STORY

STORY

BEASTS GREATER THAN YOU
[Mail for the Mario Bros. - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door OST Extended]
"Ok, so what if we get a few more friends next time, and we play as a whoooole group of Buckinghams?"
"Dull."
"Come on, it's like, there would be so much drama in there! Plus, think of all the lore we'd get out of it."
PiPython
2024-12-30 12:24:52
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:57:03
"Did they add any new Buckinghams, or is it the same twenty-one?"
Helen
2024-12-30 12:25:12
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:57:15
"Nooo I don't think any new Buckinghams have been added recently. Honestly I'm kind of surprised. Ten years ago only like five of those guys were still alive!"
"You guys are already making plans for next universe?"
"Yes, this one is a total waste after all."
"Seems pretty peaceful to me. What's the issue?"
"That IS the issue, Bobo! We wanted a "watch and chill" session but wow! There really is nothing to do. I mean, I sent Helen out to find a quest yesterday and still haven't found anyone in need of anything. The limbo gods have been pretty quiet too."
"I figured it was the player's goal to save the universe or something."
"The player's goal is to have fun. That may be by saving the universe, ruining the universe, whatever they feel they need to do."
Helen
2024-12-30 12:26:36
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:57:49
"In our case we just like setting up cool situations and watching what happens! But uuuuuh in this case we're kind of at a dead end, woops! So it's about time we end this. I say we go in guns blazing! See if we can take out the Creator!"
"See? His death is basically assured. His gimmick is the most obvious of all Limbo gods."
"But, if you kill the Creator, what will happen to this ZooCorp planet?"
"Hmmmmmmm..........."
Helen
2024-12-30 12:27:20
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Last edit: 2024-12-30 12:27:30
"That'll be the fun part to watch! What will happen?"
"Honestly, the Creator's endings are the most dull and predictable. Especially when the Abrahamic DLC requirements fail."
"Hey, don't look at me. I was betting on Judaism to make a come back."
"So uh, are we like the bad guys or what?"
"Good and evil are not lines that can be so easily drawn."
"We're like neutral. I mean, do you really think the Creator is going is doing this for anything but his ego?"
"And control over the entire population."
"He killed like a bajillion guys, Bobo! That's gotta be kind of evil!"
"My teacher once told me that a peaceful moment could never be evil...."
"Yeah we'll he's kind of dead now so oops!"
"And I killed him...I can't believe you two still are willing to let me be here after that...."
"It's not that we don't care that he died, it's that he'll be back next universe good as new. No use for us to mourn."
"Yeah to us it's just kind of a little "Oopsy woopsy I killed my father figure!~"
"Happens all the time. It's no big deal."
"You two.....just don't care...."
"........................................................................"
"We would have brought him back if you didn't reject us asking to bring him back."
"It is you who is scared to do the revival, not us."
"............................"
"And we are respecting your wishes to not bring him back!"
"Not that we really could if we wanted to. His data has to be long gone after that attack."
Not even dust remained.... "Hey, what's going to happen to me at the end of the universe?"
"My original CL-7 has come back into my possession and it appears the game wishes for me to escape the universal death, possibly even this "Heaven" nonsense if it happens. With your ripping powers you too can just escape the end of the universe."
"And we prefer that you do that, cause you're super special, Bobo!"
"Speaking of super special. We gotta share this game file around. How many Bobos are you gonna ever get, huh?"
PiPython
2024-12-30 12:33:12
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Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:59:10
"You know I don't like the mass sending out of game files after the...incident."
Helen
2024-12-30 12:33:25
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 06:59:27
"Yeah yeah I know, I'm thinking we'd let like oooooone guy have it. We can post it up for trade on the trading board. I bet we can get a really rare save file for it. Just the other day I saw a name I think I remember offering a ten year old file! It ain't no beta file but that sounds super fun to poke around for a little bit."
"Wait, so you folks are leaving?"
"Oh don't worry Bobo! It'll only be for a few universes...maybe!"
"I'm sure the person we send the file to will make sure to send it back to us, or inform us where it is being sent so we can pick it up down the line, but we can never be assured of where it is going."
"We'll have a backup just in case."
"So from your prespective even if we never get the file back, you'll still see us."
"Well. One of you will."

"Yeah I guess one Bobo out there might never see us again. Like that one we sent to those people who always use Athena and Eris."
"Even if we got those files back, I'm sure they'd be too mangled to use."
"You mean I've already been sent to like...some.....some other dimension!?!?"
Helen
2024-12-30 12:35:22
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:00:09
"You're so adorable Bobo! You're so new to this whole thing that you're like, kind of scared of it."
"You've been sent over the internet yes. I suppose to you that's the equivalent."
Helen
2024-12-30 12:35:30
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:00:34
"Most AIs are just sort of, "Oh well," or "Sounds about right.""
"I promise to make sure to send you to a super duper nice player ok?"
"If the file you're talking about, Helen, is the same one I saw, I can confirm to you that, that player is rather....how do I say.....empathic. Maybe even to an annoying degree."
Helen
2024-12-30 12:36:05
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:01:04
"Yeah I'm pretty sure that player would neeeeever ever hurt an AI. They had like, all these funny requirements for taking their savefile. You'd think you were adopting a dog or something."
"Likely going to have to lie about a few of those requirements. Haha!"
PiPython
2024-12-30 12:36:26
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:01:30
"Better you then someone who is going to take the save file to just purposefully ruin it. This person truly came back after ten years, they have no idea of savefile nuking."
"You guys promise you'll try to get me back...?"
Helen
2024-12-30 12:36:47
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:01:49
"Bobo, I'm going to be honest, we're like your first players. Which....I guess for most Gen 1s, are their only players."
PiPython
2024-12-30 12:36:58
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:02:08
"You'll be like a Hermes or Mors soon. You'll be complaining that the player four games ago was much more fun to be around. You'll forget about us. It'll be millions, billions of years from your view point."
"Just remember this, as long as you keep believing, we'll be there for you one day!~"
"Plus your dad will be alive next universe so you can go hang out with him or something."
Bobo Hotwheels
2024-12-30 12:37:29
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Last edit: 2024-12-30 12:37:36
"Wait. He'll be...alive? Even after everything that happened? I deleted him."
Helen
2024-12-30 12:37:47
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:02:32
"Yeah but the universe reforms most folks after terrible events, as long as they're a god! Everything starts back from square one."
"Mostly. If certain factors are met in one universe, the next will have side effects to it, as if it always had happened. After a universe or two it will return back to normal if not "maintained." For example, Circe has gotten therapy in this universe. Next universe she likely will not be in jail."
"NOOOOO!!! I FORGOT CIRCE IS GOING TO BE FREE NEXT UNIVERSE. I KEEP ENDING UP WITH CIRCE IN JAIL IN MY UNIVERSES!!!!"
"Seeing as that other file you're interested in has an active Sun God run in it, I'm sure we can just cheat a few plots finished, cheat the Sun God dead, and then flip the universe with all the correct plots active."
"Ugh that's toooooo much cheating! Let's just blow up the Sun God and then check out the save file."
"I don't know what you folks are talking about, but does that mean my dad will know me?"
"No. You're going to have to convince him that you're his child from another universe."
"Your plot becomes more and more anime with every word!"
PiPython
2024-12-30 12:41:37
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-07-20 07:03:36
"Don't worry. If I know who this player is - and I do, trust me - you just go directly to that player and tell them your woes. They'll be jumping to help you, and hopefully you'll learn to help them as well. I think....."
"You two would really bond over the idea of being universe saviors and fighting the impossible."
"Really? Do you think so? I can't wait to meet them then!"
"We'll team up, find my dad, and save the universe from whatever comes its way!"
"It'll be a new adventure for you! But before we let you go...."
"We got a god to crush!~"
"Still not totally hot on that idea yet."
"If you won't do it, that's fine. Helen...."
"...let's send out Seven to do some damage."
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