[center][img]https://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/b/b2/Koopa_Troop_artwork.png/658px-Koopa_Troop_artwork.png[/img] [h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2] [b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,203 (+6) [b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 10 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (167/100) [b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 9 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (101/90) [b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 10 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]/////////////////////[/color]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////(21/100) [b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] Bottomless Sea – Carcass Isle Feat: Rika [/center] [color=DeepSkyBlue]”You're quite welcome”[/color] Kamek replied to Nadia’s thanks while Bowser mainly shrugged in ‘well what else was I supposed to do, just let you die?’ kinda way, and then instantly regretted doing so due to his wounds. Then the smoke cleared, the moment of respite was over and the monster fight resumed. Bowser grunted in pain as he tried to square up against the incoming Orphan’s vengeful charge, more gore oozing from his cracked shell that had been over-strained even further by holding and unleashing the light as he did so. Fortunately for him Link was there to save his bacon, tossing a simple spear in-front of him and then in a flash freezing it in the air. The immovable object met the not quite unstoppable force of the Orphan’s blow and brought it to a dead stop, which had to hurt, or at least be a surprise to the monster. It certainly was for Bowser, but others were more proactive than him in taking advantage of the situation, with Sakura, Ace and the freshly fighting fit feline racing ahead of the king to get stuck right in. Bowser moved to follow them, but his faithful advisor and long suffering caretaker drifted down and put himself in the way. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”If you’d wait just another moment, sire, and I’ll have you right as rain in just a moment”[/color] Kamek insisted, indicating with a free hand up to her hovering heal squad. [color=FD0000]”Ain’t got no more time to be sitting about twiddling my thumbs, get outta my way”[/color] Bowser replied, a retort that lost most of its impact when he tried to push the mage out of the way only to stumble and cringe in pain. [color=FD0000]”Urgh, fine”[/color] he relented, and allowed the old koopa to administer his injuries. As it turned out the amount of time Kamek needed to recharge meant that she ended up using her healing on Bowser right before someone else really really needed it. That person being Delsin. As the restored Bowser moved to re-engage, the Orphan suddenly dis-engaged, blowing right past everyone and hurtling off towards the back of the cove. Right towards where Jr was, just as his family had feared might happen. The bark of rifle fire that greeted the Orphan’s assault on those outside the battle proved that their precaution had in fact been well worth it for all it had deprived them of Rika’s firepower during the melee. Not that the ship girl’s fire halted the Oprhan’s advance mind. Even Delsin, who stepped up to the plate for the first time with his flames and chains, only managed to prevent the Orphan from getting to the boy because it stopped to give him a beating and nearly ripped his arm clean off in the process. [color=SpringGreen]”Hey! Get off of him!”[/color] came a shout from Jr, accompanied by the water balloon like body of a [url=https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/2/29/Swoopin%27_Stu_SMS_red.png]Swoopin' Stu[/url] to splash into the Orphan’s face. The horror whipped its head towards the boy prince, losing the stinging goop in the process, and proceeded to get a cannon round to the chest from a very nervous looking Rika standing between a retreating prince and the monster. With a howl it leapt at the ship girl, who fired her rigging mounted sixpack of guns as she rapidly sailed backwards, moving as if she was floating on water rather than standing on the ground. And that was because she was floating on a liquid, it just wasn't water for once. The Orphan slammed down onto the oil stick of goop the prince had spread while it was taking apart Delsin, the same goop that was letting Rika wave surf instead of run, causing the blue and yellow mess to promptly unload its considerable electrical load right into the ocean borne horror. While the massive charge would have left a certain plummer screaming, convulsing and utterly paralyzed for several seconds, against the nightmarish abomination it merely caused a very brief moment of muscular spasming that cause it to stumble. While not show stopping by any means it did at least unsteady it enough that it was unable to immediately chase the ship girl as she skated away on a trail of goop the retreating prince was leaving behind with his brush, and was left open to attack from the heroes racing in to aid the trio (and Delsin certainly needed some aid that was for sure). Despite his concern for his son, the less than agile king brought up the rear of that pack, and slowed even more as his quite safe son broke past them, followed by the slime skating Rika. [color=FD0000]”Are you both ok?”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]”Yeah, obviously!”[/color] jr replied for them both before Rika asked “Are you? You keep getting hit really badly” [color=FD0000]”Eh I’m tough”[/color] Bowser replied simply, which got a nod and agreeing [color=SpringGreen]”mmm, he is!”[/color] from his son, but the hovering Kamek, who had had to fix the king up three times at this point, wasn’t looking to have that situation repeated. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”If I may sire, I think you should take some backup in with you this time rather than just suffering through everything yourself”[/color] she suggested. The king glanced sideways at the two younger members of the Troop who he did not want to be taking those hits and then replied [color=FD0000]”Yeah no, you three stay safe, I've got this. Ain't no one who can to take those hits the way I can after all!"[/color] with pride. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”How about more of yourself?”[/color] Kamek replied (talking over an objection form Jr about how he was tough too dad!) with a grin, having a plan that had been inspired by Nadia’s tactics. [color=FD0000]”More of myself?"[/color] Bowser asked, briefly confused, but then snapped his fingers as he got it [color=FD0000]”Oh! Yeah! Let's do it!'[/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Marvelous, now then”[/color] the mage replied, before floating up above the other three and facing the (currently embattled with the others) Orphan and half taunting half chanting [color=DeepSkyBlue]”You might have easily cracked my king’s shell like an egg”[/color] [color=FD0000]”Hey!”[/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue]”But let's see how you deal with a full carton of carnage!”[/color] Kamek cackled as she finished his spell and a quartet of massive dark portals opened up and then, with a “Mi mi!” from the little copycating pokemon on his broom, the four were joined by a fifth, slightly smaller, portal. Out of these dark voids five copies of the Koopa King dropped, their steel capped boots hitting the sand heavily, before the five dark mirrors of the king's already dark heart raised their maws to the sky and roared dramatically. Said roar was the first warning the heroes fighting the Orphan got of what was going down behind them, and of what was about to come bearing down on them all. Bowser stepped into the line of shadow hims and said to them [color=FD0000]”Follow my lead copycats. Let's see how this smuck can handle six of me dogpiling it!"[/color] before giving a battlecry of [color=FD0000]”CARGE!"[/color] and then doing just that. The King went storming towards the Orphan with his five doppelgangers flanking him, sending an entire scrimmage line of heavyweights bearing down on the lone Orphan (which could prove to be a problem for anyone who didn’t get break off their duel and get out of the incoming royal rampage in time) with the express intent of collectively pinning it down and then kicking the ever living snot out of it.