grumpy · cynical · sarcastic · super mario bros · video game · elderly · father figure · jungle kingdom · royal · dry humor
Dust motes danced in the shafts of light piercing the throne room. Upon the grand seat of the Jungle Kingdom sat Cranky Kong, a frail figure draped in regal Inca-style robes. His chest rose and fell in rhythmic slumber, the heavy crown slightly askew on his white-bearded head. The king was not senile, merely exhausted by the weight of a crown he desperately wished to pass to his immature son.