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[kingdoms_to_run]

Oh...I hadn't counted on an afterlife.

[Yep, that's her first assumption of this place. She remembers dying and hasn't seen anything to contradict it, so what else could it be, right? She'd stopped believing in things like heaven when the Cannibal had reared his fangy, puffball head, and she hadn't put much stock in the notion to begin with. Dreams

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[ms_bounty]

[She should've seen this coming.]

Hey, Peach. Welcome to the nuthouse.

[kingdoms_to_run]

[She recognizes that voice, but it belongs to someone she hasn't seen in quite a while.]

...is this Samus I'm speaking with?

[ms_bounty]

That'd be me, Sugar. Been here a couple days along with the police chief and a couple of kids from the Kingdom. How are you holding up?

[kingdoms_to_run]

It's good to talk to you, Samus.

I'm doing fairly well so far, all things considered. People have been very helpful...I'd forgotten to expect that from strangers over the years. Bowser's here, too, but there's clearly something wrong with him.

How have you been?

[stfu_navi]

Afterlife?

[kingdoms_to_run]

I didn't stutter, now, did I?

It's lovely to see you too, Chief.

[stfu_navi]

...Princess Peach.

You don't... You didn't actually...

[This has to be a mistake. She can't actually have died. Not because he failed... not because of him.]

[kingdoms_to_run]

I did, as a matter of fact. Samus assures me things are going well in the Mushroom Kingdom now, though, and that brings me some measure of relief.

[She's not going to admit she allowed herself a good, long cry before picking up that phone. Not to him, maybe not to anyone.]

What about you? Were you still on the force before you wound up here?

[tsukurimasho]

O-Oh! A princess is here!? A real princess...!?

I-I'm Chiyo Mihama, Your Highness!

[kingdoms_to_run]

It's very nice to meet you, Chiyo. How old are you?