Dark Arle's Special Training Theater

MANZAI 1

Ecolo: Ah! Hey, there’s Arle over there!

I’ll go over and say hi. Might give her a good scare~

Heya~!

Arle: E-Ecolo?!

Wh…whoa!!

Ecolo: Oops, looks like I overdid it. Now she’s dangling off a cliff~!

Arle: H-help meeeee…!

Ecolo: Hmmm, but rescuing you the normal way would be so boring… I got it!

If you let me borrow your body again, I guess I could save you~!

Arle: No way!!

…Then again, it looks like I’m kinda out of options…

Ecolo: Hooray! I’ma take this then~♪

Dark Arle: Eheheheh. Wow, I haven’t felt this way in so long… This is nice!

Odette: …I feel like I just witnessed something I wasn’t supposed to…

Dark Arle: Oops! How long have you been standing there?

Odette: Uh-uhm…

Dark Arle: Just keep what you just saw a secret from a girl with red, curly pigtails! Okay?

Odette: O…okay.

Dark Arle: You gotta promise! She’s got a green hairpin on her bangs, you hear me?

Odette: I promise…

Dark Arle: Pinky swear! It’s a secret from the girl who always has an apple in her hand!

Think you got that?

Odette: I-I’ll commit it to memory!

Dark Arle: Goodie~♪

Odette: Huh…? Wait, did she ask me to tell or…not to tell…?

Which one was it again…?

MANZAI 2

Ringo: HEEEY!! ECOLOOOO!!

Dark Arle: Hey, it’s Ringo! Aww, you really came for me~!

Ringo: I can’t believe you! You went and possessed Arle again!

C'mon, get out of there already! Shoo, shoo!

Dark Arle: Wait, Ringo. I asked Arle for permission, and she said it was okay!

Ringo: I…don’t believe you for even one zeptosecond!^[1]

Dark Arle: …You’re so mean.

Ringo: Ecolo?

Dark Arle: …I just wanted to play with you. I wanted to have fun together…

But… Looks like all I did was make you angry… I’m sorry…

Ringo: Ecolo…

Maybe I went too far. It’s just…

Dark Arle: Hooray! So you’re okay with it too~♪

Ringo: HUH!?

Dark Arle: Who knows when I’ll get this chance again! So I think I’ll live it up a little!!

See ya, Ringo~!

Ringo: What the…

ECOLO, YOU IDIOT!!!

MANZAI 3

Dark Arle: Hm~ Who can I have fun teasing next?

Oh, there’s gramps! Nice timing!

Heeey, guess who!

Satan: Th…that voice. Is that you, Arly?!

*dramatic drumroll!*

Satan:…Wait, you’re not Arle!!

Ecolo… Should you be plotting mischief again, prepare yourself for my unbridled wrath…!

Dark Arle: Ahaha! Sorry, gramps, but it’s kinda hard to take your threats seriously when you’re dressed like that~

Ringo: HEY! ECOLO! …Wait, huh?

What’s that weird, yellow thing with you?!

Satan: Did you just call the Dark Prince a “weird, yellow thing”?

Dark Arle: Hey, gramps, what gives!

Why do you get to creep Ringo out now? That’s my job!

Satan: I am not creeping out anyone!

Dark Arle: Uh… Urgh…

Ringo: Wait, Ecolo, what’s wrong? Do you have a stomachache?

Dark Arle: E… E…

Espiegle!

Ba-BAM!!

Ringo: Wh-whoa! Where did these innumerable^[2] Nuisance Puyo above dark-ish Arle come from?!

Satan: Why are they attacking themself…?

Arle: Ouch, ouch, ouch… Looks like that worked…

Satan: Arly! Are you okay?!

Ringo: The sheer force of that spell split Ecolo and Arle back into two heterogeneous^[3] parts!

Ecolo: Uuurgh… Hey, what’s the big idea? That’s playing dirty, Arle…

Arle: What do you mean, “playing dirty”?! You’re the one who started this whole mess!!

 How dare you just take my body for a joyride like that, you little…

*complaincomplaincomplaincomplaincomplain*

Ringo: Well… With Arle raking them over the coals like that…

 …even Ecolo is bound to regret what they pulled.

Satan: I…have to agree…

(I should take care never to end up in this position myself…)