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I would like to say hello to everyone!

Ah, another visitor!

Magolor's ears perked up at the sound of the other's voice. Looking up from his desk and the paperwork he was working on, he greeted the newcomer with a smile.

"Hello hello, and welcome to Merry Magoland! Home to the very best theme park games in the universe!"

"I assure you, all of the attractions here are completely safe, with only a 2.285% chance of death!"

The sound of an exploding bomb went off in the distance, coming from one of the attractions.

"Totally harmless!!"

The mage clapped his hands together, his grin (...did it feel this sinister a minute ago?) never faltering in the slightest.

"Go on, now! Check out anything and everything that catches your eye! And if you'd like to purchase some fun masks, talk to the Waddle Dee vendor running that cart on your left!"

Ah, this person had said they wanted to say 'hi' to everyone, right?

"Oh, and if you're looking for any of my friends, I'm sure they're still here having a blast playing my games, hehe!" Perhaps even literally!

Treasure chest opened!

Splat!

Oof! You just got pied!

The pie is swiftly inhaled before it even remotely has a chance of hitting Kirby in the face.

Wow!! What an awesome treasure!!

"Mmm, yummy!!! Thank you, mysterious treasure chest!!"

With Elfilin's warping abilities making it easy to travel between Planet Popstar and the New World, it was a fairly common sight to see people from both lands visiting the other one. Such was the case for Kirby, currently! It was a perfect, calm day back home in Dream Land, and while he usually liked to spend those days peacefully napping and snacking with his best friends, he decided instead to pay a visit to the New World. It had been a while since he'd been there, after all! Especially to the people in the New World, probably!!

Nowadays, Waddle Dee Town actually didn't have very many Waddle Dees living in it, with most of them having followed King Dedede back to Popstar once he decided to go home. A couple of them still remained, though (they had just gotten really attached to the place, Kirby supposed!), and the town was still quite lively overall, since members of the Beast Pack now often stopped by to say hello! Some of them even lived there now!!

Kirby wandered through the town, greeting everyone he passed, all the while trying to figure out what exactly he wanted to do. Elfilin had gone off to talk with Carol, and his other friends were still at home, so he was all alone for a little bit. He still had some star coins with him, so maybe he could spend a couple at the Gotcha Machines? He still had a few figures missing from his collection, after all! Oh! But he had to make sure to save enough money to buy lunch from the café later! Oooooooh, a Maxim Tomato and two Car-Mouth Cakes for dessert sounded really good right now, actually! Wait but no, he had to wait for Elfilin to come back so they could eat together! He promised!!!

Before he could come to any sort of decision, someone else caught his eye. Over by the town square, there was an Awoofy who seemed to be tending to the flowers there. He hadn't said "hi" to that person yet!!

Kirby dashed over to her, waving excitedly once she turned around. “Hello!!!”

The small puffball listened quietly to the Awoofy's words, and cheerfully nodded at the end, seemingly oblivious to the other's change in body language. He was always happy to help a new friend! “Okay!! What do you wanna know?” He didn't know if he'd be able to answer, but he'd definitely try his best!

Then, the first part of the Awoofy's words perhaps only catching up to him now, Kirby added, “Oh! Were you the one that planted all the flowers in this world? I liked them a lot!!” The Pop Flowers always had something useful for him, even if only a single coin. And, sorta close to Waddle Dee Town, he recalled five red tulips that had led him to a Waddle Dee who had been in hiding after managing to escape the Beast Pack. So those flowers had been especially helpful back then! “It must've been a lot of work to plant all those flowers everywhere!”

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"Meta Kniiiiight!!!" Kirby whined, batting at the older puffball with his fists as he leaned against him. "Just let me wiiiiiiiin!"

Meta Knight raised an eyebrow, unbothered by the other's 'attacks'. "And allow you to split yet another one of my masks in half?" He chuckled. "I'm afraid not, Kirby."

The swordsman had already learned that lesson twice by now, after going a little easier on his student and paying the price for it. At this point, with his stash of spare masks dwindling in order to truly challenge Kirby's abilities, he had no intentions of going anything less than all-out.

"You will not get any stronger if you only ever fight against weak foes."

"But it's haaaaard!" Kirby pouted, sinking to the floor. Though he may have been Dream Land's hero and had saved both it and the wider universe on several occasions, Kirby was still a child, and clearly, not one who appreciated losing several times over. "This dumb samurai stuff is different from our usual training!! I can fight really good when it's a normal battle. But this is just waiting... And waiting... And more waiting..." He yawned. Even just talking about all the waiting he had to do was making him tired. "And then when I can actually fight without getting in trouble, I've gotta be really really fast, because I lose if you hit me even once! I don't like it."

"What if you someday face a foe capable of defeating you in one blow?" Given the exceedingly powerful threats Kirby had faced in recent times, such an opponent was not entirely out of the question. So, it was important that, as his mentor, Meta Knight prepared him for the situation before it could arise. "It may be more wise to dodge rather than strike first in such a scenario, that is true, but the point of this exercise is to train your reaction time. Being able to react quickly and intelligently to anything your opponent may throw at you in the heat of battle is a vital skill to learn."

Kirby merely grumbled in response, absentmindedly wondering if there was any copy ability he could use to melt further into the ground. Maybe Meta Knight's lecture made just a teensy tiny little bit of sense, but it didn't make him any less frustrated by the new training regimen.

Meta Knight sighed at the young puff's antics, and produced the Maxim Tomato he had kept safely tucked within his cape. They had been training for a while now, he supposed, and it was good to have small rests every now and then between sessions. ...Even if that was something he himself was notoriously bad at incorporating into his own training. Luckily for the swordsman, Kirby immediately perked up upon seeing his favourite food.

"You will get better with practice, I am sure." Meta Knight said. "You are already quite skilled at spooking Dedede with that party popper, I must say." Handing Kirby the tomato, he added, "Take a break for now, however, and let me know when you are prepared to resume our training."

"Mm-hm! Thank you, Meta Knight!" Kirby gleefully responded, his sour mood forgotten as he held the precious Maxim Tomato in his hands. Good food made everything better! The new type of training was still dumb, in his opinion, and it was gonna be hard to beat Meta Knight with all those extra rules in place, but thanks to his snack, he had a feeling that he could do it!!

...Meanwhile, in the distance and out of sight of the unsuspecting duo, Magolor snickered to himself as he prepared his legion of mini Scarcutter attacks. It was wonderful to see his friends enjoying the theme park he created, and while he did have some Park Manager work to attend to... Well, who's to say he couldn't have his own fun in Merry Magoland's attractions?

My taranaza: then again My meta knight can turn that eye glow on and off.

Meta Knight acknowledged the other's words with a hum, but didn't reply much beyond that. Could it be that he was... Jealous of his other self's abilities? No, surely not, right?

...He was totally jealous.

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My taranza: well this meta knight more attached to his mask then mine

Meta Knight only huffed in response.

“My mask also doubles as protective armour. It wouldn't do to be suddenly caught in a fight unarmed.” Not to mention the myriad of other problems that came from not wearing his mask, like the uncontained bright glow emitted from his eyes. Plus, while it wasn't something he was keen to admit aloud, it was also a matter of... Comfort. He had been wearing his mask for so long that at this point it felt strange to have it off. As though he was too exposed.

Of course, he didn't actually intend on injuring Magolor over his mask. Hence why he didn't when it was stolen from him and held hostage. The wizard was, perhaps shockingly, someone he considered a friend. Any and all skewering would only occur during impromptu training sessions.

Magolor, ever unhelpful, piped up with a laugh, “Psh, a surprise fight? In Dream Land? The only one here who goes around trying to fight random people is you!” There wasn't any malice in his voice; just amusement.

At that, Meta Knight raised an eyebrow. The other wasn't wrong, at least not entirely, but... “As peaceful as Dream Land is most of the time, it is quite frequently under attack from outside threats.” Magolor himself was one of those threats, once, though Meta Knight opted not to bring that up. “You've been here long enough to know this by now.”

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"Heh, yeah, I don't think anyone intended on letting Kirby hear those words. Not at his age, anyway." Not even an "I don't think", really. With the way Meta Knight and Dedede reacted after hearing Kirby blurt out that cheerful "Fuck!", there was no way they'd meant for Kirby to hear their yelling.

Having calmed down by now, Magolor picked his Gem Apple back up and finished it off. Afterward, he got up from off the floor and stretched, once again using his magic to deny the force of gravity.

"Well, you two are welcome to stay as long as you need to, but I think it might be time for me to get going. I've been gone long enough that Kirby might've started asking for me." If he remembered correctly, Kirby had been taking a nap with Dedede when Magolor first encountered the otherworldly visitors. If he woke up with one of his friends having mysteriously disappeared without a word... Well, he couldn't just leave his best friend worried like that, could he!?

"This place is usually pretty peaceful, so I doubt you'll be disturbed here if you decide to stick around. But, if you need to find me, I'll be around in either Dedede's Castle or my Lor, as always!"

My taranza: yes i am that taranza. What has my husband been saying about me

"Nothing bad, of course!" Magolor smiled, though, naturally, his mouth was hidden beneath the clasp of his cape. "He's just been telling me and some of my other friends from my world some stories about things that have happened in yours."

"Now, what has my other self been saying about me, might I ask?" His ears gave a light twitch as he changed the topic of the conversation. "Surely something about how great and cute and cool I am, right?" He added with a wink. Would it be self-centered to say such things about another version of yourself? Well… Yes, but it was also the honest truth! Surely the other Magolor would be honest with his own husband of all people, riiiight~?

Magolor took the offered Gem Apple from his otherworldly counterpart, the grateful smile on his face expressed through his eyes. "Thanks! I know a nice place we could go to enjoy these, if you'll just allow me..!"

Teleportation was an advanced and complicated form of magic (which is what made Meta Knight's cape oh-so-interesting to the mage); group teleportation even more so. Really, if it weren't for the energy-replenishing effects of the Gem Apple he was about to eat, he never would have attempted the task in such a low-stakes situation. Regardless, as his words trailed off, Magolor focused all of his magic into one point, and, in the blink of an eye, the three of them were transported to a completely new area.

"And... Huff... Here we are!" Magolor had brought the others to a forest clearing next to a river and a small waterfall. Of course, having somewhat of a relation to cats, Magolor wasn't a particularly big fan of water (especially when he wasn't wearing his magically enchanted hood), but he could still appreciate nice scenery when he saw it. He'd just... Appreciate it from further away.

Plopping himself down in the grass a safe distance away from the rushing water, Magolor took his first bite out of his Gem Apple, and, once he felt energized enough to speak, asked, "So, what brings you two to this fine world of mine today, anyway?"

My taranza: yes i am that taranza. What has my husband been saying about me

"Nothing bad, of course!" Magolor smiled, though, naturally, his mouth was hidden beneath the clasp of his cape. "He's just been telling me and some of my other friends from my world some stories about things that have happened in yours."

"Now, what has my other self been saying about me, might I ask?" His ears gave a light twitch as he changed the topic of the conversation. "Surely something about how great and cute and cool I am, right?" He added with a wink. Would it be self-centered to say such things about another version of yourself? Well… Yes, but it was also the honest truth! Surely the other Magolor would be honest with his own husband of all people, riiiight~?