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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,431 (+3) 
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]/////////////////////[/color]////////////////////////////////////////////////////// (21/80)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 6 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (94/60)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 6 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]//////////////////////////[/color]///////////////////////////// (26/70)
[b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] the Land of Adventure - central island of The End
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Once the temporary rest stop was set up numerous people took the opportunity to take a breather by the fire and fill their bellies, no doubt the cozy campfire was a welcome respite after the hard fought series of battles that had taken up their afternoon. Tora, Geralt, the hat wearing kid and more all took a sausage or two, and by the looks on some of their faces it was like nothing they’d ever eaten before. The standout, however, was Cuphead, who somehow managed to pile 12 of the processed meat tubes onto a single stick, along with an equal number of marshmallows, and then even more absurdly proceeded to eat them all in a single mind boggling gulp.

[color=SpringGreen]”What? How?”[/color] jr had to ask after the cartoonish display of gluttony took place. It was unsurprising that, after Cuphead’s stunt, they rapidly ran out of hotdogs, much to Bowser’s chagrin. 

[color=FD0000]”got any-”[/color] he began to ask jr, who shook his head to indicate the complete absence of any more hot dogs [color=FD0000]”ugh. Wells we’re gonna have to get the cars back at some point then. Somehow.”[/color]

They were also joined by Jigglypuff. The explosive nightmare puffball started singing almost as soon as it got to them, and had to be distracted via (pink) pokepuff and a bunch of marshmallows to stop it from knocking everyone out. Or at least that is what Jr assumed it was trying to do before he lobbed the cupcake straight at the demon’s noise hole. 

Meanwhile the other two smash scouts, or rather mainly just Falco, chatted with peach and fox, although when called out by the king to join his army the bravado filled bird was having none of it and proceeded to bad mouth the king’s armies in response.

[color=FD0000]”YOU TAKE THAT BACK, MY ARMY IS GREAT!”[/color] Bowser yelled back as he lurched to his feet looking pumped and ready for a fight. Fortunately for everyone he was distracted from cursing out and possibly attacking the bird brained hot shot who kept needing his tail tailfeathers saved by Sectonia’s cleanup crew. The ant minions, who where either completely nonplussed by or totally ignorant of the fate of their larger comrades who had been left to fall into the ocean along with the island, certainly had their work cut out with Bowser. The king’s suit was a wreck and there haven't exactly been any access to giant turtle sized bathing equipment since the start of the adventure. Like Tora, the King showed zero shame about the fact that he was removing all his clothing. 

[color=FD0000]”YEAH WEARING CLOTHES ALL THE TIME IS WEIRD AND UNCOMFORTABLE. I DON’T GET IT AT ALL”[/color] Bowser added to the fluffy mechanics comments while enjoying the scale polishing, earning a betrayed look from an almost unrecognizable de-robed Kamek. While the mage had not taken much of a beating, the old wizard’s robes definitely appreciated the laundering. The only real complaint about the actual scrub down was jr, who moaned about being washed and almost immediately undid the ant’s hard work by digginging back into the guts of his mini clown car, having taken copious amounts of the dispenser’s scrap to facilitate the final set of repairs the vehicle needed to become operable again. 

Eventually however, the time for relaxation and repair came to an end when a massive dragon suddenly appeared on the horizon, heading straight for them. The troop, along with others, scrambled into a fighting position, but thanks to Falco’s falcon eyes it was quickly sussed out that they were not about to have to throw down with yet another dragon, and instead the imposing beast was humbly playing taxi for the fallen Euden and an enthusiastic newcomer. Sakura introduced herself as such and proceeded to oogle the ever living heck out of everyone in the group before asking who was in charge. 

[color=FD0000]”WELCOME TO THE WINNING TEAM LITTLE LADY. I LIKE YOUR ENTHUSIASM. I’M KING BOWSER AND I’M THE BOSS OF THIS AWESOME ARMY”[/color] Bowser greeted and introduced himself to Sakura, 100% fitting the warning Geralt had given her (which Bowser had fortunately not overheard), before turning to Falco and asking [color=FD0000]”WHY CANT YOU BE MORE LIKE HER HUH? I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK OR PUT OUT JOB ADVERTISEMENTS AND SHE’S ALREADY COME RUNNING TO SIGN UP.”[/color]

After the reunion, introduction and discovery that their other losses where still stuck back at Lumbridge plans were made to head for the Smash building, which Bowser had to have pointed out to him before he claimed that going there had been his idea all along. Plans were also made to loop back to town once via setting up some fast travel once they were there, which jr agreed to do. Kamek meanwhile was silently affronted by the fact that Peach apparently didn’t know his name. 

The troop set off towards the smash building, following along after Falco and using multiple teleport pads to warp themselves from island to island, turning what would have been quite the distance to trek into a relatively relaxed stroll. Or drive in Jr’s case.

Once they got to the tower it turned out to be a lot more spacious than it had looked from a distance. It put the old stadium to shame, eliciting an impressed whistle from Bowser, [color=FD0000]”Nice place. Really moved up in the world huh.”[/color]  

Falco led the party up to the front desk where they found the diminutive Isabella dogging the front desk. After a brief conversion, the assistant began making phone calls about a meeting Falco was wanting to have about the news about the world that they were bringing, leaving the troop with some time to kill. 

Their arrival had caught the attention of few of the people who had been hanging around the atrium as they arrived. Four of them ambled over and one, Zelda, introduced herself to the group.

[color=FD0000]”YEAH HEY PRINCESS”[/color] Bowser replied dismissively before yelling at the lanky fellow loitering behind her and the ice climbers [color=FD0000]”HEY WEEGEE. YEAH, I SEE YOU SKULKING BACK THERE. THEY LET YOU INTO THE BIG LEAGUES THIS TIME?”[/color]

While Bowser got to ‘talking’ Jr had work to do. Parking his car and leaving it in the care of Kamek, who took this as an excuse to sit down again, he got to work setting up the portal network they needed.

[color=SpringGreen]”Alright Lumbridge here we come. Just gonna stop by peach’s castle first though. Trust me, this stuff works way better when you have a hub level.”[/color] Jr announced before walking right back out the door and finding an inconspicuous place on the tower. Once there he brandished his paintbrush and painted a large stylized M with two umlauts on top onto the wall with it. For a moment it looked just like the usual pink-yellow-orange goop mess the brush left, but then it suddenly began to glow and the mess of colors seemed to clear and deepen, showing a scrolling view of Peach's castle within the M.

[color=SpringGreen]”Now you just gotta touch it and-”[/color] he said, before pressing a hand to the surface of the paint. Upon doing so the Koopa seems to dissolve into a myriad of mono colored spheres which hung in the air for just a moment, still representing his general shape and appearance, before they broke apart and raced into the artwork.

Miles away, right in front of Peaches castles these small spheres suddenly appeared, rapidly racing together again to reform jr into a solid state before the reformed boy dropped a few feet down onto the path leading to the castle's main entrance. Anyone who took the time to examine the portal after jr had headed in would be able to watch as he walked a little ways away from the landing spot and waited for the others to arrive.

Once they did he headed towards the castle’s foyer and, much to the displeasure of a toad who had been in the middle of cleaning it, painted two more warp M’s, one lending to Lumbridge and one back to the Alcamoth smash arena. Finally, he warped through to Lumbridge, the portal depositing them just before the entrance to the town, before heading to the statue that had been erected in honor of their defeating of the Brachydios and added a painting leading back to Peach’s castle.

His work done the boy dusted off his hands, ignored any complaints about his vandalism and headed for the Guild hall to make sure the Courier did not run hightail it out of town with their spoils.