Day 1: Mario's Rainbow Castle
Policelights and caution tape flood an early morning scene with colors belaying it'sseverity. The dawn of the next Great Superstar Contest was intended to be abright and happy occasion. Toadlock Homes walked up to a somber lookingMushroom Kingdom Police Department officer speaking with Toadsworth.
"Do wehave an ID on the bodies?" Toadlock asked.
"Therat is Rizzo the Rat, a Muppet," The officer responded.
"Andthe...other...?" Toadlock trailed off, unsure of what the other creature'sspecies was exactly.
"Thatis none other than Gonzo the Great, also a Muppet,"
"Soit's just as I suspected. Both of our esteemed guest hosts for the GreatSuperstar Contest are dead." Toadlock stated flatly. He turned toToadsworth, "Does this meant that the Contest will be cancelled?"
"Wecan't cancel it again!" Toadsworth exploded, "It's been cancelled thelast three years! First the fiasco with the offensive material in the last gameand our primary sponsor Hudsonbacking out, then there is the whole issue of Bowser's Kids running rampantagain. They've learned how to disguise themselves to look like Toad folk. Noteven Mario and Luigi can easily detect their disguises. If we cancel again, wemay never get the games going again."
"Evenif you don't cancel the games, rumors are already starting to fly," WarnedToadlock, "Who would be willing to host on such short notice?"
"Eh,well just make Tumble do it." Shrugged Toadsworth, "He's done itbefore and I happen to know that he's currently job hunting. Hasn't had anywork since Mario Party Advance. The guy will take anything at this point. Theprincess is a sucker for cute little things like him or Lumas so she won'tobject."
"Youknow," Toadlock pondered, "we may be able to use this as anopportunity to track down those blasted Koopa Kids. They love interfering withthese games and if we could get the players to team up to weed them out in themiddle of their pranks, we may kill two Goombas with one shell. The gameproceeds, and we stop our Koopa conundrum."
"Andthe added action will really boost ratings! It might just save the Contest!Great idea. I'll go brief the players about this and get Tumble ready forhosing duty. Remind me to give you a raise later"
"I'malready paid in mushrooms and IOUs...not like I can't get mushrooms frombreaking blocks..." Toadlock mumbled as Toadsworth scuttled off to makesure everything was arranged for the opening ceremony later that day.
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Final notes from Tumble:
>Godfather is invisible to the investigations as usual.
>Remember townies your powers change each day so check your PM's to see what you got for the day.
>Stars cost 20 coins. You may buy them any time during the day. No sales occur during then night.
>Apparently due to a misunderstanding or something Khush's mod powers got revoked (sorry, Khush, I asked for them to be restored since I was counting on you to help) so I'll just close the thread when I return from work at night. The official end time is still 11PM in case Khush gets them back, but the same rules I stated before apply where anything done before the thread lock is legit. And Khush, if you do get them back, could you post when you lock the thread so I can compare time stamps. I'm not sure if there is any way to do that without seeing the last post.
>Lastly, everyone (including mafia) gets 10 coins to start! Roles and rolls have been sent out (hehe, I'm sure you're totally ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING! ha...ha... *crickets* ...fine)
Go get 'em!