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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=SpringGreen]wordcount:[/color][/b] 980 (+2)
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 9 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]////////////////////////////////////[/color]//////////////////////////////////////////////////  (36/90)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]///////////////////////////////[/color]//////////////////////////////////////////////// (29/80)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 7 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (97/70)
[b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] Edge of the Blue – Seaward Bay
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[color=FD0000]”GET DOWN HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A KOOPA YOU BIRD BRAINED COWARD!”[/color] Bowser roared up at the bird that was doing its best to avoid one vs oneing him while dodging everything he could throw at it, while down below jr muttered [color=SpringGreen]”come on come on come on!”[/color] to himself as he wrestled with the controls of the bulky overburdened ship as he tried and failed to aim his dad square at the incoming big bird. While both king and prince had thought their charge would allow them to cease the moment, it turned out that, in most cases, it was the army that stood fast that had the advantage rather than the one that charged in, the Koopa’s collective bravado breaking the not particularly solid defensive line they pair of ships had had.

They were bailed out of their foolishness by Bella and her mighty tail cannon, the shot blasting away and forcing the bird to dodge right into the path of the Atomos charge.

[color=FD0000]”G[/color][color=SpringGreen]O[/color][color=FD0000]T[/color][color=SpringGreen]C[/color][color=FD0000]A[/color][color=SpringGreen]!”[/color] father and son cheered in sync, as the prince jerked the controls to bring the king into a collision course with the bird, while the king himself had his shoulder beaks scream in supersonic crescendo at the bird as claws and tentacles lashed out to snatch, strangle and capture the titanic avian in his grasp, ensnaring
it so that Geralt could do his thing.

Meanwhile, on the minion front, the mooks of the troop (with help from a certain hatted kid) had done fine work clearing out the biggest threats to the airship, but unfortunately their watership was still in trouble. While most of the remaining fire support had been dragged onward with the king’s reckless charge, and the Strikers having all been spent on clearing the ship itself, only a quadrant of fliers remained to be sent to its aid. 

Kamek, having been told that the ship was being healed as part of a hurried bark of a response from Jr about what was going on, had realized he could put his own supportive magic to work to aid the living vessel in a way he could not affect their own.

As the people onboard scrambled for a way off of the seemingly doomed ship the green mage clone  flew in and raised their wand. A pulse of green energy flared from their wand, causing a similarly hued wave of power to cover the ship, hardening her hull. If left alone it would cast another, giving her a boot to her speed and then a final buff which would increase the power of her attacks. The individual buffs were not particularly impressive, 25% increases at best, but they were something that might buy the ship a few more moments.

The three reds, unable to draw on the mage’s mana pool as Kamek focused his power on keeping his King big and strong so he could wrestle the meg bird, were limited to just fireballs and their iconic three shape magic blasts. No Fire Materia, rabbit spells or dark clones in sight. Instead of trying to take down the entire bomber swarm with their limited power, they were instead directed to swoop down along the path annihilated by Shippy’s super lazer, snatching a trio of spirits that had yet to sink beyond the surface as they went. Then they soared on to the beleaguered ship and pressed those spirits into what Kamek judged to be her ‘chest’

[hider=For Shippy]Spirits Tri-fused:
[b][url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kancolle/images/0/01/Submarine_Ka-Class_Full.png]Ka-Class Submarine[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/w/images/thumb/2/27/K%C3%B6ln.png/436px-K%C3%B6ln.png]Light Cruiser Köln[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/w/images/thumb/4/42/Aoba.png/487px-Aoba.png]Heavy Cruiser Aoba[/url][/b]
The ship has shrunken to approximately a third of its original size. Its mostly wooden construction has gained a glossy, stone-gray metal ‘skin’ around most of the ship, with the wood beneath becoming more organic. Shippy’s mouth has filled with enormous human teeth, and its eyes are a desaturated yellow that glow cyan when attacking. The sails are black, longer, and flowing. Shippy’s horn has become a full-on figurehead that’s a metal-wood shipgirl in a jacket, flared shoes, and skirt, with blue pigtails streaked by brown. The figurehead is alive but physically bound to the rest of the ship, and will revert to a statue if removed. The ship’s cabin and hold are airtight if the doors are sealed. The ship can speak from the figurehead, and iis slightly more aggressive, more inquisitive, and more dutiful, with an observant and logistical mind, but she can still succumb to rage.

These spirits confer the Powers [b]Cannon Emplacements[/b] (three cannon batteries on both the port and starboard sides, with limited automatic functionality), [b]Submersibility[/b] (the ability to dive beneath the water), and [b]Fleet Communications[/b] (the radio equipment needed to confer with the rest of the fleet).

They also confer the Weaknesses [b]Limited Capacity[/b] (Shippy can carry less cargo and fewer people, and suffers greater penalties if overburdened), [b]Regulation Arsenal[/b] (The ship has lost her barrel; her beam and cannonballs are much weaker), and [b]Cruiserweight[/b] (Overall defense is lower, increasing damage taken and severity of localized injury)[/hider]

Things suddenly got a lot more cramped on and in the ship as she shrank rapidly, causing a brief moment of chaotic crossfire incidents among the Abyssals as shots aimed at parts of the ship no longer there flew through the empty space left behind and into the ranks attacking from the opposite side. 

For those onboard, they were fortunately not dunked in the water, the shrinking hull carrying them with it as they did, but the close quarters fighting did suddenly get a lot closer as friend and foe was pulled together by the contraction of their environment. If anyone did take a tumble regardless, the red mages swooped in to aid, but for the most part they turned their attention to the ship’s attackers, swooping to and fro and pelting them with their basic spells, hoping to reduce the heat on the ship enough that she’d survive long enough that she would be able to figure out how to use her new powers to survive/destroy the incoming bomber swarm.