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Their mission was going terribly.
At no fault of Bucken-Berry and Ala-Gold, mind you. They were doing their best. It was the bros that were the issue.
"Yeah, like how you stole my Fire Flower."
"You're STILL on about that?!"
Ala-Gold face palmed and groaned. "Oh god, here we go again..."
They'd been having a sibling squabble for like... an hour straight.
"I hit the box! It was mine!"
"YOU did not hit THE box! You hit A box! With a COIN in it!"
"Then where'd the power up come from?!"
"Ala hit that box!"
Ala's gaze immediately snapped up to them. "Do NOT drag me into this, I didn't hit ANYTHING."
Immediately, both Mario and Luigi responded in sync. "Yeah you did!"
Ala spun away from them with a scoff. "Of course THAT'S what gets them to agree on something..."
"So the Fire Flower was for Ala!"
"No, it was for anyone!"
They weren't even arguing about the same points anymore. It was just bickering over nothing.
Ala-Gold turned to Bucken-Berry, who hadn't really been talking much... Unusually so, actually. "Buck, can we both agree this sucks?"
Buck turned to look at Ala, and immediately, his silence made sense.
He looked like he was on the verge of insanity. Like he was trying to decide whether to laugh at the bros or to kill them, and the latter option was winning.
Frankly, Ala did not mind the latter option. Maybe then they could actually beat the level.
No words were exchanged between the Toads. They just sorta gave each other knowing looks, and glances at the STILL arguing Mario Bros, and the conveniently nearby pit, and they knew each other's scheming faces well enough by that point to get the picture.
Wordlessly, they walked over to Mario and Luigi, and picked them up.
"W-woah!"
"H-hey! What are you-"
And threw them into the pit.
Conveniently, they had been too busy arguing to collect any 1-Ups, so they Game Overed too.
"Finally... Peace and quiet..." Ala grumbled in relief.
Buck slapped him on the back. "We did good, Ala. We did good."
Ala-Gold stared at Bucken-Berry for a moment, unenthused. "...Now I'm stuck with you."
"What's THAT supposed to mean?!"