Super Paper Mario

Chapter 2: Flipside

When Mario and Tippi arrived, a guy walked towards them. "Oh ho! Well, well, well... Back so soon, Tippi? Andwho might this be? Red shirt. Blue overalls... And a magnificent 'stache! Tippi, you have truly outdone yourself..." the guy said. "He matches the hero in the Light Prognosticus perfectly... And his name is Mario..." Tippi replied. The guy said to Mario "I welcome you Mario! This is the town of Flipside. You have come far from the Mushroom Kingdom of your dimension... Of course, our fair Flipside is in no dimension at all! No! It is Between dimensions! My name is Merlon! I am a descendant of the ancients who created this town."

(This is Merlon)

Mario asked "What's happening? What is the end of all worlds?" Merlon said "Ahh... You want to know about the end of all worlds? What's happening, you ask? So Tippi has not told you, I gather... Well then, Mario... The answer hangs above you." Mario looked up and saw some kind of Black Hole.

Merlon asked Mario "Do you see the gathering darkness in the sky?" Mario nodded. Merlon said "It is a hole in the very dimensional fabric of space! Such a strange phenomenon... Is it near or far? None know. It may appear small now, but it will only grow. And in the end, it will swallow all existence... All worlds, all dimensions... This void is created by our enemy, Count Bleck, who wields the dark Prognosticus." Tippi said "A fair lovely princess... A furious monster king... The union of these two will call forth the Chaos Heart, the consumer of worlds... And the Chaos Heart will ravage the sky, and so bring forth the void!" "Yes... The passage that Tippi just quoted   is from the Light Prognosticus of my ancestors. The book also said: 'The void will swallow all... Naught can stop it... unless the one protected by the dark power is destroyed. The hero with the power of the eight Pure Hearts will rise up to the task.'... So it is written."Merlon revealed a red heart that is full of power."This is one of the eight Pure Hearts. You are surely the hero spoken of in the pages of the Light Prognosticus. You truly are the one who can defeat Count Bleck and save all worlds! Mario! Take this and save all worlds from destruction!" Mario replied quickly "I will do it!" Merlon said with excitement "Excellent! You truly are the hero from the prophecies." Merlon gave Mario the Red Pure heart and he felt refreshed by just holding it...