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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 836 (+2) 
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]//////////////////[/color]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// (18/80)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 6 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (91/60)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 6 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]///////////////////////[/color]//////////////////////////////// (23/70)
[b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] the Land of Adventure - central island of The End
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[hider=Bowser level up: Fireball Mastery:] Bowser can alter the size of his fireballs on the fly. Smaller fireballs come out rapidly enough to act like a thin stream of flame which drop to the ground and then race along it, forcing foes to jump over them (similar to his shockwaves). Large fireballs can rival the kings own bulk and are able to blow through destructible obstacles like brick blocks but generally are only fired on their own
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[hider=Kamek level up: mega magic missile:] Kamek and his empowered clones work together to perform a ritual that creates a large hovering [url=https://i.imgur.com/1lDSbiq.png]orb of magic[/url] above them which, when fully charged, is hurled at the mage’s enemies. Has an incredibly blatant windup that can be disrupted by taking out one of the caster's clones, causing the spell to fizzle out harmlessly.
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There were a few close calls, Poppie and Tora’s narrow escape was particularly narrow, but in the end everyone managed to get clear of the island before it smashed down into the water down below. After a bit of playing around on his summoned airboard Bowser led the team towards the closest piece of solid ground they could find which ironically turned out to also be a floating island. This one seems right at home in the area and showed no indication of obeying gravity any time soon however and so after a tentative touchdown they set about exploring this new location. Even Jr opted to land, although that was mostly out of fear that his rapid repair job might fall apart at any moment, resulting in the boy awkward hauling the car above his head till his father spared him the indignity and tucked the machine under his arm.

The star shaped island turned out to host somewhat unusual reef themed foliage, but was otherwise blessedly unremarkable. There were no land sharks or dangerous monsters of any description to be found, and so the Troop took the opportunity to take the load off their feet after the boss battle. Bowser tore up and thoroughly obliterated a corral like tree with his claws, reducing it to firewood which he  tje piled up in the middle of the reef’s central clearing. With a brief burst of lame from his lips he lit it alight, creating a cozy campfire for them to relax around.

[color=FD0000]”Got anything for cooking on the fire left in there Jr?”[/color] the king asked his son after he’d started the fire up.

When asked Jr extracted himself from the guts of his clown car, where he’d been using the tool box he’d bartered for in Hammerhead to do some more mundane and finely detailed repairs to his battered machine and then took a look inside its storage compartment. It contained, alongside a few carrier bags of Bowser’s convenience store shopping, various items that he’d not had time to do anything with after they’d been acquired from various subsapce minions and road kill spirits. After tossing his father a bag of marshmallows and a packet of hotdogs he decided to do a quick spot of spring cleaning. First a small battery was used to replace the one on the absorption of a Spaak Spirit had left on Mimikyu's back. He wasn't sure if this helped in any way, but it felt right.

After that he headed over to the campfire and tossed the [url=https://gamepress.gg/dragalialost/sites/dragalialost/files/2019-02/Raging%20Tail-material-icon.png][/url] (Tough black shell and a burning, paraytic sting. Even in death the scorpion's lethal injecting days aren't over) he’d gotten on the road to their parking spot to the Cadet. [color=SpringGreen]”Here! For your tail collection!”[/color] he told the dragon tail hauling warrior before sitting down by the fire and getting a hot dog on a stick to roast from his papa. Mimikyu, who’d been watching jr work with casual interest, joined them and got to roast a little marshmallow on a twig once shown by jr how to do so.

While the royals roasted meats and mellows over the fire their herbivorous advisor was investigating the Fire Materia he’d gotten back at the beginning of this mission. The bright green orb was clearly magical and so the mage was performing some casual preliminary investigations of the orb as he rested while sitting on the grass with the others. This generally involved gazing into it contemplatively for a long while before he unscrewed the red crystal orb from at top his magi-koopa wand and replacing it with the fire materia. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Yes. I do believe that will do nicely”[/color] he said to himself as he tested running power though he orb, feeling the new magic thrumming within the wand but not actually unleashing it quite yet. 

The next few minutes were a mix of refueling and mostly meaningless banter and boasting from Bowser and Jr about the roles they’d played in battle vs the dragon. It passed the time, cooled the nerves and allowed them to relax after what had been a set of very vicious encounters. It was, they knew, only going to get harder from here on out, now was not the tiem for such worries.  Now was the time to celebrate being alive and overcoming the second of Galeem’s guardians.

The Troops' relaxation was briefly interrupted by the surprise (to them) appearance of three smashers, which Bowser recognised by face, if not name, as Falco, Jigglypuff and Ness, via teleporter platform. The Koopas tensed for a moment before spotting that the eyes of the new arrivals lacked the tell tale crimson glow that denoted Galeem’s influence, allowing them to return to relaxing.

[color=FD0000]”OH HEY. IT’S YOU LOT. AND YOU’RE FREE  ALREADY THAT’S CONVENIENT. YOUR ALL PART OF MY ARMY FOR ROUND TWO AGAINST THE GLOWBALL NOW, GOT IT?”[/color] Called over to them as they approached, getting the necessities out of the way but leaving most of the actual talking to those more familiar with the newly arrived heroes.