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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=SpringGreen]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1319 (+3)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]///////////// (57/70)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]////////////////// (52/70) 
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Location:[/color][/b] Edge of the Blue – Seaward Bay
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[hider=level up jr]Strength: [color=SpringGreen]Piloting Protege:[/color] from go-karts and motorbikes to his clown car and a variety of airships, Jr has driven an impressive number of vehicles and machines with a great degree of skill for someone who is far too young to have a driving license. As a result Jr has the ability to quickly master new machines and pilots those he’s gotten a feel for with a high degree of skill and reckless finesse.[/hider]

[color=SpringGreen]”Huh. Yeah that would be even easier… Wouldn’t you need a whole load of computers for that though?”[/color] Jr said in response to Sakura’s story/anecdote/explanation of what credit cards were. The technology levels were rather all over the place back in Jr’s world, so it really wasn't ready for credit cards in general and it certainly wouldn’t work in the likes of the mushroom and koopa kingdoms. Sakura’s muddled comment managed to be entertaining at the very least.

All things considered, Jr had to admit he kind of liked the teen, she’d been fun so far, so he wasn't quite as cantankerous as he could have been when Kamek told her that [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Between myself, my minions and the young master’s clown car I think we’d be able to trundle back to the city or to shore if we survived the crash. It wouldn’t be an easy trip, but we do have an escape route should things go belly up”[/color] when she worried about what would happen if their ship went down, and the process offering up Jr’s help in transporting the ground locked humans if they, or more likely he, crashed their new airship.

[color=SpringGreen]”We’re not gonna crash anyway, because I’ll be flying this ship and I’m the best! Now let’s quit standing around talking about it and go get this thing. I wanna see it!”[/color] he insisted. The team didn’t need much prompting, they didn't have many other options after all, and so they were soon on their way. 

With Peach and Kamek’s toadies lending a hand the last leg of their trip went far smoother than the slog it had taken to rejoin the group, and so in short order they’d purchased for their new ship and jr got to give it a complete once over.


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The Atomos[/center]

[color=SpringGreen]”I thought you said it was a van! This is way bigger than a van!”[/color] he yelled down as he hovered around the ship, taking it all in.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Well comparatively it is”[/color] Kamek replied, and it was true. The other ships in the yard dwarfed it in size, sleekness, armor and in some cases weaponry. Despite this it was still a decent size, comparable with some of the troops smaller airships. There would be no issue in fitting the squad inside, and indeed they could probably fit a small selection of smaller one person vehicles or mounts inside of the vehicles hold if they could get them if they wanted to make it into a carrier. Or a tone of gold, mercenaries or anything really. The ship might not be fit for challenging the bottomless depths, but it would be a massive boon to the heroes' operations should it survive the ordeals of the ocean, [color=DeepSkyBlue]”It’s weak and unarmed but its fast. And no, the blades on the side do not count as weapons please do no try and ram something with them”[/color] 

[color=SpringGreen]”Boo! You're no fun. But whatever that's fine. We can still strap some weapons to it. Maybe a big cannon in the hold? Cutt of the blades and put robot arms there? Or build turrets on the deck. Shame Blazermate isn’t here that sentry would be super useful right now.”[/color] Jr said, buzzing to and fro, drawing up plans in his mind on how to turn the cargo hauler into something more suitable for their purposes. 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”I’m not sure we have time to fix it up if we want to catch this sortie? It should be a scouting mission anyway. Observe, maybe get involved if we can safely, but the main point would need to be investigation,”[/color] Kamek said, outlining what he thought their goal should be [color=DeepSkyBlue]”I’ll be coming along in case things do go sour and also to take a look at this abyssal feet myself. The rest of you should consider whether you think you’ll be interested in observing or will be useful in a fight going on over the ocean when considering whether you want to come or not. Peach might not be quite as kidnappable as she once was, but I’m sure she’d still appreciate an escort around town.”[/color] 

[color=SpringGreen]”Fine by me, coz I really wanna take this thing out for a spin now! See you inside!”[/color] Jr said, before going for the bridge, flying his car up behind the back of the top mounted bridge and entering via a back door. Kamek followed suit, while anyone who’d want to join them would need to go through the large front mounted cargo doors and then use a ladder found inside the spacious hold to climb up into the bridge from below. Inside they’d find jr who, after finding the pilot's seat (a rather ragged swivel chair affair bolted to the floor) too low for his young body had shoved his clown car into it to use as a booster-seat so he could reach the controls and was in the middle of fiddling with them. His minions, Mimi and Tyrant, were having an explore of the interior, the baby behemoth running around sniffing at everything while Mimi roamed around the controls and windowsill of the ship’s windshield, curious eyes taking everything in, inside and out.

Kamek meanwhile had taken a short look around the living quarters found between the bridge proper and the rear entrance, finding it stripped bare of whatever its former owners had kept there baring a rather old looking bed, but promptly sat himself in one of the passenger seats found behind the pilot's chair once he saw jr had gone straight for the controls.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”I suggest you all strap in,”[/color] he said to anyone who had joined them as he buckled himself in for the ride [color=DeepSkyBlue]”That goes for you too young master. Also I don’t suppose you’ve found a manual for-”[/color] he was saying when jr suddenly announced [color=SpringGreen]”Found it!”[/color] before hammering a button on the control surface. The ship roared to life, whatever fantastical sorceries that powered it surging through its pipes and awakening the humble cargo carrier from its slumber. 

[color=SpringGreen]”Ahahaha, listen to that!”[/color] jr cheered as the engines came online behind them, humming a song of primed potential and a yearning for the sea air. 

[color=SpringGreen]”Now lets see, how does this thing work,”[/color] Jr asked himself before he jerked the controls, causing Kamek gripped the armrests of his chair in alarm as the ship lurched up off its ski like landing gears and into the air, before it began to wobble around chaotically above its landing spot for a painfully long series of moments while Jr got a feel for what he was doing. Unlike some, Tyrant and Mimi spent the whole time having a blast, Tyrant running amuck all over the cabin while Mimi was squeaking away happily as she slid back and forth on the dashboard. 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Young master, I’m quite sure there were better ways to learn how to fly”[/color] Kamek said, sounding rather queasy, once it was all over. 

[color=SpringGreen]”Maybe, but none as fun. Now let’s see what this puppy can really do!”[/color] Jr said, sliding the controls forwards and pulling out of the airship hangar and hovering around the city with a fair bit more grace than he should have been able to manage after only a couple moments of practice. 

[color=SpringGreen]”Now lets see, where are those.. Ah ha! There’s the girls”[/color] Jr said, after having a quick scan of the horizon to find the fleet of ship-girls heading out to battle the abyssal fleet. With their goal in sight, there was little to do but hit the gas, and when Jr did the Atomos lived up to its sale’s pitch. It was small, unarmored and utterly defenseless, but it had traded all those for speed, and that it most certainly had in bucket-loads. The little carrier raced  through the ocean skies after the ship girls while jr cheered [color=SpringGreen]”Look at it go! Hauling all that gold was so worth it!”[/color]