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[center][color=ed1c24][b]Level:[/b][/color] 2
[color=ed1c24][b]Day/Time:[/b][/color] Day One; Evening
[color=ed1c24][b]Location:[/b][/color] Erion - Forest headed to Odin's Castle
[color=ed1c24][b]Word Count:[/b][/color] 500 (w/o character quotes)
[color=ed1c24][b]Tag:[/b][/color] [@DracoLunaris][@Etherean Fire][@Simple Unicycle][/center]
Mario pursed his lips and emitted an impressed whistle. Stroking the corner of his [i]manly[/i] mustache, the red plumber grinned in excitement. The Demon Lord definitely looked like he was going to be a challenge. Even more, his various Valkyries. He listened to Naija reveal her handicaps. She couldn’t fly or shoot. Grasping his chin in thought, the red plumber listened to her plan whilst regarding the humongous boulder she somehow carried along. If he was going to be the front lines, then he needed to be the initiator.

Mario glanced over to Odin and his dark squab army. There were enough Valkyries to keep Team Three busy so that Odin could reach his final destination. Luigi’s team was going to be at the Abandoned Castle. Mario frowned. He didn't like the idea of such a powerful enemy reaching his brother.

Lowering his hand from his chin, Mario smirked and carelessly closed his eyes as he dunked a hand into his suspender pocket. [color=0072bc][b]“He’s pretty big. ‘Looks like I’m gonna hafta’ get bigger.”[/b][/color]

Mario removed his hand from his pocket and cupped within it was a red mushroom. It had been quite some time since he last used one. The Mushroom Kingdom never really understood the effects red mushrooms had on the humans of the Mushroom Kingdom and compared them to performance-enhancing drugs. Even after the ban on their use (out of fear of the mushrooms inspiring adolescents to abuse them), Mario still grew some...but they didn’t need to know that. 

Mario grinned mischievously like a boy about to play with fire. He tossed the mushroom into his mouth like popcorn and like butter, it melted across his tongue. The potent power of the mushroom instantly was absorbed into his bloodstream. He felt the magic coursing coolly through his veins before his clothing started to tighten. The tree branch beneath him started to creak, its strength tested as the red plumber began to expand. The threads of his shirt began to snap and the material stretch like a glove over the muscles that swelled against them. Mario’s suspenders popped as he grew an extra foot, making him four inches taller than his lanky brother. When Mario’s transformation was complete, he looked to where Naija positioned her rock.

Leaning forward, Mario grasped the branch between his legs and lifted his feet to rest them upon it. Springing over to Naija’s boulder, the gorilla-sized plumber snagged onto it, the trees that held it in their boughs shaking from the sudden addition of weight. Clinging to the boulder, Mario adjusted his cap, a determined frown on his face as he gazed up at the nearing Demon Lord. Reaching behind him, he removed his trusty power hammer.

[color=0072bc][b]”Naija!”[/b][/color] he called. He actually got her name right. [color=0072bc][b]”You can’t fly or shoot, but I hope you can throw. We’re gonna knock Big Boss out of the sky!”[/b][/color]

She might not have recognized his voice at first for it was hulkishly deeper when he was super-sized.