Cayde Shilen

## Cayde

**Cayde Michelle Shilen** is a character in *Boo's Pizza II,* played by MightyMario. Cayde is one of the major characters of Boo's Pizza II, first introduced in the conclusion of the original Wart arc that was started in Boo's Pizza.

## History

### Attack on the Wind Fish

Cayde was first seen during Wart’s attack on the Wind Fish, insulting him by calling him “Kermit”. After a battle with him alongside Daggertooth; a wolf who can turn into a human, Cayde misheard Wart's taunts (the despot simply stated that he hoped her adoptive parents found out about her demise, she misheard it as a declaration that her adoptive parents had been killed). In anger, Cayde summoned the strength to suplex Wart off the airship and into the Wind Fish. Wart died but Cayde was spat out onto the "island off the coast of the Hyrulean Peninsula", where she met another wolf named Chevs and a mouse named Pinky. Cayde broke her leg after falling and healed quite quickly, much to the chagrin of Chevs.

Chevs was tasked with watching her while she is on the island, touring the island with her. She remembered meeting Pinky, who had gone off to find his friend and partner, Brain. The two went to find him, but come up empty handed after meeting Yamcha and Puar, two residents (and claimants to the private property rights) of the island.

Cayde was later put on a helicopter and brought to the Koopa Kingdom, where she is given the news that the Koopas are back in power under the new Koopa Empire. She met with Ludwig von Koopa (now the self proclaimed Emperor of the Koopas while Bowser is held up in New Donk City) and told him about her adoptive parents and how she wants to find them. After staying at the castle, Cayde headed to the Koopa Village, ambushed at the docks by Koopa misfits. She kicked their Koopa shells and reconnected with Chevs, who had been tasked by the Wind Fish to protect her from danger. Chevs accompanied her to the house where Mr. Koopa, her adoptive father lived. Hearing that her adoptive mother died in her sleep and that she has a sister, Cayde called her real mother, Natalie, and that she will fly to the United States to meet her true parents.

Chevs and Cayde fly to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to meet her parents and her sister, Siy. Several strange things occur after Cayde arrived to Sioux Falls and began living her true family, including Mike Daira trying to break into the Shilen household and Siy getting kidnapped by Wendall Icarus and Baby Face Metroid after being mistaken for for her older sister. Chevs leaves for his home the day after. One night, Siy has a bad memory about her being kidnapped, and Cayde stays at a motel for the night after James told her that they needed some time to figure this out.

### The Nightmare Fleet

The next night, Cayde met Sylvie, a friend of Natalie, and together they went to a Waffle House, the same Waffle House where her family is after an experience with the Nightmare Fleet. They reconcile and head to the East Lake Motel, where Mark and Zerris (the people Natalie, James, and Siy were staying with when the Shilen house got robbed), are staying for the night due to the Nightmare Fleet. The family makes a decision to move back to Florida after the disastrous Nightmare Fleet attack.

In the early hours of the morning at the motel, Cayde had a nightmare about Chevs, where Dedede is about to hit him with his hammer and hearing Wart’s laugh, which is concurrent with the events on the Wind Fish Island leading up to Robert Ombonaparte's death. She goes outside to forget the dream and is greeted by Zerris, who invites her in for a cup of coffee to warm her up. After a nice chat with him, Cayde returns to the hotel room, where Mark has given the Shilens their personal items from their former home. While Natalie and Siy play with the latter's plushies, Cayde is confused to see a plush of Pinky, the mouse she had met on the island. Natalie dismisses Cayde's concern that Pinky is real and that there was no way she could have met him.

After Zerris gives Siy his Sylvester plush as a memento, the Shilens head to Florida, where Cayde meets her Uncle Cole and Aunt Laura. Before that, The Shilens have a debate about the proper viewing order of the *Star Wars* saga, due to Cayde mentioning she had never seen it. The Shilens' stay in Florida is relatively short, as a person by the name of Dr. Nefario (from *Despicable Me*) recruits Cayde to go fight the Nightmare Fleet and defeat Wart once and for all. Her family voluntarily go to help her fight Kermit.

## Trivia

* Cayde and Zerris originate from *Tales from the Megaverse,* a roleplay thread on MarioBoards. The two characters are depicted differently in *BP2.*
* Cayde is said to have a resemblance to Samus Aran.
* The Cayde name originates from Cayde-6, a character from the *Destiny* game series. MightyMario is not a *Destiny* fan but rather simply thought the name sounded cool. Which it does.