Ugly Future

## **Plot**

*The English Channel, 1777*

A group of settlers and pioneers are traveling with conquerors of the great British Empire on the *Sally. S Buccaneer* when suddenly a large wave crashes into them, throwing most of them overboard. A bolt of lightning strikes the boat causing the crew to seek refuge into the stormy waters. One such pioneer named William pulls out a book and tosses it towards what is left of the boat and goes to presumably face his death in the ocean.

*The Macroverse*

Two interdimensional beings named Fawful and Dimentio are closely monitoring Earth and speak of what their plans are to eventually conquer it. Dimentio mentions that they will also conquer the planet that the new rift was opened it, referring to the Mushroom Kingdom dimension. Dimentio then reminisces about his life before being banished to the Macroverse due to his bad behavior. He assures Fawful that he too will get his due once they are able to sever the barrier that protects Earth and the Macroverse. Fawful heads downstairs where it is shown that he and Dimentio reside in a large needle-like structure/tower, with red clouds and lightning ominously hanging overhead. In the background are humongous creatures and monsters, referring to the dimension's namesake. He reaches an undesignated area that is empty and void of life. He pulls out a bean and reveals he is actually from the Beanbean Kingdom by gaining full contact with an ominous-looking witch who goes by the name of Cackletta. She asks if he is done with his 'mission' yet to which he replies that he is still stuck in another dimension. She insists that she will find a way for him to escape but unbeknownst to her, Fawful already has a way of transporting between dimensions, with his secret watch that has the ability to open portals at will. Interestingly, he does not let Dimentio know about this ability, instead choosing to go to and from any dimension he wants alone. He travels to Mushroom Island and wounds up in an undisclosed location and meets up with another person named Kora. Kora and Fawful ponder on where Cackletta has gone but she provides him with no knowledge of her whereabouts. He then asks her if she has found "it", being unspecific on his meaning. Kora shakes her head and Fawful becomes relieved. She then begins to humble Fawful on revealing how he has committed genocide on entire planets and peaceful communities that had done nothing wrong. He demands her to stop but she presses on eventually causing him to go into an outburst and is about to leave. Before he does, he demands that Kora go on her duties on stealing more artifacts to take away once the planet and Earth gets destroyed. She reluctantly does as she is told and departs.

Fawful roams around the Mushroom Island, seeming to be on the lookout for something that is buried beneath the ground. He slowly becomes more and more frustrated with his search and ends up leaving on a sour note. He makes his way towards Cackletta who is surprised to see him and when provoked on how he got back, he simply replies that he forgot. They devise a scheme to steal the Beanbean star from the Beanbean Kingdom and in turn, use it to steal the monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom since the star requires that of a beautiful voice to be powerful. They will also be in full control of the island should they succeed. Fawful agrees on the plan and lets Cackletta know that he is on her side until the end of the road. She and Fawful then run off towards the end of the plains.

Back at the Macroverse, Dimentio pulls up a diagram of the earth and sings a malicious tune on the things he will do once he takes it over. After his song, a minion knocks on the door alerting him only asking if he would like cookies. Suddenly a large explosion is heard outside the tower and Dimentio heads down to check out what caused it. An angry troll monster is unhappy and Dimentio assures it that everything will be okay and that he will make him happy again before maliciously slicing its head and punching it out of the landscape. The other minions are terrified of his power and return to assembling their work, which turns out to be a giant generator connected to a massive weapon that once completed, should be strong enough to break the protective barrier to Earth.

Somewhere in deep space, a large comet soars past Saturn and a woman inside is napping. She suddenly awakes with a gasp, uttering the words, "oh no" before the screen cuts to black.