Super Mario Puppet Show

Hello kids! Welcome to the **Super Mario Puppet Show**!! Once upon a time, there was an Italian plumber named Mario. [[Hello Mario!|Beginning]]

Mario lived in the magical *Kingdom of Mushrooms*. Let's follow him in his wacky adventures! [[Andiamo!|Mushroom1]]

While Mario is taking a walk outside, he comes accross a bunch of mushrooms. There's a lot of those in the Kingdom. What should he do? [[Eat them!|EatMushroom]] [[Stomp on them!|StompMushroom]]

Wow, I hope those are not poisonous! Mario eats the mushrooms… And they're delicious! It makes him feel stronger. What a good afternoon it is so far! [[Let's continue|Pipe]] (set: $mushroom to true)

Oh, you goofy Italian plumber Mario! You just want to run shenanigans! Mario jumps on the little mushrooms and it pleasantly squishes under his shoes. This is fun! [[Let's move on|Pipe]] (set: $mushroom to false)

Oh, look! There's a pipe over there! [[Fix the pipe|FixPipe]] [[Jump in the pipe|JumpPipe]]

It's time for Mario to put his Italian Plumber Master Degree to use! He takes out his tools, get close to the pipe… But as he looks inside, he gets swallowed in it! [[Oh no!|Castle]]

Silly Mario-the-Italian-Plumber! That is not how pipes work! But nevertheless, he jumps straight into the pipe. Where will this lead him? [[Let's see…|Castle]]

Mario swim in the pipe until he reaches the other end. It spits him out in a dark castle… What should he do now? [[Explore the castle|Lava]] [[Go back in the pipe|OtherCastle]] (set: $another to false)

As Mario proceeds into the castle, he comes across a pool of hot, boiling, deadly lava. Be careful Mario! This is getting dangerous! [[Go around the lava!|AvoidLava]] [[Jump in the lava!|JumpLava]]

Mario goes back in the pipe. Alas, he realizes there's a whole maze in there! After picking direction randomly, he just ends up in another castle. Poor Mario! [[Explore the castle|Lava]] [[This castle looks the same as the other one!|CastleSet]] (set: $another to true)

Look, making an entire castle set is espensive. We cut corners where we can. [[Explore the castle|Lava]]

Alright, Mario safely walks around the pool to get to the other end of the room. This isn't too hard. I was scared for a moment. Now Mario is facing a huge metallic door. [[Open the door!|Dragon]] (set: $sauce to false)

What!? What are you saying, children? Mario can't jump into the lava! That will burn him! Surely you don't want that! [[Jump! Jump!|TomatoSauce]] [[No! Go around!|AvoidLava]]

No, Mario! Don't listen to them! Too late. Mario jumps in the pool, and… Ha! Turns out it was not lava, but just tomato sauce! And it's not even as hot as it seemed at first glance. So Mario is fine. *Phew!* Okay, now that Mario has taken a swim (and is a bit stinky because of the sauce), he can get to the end of the room where there is this big door of metal. I wonder what's behind it! [[Open the door!|Dragon]] (set: $sauce to true)

Mario opens the door, and enter a large throne room, where awaits… Oh no! It's the **Dragon King**! “*Roooaaar!* I'm the Dragon King!” says the Dragon King. “(if: $mushroom)[Is it mushroom I smell?](else:)[You have mushrooms all over your shoes!] (if: $sauce)[And tomato sauce too! ]I think you will make a delicious diner.” [[Fight the dragon, Mario!|FightDragon]] [[Run away, Mario!|RunFromDragon]] [[This dragon looks like a turtle!|TurtleDragon]]

Fight!? But Mario is a plumber! Not some kind of brave knight! And look at that, it's a huge dragon! And scary as heck! So scary in fact, that Mario does not listen to you and just runs away! [[Chicken!|RunFromDragon]]

Run as fast as you can, Mario! This dragon is merciless! But the dragon is faster! Soon, he will catch up with Mario, and then, and then… Oh, I'm so scared! What to do? What to do? Look! There's a lever over here! [[Pull the lever!|Torch]]

Well, I'd like to see you try to sew a dragon puppet! Let's just say it's some kind of turtle-dragon. It still breathes fire you know, and is reputed to eat chubby plumbers! [[Fight the turtle-dragon, Mario!|FightDragon]] [[Run away, Mario!|RunFromDragon]]

No, Mario, that's a torch! You went in the wrong direction! [[The lever! THE LEVER!|Lever]]

That's it Mario! You've reached the lever! Now pull it! Mario pulls the lever, and the floor under the Dragon King collapses. The Dragon King falls right into the lava! He's melting! “Oh no! I'm melting in lava!” shouts the Dragon King, before disappearing. Mario defeated the monster! With your help! [[Hurray!|Treasure]] (if: $sauce)[[[Wait, I thought the lava was just tomato sauce?|NotLava]]]

You know what I'm thinking? This dragon was propbably guarding some kind of treasure. That's what dragons do! Let's have a look! I wonder what it is… [[A Princess!|Princess]] [[Gold!|Gold]] [[Another castle!|CastleTreasure]]

Ah, correct! But the Dragon King didn't know that, did he? He melt. [[Okay|Treasure]]

Yay, gold! So much gold! You can't see it because it's off-screen, and we didn't find any convincing accessories for gold. But trust me, it's over there, it's an amazing treasure! Also there's a Princess. It's not related to the treasure, it's just… She's here, okay? [[Hello Princess!|PrincessSpeech]]

Why would the dragon have a Princess? Whould she be a prisonner? Damsel in Distress is a tired trope, you know. … But in this case, yes, there is a Princess. [[HELLO PRINCESS!|PrincessSpeech]]

(if: $another)[We're already in another castle. Don't you think you had enough castles for today?](else:)[What? You can't put a castle inside another castle. What would be the point?] Besides, we, hum, have this Princess puppet ready to use, so… Let's introduce the Princess! [[Hello Princess!|PrincessSpeech]]

“Hello everyone!” says the Princess. “Thank you for getting us rid of the Dragon King. He was quite the annoyance!” She turns towards Mario. “You deserve to be rewarded for your heroic action!” declares the Princess. “How about I offer you a meal? Anything you want!” [[CAKE!|Cake]] [[PIZZA!|Pizza]]

Mario then gets a cake made of every sweets he likes! (if: $mushroom)[A perfect dessert after the mushrooms he had earlier. ]Yummy! [[Is it over now?|End]]

Mario the plumber from Italy sure does like pizza! (if: $sauce)[It goes very well with the tomato sauce. ]A perfect meal to end this day. [[Is it over now?|End]]

Indeed, this is the end of our story! But Mario will surely come back soon for another goofy adventure! Until then, goodbye children! [[Ciao Mario!|FinalScreen]]

The End