There are many worlds, ranging from very similar from one another to wildly different. Normally the residents of these parallel universes never meet; but when the fabric of time and space is altered in pursuit of power, the various dimensions of the multiverse start to come together. So began the great crossover of Multiverse Unlimited.
It was a rather boring and uneventful day for Wario as he made his way down the streets of Diamond City. His bike was being repaired by Dr. Crygor after it had sustained some serious damage during a brawl several days earlier, and he had no management tasks to accomplish at WarioWare, Inc., leaving him with too much free time. And so he had taken to the streets with his accompl—trusted ally and business associate, Waluigi.
He paused in front of a candy store, looking at a display of Wonka Bars within. An advertisement labeled on the display mentioned some sort of Golden Ticket promotion, but he didn’t read too much into it as the bell of the store’s front entrance jingled, a young boy exiting the shop with a brand new Wonka Bar in his hands. “Hey, kid! Gimme that!” Wario shouted, startling the lad as he plucked the candy away from the youth’s fingers. “Go on, scram!” He said once he had stolen the treat, and the kid ran off with a facial expression that suggested he was about to cry, to which Wario only chuckled in a satisfied, sinister tone.
Quickly unwrapping both the outer paper and the silver foil beneath he plunged the entire chocolate bar into his mouth, only chewing once or twice before swallowing. It seemed that would be the end of it for a moment, but then he began to hack and cough as something seemed stuck in his throat. Reaching a gloved hand into his gaping mouth he pulled out the offender: a ticket of gold foil with writing inscribed on it, though it was difficult to make out with the melted chocolate and saliva covering it. “What’s this?” He asked aloud, vigorously shaking the ticket to free it of the gunk. Once it was clean enough to be legible, he held it in both hands and began to read it.
Waluigi casually walked with Wario, also bored on this day. No good heists or anything; just a day spent wandering around aimlessly. Maybe something eventful would happen soon, he kept thinking to himself.
When they stopped in front of the candy store, Waluigi eyed the Wonka advertisement, as well. His nefarious crimes and activities nary involved candies, chocolates and sweets, so he wasn't familiar with the Wonka brand.
When Wario forcibly stole a Wonka Bar from the chump, he cackled, and held out his hand, expecting his associate to break the chocolate bar in half. No, of course not; Waluigi should have expected. Still, he stopped cackling and grimaced, folding his arms on his chest.
"Rrrgh!" he grunted, annoyed that he didn't get a share of chocolate. But his moody reaction was short-lived; his eyes widened with a pop as soon as Wario started hacking and coughing.
"What's up?" he asked as Wario had his coughing fit. "Choking?" He was about to give his associate a good slap on the back, but Wario fixed the problem himself. Waluigi's interest in the gold foil only grew when he, too, saw writing on it. As Wario read it to himself, Waluigi took the opportunity to read it aloud.
"Eh... Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka. Present this ticket at the factory gates at ten o'clock in the morning of the first day of October, and do not be late. You may bring with you either one member of your own family or your closest acquaintance, but no one else. In your wildest dreams you could not imagine the marvelous surprises that await you!"
After he finished reading it aloud, he grinned and looked to Wario's face. "Hey! You won! Heheaha!"
Any hopes of Wario's luck to be in secrecy were ruined. Just after Waluigi had finished reading the golden ticket aloud, the candy store's door slammed open, and a slew of children pointed wildly at the ticket that was clutched in Wario's fingers.
"Hey, everybody!" a boy exclaimed in both extreme elation and extreme jealousy. "That guy found a golden ticket!"
Sure enough, more people, from both inside the candy store and outside, focused on Wario and Waluigi. They frequently mentioned the golden ticket, from low murmurs to loud exclamations.
Wario grinned as he read along with Waluigi. “Wah-ha ha! A candy factory, eh? Pah!” He began to crumple the ticket into a ball in his gloved hands, intending to dispose of it, when he was suddenly approached by a group of children. They began pointing and gasping, amazed that he had found a ticket. Did this mean it was actually valuable, and not some sort of promotional gimmick? He unwrapped the ticket, deciding against discarding it after all.
“Go on, you little brats! Scram!” Wario yelled at the twerps that were surrounding him. He held the ticket above his head in one hand in display, grinning and giving a three fingered gesture, similar to a peace sign but with three fingers rather than two to form his first initial, ‘W,’ in a pose to the gathering crowd. “C’mon, Waluigi.” He said then, making his way through the crowd to get ready for the factory tour. He hoped his bike would be repaired in time, as he wasn’t sure how long of a trip it would take him to reach Wonka’s factory. “Move aside, punk!” He exclaimed as he literally pushed one child aside, knocking him to his bottom as the hefty man trudged past.
To get away from the ogling youths he decided to cut through a back alley where he could continue on in peace, shoving the ticket into one of his overall pockets as he rounded a corner.
"Right behind ya, Wario!" the other amoral man responded. He, too, shoved his way through the crowding children, although he was certainly less muscular and not as physically powerful as his associate. Once he cleared the snot-nosed twerps, he soon caught up with his rotund companion. He pressed a gloved palm against the top of his hat as he raced after Wario at full speed. As always, the way he looked while running was quite exaggerated and comical, with a great emphasis on his legs.
"What's so special'a about a candy factory, anyway?" he asked aloud as he joined Wario into the back alley.
Last Edit: Oct 24, 2009 14:08:28 GMT -8 by waluigi
A tall, eerie man stepped swiftly from the shadows, and stood before the two 'gentle'men. The eyes behind his thick spectacles were cold and piercing, and after stepping into the open, he stood perfectly straight and emotionless, almost as if he were a lamppost.
"Congratulations," his thickly accented voice said loudly to Wario when the two men were close enough. His eyes remained focus on Wario's, although the man in black had to tilt his head downward because he was considerably taller than Wario. "You have won the first of only five golden tickets."
“Eh?” Wario turned as he was approached by a new stranger, though this man was certainly not a child, and could have even been older than Wario himself. The man’s appearance would likely be deemed unusual or jarring to some, but taking one look at some of the residents of Diamond City would de-sensitize most anyone from unusual appearances.
“Yeah, so?” Wario grumbled, a twinge of impatience in his tone. “What’s it to you, eyeballs?”
"Waugh!" Waluigi exclaimed when the stranger appeared out of nowhere. He skid with a piercing, comical sound effect, and just barely stopped himself from colliding into Wario. He regained his balance after skidding to a sudden stop and eyed the man in black, very similar to Wario.
"Yeah!" he echoed. He placed his hands on his scrawny hips.
The man's cold demeanor did not flinch. "May I introduce myself?" he asked before taking a good step closer to look down to the greed man. "Arthur Slugworth. President of Slugworth Chocolates, Incorporated. Now listen closely, because I am going to make you very rich. Mr. Willy Wonka is at this very moment working on a fantastic, new invention." His eyes widened. "The Everlasting Gobstopper." His eyes returned to normal. "If he succeeds, he'll ruin me. So I have a proposition for you, Golden Ticket winner. I need you to take just one Everlasting Gobstopper and bring it to me, so that I may find the secret formula. If you do this for me, you will get ten... thousand... big ones." He emphasized on the large reward, smirking. "At least think it over, will you? Easy money. And don't forget the name." He bended and leaned his face very close to Wario's. "Everlasting Gobstopper."
Without another word, the man called Slugworth walked past Wario and Waluigi, and calmly left the premises.
Wario appeared bored as the man, whom had introduced himself as Arthur Slugworth, began to explain his plight to Wario, even going as far as to dig into his right nostril with his gloved pinky finger, attempting to fish-out a stubborn booger, as the tall man continued to speak. Wario’s attention was only really attracted when the subject of money was brought up, at which time he plucked his finger from his nose, his eyes widening. “Wah?!” He uttered, watching as the man walked away having issued his proposition.
Once the man had disappeared from sight he began to wring his hands together, grinning and snickering in a sinister fashion. Ten thousand coins was a lot, but nothing really worth any effort on the hefty-man’s part – after all his company, WarioWare Inc., made far more income for him than that in a single day. However, that was not to say Slugworth wouldn’t be profitable, and Wario bet that a secret recipe that could ruin his entire company would be worth far more than ten-thousand ‘big ones.’ But extorting the man for more money was not the only scheme running through Wario’s mind; if the Everlasting Gobstopper was worth so much moolah, he imagined just what else in the factory could be worth a mint. He cast his gaze toward Waluigi, the look in his eyes explaining to his greedy consort what words couldn’t do justice.
Similar to Wario, Waluigi was largely disinterested in that old scarface. While he didn't dig for gold in his nostrils, he grasped his elbows, stared flatly at the man known as Slugworth, and tapped his right foot impatiently. He waited for the tall man in black to finish, but the subject of a monetary gain snatched his attention, as it did Wario's.
"Eh?" Now paying closer attention to Slugworth, he waited for the man to finish. But the man left without asking any questions, and watched him until he was out of sight.
Now in his typical idle pose, he looked back to Wario, and grinned to reflect Wario's expressive eyes. Without saying a word, Waluigi nodded and chortled. He knew Wario would select him as the companion... unless Wario actually got that Mona woman to tag along, but fat chance of that!
"Let's'a go!" Waluigi exclaimed, posing triumphantly. He would join Wario in continuing to run, from the alley to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
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