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[center][color=ed1c24][b]Level:[/b][/color] 2
[color=ed1c24][b]Day/Time:[/b][/color] Day One; Evening
[color=ed1c24][b]Location:[/b][/color] Erion - Airborne
[color=ed1c24][b]Word Count:[/b][/color] 376 (w/o character quotes)
[color=ed1c24][b]Tag:[/b][/color] [@DracoLunaris][@Etherean Fire][@Simple Unicycle][/center]

Mario grinned in amusement when he startled Naija, but he didn’t snicker or giggle. Her command was for him to stall Demon Lord Odin and that had been his plan from the start. Mario was full of himself at times…okay, [i]all the time[/i] but he wasn’t stupid to take on the equivalent of a god alone.

[color=0072bc][b]“No problemo,”[/b][/color] Mario returned, gripping the boulder eagerly. Taking down bastards was his specialty!

What he hadn’t expected was the swinging and bumpy ride. Mario had actually hoped that Naija would have had a good…mind arm? Brain arm? And would use her mental strength to send him after Odin, but she instead had chosen the squirrel route. When she found her favored targeting position, the swinging and crazy directions the boulder darted in made Mario’s face flash green.

[color=0072bc][i]I’m startin’ to think this was a bad idea. I dunno who’s gonna try to kill me more, Fish Girl or the demon lord[/i][/color], Mario thought.

He had to hold onto the boulder for dear life. It would have been a disaster if she had launched the rock and he wasn’t on it due to motion sickness. Clenching his eyes tightly closed, Mario prayed as he tried to take his mind off his churning guts:

[color=0072bc][i]Please just throw me. Please! Make it stop! Just make it stop![/i][/color]

Fish Girl sang a different tune and like a rocket, Mario had gotten his wish. The boulder shot straight into the air. Mario bore his teeth as the wind tore at his eyes, causing tears to trail and tried to peel his lips apart. His cheeks rippled and his body shook from the velocity fighting gravity.

[color=0072bc][i]I hope my moustache doesn’t rip off![/i][/color] Mario mentally panicked. That would have been worse than death. If only the other champions knew how much manliness was required to grow the perfect stache.

Mario’s brows crashed together with determination as the boulder approached the Demon Lord. If he deflected, dodged, or even caught the rock, then he was going to be in for a surprise. The plumber made sure to hide right behind it so that the Demon Lord wouldn’t even see him coming. The only problem he would have to deal with afterwards was the other twenty Valkyries.