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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,120 (+2)
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (203/140)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// (86/140)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 13 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// (83/130)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=Aqua]Rika: Level 9 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aqua]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](102/90)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] The Sandswept Sky- Garudo Town -> Carnival town
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Central hub: Smash City Alcamoth
Accessible locations:
Peach’s castle
Limsa Lominscuttle Town
Lumbridge
Twilight Town
Kosm’s Beach
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[color=FD0000]”Yup”[/color] Bowser answered straightforwardly to Pit’s question about if Ganondorf was indeed, well Ganondorf, before clarifying, that, in a way, it wasn't: [color=FD0000]”Well except he doesn’t remember last time we had a big get together. Or how he stabbed me in the back that time. Some kind of time nonsense, I dunno”[/color] dorf

[color=Aquamarine]”Doesn’t remember me from the two times we ‘met’ and stabbed each other either, so very much a load ‘time nonsense’ yes”[/color] Midna agreed in passing, having easily picked out the name of that man from the chatter that had started building. 

Meanwhile the words ‘food’ and ‘games’ got Bowser and his son’s attention respectively, and both were quick to agree, especially upon hearing the name of the tent

[color=FD0000]”Ballyhoo’s Big Top? As in MC Ballyhoo?”[/color] Bowser asked rhetorically [color=FD0000]”I know that guy, he runs the Star Carnival back home. I had a good time messing with people during that one”[/color] 

[color=SpringGreen]”Oh hey, I missed that one!”[/color] Jr added clearly excited to replace that missed experience, before adding, even more excitedly [color=SpringGreen]”Do you still think he’s got a prize that’s a year's worth of candy?”[/color]

[color=Aqua]”A year’s worth?”[/color] Rika echoed, interest piqued, mouth watering, to which Jr replied [color=SpringGreen]”Yeah! Papa for sure should have stolen that instead of that crummy star rod or whatever it was, all that candy sounds like a way better prize than some silly magic wand”[/color]

Kamek was rather glad his king had not stolen that candy, and also that this turned out not to be the prize anymore, as instead, once they got there, it turned out that the rewards were tokens to be used for fashion or in a gacha machine of some kind. Both kids where a fair bit disappointed by that, but the prospect of mystery prizes and candy now rather than later quickly perked them back up again

Still, before they could get any snacks, captain falcon casually blasted past them, resulting in a whole host of questions about who he was, which Pit answered some of, while Bowser filled in a bit of the rest, saying [color=FD0000]”They’ve got kart racing at least and our guy Captain Falcon was right on top of the leaderboards. Kinda a big shot around here looks like”[/color] before adding [color=FD0000]”Probably because I wasn’t around to take that top stop!”[/color] boastingly.

The other question was, absurdly (to the troop sans Rika anyway) what a minigame even was.

[color=FD0000]”Yeesh, really? No one else? Fine fine fine”[/color] Bowser sighed, before trying to explain it [color=FD0000]”It’s like, well, like a short competition kinda thing, where you race to do a little task or, uh, hmmm”[/color] before foundering a bit because really, they were so diverse, how did you narrow it down. It didn’t help that he was often on the other end of the arrangement, forcing people to play his unfair minigames rather than playing them himself.

Jr, who’d played in a few more parties than his papa, jumped in to explain that [color=SpringGreen]”it’s like a party game, or a carnival game, but with way more effort put into making it big and epic. So you could be just skating candy out of a jar, or dodging fuzzies in a plane, or looking for a heart, or racing to be the first to the middle of a platform covered in banana peels, or riding trikes or nabbing pancakes or catching falling fruit, or herding penguins, or copying poses or, or, or,”[/color] before running out of breath

The panting prince was handed a cup with straw and lid by his sister, which he slurped upon noisily to parch his throat, finding a tasty non-brand cola drink within, and then before he could start up all over again wondered where she’d got it from. Glancing back, he found that the princess had taken an unsupervised moment to purchase five grab bags worth of snacks and drinks which were now hanging from a finger each on one of her oversized gauntlet hands. She had, it seemed, made little distinction between healthy and unhealthy options, as she had to  finish crunching on half a carrot stick before commenting that all that [color=Aqua]”Sounds neat!”[/color]

[color=SpringGreen]”Yeah, that’s coz it is neat”[/color] Jr agreed, before reaching up a grabby hand and demanding [color=SpringGreen]”Now gimmy”[/color] and receiving a bag dropped into his hands by a little flick of his sister’s finger.

[color=Aqua]”I got some for everyone, and two for papa”[/color] Rika said as she did the drop, before artfully flicking the other bags over to the two elder koopas, who replied [color=DeepSkyBlue]”This might be a little much?”[/color] and [color=FD0000]”good thinking kid”[/color] in an entirely predictable manner to her casual clandestine food shopping.

Kamek sighed, accepted that what was done was done, and said [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Let me at least reimburse you for all the rest, so you aren't using your funds for us”[/color] as he reached for his pocket to get her some cash, only for Rika to shake her head and reply [color=Aqua]”I wanted to buy this stuff for you, so it's something I wanted to buy for me, i guess?”[/color] 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Oh? So a gift then? How very kind of you Rika”[/color] the mage replied with a smile of encouragement, realizing that it was not really a concept she’d have been directly introduced to, and then feeling a little bad about that.

[color=Aqua]”Is that what it is?”[/color] Rika asked with a head tilt, before nodding and agreeing that [color=Aqua]”Then yeah, its a gift”[/color] which put a smile back on Kamek’s face.

It dipped a little when Jr complained that [color=SpringGreen]”Aw ew what’s this squishy fruit thing”[/color] complaining about an apricot, and then returned along with a little snort of a laugh when Rika to lean in and said  [color=Aqua]”oh, I wanted to try those, can I have them? I’ll trade you something I tried already”[/color] to Jr, the mage realized what was going on.

A quick glance at what was on offer and a rough guess at the size of the bags in comparison confirmed his suspicion that she’d bought one of everything, and was now engaging in what was a recurring trend of food trading so she could sample each and every thing on offer. 

At that point, everyone was heading inside, and so Bowser swallowed the mass of treats he was chewing and declared [color=FD0000]”Let’s not get left behind, Troop! First we trounce everyone at those minigames, then we Mc Ballyhoo dry of prizes, and after we’ll go out, have some more fun, and get Rika a gift of her own!”[/color] which got a cheer of excitement from Jr, and [color=Aqua]”oh is that how gifts work?”[/color] from RIka, and a proud smile from Kamek, who hadn’t even had to suggest that last idea.