It's noon hour in the ramble room, and the cast is up and about. Meg dug out her N64 and after rifling through her entire set of 6 games, she picked out Mario Kart 64. The four controllers are plugged in, but where are the competitors?
(five minutes prior)
Lissa: *walks in carrying seven boxes of pizza* Lunch is here!
Oh. That explains it. Everyone's eating pizza except Meg, who has turned on the N64 and is picking the 4-player option. Frowning at the character selection, she again wonders why there are so little characters to choose from.
Lissa: *flops on the couch behind Meg* What're you doing?
Meg: *continually scrolling through the 8 characters* Being bored.
Lissa: *blinks* Well why aren't you racing?
Meg:* turns to look at Lissa* Ken, Goten and Trunks are supposed to play with me.
Ashka: *settles next to Lissa* Goten and Trunks just started on another box of pizza.
Lissa: And Ken?
Sean: *sits on the floor in front of the couch* I'll give you three guesses and take away the first two.
Meg: *sighs* He's right there with them.
Sean: *grins* Yup. Stuffing his face like the fat turkey he is.
Meg: Damnit.
The doorbell rings, but before anyone can answer it, Duo has already entered and leaps on the couch next to Ashka. The other Gundam Wing guys enter a little more calmly.
Meg & Lissa: *wave* Hi guys.
Quatre: *claps his hands* Oh! A racing game! Can I play?? *runs over and sits next to Meg, looking at her with big watery eyes*
Meg: *sweatdrops* Of course you can, Q-kun ^.^;;
Duo: Oh! Me too! *leans forward* Pleeeaaase?
Lissa: *rolls her eyes* Duo, you know she loves you. Why do you bother to ask?
Duo: Cuz it's fun to watch her cheeks go bright red! Right, Hee-chan? *grins at Heero*
Heero: *grunts and looks away*
Meg: *squeals quietly and hands a controller to Duo*
Duo: Woo!
Lissa: Well, since they're playing, I wanna play too!
Ashka: *pouts* Awwn.
Meg: What's wrong Ashi?
Ashka: Oh.. Heh ^^;; I was gonna ask to play too, but there's only four controllers.
Goten: *walks in, rubbing his hands* So, we gonna play or what?
Trunks: *blinks* Looks like the GW boys are back again.
Kenny: They should just stick a tent in our backyard and live there.
Meg: *frowns at the N64* This could get rather complicated.
Wufei: This game is stupid. There is no way to lose against only eight competitors. The race should be made with much more than that!
Lissa: *brightens* Wufei, I hate you, but you just gave me a really neat idea.
Meg: *grins at Lissa* A ramble room go kart derby?
Lissa: Well, no, actually I was going to go get chips and dip...
Meg: I thought so! So... Where's that remote...
Sean: *pales* No way, Meg. I am NOT riding in one of those dinky little karts!
Meg: *holds up remote triumphantly* Too bad. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this thing. *punches a button and everyone disappears*
When they reappear, everyone's shocked to find that they're well, really short and made of polygons. Also, some of the cast is dressed in quite strange attire...
Trowa: *blinking down at the red jumpsuit he's wearing* Okay. I know I wasn't wearing this when I came in.
Meg: *blinks* Trowa, why are you wearing Mario's clothing?
Heero: *dressed in a green jumpsuit* Where the hell did this plunger come from??
Meg: Luigi? *sweatdrops* Oh crap.
Lissa: *frowning* Meg, I KNOW this is your fault! *gestures to the bright pink dress she's wearing and the crown in her hair*
Kenny: *oblivious to the fact that he's wearing a yellow jumpsuit like Wario* Princess Peach! *falls over laughing*
Sean: *frowns at the purple outfit he's wearing* I don't even remember the name of Luigi's evil half, but I'm pretty sure that's who I'm dressed as. Oh well, at least I'm not Princess Peach. *eyes Lissa*
Lissa: *glares*
Ashka: *screams* Quatre! What's on your head?
Quatre: *adjusting his purple vest* Huh? *blinks and tugs at the large white headpiece with red spots on his head* It's a helmet. *pulls it off and his golden hair is shown again* See?
Wufei: *dressed like Donkey Kong* THIS IS INJUSTICE!!
Meg: *falls over laughing*
Duo: *dressed like the green Yoshi* I dunno Wufei, you look pretty good in a large monkey suit.
Alex: ...How did I get here? *looks down at her outfit* And why am I dressed like Donkey Kong Jr.?
Goten: *feeling the horns on his head and frowning* I don't see why I had to be Bowser.
Trunks: *snarling and dressed in a turtle suit* At least you're not Koopa Troopa. He's not even IN this version of Mario Kart!
Alex: *frowns* Neither is Donkey Kong Jr.
Pasha: *dressed normally* Well, since we're here to race, let's race.
Lissa: Oh hell no! I'm not racing in that damn pink cart!
Meg: *stares at Lissa* Yes you are.
Lissa: No I'm not!
Meg: Yes. You are. This was your idea too, and you are SO going to race!
Lissa: But-
Meg: EVERYBODY GET IN YOUR CARTS NOW
All: *scramble to the fourteen carts that are conveniently placed on the highway*
Lissa: *grumbling* I don't see why I have to wear this fugly costume and Meg gets to look normal.
Sean: Meg never looks normal ^_^
Meg: *snatches Trowa's red hat and pelts Sean with it*
Trowa: *blinks in surprise but doesn't really care*
Sean: *sticks his tongue out at Meg*
Kenny: *looks down at the highway and pales* Oh god.
Quatre: *has his mushroom hat back on* What's wrong?
Kenny: *looks back* Meg! How could you choose Toad's Turnpike?!
Meg: *sitting in her blue Go Kart* I wasn't thinking! Uh... heheh. Watch out for cars?
Heero: *frowns* Why am I in last place?
Duo: *sitting in second-last place* Because we're the best drivers. So hurry up, get in your kart.
All of a sudden, a large transport flies by on the adjascent highway.
Lissa: NO WAY!
Pasha: *eyes flash* Awesome.
Lissa: Tell me we aren't racing on a highway!
Goten: *turns back to look at Lissa* We aren't racing on a highway.
Trunks: *turns back and looks from the other line* We're racing on a turnpike.
Lissa: *groans*
Meg: The race doesn't finish until EVERYONE is across the finish line!
Lina: *appears suddenly floating on a cloud* Um... hi?
Sean: ....Where the hell did she come from?
Kenny: Who cares. START THE RACE!
Lina: *blinks at the karts and the street light in her hand* ......Oh! *hits the button and counts down with her fingers*
3...
2...
1! GO!
All: *rev their engines and take off*
Wufei: Shimatta! This damned suit is weighing down my kart!
Duo: *cruising by Wufei, face only visible within the big green suit* You only say that because you're losing, 'Fei! *drives away*
Heero: *cruises by - albeit not as fast as Duo - without saying anything*
Meg: *swerves into the traffic* WOO! This is great!
Kenny: *slams into Meg from behind*
Meg: *crashes into the railing* Ack! You asshole! *guns the gas pedal and chases after him*
Lissa: *tentatively pressing the gas pedal, trying not to lose control of the kart*
Sean: *rams into Lissa's kart* C'mon Lissa. Go.
Lissa: *glares* Back off, Sean.
Sean: *snickers and rams her again* Go Lissa.
Lissa: Sean!
Sean: *rams her again* Go Lissa.
Lissa: DAMNIT SEAN! *slams the brake so he passes her then floors the gas pedal, coming up and slamming into him from the side*
Sean: AW SH-!! *slams into a car and flies into the air*
Lissa: *pales* Um... oops. *drives away*
Ashka: WAHOO! *weaves through the traffic, occasionally criss crossing with Pasha*
Pasha: *grinning* It's been WAY too long since I'd been out to drive!
Ashka: I know what you mean! Hey... did you see the guys anywhere?
Pasha: *shrugs* They swerved off awhile back.
Trowa: *glancing back nervously and trying to keep his kart away from the vehicles* Oh god... where'd he go...?
Quatre: Oh Trooooowa!
Trowa: *pales considerably* Oh sh*t.
Quatre: *grins evilly and fires three green shells at Trowa*
Trowa: ....why me? *gets thrown up into the air on impact, only to be hit again when he lands*
Goten: Meg! Stop tailgating me! *drops a banana peel*
Meg: *swerves out of the way* Ha ha! Gotta do better than that, Goten!
Duo: *waves* Hi guys!
Meg: *blinks and waves back* Hey Duo!
Heero: *drives by not saying anything*
Meg & Duo: *blink at him*
Meg: *eyes Duo* Wanna get him?
Duo: *grins* Hell yes.
Both: *take off after Heero*
Goten: *sighs in relief, only to be blown into the sky by a red shell seconds later* AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Wufei: *sneers and drives by*
Sean: *glaring at the road with a large X bandaid on his forehead* I don't care if you immediately recover. That hurt, damnit!
Trowa: *finally lands on the ground, looking beat and battered*
Sean: *blinks* Who the hell got you?
Trowa: *sighs, maneuvering his kart out of the way of a cement truck* Quatre. Three green shells. then a car and a transport.
Sean: *winces* Ouch.
Lissa: *looking around her kart frantically*
Quatre: *pulls up next to Lissa* What's wrong?
Lissa: I can't find the signal to get in the other lane!!
Quatre: *blinks* Lissa. It's a go kart. There are no signals.
Lissa: ....No?
Quatre: *shakes head*
Lissa: Oh. Okay. ...Quatre? Why are there green shells circling your kart? ....Why are you smiling like that?
Meg: *swerves off the road, slamming into a question box and swerving back out*
Duo: *looks back* What'd you end up with?
Meg: *looks up* Lightning bolt, you?
Duo: Red shell.
Meg: *bites lip*
Duo: *grins* It's for the good of the team! *salutes*
Meg: *nods and pushes the trigger button, causing every racer on the course to spin out and become chibis* Are you okay?!
Chibi-Duo: *thumbs up and trails along behind Meg*
Chibi-Heero: *blinks in surprise* Damnit. I'm little again, and Gohan isn't even around to blame! *
Chibi-Lissa: *looking beat up* I'm going to kill Quatre! I'm not sure what he did, but I'm gonna kill him! And I'm gonna kill whoever made me little and my voice all squeaky! And then I'll kill Quatre again!
Seconds later, the whole crew is turned back to their original size. They're on the final lap...
Kenny: *snickering as he thinks he's in first place*
Heero: *spots him and eyes narrow*
Kenny: I'm gonna wiiiiin... *swerves around a car and picks up a question box along the way*
Heero: *swerves and gets another question box, ending up with a green shell* Hn. Kenny o korosu. *drives up behind him*
Meg: *comes swerving around the corner, her exhaust a bright red color* There he is! *points*
Duo: *following with a red shell trailing behind him* Is that Kenny in front of him?
Meg: *eyes narrow, recalling that he rammed her into a railing* Damn right it is. *swerves off and grabs a question box*
Duo: *manical laughter* Yuy! Your ass is mine! *maneuvers between cars, slowly gaining on Heero, his Yoshi tail flapping around behind him*
Heero: *'s green hat flies off* Ack! My hat! ...Wait, why do I care about that ugly hat?
Duo: *is blinded by a green hat and swerves wildly* AGH! GET THIS THING OFF OF ME!! *releases the trigger button to pull it off and his red shell goes flying* ........ *eyes widen*
Heero: *glances back* Oh sh-t. *fires at Kenny, driving under him when he flies into the air and letting him get hit by the shell shot by Duo*
Duo: Damn you, Yuy! *drives along, shaking his fist*
Meg: *goes flying by with the assistance of mushrooms*
Sean: *comes outta nowhere, flashing with invincibility from the star he collected* Outta my way, fatso! *rams into a recovering Kenny*
Lissa: *has three red shells swirling around her and another one in stock and is laughing crazily* Here, Quatre Quatre Quatre. Heeeere Quatre Quatre Quatre... *hair is frizzed and dress is singed along the edges* COME OUT AND PLAY, WINNER! *cackles*
Ashka: *cloaked by a Ghost and eyeing Lissa warily* Umm... I think getting away from her would be a good plan...
Meg: *somehow has a large amount of banana peels trailing behind her kart* I'll get you yet, Heero! *starts firing them forwards in front of him*
Heero: What the- *slips and spins out of control, slamming into a railing and hitting a car*
Meg: *sweatdrops* Erk... Gomen nasai Hee-kun! *drives by and spots the finish line* ...Wai!
Goten: *is sitting on the other side of the finish line, frowning*
Pasha: *rounds the corner after Meg, crossing seconds after she does*
Meg: So... *looks around* What place did I get? *sees only Goten and grins* Second??
Pasha: *brightens* I got third!
Alex: *appears* No you didn't.
Pasha: ...What the hell?
Minutes later everyone has crossed the finish line, and Pasha is still demanding an answer from Alex...
Pasha: I'm serious! How the hell did you get here before us! I didn't even see you on the course!
Alex: It pays to know how to bribe the judge.
All: *gasp and stare at Lina*
Lina: *sporting a new shiny cape* ...Uhh... what? She... she threatened me! Yeah. She threatened my life!
Meg: *sweatdrops* Okay. So I got third.
Pasha: *pouts* But now I don't get an award!
Heero: *eyebrow twitching and glaring at Meg*
Duo: *throws the Yoshi hood back and claps a hand on Heero's shoulder* Oi, Heero, what'd ya place?
Heero: *twitch twitch* Eighth. *glare*
Meg: *pales and hides behind Trowa*
Duo: Oh... You mean that guy flying up into the air between that onslaught of cars was you?! ...Uhh.... hehehe...
Lissa: *grinning* I didn't get last place!! Thirteenth! Woo!
Quatre: *pouting* I don't understand... how could I have gotten hit by six shells? Consecutively?!
Ashka: *whistles and walks away from Quatre*
And so, Alex, Goten, and Meg drive up to Princess Peach's castle and get their trophies. After the race was settled, the GW guys attacked Alex, stole her trophy, and went home. Alex was mad, and went to her room to sulk when Lissa didn't let her bomb their house. And thusly, another day at the RR ends. Everyone isn't happy, but most are, and that's what's important.
Meg: *playing Grand Prix with Goten, Ken, and Lissa.* We'll show you who's SECOND, Goten! Go Toad! *jams the accelerator*
Kenny: *slamming into Lissa's Yoshi with Bowser* Go Lissa. Go Lissa.
Lissa: Damnit Kenny! *drops the controller and attacks him with a pillow*
Kenny: *screeches and crawls away*
Lissa: *beats him with the pillow*
Goten: Finish line... *blows up* HUH?!
Meg: *cackles and crosses in first* I'm the best! ^.~
Fin ^.^
For those of you who've never played Mario Kart 64, "I'm the best" is what Toad says when he gets first place ^^
