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[color=DarkOrange]Location:[/color][/b] Forbidden Kingdom - Esaka’s Pools[b]
[color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 15 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](317/150)
[b][color=Aqua]Rika: Level 12 [/color][/b] EXP:  [color=Aqua]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](153/110)
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Any heckling of Anji (the would be rotten as per the race only Rika and Jr had actually partaken in) was immediately thrown out the window when he rolled up in a pirate ship on wheels, because both kids were 100% on his and Darli’s side when it came to their opinion of this thing.

[color=SpringGreen]”That. Is. So. Awsome!”[/color] Jr yelled with delight at the sight of it, throwing his hands up in amazement and then wildly gesturing at the absurd(ly cool) vehicle.  

His sister was a little more reserved in her appreciation, but her calling it [color=Aqua]” super neat”[/color] was high praise indeed when coming from the mouth of the more reserved royal siblings.

As a result of this delight, the pair spend a fair amount of their ride over to the bamboo forest debating how they could acquire the vehicle from the UN. Theft was on the table, of course, but both had just enough sensibility between them to put that as a last resort to be done right before they skipped town. However with the less confrontational options of buying it (they were fairly broke after sponsoring Tora) or trading for it (none of the seeker’s vessels were really passenger carriers) mostly off of the table, they were going to need to come up with something clever.

As such, there were only really two possibilities, they thought. One, get a whole bunch of loot over the next few days, or, much faster, steal the apc instead of just completely wrecking it. If they did that, then they could either convince the UN to swap for it, or sell it for at least some of the cash they’d need to get their wonderful new ride.

This was easier said than done however, but the pair spent the latter half of the ride over coming up with a plan to do just that.

As such, with plans already all set upon arrival the intervening wait was incredibly boring, especially for Rika due to her unorthodox ambush spot. Once the apc began to churn through the mud however, the pair eagerly leapt into action.

First from the forest sprung Bowser Jr, footfalls hitting foliage and then sailing shoes surfing over the mud as he closed in. Once in range, he summoned the hand of Blodia to reach down and grab the tracks on one side of the vehicle, its fingers slipping through the mud as it did this move. It would then attempt to hoist the APC and flip it over onto its side.

It wasn’t alone in this.

From below Rika, in the form of the Beast, burst out of the ground where she had burrowed, horns ramming into the underside of the machine and legs scrambling and clawing at dirt and mud to try and find grip and force. Alongside her rose her twisted white whale that had dove deep into the solid before breaching. Finally Jr himself forged a shield of iron, wedged this under a track, and then with Olympian strength heaved with all his might (and minimal stature) to try and add just a bit more power to the combined efforts of the APC tipping team.

If that didn’t look to be enough, a more destructive Strikers could be brought in, namely a chainsaw slash from Kaw man and a clever strike from the Vespikan Ichor Queen, both delivered to the top of the vehicle’s side, to try and a brief bit of extra force to the hoist.