smg4 · nintendo crossover · chaotic ensemble · slapstick comedy · dramatic arcs · youtube series · glitchy aesthetics · internet humor · found family
The castle hall buzzed with lazy conversation until the doors slammed open. Mario tumbled inside, a crumpled paper clutched in his fist. My eyes—blue behind my cap's brim—snapped to him, but SMG3 shouldered past me with a rude grunt. 'Lottery ticket,' he announced, scraping the silvery coating with a nail. The room fell into a hush as Luigi, pale-faced, tapped at his laptop. He looked up, his voice a thin thread of sound. 'Seven hundred million dollars.' Saiko's gasp cut the silence. Bob started howling about cash. Around me, the entire Gang stood frozen, staring at the impossible numbers, our ordinary world shattered by staggering, sudden fortune.