#timid-plumber

[gerudospiriit]

Luigi's got a gift in his hands just for Nabooru. Does she know what Valentine's Day is? Will she care? He thinks she'll appreciate a nice gift either way... Inside of the bag he presents to her is a little card with a cheesy note printed on it, and signed by Luigi. There's also candy. "This-a for you. Weegie gotta show his love and appreciation for his friends today!"

" Hm? "

A gift? She hadn't lost so much track of time that her birthday had already arrived, right? No, of course not. She examined the presents in his hands then remembered, chuckling softly at her own forgetfulness.

" Ah, it's that one holiday...the one for love and the like. " She took the gifts with a smile. " My people do not celebrate the holiday, so I'm afraid I don't have anything for you. You did give something to that crush of yours, though, right? Daisy? "

[koopzilla]

@timid-plumber

Sleigh bells ringing. Church choir singing. What does it all means!?

It is all gobbledegook and nonsense - a worthless exchange! Except for one part. As Bowser watched a man pushed a decorated box into his beloved's hands, oppurtunity knocked. If people are forced to trade presents, then Princess Peach would be forced to have an audience with him!

His new plan demands perfect execution! He must know everything about the holiday! So began Luigi's summoning... via a paratroopa knocking at the door at the crack of dawn.

"His majesty says... STRINGBEAN! Got your next job lined up! Meet me in your... New Dork Kingdom!... and bring your... Krer... mist... mas SPIRIT"

--

His demand is sincere. The giant had already begun his investigation! In place of his spiked bands are glowing christmas lights, and his mane is tucked away beneath a large red Sanda hat. His guise is oddly calming... few had reacted to his presence. Missing morning coffee may be the culprit. He has be dubbed Christmas Godzilla by another pesserby. His tapping foot cracks the sidewalk still and is the signal for any approaching plumber to hurry up before he goes into a store himself...!

[garlculean]

@timid-plumber Asked. ✍️

Send ✍️ and I’ll draw your muse! // 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

      𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐎𝐅𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐇. EY LUUIIGI- WHADDYA DO-- HEY LUIGI, TEACH'A ME TOOOO!

[red-man-of-mustache]

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Emeralds adorned the green-favoring brother meanwhile there were rubies in Mario's own crown. The twins ruled this kingdom together and that meant they should at least look like it Mario figured. This tiny mistake didn't offend Mario. Actually, he was just looking out for his not-so-little brother. Watching the innocent man realize his situation Mario smiled. Then he spoke.

" You'd forget-a your 'stache if it wasn't-attached eh bro?" Light teasing at worst. " We need to-a keep up appearances y'know. Princes without-a their crowns are just-a big Toads."

[multicolour-ink]

I- don't know why a Star Wars AU never occurred to me as a massive fan! I come to your inbox as a Resident SW Nerd™ to absolutely info dump about George's six films. For your AU, how it'd play out would really depend on what part of the timeline you're going for. If it's during the Original Trilogy (Episodes 4-6), the Jedi are all dead and gone save for Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke was sent to live with his aunt and uncle, and Leia was sent to the Organas. Both were meant to stay hidden from their father, Anakin, who became Darth Vader. They were deemed the last hopes for the galaxy to be re-balanced and so had to grow up in hiding. Heck, Obi-Wan and Yoda both had to keep exceedingly low profile to avoid the Empire catching on. I'd argue Obi-Wan never would've taught Luke anything had he not gotten Leia's message from R2-D2, begging him for help. That message set fate into motion. I'm sure mentally, Obi-Wan was going 'Heavens, not again.' Poor guy couldn't escape Skywalker Antics til the day he died. Literally.

Now, if you set this idea in the Prequel Trilogy era (Episodes 1-3) or before it, then the gates are kinda wide open in terms of what you can do??? During the prequels, the biggest thing going on in the galaxy is the Clone War. It's a massive-scale thing, encompassing pretty much all of known space, and it was all put into motion by Darth Sidious/Chancellor Palpatine. He did it to create the Galactic Empire, to be Emperor and hold all the power for himself. By this point, the Jedi have been sucked into fighting in the Clone War when they're meant only to be peacekeepers. They lose their way. They become hypocritical and jaded as a whole. And from the moment Qui-Gon Jinn brings Anakin to them, they act like total jerks. He's too old to be trained, they say. He's too attached to his mother, they say. And then when he's the most powerful Jedi they have, they're threatened by him. And yet they don't allow him to form attachments and love in healthy ways, they don't counsel him when he needs it most in ways that could've helped him. They only tell him what he shouldn't and can't do, or how it's wrong to think/do X, Y, Z. They're harsh and inflexible. Had Qui-Gon lived, he probably would've turned out alright. But he didn't, and it fell to Obi-Wan to train him. Obi-Wan was a pretty by-the-books sort of fellow, and so didn't really know how to guide Anakin in ways he needed. If we roll back further still, the Jedi often tried to do something about people they felt were threats to themselves within their own organization. In Knights of the Old Republic, for example, you play as a character you come to learn was power nerfed AND memory-wiped because you were once a Jedi and became a Sith. It's been ages, so I forget if there's dialogue options to react positively and negatively to that fact. I think there was though. For sure you can choose to stay with the light or go right back to being evil. Anyways, I can't say it's out of the realm of possibility that the Jedi would cast infants into exile or otherwise try to stifle their power if they had an alarming potential of being threats in the future. The foremost way Jedi would determine such a thing in the first place would be if one of their own was especially good at precognition. Almost like a fortune-teller, or clairvoyant of sorts? Basically whoever can see into the future and be pretty much always on the money. Of course- the future is ever-shifting, hard to really see with certainty. Often, if and when the Jedi try to stop something from happening by any means necessary, it happens. The Order did everything to try and make sure Anakin didn't become Sith, but he did. Anakin tried way too hard to keep Padmé alive, she died because of him. Stuff like that.

ANYWAYS THAT'S SOME SEMI LIGHT READING AND KNOWLEDGE ON STAR WARS I'M GLAD I GOT TO SHARE ALL OF THAT WITH YOU.

Star Wars AU

Thank you for that info dump, @timid-plumber . It's always nice to have one with actual knowledge on Star Wars contribute to the AU, considering I only know the barebones of it 🤭

Note: TW for death during childbirth

For the AU, Pio and Mia's story takes place in the time set in the prequel trilogy, while the events with the bros happen during the original trilogy. Sure there are some roles that are different from the source material, but I argue that does make the AU its own thing somewhat.

For example: my idea of the AU was that (during Pio and Mia's story) the Koopas are ever more on the rise with the help of their powerful King, Bowser's father. During these early days, King Koopa Sr is training his very young son how to rule when he takes over, which of course means the Jedi want to stop them as soon as possible before this happens.

Long story short, it all fails. I don't have the necessary details figured out, but I imagine that at some point, Pio and King Koopa Sr battle it out, and Koopa Sr and Pio are killed in the struggle. Leaving Bowser an orphan and taken away by Kamek and the Toadies for his safety. Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant Mia hears of her husband's death, and attempts to flee the base they are on, before it's attacked by the koopa army. During the escape, Mia is gravely injured, then goes into labour not long after. She safely delivers two healthy baby boys, but succumbs to her injuries and dies, leaving her children orphans as well.

The Jedi at this point know that the koopas will be looking for these two, plus one of the Jedi wizards, Merlon (who let's just say is the Yoda and/or Obi Wan in this AU) can sense that there is great force power with these twins. Knowing the koopas don't know there's twins, the decision is made to split them up, in order to lower the chances of the koopas finding them.

[alittledetermined]

@timid-plumber

'So, how do I use this again?' He's stumped. Luigi made it look easy; even when quaking in his boots, Lu had managed to capture at least three ghosts with the Poltergust.

Mario meanwhile, is still trying to work the thing out! He'd never had to bust ghosts in this way before! Most of Mario's enemies could be dealt with by using a power up or at least a good round of fisty cuffs.

[shibemuses]

“So… are we gonna talk about whatever you just nudged under your bed or nah?” - Luigi @ Mario (timid-plumber)

A shiver, or more like a jolt, runs through the red plumber, face exploding into the shame color of his famous cap. Ah. Crud, so Luigi had caught him? Probably his own fault for not being more subtle.

His twin could always sense was something was wrong. It was part of their bond, eternal as stars. If one of them was happy, they felt it. If one of them was injured, miles and miles away, the other would feel it as keenly as if they had gotten burned then and there too.

"Nothing!" The elder twin pipes, putting on his best, cheerful voice (which wasn't hard considering his falsetto). "Just-a some stuff I don't feel-a like putting away!"

He wouldn't let Luigi know he had a diary of all things, a specific one with little drawings and poems dedicated to someone he had eyes for.

@timid-plumber

[simiansmoke]

Bro I bet you got that ✨gorilla grip✨

💝💖 - muse flustering (?)

rates - 9/10

He squints...eyes pretty much going cross as he lifts his hand up between them to study it and form a fist. "Uh...NO DUH???"

Still, there were a lot of weird phrases he'd heard involuntarily from the human kingdom (no thanks to certain PLUMBERS) to know that it possibly had some other meaning.

Welp, time to investigate. With Luigi's laptop! @timid-plumber Because he's chilling with the plumbers today and Luigi isn't around to guard his stuff.

"Let's seeeee..." Tip, tap, tip, tap...he flicks each key with his pinkie carefully before pressing enter and squinting at the screen. Murmuring lowly as he read over a description slowly, he suddenly freezes, trailing off.

"W-WHAT THE HELL?!" His face burning all the way up to his ears, he slaps the laptop away from him. "I DO NOT...!!"

He leaves the laptop with the search screen still open when he turns to gallop down the stairs in the hopes of finding something to smash until his face cooled off from 'beating the shit out of the environment therapy.'

[thebananwithaplan]

. "And for getting 4 questions correctly, Luigi wins...!"

🎙️ “A football chiseled out of stone! Fun for cave persons of all ages! Toss around the ol mammoth skin with the whole cave family! This ancient sportsball was discovered recently by the archeological team we chased away so that we could build our new studio on their dig site. It’s even official size!”

[cosmicxmuses]

@timid-plumber​

{🕷} “Way to cave into peer pressure. You guys all look dumb by the way.”

[gerudospiriit]

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" That's a lot of hobbies, " she mused with a hum. Smile shifted to a slight frown, puzzled as he redirected the question to her. Comparatively especially, she didn't really have that many pastimes she would call hobbies.

" Hm...I like fighting and training. Learning new combat techniques. Reading, too. Hunting can be fun, but that's more of a necessity for the survival of my people... " She folded her arms. " I guess I've just never had the time to really foster hobbies. After all, I can hardly remember a time where I had actual free time that wasn't devoted to bettering myself or the lives of my people... "

[koopzilla]

@timid-plumber​

His muzzle housed a grotesque mishmash of dried snot, sweat, and soup. Strained blood vessels outlined the corners of his pinkened eyes. His feet hardly left the ground with each step. His tail lumbered miserably, leaving a flat trail behind. Bowser was the perfect picture of poor health– this is no hay fever. 

But that would not stop him from stealing his princess!

King Stubbornness Koopa had marched himself right to the doorstep of the Mushroom Kingdom. Toads were already starting to throw their arms up in a panic. 

“BOWSER IS HERE. WARN THE PRINCESS– CALL THE MARIO BROS!!” 

Civilians were getting ready for a war! Not a single cannon would be needed to take him down though. A gentle breeze, stuffed to the brim with springtime pollen and particles, whisked past and saved the day. It surpassed the king’s stuffed passages with ease and– 

Aaaaa– AAAAA… AAAAACHOOOOO–

His legs crossed just a little too far attempting to keep the balance. As if the wind had merely pushed him over, the towering tortoise crashed onto his tummy. Peach’s castle was so close, but so far. Muscles betrayed him though. A single push-up ended in failure halfway. 

“Peachesssss…” A hopeless mumble melted into nothingness. “It’s our anniversaryyyy… Come ouuuut…!” His chin smeared the ground and his eyes fell shut. 

Perhaps Kamek was right. Perhaps he was pushing himself too far today. But, he cannot miss their special day…! Even if Peach doesn’t know about it yet. “Peeeaaaach… urrrghh…”

[garlculean]

|| @timid-plumber | 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑼𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 ||

      𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐔𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐘 out from Wario's lips in regards to Luigi's response towards his inquiry. It appeared in that very moment he'd had some sort of thought pressed between the pages of his mind. However, this juncture was short lived as right after Wario had simply shrugged towards the other fellow with a rather nonchalant, mundane face. He mumbled and murmured the universal sound for ' I dunno ' before replying stalely.

                                           ❝ Curiosity ain't killed DIS cat yet, Eh, heh, heh... ❞

[blockbourne]

@timid-plumber

Ah. Transit had likely hatched from an actual egg, but had been placed in a power block to be unleashed again at a later date as if he were no more than a useful item. At least, that's was Luigi's theory. The look Transit gave him only helped solidify the idea in his mind. "Bowser is a very bad koopa," Luigi explained. "He exploits others for his own gain. He wants to take things that don't belong to him with force, and he'll do that any way he can. Including capturing your kind and putting them into power blocks."

Once Transit settled down next to him, Luigi put a hand on the yoshi's head. Jeez the poor thing was sad now. That wouldn't do at all. "No. It's not your fault that the mark is there. You've had it since you were a baby. I just hope that Bowser didn't do anything else to you and the others that hurt you or could hurt you in the future. But... I guess if he had, Gadd would've found out, right?" Maybe. If he were a smart man, and wasn't working for Bowser himself. But then- what human in their right mind would, unless forced to do so? "Maybe one of Princess Peach's scientists or doctors can make sure you're ok. And maybe they can do something about that mark on your flank too."

With his chin in the dirt, Transit's jaw quivers slightly, his glassy eyes rolled up to regard his company with a mix of confusion and self-doubt. The weight from his back, though placed aside for his camping venture, suddenly felt like it was back on him and pushing him further into the ground than he'd like. "Brrrshhrswr...awahah- yrsh." [-but...packages-...going Bowser? Is name on address.] And 'evil' or not, his drive to complete his worth-proving task is more important than what is possibly a bad situation to wander into.

With a frown, the yoshi, sat up, though his haunches remained curled up under him. The mark...this 'Bowser', and 'blocks... were they at all connected like Luigi claimed? He shakes his head, confused and snout pursed. "Yrshi-yrshi-! Awawahah. Aowh!" [Can't be sure why was in block for start. Why am investigating-...] He assures the other, expression softening in mild defeat. He'd been on his investigation for a while now with hardly anything to show for it except a map with marked areas and blank areas yet to investigate. To see if those yoshi Gadd said disappeared from the fossil record really were stuck in the power blocks. Why that is...he'd have to investigate later. After he found proof of it all being real, of course.

"Hrrh? Yawsh?" [Don't know why mark there...but can't be bad after so long, right?] It's not like he'd combusted from a youngling to now, so he's skeptical on even probing the matter. There were far more important things at stake-...and he expresses so with scooting his shoulder pack around until the satchel itself laid over the mark, masking it from view. "Yrsha, yosh-yosh, iiiishii." [Camp here for strength back. Tomorrow need take supplies to Darklands. You stay?]

[mushroommonarchypeach]

@timid-plumber​

This made her laugh a little. “Oh, not really. I usually switch it up pretty routinely. I suppose my favorite is shortbread, but I’ll really take anything. As for the tea, as long as you have sugar to sweeten it, I’ll be fine.” Gosh, Luigi was so sweet to try and fit her preferences in.

[alittledetermined]

@timid-plumber-sent -"Hey, hey, you're alright! it's okay, just calm down."

The pair were simply chatting in the locker room of Spike's 'Wrecking Crew's' base. The brothers had already suffered a bombardment of insults from their foreman that day. Yet, this hadn't been the end of their torture. Another fiendish brute decided to push Luigi on his way past them. A chain reaction. An enraged older brother. Mario threw fists.

After that; everything just got a whole lot worse. The little guy was forced into an open locker and shut inside. Panic serging through him. He couldn't get to Luigi! He kicked at the inside of his metal jail! Punched at it! 'Luigi! Lu!' His breath is shallow.

A feeling of dread. Of panic. 'I'm trapped. Luigi! I'm stuck.'

"Hey, hey, you're alright . it's okay, just calm down."