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OMG! IT'S FINALLY UP! After all these detours and crap, here's chapter 6 of Paper Mario the Metora Kingdom! My personal favourite chapter in the game, not to mention, things are gonna get pretty dark from now on... ENJOY!

After battling Uncleft in the Asterock Chamber, Octoombravo got a message from the NMA to report to the headquarters for a mission. Octoombravo suggests Mario goes with him to NMA Headquarters because he probably has a lot of important information concerning the military. So, you exit south east of Auroraport which takes you to Gamma Plains, a linear-ish path leading strait to the NMA HQ.

Once at the HQ, Octoombravo grants you access into the base, and upon entry Octoombravo meets someone he knows; “Is that you Bravo? Wow, talk about leap of absence!” a bright pink Octoguy with a short ponytail appears. “Oh! Octoombeta, h-hey there” Octoombravo replies “I see you’ve made some new friends as well! Well, he’ll discuss that later, right now General Octoombaron is about to give us our mission briefing, so I’ll meet you there okay?”. “A-affirmative!” Octoombravo stutters. “Who was that guy?” Norahl curiously asks, “THAT’S NOT A GUY! THAT’S A CHICK!!!”. Norahl laughs “Well she is still an Octoguy, oh and I can see them yellow spots there going bright red on your face, hahaha!”, “CAN IT BUD!” Octoombravo shouts.

Once in the office of the base, you are joined in front of General Octoombaron and surrounded by various other members of the Quazer Op Squad in which Octoombravo knows most of them. “Alright maggots! Lemme just do a quick head count...” Octoombaron quickly counts the squad members up: "Octoombravo, Octoombeta (A female Octoomba), Sgt. Fragrey (A grenade shaped bob-omo), Ryguy and Snipeguy (2 shy guy brothers) and Choco (a chain chomp) ...where's Koopondu?" wonders Octoombaron.

Tanagi of all people then comes out and says that he knows Koopondu as he lives in the Nadiri Mountains and fuses ninja techniques with military technology. “Okay, so you must think you’re recruits or something huh? Well then here’s YOUR first assignment! GO FETCH ME THAT SLEEK HEADED NINJA-WANNA-BE! And you Octoombravo, can tell me about these strangers you’ve brought in here without MY PERMISSION!”. “Y-yes sir!” the Octoomba turns to Mario and whispers “The general seems pretty strict but he’s actually a nice guy...”

So, Mario and Co. (except for Octoombravo) revisit the Nadiri Mountains, where there’s a tall spire-like mountain just outside Hana Koshi, which has a unusual metal balcony at the top. Tanagi explains that that’s where Koopondu lives. But when they go over to it, there doesn’t appear to be anyway of getting up to the balcony part. Tanagi then realises “Getting up there requires the use of a special technique: wall-jumping. Unfortunately I haven’t exactly mastered it myself yet, but perhaps you could help Mario?”. The player then just gets a very short tutorial, explaining that you can use Tanagi to wall jump by sliding of walls and then jumping, thus unlocking Tanagi’s secondary ability!

Once at the top, an aging white shelled Eskoopa instantly points a word towards the group saying “Who goes there!? Who do you think you ar-“, Tanagi steps forward to cut him off simply saying “You, NMA Headquarters, NOW!”. Koopondu quickly drops his high-tech sword in realisation that he was late, quickly grabs his gear and starts running towards the HQ.

So, back at the HQ, Koopondu apolagies for being late and so Octoombaron begins the mission briefing: "We recently received a distress call from 2 hostages being held in the “Pulsar Stronghold” on Moonflake Peak, east of the Starflake Pinnacles. Intel shows us that the one’s responsible for this is none other than the neighbouring Yeast Kingdom, who seem to have secretly invaded our boarders to make their own settlements here. The man in charge is known as General Elazar Grate, or General E. Grate for short. Your mission is simple; stealthily invade the Pulsar Stronghold and save the 2 hostages. Oh and one of the hostages is the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom: Peach Toadstool, which makes this mission all the more important! The mission begins tomorrow morning, so get ready... MAGGOTS!!! Eh so... peace out!” the general awkwardly scoots off.

Octoombeta tells Mario and Co. that she'll show them to the armoury. In the armoury, Octoombeta tosses a Laser Pistol to Octoombravo “Don’t get yourself blown up out there, k?” she giggles. “A-ha, yeah, same to you!” Bravo stutters. After everyone leaves the armoury, Octoombravo stops Mario for a moment “Hey um... thing is well... urgh, you probably haven’t seen me like this yet but, in reality, I’m actually a pretty big coward out on the battlefield. I feel like the really reason I’ve been travelling with is to become stronger and learn more from how you battle Mario, but now that I’m back to my original business, the fear is all coming back... that’s right... I’m scared”

Mario tries to comfort him, and Tanagi also gives his own words “Fear not; if you think about it, we’ve already been through many dangerous situations before now, and we made it out alive, why should this be any different? Don’t worry, Me, Mario and everyone else will still be with you”. Octoombravo looks up at Mario and Tanagi, and simply gives a silent nod. With that, the group head over to the barracks where they sleep for the night to skip to the next day. The following day, Mario, Co. and Quazar Op Squad all meet in North Anchor Valley, at a large rock wall which happens to be the foot of the Starflake Pinnacles. By using Octoombravo, you uncover a hidden cave with a frosty pipe inside. Jump in and thus begins CHAPTER 6: THE BATTLE OF LOST KINGDOMS!!!

The pipe spits everyone out on the top of a large blizzard-filled peak. Norahl looks around and adds up that you’re on top of the Sunflake Plateau, west of the mountains. Snipeguy peers down with his sniper rifle and tells you that there's an enemy outpost at the bottom of the mountain but the mountain appears to be too steep to simply walk down. Norahl then suggests the group use the sledge they used in Chapter 5 to get down! That’s right, Mario, Co. AND everyone in the squad gets on the sledge, and so you play the sledge minigame for the second time, only this time, handling is slightly different due to the added weight and giant snowballs can roll up from behind you.

After the minigame, the squad are at the foot of the Sunflake Plateau, overlooking the nearby out post, which Norahl stupidly gives the name “Chill-Outpost”. Snipeguy then climbs up onto a nearby water tower, saying that he'll stay to provide sniper cover. Sgt. Fragrey tells the group to”Move out” into the outpost. Although just before entering, they come across a purple Doopla Ghost, weeping in the pale white snow. Though the group try to get some info out of him, they get no response, so they move onwards.

"Keep close" whispers Fragrey "Don't blow your cover".

Here you need to stealthily sneak your way around the outpost without getting caught, using objects as cover along the way. Choco the Hound Chomp will jump up and down slightly to signal if there's any explosive traps nearby which you must avoid, you can also switch to Snipeguys point of view in order to take out certain lone enemies in and allow the others to progress and Octoombeta can also give you slight recoveries if you go to her. If you do get caught and captured then it's an instant game over so... Make sure you've saved!

Part way through, it comes to a point where Fragrey tells Ryguy to sneak around past some enemies and plant an explosive on the nearby vehicle. However when Ryguy goes to do it he gets spotted and then captured in which they begin to ask him question and suspect that there's others here too. When Snipeguy sees this, he abruptly looses it and accidently fires at the enemies. Fragrey acts quickly ordering “retreat!” since the team’s cover is now blown. The squad all regroup where Snipeguy is, and Fragey isn’t happy... “Darn it! We know he’s your brother but now our cover is blown, they know someone’s here, we can’t just waltz in there like nothing happened!

Snipeguy apologises, but the squad wonder what they should do next. Octoombravo then remembers “Hey, Doopla Ghosts can transform right? Why not ask that one we saw before for assistance? Surely he’d be perfect for stealth!” Fragrey automatically refuses it “Hey, we can’t just be bringing random strangers into our mission; for all we know he’s innocent!”, Octoombeta steps in “Well, you gotta better idea? I think Bravo’s idea makes sense considering our situation here, and at the very least we could get some intel out of him?”. Bravo awkwardly agrees “Heh, yeah right, exactly!”

Finally, Fragrey gives in and agrees to the idea. So, the squad head over to the purple wizard, trying to get him to talk, but he just continues to ignore them. Eventually Fragrey gets annoyed and shouts "HEY, LISTEN YOU! YOU SHOULD SHOW SOME RESPECT FO-“, suddenly the Doopla wizard knocks everyone back with his magic, and thus a short battle occurs. Afterwards, the Doopla Ghosts is reduced back to his quite weeping. “Geez, we just wanted to find out if you had any intel regarding our mission; we’re trying to save 2 damsels here!” Octoombeta says. Suddenly, the Doopla Ghosts jumps off the floor “Wait, so you’re the NMA? YES! Thank Metora you’re here! My name is Dooplund, and you must be here to save Princess Peach and Princess Medreana? Please, I must assist you, for Medreana’s safety is my duty!” and with that, DOOPLUND JOINED YOUR PARTY!!!

With a new ally on their side, Mario and the Squad head back into the Chill-Outpost with Dooplund’s ability to disguise the whole squad making them appear like the enemy. With these disguises, as well as Choroma’s (the Metoran Crown) ability to make you invisible, the squad soon make their way out the snowy settlement un-noticed and make it to the foot of the Moonflake Peak. The squad progress further up a large catwalk-like staircase, eventually leading them up to the Pulsar Stronghold! Using more stealth and puzzle solving, the squad manage to infiltrate the complex, and along the way, Mario even finds the Ice Hammer, which allows him to freeze bodies of water!

Soon you reach across the area that you (the player) explored during the Peach interludes. Octoombeta hacks into one of the terminals (the same one that Peach and Medreana contacted the NMA from) to view the security cameras, in which she notices a room where Ryguy is tied up in a chair with a blind fold on, guarded by 3 troops. Beta then locates the room and Fragrey begins to disscuss a plan: "Alright, Mario, Snipeguy and Octoombravo, secretly find a way up onto the catwalk for over watch, while me, Beta and Choco will blast down the front doors. If things get too hairy, I want Tanagi and Koopondu to launch a surprise attack somehow, okay?”

So, Mario, Co. and Snipeguy take an alternate path to get up onto the catwalk of the room where Ryguy is being held. Snipeguy sets up his sniping position, and once everything is ready, Fragrey, Octoombeta and Choco bust into room yelling "Drop your weapons". The enemies do as they're told, "Now, untie him!" Demands Fragrey. The Estroopot grins "As you wish" as he unties Ryguy from the chair. Ryguy disgards the blindfold, “Oh we were worried sick about you!” Octoombeta relieves. Ryguy frowns and turns his back to the group “Y’know, I really respect the trust our squad all has for each other... But I’m afraid, I am no longer apart of such squad” Ryguy quickly turns with a laser pistol, shooting Fragrey, knocking him down to the ground...

"FRAGREY!" Octoombeta screams, running up to Fragrey on the floor. Meanwhile Snipeguy looks down at what his brother just did and starts to panic. "You traitor!" Octoombeta disgusted “How could you? We were your teammates, willing to risk our lives to save you!”. Ryguy lowers his head “I didn’t want to have to do this, but the truth is, in the end it’s only your own life that matters; that’s why we control ourselves, and no one else. Those who try to break that law only end up dying for nothing. 2 days ago I was captured by the Yeast Army, and they threatened me to do this. As I say, people should only look out for themselves, and that’s why I did what I did...”

"And Snipeguy, my brother, the trust you once held for me will now be your greatest weakness". Snipeguy stares in shock when, suddenly a C4 Bob-omb goes off, causing the catwalk that Mario, Co. and Snipeguy are standing on to collapse down onto the floor. Getting up from the wrecked catwalk, Snipeguy continues to stare in disgust “N-no... this isn’t you!”.

Octoombeta, Octoombravo and Snipeguy all quickly pull out their laser pistols but so do the 3 enemies, making this an equal standoff. "Drop your weapons, there are more of us then there is of you!" yells Octoombravo. Ryguy smirks for a moment before replying, "I wouldn't count on that". All the walls at the back of the room suddenly open up, revealing a whole of enemy soldiers, armed with laser guns and bullet bill cannons. "Now... drop your weapons!" orders Ryguy. Seeing as the squad are outnumbered, they have no choice but to drop their weapons and put their arms in the air.

“You hav served me well my comrade” a tall grey Ledus wearing a blue scarf and a dark green hat enters the room from the back, followed by Darameana and Delumer who have Peach and Medreana held captive by 2 guards each. “Elazar Grate!” Octoombeta cringes. Snipeguy closes his fists tightly and quickly draws out his handgun, but is suddenly shot to the ground by a single bullet at the back of the room. General E. Grate puts his laser pistol back in his pocket, while Ryguy closes his eyes shut, trying to block out the inevitable emotions.

“Jus Give in. You’r completely surrounded wid’ no hope levt.” The General speaks “And avter dis, all ov Metora wil belong to d’ Yeast Kindom! Any final words?”. Octoombeta weeps “So, this is it... the end?”. Octoombravo cringes and gives his words “Mario I... I want to thank you... I learnt many things from our travels but, and even if they were in vein after all, I am still grateful”. Mario bows his down with a sad look on his face, “And Beta I... I really wish I could have got to know you better...” Octoombeta cries, with a very brief smile slightly reaching her face.

With no hope left, it seems our heroes’ journey has now come to a bleak end... but out of nowhere, Tanagi and Koopondu leap down from the ceiling and start slashing up all the enemies. Darameana growls "Call in reinforcements!", the General grunts as Darameana and Delumer walk off through the door behind them taking Peach and Medreana with them. E. Grate does as Darameana ordered and quickly follows them out the door, with Ryguy quickly jumping out to escape the chaos.

“We gotta stop em’!” Octoombravo shouts, he then turns to see Octoombeta, surrounded by the injured bodies of Fragrey and Snipeguy. “Beta, you and Choco need to take Fragrey and Snipeguy out of here to safety; our reinforcements should be arriving near the outpost shortly”. “But, what about you?” the worried Octoguy concerns, Octoombravo gives a look of determination “Me and Mario are gonna go finish this battle, that is out duties, and saving them should be yours... please, you must”. Octoombeta thinks for a moment before replying “Yes sir”, as she and Choco then grab Fragrey and Snipeguy to escort them to safety.

“Let’s go” Octoombravo say, Mario giving a firm nod in response. With that, the group head outside on to a large platform, with many enemy troops setup all over it, and General E. Grate standing in the centre. “NOW, the Yeast Kingdom zhall hav revenge on Metora for wat dey did to us 500 years ago! NOW! FIGHT!!!”, and so begins the boss of Chapter 6!

(This battle has multiple phrases, starting with a crowd of Yeast Troops, then Bullet Bill Blaster experts, then moving onto the “Demolitions Guy”, before finally ending with the Motor Bill Tank, being controlled by General E. Grate himself!)

After the battle, the Motor Bill Tank explodes; sending General E. Grate fallsing to the ground. Most of the other enemies then retreat, and Tanagi rejoins Mario. “You go catch up with those other villains, I’ll handle this guy” Koopondu says, grabbing E. Grate by the head. So Mario and Co. chase after Darameana and Delumer. The group end passing through a rather old looking shrine-like area, which seems to have been where Medreana was living before the Yeast Kingdom showed up, with tables, chairs and other furniture carelessly tossed around.

Eventually you chase Darameana and Delumer onto a balcony near the summit of Moonflake Peak, where they join Ryguy and an unknown lakitu inside a UFO-like device. Octoombravo shouts "Drop the girls NOW!". Darameana without hesitation then says "Very well, my need for such hostages no longer" he drops Peach and Medreana onto the balcony. Darameana and Delumer then jump into the UFO with the Lakitu in which Ryguy questions "Hey, how am I suppose to get on?”

The Lakitu replies "Sorry, only a 3 person limit in here!", Delumer then chucks a briefcase towards Ryguy "Here’s your reward!", in which they fly off in the UFO. Out of curiosity, Ryguy opens the briefcase, only to see a timer counting down and C4 Bob-omb strapped inside it. The guilty Shy Guy quickly tosses the brief case over the balcony, but as it's falling, the timer hits 00:00, and a huge explosion goes off destroying the balcony. Thus, Mario, Co., Ryguy, Peach and Medreana fall down onto a lower platform.

Ryguy becomes unconscious from this, but everyone else appears to be fine. Octoombravo quickly picks up Ryguy and tells Peach, Medreana and Mario "This is bad, there’s more explosions trapped all over, this place is gonna blow any moment now! RUN!". So you rapidly make your way out of the base (along the way you see other enemy troops who are also running away), while there's a timer counting down. Once you get out of the main base and come onto an outside catwalk area, a chopper with the Quazer Op squad members and Octoombaron inside, it shows up at the other end of the catwalk. "JUMP FOR IT MAGGOTS!" shouts the General. Mario, Peach, Medreana and Octoombravo jump up onto the ladder of the chopper and climb up to safety, just before a massive explosion goes off in the Pulsar Stronghold...

Octoombaron informs everyone, "Snipeguy and Fragrey have been taken back to the NMA HQ. As for this maggot, we’ll deal with him when we get back” he stares at Ryguy’s unconscious body with anger. Octoombaron then wonders “I bet they captured these 2 woman with the sole purpose of getting us involved, and the Mushroom Kingdom involved as well”. Medreana thinks “I can’t be sure of why they had held us captive, but I have an idea on their goal: they want to reach Gorah City”. “WHAT?!” everyone gasps “H-how though?” Dooplund asks, Medreana explains “I honestly am not sure of how they plan to do such things, but Darameana believes he’s doing it for our father: Comoary.”

“But I get the feeling that the real jewel in his eyes is the Galactic Staff: an item of great power that only a monarch can control; Darameana never got the chance to rule, so perhaps this is his way of achieving such power, and with Delumer as the donor for his current power, he could become unstoppable! He has held down his own siblings to prevent them from taking the throne, considering he is not the oldest of us...”. “You mean you have more siblings?” Peach wonders, “Yes” Medreana confirms “He only briefly mentioned that he had located them, but if he did this to me, there’s no doubt they’ll go after Daria and Nerabul next. Please, you must hurry and find a way to help my siblings! Please take this, as it should aid you on your quest”

Medreana then hands Mario a star-shaped key. “Hey, it looks just like that one we found in the Asterock Chamber” Octoombravo states, Medreana is surprised “Well, each child of Comoary was given a key like this to keep, but Darameana must have thrown his key away in anger and hatred... even so, you should take it, I know there must have been some reason our father gave to us, but I simply cannot carry out this quest alone. Oh and Dooplund, I want you to go with Mario and assist him; you have served me well”. Dooplund bows in honour “yes lady Medreana”, with that, Mario takes the Star Key, thus triggering the END OF CHAPTER sequence

YOU GOT A SIBLING KEY!!!

Interludes:

Since Peach has now been saved, there is no Peach Interlude for this Chapter. But, meanwhile, with Bowser and Kammy Koopa, they find themselves at the foot of a volcano which appears to have a temple built into it. Bowser wonders what it is, and Kammy Koopa decides "Hey let’s ask that guy over there", looking towards a white Sun Bubble with a guilty look on his face. "Hey you, d'ya mind telling us what the heck this place is?" Bowser asks with force. The Sun Bubble seems scared but replies "It... it's the Plasma Temple, where we worship our sun god, Plasmarha". "Sun god ey?" thinks Bowser "Sounds like it could be the source of some pretty great powers, come on let's take a look". And so Bowser and Kammy Koopa enter the temple while the white Sun Bubble behind them quietly says "Wait no... you're not allowed... to...". Once in the temple Bowser and Kammy walk into a large room in with the Volcano's crater. At the top and that sun-like lava at the bottom and in the centre of the room is what can only be described as a small star (a fairly realistic looking one too). Kammy Koopa then comes up with an idea "Your Strongliness, we could call in your minions to help us on a plan I just thought of; we could somehow convert the energy from this star into power for you to use, then you'll be invincible!". Intrigued at the idea, Bowser agrees and tells Kammy to call in his army from the Mushroom Kingdom, thus concluding the Bowser interlude...

Meanwhile back with Mario at the NMA HQ, Octoombaron has decided to promote Octoombravo, Octoombeta and the other squad members for their bravery in battle. However not all is looking so good... the guilty Ryguy is being held under arrest, but it’s about to get worse... No one even seems to want to look at Ryguy, not even his own brother (who’s injury wasn’t too serious, and can still move around fine). But Sgt. Fragrey on the other hand, is laying on his death bed in the infirmary, with the repetitive beeping sound of his heart rate being shown in the background.

Fragrey’s eyes open slightly in which he tries to speak “P-pl... plea...se...”, “don’t try to speak Fragrey” Octoombravo suggests in concern, but he continues “fo-f-for...gi... fo...ve...h...im...”, with that Fragrey’s eye’s shut, and his heart stops as the ringing sound goes off as a constant reminder in everyone’s mind... “F-fragrey... N-no... NO!!!!” Octoombravo screams. Ryguy bows his head “I... I’m-”, he is suddenly cut off by Koopondu who points his sword towards Ryguy “Look what you’ve done! Your selfishness has cost us the life of a good man!”, “I...” Ryguy is cut off once again, but by Octoombeta “Leave him alone... can’t you see that your not making this any better Koopondu... I know it’s hard but... j-just move on” a tear rolls down her face.

Mario bows his head as the room goes cold and silent. Snipeguy walks to the door and briefly tilts his head towards Ryguy, but says nothing... he then leaves the room. Later on, Mario is called into a room where General Octoombaron is interrogating General E. Grate. However, Elazar appears to be playing innocent saying “Argh! I remember nothin’ ov d’ sort! I hav no clue wy I am here or wat I hav done!”. “DON’T GIVE ME THAT MAGGOT!!!” General Octoombaron yells. Norahl then interrupts: “Wait, I actually think he isn’t responsible after all...”. “WHAT?” the general gasps “Oh, go on, let’s hear it!”.

Norahl explains “Well, maybe you don’t believe in dark powers and such, but Delumer definitely has powers that’d fit the words ‘hypnosis’, ‘brainwashing’ and ‘amnesia’; truth is, Delumer was the one controlling him the whole time... I can just tell”. General E. Grate adds “Lisen, da last I remember was mindin’ my on businesz when suddenly, a dark figure attak’d me from da shadows, and avter dat, I forgot everthin’, it’s da truth!”. Octoombaron thinks about it “Well, I don’t want any further conflict between our nations Elazar... so I’ll let you return to the Yeast Kingdom in peace.

Elazar is then untied from the chair. “Tank you, I too wizh for peace between our nations” the 2 shakes hands, and with that, General E. Grate leaves and returns to his own nation. The General then turns to Mario to tell him “I just received intel on the location of Medreana’s sister: Daria. She is in the Lunar Sanctuary in Heaven Haven. We’ll have a jet set up for you tomorrow... so get prepared...”

Oh yeah! So that was Chapter 6 folks! what did you think of it? Also, yes, I did get permission from to use his Ledusi species for this chapter Hopefully that hasn't changed since I originally asked him

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OMG! IT'S FINALLY UP! After all these detours and crap, here's chapter 6 of Paper Mario the Metora Kingdom! My personal favourite chapter in the game, not to mention, things are gonna get pretty dark from now on... ENJOY!

After battling Uncleft in the Asterock Chamber, Octoombravo got a message from the NMA to report to the headquarters for a mission. Octoombravo suggests Mario goes with him to NMA Headquarters because he probably has a lot of important information concerning the military. So, you exit south east of Auroraport which takes you to Gamma Plains, a linear-ish path leading strait to the NMA HQ.

Once at the HQ, Octoombravo grants you access into the base, and upon entry Octoombravo meets someone he knows; “Is that you Bravo? Wow, talk about leap of absence!” a bright pink Octoguy with a short ponytail appears. “Oh! Octoombeta, h-hey there” Octoombravo replies “I see you’ve made some new friends as well! Well, he’ll discuss that later, right now General Octoombaron is about to give us our mission briefing, so I’ll meet you there okay?”. “A-affirmative!” Octoombravo stutters. “Who was that guy?” Norahl curiously asks, “THAT’S NOT A GUY! THAT’S A CHICK!!!”. Norahl laughs “Well she is still an Octoguy, oh and I can see them yellow spots there going bright red on your face, hahaha!”, “CAN IT BUD!” Octoombravo shouts.

Once in the office of the base, you are joined in front of General Octoombaron and surrounded by various other members of the Quazer Op Squad in which Octoombravo knows most of them. “Alright maggots! Lemme just do a quick head count...” Octoombaron quickly counts the squad members up: "Octoombravo, Octoombeta (A female Octoomba), Sgt. Fragrey (A grenade shaped bob-omo), Ryguy and Snipeguy (2 shy guy brothers) and Choco (a chain chomp) ...where's Koopondu?" wonders Octoombaron.

Tanagi of all people then comes out and says that he knows Koopondu as he lives in the Nadiri Mountains and fuses ninja techniques with military technology. “Okay, so you must think you’re recruits or something huh? Well then here’s YOUR first assignment! GO FETCH ME THAT SLEEK HEADED NINJA-WANNA-BE! And you Octoombravo, can tell me about these strangers you’ve brought in here without MY PERMISSION!”. “Y-yes sir!” the Octoomba turns to Mario and whispers “The general seems pretty strict but he’s actually a nice guy...”

So, Mario and Co. (except for Octoombravo) revisit the Nadiri Mountains, where there’s a tall spire-like mountain just outside Hana Koshi, which has a unusual metal balcony at the top. Tanagi explains that that’s where Koopondu lives. But when they go over to it, there doesn’t appear to be anyway of getting up to the balcony part. Tanagi then realises “Getting up there requires the use of a special technique: wall-jumping. Unfortunately I haven’t exactly mastered it myself yet, but perhaps you could help Mario?”. The player then just gets a very short tutorial, explaining that you can use Tanagi to wall jump by sliding of walls and then jumping, thus unlocking Tanagi’s secondary ability!

Once at the top, an aging white shelled Eskoopa instantly points a word towards the group saying “Who goes there!? Who do you think you ar-“, Tanagi steps forward to cut him off simply saying “You, NMA Headquarters, NOW!”. Koopondu quickly drops his high-tech sword in realisation that he was late, quickly grabs his gear and starts running towards the HQ.

So, back at the HQ, Koopondu apolagies for being late and so Octoombaron begins the mission briefing: "We recently received a distress call from 2 hostages being held in the “Pulsar Stronghold” on Moonflake Peak, east of the Starflake Pinnacles. Intel shows us that the one’s responsible for this is none other than the neighbouring Yeast Kingdom, who seem to have secretly invaded our boarders to make their own settlements here. The man in charge is known as General Elazar Grate, or General E. Grate for short. Your mission is simple; stealthily invade the Pulsar Stronghold and save the 2 hostages. Oh and one of the hostages is the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom: Peach Toadstool, which makes this mission all the more important! The mission begins tomorrow morning, so get ready... MAGGOTS!!! Eh so... peace out!” the general awkwardly scoots off.

Octoombeta tells Mario and Co. that she'll show them to the armoury. In the armoury, Octoombeta tosses a Laser Pistol to Octoombravo “Don’t get yourself blown up out there, k?” she giggles. “A-ha, yeah, same to you!” Bravo stutters. After everyone leaves the armoury, Octoombravo stops Mario for a moment “Hey um... thing is well... urgh, you probably haven’t seen me like this yet but, in reality, I’m actually a pretty big coward out on the battlefield. I feel like the really reason I’ve been travelling with is to become stronger and learn more from how you battle Mario, but now that I’m back to my original business, the fear is all coming back... that’s right... I’m scared”

Mario tries to comfort him, and Tanagi also gives his own words “Fear not; if you think about it, we’ve already been through many dangerous situations before now, and we made it out alive, why should this be any different? Don’t worry, Me, Mario and everyone else will still be with you”. Octoombravo looks up at Mario and Tanagi, and simply gives a silent nod. With that, the group head over to the barracks where they sleep for the night to skip to the next day. The following day, Mario, Co. and Quazar Op Squad all meet in North Anchor Valley, at a large rock wall which happens to be the foot of the Starflake Pinnacles. By using Octoombravo, you uncover a hidden cave with a frosty pipe inside. Jump in and thus begins CHAPTER 6: THE BATTLE OF LOST KINGDOMS!!!

The pipe spits everyone out on the top of a large blizzard-filled peak. Norahl looks around and adds up that you’re on top of the Sunflake Plateau, west of the mountains. Snipeguy peers down with his sniper rifle and tells you that there's an enemy outpost at the bottom of the mountain but the mountain appears to be too steep to simply walk down. Norahl then suggests the group use the sledge they used in Chapter 5 to get down! That’s right, Mario, Co. AND everyone in the squad gets on the sledge, and so you play the sledge minigame for the second time, only this time, handling is slightly different due to the added weight and giant snowballs can roll up from behind you.

After the minigame, the squad are at the foot of the Sunflake Plateau, overlooking the nearby out post, which Norahl stupidly gives the name “Chill-Outpost”. Snipeguy then climbs up onto a nearby water tower, saying that he'll stay to provide sniper cover. Sgt. Fragrey tells the group to”Move out” into the outpost. Although just before entering, they come across a purple Doopla Ghost, weeping in the pale white snow. Though the group try to get some info out of him, they get no response, so they move onwards.

"Keep close" whispers Fragrey "Don't blow your cover".

Here you need to stealthily sneak your way around the outpost without getting caught, using objects as cover along the way. Choco the Hound Chomp will jump up and down slightly to signal if there's any explosive traps nearby which you must avoid, you can also switch to Snipeguys point of view in order to take out certain lone enemies in and allow the others to progress and Octoombeta can also give you slight recoveries if you go to her. If you do get caught and captured then it's an instant game over so... Make sure you've saved!

Part way through, it comes to a point where Fragrey tells Ryguy to sneak around past some enemies and plant an explosive on the nearby vehicle. However when Ryguy goes to do it he gets spotted and then captured in which they begin to ask him question and suspect that there's others here too. When Snipeguy sees this, he abruptly looses it and accidently fires at the enemies. Fragrey acts quickly ordering “retreat!” since the team’s cover is now blown. The squad all regroup where Snipeguy is, and Fragey isn’t happy... “Darn it! We know he’s your brother but now our cover is blown, they know someone’s here, we can’t just waltz in there like nothing happened!

Snipeguy apologises, but the squad wonder what they should do next. Octoombravo then remembers “Hey, Doopla Ghosts can transform right? Why not ask that one we saw before for assistance? Surely he’d be perfect for stealth!” Fragrey automatically refuses it “Hey, we can’t just be bringing random strangers into our mission; for all we know he’s innocent!”, Octoombeta steps in “Well, you gotta better idea? I think Bravo’s idea makes sense considering our situation here, and at the very least we could get some intel out of him?”. Bravo awkwardly agrees “Heh, yeah right, exactly!”

Finally, Fragrey gives in and agrees to the idea. So, the squad head over to the purple wizard, trying to get him to talk, but he just continues to ignore them. Eventually Fragrey gets annoyed and shouts "HEY, LISTEN YOU! YOU SHOULD SHOW SOME RESPECT FO-“, suddenly the Doopla wizard knocks everyone back with his magic, and thus a short battle occurs. Afterwards, the Doopla Ghosts is reduced back to his quite weeping. “Geez, we just wanted to find out if you had any intel regarding our mission; we’re trying to save 2 damsels here!” Octoombeta says. Suddenly, the Doopla Ghosts jumps off the floor “Wait, so you’re the NMA? YES! Thank Metora you’re here! My name is Dooplund, and you must be here to save Princess Peach and Princess Medreana? Please, I must assist you, for Medreana’s safety is my duty!” and with that, DOOPLUND JOINED YOUR PARTY!!!

With a new ally on their side, Mario and the Squad head back into the Chill-Outpost with Dooplund’s ability to disguise the whole squad making them appear like the enemy. With these disguises, as well as Choroma’s (the Metoran Crown) ability to make you invisible, the squad soon make their way out the snowy settlement un-noticed and make it to the foot of the Moonflake Peak. The squad progress further up a large catwalk-like staircase, eventually leading them up to the Pulsar Stronghold! Using more stealth and puzzle solving, the squad manage to infiltrate the complex, and along the way, Mario even finds the Ice Hammer, which allows him to freeze bodies of water!

Soon you reach across the area that you (the player) explored during the Peach interludes. Octoombeta hacks into one of the terminals (the same one that Peach and Medreana contacted the NMA from) to view the security cameras, in which she notices a room where Ryguy is tied up in a chair with a blind fold on, guarded by 3 troops. Beta then locates the room and Fragrey begins to disscuss a plan: "Alright, Mario, Snipeguy and Octoombravo, secretly find a way up onto the catwalk for over watch, while me, Beta and Choco will blast down the front doors. If things get too hairy, I want Tanagi and Koopondu to launch a surprise attack somehow, okay?”

So, Mario, Co. and Snipeguy take an alternate path to get up onto the catwalk of the room where Ryguy is being held. Snipeguy sets up his sniping position, and once everything is ready, Fragrey, Octoombeta and Choco bust into room yelling "Drop your weapons". The enemies do as they're told, "Now, untie him!" Demands Fragrey. The Estroopot grins "As you wish" as he unties Ryguy from the chair. Ryguy disgards the blindfold, “Oh we were worried sick about you!” Octoombeta relieves. Ryguy frowns and turns his back to the group “Y’know, I really respect the trust our squad all has for each other... But I’m afraid, I am no longer apart of such squad” Ryguy quickly turns with a laser pistol, shooting Fragrey, knocking him down to the ground...

"FRAGREY!" Octoombeta screams, running up to Fragrey on the floor. Meanwhile Snipeguy looks down at what his brother just did and starts to panic. "You traitor!" Octoombeta disgusted “How could you? We were your teammates, willing to risk our lives to save you!”. Ryguy lowers his head “I didn’t want to have to do this, but the truth is, in the end it’s only your own life that matters; that’s why we control ourselves, and no one else. Those who try to break that law only end up dying for nothing. 2 days ago I was captured by the Yeast Army, and they threatened me to do this. As I say, people should only look out for themselves, and that’s why I did what I did...”

"And Snipeguy, my brother, the trust you once held for me will now be your greatest weakness". Snipeguy stares in shock when, suddenly a C4 Bob-omb goes off, causing the catwalk that Mario, Co. and Snipeguy are standing on to collapse down onto the floor. Getting up from the wrecked catwalk, Snipeguy continues to stare in disgust “N-no... this isn’t you!”.

Octoombeta, Octoombravo and Snipeguy all quickly pull out their laser pistols but so do the 3 enemies, making this an equal standoff. "Drop your weapons, there are more of us then there is of you!" yells Octoombravo. Ryguy smirks for a moment before replying, "I wouldn't count on that". All the walls at the back of the room suddenly open up, revealing a whole of enemy soldiers, armed with laser guns and bullet bill cannons. "Now... drop your weapons!" orders Ryguy. Seeing as the squad are outnumbered, they have no choice but to drop their weapons and put their arms in the air.

“You hav served me well my comrade” a tall grey Ledus wearing a blue scarf and a dark green hat enters the room from the back, followed by Darameana and Delumer who have Peach and Medreana held captive by 2 guards each. “Elazar Grate!” Octoombeta cringes. Snipeguy closes his fists tightly and quickly draws out his handgun, but is suddenly shot to the ground by a single bullet at the back of the room. General E. Grate puts his laser pistol back in his pocket, while Ryguy closes his eyes shut, trying to block out the inevitable emotions.

“Jus Give in. You’r completely surrounded wid’ no hope levt.” The General speaks “And avter dis, all ov Metora wil belong to d’ Yeast Kindom! Any final words?”. Octoombeta weeps “So, this is it... the end?”. Octoombravo cringes and gives his words “Mario I... I want to thank you... I learnt many things from our travels but, and even if they were in vein after all, I am still grateful”. Mario bows his down with a sad look on his face, “And Beta I... I really wish I could have got to know you better...” Octoombeta cries, with a very brief smile slightly reaching her face.

With no hope left, it seems our heroes’ journey has now come to a bleak end... but out of nowhere, Tanagi and Koopondu leap down from the ceiling and start slashing up all the enemies. Darameana growls "Call in reinforcements!", the General grunts as Darameana and Delumer walk off through the door behind them taking Peach and Medreana with them. E. Grate does as Darameana ordered and quickly follows them out the door, with Ryguy quickly jumping out to escape the chaos.

“We gotta stop em’!” Octoombravo shouts, he then turns to see Octoombeta, surrounded by the injured bodies of Fragrey and Snipeguy. “Beta, you and Choco need to take Fragrey and Snipeguy out of here to safety; our reinforcements should be arriving near the outpost shortly”. “But, what about you?” the worried Octoguy concerns, Octoombravo gives a look of determination “Me and Mario are gonna go finish this battle, that is out duties, and saving them should be yours... please, you must”. Octoombeta thinks for a moment before replying “Yes sir”, as she and Choco then grab Fragrey and Snipeguy to escort them to safety.

“Let’s go” Octoombravo say, Mario giving a firm nod in response. With that, the group head outside on to a large platform, with many enemy troops setup all over it, and General E. Grate standing in the centre. “NOW, the Yeast Kingdom zhall hav revenge on Metora for wat dey did to us 500 years ago! NOW! FIGHT!!!”, and so begins the boss of Chapter 6!

(This battle has multiple phrases, starting with a crowd of Yeast Troops, then Bullet Bill Blaster experts, then moving onto the “Demolitions Guy”, before finally ending with the Motor Bill Tank, being controlled by General E. Grate himself!)

After the battle, the Motor Bill Tank explodes; sending General E. Grate fallsing to the ground. Most of the other enemies then retreat, and Tanagi rejoins Mario. “You go catch up with those other villains, I’ll handle this guy” Koopondu says, grabbing E. Grate by the head. So Mario and Co. chase after Darameana and Delumer. The group end passing through a rather old looking shrine-like area, which seems to have been where Medreana was living before the Yeast Kingdom showed up, with tables, chairs and other furniture carelessly tossed around.

Eventually you chase Darameana and Delumer onto a balcony near the summit of Moonflake Peak, where they join Ryguy and an unknown lakitu inside a UFO-like device. Octoombravo shouts "Drop the girls NOW!". Darameana without hesitation then says "Very well, my need for such hostages no longer" he drops Peach and Medreana onto the balcony. Darameana and Delumer then jump into the UFO with the Lakitu in which Ryguy questions "Hey, how am I suppose to get on?”

The Lakitu replies "Sorry, only a 3 person limit in here!", Delumer then chucks a briefcase towards Ryguy "Here’s your reward!", in which they fly off in the UFO. Out of curiosity, Ryguy opens the briefcase, only to see a timer counting down and C4 Bob-omb strapped inside it. The guilty Shy Guy quickly tosses the brief case over the balcony, but as it's falling, the timer hits 00:00, and a huge explosion goes off destroying the balcony. Thus, Mario, Co., Ryguy, Peach and Medreana fall down onto a lower platform.

Ryguy becomes unconscious from this, but everyone else appears to be fine. Octoombravo quickly picks up Ryguy and tells Peach, Medreana and Mario "This is bad, there’s more explosions trapped all over, this place is gonna blow any moment now! RUN!". So you rapidly make your way out of the base (along the way you see other enemy troops who are also running away), while there's a timer counting down. Once you get out of the main base and come onto an outside catwalk area, a chopper with the Quazer Op squad members and Octoombaron inside, it shows up at the other end of the catwalk. "JUMP FOR IT MAGGOTS!" shouts the General. Mario, Peach, Medreana and Octoombravo jump up onto the ladder of the chopper and climb up to safety, just before a massive explosion goes off in the Pulsar Stronghold...

Octoombaron informs everyone, "Snipeguy and Fragrey have been taken back to the NMA HQ. As for this maggot, we’ll deal with him when we get back” he stares at Ryguy’s unconscious body with anger. Octoombaron then wonders “I bet they captured these 2 woman with the sole purpose of getting us involved, and the Mushroom Kingdom involved as well”. Medreana thinks “I can’t be sure of why they had held us captive, but I have an idea on their goal: they want to reach Gorah City”. “WHAT?!” everyone gasps “H-how though?” Dooplund asks, Medreana explains “I honestly am not sure of how they plan to do such things, but Darameana believes he’s doing it for our father: Comoary.”

“But I get the feeling that the real jewel in his eyes is the Galactic Staff: an item of great power that only a monarch can control; Darameana never got the chance to rule, so perhaps this is his way of achieving such power, and with Delumer as the donor for his current power, he could become unstoppable! He has held down his own siblings to prevent them from taking the throne, considering he is not the oldest of us...”. “You mean you have more siblings?” Peach wonders, “Yes” Medreana confirms “He only briefly mentioned that he had located them, but if he did this to me, there’s no doubt they’ll go after Daria and Nerabul next. Please, you must hurry and find a way to help my siblings! Please take this, as it should aid you on your quest”

Medreana then hands Mario a star-shaped key. “Hey, it looks just like that one we found in the Asterock Chamber” Octoombravo states, Medreana is surprised “Well, each child of Comoary was given a key like this to keep, but Darameana must have thrown his key away in anger and hatred... even so, you should take it, I know there must have been some reason our father gave to us, but I simply cannot carry out this quest alone. Oh and Dooplund, I want you to go with Mario and assist him; you have served me well”. Dooplund bows in honour “yes lady Medreana”, with that, Mario takes the Star Key, thus triggering the END OF CHAPTER sequence

YOU GOT A SIBLING KEY!!!

Interludes:

Since Peach has now been saved, there is no Peach Interlude for this Chapter. But, meanwhile, with Bowser and Kammy Koopa, they find themselves at the foot of a volcano which appears to have a temple built into it. Bowser wonders what it is, and Kammy Koopa decides "Hey let’s ask that guy over there", looking towards a white Sun Bubble with a guilty look on his face. "Hey you, d'ya mind telling us what the heck this place is?" Bowser asks with force. The Sun Bubble seems scared but replies "It... it's the Plasma Temple, where we worship our sun god, Plasmarha". "Sun god ey?" thinks Bowser "Sounds like it could be the source of some pretty great powers, come on let's take a look". And so Bowser and Kammy Koopa enter the temple while the white Sun Bubble behind them quietly says "Wait no... you're not allowed... to...". Once in the temple Bowser and Kammy walk into a large room in with the Volcano's crater. At the top and that sun-like lava at the bottom and in the centre of the room is what can only be described as a small star (a fairly realistic looking one too). Kammy Koopa then comes up with an idea "Your Strongliness, we could call in your minions to help us on a plan I just thought of; we could somehow convert the energy from this star into power for you to use, then you'll be invincible!". Intrigued at the idea, Bowser agrees and tells Kammy to call in his army from the Mushroom Kingdom, thus concluding the Bowser interlude...

Meanwhile back with Mario at the NMA HQ, Octoombaron has decided to promote Octoombravo, Octoombeta and the other squad members for their bravery in battle. However not all is looking so good... the guilty Ryguy is being held under arrest, but it’s about to get worse... No one even seems to want to look at Ryguy, not even his own brother (who’s injury wasn’t too serious, and can still move around fine). But Sgt. Fragrey on the other hand, is laying on his death bed in the infirmary, with the repetitive beeping sound of his heart rate being shown in the background.

Fragrey’s eyes open slightly in which he tries to speak “P-pl... plea...se...”, “don’t try to speak Fragrey” Octoombravo suggests in concern, but he continues “fo-f-for...gi... fo...ve...h...im...”, with that Fragrey’s eye’s shut, and his heart stops as the ringing sound goes off as a constant reminder in everyone’s mind... “F-fragrey... N-no... NO!!!!” Octoombravo screams. Ryguy bows his head “I... I’m-”, he is suddenly cut off by Koopondu who points his sword towards Ryguy “Look what you’ve done! Your selfishness has cost us the life of a good man!”, “I...” Ryguy is cut off once again, but by Octoombeta “Leave him alone... can’t you see that your not making this any better Koopondu... I know it’s hard but... j-just move on” a tear rolls down her face.

Mario bows his head as the room goes cold and silent. Snipeguy walks to the door and briefly tilts his head towards Ryguy, but says nothing... he then leaves the room. Later on, Mario is called into a room where General Octoombaron is interrogating General E. Grate. However, Elazar appears to be playing innocent saying “Argh! I remember nothin’ ov d’ sort! I hav no clue wy I am here or wat I hav done!”. “DON’T GIVE ME THAT MAGGOT!!!” General Octoombaron yells. Norahl then interrupts: “Wait, I actually think he isn’t responsible after all...”. “WHAT?” the general gasps “Oh, go on, let’s hear it!”.

Norahl explains “Well, maybe you don’t believe in dark powers and such, but Delumer definitely has powers that’d fit the words ‘hypnosis’, ‘brainwashing’ and ‘amnesia’; truth is, Delumer was the one controlling him the whole time... I can just tell”. General E. Grate adds “Lisen, da last I remember was mindin’ my on businesz when suddenly, a dark figure attak’d me from da shadows, and avter dat, I forgot everthin’, it’s da truth!”. Octoombaron thinks about it “Well, I don’t want any further conflict between our nations Elazar... so I’ll let you return to the Yeast Kingdom in peace.

Elazar is then untied from the chair. “Tank you, I too wizh for peace between our nations” the 2 shakes hands, and with that, General E. Grate leaves and returns to his own nation. The General then turns to Mario to tell him “I just received intel on the location of Medreana’s sister: Daria. She is in the Lunar Sanctuary in Heaven Haven. We’ll have a jet set up for you tomorrow... so get prepared...”

Oh yeah! So that was Chapter 6 folks! what did you think of it? Also, yes, I did get permission from to use his Ledusi species for this chapter Hopefully that hasn't changed since I originally asked him

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