Chapter 2: Across the Vast Desert Hills (part 1)
When we last left off, Mario and his friends, consisting of Shycan and Shelby, rode the train to Desert Hills after talking with Dr. Toadley and receiving the information from Princess Peach via Birdley about the Pyramid. After taking the train ride, they’ve arrived at the train station at Desert Hills.
Conductor: “We have arrived at Desert Hills! Please follow the Sandy Path to Oasis Camp.”
Shycan: “Will do.”
Mario and his friends left the train station to follow the Sandy Path, but along the way, they’re ambushed by 2 Shy Guys. Even a Monty Mole popped out of a ground to join the fight. Shycan did his usual thing and scanned the enemies.
Shycan: “Scan Complete. That’s a Shy Guy. You should know what Shy Guys are since I’m one of them. Max HP is 4, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. They can do a simple headbutt at you, but they can also bounce on top of you to do more damage. Other than that, there’s not much going around about these Shy Guys.”
Shycan did the same to the Monty Mole.
Shycan: “That's a Monty Mole, a mole that digs tunnels under the earth. Max HP is 3, Attack is 2, and Defense is 0. These things can throw an endless amount of rocks at you, but that's it. You better guard well with those rocks, however."
Mario started off with a Jump attack, doing 2 HP of damage to the first Shy Guy. Shelby uses 2 FP in order to use her Power Shell, doing 2 HP of damage to all enemies and KOing the first Shy Guy. The second Shy Guy rams into Mario, but since he guarded he took no damage. The Monty Mole throws a rock at Mario. Mario guarded that attack as well, only taking 1 HP of damage. Mario uses his Jump on the Shy Guy, doing 2 HP of damage and KOing it. Shelby uses her Shell Toss on the Monty Mole, doing another 2 HP of damage and KOing it.
Shelby: “Now that THAT’S out of the way, let’s continue.”
However they weren’t able to continue on because the main road to Oasis Camp is blocked off by a boulder. There’s also a Bob-omb there, spherical bombs with eyes and feet.
Bob-omb: “Oh, hello there. Bound for Oasis Camp?”
Mario nodded.
Bob-omb: “Well, that’s out of the question. You see, there’s a giant boulder blocking the way. Because of that, we can’t go theough.”
Shycan: “Wait, why can’t you just blow it up? You’re a Bob-omb, aren’t you?”
Bob-omb: “Yea, well, I was actually sent here to clear off the boulder. But my partner went off somewhere. Blowing up this boulder will require 2 Bob-ombs, so I’m pretty much at a loss of what to do…”
Shelby: “Don’t worry. We’ll look for your partner.”
Bob-omb: “Oh, thanks. He should be by the right path.”
Mario, with this information at hand, heads off to the right path. Along the way, however, they stumbled on a rock that suddenly grew spikes and charged into Mario, triggering a first strike and dealing 2 HP of damage on Mario.
Shelby: “Mario, are you OK? What was that thing?”
Shycan: “I’ll scan it to find out.”
And soon enough, Shycan began to scan the creature.
Shycan: “Scan complete. That’s a Cleft, a weird rock monster with spike. They hide themselves as regular rocks to catch foes off guard then strike.”
Shelby: “That’s a cheap trick!”
Shycan: “Max HP is 2, Attack is 2, and Defense is 2. They got high Defense, meaning you’ll need a strong attack to damage them. They also got spikes, meaning Jump attacks are out of the question.”
Luckily, Mario still got that Power Smash badge equipped, which allows him to do 2 HP of damage to the Clefts, defeating them instantly.
Shelby: “That looked WAY too easy…”
Shycan: “That’s because there was only one Cleft. If there was more, then we might be in trouble.”
Mario suggested that they continue on looking for the Bob-omb’s partner. They did just that, taking on any Shy Guys and Monty Moles they run into, along with avoiding any rocks that looked like Clefts. After a while, they find another Bob-omb.
Bob-omb #2: “Oh? And who are you?”
Mario answered that question and asked who the Bob-omb was.
Bob-omb #2: “Well, I’m part of a demolition crew sent to destroy the boulder blocking the way to Oasis Camp, but I sort of got separated from my partner and gotten lost…”
Shycan: “We know where your partner’s at. He sent us to come find you.”
Bob-omb #2: “Really!?”
Mario nodded and agreed to take the Bob-omb to his partner near the boulder. Once there, the 2 Bob-ombs leaped for joy of finally being reunited.
Bob-omb #1: “My partner! You have returned!”
The 2 Bob-ombs turned to Mario and his friends.
Bob-omb #2: “Thank you for helping us. To repay you, we’ll blow up this boulder.”
The 2 Bob-ombs stood in front of the boulder and lit their fuses. Soon after, they exploded, destroying the boulder in the process. After the smoke cleared, the 2 Bob-ombs stood, unharmed, and the boulder was destroyed.
Bob-omb #2: “There you go.”
Shycan: “Do you have any idea who left this boulder here?”
Bob-omb #1: “Well, we were told a strange person left the boulder here, but they weren’t sure who that person was.”
Mario thanked the Bob-ombs for destroying the boulder then continued following the path with his friends until they reach the entrance to Oasis Camp.
Shelby: “Quite an interesting place.”
Just then, a group of Bandits, masked thieves, ran by with a bag full of stuffs. Following them was a Toad who looked angry.
Toad: “COME BACK HERE THIEVES!”
Mario asked what was going on.
Toad: “Oh, well, I really don’t know how it happened, but all of a sudden a HUGE pack of Bandits appeared and started taking EVERYTHING!”
Shelby: “That doesn’t sound good…”
Shycan: “Urgg, I’ve always hated those Bandits due to the way they are; petty, petty thieves.”
Mario agreed to help the Toad get rid of the Bandits.
Toad: “You’ll help? That’s good to know, but I doubt you’ll get rid of ALL of the Bandits here.”
Shelby: “We’ll try our best.”
Just then, a loud shout came from further into the camp.
???: “CURSE THESE BLASTED BANDITS, ALWAYS TAKING MY STUFF!”
Toad: “That sounds like Murry again…”
Shycan: “Murry?”
Toad: “Murry’s a Monty Mole merchant traveling the world to sell his goods. He has recently set up shop here, but with the Bandits running amuck, his goods keep getting stolen.”
Shelby: “Let’s check it out, Mario.”
Mario agreed with Shelby as he and his friends headed off to find this Murry. Afterward, Mario’s going to take care of the Bandit problem. The only question: how?
New Chapter also means new enemies:
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Shy Guy
Attack: 1
Defense: 0
Moves: Ram (1), Bounce (2)
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Monty Mole
HP: 3
Attack: 2
Defense: 0Moves: Rock Throw (2)
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Cleft
HP: 2
Attack: 2
Defense: 2
Moves: Tackle (2)
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