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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 908 (+2) 
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (86/70)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 6 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (89/60)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 6 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (81/60)
[b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] the Land of Adventure - central island of The End

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And then, with a final back breaking smackdown from Bowser, it was all over. Sure, there where a whole bundle of other attacks, including the flash freezing of her legs by Jr and Linkle that locked her in palace and allowed him to hit his mark, alongside a half dozen attacks that softened her up, but to the Troop, there was only one worthy of being recognized as the beast’s slayer.

As she began to disintegrate beneath him Bowser let out a victory roar to the heavens, accompanied by a gout of flame as the draconian banshee let out her death wail. Jr called out in unheard alarm as the dragon gave clear indication that she was going to explode in one final spiteful attack, but in the end he need not have worried. The dragon’s final gasp was a pitiful one, its power smothered by an ability of Tora’s that caused the blast wave to do little more than blow their hair in the wind as it rushed by.

[color=SpringGreen]”Wait. That was it? hahahaha”[/color] jr laughed in mockery before Tora had even had time to explain, mostly as a tension release valve, and kept doing so right up until he was picked up into a one armed hug by the Ace, a situation he did not approve of particularly much.  

[color=SpringGreen]”What! Hey put me down you-oof”[/color] jr complained before being rudely interrupted by a high speed Mimikyu launching herself up at and into his face. The cloud filled mascot mimic bapped harmlessly into Jr’s cheek before wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug as she rubbed her fake head against his cheek like some kind of cat. Jr sighed with exasperation but let this happen anyway. At least, the boy thought, he got to rest his legs after all that excitement.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Well done Sire, young master and you all! That’s two guardians down!”[/color] a slightly tired looking Kamek congratulated them as he walked towards them, using his broom as a walking stick. Despite having not done much fighting himself, the old mage looked more drained than most from maintaining his gigantifying spell for so long. That spell was now gone, and so the titanic king was gradually returning back down to his usual size.

As he did so, the same corruption cleansing shockwave that had followed the duplicitous doppelganger Mega Dragon Bowser swept across the void. Unlike at Peach's castle, where it simply freed the region's inhabitants, it instead swept away the dark realm the battle had taken place in, returning them to a world of blue skies and sunlight. It also found the heroes standing on a mass of stone located high above a mountain bound ocean, a mass of stone that decided that now was the perfect time to start obeying the laws of physics.

The island proceeded to drop like a stone, was both not in anyone’s best interests and also very rude of it. It took a few heartbeats for this to register, but when it did it caused a bit of a panic to say the least. Or at least it did in Kamek and jr. The mage, in instinctive self preservation, took off immediately and ended up hovering next to the Cucco borne Linkle as the island rapidly fell away from them. With a pointed finger, he sent his Toadies swapping back down, a pair of them grabbing the ace cadet in an attempt to rescue Jr while the others went looking for anyone who didn’t manage to find their own escape route.

Completely unaware of Kamek’s rescue attempt Jr instead  forcefully pushed himself out of the Ace’s one armed hug and legged it for the remains of his clown car with a panicked cry of [color=SpringGreen]”waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaha!”[/color] Once there the boy grabbed the necro-smasher from his duffel bag, then pulled a small hatched (which Kamek had gotten from a root enemy form the dead zone) and the Slice Cutter out as well before shoving the two weapons into the hammer to refill its metal gauge. The mallet’s hunger sated in a wasteful but expedient manner, he began smacking his clown car with the repair tool repeatedly, battering away the damage done to it by the dragon battle.

The car sputtered to life and jr immediately boarded it and took to the skies to safety with Mimikyue clinging to him. In doing so he provided a perfect grapple hook based escape method for the hat kid if she had no other options available.

Bowser meanwhile, was a comparative ocean of calm. Or foolhardy self confidence. He picked up the spirit of the dragon that was laying at his feet and then flicked it towards the Courier to whom it had been promised when they entered the Land of Adventure.

[color=FD0000]”BETTER LEARN HOW TO FLY FAST COWBOY”[/color] he instructed before he flicked out a claw from his mecha-mit and cleaved it through Poppi's improvised leg, cleanly slicing through the material with the energy blade and freeing her up for leg repair.

Having rendered rapid aid onto his minions Bowser turned and high jumped into the air, sailing clear of the island and into the rush of air blowing up to its side as the mass of rock displaced it in its plummet. Bowser, heavy as he was, was slowed by this onrushing air. Then he deployed Carrie the Trowlon and proceeded to ride the winds using the shovel faced flying carpet as an aerial hoverboard, slowing his fall as he sought out somewhere to land that wasn't wet and /or about to be obliterated.