[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] 636 (+1) [b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 5 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]///////////////////////////////////[/color]/////////////// (35/50) [b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 4 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]/////[/color]/////////////////////////////////// (5/40) [b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] Hamlet, the Land of Adventure [/center] [color=FD0000]”PERFECT!”[/color] Bowser grinned toothily as the woman, who introduced herself as Quinn, accepted the deal after a few moments of contemplation with zero extra incentive and a great deal of dramatic flare. In Bowser’s entirely uninformed opinion, as they were yet to check out any stores to gauge how much rupees were actually worth, a quarter of their gems would be more than worth it if she could back up her hyper competent image with actual skill. Once she was onboard the bot and hamster introduced themselves enthusiastically to their temporary party member and the Koopa troop followed suit [color=FD0000]”I’M KING BOWSER.”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]”Bowser jr. Your birds cool!”[/color] “Mimikyu!” added Jr’s pokemon with a tinge of jealousy, a ghostly hand lightly smacking Jr in the side of the head With names exchanged the lady wasted no time in getting a move on, stalking her way out of the inn and heading of northwards. The Koopas followed suit, Bowser pleased that she was going to make every second of the hour or two he’d bought count. After they exited the establishment the king reabsorbed his dark power to grow back up to full cart towing size, before grasping their haul of good and heading out. Jr meanwhile remounted his car and set it to drive along the ground with the rest of the team as they headed to the woods once more. Initially the team walked in comfortable silence. Tora seemed to disagree with that state of affairs however and so tired to engage Quinn in conversation but without much success. After her creator having failed to start a conversation with their no nonsense mercenary hunter Poppi attempted to do so with Bowser instead. By insulting him repeatedly. The sudden assault on his credibility and status as a Villain took Bowser by surprise, jaw hanging open and eyes popping out [color=FD0000]”GAH. WHAT. HAY!”[/color] he sputtered in shock at the sudden and unprovoked attack on the core of his very being. [color=SpringGreen]”You can’t talk to my papa like that!”[/color] Jr growled, looking ready to pick a fight as he stood up in his car one claw gripping its rim while he balled the other up in a fist. His father shook his head, both to get some sense into himself and to disapprove of Jrs actions before letting out a sigh. [color=FD0000]”YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES ME NOT A “KIDS STORY” VILLAIN?”[/color] Bowser said, physically while air quoting [color=FD0000]”IT’S BECAUSE WHILE I’M NOT THE SMARTEST TURTLE IN THE WORLD I’M STILL NOT THAT STUPID. I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO SUCCEED AND THAT'S AN ARMY.”[/color] [color=FD0000]”WITH MY ARMIES I’VE CONQUERED THE GALAXY! TWICE! I’VE ALTERED TIME ITSELF, CROSSED THE DIMENSIONS TO TEAM UP WITH MY ALTERNATE SELF. I’VE STOLEN THE GREATEST WEDDING RELATED TREASURES OF THE WORLD, BUILT A TOTALLY EVIL AMUSEMENT PARK POWERED BY KIDNAPPED FAIRIES AND WORST OF ALL USED DARK MAGIC TO MAKE [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdwze-Wj6_4]DINOSAUR LAND INTO NOTHING BUT FOSSIL FUELS![/url]”[/color] ([url=https://www.mariowiki.com/Ignorance_is_Bliss]nintendo genuinely made/paid for this song[/url]) [color=FD0000]”BUT THE ONLY ARMY I CAN GET HERE IS MADE UP OF YOU RAGTAG BUNCH OF GOODY GOODY TWO SHOES... AND THAT COURIER GUY. SO IF I WANT TO GET ANYTHING DONE I NEED TO KEEP YOU AROUND. WHICH MEANS DEALING WITH ALL OF THIS ”[/color] Bowser vaguely indicated to Tora’s everything. [color=FD0000]”’BIG HERO’ BALONEY”[/color] [color=FD0000]”SERIOUSLY. IT’S LIKE. LIKE... HERDING A BUNCH OF CATS WHILE TRYING NOT TO STEP ON ANY OF THE SUPER LONG TAILS THEY KEEP WAVING AROUND.”[/color] the king complained [color=SpringGreen]”So thaaaat's why we haven’t kidnapped peach yet.”[/color] Jr said [color=SpringGreen]”To avoid getting dog... Uh… cat-piled by the heroes!”[/color] [color=FD0000]”YEAH. BASICALLY. THIS AIN'T MY FIRST TIME ROUND DOING THIS KIND OF THING. WE’LL DEAL WITH THIS WANNA BE ONE OFF BIG-SHOT AND THEN IT’S BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL, DON’T YOU WORRY.”[/color] the king assured his young son. [color=SpringGreen]”I don’t mind. We’re going to win in the end Mario always does right? That’ll be fun.”[/color] Jr said, having backed down from his fighting stance to listen to his father's words of wisdom/rant [color=FD0000]”SURE. I GUESS.”[/color] Bowser replied, rather disinterested in the prospect of a clean win. Having concluded his defence of character he asked Poppi [color=FD0000]”WHY ARE YOU EVEN ASKING? AND WHAT ARE YOUR ‘BADDYPONS’ LIKE ANYWAY HUH. BET THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING THAT LIVES UP TO THE STUFF I’VE PULLED OVER THE YEARS!”[/color] [hr] [center] [b][color=DeepSkyBlue]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1371 (+3) Exp potion consumed: +3 exp [b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 3 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]////////////////// ////////////[/color] (30/30) [b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Location:[/color][/b] Charnal Lane, Dead Zone [/center] Kamek’s found that his air-support, while effectively keeping the bombs from blowing themselves up on anyone else, didn't manage to curtail the spread of gas. The sheer volume of it released by the seemingly endless horde of Rot Warts was rapidly making the situation on the ground untenable, one false step or errant breath could lead to a lungful of instantly incapacitating gas. The unceasing steam of minions was particularly a problem because his broom mounted minigun ran out of ammo, massively curtailing his ability to simply mow down the hordes of enemies the Ent was producing. This could have spelled the end of his gun toting days, however fortunately while swooping back and forth the wizard had been paying attention to his surroundings and had noted the open drawer on the bottom of one of Blazermates machines was positively overflowing with munitions. Possibly, Kamek thought, some that could fill up his royalty granted minigun. Kamek descended to Balzermate’s spot after she had vacated it to go help Nero. He felt relatively safe with its sentry blasting away at anything that tried to get close and so dismounted his broom. He then proceeded to unmount the minigun from the broom and let it to return to its full size so he could load it with the correctly sized ammo. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Now lets see what kinds of goodies for me.[/color] he said to the dispenser as he approached, dragging the mingun along the ground after him. As he crouched to inspect the ammo filled drawer a beam of energy reached out to him from the machine and attached itself to him like a tether. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”oh! hmm.? Fascinating”[/color] he said as he felt the few incredibly minor scratches he had received from branches while flying through the forest fade away. Along with the healing came an infrequent clicking, emanating from the minigun. This was curious, but far more concerning was the rapid higher pitched clicking that replaced the sounds of twin minigun fire a few moments later. He glanced at the sentry. It seemed to have also run out of ammunition like his own gun had. The horde of minions quickly took notice of this and quickly began to swarm towards it’s (and by extension his) location with what the wizard interpreted as vengeful glee. By the time Kamek had figured taken all of this into account the first Hollow was already upon him. The small round cloak covered ball of wood, teeth, spikes and knives might have only been a nuisance sized threat to many of the others but unfortunately for the Magi-Koopa he was only a head taller than the vicious wee thing. Kamek stumbled back as it came at him, narrowly avoiding having his arm slashed right off by a hooked blade and receiving instead only a grisly looking cut which caused him to drop his broom. His method of escape lost and drifting off Kamek hurriedly backed off while the hand of his uninjured arm entered his robe and pulled out the spiked tentacle, with which he narrowly blocking the second swing of the minion. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Ak no! Wand!”[/color] he cried out. He was quite sure he was going to die, and in a rather embarrassing manner too, when he realized that in the few moments since he had been injured the dispenser’s umbilical cord of blue energy had patched his arm right back up! His other hand immediately went searching for his signature weapon, the mage cursing himself for not putting it back in its usual spot when he had picked up the minigun. He crudely blocked a second blow with the spike with more luck than skill, planting it's fleshy length in the way of the crude blade rather than doing anything fancy like parrying, before he found his wand. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”HeHeHe, now you’ll get it you putrid nut”[/color] Kamek cackled as he whipped out his wand, twirling it around in his hand in with a combination of showmanship like flare and necessary conjuration preparation before thrusting it towards the Hollow. Magical power flared, but instead of being blasted to smithereens the seedling gave Kamek a taste of his own medicine. Using a sickle like weapon it caught the wand and forced it upwards, causing the shot, a swirling mass of red, blue and yellow shapes, to fly harmlessly over its head. Or where its head should have been if it weren't squat as a Goomba, the wizard thought as he and the Hollow both attempted to use their other weapon to strike each other. Sword and tentacle spike clashed and left them in a stalemate. The two strained against one another, weapon pressed against weapon, as each refused to free the others arms lest they get a swing off. This stalemate remained until the Hollow lunged forwards, teeth gnashing. The mage stumbled back once more, a fireball blasting straight up as their locked arms reached new positions as a result of the lunge, before delivered a kick to the wooden beast's temple. The beast was forced back, and the deadlock broken as weapons become unmeshed, but it resulted in Kamek falling on his back with an [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Oof”[/color] The Hollow, still on its feet, let out a guttural wet roar, convinced its victory was assured, right before it got hit on the head by the vertically fired fireball completed its arch. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”See, you got it!”[/color] Kamek taunted the minion as it remains burned. Then he took a moment to take in the rest of his present situation. There were still an unending swarm of things emerging from the Ent after all, and some were still coming straight at him. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Ah. Thats bad.”[/color] It got worse. In the few moments where Kamek had wrestled with a single minion (moments which had felt far longer to him at the time) the rest of the team had been busy. They’d weathered the Ent’s barrage and where not letting up their assault, punching and shooting the heartwood with all their might while simultaneously avoiding, or ignoring in Gene’s case, its gaseous retaliation. This assault came to an end when the Ent’s weak spot suddenly snapped shut, denying them the chance to deliver additional harm. Kamek wondered why it had not done so earlier as the walking tree stumbled backwards into the front of the cathedral, damaging what had likely been a rather nice piece of architecture before the region was struck by a localized apocalypse. Despite suffering what looked to have been a deathblow the Ent suddenly surged back to life, smashing up the cathedrals front even more as it lunged forth to strike at the flying Donnie with surprising speed while also stomping the ground even harder than it had before, sending a cascade of earth in all directions. In the mere moments he had to spare Kamek jumped behind the dispense while striking it with his wand. With a three note sound the dispenser increased in size to provide cover for the Koopa while a wave of dirt totaled the ammo-less sentry. The enlarged dispenser shrunk back down again almost immediately from taking damage, but the brief power-up had kept both it and Kamek intact. Once the danger was passed wizard glanced round the dispenser just in time to see Ratchet launching explosives at the tree. Ge grinned. They weren't done yet! [color=DeepSkyBlue]”That all you’ve got you piece of driftwood!”[/color] he yelled before scrambling out from cover. Wand and tentacle went back into his robe while the mage went for his, fortunately intact, broom. He grasped it and then returned to the dispenser which had been filling up the minigun since he first approached it. The broom was pushed through the handle once more, but instead of shrinking it he instead used the broom to help him lift it with one hand while with the other he chugged the exp potion. Grimacing the mage returned the awful tasting potion’s vial to a pocket before snapping his fingers. With a poof of smoke 4 other Kameks joined him, all welding their own broom assisted miniguns. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Alright boys, make em pay!”[/color] the mage yelled before thumbing down the button on the minigun. Bullets roared out of the rotary cannon, shredding the Hollows and Rot Warts while the recoil of the full sized weapon shook Kamek to his core. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”AHahAHaHahAH!”[/color] the mage and his doubles yelled as they fired, his voice reverberating until he released the trigger. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Ack. My bones! They’re still vibrating.”[/color] He complained before firing again, though now in short controlled bursts that where less bad for his health, and taking up double duty on the minion murdering now that the sentry was down.