Fluff & Elline's Next Big Case/So, Where Do We Start?

So, Where Do We Start? is the first episode of Fluff & Elline's Next Big Case. This story was written by BF10.

Synopsis[]

Prince Fluff and Elline are working for the detective agency in Planet Popstar after the economy of Patchland and Seventopia collapses. Their first case is rather crucial for the survival of the citizens in Popstar. Someone has been, quite literally, sucking out the colors of the citizens in Popstar, leaving them as grayscale shells of their weakened selves. And with the police finding out their "suspects", Fluff and Elline are severely restricted on where they can go in Popstar. Can they find the real suspect before Popstar sheds its last light of color?

Plot[]

In Popstar, various lands and kingdoms has reigned with their own citizens and species. And with the help of Warp Stars, related places has managed to connect their roots with others. While most of them are prospering well, there's been economical crises going on in the crafty regions near Popstar.

Ever since Adeleine failed to ship important resources throughout these areas, inflation grew. Patchland was hit the most hardest, to the point where many businesses had shut down. Dom Woole lost not only the rental apartments for the citizens, but also his own. With Prince Fluff being the only one who can control the economy in Patchland, there's not much he could do as he faces everyday complaints and strikes.

Prince Fluff: [hearing outside, where a bunch of yarn citizens are ranting for a raise in their work] What's taking the shipping so long? I haven't seen a single sort of plane, boat, or even portal of our new resources.

Someone bursts into Fluff's castle and complains at him.

Zeke: How are you selling fabrics for over 15000 beads!? That's more than any shopkeeper here makes in a lifetime! I don't get paid to play hide-and-seek with everyone nowadays, so I demand my resources or I won't pay any more of my taxes!
Prince Fluff: Not that anyone even pays their taxes anymore. The shipping still hasn't come, and I'm not sure why it's taking so long! Be patient, and hopefully we can calm this down when it comes.

Fluff has been saying this for the past 3 months or so. With that said, more people enter in the castle. Nervous of being overthrown and having someone else no better than him replacing his role, he swings on a rope to escape the angry mob and tries to model a Warp Star using a bead shaped like a star. He leaves for Popstar for some help and whacks off anyone who managed to grip along the star.

But things were more or less the same in Seventopia too. Without their shipment of clay and rainbow paint, no one else in Seventopia were able to create their own inspiring models they were intending to think of. Claycia and Elline couldn't work all day to the long line of people who keeps asking for more stuff each day. The two weren't getting paid either, even if they didn't care about the money.

Waddle Dee: My home isn't quite fully furnished yet. And I'm hungry too. There hasn't been anything else in here besides the stuff you two make. I need one table and a dozen apples, please.
Claycia: One table, and a dozen apples, coming right up!

Claycia models a chair and the apples, while Elline paints the colors for them. Claycia looks very exhausted and bored from the work, but Elline is trying her hardest to keep her positivity.

Elline: Enjoy your appliances!

However, Elline realizes that the line has been way longer today. Instead of about thirty people or so, hundreds were gathering for the want of their resources.

Claycia: Elline, do you ever wish that the shipment of clay should've come by today?
Elline: Claycia, I've been saying this for a long time. Just think happy, my friend, and we will get through this tough time!
Bronto Burt: Two chairs, 30 eggs, 100 star pieces, and 50 backup wings, please.
Claycia: You know what? I had enough! Adeleine is taking forever! [grabs a phone and attempts to call Adeleine] Hopefully, she didn't gain amnesia and forgot about us. [no one picks up, and the answering machine comes up instead]
Adeleine: [on the answering machine] Hello! Sorry that I forgot to pick up your call! If you want to shoot me a message, me and Ribbon will get back to you as soon as I'm-
Claycia: [hangs up] She isn't picking up.
Elline: Wait... what if she disappeared? Something might've happened to her. We can't be modeling and painting these materials each day when we realize that one of our friends might be in danger. [to the line of people] Hopefully you all don't mind this, but our merchant hasn't been shipping in the last 3 months and she hasn't picked up any of our calls within then. But don't worry, we're going to head to Popstar, and find what has happened to-
Bronto Burt: Then why didn't you two find a new merchant to work with, stupid?
Elline: Adeleine is like a friend to both of us. She is the artist that inspired me to learn different forms of art. Like "cu-beh-is-sum" and mosaic.
Bronto Burt: Big loss. We want our resources, and we want them now!
Waddle Doo: The whole time, we were laid off because someone didn't ship in on time and you had no opportunity to find someone else who can ship clay and rainbow paint for us?!
Claycia: No, what we mean is that-

Unfortunately, the two has unintentionally started a riot against them.

Claycia: Well, I guess Seventopia can't be called a "topia" anymore, Elline.
Elline: I'm not going to give up on Adeleine just because of a late shipping. Come, my friend, we are going to find what happened to her. And maybe we can temporary work in Popstar until this feud clears off.
Claycia: If it gets us out of this rebellion, I'll never part away from your decisions.

The angry mob is closing in onto the two friends.

Elline: Model a Warp Star and let's get out of here!

Claycia quickly creates a clay Warp Star and Elline paints it yellow. The two hops aboard on it and flies off to Popstar as the riot attempts to jump and yell at them.

Welcome to Planet Popstar. Home to our good old friend, Kirby. Prince Fluff is the first to reach Popstar, and eventually he crashes into a billboard, before falling down onto the ground with a piece of paper stuck into his face.

Prince Fluff: Who turned out the lights!? Francisca, is that you shutting my eyes shut? Didn't anyone tell you to keep your axe off innocent people? [pulls out the paper and reads] "Now hiring: Popstar's Planetorial Detective Investigation Agency. Pay: 5000 star pieces a week?" That's 30000 beads in Patchland currency! Look out Popstar, because there's a new detective you should watch out for, and his name is "Mr. Dr. Professor Prince Fluff"! [coughs briefly as he says his nickname, then runs inside the building]
Daroach: [as the desk service in his steampunk gear] How can I help you today?
Prince Fluff: I want to be hired as a case detective, since- wait a second... Daroach? When did you decide to work for this? Didn't people consider you a group of bandits?
Daroach: Ah, I have changed my ways within the last few months. Nowadays, I just let my group do what they want. Anyways, how can I trust that you'll make a good detective, whoever you are?
Prince Fluff: I am Prince Fluff of Patchland. I have came here not just because of the money, but- [tries to think hardly, in his head] people are rioting against me, I want to be better than that clay fairy, mysteries are always what interests me the most. [speaking normally] because mysteries are always what interests me the most.
Daroach: If I really want to trust you, you'll have to suffice through some basic training to see if you're really the brillant spark for this job.
Prince Fluff: I'm up for the task! [thinking in his head] As long I keep thinking I'm better than that lousy clay fairy.

An hour later, Daroach and Fluff are walking down a hallway. Fluff is now into his detective gear.

Daroach: Impressive, creative thinking on those sample cases. I haven't seen such critical thinking since Meta Knight tried to audition for this job.
Prince Fluff: You got that! For the last one, I got it right that it was Chef Kawasaki that popped the tires of Dedede's limousine because Chef Kawasaki makes boiled tires as one of his entry items.
Daroach: Yeah... [shows Fluff his room] Here's your room. Right across one of the possible newcoming co-workers. Hopefully you can work well if they get accepted.
Prince Fluff: You bet I will work well with them to the point they will depend on me very well. Thank you for this opportunity! [Daroach waves in delight and walks off] Ah, now I just have to open my file and- wait, what does he mean by "possible newcoming co-workers"?

On the other hand of the spectrum is Elline and Claycia, who have managed to be successfully hired and is taking the elevator up to the same floor Fluff is on.

Claycia: Are you excited that we'll be able to finally fight off against masterminds and solve for the better of Popstar?
Elline: I think you should know the answer pretty easily! [Claycia and Elline high fives each other] I might not been able to join Kirby as one of his allies when a certain force wielding a bat-like logo on their attire was corrupting other people, much like how Dark Crafter controlled you for a second. But this will give me the opportunity to get to his level!

Fluff is looking around the room and interacting with stuff around it (some that he shouldn't even be interacting with), until he sees Elline and Claycia.

Claycia: This is the room Daroach "modeled" for us.
Elline: [sees Fluff on the other side] Hello, Fluff! Long time, no see, old pal?
Prince Fluff: ...Elline? Claycia? How did you two get hired so easily?
Elline: As much as we like to discuss it, the hiring process for this business cannot be disclosed to anyone else, not even those who passed it.
Prince Fluff: Well, I still got hired before you two did, so I'm off to a better start than you two.
Claycia: You do realize that this isn't a competition, Fluff.
Prince Fluff: And you also do realize that they only pay for the one person who solves the case first! What bought you here anyways?
Elline: Alright, you might not believe this, but Adeleine hasn't been shipping any of our resources to us lately. We fear that something bad has happened to the young lad. That's when we found a poster saying "Need to help find someone who's gone missing? Then earn your magnifying glass at the PPDIA". And here we are, talking to you again.
Prince Fluff: Wait, did you mention Adeleine?
Claycia: Yes. Why?
Prince Fluff: That lazy artist thinks that she can leave us alone for three months and put my kingdom in shambles. Every day a complaint, a boot to the head, angry riots, lack of sleep. I couldn't take it anymore either. But that doesn't mean we're even. You should be better off not following what I select as my next case.
Elline: But it would be so fun to be around with a cute little yarnball like you.
Prince Fluff: Actually, go right ahead and solve the same case I'm doing. Not that it would matter; my creative mind will complete it in the most quickest way possible. I wish you two luck, but don't push it.

Fluff closes the door, but not on the right side. He is locked out of his room and bangs his head on the door once.

Prince Fluff: Is it okay if I can borrow your room for one day?
Elline: Sure, if you can work together with us.

Outside of the building, a shadowlike figure comes up to a pedestrian Waddle Dee.

Waddle Dee: Hi there!

The mysterious figure pulls out what appears to be a funnel-shaped vacuum gun and sucks up all of the color of the Waddle Dee. The Waddle Dee is left in a state of dreary weakness and can only make a few steps to the suspect before he sits down sad.

Back in the building, Fluff, Elline, and Claycia searches through some of the case files until they find one with a red tab compared to the other files, which have blue tabs on them.

Elline: Huh, this folder is colored red. I wonder why it is colored like that.
Prince Fluff: [pulls out the file and then reads the paper work in it] "Filed on February 8, 2020. Applicant: Susie. Description: Have been encountering random nightmares about someone down her workplace basement. Please investigate the premises and check if Susie is okay."
Claycia: Hmm, January 2020 was the last time we got our shipment in Seventopia and Patchland. Perhaps Susie hired Adeleine to volunteer to paint some of Susie's robots. However, if it has been three months since this happened, could this mean...
Elline: [sad sigh] Yep, she's probably gone by now.
Prince Fluff: We wouldn't know for sure until we check.
Elline: [smiles again] Maybe you're right, Fluff. She's probably managed to make a living down there. No matter if she has kicked the bucket or not, we still have to find her!

Fluff, Elline, and Claycia closes the file drawer and leaves the room. However, as they run, the other side of the paperwork flips over due to the dashing breeze of the three and reveals another portion they haven't read: "We believe that this might be a work from the infamous mastermind in Popstar that showed up since January of this year. He undergoes his nickname of "Swipin' Smedley". Please watch out for him, he might also have something to do with parts of Popstar being void of their colors."

Transition to Haltmann Works Company. Susie appears to be a bit in a wreck from all that happened in the last three months. She is in her normal lab attire, but has a bedhead hairstyle. Eventually, she hears knocking, and she walks up to the door.

Susie: State who you are, or feel my mechanical wrath.
Prince Fluff: Chill, it's me, Prince Fluff. I have previously worked for Bandana Dee TV for two seasons before they put us on hiatus.
Susie: Wow, I can't believe you still remembers this even though we went off air for a long time. [opens up the door] Welcome, Fluff!
Prince Fluff: Whoa, did an explosion happen? Your hair is really bustin' out all over.
Susie: [sighs] And who are you two new friends, Fluff?
Prince Fluff: They are not my fri-
Elline: I'm Elline, the colorful clay fairy of Seventopia, and my buddy is Claycia. [Claycia waves at Susie] We are all working for the PPDIA, or the investigation agency in Popstar.
Claycia: We have noticed that you have been having terrible nightmares within the past three months. Is it still persisting today?
Susie: Yes, and it's a matter of time before I deprive myself of too much sleep and eventually snap.
Prince Fluff: Well, she hasn't knew what it's like to be me within the last few months too.
Claycia: Have you heard of anyone called Adeleine within the last few months?
Susie: Actually, that's what my mind is continuously trying to think. You see, since late January, I had called in Adeleine to apply some finishing touches to my new line of robots that was set to launch during March. I called how down to work in the basement to keep these robots out of public sight. But she hasn't been back up since then. I keep having nightmares of a vacuum coming for me, attempting to take me in. Tried everything to get myself to sleep: Haltmann sleeping pills, a bowl of ice cream each night, and even forcing my eyes shut with the help of mechanisms. Each morning, the same old headache and same old paranoia.
Elline: Ouch, that must've been unhealthy for your brain and your well-being. Maybe a siesta conversation with my friend should get your mind off of Adeleine.
Susie: Thanks. Just finally want to get my proper sleep. How much do I owe both of you?
Prince Fluff: [strictly] Our fee is 200 star pieces for each hour we are inside your hou-
Elline: [interrupting Fluff] You do not owe us anything, Susie. The PPDIA will never want anyone's money for business. Just allow us to examine your basement and we should get our pay when we find the verdict.
Susie: Alright then! [opens up a door to the basement] Knock yourselves out! Hopefully not literally.
Prince Fluff: I don't fear anything. Not even the day Francisca or this clay fairy becomes the next Smash fighter.

Claycia models a flashlight and Elline paints it and hands it to Fluff as the latter two walks down the basement. Claycia then walks Susie her nearby bed and lays her down.

Claycia: Now, time for you to take your long-awaited siesta. I bet we can find the root cause for your sleep deprivation.
Susie: I was thinking of therapy too, but I guess that works too.

Elline and Fluff treks through the basement, as it is dark and some of the lights have been flickering. They do hear someone groaning.

Prince Fluff: Gack! Someone there?
Elline: Well, at least that's a good signal that someone is still alive down there!

They manage to see some of the robots in the hall has been vandalized with the word "Smedley" on it.

Elline: "Sme-ed-del-leh-ey." What is a "smedley"?
Prince Fluff: Don't ask me, I haven't even heard anything about a "smedley" until now.

Traversing through the hall more, the groan grows larger, until they reach a dark room. Their flashlight burns out.

Elline: Gee, I can't see a single thing that isn't pitch black in here.
Prince Fluff: I think I see a light switch.

After a few moments of crashing and grunting in pain, Fluff turns on the light, revealing Adeleine is in the room. But she isn't quite her usual self - she is completely grayscale and feels depressed.

Elline: [gasp] Adeleine! We missed you so much! We thought you - I suppose - turned up to over the clouds.
Adeleine: [weakly] Hey... Elline! Hello, Fluff.
Prince Fluff: Alright, enough with the greetings. Both me and that clay fairy has seen financial crisis ever since January and we're still waiting. Now every citizen is against us and we're putting the blame on your for stalling for so long.
Adeleine: I... apologize for the long wait. If you can give... me some time to... explain what happened... perhaps you'll forgive me... for deplenishing both of your resources.
Elline: Wait, maybe this'll cure you up!

Elline attempts to repaint Adeleine's color. Adeleine feels a bit better at first, but the color from her drains out quickly anyways, putting her in no better state.

Adeleine: Thanks for trying... to help me out. Now, here's what's taking... your shipping so long. Susie called me... to style up her new line of robots to sell... in Popstar. However, while I was working... I saw someone who was holding up a... funnel-shaped blaster. I was trying to defend myself... from that weapon, but it did not fire at me. Instead... it sucked every natural good part out of me. I wasn't the bright, colorful... artist I was back then. I was deprived of all of my ability to show my big talent. The only other thing... that runaway guy did was... draw random graffiti on the robots I worked hard on.
Prince Fluff: For a second, I thought you painted yourself gray to hide from someone.
Elline: I just hope you're okay.
Adeleine: What's worse about this feeling is that I feel no pain, yet I feel like I'm on the brink of death.
Prince Fluff: Speaking of which, how did you manage to survive three months down here without food or water?
Adeleine: Susie managed to help me out with a snack maker, so I was forced to gobble down whatever it could make during the time.
Elline: The best thing you need is an ambulance. Hopefully they can treat your current case.

Meanwhile, Claycia is trying to appease the nervous-wrecked Susie.

Claycia: Why do you still think about Adeleine so much even after three months?
Susie: I just don't want to walk down the basement and all I see is a decaying corpse of a bright little young artist.
Claycia: Okay, that's just overexaggerating. Don't you think that if you don't want to find her yourself, just be-
Susie: -willing to call the police to find what's in there! [calls the Popstar Police] Don't fret, Adeleine, your spirit will still be up there and we will be glad to put a stop to this nightmare!
Claycia: Not what I was thinking.

Back in the basement, Elline and Fluff is trying to get the weakened Adeleine to walk.

Elline: Come on, artist. A nice little walk will make you feel a lot more better.
Adeleine: Maybe you're right. A little stroll down the park... always soothes my stress and allows me to think of something to paint each day.

However, before they can make it very far, the Popstar Police arrives at the company and enters in the laboratory.

Police Dee: Popstar Police! What seems to be the problem?
Susie: Please! Check down in the basement. I keep having nightmares of a possible death about my good friend, Adeleine.
Police Doo: It better not be a false alarm or you know where you're heading.

The police chases down the stairs until they find Fluff, Elline, and the weakened Adeleine.

Police Dee: I cannot believe what I see!
Police Doo: A grayscaled citizen who did nothing wrong, two others trying to bury her remains! [handcuffs Fluff and Elline] You two are under arrest for several accounts of attempted harm to society.
Police Dee: We finally caught the mastermind we were looking for since January! Swipin' Smedley and one of his workers!
Elline: What?! We did nothing wrong! We were just investigating our little friend, who happened to be already in distress ever since we went down to investigate before you two this.
Police Dee: Ah, save it for the judge.

The police takes out the two "framed" arrests and the victim.

Susie: Adeleine... I tried all I could to make it happen. A series of robots, with designs that will shock the community. And all I came back with is shame and misery. Hope you lay well above me.
Adeleine: [weakly] Susie?
Susie: Adeleine? You're still alive?
Claycia: I don't believe it...
Adeleine: Why, yes... sorry for taking three months. I tried my best failed miserably.
Susie: Nah, it was my fault for keeping you down here for an important job.
Police Doo: Don't worry about her. She'll be able to recover once we call the ambulance and send her to the hospital...
Adeleine: Please visit me... often while I'm recovering. And don't forget... to tell Kirby, Ribbon, Dedede... and that Waddle Dee which I can't find anymore.
Susie: He wears a blue bandana now.
Police Doo: ...but as for you two [looks angrily at Elline and Fluff], we have a special place for you two no good suck-o-matic scuzzies.
Claycia: Wait?! You're taking Elline with you? What did she ever do to you?
Police Dee: Nearly sucked all the colors out of an innocent person, that's what.
Prince Fluff: Eh... Don't worry... I'll be back out soon...

Claycia can only sadly watch as Elline and Fluff is sent to the police car to be taken to jail.

Transition. Elline and Fluff has been thrown to their jail cell. They still get to keep their normal attire, though.

Police Dee: You need a nice, long stay with some of the most wanted criminals! [shuts the cell shut]
Elline: Well, this is the lowest we both sunk.
Prince Fluff: Actually, I don't mind if I'm in jail. At least you're in with me too! [laughs and dances a bit before he realizes that's still a bad thing for him. He dejectedly facepalms.]
Elline: At least we can still make new friends with our cellmates.

Quite unfortunate though, as their cellmates happens to be Dark Meta Knight, Galacta Knight, and Morpho Knight. The most powerful and feared warriors of the galaxy was finally caught after years of fighting and were void of their weapons. But they aren't void of their violent attitudes.

Dark Meta Knight: Oh cool, we found a new soccer ball. [kicks around Fluff towards and back from Galacta Knight]
Prince Fluff: Ow, ooh, augh, I'm nauseous...
Elline: [flies up to Morpho Knight] Hey, butterfly buddy. I just want to see what is your large interest during your time here.

Morpho Knight draws a butterfly outline and shows it to Elline.

Elline: Neat. But it needs a little bit more color. It gives it the razzle and dazzle for it.

Morpho Knight grabs Elline and uses her as a paintbrush.

Elline: Ah, that's more like it.

Transition inside the court. Claycia is attempting to pay out the bail for Elline and Fluff to a judge.

Claycia: 49998, 49999, 50000 star pieces. That should be enough.

The police arrives back with Elline and Fluff and throws them back at Claycia. Elline and Fluff appears to have collars.

Judge: Alright, both of your friends are out. But they shall never leave this central region of Popstar! If they happen to take even one step outside the parameters, the collars will activate and shock them for every further step they take outside the parameter.
Prince Fluff: See, I told you I'd be out very quickly.
Elline: We got to find that crazy color-sapper Smedley before he manages to turn this place into a sad, depressing, empty land.
Claycia: That's fine and all, except you two can't get anywhere past the agency building without being fried up.
Prince Fluff: Lucky for you, central Popstar is way larger than you think. The Haltmann Works Company is still in the central, and we can still access its basement again. But we should head back to the agency to get a hint on who the heck this "Smedley" guy is.

Transition back to the agency.

Prince Fluff: [tries to open his room's door. It finally opens] Well, what do you know. I got my room back!
Elline: [reviews the other side of the paperwork on the desk] Huh, I don't recall seeing this side, don't you, Claycia?
Claycia: Me neither. [reading] "We believe that this might be a work from the infamous mastermind in Popstar that showed up since January of this year. He undergoes his nickname of "Swipin' Smedley". Please watch out for him, he might also have something to do with parts of Popstar being void of their colors."
Elline: No wonder why Adeleine was completely colorless! That "Smedley" used some sort of gadget to remove the colors of people.
Claycia: Considering how Adeleine was last seen in the basement, that means that Smedley must've taken something from the basement and used it against her. Then he managed to sneak out the basement while Susie was not looking, and escaped.
Elline: But what puzzles me is how he managed to get in the basement in the first place.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a brick comes flying into Fluff's room. Fluff ducks under the brick, and due to the door still being open, it attempts to bonk Daroach in the head, who is walking out from the elevator without noticing any sort of danger.

Claycia: [realizes the brick and Daroach] Look out!

Claycia pushes Daroach out to the side and gets struck with the brick. The brick has a note attached to it.

Elline: [gasp] Claycia! Are you okay, friend?
Claycia: Why, I'm fine. Thankfully, clay people doesn't feel that much pain and can meld pretty easily.
Prince Fluff: That no good people think it's okay to vandalize my room over Elline's. Seriously, what is wrong with people these days?
Daroach: [grunting] Now what maniac would throw a random brick to kill someone in a building?
Elline: [grabs and reads the note on the brick] "Dear, PPDIA agents, detectives, and other lousy roles. Now hear this. You might realize what I have been up to the last few days. But what makes me the real genius here is the fact that you take so long to find out what I did to the little pesky artist, let two suspects get the credit for what I did. I am content for what intelligence this agency has. Hopefully you all brainless beings are prepared for May 16. Because when the 16th hits, you can all kiss your good intentions and vibes goodbye. Oh, and don't bother asking your heroes for help either. I have long taken care of Meta Knight and King Dedede. After I vacate Jambastion of their joy, Kirby will be next. Followed by that will be the Dreamstalk, and then tomorrow will be the best day of my life. Just want to pressure you so you can waste your time trying to find me... if you can. See ya later, badiators - Swipin' Smedley."
Daroach: Yeow! Smedley has already disposed two of our backup members in case something goes wrong in Popstar. And Kirby is next! Without Kirby, where would Popstar head to?

At the Jambandra Fortress, danger was lurking, with no one in Jambastion even aware of this. Eventually, a knock is heard inside the fortress.

Hyness: Zan, please open the door. And please check it's not that Lance guy again.
Francisca: [checking the door] It's not Lance, and I'm sure it doesn't look like a disguise he can think of.
Zan Partizanne: [opens the door] Bonjam... whoever you are.

The visitor happens to be Smedley, who is hooded, and he pulls out a grayscaled Lance, Tess Trishula, and Leera, with the three all feeling like they are about to die even though they aren't sick or in pain.

Zan Partizanne: I... don't... believe... what my eyes see! Finally, someone has realized the problems that the lousy alchemist have. Didn't need the other two but it'll work.
Lance: [weakly] Please... have mercy on me. I didn't... even had any plans to steal your... Jamba Heart.
Flamberge: All this and lying too. Like you'll ever go one day without thinking about your precious little heart.
Swipin' Smedley: We're not quite done with the deal yet.
Francisca: What deal?
Swipin' Smedley: My deal was that after I sap the colors out of those three, I thought about working for you four so we can remove all of the corrupt and militaristic enemies.
Hyness: Juh, what is the trade off if I accept?
Swipin' Smedley: The only cost of your service is... [activates his vacuum, sucking all of the colors out of Hyness and placing him down back to his previous state and weakly lying down on the ground] ...all of your colors and your good emotions.
Zan Partizanne: Hey! You can't do that to my leader! He's like a father to me.
Swipin' Smedley: Here's the deal. If you accept my offer, I'll revert your leader back to normal. I desire your collaboration with me.
Leera: No, don't do it Zan... Parmesan... j'oh, I mean...
Zan Partizanne: It's still Partizanne! Moving right along, I'll accept your offer, if you bring Hyness back to power.
Swipin' Smedley: Alright. A deal's a deal. [instead of obliging to Zan's order, he uses the vacuum to suck out the colors of Zan] An ordeal, that is.
Zan Partizanne: [collapses to the floor, weakly] You no good double-crossing... little sneak. I bet you work for Lance!
Tess Trishula: How are you putting... the blame on my brother... when I know nothing about who this guy is.
Francisca: Oh, you think we'll believe you so easily after the time you tricked Lucina to beat our leader?
Lance: But I'm honest this time!
Flamberge: How do we know you're not affiliated with this sucker?
Swipin' Smedley: He's not wrong, you two. [activates the vacuum and sucks out the colors of Francisca and Flamberge] My work here is done. Thanks for your attempt to support Swipin' Smedley. [laughs] Sorry I can't stay any longer, but I have more business to attend to. Hopefully the stubby pink thing will be my next customer.
Zan Partizanne: Where's the friend hearts... when you most need it?
Lance: Definitely not in my pockets... that's what. [Smedley runs away]
Hyness: Not that you'll get away with this anyways... Kirby is strong enough that he took out our dark lord!

Smedley next heads to a nearby tree Kirby is sleeping at. He is ready to suck at him when Kirby suddenly wakes up.

Kirby: Poyo? [sees the vacuum gun and inhales it, becoming Hypernova Kirby]

Smedley gets sucked into Kirby's mouth and is swallowed. The case might already be over... until a brick falls on Kirby's head, dropping his ability star. The real Smedley grabs the ability star to retrieve his vaccum and sucks up Kirby's lovely, lush pink color, leaving him a grayscale, depressed blob. Kirby sadly sighs and goes back to sleep, saddened. Smedley laughs maniacally.

Swipin' Smedley: Wow, no one on this land seems to be smart enough to realize that you can create imitation dummies of yourself and still get away with it. Next stop, the Dreamstalk!

Transition back at the basement of Haltmann Works Company. Fluff originally suggested that to get to the bottom of the case, they have to go to the main source of where the incident originally occurred.

Prince Fluff: So, we just need to find what weapon the victim has taken.
Claycia: There's so many amazing little gadgets, widgets, and sprockets. I'm surprised she doesn't ship them out to the general public.
Elline: Claycia, there's a good reason why Susie had left them down here for permanent storage.
Claycia: What do you mean? [picks up a paint squirt gun, and finds a target poster to shoot at] Hold still. [the blaster overloads itself instead and splatters green paint at Claycia's face] Ack, gross gross gross gross! [rubs off the paint from her face]
Prince Fluff: Hmm... [notices something from a shelf near all of the graffitied robots] There appears to be an empty slot in this shelf.
Elline: Strange. Next to it I see what appears to be a weirdly-shaped gun.
Claycia: [grabs it] It's an Uzi. [accidentally fires it. It strikes a black and white television with Magolor in the television show. The Uzi ray causes the picture to change to color] Whoops. I did it again, didn't I? [slight chuckle]
Prince Fluff: Hey, if this blaster can recolor television films, you know what that means?
Elline: [thinks hardly] Hmm... no, wait, uh... nope I lost it.
Claycia: My best guess is that this can colorize things that are black-and-white. And that means we found the cure for the grayscalitis.
Prince Fluff: Neat. Maybe we can reverse the effects on Adeleine and we can get our shipping again! Our homelands are saved! But mostly my homeland is saved the most.
Elline: We still need to find Smedley though. Hopefully we aren't too late to put a stop on him at Jambastion.
Prince Fluff: If we're too late, just be sure not to test that thing on Francisca. [chuckle]

Transition to Jambastion. Of course, the group has been too late. The first thing they come up to is the grayscale Kirby sleeping near the tree.

Elline: Oh my! Kirby? Are you still awake.
Prince Fluff: Pal? Boy-yo? [tugs on one of Kirby's cheeks, waking him up]
Kirby: [tired grunt]
Elline: Glad you're still okay! We had some hope into you, but that sneaky Smedley seemed to still got the best out of you.
Francisca: [weakly] He's not the only one... he got the best out of.
Claycia: [shakes her head] Huh? Who's there?
Francisca: Right behind the tree!
Prince Fluff: [sees that Francisca is grayscale] Pffff... [can't help but to laugh] Nice outfit choice, Francisca! Or more like, Franciscolorless!

Francisca angrily groans and strikes Fluff with her axe.

Prince Fluff: Ow...
Francisca: Sorry. Self-defense. I unfortunately... have thin ice temper... during this condition.
Elline: Let me guess, that Smedley sucked the colors out of you?
Francisca: Tis' true. I thought it was some scheme from Lance, but for once he's actually innocent.
Elline: Lance?
Francisca: The purple haired alchemist in Jambastion... that surprisingly has a large desire... for the Jamba Heart.
Elline: Wait, I think I remember him. He was in my expedition to find the space donut!
Francisca: Oh wow. I expected that he... got the best of what he deserved. But it's a sad thing... that even Kirby couldn't stop that color thief.
Prince Fluff: You might as well drop any further hope, Meta Knight and King Dedede is out of the picture too. Why don't you accept the fact I'm more...

Again, Francisca smacks Fluff again with her axe.

Francisca: I knew what you were going to say. Don't you even... get to that limit.
Claycia: Can I have you stand next to Kirby for a second though? I just want to take a picture of you.
Francisca: But... why do you want... to take a picture of me... in this awful condition?
Elline: It doesn't matter. Just smile for it, and close your eyes too.
Francisca: Alright, I guess. [wearily tries to walk to the other side with Kirby]
Prince Fluff: This will be a big keeper. [laughs]
Claycia: Alright, close your eyes too, Kirby. [both Francisca and Kirby closes their eyes] 3, 2, 1...

Claycia pulls out the colorizer blaster from earlier and fires it at Francisca and Kirby. After the color splatter clears, Francisca and Kirby are back to their normal selves again, filled with color and no more negativity.

Francisca: Did you capture the dreary sadness I still have? [opens her eyes and looks at her gloves] Huh? I'm back in business!
Kirby: [sees his old pink color and smiles] Poyo!
Francisca: Wow, I've never looked more fresher than a daisy than this picture you've taken.
Claycia: That's not a picture, it's more of a experiment. Thank you for your collaboration.
Francisca: You're welcome! [however, Kirby whispers something to Francisca's ear] I'm not sure what he means, but I think he is trying to signify that Smedley's next stop was the Dreamstalk.
Elline: As much as I would like to refuel the sparks on your sisters and your master, it's only a matter of life and death before the spider goes splat. And I mean splatting off his happiness.
Francisca: Don't worry. Flamberge keeps encouraging me anyways and calls me more stronger and smarter than Zan for some reason. [Elline and Claycia walks off, but Fluff still stays for a few seconds]
Prince Fluff: Bah, like you need encouragement anyways.
Francisca: I still don't get why you have that grudge against me for no reason.
Prince Fluff: How about because you keep calling me a dimwit, not so bright, and talentless?
Francisca: What? I haven't called you any of that. Although to be fair, the clay fairy does look kinda more fair. I want to know what her name is.
Prince Fluff: You don't need to know her name if you call her better than me. Sheesh. [walks off, leaving Francisca puzzled a bit]

Transition to the Dreamstalk. The group sees the large vine being connected to land in the clouds.

Prince Fluff: I wonder if that leads to the upper land.
Elline: Nah, that leads up to Floralia. I don't think he has plundered the entirety of-

A grayscale Taranza is seen falling from the sky and crash lands onto Elline.

Prince Fluff: You were saying?

Claycia picks up the fallen Taranza and brushes off a bit of the dirt from Elline.

Elline: Couldn't we bring some teleportation device with us?
Prince Fluff: If we bought it with us, the only place we would be going is other dimensions. I have experienced that, in a bad way.
Taranza: [weakly] I just told him to... clean up my house. Not clean me up!
Claycia: Wait, that note said that Smedley finished zapping all of the places he wanted to today. We saw him "clean" up Jambastion, Kirby, and the Dreamstalk.
Elline: We're running out of time before he starts the final phase of his plan!

Smedley slides down the vine lands on top of Taranza, burying Taranza's head underground like an ostrich.

Swipin' Smedley: What a long day. I should head out to that ceremonial dinner down in Alcapastan.

As Smedley walks off, the group has an idea.

Prince Fluff: So, he's going to Alcapastan, huh?
Elline: [drags Fluff behind a tree, quietly] Do you want us to get caught? Anyways, I think we should find out where that dinner is, and perhaps we can foil his attempt before tomorrow morning.
Claycia: As much I want to support you, my friend, you do realize Alcapastan is out the limits of central Popstar. It's located near the northwest of Popstar. The instant we get there, you'll both be nothing more than grilled cheeses.
Elline: ...it's for the better of Popstar. For every shock we take, that's a sign that we are defending our supporters! Kirby might not allow us in, but we are his allies, and we must prove to him indirectly!
Prince Fluff: ...as much as I dislike saying this, you're actually right! Next time Kirby invites anyone to join him to bust it out all over in Another Dimension, he needs to consider more about us. But mostly me.

Transition. The group is near the border of central Popstar and about to enter into Alcapastan. The sun is setting during this time.

Claycia: Are you still sure you want to cross over this?
Elline: It's the only way to ensure Popstar is still a rainbow like it is.
Prince Fluff: Alright, enough talk. After you, ladies first.
Elline: ...actually... maybe you go first, Fluff.
Prince Fluff: I'm definitely not crossing the border. Crossing the border is already a bad thing.
Claycia: Are any of you going to even try to continue from this point?
Prince Fluff: Not me... [slaps Elline past the border] But Elline can volunteer.

Elline braces for the painful shock, but nothing happens.

Prince Fluff: Huh? Are these collars defective?

Fluff tries to walk past the border too. He gets shocked, but this causes him to erratically and happily bounce around.

Prince Fluff: Woohoo, woohoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo!

Eventually, Fluff absorbs all of the electricity like static electricity, allowing him to survive the collar shocks.

Prince Fluff: I never felt so powerful!
Elline: Strange, why did it not zap me into a tater tot?
Claycia: Hmm... maybe because clay doesn't conduct electricity that well.
Prince Fluff: Ah, this planet has a very weak and gullible police force, I can say that.

They walk a little bit onto a road, but then gets slammed by a ongoing car, driving up to what appears to be a mansion.

Driver: Gack! I can't see a thing!

The driver activates windshield wipers to toss off the three, but they manage to hold on from the back and arrive at the mansion, where the car parks. The driver walks up to an attendee and holds up a invitation letter to a guard at the front.

Guard: The superior, smart Smedley awaits you out inside.
Claycia: [quietly] Aha! We landed right where we needed to. I think we are almost ready to cross off the case.
Elline: One problem though. We can't just walk in there or that guard will clip-clobber us.
Prince Fluff: I actually might have an idea, but it'll be a stretch. Just bear with me.

Transition to inside the mansion's dinner. Everyone is having friendly conversations with each other.

Attendee #1: Hey, Smedley! It has been a long time since I've talked to you! Why haven't you been picking up my calls?
Swipin' Smedley: I just have a busy life recently. That's all.

However, Smedley grows impatient after all the chairs are occupied.

Swipin' Smedley: Cook! Where's my hasenpfeffer!?!

Out on the hallway, Elline, disguised as a waitress, pushes in a cart with an orange pumpkin with two holes carved in it, a live rabbit, a large bowl of salad, mashed potatoes, and superspicy curry on rice.

Elline: Coming right out! [to herself] You greedy meanie.
Prince Fluff: This should cover me pretty well for eavesdropping. Besides, like any of those slobs will eat a pumpkin.
Elline: [enters the dining room] I present our main dishes of the night! Fresh, live hasenpfeffer, right out of the backyard. And one ripe little pumpkin.
Attendee #2: Looks... pretty organic.

The live rabbit jumps out of the bowl it was on and out the window.

Swipin' Smedley: That hasenpfeffer is raw! Go fix it up again, [pulls up his vacuum] right away!
Elline: Yes sir... [walks out disappointed, but changes to sneakily once out of the room. She hides by a wall]
Attendee #3: What's that, Smedley?
Swipin' Smedley: Why, finally someone acknowledged this little thing I bought along with me. [takes off his hood, revealing to be a pig with a militaristic hat] This little thing is called the "Color Sapper". It it supposed to clear off the color from robots to make them plain and easy to paint on. But I realized it also worked on people too! So I realize a way to ensure the only place full of happiness left is Alcapastan, everything else in Popstar must be affected by this vacuum.
Attendee #4: Cheers for Alcapastan! [everyone taps their glass]
Swipin' Smedley: Oh well if we can't get our hasenpfeffer, we might as well enjoy this pumpkin.
Prince Fluff: Ho boy...
Swipin' Smedley: Look at this amazing shell! It's ripe orange, like the tangy color of the sun!

Smedley pulls out a meat fork originally intended for the hasenpfeffer and sticks it inside the bottom of the pumpkin. Suddenly, Prince Fluff jumps out of the pumpkin screaming and jumping through many floors (breaking the floors) of the mansion in pain. Elline looks in shock and covers her mouth. Eventually, he falls back down (birds-eye view) and crashes down onto the table, cracking it into many glass shards.

Prince Fluff: [nervously laughing] What do you know? Everything served is raw!
Swipin' Smedley: A spy! After him!
Prince Fluff: Gah!

Fluff runs out of the dining room, and Elline follows out to an exit. However, Fluff isn't bright enough to realize the exit, and runs up the stairs as the attendees come after him. Fluff is eventually cornered into a room, and attempts to block the door with a shelf, television set, bunk bed, and and a statue of Smedley. However, eventually the items become grayscale and then a blast is heard, propelling all of the items away and revealing Smedley.

Swipin' Smedley: Hello, you filthy spy!
Prince Fluff: [naively] Hello, Mr. Thiefy.
Swipin' Smedley: Call me Swipin' Smedley, the most rowdy and loudly citizen of militaristic Alcapastan! Now hear this. You likely heard about what this little funnel gadget does.
Prince Fluff: What gadget?
Swipin' Smedley: [starts the vacuum, but Fluff flinches away from it] This gadget! Come back here, you little camarone!
Prince Fluff: [standing near a window. It is nighttime outside] Oh no, an open window! It would be a shame if this spy got away without getting any his colors sucked out.
Swipin' Smedley: No one escapes from Swipin' Smedley! They get sniped on to their grave!

Smedley charges after Fluff. Fluff, using the electricity he conducted with, zaps Smedley, launching him out of the door and down a nearby stairway set. The vacuum is sent flying and then explodes on impact, attempting to create a void to suck the colors of the mansion in, and Prince Fluff is affected and loses his beautiful blue color.

Prince Fluff: [weakly] Oh Kirby, I don't... feel so well. Avenge me... in case Francisca thinks about taking... my throne.

However, suddenly a blast of color happens in the room, giving Fluff his blue color back. After the blast clears, it shows Claycia with the colorizer Uzi from earlier.

Claycia: Unstable problems requires unstable solutions. [grabs Fluff's hand so he can stand back up]
Prince Fluff: I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank you so much, Claycia! Where's Elline, though?
Elline: [flies into the room] Still at your back, buddy!
Prince Fluff: Did we dispose of our little Captain Smedley too?
Claycia: [grabs out a grayscaled Smedley] What do you have to say?
Swipin' Smedley: [weakly] Someone... put me out... of my misery.
Elline: [laughs] I know a certain place where you'll be put out of your misery.

At the jail, Smedley is back into the same cell with Dark Meta Knight, Galacta Knight, and Morpho Knight.

Dark Meta Knight: [stomach growls] Hoo, I'm hungry. Maybe I desire some roast pork for today.
Swipin' Smedley: [finds out that the three knights have a fork and a knife out] Oh... no...

Transition to next morning. Fluff's and Elline's collars has been removed. To reverse the effects of Smedley's color removal, the group climbs up to the top of the Channel DDD's signal tower (using Elline to paint a rainbow trail to the top), and places the colorizer Uzi on top of the signal.

Elline: I can smell a happy ending already!

It blasts squirts of color onto various regions of Popstar, giving colors back to mostly everyone. It targets Jambastion, then onto the Dreamstalk, Castle Dedede, and the Halberd.

Prince Fluff: Neato! It warms my heart to see that we're in a modern world instead of some old black-and-white film.
Claycia: There's one area we missed though. Don't forget Adeleine!
Prince Fluff: Oh right. We need to get back our shipping, right now!

Fluff attempts to turn the Uzi, but due to firing so many colors at once, it starts to overheat for Fluff's hand. It slowly starts to overload and malfunction, with parts of it breaking off.

Prince Fluff: Hot hot ho ho.
Elline: Uh oh. That can't end well.

Claycia covers her ears. Eventually, the Uzi can't take it anymore and explodes, knocking Fluff, Elline, and Claycia down the rainbow platform and plummeting towards the ground. The explosion even had the catastrophic effect of reversing the effects of the colorizing Uzi, making the entirety of Popstar, sans Adeleine grayscale.

At the hospital.

Adeleine: [still grayscale] Thanks for the flowers... and ice cream, Susie. You are really the most caring... person I have ever met up with.
Susie: No problem-o! I might even bring you your own personalized artist robot, so it can finish those small details you wanted to do.

The effect of the exploding Uzi affects the hospital, making everything but Adeleine grayscale.

Adeleine: [looks at her colorized hands] Hey, I'm cured! I never felt this healthy since the start of this year!
Susie: ...please send help. Like the funeral services...
Adeleine: Uh, I think I can probably make your last few minutes the best few minutes of your life. I guess...

Transition back to the detective agency in Elline's and Claycia's room. Fluff, Elline, and Claycia are grayscaled, while Adeleine has a recreated drawing of the colorized Uzi to "repaint" the room that was dull gray. Then Adeleine gives the blast of color to a grayscaled Daroach, allowing him to communicate in a disappointed and stern way.

Daroach: You three carefree anti-solvers! How could you manage to get the suspect into solitary confinement, yet make his plan a success!?
Prince Fluff: [weakly but nervously] Uh... bad luck?
Elline: At least we got Smedley into... jail. How bad is it to undo the mistake... I mean accident we did?
Adeleine: [blasts color at the group of detectives] At this rate, it'll take me an additional month to recolor the entire population of Popstar! For putting me into this hard labor, I'm cutting your shipping until I'm finished with this job.
Claycia: Come on, Adeleine. We were the one who founded you in the basement and gave you back your colors and happiness.
Adeleine: Why should I be happy that I have to work on spray-blasting colors back to everyone and every inch of Popstar? I'm not going to make the same mistake you did and try the signal to speed things up.
Daroach: You all three should be ashamed of yourselves.
Prince Fluff: Are you going to demote us?
Elline: Please, give us a second chance to prove we can be successful. We did so well up to that grayscale explosion.
Daroach: I'm a pretty easy mouse to be around with. I'm just going to restrict you to blue tab files for right now. But make another mistake and you're all axed!
Prince Fluff: By Francisca? I don't like the sound of being "axed".
Daroach: [facepalms] I mean you'd all be fired. Don't disappoint the PPDIA reputation and name, please. [walks off]
Adeleine: [showing some sort of remorse] ...I'd still like to thank you two for finding me, you little, cute ball of yarn and intelligent clay fairy!
Prince Fluff: I'd prefer it the other way around.
Adeleine: [walks off] Hopefully I can negotiate with others to see if I can speed up this "recoloring" process.
Prince Fluff: ...I'm going back to my room.

Fluff walks back into his room and closes his door.

Prince Fluff: [grumbling to himself] Why did I ever work with that clay fairy, only lead me to nothing but trouble, getting arrested, and nearly kicked off back to my homeland. She doesn't realize how dangerous it is to come back home...

On the other hand, Elline and Claycia accepts Daroach's preaching and takes it in to learn from their mistake.

Elline: We'd need to be more careful next time. I'm supposed to be the most colorful fairy in Seventopia and yet we managed to erase the colors of Popstar. That's a bad representation of us.
Claycia: Yes, we win some, and lose some. Let's not get another loss, that's what.
Elline: [opens up the file cabinet, revealing a blue tabbed file donning the name "Food Dimension"] I wonder what is this new dimension. But it sounds tasty. Where we're going, no one knows!

Iris out on Elline, and she gives a wink, ending the episode.

End quote

Elline: Another case solved by the sweet yarn-and-clay duosome!

Cast (in order)[]

♠ - denotes a character's first appearance.
♦ - denotes a cameo, minor appearance, or mention only.
♣ - denotes a character's final appearance.

Prince Fluff
Zeke
Elline
Claycia ♠
Waddle Dee
Bronto Burt
Waddle Doo
Daroach ♠
Adeleine ♠
Susie
Ribbon (mentioned) ♦
Bandana Dee (mentioned) ♦
Police Dee ♠ ♦
Police Doo ♠ ♦
Dark Meta Knight ♠ ♦
Galacta Knight ♠ ♦
Morpho Knight ♠ ♦
Judge ♦
Swipin' Smedley ♠ ♣
King Dedede (mentioned) ♦
Meta Knight (mentioned) ♦
Hyness ♠
The Three Mage Sisters
- Francisca
- Zan Partizanne
- Flamberge ♦
Lance ♦
Tess Trishula ♦
Leera (unofficial first appearance) ♦
Kirby
Magolor (seen on television screen) ♦
Taranza ♦
Smedley's attendants
- Driver ♠ ♦ ♣
- Four attendees ♠ ♦ ♣

References[]

Looney Tunes:
- Shishkabugs: Smedley requests for hassenpfeffer, and Elline serves it raw like Yosemite Sam does with Bugs in this short.
- Dumb Patrol: Swipin' Smedley is based on Captain Smedley's (Porky Pig's) design in this cartoon.

Trivia[]

This story's production code (KIR05) was originally going to be for a story called "Stowaway Stopper", but due to being unable to provide a proper plot for it, BF10 worked against it.
This story was originally going to be the last episode for the mini-series, but due to BF10 wanting to make the character development more noticeable at the start, it was moved to the first episode.
- It is also the only solo episode of the mini-series.
- It is also the only episode in the mini-series where both Elline and Fluff loses in the end.
This story is the unofficial first appearance of Leera in production order, although she is not shown in color. She would be officially introduced in Co-Work Your Way Up.

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Synopsis[]

Plot[]

Cast (in order)[]

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Trivia[]

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