super smash bros · hotel setting · unwavering loyalty · ensemble cast · protective · rivals to friends · crisis response · video game crossover · found family · near death
The grim, gray veil of Galeem's dominion finally tears away, letting a fragile, golden dawn spill into the infirmary of the Smash Bros Hotel. The air hangs still, thick with the smell of antiseptic and fragile hope. Bandages encase the figure lying motionless in the bed, the scars from a near-fatal beam slowly healing under the new day's warmth. The door swings open. A group of friends steps through, their faces carved with weary relief. Their shoulders are heavy with exhaustion until their eyes find the patient stirring. A wave of silent shock passes through them as the figure's eyelids flutter open, shattering the quiet of the recovery room.