Pokey the landlord

“Hey, hey now, are you alright, Ness?” he said. “It kinda looks like you're
trying to defy me. If you make me angry, it's all over for your family, you know. That
whole house...it belongs to me.”

“What are you talking about?” asked Ness.

“Like someone with a bad case of financial constipation, your stupid father
hasn’t paid the interest on that loan this month,” Pokey replied. “Since that house
was put up as collateral, the ownership will be transferred to my father. But my dad
has no need for a run-down old house like that, so he's going to give it to me. So in
other words, believe it or not, I'm your landlord now, aaah-hahahahaha!”

- Mother 2, Chapter 1, pg. 8