs to take you back to him. Ludwig had also said it might not happen, so you’d have to bank on that - besides, who’d want your broken ass anyway? Certainly not a king intent on causing havoc every so often.

But you’d be a little more careful about how you acted with him anyway, just in case.