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February 12, 12:00 A.M., Three Hours Before The Supply Run: Do you really have to go so soon? Its only been a week since I got out of the hospital Marth... Shiida said as she wrapped an arm around her husbands chest, hugging him with a smile that usually got him to stay with her for another few hours. This time it wasn't going to do so however. Shii...you know I can't, I've been grouped up with two others to go on a supply run, the Life Sphere needs those resources to function. God knows I wish I could stay, but I can't...he said as he turned around and kissed her before pulling away and leaving, heading for the area where he had arranged to meet up with the two partners he asked for to complete this mission. Two Hours and Twenty Minutes later: He had arrived at the northernmost entrance to the life sphere, he had made arrangements for nobody to be coming through this way, so Marth and his two other gatherers would have all the time they needed to gather their belongings, which, for the Hero-King, wasn't much. He had packed food and water that t would last them a whole day, though he didn't plan on being gone with the others that long. He had even gone as far as to request a few wagons, pulled by some of the strongest horses around. He even had Hoshi with him, his trusted friend. Now all that was left was to wait.

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As Marth patiently waited amongst the entrance of the Life Sphere, not one, but two familiar faces approached him in their usual humorous manner. A goofy and loud voice Marth had heard plenty of times before called out to him. "HEY! Buddy!" The ever enjoyable presence of Banjo and his pal Kazooie came running towards Marth in excitement. The bear sported his usual blue backpack with Kazooie inside waving to Marth and this time using her actual voice which she seemed to have gotten back in Lightweather Hospital when they experimented on her. "Hi Marth! Nice to see ya partner! Me and Banjo missed you!" Banjo noticed Marth had his valiant pet with him still as well, the one known as Hoshi who nearly scared Banjo and Kazooie half to death back at Pokemon Cove. Banjo attempted to pet the creature as they were both sort of like animals anyway and there didn't seem to be any harm in it. Kazooie eyed all the supplies Marth had around him and commented on it. "Don't you ever pack light? Me and Banjo need no more than what's in our nifty bag." Kazooie patted the backpack as Banjo nodded. They both believed being encumbered by too many unnecessary materials would hinder their abilities to travel at a speedy pace or in most cases, ability to run away in case a battle broke out they didn't want to partake in like back at Pokemon Cove.

The two could very much fight, but they just preferred not to. "I'm guessin we're expectin others. I certainly hope they are as nice as you guys!" Banjo made this statement because neither him nor Kazooie have met anyone else that even came close to Marth's kindness and personality; not yet anyway. They've only ran into mean spirited people with bad intentions thus far and they really wanted to meet someone else who for once didn't mind their sillyness or just plain existence for that matter. They brought joy where they went, and they both understood under serious situations they weren't the best, they had to be pretty provoked to be super serious, but they also both knew that they had a presence in which was comforting and reassuring to the sad and hurt. They were sure at least some of their traits and skills were going to be useful and well needed on this trip. If they were honest with themselves, ever since arriving on Li and in the Life Sphere, they've done more traveling and exploring than they ever have before, and it was quite exciting to them. They didn't get to rest nearly as much these days, but they didn't mind it, so long as something came of their efforts.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Waluigi never liked it when others made decisions for him, then again who did? Searching the meteorite field for supplies? Sounded like a huge waste of time. What could possibly be out there for them to pillage and plunder? Food would probably be disease ridden and uneatable. Anything so close to the life sphere would have been sucked dry for resources, this mission was a test to Waluigi’s patience and a waste of his time.

The proudly purple dressed plumber had a lazy slur to his walk cycle and his teeth were exposed completely in a grimace of dissatisfaction. He wasn’t going to hide the fact he didn’t want to go on this mission, why should he? Why should anyone be happy if Waluigi wasn’t? He continued to approach the gate that the police had notified him to meet up with the rest of his group. The one good thing he could say about the mission, at least he didn’t have to go out and risk his life fighting a giant monster in the infected fields. If he was going to die for something it was going be for something he cared about, not something the police had struck on a dart board and told him to pursue.

Two out of the four creatures at the gate were recognizable. The prince and his pet were hardly a face that Waluigi knew, but the other pair were the only ones that tried to help Waluigi when he was being pursued by that kill crazed android. That gave them some respect in Waluigi’s eyes, but in the end their attempts were in vain.

“Wha ha ha, is this it? I was expecting a much larger convoy, we are being guided by a prince, right? Where’s your army?” the mischievous man teased Marth.

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Marth smiled and waved at his friends when they both said hi, raising an eyebrow at the fact that Kazooie finally chose to speak. So she had just been shy earlier. But what she said caused him to laugh, he had actually packed fairly light, but the days worth of food was so that there would be enough for everyone, as he knew about their appetites, and he had prepared accordingly. You should have seen what I used to pack back home, months worth of food and water, extra weapons, armor, the whole nine yards. He added with a laugh. Marth? We're only waiting for one more person, right? Hoshi asked at the same time as Banjo did, but as he petted her Hoshi looked up at him and smiled. Yeah, one more person is left, in fact, he should be showing up any minute now...he said as he looked around for their partner. But the first thing that he heard was not what he had expected... When he heard the other mans insults Marth shook his head. You know, I would have expected a bit more decency from you, but, I guess I was wrong to assume that everyone had the manners of my friends here. he said as he smiled at his two friends. Alright, from what I was told when I was given this mission, there are several crashed gunships in the Meteorite Field, they sent scouting parties out, but they encountered a large group of infected and decided to retreat. Our goal is to clear out the infected and retrieve everything we can from the ships. It's why I brought Hoshi along, she is very powerful. He said as he climbed up into the drivers seat of the carriage he had managed to get the authorization to borrow. As he said her name, Hoshi jumped up into the drivers seat next to him, laying down on the wooden bench so she wouldn't fall off. Everyone, get on, this is what we're taking to carry everything in, it's better than walking. he said, once everyone was on he would snap the reigns as the doors opened, taking them out into the world of Li, the world they had all been out into at some point in time...

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When the bear and bird combo mentioned they had hoped to have another nice person in their team who could work well together with everyone and balance the team out, they didn't expect someone like Waluigi to join them. When they had heard he was a criminal they didn't become too fond of him after that. However, when they saw him get brutally destroyed back in Rainbow Square and how Zero treated him, they couldn't help but both feel sorry for the guy and have sympathy and tenderness towards him. They didn't regret at all helping him out before, and they both still felt it was the right thing to do regardless of him blowing up a statue. Who knows if the duo would ever find out why he did what he did, but they knew he didn't deserve such treacherous punishment for it by being killed. Banjo and Kazooie walked over to Waluigi with sorrow in their eyes. "I'm so sorry for what happened to you. You didn't deserve it. I wish I could have succeeded in helping you, and trust me, Zero will pay for his actions. That sick idea of justice was not right, not right at all. But trust us when we say, on this team, you are an equal." Banjo extends his hand to Waluigi as Kazooie extends her wing to him as well promoting a sign of companionship. They were all going into this mission together, and it was going to be on equal terms between everyone. Nobody was going to be treated any differently.

Kazooie turned her head towards Marth while waiting to see if Waluigi accepted their signs of friendship. "Right Marth? He's one of us now. And I know you can agree that everyone deserves a second chance." Banjo and Kazooie didn't entirely know Marth well enough to expect him to comply with every single moral the duo had, but they knew his heart, and they knew he was a good guy, and they figured Waluigi's bad attitude was just a defense mechanism to hide his good nature. There was a little bit of good in everyone, whether they knew it or not, nobody was heartless, even the Infected, just lost, scared, and unsure of how to act because of something that triggered their mean personalities. This was a highly regarded belief of Banjo and Kazooie, everybody was a good guy, everybody had kindness within, some just had to work harder than others to get it to shine through.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Waluigi did nothing more than laugh at the reply he had gotten from the prince, king, or whatever his rank was before the fall of his kingdom. “Heh, don’t expect that everyone will be groveling at your feet just because you were royalty once. You hold no more power around here than I do, so excuse me princess” Waluigi fended himself while crossing his lanky arms. Whether or not Math had taken much attention to his words was unclear since he wandered off after he initially responded, so his attention instead cut over to their third party. It might be something to note that Waluigi was the only one without a sidekick or true ally on him despite the fact he was most notably known as Wario’s right hand man.

The attack on the monolith was definitely something that Waluigi could hardly forget, but he knew going in to the operation that he had a slim chance at escape anyways. It was inevitable. Either way, the operation was a success regardless of his capture and that was the only redeeming factor he could find with the events of that day. “Good, it’s about time I get some better treatment than the gum on some lowlife’s shoe.” His eyes connected with the bear’s extended hand and he slapped his own labeled gloved one into the creature’s paw and finished with a leisure shake. “You watch my back, I’ll watch yours” he answered once more as he brought his face closer to Banjo’s.

With a short skip and a hop, the plumber sat himself down in the back of king’s fancy coach. The Infected were hardly something Waluigi had worried about. They had a team of roughly five individuals who seemed well prepared for combat, besides out in the fields of the wastelands he had far more freedoms than in the life sphere. It would be like a vacation, a hideous location for a hideous person.

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You're right, I do believe the same thing, but I do also expect him to do the same, if he wants me to treat him with respect, then he has to give me the same treatment. he said when his friend said that he knew that he probably believed the same thing as him, but then he heard what Waluigi said...I don't expect that, I simply expect proper manners from people that I meet. Its not as hard to be respectful as most criminals make it out to be. he said as he kept an eye on the road while Hoshi kept an eye out for any infected. This was going to be a long ride if the purple plumber kept being rude to him, he was willing to be as kind as he normally was, provided that the plumber was willing to at least pretend to be nice.

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Banjo and Kazooie jumped into the wagon and felt pretty adventurous. They had a group, they had means of travel and provisions, they had everything in which made a great adventure already. This was going to be a wonderful road trip and a great start for an epic quest. "Wow I haven't been on a road trip like this in...well...ever! I'm so flippin excited for all the things we're gonna do!" Banjo looked at Marth and then at Waluigi as if he was a kid in a candy store. "Are YOU guys excited? I mean this isn't my trusty Go-Kart or Dirt Buggie, but this is going to be amazing!" Kazooie nudged Banjo as if to remind him of something. Banjo's facial expression changed to represent a light bulb going off in his head. He raised a claw into the air to gesture at the idea and reached his hand into his backpack while Kazooie helped him grab something out of it. He managed to pull out a ukelele that was just small enough to fit in what seemed like his never ending backpack anyway. It was an old looking instrument but still pretty in tact. He grinned and kicked his feet up near Marth heading the carriage and horses. "How about some show tunes partners?" He began to slowly strum his instrument, but not very well, and he started to sing...but not...very well. Kazooie politely took out a pair of earmuffs from the bag and put them over her ears and then smiled and nodded her head as if jamming along enjoying the music, when in reality, she didn't, she just liked seeing her friend happy, and singing and strumming made him quite jolly indeed.

"Ohhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! She'll be comin around Witch Mountain when she comes...she'll be comin around Witch Mountain when she comes! SING WITH ME! She'll be comin around Witch Mountain she'll be comin around Witch Mountain she'll be comin around Witch Mountain when she COOOMMMEEESSSS! WOOHOO! AGAIN!" And after that first chorus line, he kept going and he would probably keep going until someone told him to stop. Kazooie still looked content, however, and kept playing along as if she enjoyed what she heard cooing here and there to a random tune in her own head. This was the pure sillyness and joy that the duo was accustomed to bringing wherever they went.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Waluigi just shook his head when the kingly swordsman said he expected respect out of him. What sheltered lives royalty lived in. Demanding respect from people they hardly knew, he probably doesn’t even know what a sewer rat looks like. What made Marth deserving of kingship anyway, what did he have that Waluigi didn’t? Besides a clouded distortion of reality where everyone was friendly and those who weren’t were just claimed as bad folk or criminals. “Respect is earned, not given for free” was Waluigi’s simple answer to Marth.

Afterwards, he settled himself in the back storage area quite nicely. Distracting the driver too much wasn’t what the purple plumber was aiming for since he was a passenger as well. The last thing he wanted was for them to get lost or end up in some infected lake un-expectantly. He might have a distaste for helping out someone as prude as Marth, but he still wanted to return in one piece.

The jovial bear on the other hand, it was hard for the criminal to hold a scowl towards. He didn’t want to show that he was enjoying any part of the trip to only prove his distaste for such useless heroics, but he broke into a smirk on more than one occasion when Banjo started to sing road trip songs. Waluigi had a very strange attraction to things that most people tended to either find obnoxious or terrible, why else was his best friend Wario? So, he couldn’t help but take a liking to the awful tunes. He hopped out of his seat with an upside down scowl and a light hearted look in his eyes. He began to stomp his elfish clogs and clap along to the beat of the bear’s stringed instrument in a very country-esque style.

“OOOOOhhhhh! She’ll be coming around Witch Mountain when she comes!” he chanted along, though his slurs made it sound like there were more W’s in the verse than there actually was.

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As he heard the two in the back get really excited and burst out in song and Dance Marth laughed, finding himself tapping his feet along with the beat. And around the third repeat of the song He chuckled and cleared his throat. "Ooohhhh! She’ll be coming around Witch Mountain when she comes!" he sang along for a while, laughing as he heard Waluigi dance around in the back, all the while the all too familiar words he had said bounced around in the back of his head, his father had said something similar almost a lifetime ago...He tried to follow that code, but sometimes he forgot, and he needed someone to remind him. Hey...I'm sorry. he said, his voice just deep enough to be heard over the music and dancing that was going on behind him. I was acting like a stuck up brat earlier, and you didn't deserve to be treated like that. To be honest, I don't know why I said the things I did. I just know that they shouldn't have been said. He continued, trying his best to apologize while keeping an eye on the road, which was no simple task. Hoshi simply looked up at him with a puzzled expression, she had never known Marth to call out his own weaknesses like that, but she supposed there was a first time for everything. As it stood though, she could smell the group of infected from here, they were close to the site, maybe five, ten miles from it...

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Banjo stopped his singing as Kazooie took off her earmuffs and seemed to be touched by Marth's words. The man of honor has actually apologized to someone like Waluigi. Banjo began to feel elated and Kazooie cooed with content and admiration for the kind words. "Oh Marth! I knew we'd lift your spirits somehow! isn't it excitin' to know, how simple things like a song from home, can bring out the best in people? I thank my grand pappy for helpin me remember such a tune. Say, how about another friends?" Banjo strummed his instrument one more time and let out a hum which was way off key. Kazooie was about to put on her earmuffs again except that she had caught a scent of something foul. They were about to reach their destination pretty quickly. "Wait Banjo old buddy, I think we better keep a lookout on the road. I'm smellin some Infected, but I do believe they are alot closer than they appear." Kazooie mentioned this little interruption as if enemies were already in the vicinity tailing the group. Banjo poked his head out of the wagon and looked around seeing nothing of interest other than a vast empty wasteland and the pungent nasty air. "I don't see anyone Kazooie, but I do feel my lungs being squeezed, that old familiar catch of leavin the Life Sphere. Oh how I loathe that lingering air." Banjo put a paw over his mouth trying not to breathe so much of it in, seeing as it was already seeping through the wagon and very much present.

Kazooie spoke up again. "Looks like our fun is endin early. Man, don't those Infected jerks ever leave us alone? I would prepare yourselves everyone, I can tell their watchin us, or else their scent wouldn't be surroundin the vehicle." Infected they couldn't quite see, but notice? The worry on the bird's face simply wasn't enough to depict what she was describing, and neither was her words of caution. It could be anything out there looking to cut the group off from their travels, but it was certain that whatever it was that was stalking them didn't want to see everyone reach the Meteorite Field safely. There was always something or someone parading around the planet's surface just waiting to strike, and that was the unfortunate side effect of being in unknown territory, one of many, you will never know what you go up against until it appears, one must always be ready outside the boundaries of their shielded home.The air was getting thicker with Starvia, and the pounding of the wind in the area was starting to fill the ears of Banjo and Kazooie. The terrain was becoming more treacherous and the atmosphere and noise of the wastes was starting to seem less welcoming and far more evil. Any minute now, they'd all know a fight was brewing.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Waluigi was prepared to go on for another verse or two, but his lungs seized up at the thickness of the infected air. He left off a few throaty coughs before wiping his lips dry. There have been many few times that Waluigi went outside of the Life Sphere and given the lungful he got he now remembered why. Sure it was relatively lawless out here, but it was hardly a place to have a picnic either. It figures that the vilest of places couldn’t be inhabited by the likes of him. He quit his dancing as he heard the king’s speech. His opinion of him still didn’t changed but at least he wasn’t as arrogant or smug as the plumber had suspected him to be, although a single set of words were hardly enough to convince him fully. “Ah, don’t get mushy with me just yet. We still have a job to do” he threw his hand nonchalantly as he waddled to the side of the caravan.

The others seemed to have gotten some sort of sense for the infected creatures, Waluigi didn’t see anything nor did he hear anything. All it seemed like was an empty road with their paranoid pets making danger that wasn’t there. Then again, the two were probably more seasoned fighters when it came to the infected so it’d be best for him to keep his wits about him just in case they were right. He slid two baseballs out of his sleeve and readied both of them in one gloved hand for the pitch. He leaned to the side of the cart and inspect both the ground and the outfield for anything. Nothing yet. "Oh come on, there's nothing out there" he whined.

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Stop the cart, the infected are closer than you think, their using some sort of cloaking...thing, I think that we have a toned down version of that guy from the factory on our hands. Hoshi said as the side of the caravan was blasted with a burst of energy! This spooked the horses, but Marth stopped them, pulling back on the reigns as hard as he could, just barely keeping the team from running off as the Infected finally revealed themselves!   x3 Items Held: Corrupt Stave, Cloak of Defense Enemy Reward: Unknown HP%: 0 The Dark Masters had been sent outwards of the crash site as a defense system, they were sent to destroy any and all supplies the people from the Life Sphere could gather, but eventually it just devolved into keeping them away from the crash site. The first Dark Master that noticed the caravan waited before opening fire, but the same could not be said of its brethren, who opened fire upon seeing it, and with a shake of its head, the final dark master dissolved the magic that cloaked the four of them, firing off a burst of flame at the caravan as one of the heroes leaped out of it!

Disaster is coming....

When The Infected started firing upon the Caravan, Hoshi sprung into action,leaping out of the Caravan and gathering flames in her mouth before firing them in a constant beam of swirling fire at the two infected on her side! I've got these two, Marth, you and the others get the other two!  she said through their connection as she cut off the flames and then launched a shadow ball at the last one to appear, readying herself for the flurry of magical attacks that was sure to come in return...

Mission, Factory Finds, one floor above group

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Because Kazooie already had a hunch and somewhat knew what to expect with the scent it picked up, she managed to see the attackers in just the right time and flapped her wings as hard as she could flying both her and Banjo out of the cart and onto the ground in safety. The cart took some major damage, and the duo only hoped everyone else would be ok from the impact. Kazooie then took her and Banjo airborne high above the ground so they could get a better view of their enemies. There were three of them, the adventuring team outnumbered the enemies, but at the same time, they seemed capable of great power and destruction, which alerted Banjo and Kazooie that caution should be taken. They thought of a maneuver in which they could both go on the defense and the offense, and after a few moments of thought, they came up with a decent plan of attack. "Alright Banjo, let's roll them over!" Kazooie then looked at the others on the ground and shouted to them. "And the rest of you, find an angle to attack and me and Banjo will distract those magical weenies!" Banjo smiled liking the idea and rubbed his paws together knowing what was gonna happen next. "Okay partner, let's play some catch! BEAR ROLL!" Banjo curled up into a ball and Kazooie reeled her body backwards pulling the bear in a reverse direction, and stopped flapping her wings and pushed her body forward sending them both into a speedy motion and furthermore, into an escalating ball falling down right on the trio in a rolling doom.

The three enemies would most likely all need their attention on the descending ball to prevent major harm done, but the formation also allowed the two pals on the attack to be in a defensive stance as a ball which would lighten the impact upon landing, and since the ground was just dirt and dust really they figured it was worth the risk. They were both used to fall damage by now after all the cliffs they've fell down and caves that collapsed on them in the past from their adventuring in Witchy World that they were no longer afraid of crashing into anyone or anything, this was one of the few risks they enjoyed taking because in the air was where they both tended to excel. Their speed presently was also at such an amazing rate that if the mages were to attack them, it would be minimal damage at best with the trajectory of the move in such an angle and rush of motion they'd likely cut through the magic attacks the three dished out and tear through the dirt like a spinning razor blade going straight for their targets, which was the three Infected ahead of them. This was going to be a relentless gorilla tactic approach, but they weren't doing this to showoff, or for them, they were doing this to provide their team an opening and end this battle fast before it gets out of hand or they all run out of oxygen from the Starvia air levels.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Waluigi’s eyes detracted from the field outside the caravan as he had strong beliefs that the other two and their pets were just being paranoid of their surroundings. It was an easy assumption to make, every inch they stepped away from the Life Sphere the more dangerous it was, it was simple mathematics. The air reeked with the Starvia so how anyone could differentiate the air from an actual enemy that had a strong stench of the stuff was far beyond him.

As the purple plumber leant against the wall of the wagon, the bird and bear combo swiftly exited from their positions and out onto the battlefield. He was curious as to why for a brief moment before the structure was suddenly shaken about by the blast of the cloaked enemies. Waluigi followed in suit to the rattling of the structure letting out a loud whoa every now and again followed by the sound of his skinny body thumping around the wooden trailer. Once the vehicle had finally halted from the series of blows, Waluigi reoriented himself among the walls feeling slightly dizzy from the insane ride he had been a part of.

He hopped out of the caravan as soon as he was ready to fight, which was a bit later than the rest of his group admittedly. Maybe there was a lie he could throw out later to explain his absence from the fight? His shoes were untied, there we go. It didn’t have to be a good lie. “Hey! Weirdoes! Kamek wants his rejected laundry back!” the purple cladded fighter taunted the wizard looking people as they were being struck by Banjo’s bear roll or whatever he called it. To add insult to injury, Waluigi tossed his liar balls directly at one of the floating figures, aiming mostly for the head, but as the past has shown one ball may go in a slightly different direction from the other.