The House of Imite - Setting up Stage

[SHM 128 III]

"Yeah... Trying...." Wario added, folding his arms and grumbling, "Of course, seeing how long I've been wasting time here, I probably already missed the fight! Heck, Mario's probably already been in at least two different threads since then!"

Cue more fuming by Wario.

"Eh... I might as well go anyway... Who knows? Maybe I'll get to see Jigglypuff or that brat Lucas get the snot kicked outta them, instead..."

[Luhood]

"In that case, I'll go with you." She said as if it was final. "It's probably a good place to put a couple of advertisements in, would the place be as big as I think it is. And even if it isn't, it'd probably be a good idea anyway." She headed out into the lobby to get her posters, leaving Wario with the three Dittos.



Which they didn't notice. They were to busy collecting the bricks to rebuild the wall to notice that they were now alone with the scary, weird-nosed man.

[SHM 128 III]

"What the?... Hey! I never said you could come along! You'd cramp my style!"

Unfortunately, Duplica was already in the lobby, so Wario's comments fell on deaf ears. Grumbling, Wario turned around and, for the first time, actually noticed what the three Dittos were up to.

"Hey, that's my bike..." Wario observed, "Heh, not bad for a bunch of... pink, blob-y things... Seriously, what the heck are you guys?"

[Luhood]

"Ditto!" they replied in unison, before transforming into replicas of Wario. Even though one of them had a blue nose instead of his usual pink-purple one, and one of them was of Ditto-size.

"You'd cramp my style!" they said, quoting Wario in a way that could only be described as typically Wario's... while picking their own noses that is. They then removed said fingers from their nasal-cavities and continued rebuilding the wall, still in Wario-shape of course.



And as if on cue, Duplica arrived from the lobby, armed with posters and with a biker's helmet on her head. Other than that she was also clad in a jeans-vest and a pair of boots, seemingly ready to head out riding on a motorbike. "Well then, shall we head out, Mr. Wario? Are you coming Dit..." she began, but soon burst out laughing when she noticed her dittos' Wario imitations. She honestly tried her best not to laugh, but as she saw the wobbly walk they associated with him she just couldn't stop herself.

[SHM 128 III]

"... What the heck?... HEY! Knock it off! Kirby's an annoying enough knock-off, and all he does is steal my hat!"

There was a slight pause before Wario felt it was prudent to add something else.

"... And if anyone makes a 'quite beside himself' joke, I will hunt them down and kill them 'till they're dead."

That was about the time when Duplica returned with all her gear. It probably goes without saying that her outburst of laughter didn't go over well with the portly anti-hero.

"Grr... What are you laughing at? There is copyright infringement going on here! I can sue!"

[Luhood]

Her laughter soon faded out into just giggles and a strong smile, not really taking any note of what the biker had said. However, once she finally calmed down enough to remember it, her eyes suddenly got a confused look, and then clearly she started thinking, heavily.



The three dittos, who all had been laughing their head off along with their mistress earlier, turned quiet and transformed back as they worriedly watched her confused state of mind. Had something he had said frightened her? Or what she just thinking of... something else?



For a long moment she simply stood there, trying to make sense of what he had said. She then turned her gaze up at Wario. "Can someone really copyright himself?" she asked him.

[SHM 128 III]

Cue a very long pause as Wario thought over Duplica's question.

"Erm... Yes. Yes I can... Shut up."

With a grunt, Wario climbed back aboard his bike and began to start the engine.

"Anyway, if you're gonna be so freakin' persistant about it, I guess I could let you come with me... But only if you don't slow me down, you hear!? Now, let's..."

Wario trailed off as he looked at the now-repaired wall and then down at the Dittos.

"... ... ... Did you guys seriously not think that it would be better if you put my bike outside the building before you repaired the wall? How the heck am I supposed to leave without breaking through the wall again, huh?"

Granted, Wario didn't notice this until after the wall was fixed either, but...

[Luhood]

The three pokémon looked first at the bike, then at the wall, and then back at the bike again. They quickly switched their gazes up to the biker, smiling sheepishly. "Dit, Ditto..." they said, while embarrassedly scratching the back of their heads... as well as they could anyhow.


The green-haired girl just giggled at the four of them, and then joined the biker on his vehicle.

"Don't be to hard on them Mr. Wario, we'll just leave through the front-door! And don't worry about us slowing us down, we won't even be close to it! You coming Ditto?" she said, and the question was answered with the bigger of the two pink blobs jumping onto her lap. She then turned her gaze towards the other two pokémon.

"You two can handle the place yourself?"


The two dittos morphed their forms and did a salute-y motion, exclaiming "Ditto!" as they did so. The two of them quickly morphed back into the shapes of a blue-ridged Machoke and a small Kadabra, and started moving the benches into place using muscle and psi-power respectively.


"Sweet! Shall we get going then?"

[SHM 128 III]

Wario pulled his goggles down and reved the engine. He wasn't too thrilled with having an extra passenger(s), but he was now much too happy that he was finally getting out of this dump to care.

"Sure thing, lady! Now... Sit down, shut up, and HANG ON!"

And with that, Wario drove the motorcycle right out the front doors, leaving a huge cloud of exhaust in his wake. At long last, he was on the road again...

... And this time, he had a girl and her blob in tow.