Somewhere, deep in the crowd, a Bronto Burt snapped. "GAAAAAAAH!"

"Aw. What's the matter, little guy?" Squishy asked.

"WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING SOLVED, AND IT'S ALREADY ALMOST MIDNIGHT!"

"Oh." Squishy realized. "I guess it is."

Just then, the plot the shadow imp leaped up and grabbed Squishy, with the intent to kidnap him. Victorious in its efforts, the imp turned and started to drag Squishy out the front door.

Very.

Very.

Slowly.

"OHMYGADI'MBEINGKIDNAPPEDSOMEONEHELPMEORMAYBEJUSTGETMEANOTHERCUPOFCOFFEEIDUNNO!"

The Dreamlanders did an astounding lack of any rescuing, and, in fact, it looked as if they were rather bored.

"WHYAREN'TYOUHELPINGMEEEEEEEEE?!?" Squishy inquired.

"Well, we can't help you 'cause we still don't know who the hero is," Sword Knight pointed out.

The imp was approaching the center of the room, its arms already weary from carrying the fat glasses'd creature.

"FINE! PRANK, YOU'RE THE NEW HERO! NOW HELP MEEEEEEE!"

"Well I was certain you'd come arou-WAIT WAIT, WHAT?" Galactic(?) Knight exclaimed.

"Yes! After years of doing absolutely nothing, all my not-so-hard work has paid off!" Prank cried with glee.

Prank looked and saw that the imp and Squishy were about 3/4 of way to the door.

"Welp, he's a goner," Prank noted, sadly.

"NO I'M NOT! SAVE ME!" Squishy pleaded.

"Don't worry Squishy, your sacrifice was not in vain. C'mon, everyone. Let's teach those imps a lesson!"

"OH, SO NOW YOU DECIDED TO SPRING INTO ACTION. THANKS A BUNCH." Squishy sighed.

Only two other people stepped up to join Prank on his quest. Blade Knight hobbled over, as well as Galactic(?) Knight.

"That's it?" Prank asked. He let out a sigh. "Well, we'll have to make do. C'mon you two, let's go fight some small, mythological creatures."

"Huzzah!" exclaimed Galactic(?) Knight.

"Just one question," Blade Knight spoke up, "How is Galact... Knight supposed to do anything stuck in that amber?"

"Uh, good question," Prank noted. "How'd he even speak up?"

"Well, you see, there's a tape recorder behind the amber with a pre-recorded message Galileo Knight here recorded in case he was ever asked to be a hero," a goomba answered, pointing to said tape recorder with its foot.

"...And what's a goomba doing here?" Prank added.

"Well, you see, as these imps have not yet been given an origin in this tale, this author has decided that the imps are coming from the Mushroom Kingdom, and that there's a giant space pipe they're coming out of, and I shouldn't have told you that."

Prank and Blade Knight just stared at the goomba until Blade Knight jumped on it and gained two hundred points. "GOOD JOB, TEAM! Now come on, let's get this Amber Knight to the nearby lab and resurrect a dinosaur to help us on this quest!" Prank exclaimed, and the two of them pushed the cart holding the amber Galactic Knight was sealed in outside.

Squishy, meanwhile, had swapped places with a Japanese Squishy Plush toy and the imp didn't seem to notice it was now trying to kidnap a stuffed toy.

And still doing it very slowly, I might add...