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[h2]The Veterans[/h2]
Words: 849 (+2 exp/rapport)
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 14 [/color][/b]
EXP: [color=FD0000]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (205/140)  (+1 bonus pending)
[color=0072bc]Blazermate[/color]
Level 13 Blazermate (Holding 5 level up) - (16/130)
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Things sure were getting busy up there, Bowser saw as he peered up into the gloom of the fishy mines, one which was periodically lit up by the light procured by people cheating. Bright red blocks and firy kicks flashed, prompting grumbling from the king till something outshone them all: a bright flash accompanied by a mighty kaboom. 

[color=FD0000]”Huh? What was that?”[/color] a bemused Bowser asked, only to shortly after get his answer as a round shape came flying in from somewhere up in the mines, only to pingpong between the walls all the way down to where they were. At the end of their ricochetting riot, the balled up form of Rika crashed down into the gravel next to Blazermate and Bowser, showering them with harmless shrapnel and leaving an impact crater at her landing site. Having ceased her tumbling, the young lady uncurled, flopping onto her back and revealing Kamek, whom she’d embraced defensively. 

[color=Aqua]”Oh, uhhh, hi papa, why’s there 4 of you?”[/color] a very dizzy Rika proceed to ask as she tried and failed to stumble to her feet, while Kamek was even more out of it, eyes swirling with dizziness.

Blazermate looked at the dazed Rika and Kamek, but noticed that besides just being dizzy from the landing, she was unharmed. Well, Ballywho’s magic really did some cool stuff if he turned off damage entirely. [color=0072bc]”Well, they’re fine besides being dizzy. Guess they fell from above huh?”[/color] Blazermate said

Bowser let out a little sigh of relief at that, offering her a [color=FD0000]”Thanks doc”[/color] for her medical analysis. Then he offered Rika a hand and helped pull her up, before asking her  [color=FD0000]”What’d you even do?”[/color]

[color=Aqua]”Kamek no fly, so made big kaboom to fly instead”[/color] she replied as she rubbed her helmeted head with an oversized hand

[color=FD0000]”Hmmmf, and even with that, your still behind those cheating chumps up there”[/color] Bowser grumped as he looked up at where the rulebreakers where getting going, having only been briefly disrupted by Rika’s explosive arrival.

[color=0072bc]”Why can they use their powers, but I can’t fly or use uber or anything. Or my medi gun rubber banding thing, that’d make us follow your jumps but nooo…”[/color] Blazermate said, giving her own ‘hrumph’ at the whole situation.

 [color=0072bc]”We’re going to need to work together to take out those cheaters. Maybe some sabotage or something since it seems no one can actually get hurt.”[/color] Blazermate said, giving her thoughts, although she also knew there was nothing she could do about that.

[color=FD0000]”Yeah, if they want to play unfair, we’ll play even unfairer!”[/color] Bowser roared in agreement, before assessing what they had on hand cupping and scratching his chin while going [color=FD0000]”Hmmmmmmmmmm”[/color] before snapping his fingers and saying  [color=FD0000]”I’ve got it!”[/color] 

Then he pointed at Rika and commanded [color=FD0000]”Grab kamek!”[/color] and then at the mage himself and commanding him to [color=FD0000]”Make me big!”[/color] before finally saying to Blazermate [color=FD0000]”and you, start building that glowy power up boost thingy you can do, because if they think we suck at this right now, they ain’t seen anything yet”[/color] 

Blazermate looked at Bowser bewildered, saying. [color=0072bc]”Uh, if Kamek could use his magic and I could use my flight, we would’ve won by now. I’m pretty sure we can’t use those, I know I can’t, I’ve been trying! It seems it has to be something you can physically do… that isn’t flying or easy climbing or something.”[/color] 

[color=FD0000]”Who needs to climb a mountain- ''[/color] Bowser replied as a still slightly dizzy Kamek waved a wand and chanted his spell, causing Bowser to start to grow. And grow. And grow [color=FD0000]”-When you’re as big as one!''[/color]

It was a slightly over exaggerated claim, but Kamek’s magic certainly was something. As his body grew, the kin swung his increasing weight around. Or at least he tried too. As it tuned out, disabling damage meant that he couldn’t simply pulverize the environment to make room for himself, and as a result he more or less trapped himself in between the various platforms and walls of the bottom of the mines. 

But did he let that stop him?

No!

Instead he poked his head up between two outcrops, emptied his lungs with a slow calm breath, only to then inhale with the force of a hurricane as the king activated his vacuum breath power, threatening to drag everyone in the mines back down to his level.

[color=0072bc]”Uh, I guess that works but uh… ”[/color] Blazermate said, a bit hesitant at seeing how Bowser was dealing with this whole thing. Well, at least she was on the other side of the vacuum breath, that was going to cause some havoc for sure. Although there were other questions about how this would go and Blazermate looked to Kamek and Rika for an idea of how this was going to resolve itself.

Unfortunately one was too focused on the spell to really offer much input while the other was learning questionable lessons (again), so the only real way to see how it would resolve itself would be to, well, wait and see.