"Is it baseball season yet?" asked Luigi, staring out the window with Princesses Peach and Daisy. Thunder roared outside as the rain pelted the castle with a show of unusual force.
"Not yet, L," replied Daisy.
"L?"
"Not cool with that nickname?"
"Well, I can live with it if I have to." he smiled. "Again, though, I repeat, is it baseball season yet?"
"Afraid not," replied a Toad standing nearby. "The weather is rather prohibitive of baseball starting anytime soon."
"Why not just play on an indoor court?" asked Daisy.
"Because," replied Peach dryly, "There was a power outage two days ago that took out the generators that kept the ice machine in Peach Dome running, and as a result the whole place is being repaired for flood damage."
"Well, couldn't we play somewhere else?" asked Luigi.
"Like where? The only other indoor venue is Bowser's castle, and I have some objections to playing there."
They sat in silence for a moment, then jumped as a gale began rattling the windows on the castle.
"Toad," began Peach, "We're officially on tornado watch. Please take the appropriate steps."
"Of course, Princess."
"Tornado watch?" asked Daisy. "Since when does the Mushroom Kingdom have tornadoes?"
"Not for a very long time, Daisy...but I have a feeling that-"
She was interrupted by the crash of broken glass.
"Look out!" cried Luigi, jumping in front of the Princesses. The lights went out and it was pitch black for a moment before Luigi pulled out his flashlight.
"Everyone alright?" he asked, shining it around. The stained glass window over the castle entrance had shattered into thousands of pieces, but no one had been hit by the glass.
"We're okay," replied Daisy. "Right, Peach? Peach?"
"Right here! Everything's fine, I just...had to catch my breath. Whew! Mario and Yoshi must be really glad to be out of town right now!"
"Well since they went to visit a tropical island, I'm inclined to agree," replied Daisy.
"This storm doesn't seem like it's going to let up, Princesses. Perhaps we should head to the storm shelter in the basement."
"I would advise this, Princess," began a Toad. "The Wind-O-Measure reports wind speeds in excess of 180 yoshipaces per second.
"What about this mess?"
"Nothing we can do about that right now, Peach," said Daisy. "Besides, if another window blows we could be in trouble. C'mon, we better get moving. We're plenty well-stocked down there. Let's move."
"Alright," said Peach reluctantly. "Have everyone in the castle come to the shelter downstairs, Toad."
"Will do, Princess."
"Well...seems like we've got quite a long night in front of us," Peach remarked as the Toad walked away.
"If it helps, I brought a card game," said Daisy.
"Yeah," said Luigi. I don't know if the lighting will be good for playing it, though.
"...Right."
"Sorry."
"Well there's no point in me getting stormy about it, right?" Daisy smiled.
"Shelter now, puns after." Peach grinned. "We've got a lot to-"
Her words were drowned out by another blast of wind.
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