Collin was caught off guard when Sonic pulled him into the other pipe, clearly he was avoiding something. When they came out the other side in what looked like an underground level, he looked around kind of confused. There was nothing around but a giant mushroom that seemed to be configured into a tavern. They went inside and it was surprisingly roomy for a mushroom. He took a seat and looked around at the others in the tavern, no big names it looked like, just a bunch of background characters. One of them stood out more than the others, though. She seemed to be a pokemon trainer judging by the pikachu clinging to her head, but then she said something. “Why can’t they hit on Princess Peach?”
“She’s not from here either.” he said to Sonic. “She called her Princess Peach, like I did. She doesn’t go by that anymore according to Toad, now she’s known as Empress Toadstool.” He got up and walked over to the girl with the pikachu. “Excuse me, miss, but I think you and I may be facing a similar situation. Do you mind me asking how you came to find yourself in this universe? I, personally, managed to mess up a projector connection and got sucked into this place.”