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Location: Super Mario Land
Skills: N/A[/center]
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The surroundings began to shift around them, which in and of itself was extremely cool to watch. Dorian was used to loading into the arenas Pre set, he never got to watch them change before his very eyes. It felt like being in one of those old movies or stories about people who first entered Virtual Reality. He now stood on a narrow platform, stretching down far with overhead blocks a few feet away and creatures even further in the distance. He'd noticed Zari was missing at first, but the wonderment of it all made that thought fade away. Besides maybe she was taking her time loading up, or using her powers to make a grand entrance. Who was he to stop a little flare? 

The scene shift took Danni by surprise, grabbing on Dee with a yelp in case the ground also fell out from beneath them. [color=E948FC]“Okay, okay, okay. So what's t'is? Some oldie version of t'e racin’ game? We gunna have cars too? Bad news, I'm a ‘orrible driver. I don't even ‘ave a permitt!”[/color] Danni muttered, taking in the surroundings suspiciously. 

As the music began to play, Dorian instantly recognized it. They were in a Mario game. He'd played some of them through by popular request on his stream. Using his VR to make himself Mario for Retro Night that stream, even though his outfit during the stream was from another retro game. [Color=CC99FF]”Ed, er, Arcade, Chère, I'm not one to question tactical genius, but is a platformer really the best trainin’ for us to do to beat t’e Young Avengers?”[/color] He noticed Percy's clothes had changed to something more… revealing than Percy ever would have worn. Looking down he saw his outfit had [url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/813132925003497512/1224296981074149418/image0.jpg?ex=661cfa6a&is=660a856a&hm=36468fd6a6798e437ca947013ed8652e38e2aaffdb225306a361ecc6f7165cd9&]changed[/ur] too. He had a purple shirt, black vest, black leather pants, a white ascot with a gem piece and gold and white coat that draped down to his knee high boots. A golden crown sat atop his head and his sword had been altered into a scepter. 

[Color=CC99FF]”Woah! Am I King Boo?! Forget what I said about t’is idea. I love it now!!! Just t’e break we needed before some serious trainin’ afterwards. And the Die in Game Die in Life bit? Perfect for makin’ sure we aren't more reckless than we'd be outside of system.”[/color] 

Danni loosened up as the others charged into the fight, but what caught his interest were the outfit changes. [color=E948FC]“Oooh, Cadie whipped us up some fashion too! I love t’e Princess squad look ‘ere for t'e triad. And Dee, you’re such a ‘andsome ‘auntling! Spicy, loosin’ up a bit I see, I likey, I likey. You should stick wit’ t’is once we’re done wit’ trainin’! Oooh, and a shy guy t'ats awesome! Zelds, you're lookin’ great up t'ere sweetie! I call dibs on ridin’ ‘er shoulders tho!”[/color] Danni loved the changes and he took a moment to check himself out. He had black spiky wrist and arm bands, a black spiked choker, a black tank top, grey jeans, and…

[color=E948FC]“Omg, I ‘ave ‘orns!”[/color] Danni hopped up and down excitedly. [color=E948FC] “Dee, Dee, Dee, Dee I ‘ave ‘orns!”[/color]

Dorian turned to look at Danni, taking in how his outfit had changed as well. [Color=CC99FF]”Oh! King Kuppo! You got ‘is ‘orns!!!”[/color] He exclaimed in between excited giggling. [Color=CC99FF]”Look at us! A pair of Kings! I'm t'e ghost king and you t'e king of t'e Kuppos. T'is is great!!! T'ough…we should probably ‘elp t'em out a bit non?”[/color] He said as he pointed his scepter towards everyone fighting the oncoming threat of Goombas. He'd fully forgotten about Percy's request to attempt a phase out, too excited for what lay in store. [Color=CC99FF]”If mushrooms are still in game. Does t'at mean we can find One-Ups? Gain more lives? What's t'e rules ‘ere?”[/color]

[color=E948FC]“Oooo, well Shy Guy t'ere can ‘ave some lightnin’ so maybe we can still use our stuff?”[/color] Danni suggested, sticking his tongue out as he closed one eye and fired off a fire blast. 

Or at least tried to. Instead, a little fire flower popped up with a little noise and Danni screamed, the fire going wide. [color=E948FC] “What in t’e world?!”[/color] Danni screeched, waving the flower around. [color=E948FC] “What is t’is? Like, I know what it is, don’t explain it to me Dee, but Cadie, what t’e ‘ell! T’at’s not cool, messin’ wit’ my fire!”[/color]

Dorian had intended to help Danni out with the onslaught against the Goombas. Pressing his fingers to his temples in an attempt to use his telekinetic powers that had awoken a small while back. Objects tended to go flying whenever he had a meltdown but they'd just chalked it up to his ghost powers, it's why he chose the name Poltergeist. But now he was learning to attempt to control them. Danni’s reaction, however, caused him to lose all concentration and burst out laughing as a small flower appeared in Danni's hand. He wiped a tear from his eye as he saw the flames go wide. 

[Color=CC99FF]”Oh t’at's rich. It's a fire flower D. T'ough typically you ingest it and gain fire powers but I guess since you already ‘ave t'em it's acting more as an item or conduit for t'em. Which means…we got game rules.”[/color] This time Dorian decided to hold his new scepter out like a wand. Pointing the gem towards the Goombas to try and bind them in place. Psionic energy began to radiat in pixels with a haunting 2-bit sound around the scepter and then again around the Goombas leaving a faint ghostly green outline around its pixelated silhouette. [Color=CC99FF]”King Kuppo I got ‘em! Flame on! Wait is t'at copyrighted?”[/color]

[color=E948FC] “Dee, I just told ya not ta explain it ta me.”[/color] Danni groaned, but held out the fire flower again and closed one eye to take better aim. A little bouncing fire ball blasted out and slammed into the glowing Goomba, who disappeared in a pixel burst. [color=E948FC] “We did it, we did it! Take t'at Cadie!”[/color] Danni cheered, doing a little victory dance as he waved the flower around excitedly.

[Color=CC99FF]”D&D 1 Cadie 0! It's gonna take more t'an Goombas to take us down!”[/color] Dorian exclaimed as he made his way over to Danni and hooked arms with him dancing around in a circle before stopping before him and putting his hands up for a double high five. 

[color=E948FC] “Yeah, might as well brin’ on t'e big boss already!”[/color] Danni taunted, Giving Dee the double high five.