Name: Robo-Mouse

Debut: Wario Land 3

Hey, hey! Didja hear? The Chinese New Year not only cycles through twelve zodiac animals, it also cycles through five different elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water! 2020 is not only the year of the rat, but the year of the metal rat! So how better to celebrate than a rat made of metal?

I hear you, I hear you! This is a mouse, not a rat! It says right there in the name! I’ve definitely made my rather controversial outlook clear in the past, but I’m not talking about that anymore! This time I’m actually justified, because the Chinese character for rat and mouse are one and the same (鼠), meaning this is the year of the rat AND the mouse! And by extension, the year of the metal mouse (or an Iron Mouse, perhaps?)! If you have a problem with that, take it to the Chinese language, ya stinker.

So if this is a mouse, then why is it clearly a mole? I’ve uh, run out of excuses here. I actually have no idea! Look, I didn’t name it! I was just looking through the Rodents category on the Mario Wiki!

Wait, moles aren’t even rodents, are they? Mole-rats are though! But this is a mole-mouse! Aaaaugh... you know, you know, let’s just skip this part of the post. Next topic! 

Gee willy, I hadn’t expected them to be as big as they are! They’re quite nasty enemies y’see, chasing down Wario on sight, and they’re willing to break down a few walls to get to him. That’s where their Japanese name comes from- Oikake, derived from oikakeru, meaning to chase! If they catch you they don’t actually do damage though- even worse, they kick you out of whatever cave area you’ve found yourself in! Forcing you to play it again! Not cool. But at least they aren’t as bad as Cursya. 

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It was that time again, CPR re-certification.

It came around every two years on the month of your initial CPR certification. It truly didn’t matter what hospital one worked in, if one was a part of the medical crew they needed to get re-certified. 

And boy were the bosses very strict about such a thing. All bosses of every hospital always were. 

Imagine having a nurse, surgeon, doctor, paramedic or anyone in the likes forgetting the essential skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation? That is a big no-no. Such a skill was basically life or death and so hospitals took it very seriously making sure their employers are re-certified every two years. 

It was why the brunette was walking into one of the hospital classrooms, giving the instructor a polite wave hello before taking a seat next to the only other person currently in the class. She wondered if it would only be a two person class for today. It was possible, she once did CPR re-certification as the only student, but she had been hoping that wouldn’t be the case today. She had just come off of a very long twelve hour shift over night. If she was the only student, she might not be able to stay awake, but thankfully that wouldn’t be the case.

In fact, Minnie even knew the person she was sitting next to.