"Do not fret, small crippled rock thing," the valiant avenger proclaimed. "There is nothing to fear while Bukiset is near!"

"Fear?" echoed the last remnant of Gansan. "What is there to fear on Pop Star? We have a mountain made out of marshmallows for crying out loud."

"You mean, you don't know? Haven't you heard the news?"

"I'm a rock who was laying out near a path," explained the earthwork. "Who do you think talks to me?"

"Good point. In any case, a great peril has befallen our fair land. You see-"

"Oh, no!" lamented the stone. "Dark Matter has come back, hasn't he?" The soldier shook his head. "Did... King Dedede steal all the Twinkling Stars again? No? The Dream Spring got tainted? Extra-dimensional thieves? ... Did... someone take Kirby's food?"

"Quit suggesting better plots!" shouted the swordsman. Recomposing himself awkwardly, as he did just raise his voice, speak to a rock, and both, he continued calmly. "Dream Land is under siege by ... spooks!"

"Thooose... don't sound intimidating at all?" Gansan guessed.

"Their name is a work in progress," rushed the one-eyed. "The important thing is that I'm saving the world. And you, for you are in the world."

"Oh, so that's why you're taking me with you," the mineral mentioned the travel taken by the troop. The one-third sat on his shoulder. "That covers that, but why, exactly, do I have this tag on me that says 'Use in case a Stone Club needs copied'?"

"That... that is your imagination," fibbed the fighter.

"And where are we heading to?" the pebble pondered.

"I dunno," dodged the defender. "To stop these frights."

"Well, where are they coming from?" the rock tried to narrow down.

"Space." That didn't help. "Something about rings and breaking, I dunno."

"The multicolored barrier rings that shield Pop Star from evil have been breached?!" gasped Gansan. "Why did they fail? How do we get them back up?"

"You know, those are a lot of good points, and it seems like somebody should have made them while we had this whole brain storming thing going on at Squishy's place," wondered the white warrior. "... Oh well!"

"So, what is it that you plan to accomplish, then?"

"Saving people, duh. That's what heroes do. And, I know someone in dire need of some right about now." Gazing up, the rock head realized where they had arrived.

"Eegad! It's Slo-Co's newly named Doomicile!" An unpleasant thought hit the stone. "It took you that long to get from there to here?"

"I'm really out of shape, okay? My diet is entirely donuts and gumdrops." Even after just delivering this statement, Bukiset still tried to dramatically kick down the door. "Enough of that. I'll just use my burning blade."

Meanwhile, somewhere else, possibly in the forest, another of the annoying yet irritating creatures, a "spook" as has been suggested, was eating a small, helpless tangerine. This creature was the ugliest of all. Completely bald, stubby arms, shoes that may have just been discolored feet due to lack of oxygen from no legs or something, blank eyes, a massive mouth, pink skin...

Wait a minute... I just described...

Kirby? He was eating the tangerine?

"I thought you were at Ripple Star eating the buffet," the tangerine whined.

"They went out of business and was turned into an aquariam," Kirby said. "...then that place went out of business and was turned into a hardware store. Not my fault."

"Well fine, but you aren't getting my heart star if you keep eating me."

"Oh. That thing's down again? Dark Matter's back?!"

"...well, no. No one knows why it failed. Dark Matter hasn't been heard from since it finally got its internet up and started going on emo websites."

Kirby resumed chewing on Mikarin.

"...can you bring me to my riceball friend now?" Mikarin asked.

"That thing wasn't a snowman?"

Returning to our apparent hero, Bukiset and the one-third of a Gansan made their way through the ashes that was once Slow Cousin Dee's front door. "This place is a mess," the singular-pieced gansan said.

"It appears Slo-Co is not a very tidy co, either," Bukiset mused. The entire house was a mess with furniture toppled over, broken dishes and trash everywhere, and wallpaper peelin off.

"Hey, this place isn't usually this bad!" Slow Cousin Dee claimed. He was sitting on the floor, pieces of shattered glass around him, his raft torn and deflated. He got up and propped up a chair. "...this chair is usually upright."

"Was that a mirror?" Bukiset inquired, pointing his flaming sword at the glass.

"Yes. Those spok things used a spring to bash me into my mirror," Slow Cousin Dee answered.

"Why, you superstitious?" the Gansan asked.

"No, but..."

The house then collapsed. It completely fell in, breaking through the ground, sending all three of them tumbling into a cave that was inexplicably underneath the house. "You built your house above a cave?" Bukiset asked.

"It was cheap land..." Slo-Co argued.

"Why are there mine carts down here?" the Gansan asked.

"Because the author likes putting underground mine cart rides underneath buildings for no reason," was Bukiset's answer.

Hey, I only did that once! And how do you know about that, anyway?

"Either way, there appears to be no way up from here," Bukiset noted, looking around.

"Then... let's try this," Slow Cousin Dee decided, and climbed into one of the carts.

YOU UNLOCKED MINE CART WADDLE DEE!

"...what was that about?"

"I have no idea." Bukiset admitted.

"Well, it seems like i've been unlocked!" the 'dee said proudly.

"uh-huh." Bukiset said. "I wonder who we'll meet!"

"Yeah!" The Cart Dee (CD) said. CD and Bukiset rolled down the carts until they bumped into a wall.

"Ouchies!" CD complained.

"'Ouchies'?" Bukiset said, exapsperated.

"Yeah!" a deep voice rumbled.

"Wha-?" Cd whimpered. A Blocky appeared in front of the cart, sqaushed between the cart and the granite wall.

"Ouchies! That hurt!" The Blocky complained. "I'm in between a rock 'n a hard place...why??? WHAT DID I DO WRONG???" The Blocky sobbed.

"Uh-huh..." Bukiset said. "Let's go."

"My master will get you for this-!" The Blocky screamed at them before crumbling away.

"Who do you think his master is?" CD asked curiosly.

"Uh...." Bukiset said, peering up. "Look..." They both looked up at the grinnning face of Wham Bam Rock and Wham Bam Jewel.

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Wham Bam Rock (WBR) and Wham Bam Jewel(WBJ) snickered at the horrified faces of the twosome.

"EEEEEKKK!" CD cried.

"You killed Bloci!" WBR yelled.

"Who..?" Bukiset asked.

"THE BLOCKY YOU KILLED! NOW YOU WILL PAY!" WBJ shrieked. Millions of Giant Rockys, Golems, Rockys, and Two Faces appeared around them. WBR and WBJ laughed evilly before dissappearing into the shadows.