Editing The Dark Cloud

''"I understand your mistrust. However, through your 'observational tool,' did you see the great Metal Wars? The billions upon billions that could have been saved? Did you see the Dark Perforation, and again, did nothing as they ravaged planet after planet, slaughtering countless innocents? And now evil lurks on the horizon, as the demonic powers of the Neo-COUE and monstrous crystal creatures threaten our universe."''

'''-Subsourian the Dark, The Dark Cloud (Part 27-12: The Fated Meeting (Hugearific!))

The Dark Cloud is the 27th story of [[Topmonhit Story]], and is one of the few stories that [[The Cloud]] and Topmonhit play a key role in. It also featured the climax of Subsourian the Dark's quest to find The Cloud's power.

Characters (in order of appearance): Olimar, Louie/Count L, [[Count Bleah]], Titan Dweevil, Mallow, Mario, Luigi, [[Top Mon Hit]], [[Oshy Gisho]], [[Topper Mon Hit]], [[Chills Pacone]], Seet, Snock, Sletts, [[User:Topmonhit|Topmonhit]], [[AFLAC]], [[Power Box]], [[Sunset]], [[Wiggly Jr.]], [[Tron]], [[Agal Bracy]], [[Mogmire]], [[Bloo]], [[Noshum]], Vivian, [[Vaganot]], [[Lakeep]], [[Dryler]], [[Pyro]], Pyruni, Blighty, [[Hey You]], [[Danny]], [[Count Blargg]], [[Squell]], Scope, Music, Alpha, Raven, [[Subsourian the Dark]], [[Zzub]], [[Shem]]

Locations: Distant Planet, Nimbus Land, Mario and Luigi's House, [[Gisho Castle]], [[Shiver Star]], Chills Pacone's Office Building, [[Yoshi's Island]], Toad City, Twilight Town, Rogueport, Lethal Lava Land, [[The Cloud]]

Time Period: Mid-December, 2009

[[Category: 2009 Stories]] [[Category: Stories]] [[Category: Topmonhit's Stories]] [[Category: Topmonhit Story]]

==Banner==

[[File:The_Dark_Cloud.png]]

==Story==

===Part 27-1: This is Canon Pikmin 3, Right?===

The story begins when Captain Olimar and Louie return to Distant Planet for research and treasures. Louie is accidentally left behind on the 7th day and finds a large, black treasure chest that he opens, freeing Count Bleah. The next day, Olimar returns to the planet to find Louie and a Titan Dweevil suddenly appears.

===Part 27-2: The Mysterious Count L===

The Titan Dweevil is revealed to be controlled by a Hocotation named Count L who is cleaerly Louie, though Olimar does not realize this. He sends the Pikmin to attack the Titan Dweevil, knocking a staff it held out of its grip, and the staff explodes, destroying the Titan Dweevil and knocking Count L into the air. Count Bleah decides Louie was too weak to use as a vessel and floats through some clouds, absorbing itself into them. Louie, meanwhile, falls into a bush and is found by Olimar.

===Part 27-3: Cloudy Clash===

In the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario receives a letter from Mallow saying Nimbus Land needs his help--they've been attacked and everyone has been locked in the castle. Mario runs off to help them, leaving Luigi behind. Alone, Luigi decides to visit Gisho Castle, telling them Mario left without him again. Top declares that Mario can't take the spotlight anymore--that's Team TOT's job, and they head to Nimbus Land with Luigi. Meanwhile, Mario finds Nimbus land to be darkened, like a storm cloud, and when he tries to enter the castle humanoid cloud-creatures attack him. He destroys them with fire, and the castle door opens. Mario enters to face the attacker of Nimbus Land.

===Part 27-4: Monopolized Topmonhit Story===

At Shiver Star, Chills Pacone sees the economy has been in a slump. He decides something must be done to make it better, and plans to fully take over the [[Iclan Kingdom]]. While planning, however, he is interrupted by Topmonhit, as a Mii, demanding that he not attack the Iclan Kingdom. With Chills' mafia aiming their guns at him, though, he's at a clear disadvantage until he proposes a game; should Topmonhit win, Chills will not invade the Iclan Kingdom, while if Chills wins, he would get The Cloud. The game Topmonhit decides on is the board game Monopoly. See [[#Monopoly Statistics|Monopoly Statistics]] for game information.

===Part 27-5: Cloud Count===

As Mario prepares to fight his greatest challenge at Nimbus Land, Top, Oshy, Topper and Luigi fly through the skies in Top's Star Ship. The lack of room for all four of them cause them to fight and bicker until it was a full-blown fight among all four of them; with no one piloting, the Star Ship careens off Barrel Volcano and crashes onto the castle of Nimbus Land. They enter the castle and find it empty until Count Bleah shows itself to them. Count Bleah tells them he locked Mario away, but as he speaks Top leaps at him, hammer at the ready. Top is sent crashing out of the castle and Oshy and Topper fight Count Bleah as Luigi sneaks off to find Mario, freeing him and all the Nimbus Land residents from a prison.

===Part 27-6: For Better or Worse Markets===

On turn 6, Topmonhit goes to jail and by turn 8 Chills has bought Boardwalk, but has been brought down to a mere thirty dollars. They continue going back and forth, both going to Jail a few times, until Chills completes the set of orange properties on turn 21. Slightly worried, Topmonhit takes solace in the fact that Chills wouldn't know where The Cloud was anyway, but at that moment it appears behind him and AFLAC comes out. It and Topmonhit argue, with AFLAC calling him foolhardy and Topmonhit saying he had never intended to show Chills where The Cloud was. They resume the game, the stakes now actually existing for Topmonhit.

===Part 27-7: Dimensional Disorder===

At Nimbus Land, Top, Oshy, Topper, Mario and Luigi all prepare to fight Count Bleah, but instead it creates two portals. Meanwhile, at Yoshi's Island, PB and Sunset are visiting and come across Wiggly Jr. and Tron. As they talk, a portal appears overhead. In Toad City, another portal appears near Bloo, Mogmire and Agal Bracy. At Twilight Town, Noshum and Vivian meet Vaganot as another portal appears. Pyro appears at Rogueport as Dryler, Lakeep and Zzub watch another portal appear. Finally, in Lethal Lava Land, Hey You, Danny and Count Blargg see another portal appear. From each portal comes a crystal, which shatter to reveal a morph in each one, the same species as Subsourian.

===Part 27-8: “Curse You, Pennsylvania Railroad!”===

Topmonhit gets a string of unlucky rolls and after 30 turns, is unable to pay; he loses the Monopoly game. He tries to leave, but Chills' mafia grabs him and AFLAC and chucks them in a closet that Squell is already in. Chills and his mafia then try to enter The Cloud, but are unable to figure out how. They're about to go get Topmonhit to tell them how to get in when explosions happen around the building.

===Part 27-9: The Really Ridiculous Simile===

This part was just an infinite simile making fun of old Greek epics that had similes that went on for lines and lines and lines. Top was hit by a flux ball.

===Part 27-10: Attack of the Stormchasers===

Several people are shot in the head through the window at Chills' office, shot by clone commando Scope. Chills hears a mass of footsteps coming up the stairs and more commandos and clone troops enter, attacking the mafia. Inside the closet, AFLAC says he detects humanoids outside, specifically clones. Topmonhit realizes this means Sub and the Clone Army are here, and tells Squell he needs her help, willing to give her all the jewels he could think of. The fight outside continued against Chills' Mafia's odds, and finally Subsourian entered the office.

===Part 27-11: Dimensional Destruction and Damage of Darkness (IT'S OVER 500 TIMES SIIIIIIX)===

===Part 27-12: The Fated Meeting (Hugearific!)===

===Part 27-13: Phorming a Win! (Part A)===

===Part 27-14: Phorming a Win (Part B)===

===Part 27-15: This Part's Name Is Not Cloud Vs. Cloud===

===Part 27-16: Cloud Vs. Cloud===

===Part 27-17: A Really, Really, Really Epic Title===

==Monopoly Statistics==

'''Turn 1'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1580, Connecticut Ave.<br>
Chills Pacone: $970, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad

'''Turn 2'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1440, Connecticut Ave., States Ave.<br>
Chills Pacone: $820, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works

'''Turn 3'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1640, Connecticut Ave., States Ave.<br>
Chills Pacone: $820, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 5'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1260, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave.<br>
Chills Pacone: $1010, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 6'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1270, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave.<br>
Chills Pacone: $750, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 8'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1270, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave.<br>
$30, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 9'''<br>
Topmonhit: $1270, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave.<br>
Chills Pacone: $230, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 11'''<br>
Topmonhit: $756, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens<br>
Chills Pacone: $26, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk, Pennsylvania RR, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 12'''<br>
Topmonhit: $424, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place<br>
Chills Pacone: $26, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk, Pennsylvania RR, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 14'''<br>
Topmonhit: $344, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place<br>
Chills Pacone: $106, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk, Pennsylvania RR, Get Out of Jail Free card

'''Turn 17'''<br>
Topmonhit: $126, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line<br>
Chills Pacone: $111, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place

'''Turn 18'''<br>
Topmonhit: $66, Connecticut Ave., States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line<br>
Chills Pacone: $111, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place

'''Turn 19'''<br>
Topmonhit: $76, Connecticut Ave. (Mortgaged), States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line<br>
Chills Pacone: $161, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place

'''Turn 22'''<br>
Topmonhit: $76, Connecticut Ave. (Mortgaged), States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line, Mediterranean Avenue<br>
Chills Pacone: $121, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave. (Mortgaged), Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place, New York Avenue

'''Turn 23'''<br>
Topmonhit: $44, Connecticut Ave. (Mortgaged), States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line, Mediterranean Avenue<br>
Chills Pacone: $153, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave. (Mortgaged), Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place, New York Avenue

'''Turn 25'''<br>
Topmonhit: $44, Connecticut Ave. (Mortgaged), States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line, Mediterranean Avenue<br>
Chills Pacone: $353, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave. (Mortgaged), Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place, New York Avenue

'''Turn 26'''<br>
Topmonhit: $24, Connecticut Ave. (Mortgaged), States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place, Short Line, Mediterranean Avenue (Mortgaged)<br>
Chills Pacone: $403, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave. (Mortgaged), Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place, New York Avenue

'''Turn 27'''<br>
Topmonhit: $175, Connecticut Ave. (Mortgaged), States Ave., Virginia Ave., Indiana Ave., Kentucky Ave., Marvin Gardens, Park Place (Mortgaged), Short Line, Mediterranean Avenue (Mortgaged)<br>
Chills Pacone: $385, Electric Company, Tennessee Ave., B&O Railorad, Water Works, Atlantic Ave., Pennsylvania Ave. (Mortgaged), Boardwalk (Mortgaged), Pennsylvania RR, St. James Place, New York Avenue



==Trivia==

*The game of Monopoly between Topmonhit and Chills was pre-determined in an actual game of Monopoly.
*This story is the introduction of Count Bleah's second body, a body made of cloud.
*Shem was originally supposed to hatch in this story, but as it was forgotten, it instead remained with Sub. However, as Topmonhit did not recognize Shem, it is assumed that he brought Shem to [[Mekkai]] (where Sub and Tron found it) sometime after this story.
*The Monopoly plot, in retrospect, was terrible.

===Connections to Other Stories===

*This story ends a search by Subsourian for the power of The Cloud.
*At the end, Topmonhit mentions the warning Top, Oshy and Topper had been given in [[Return to Gisho]] about something returning. At the end of The Dark Cloud, Topmonhit tells Sub that it was not referrin to [[Neo-COUE]] (which was due to [[User:Sneezier|Sneezier]] believing that was whom it referred to). It referred to [[Metal Marauder]] returning in [[Inherit the Pokemon]].
*Count Bleah was previously imprisoned at the end of [[Tick Tack Emissary]].
*The [[Metal Army]] were on Distant Planet in [[Omega]], where Athene and the Sapphire Legion had been taken over by a splinter of Count Bleah. In a special part of the same story, Subsourian comes across a moon that had a morph being grown by the splinter, where it was revealed that there were multiples of these (which would be the morphs that appear in this story).
*Count Bleah previously met Team TOT in the [[Topmonhit Story '07 Halloween Special: Bleah! Countdown to Doom]], which he briefly mentions.

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