"...Yeah that did seem a bit of an overreaction." The head Koopa deadpanned, punting a few Cheep Cheeps back into the water before turning back to Harvey and Haruki. He managed to overhear what Haruki was saying to himself about meeting royalty, and nodded in agreement.

"You'd be right, but it may take even longer than that. This is a time of war, our King is constantly busy," explained the Koopa, leading the twosome into the castle with his crew "we'll find someplace nice for you guys to wait it out though, don't worry about it, okay?" With that, the doors to Bowser's castle opened. It looked a bit of a mess, with hastily risen statues raised to Bowser and his kids put down on the floor without rhyme or reason, and whatever blank space those left behind were taken up with strewn about papers, either maps or blueprints. Still, the soldiers inside navigated it expertly, or at the very least didn't notice the mess as they walked around.

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As Isei approached Jasper and offered her his hand, she looked down at with a mixture of wariness and contempt. Truly, she wanted to do nothing more than grab that hand and smash him around on the cobblestone until said hand was detached from his body, but a combination of corruption exhaustion and a rattled confidence level prevented her from doing such. She huffed a few times, taking Isei's hand and shaking. She still looked apprehensive, but any desire for violence had left the hulking leviathan of a gem.

[color=FFA500]"Jasper,"[/color] she said gruffly, letting go of Isei's hand shortly after [color=FFA500]"Era 1 Quartz Soldier."[/color] She added out of force of habit. It was tradition to introduce yourself with your Era and your Facet on Homeworld. Jasper had long since been allowed to drop the facet part of her introduction, having no need for it on the battlefield, but it was rather hard to forget your own era.

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