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(scene: Delfino Isle; downtown shopping boutique)

: (holds up a yellow sundress) Ugh! I love Delfino Isle and all...but would it kill them to build an actual mall?

: On the contrary...I like how quiet it is here. It's so peaceful on this island.

: Hmph, you would say that, Miss Sheltered. You live in a space station after all.

: Hey Daisy! I think you'd look fabulous in this! (holds up an orange-polka-dotted white skirt)

: (holds it to her hips) Huh, you think so?

: Hmm, yes. Perhaps with a plain white blouse.

: (picks one out) How about this?

: (sweat drop) Uh, sure, if you can stand the frills.

(Girls purchase their items and exit the boutique)

: Wow, we only spent 30 coins between us.

: And you wish they had a mall!

: I kinda still do. At least a mall, they'd have a decent shoe selection. (stretches) Okay, shopping...done! Let's get this stuff back to the lodge, and then we can go out for ice cream!

: Oh yay! I hear there's a little shop on the southern beach that serves superb waffle cones!

: Um, girls? What about the game?

: (glancing over her shoulder) Game? What game?

: (exasperated) The game your boyfriend happens to be playing at?

: (turns steam-engine red) Waluigi is not my boyfriend!

: Of course he isn't. You guys've been dating for how many weeks now?

: Outings! They're called outings! Friendly outings!

: Why are you denying it so much? The Net has been exploding with pictures that Waluigi's been uploading about you and your "friendly outings".

: That's his fault.

: So you're saying that you two aren't really going out?

: (blushes) Well, uh... (silent for a moment) I-I don't really know.

: Do you like him?

: Excuse me?

: Do you like Waluigi, Daisy?

: H-how can you be so...crude about this?

: Just answer the question, darling.

: U-uh, w-well... I think h-he's funny...and s-smart...and nice now that Bowser's gone, and uh...

: So you do like him!

: I didn't say that!!

: Hmm...I know what this is.

: (exasperated) Enlighten me.

: It's Luigi, isn't it?

: (incredulous) Luigi? What's Luigi got to do with it?

: You've still got lingering feelings over Luigi.

: What! Look, I like Luigi, yes, and at one point maybe I wanted to date him, but... (looks at her feet)

: I get it. Waluigi came along and you threw yourself at him and now you're guilty about leaving Luigi in the dust and-

: Ugh, no that's not it! It's just... (sighs) Look, I'm...I'm a tomboy, okay?

: And?

: And...I like having friends. Not boyfriends. I don't know how to...you know, get serious. Act like a girlfriend. Get into a successful relationship. So even though I like Luigi and Waluigi...all I can give them is friendship. Get it?

: Yes.

: (tic) Actually, I don't think you do. Just forget it, okay? Let's get back to the stupid lodge. (Storms off)

: Stars. I didn't mean to upset her like that.

: Me neither. But I guess I kind of get it. Turning Tomboy Daisy into Girlfriend Daisy would be a major lifestyle change.

: So even though Waluigi's been buying her gifts and taking her to movies and concerts and even to his super-important tennis tournament here on Delfino Isle...she can't really give him what he's looking for.

: Poor guy.

: I wish that Pauline were here.

: (tic) Do you? Why?

: I'm not trying to start a fight, Peach. I'm just saying that she'd probably know exactly what to say to make Daisy feel better about the whole situation.

: Of course she would. Pauline always knew exactly what to say. Especially to Mario.

: (exasperated) When are you going to get over that?

: Probably never!

: This is why I'm glad I don't have a boyfriend: I don't get the opportunity to get jealous over their exes.

: Jealous! Who's jealous?!

: Who indeed... (cell phone buzzes) Who's this? Oh my, speak of the devil: it's Pauline.

: (flips her hair) Well, make sure you tell her that we're here having a grand ol' time on Delfino Isle, and that she can take Mario back, if she wants him: along with all of his overdue rent, mortgage payments, and credit card debt. (Stomps off after Daisy)

: Mario's in that much debt? My, my...I suppose he'll be following his brother and coming to therapy. (accepts call) Hello? Pauline?

: (static) R-Rosalina?

: Yes, it's me, darling. What can I do for you?

: I-Is D-Daisy there?

: (frowning) Yes, but she's...unavailable at the moment. (pause) Are you all right? You sound upset.

: S-she says s-she's not there.

: What? Pauline, who are you talking to? (click; Rosalina stares at phone) Pauline? What- Pauline?

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(later at lodge)(Waluigi and Daisy are sitting on the patio)

: What's da big idea, anyway? I thoughts you was gonna stay for the whole tournament!

: (chopping open a watermelon) We stayed for, like, four matches!

: Two! Ya stayed fer two! Ya totally missed the part where I tore up that stinkin' Yoshi!

: Sorry, Waluigi, but tennis...it just gets so repetitive. (hands him a piece)

: Repetitive! Why I never!

: Well, even if we weren't there...it looks like you did well, Waluigi! What's that medal for?

: (smugly) Third place, darlin'.

: Wow! Nice! (Hi-fives him)

: All in a day's work.

(Peach goes into kitchen, where Rosalina's supposed to be fixing the pineapple smoothies; she's staring at her phone instead)

: What's the matter, Rosalina? Call from work?

: No, I... (frowns deeply) I just...that call I got from Pauline earlier.

: (smiling)(tic)(tic)(tic) What about it?

: Ugh, forget it.

: (dusts the tic marks off her head) Okay, I'll stop. For real: what about it?

: Hmph, well, she sounded...upset. Like she'd been crying. And it sounded like she was talking to someone in the background. Someone who wanted to speak to Daisy.

: (pops into kitchen, nomming on watermelon) Who wants to talk to me?

: Well...Pauline, I guess. Earlier.

: What about?

: I don't know- she hung up on me when I told her you weren't available.

: Sow.

: Peach! (grabs Rosalina's phone) I'll call her back, see what's up.

(phone picks up a second later)

: (shakily) H-h-h-hello?

: (sets down watermelon) Holy crap, cowgirl! What's wrong? You sound like you're about to break down!

: I-I-it's her.

: (sharply) Yes, it's me. Who is it that wants to talk to me?

: H-h-he says... H-h-he says...

: (goes pale) Pauline? Has someone kidnapped you?

: What?

: (pops into kitchen) What's this about a kidnappin'?

(Daisy puts phone on speaker)

: H-h-he says...to meet him...in Coconut Mall...I-I-in three days. F-f-for n-negotiations. O-or else...h-he'll f-f-feed me to the f-f-fish.

: Pauline? I want you to relax. Nothin's gonna happen to you, okay? I swear it. Can you give me a hint about who it is that's kidnapped you?

: H-he says... H-he says you get one hint. T-t-the King...in Green.

(click)

: "The King in Green"? What the heck kind of hint was that?

: Enough with the spite, Peach. (suddenly gasps) Stars, I don't know why, but I've suddenly got an inkling about who this "king in green" might be...

: Whoever it is, somethin' musta happened in the Mushroom Kingdom while we were here gettin' tans. We gotta get back there, pronto.

: Let's go!

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