Gojasu: Yeah, I guess I don’t believe it.

Lucky: I’ll bet you a dollar she can do psychic stuff!

Gojasu: Hey, you don’t have any money!

Lucky: Neither do you!

Gojasu: You’re right, okay then!

Paula: (blasts a stream of PSI Fire, blowing a nearby tree into flames)

Lucky: Told ya.

Gojasu: I like you, Paula, you’re cool! (motions to Ness and Exit Mouse) You even have a bunch of fanbo…er, fanthings following you around! Come on, we’ll give you a backstage tour! (they head inside)

Ness: Uh... What do we do?

Exit Mouse: (popping out of a trashcan nearby) Hey, Ness, there’s popcorn in this trashcan!

Ness: Popcorn? Yahoo! (dives into the trashcan with Exit Mouse)

Paula: (comes walking out of the Chaos Theater about an hour later) Hey, guys, I kinda lost the money.

Ness and Exit Mouse: (pop out of a trashcan) Huh?

Paula: Yeah, the Runaway Five were being swindled by the theater, so I helped them out!

Ness: (hops out of the trashcan) Good idea, we couldn’t have used that money any better!

Exit Mouse: (looks at the few hundreds he hid in his pocket) Whew!

(The Runaway Five Bus drives up)

Driver: Hey, guys, wanna ride to Threed? They’re ghosts blocking the way normally, but we can get through in this bus!

Ness: Yeah!

Paula: Road Trip!

Exit Mouse: (holds up his box of croissants) I’ve got the food! (they pile into the bus)

Driver: Yeah, let’s go! (they back up the bus) THUMP!

Ness: (checks out the back window) Uh, I think you just hit someone!

Driver: They should’ve gotten out of the way, we can’t stop now!

(they head into the Threed tunnel)

Ghosts: (fly at the bus)

Bus: (runs over the ghosts)

Ghosts: (assorted cursing. Get it?)

(they finally arrive in Threed)

Ness, Paula, and Exit Mouse: (hop out of the bus) Thanks for the ride, guys!

Gojasu: This town seems pretty gloomy, but I bet you can light it up with your own brand of sunshine!

Ness: (holds up a flashlight) Darn right!

Runaway Five: Bye, Paula! We’ll be playing at some theater in Fourside, drop by if you can!

Paula: (waves) Bye!

Ness and Exit Mouse: (wave) Bye guys!

Lucky: (as they drive off) Bye, fanthings!

(Ness, Paula, and Exit Mouse begin to explore wander around Threed)

Ness: (as some people run by, being chased by evil puppets) Wow, this place sure has a lot of weird things in it.

Paula: (points to a big circus tent) Look, a big circus tent! (they head into the tent)

Head man: This is terrible, the zombies are slowly advancing towards the tent!

People: We’re doomed! (cower in the corner)

Ness: Zombies? Where are the zombies?

Head man: The zombies are coming from the North graveyard, we don’t know why they’ve appeared.

Paula: That’s it, then, we go to the graveyard and stop them!

Ness: (yawns) Sounds easy.

(they head to the graveyard)

Exit Mouse: (sees a group of trashcans lying out) Whoa! The motherload, Ness!

Ness: Yeah! (they run towards them)

Paula: You guys need help, you know that?

Smelly Ghost: (suddenly rises from the trash can) BOO!

Ness: Angry trash! (bashes the ghost with his bat)

Smelly Ghost: (smacks Ness aside with a trashcan lid)

Putrid Moldy Man: (rises from another trashcan) HAHAHAHA!

Smelly Ghosts: (two more rise from trashcans) BOO!

Paula: (starts gagging) Gah, can’t breathe!

Ness: (immune to the stench) I told you to spend more time around trashcans! (bashes the ghost again)

Exit Mouse: Bring it on, trash man!

Putrid Moldy Man: (rears its head back to spew some trash)

Exit Mouse: (jumps on the Putrid Moldy Man’s trashcan lid, slamming it down)

Putrid Moldy Man: (trashcan explodes inside, spewing green smoke out)

Exit Mouse: Isn’t this easy, Ness?

Ness: (being choked by a smelly ghost) uh huh! (kicks the ghost)

Paula: PSI Fire A! (shoots a wave of flames at the other trashcans)

Smelly Ghosts: (blow apart, showering the graveyard with garbage)

Ness: (finishes off his ghost with a few more bashes)

Paula: If there are so many zombies, why the heck haven’t we seen any? I want zombies!

Exit Mouse: (munching a hamburger) Try those guys over there. (they walk up to the zombies)

Ness: They’re guarding some tunnel, I bet that’s where the zombies are coming from!

Zombie #1: I am staring into your soul!

Zombie #2: I am looking you over!

Ness: They’re too powerful, let’s run!

Paula: They haven’t done anything, yet! Sheesh! (casually blasts them with PSI Fire)

Zombie #1: (completely unhurt) I’m hungry.

Zombie #2: (also unhurt) Me too. (looks at the kids)

Paula: Okay, now we can run. (they run like heck back to the city)

Ness: (as they collapse to the ground near the hotel) How are we gonna get past those zombies?

Paula: (looks to the hotel) Let’s sleep on it, we can get a fresh outlook in the morning.

Exit Mouse: (looks up at the dark sky) Isn’t it, like, noon right now?

Ness: (rings the bell for service at the hotel counter)

Manager: (who inexplicably looks like a zombie) Welcome to the inn, you may stay free of charge.

Paula: Sweet! Can we have the biggest room, then!

Manager: Second room on the right, enjoy your...MUA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, ahem, stay.

Ness, Paula, and Exit Mouse: (run into the first room on the right)

Ness: (begins grabbing towels out of the drawers)

Paula and Exit Mouse: (bounce on one of the beds) Whee!

Zombie Chick: (in the next room) What are they doing?

Zombie Processor: They must have discovered our plans to capture them!

Zombie: They are much cleverer than we thought.

Zombie Chick: Okay, if they won’t come to us, then we’ll go get them!

Ness: (as a knock comes from the door) Who is it?

Zombie: room service!

Paula: This hotel is great! (runs to the door)

Exit Mouse: I call any food they brought! (runs to the door too)

Ness: (opens the door) Huh?

(monsters tackle them and knock them out)

Ness: (awakens) That wasn’t room service!

Paula: (awakens) Good thing you’re around to point that stuff out, Ness.

Exit Mouse: (awakens) At least we’re still alive, I wonder why. (checks his pockets) THEY ATE MY CROISSANTS!

Ness: (walks over to the door) It’s closed...that means we’re locked in!

Paula: (concentrating) I can get us out of here, all I have to do is contact the next person of our team.

Ness: You know who they are?

Paula: Of course.

Ness: Then why didn’t you contact them before now?

Paula: Because we didn’t need them until now!

Ness: Whatever.

Paula: (stares at the wall) I’m calling out to you who I’ve never met… I’m calling our friend who we’ve never met…Jeff! JEFF! We need your help, dang it! I am Paula, and I’m with some other friends, Ness, and Exit Mouse…We are trying to contact you…

(Meanwhile, in Winters, a small country to the North. Jeff is asleep in his dorm at Snow Wood Boarding School)

Jeff: (stirs in his bed)

Paula’s Voice: If you hear me, please wake up and, head south!

Ness’ Voice: Wait a minute, Paula, why don’t you tell him what city we’re in. Everywhere is south from Winters!

Paula’s Voice: Excuse me, I’m kinda busy right now, Ness! Who’s the one with the telepathy here?

Ness’ Voice: Unfortunately, you!

Paula’s Voice: Like you could do any better!

Ness’ Voice: You bet!

Exit Mouse’s Voice: Anyone have any food?

(the voices fade away)