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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=SpringGreen]wordcount:[/color][/b] 770 (+2)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]////// (64/70)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]///////// (61/70) 
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Location:[/color][/b] Edge of the Blue – Open Ocean
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[color=SpringGreen]”She… She just jumped,”[/color] Jr said as they first heard and then saw Sakura’s descent, a ever so briefly dumbfounded by her decision.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Heroes. They never change”[/color] Kamek sighed only for Jr to point out that [color=SpringGreen]”You just do that though like two minutes ago”[/color]

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”That was our battle to win, this is ours to lose”[/color] Kemek insisted. There wasn't time to go over the nuances of his actions, but he would certainly try and impose the wisdom of knowing when to pick your battles to the prince later. 

[color=SpringGreen]”Yeah, well, we're still turning back”[/color] Jr told him. In fact he’d already started turning them back the moment he’d gotten over the surprise of the schoolgirl tossing herself out of the ship and down into the ocean.

As the ship turned in an arch and they had nothing but the sounds of battle to go on to tell how things where going, Geralt asked what they had on them to help him help her. They might all not be the pure hearted heroes that Sakura was, but there was no question among them about simply abandoning her down there now.

What they had was three toadies carrying spirits. There were the three in one spirit of the imps, the remains of the turret pile, and two of the simplistic machines that looked like torpedoes with teeth.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Well you could absorb those”[/color] Kamek suggested, right before Ranger scooted into view of the bridge’s windows, plucked an abyssal spirit from the water and absorbed it, having quickly learned from Sakura’s example. The resulting transformation aptly demonstrated the ugly result that that option had in store. 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Or we could make weapons. I’m sure the one with the pile of cannons would produce something more powerful than that little pea shooter”[/color] he suggested instead

[color=SpringGreen]”Or if you wanna go bobbing for apples like the cooler looking ship-girl. Just slap this on and go for a swim. Bet with those funky eyes of yours spotted something even better down there”[/color] Jr said, holding up the blooper hood for a moment, which allowed the wearer to breath under water, with one hand while still steering them round with the other.

At the end of their turn Jr brought them to a halt again, side on to the battle (forcing them to cram into the very front of the bridge to actually see what was going on) and a further distance away this time.  This brought the battle into view just in time for them to see the hooded figure who had advised them against this entire escapade in the first place to launch herself out of a portal to try and stab the princess in the chest with a vaguely familiar looking knife, before kicking her into a trio of abyssal ships the princess had brought in to aid her.

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“Ah, and finally we come to a stop. Our new reptilian master doesn’t seem to know the first thing about sniping does he?” the old liver-spotted sniper said, releasing his death grip on the ruined railing as the ship slowed and then began to hover in place once again.

“-”

“Still don't want to talk?” the End asked his fellow sniper, before guessing “hmmm, or perhaps you can’t”

Quiet bobbed her head to one side to indicate that he was sort of correct and then lined up her shot. They were running out of time.

“I see,” the End replied, raising his tranquilizer rifle “Well, I’m sure we’ll have more times together in future. I’ll take the one which shares [url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kancolle/images/a/af/Heavy_Cruiser_Ri-Class_Full.png]your fashion sense[/url]” 

Quiet rolled her eyes and silently chose and lined up her own target, barely reacting to the sudden appearance of the member of the 13 and instead taking the chaos she inflicted in the ranks of their enemies as the perfect opportunity to take her shot.

Two triggers were pulled and then the snipers faded away.

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Two shots sang out as the enemy formation went sprawling, one loud as thunder, the other quiet as the breeze. Quiet’s high caliber shot flew fast and true at one of the princess’s more armored escorts, while the End’s tranquilizer shot danced with the currents of the ocean air, gracefully sailing through the air, aimed at the sprawled form of Heavy Cruiser, aiming to bite into her plethora of exposed flesh and deliver its payload of tranquilizer.

The loud shot snapped Kamek’s attention away from simply watching the spectacle unfold. Sakura was closing in, preparing to go toe to toe with the monster that had so far shown itself to be able to annihilate anything it could hit in a single strike.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Choose quickly”[/color] he told Geralt, stepping back from the console and heading for the back door while Jr gripped the controls tightly, frustrated about not being able to do anything but watch things unfold from a safe-ish distance.