HOME ALONE IN QUARANTINE, DAY ONE (April 17, 2020)

Eighth post from the original blog.

"My first full day home alone in quarantine, and I have to say, today wasn't really that eventful. I did play video games, so there's that.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - When you get on a train, you expect it to be a relaxing ride to wherever you need to go. When Mario gets on the Excess Express to go to Poshley Heights, it's a lot less relaxing than you'd expect. I'm pretty sure that there are real trains out there where you can sleep, eat, and go to the bathroom on it and stay for a few days on the railroad, and the Excess Express is no exception. When I first got on, I knew I was in hot water. I had to solve "cases" as a "detective." There was the Chili Pot Incident, the Autograph Case, and especially the Nitro Honey Syrup Disaster, which the last one never happened, thanks to Pennington's and my sleuthing (mostly mine). For the record, I made up those titles just to sound cool. Oh, and I got the Ultra Boots in Riverside station and the Ultra Hammer in Rogueport (from that chest you see since the prologue but can't access until after Chapter 6). After that, I just did a couple of sidequests in the form of the Trouble Center, as well as work on the Recipes for Zess T.

Super Mario Bros. - Nothing much here, just that I tried playing this again and got stuck on World 1-4 again. The stupid Firebars are always getting me. I think my problem is the fact that I always used the Warp Zone in World 1-2 to skip Worlds 1-3 and 1-4 when I was a kid (after my older brother, Chase, showed me the Warp Zone), and I don't have as much practice as I should.

Kirby's Adventure - I sped through Vegetable Valley and Ice Cream Island pretty quickly. I tried doing the Extended Mike Glitch during the boss fight against Paint Roller, since he can sometimes paint microphones, but Paint Roller would not cooperate once he got down to 3 health points. I gave up and just defeated him the normal way.

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - I managed to find Olive Ocean through Cabbage Cavern, and I succeeded in finding a Vitality Heart that brought my maximum HP to 8, and also defeating Gobbler, all without finding the map... So, yeah...








I also went on a bike ride around my neighborhood, and I watched about six or seven episodes of Good Mythical Morning on YouTube. Anyway, that wraps it up for this post. Have a good day."