[center][img]https://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/b/b2/Koopa_Troop_artwork.png/658px-Koopa_Troop_artwork.png[/img] [h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2] [b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,571 (+3) [b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 5 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]////////////////////[/color]////////////////////////////// (20/50) [b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 3 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]////////////////////[/color]////////// (20/30) [b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 2 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]///////[/color]/////////////////////// (7/30) [b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] Lumbridge [/center] Jr was in the middle of polishing off the last of the flat stake (intentionally unseasoned so the boy’s immature taste buds could savor the pure taste of the flesh) he'd gotten from the cube cow when he heard screaming coming from the Bowser mobile. Or to be accurate, more and louder screaming than the stuff he’d been pointedly ignoring while having lunch. With an exasperated sigh the prince finally got up from where he had been sitting in the grass among his tools, grabbed his paintbrush, and went to investigate. [hr] [color=FD0000]”I’M THE KOOPA KING. YOU’RE MAKING AN EXCEPTION.”[/color] Bowser informed the unfortunate Guildmarm as he reached for the contract she’d been in the process of handing over before she’d had second thoughts on the matter. For a moment, it looked like they were going to get away with it. Then victory was swiped from under their noses by an unforeseen hand, wiping the evil grins of the Koopas’ faces once they realized they had been duped. Such is the fate of villains. A Master of Masters look alike, who was referred to as the Guildmaster by his subordinate, came to the rescue of the Guildmarm. His hypnotically overly animated motions and charismatic words beguiled the king and mage long enough to steal away the F rank contract without them even noticing till it was far too late. The pair managed only a few halting [color=FD0000]”HAY”[/color]’s and [color=DeepSkyBlue]”But[/color]’s as the man laid down the law. They’d have to do C rank Quests before the F rank hunt if they wanted to stay in the Guild’s good graces and reap the rewards. Once it was all spelled out to them the two turned away briefly to converse, Kamek asking the Guild workers to [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Give us just one moment to discuss this”[/color] [color=FD0000]”We could just blow this joint and go deal with the Saurian right now. Whatever it is.”[/color] Bowser suggested, his quiet voice leaving much to be desired. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”It’s probably a very, very big lizard.[/color] Kamek suggested before saying [color=DeepSkyBlue]”and let’s not be so hasty to burn this bridge. We don’t even know if that’s our target.”[/color] [color=FD0000]”You were the one who said they’d know!”[/color] Bowser whispered back loudly. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Well, yes”[/color] Kamek admitted [color=DeepSkyBlue]”but for it to just be wandering around in the fields does seem a touch too easy? Best we make use of this Guild while we get used to the area and reap the rewards while we’re at it.”[/color] Bowser grumbled, somewhat unconvinced. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”We do it their way and they’ll make a statue of you after we deal with the Saurian.”[/color] Kamek added. Bowser grunted and then nodded. He did, after all, like statues of himself and it had been much too long since he had seen one. His doppelganger hadn’t even had any made in the captured castle, which was just another one of the many proofs that he was the real Bowser. [color=FD0000]”ALRIGHT WE’LL DO IT!”[/color] the king announced as he turned back to the Guild-people, a clawed fist thumping on the counter and ever so slightly ruining the Guildmaster’s perfect card placement in the process. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Which one’s sire?”[/color] Kamek asked before anyone else could. The response was an [color=FD0000]”UHH”[/color] followed by the king actually peering down at the cards while trying to quickly find out what he’d just agreed too. Kamek shook his head slightly and then said [color=DeepSkyBlue]”You take a look over those sire, and get the troops in on the mission, while I go ask a friend of yours some questions.”[/color] [color=FD0000]”Yeah yeah.”[/color] Bowser responded, waving his advisor off while he slowly made calculations of effort vs reward in his head and regretted agreeing to tasks that included straight up manual labor. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”I’ll be right back.”[/color] the old wizard said, before taking his broom, which he had been using as a walking stick, in both hands and then tapping the butt of it it against the floor once, causing him to vanishing in a small puff of smoke. [hr] In the Dead Zone, on the back of the trolley, the teleporter suddenly deposited a small peasant child. The mischievous look upon his face was quickly wiped away at the sight of the crumbling ruins and hordes of zombies, to be replaced by an expression of utter, horrified, [url=http://66.media.tumblr.com/1ac893ea75c65aa42b26fe014a5d5ab0/tumblr_mmsemil7Uu1qf5do9o1_500.gif]shock[/url]. Stunned in place by the sight, they vanished almost as soon as they had appeared once the teleporter spooled back up. The boy rematerialised in his hometown and relief flooded his features for a few moments before he was roughly shoved off of the teleporter by a scaly hand. [hr] The elderly wizard repeated in the hall of Peaches castle and set about finding the Master of Masters. The Masters of Guild and Masters' shared fashion sense, Kamek noted, ever so conveniently hid their eyes that should be glowing red if they were under the influence. While Bowser’s descriptions of all Galeem affected people as violent drunks had since been shown to be inaccurate, or at least hyperbole, the suspicion that the ever helpful stranger had reason to hide his own eyes remained even hen he was no-longer an exception. It was unlikely he would have keyed himself after all, and if he had how would he have known to do so? Still, suspicious or not he could potentially give them some information about his doppelganger, and that alone made him worth seeking out. Kamek also admitted to himself that perhaps he was being to quick to judge their own hooded figure, seeing as they had never formally met. After interrogating a few toads he discovered that the Master of Masters had taken residence in highest tower of the castle. Then, after taking one look at the flight of stairs leading up there and receiving complaints from both his knees and grumbling stomach the mage thought maybe the meeting with the Master of Masters could wait just a few more moments. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Lunch first.”[/color] he decided. [hr] Jr eventually managed to chase of the local children who had been playing around the team’s vehicles, helped in no small part by the fact that they had been distracted by the arrival of a local legend and considerably less by the fact that he was the same age as most of them. The Rabbids, having been terrible guards that had joined in with the kid’s antics almost immediately, went with them for the time being as a result of peer pressure and a desire to avoid Jr’s anger. Left without living targets for his tantrum he turned it on the teleporter [color=SpringGreen]”why doesn’t this stupid thing have an off switch!”[/color] he complained before stepping onto it to register a complaint with the manufacturer. [hr] When Kamek finally arrived at the Master’s new study he was just finishing polishing off the final banana of a bunch he had stolen from a large pile that had been amassed since the last time the team was in the area. Having been taunted by the banana necked flying dinos for the whole time they’d been in the land of adventures the fruit theft was well worth risking DK’s wrath in Kamek’s opinion. The old wizard then proceeded to knock on the door of the study a few times with the butt of his broom before letting himself inside. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Good afternoon, Master of Masters. I am Kamek, head mage of the Terribleness King Bowser.”[/color] The Koopa introduced himself while taking in the cloaked figure's new abode. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”I apologies for interrupting your work, but I was wondering if you know anything about someone referred to as the Guildmaster? Has the exact same outfit as you and talks like: ‘howsabout youse folks learn how things work in this neck o’ the woods’ [/color] Kamek asked, giving the limited details of the man including a somewhat impressive impersonation of the strange individual’s accent. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”They wouldn't happen to be one of the masters you are a master of?”[/color] [hr] The prince materialised on the back of the trolley where the boy had been only a few moments ago, stepping off the porter to avoid the same rapid return journey he had. [color=SpringGreen]”Hay Balzermate! why doesn’t this thing have an off switch! Or a safe mode or something that makes it less of glowy twerp bait”[/color] he immediately began complaining while taking in the surroundings. In the moments since the child had been and gone the battle with the hoard had ended in victory for the Dead Zone team, [color=SpringGreen]”and while I’ve been dealing with stupid people in some lame hick town you’ve been fighting in a freaking zombie apocalypses!”[/color] after making the tragic end of a civilization sound like a cool thing to be involved in he jabbed a finger at the myriads of fading sprites that had been gathered or remained strewn across the ground [color=SpringGreen]”and raking in the loot too!”[/color] The boy then sat down on the side of the trolley and used his paintbrush to scoop up two sprites (a zombie and a demon) as they rode along. [color=SpringGreen]”pretty weak looking tho,”[/color] he noted, cooling off slightly, as he crushed the entirely unearned sprites while looking to see where they were going. [color=SpringGreen]”Oh wow,”[/color] Jr said as he caught sight of the infested Tank [color=SpringGreen]”Now that’s more like it.”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]”Drive me closer, I want to hit it with my paintbrush!”[/color] he commanded as he brandished said weapon towards their final foe. [hider=sprite usage] one zombie and one empusa crushed. [/hider]