SMG34 Drabbles and Snippets

Outside Perspective

Summary: Axol somehow wakes up back alive in the Mushroom Kingdom. He finds his way back to his friends and finds out how much things have changed.

Notes: An idea that wouldn't leave me tf alone, so here ya fuckinig go. Barely counts as SMG34 because of the end. Also, I had no fucking clue how to write Axol, so I relied heavily on what I could remember of the guy and the wiki, so if he isn't characterized correctly, you know why.

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"I'll be right here waiting for you Melony, and bring me another drawing next time!"

He smiled as Melony returned to their friends before turning around and heading into the light.

For a moment, all was silent.

Suddenly, another flash of light.

Then...

A soft, whispery voice spoke.

"Your show's not over yet. Wake up."

The axolotl's eyes snapped open, shooting up as he looked around wildly, panting. He scanned his surroundings as he brought his heartbeat back to a steady rhythm.

As far as he could tell, he had awakened in a forest, the trees so thick that only a few rays of light could pass through the greenery.

The axolotl slowly stands up, still reeling from earlier, as his feet start moving on their own, taking the axolotl who knows where.

What was going on?

Last he remembered, he had sent Melony back to help the others defeat Niles. Hopefully, she and the others had defeated him and survived.

He smiled at that. Then his foot met something hard, and before Axol knew it, he hit the ground with a thud, a startled yelp escaping him as pain blossomed in his hands.

Wait, pain?

He was dead. Nothing was supposed to hurt him.

Nothing should have hurt him.

Not unless he was...

He didn't finish that thought, standing back up as he dusted off his pants.

Even if that were the case, it shouldn't have been possible. He had died. He had asked Melony to kill him herself.

It shouldn't have been possible.

Yet here he was.

He sighed. After a quick checkup (thankfully nothing other than scraped palms), he sets out of the forest to his next destination: the castle. Hopefully, he can find SMG4 and the others and figure out his next moves from there.

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He gasped in horror as he stood before the castle. Or what used to be the castle.

The castle no longer stood proudly; now, in its place, a gaping hole resided. A mess of tentacles, eyes, and teeth surrounded the opening, seemingly bottomless.

The axolotl took a step back, his breaths growing shorter and quicker.

What the hell happened here? What happened while he was dead?

More importantly, what happened to SMG4 and the others?

The last question snaps him out of his shock. Of course!

If the world was still here, then Mario was alive. If they were alive, it meant that SMG4 and the others might be too!

He just had to find them.

A determined grin spreads across his face as the axolotl turns on his heel with a new goal in mind.

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'Well, looks like this is the place', Axol thought, looking up from the coupon. Apparently, when he had woken up, it had been near a garbage dump, the ground nearby strewn with the small slips of paper. Good thing he had picked one up earlier.

It was weird that SMG3, of all people, started running a cafe, even more so that it was located next to a castle and an empty pizza stand, but given that it was SMG3, it could have been weirder.

Hopefully, SMG3 knew what happened to the castle and could, with luck, help him find SMG4 and the others.

He pushes the door open, a ding ringing out throughout the cafe.

The cafe is empty, save for two men chatting near the counter. Wearing a familiar pair of white overalls, one of the men presses his lips to the other man's cheek. The other man, dressed in purple, turns rosy pink at the contact as the first man chuckles, a lovestruck smile on his face.

The two men turn towards the door at the sound of the bell. Both men's eyes widened in shock for a moment before the man in blue spoke, his voice full of disbelief.

"Axol?"

That voice.

Axol recognized that voice anywhere. Sure, he no longer looked the same, his mustache long gone in favor of a clean-shaven face, but it was him all right.

The axolotl smiled, raising an arm in greeting.

"Hey."