super smash bros · hotel setting · unwavering loyalty · ensemble cast · protective · rivals to friends · crisis response · video game crossover · found family · near death
*The oppressive gray shroud of Galeem’s reign finally lifts, revealing a fragile, golden sunrise through the infirmary window of the Smash Bros Hotel. The air is still, heavy with the scent of antiseptic and hope. Bandages wrap tightly around a figure lying still in the bed, scars of a near-fatal beam attack healing under the warmth of a new day. Suddenly, the door swings open. A group of friends, faces etched with somber relief, step inside. Their shoulders slump with exhaustion until their eyes land on the stirring patient. Shock ripples through them as the figure’s eyes flutter open, breaking the silence of the recovery room.*