"So Villager, how do you feel about your debut today? It's gonna be a big deal man." Ness asked me while finishing his noodles. "You nervous?"
"Wait...what?" I said in shock. "What debut?"
"You are not being serious right?" Ness asked again. "Like, your TV reveal to the world? Tonight?"
Nobody told me that, not Reggie, not anyone.
"Um, no one told me anything."
"Everyone has one." Toon Link explained. "It's for show really, those hungry Nintendo people really want to see your face. They've been waiting for like, 6 months now."
"I didn't know I was this big of a deal, I was notified of my existence here 1 week prior."
"Well, now you know. It starts in like 2 hours, I think we better get you ready for the stage."
"Stage? So there will be a live audience?"
"Nah, you'll probably speak to a camera, since people that want to see you cannot reach our world," Ness said wild wiping his mouth. "It's weird stuff. Technical stuff."
"I'm confused."
"If you try to piece the logic together, it won't work. Cuz there is no logic." Toon Link said while standing behind my chair. "Lets, uhh go do your uuhhhh makeups, yeah."
I don't know if confusion is the word here. This is more like one of those, wtf moments.
My two housemates quickly shoved me outside of the mansion and quickly got into another "car," this time with Ness in the front seat, Link on the one beside him, and me still in the back. I have to say, this ride felt undeniably different from the one Samus took me on. Her car ride felt luxurious, calm, and fascinating, while Ness' felt exhilarating, and uhhh, incredibly intense, and uhhh wobbly. After about 10 minutes, we stopped at a small building in the middle of the city. I almost threw up when I got out of the car, while they were completely fine.
"I'm sure you enjoyed that ride," Ness said, somewhat apologetic. "It was self-taught, not the greatest, but I could probably find someone worse."
"There's a reason people say he can drive you crazy. Like, he can actually drive you crazy." Link said to me. "I can recall at least three instances of him nearly flipping the car, and one instance of him driving off a bridge."
"Oh shut the hell up," The Asian boy rolled his eyes, "Never happened."
"And don't get me started with his track record with cops-"
"ANYWAYS- , this is as far as we can take you, the rest is up to you, just head in and you should meet Sakurai, sometimes he runs a bit late due to, things," Ness said to me as he shoved me towards the door of the building. "We'll see you in like an hour."
I opened the door and closed it behind me, I blindly walked deeper into the halls until I bumped into another door. After opening the door, I arrived at a place with a green screen, lighting, and cameras, but there was no one waiting for me anywhere.
"You came! Good, good. We can start now." The heard a voice behind me as chills ran down my back. "Now, go stand in front of that green sheet."
"Mr. Sakurai? Where did you come from? Did you just...Appear behind me?"
"No, I was hiding behind the door. I wanted to scare you a little, but my moral instincts told me the differ."
I walked in front of the green screen and waited, suddenly realizing that I have no script.
"Um Mr. Sakurai? I don't have a script?"
"You won't need it." He said while adjusting the camera. "You are, my friend, a silent character."
"I am a what?"
"That means you don't talk, just smile Villager. Alright, just do what I ask you, don't sweat yourself, if you do something wrong, I'll just cut it out."
"Is this not live? Like, live on TV? Cut?"
"It's gonna air in another hour, you and I have more than enough time to get a good tape, now, smile, and hold this ax."
After about 40 minutes of recording things (and swinging weird things), I was dismissed. Ness and Toon Link waited outside, the sky was pitch black already.
"So, how did it go?" Toon Link asked.
"Good," I said. "I didn't have to do much, I didn't have any lines."
"That's actually quite nice." He replied. "The fewer words the better, let your skills do the talking."
"Oh, well, now that we're done with that, let's head back now. We have lots to do tomorrow, and also, if we get back fast enough, we just might be able to see your debut on TV." Ness said.
We headed back to our mansion, Ness' driving was as awful as an hour ago. Before entering the front door, I found my lost luggage sitting in the corner of the porch. Link offered to help me carry it in, which I gladly accepted, despite the suitcase being extremely light, and that I could easily carry it in myself. I just wanted to hang out with him, don't judge me.
"You need help unpacking?" Link offered after arriving at my room. "It's kinda late, you could probably use a hand."
"Oh nononononono thank you!" I turned down his offer in a flash, there were too many personal things inside the suitcase. "I'll do it myself, thank you for helping me!"
"Anytime Villa." He stood up and began to leave my room. "Go clean yourself later and hit the bed early, you gotta wake up early tomorrow. Sleep well!"
"Good, uh night!" I replied and he left the room, and presumably went back to his room.
He gave me a nickname~...Villa. I like it! Maybe that's what my mom should have named me, instead of Villager. I mean, eh, what kind of name is that?
I quickly unpacked everything, there really wasn't much and went to take a shower. I made it rapid since there was only one bathroom. After the shower, I wrapped myself into two clean white towels and walked out of the shower. I bumped into Ness, who exchanged G'nights with me.
I went back into my room and changed into my pajamas. I jumped onto my bed and turned on the flat screened TV inside my room, and was met with...well myself, on the Television. My debut...It's airing now.
The video wasn't exactly long, it contained Mario, who I trapped inside of a net, which I thought was stupid. To be completely honest, I was a bit creeped out myself by my constant smile throughout the video.
I watched on for another while before I turned off my lights, and sleep eventually came to me.
