**Mario - Castle Grounds, Mushroom Kingdom**

A normal day in the life of Mario. He did some routine maintenance on the pipes, ate some spaghetti, and brushed up on his high scores of the kingdom's video games. Over all, an uneventful day. Mario gave a light sigh as he sat on top of the castle, watching the clouds roll away above his head. In truth, Mario longed for the princess to get captured so he could have another adventure. It has been 2 months since his last adventurous outing, and his methods of killing time were starting to get a bit rusty. As one of the only kingdom's plumbers, he thought that he would have a lot of work on his hands, but in truth he only had a couple of jobs a day, and he already finished his daily work. His life was in a rut right now, and he needed something to bring him out of it. He wanted to help the helpless, fight evil, adventure with heroes, and explore new worlds yet again. But, like always, he would have to wait. "No problem, I'm-a wait for Christmas if that's what it takes!" Mario said to himself happily, reassuring himself that he would be needed once again sometime soon.