[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/6W7bqko.png[/img] [h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2] [b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,434 (+3) [b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (229/140) (+1 bonus pending) [b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]///////////////////////////////////////// (112/140) (+1 bonus pending) [b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 13 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]////////////////////////////////////////// (104/130) (+1 bonus pending) [b][color=Aqua]Rika: Level 9 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aqua]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](123/90) (+1 bonus pending) [b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] Carnival town: Ballyhoo’s Big Top [hider=warp locations] [s] Central hub: Smash City Alcamoth Accessible locations: Peach’s castle Limsa Lominscuttle Town Lumbridge Twilight Town Kosm’s Beach [/s] [/hider] [/center] [color=Aqua]”Wait… did we win?”[/color] Rika, who was towering over everyone else due to still being large. Kamek naturally dropped the spell and let her start shrinking, but it wasn’t quite fast enough for Rika’s cheer of [color=Aqua]”Woo hoo! we won! we won!”[/color] to force everyone nearby to cover their ears lest they be deafened by her delight. [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Ah, yes, we did indeed, young mistress, very well done on your catches”[/color] Kayak praised her after he had his hearing back and she was back down to size. Jr hurried over to chat to his sis about who and how she’d found people, while Bowser did some slow metal math and realized something with a [color=FD0000]”Buh”[/color] and a slack jaw: namely that he was the only member of the troop to not win a single podium position at all. One of the few people to be in that pile even, and for them, there wasn’t going to another chance because of their frugalness was putting a stop to the fun before they ran out of free games. That got some a shared ‘awwww’ from the troopa kids, with Rika having done a full U turn on the games thanks to her win, and that was probably the whole plan of the tent, to get kids to beg their elders for more, presumably pretty expensive, games after the first taster. Fortunately these particular elders, while not exactly masters of parenting, did at least know how to get out of this situation, namely with twin bribes of [color=FD0000]”We can go check out some of the races, catch those koopa kids and maybe get on the track ourselves yeah?”[/color] and [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Don’t you want to cash out for some prizes?”[/color] which did the trick. Unfortunately they weren't going to be able to follow up on that former idea, and would have to hurry on the latter, because it looked like they had another reason to put an end to the games: trouble was incoming. [color=Aquamarine]”Heading to Midgar?”[/color] Midna piped up on hearing the final destination of the ship that had apparently laid waste to their old home base [color=Aquamarine]”We’d best warn Sakura and co, because it sounds like H is looking to fill the power vacuum we made and that can only be bad news for, well, everyone involved”[/color] [color=FD0000]”Why let them get there at all when we can bust their heads here and now”[/color] Bowser immediately declared, only for Kamek to suggest [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Perhaps let’s get to this ship and assess its capabilities first, sire? To see if it is a worthy vessel for the Koopa air fleet of course”[/color] cleverly leading his king by the nose to avoid an unwise and blind dive into that confrontation. Midna, it had to say, didn’t entirely disagree with the nation, but as they had taken on a whole city of heroes, she was not sure if they were strong enough. Fortunately, there was, well, power to be claimed here, though as Midna was finding the more fusion power took it, the more it took from you. No reason to not to roll the dice and find out what was on offer however. Well, other than fashion anyway. Bowser, at the very least, could do with some of that. His suit was a wreck, the consequences of being someone who took hits rather than avoided them, and the hat that had once gone with it had been lost somewhere along the road. It was somewhat of a dated look anyway, given that the wedding he’d been wearing it for had been ever so rudely crashed right before this whole thing had gone down. Now was as good a time as any for a new style then, and the offer of something that wouldn’t get mix and matched by every fusion had a lot of appeal. Sure, it wasn’t power, but properly looking the part of a big bad tough guy had power all of its own, certainly when compared to looking like a raggedy mess. Then again, Bowser’s usual fashion sense where some spiked bands around his arms and one around his neck like a dog collar, so it was easy to argue he rather missed the mark when he ended up picking a [url=https://i.imgur.com/lLmYs1W.png]biker getup[/url] consisting of ripped jeans, sleeveless front open leather jacket and finger-less gloves Jr, following his papa’s example, ended out picking out an orange and black [url=https://i.imgur.com/bgKw8Ws.jpeg]pokemon ranger uniform[/url], which came with a [url=https://i.imgur.com/fYsno6s.png]cool hat[/url] but unfortunately the cat ears he had refused to share head ornamentation space with anything else. Rika meanwhile was already costumed up with her armor, and so passed, while Kamek was just fine with the robes he already had and which had also not changed a dime thanks to the snacktivator. Speaking of those, while it was not time to fuse, it was time to get a whole load more options to be used for real soon. With that in mind they headed too and started using the gatcha machine, and got to rolling the dice to see what would come up. Bowser, naturally, went first, and was also done the quickest due to his complete lack of podium positions in the games [hider=bowser pulls] https://afk-arena.fandom.com/wiki/Ankhira https://charactah-account.fandom.com/wiki/Barinas_Canaan C https://smite.fandom.com/wiki/Kuzenbo [/hider] Opinion wise, the first was interesting due to the stabby back arms that might fit with his existing souped up shell, the second he found was trying way too hard to look dark and evil, and as for the third, well, [color=FD0000]”Hey, look at this dime a dozen guy, copying my style”[/color] he complained. At least till Kamek pointed out that [color=DeepSkyBlue]”would that not let you regain some of that style, your fashionableness?”[/color] That certainly showed the power of pity, though when Jr stepped up to the plate, he realized that he was a token off getting a second pity thanks to his clothes buying, and promptly badgered Kamek into giving him one of his. [hider=bowser junior pulls] https://arknights.fandom.com/wiki/Adnachiel https://kingsraid.fandom.com/wiki/Gau C https://smite.fandom.com/wiki/Bake_Kujira https://alchemystars.fandom.com/wiki/Wrath https://bravenine.miraheze.org/wiki/Krull C https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Vel%27Koz/LoL [/hider] Of the regular roles, was hard to say he was particularly enamored with the pair of muscled humans or the Pit alike, but the lady of the group he did show Rika given that [color=SpringGreen]”Hey, look at this one, she’s got punchy gloves like you, and some kind of rocket knife squadron?”[/color] which the princess assessed was [color=Aqua]”Neat”[/color] For his pitties however, well, they weren't regular old humans, which was a plus, but they were also super out there and jr couldn’t make heads or tails of why he’d gotten them till it clicked: [color=SpringGreen]”Ohhhhh. Sea creature for Dazzle, weird tentacle thing for Peeka, duh”[/color] which seemed pretty good. Next up was Kamek, and, well, if Jr’s pity pulls had been briefly confusing, Kamek had to admit he was stumped by the bearded old man and mostly featureless blindfolded little girl. In-fact, between the scroll and poison wielding mages, it seemed that the regular rolls were more him than those generated specifically for him. [hider=Kamek pulls] https://dislyte.fandom.com/wiki/Elliot_(Thoth) https://limbuscompany.fandom.com/wiki/Rodion C https://heroesofthestorm.fandom.com/wiki/Deckard https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Sosha https://knightsofveda.fandom.com/wiki/Capecchi C https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Lilith [/hider] [color=DeepSkyBlue]”How very odd”[/color] He also had no idea what to make of ‘woman with axe’, but the lance knight also seemed up Rika’s ally. Speaking of her. She was up next and last, and got herself an extra Token from Kamek after the mage became thoroughly disillusioned with the whole rolling affair. [hider=Rika pulls] https://epic7x.com/character/eaton/ https://metalslug.fandom.com/wiki/Edda C https://snk-msa.fandom.com/wiki/Luxury_Pirate_Aileen https://metalslug.fandom.com/wiki/Padwah https://snk-msa.fandom.com/wiki/Alesha C https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/L%27Indomptable https://metalslug.fandom.com/wiki/Sho https://metalslug.fandom.com/wiki/Maria [/hider] She got a big rock golem creature, which caught Midna’s eye when she happened to spot it, and then a whole pile of ladies (and one guy) with rather interesting looking weapons for her regular pulls. Energy blades, a big wheel, and an odd double ended blade that none of them had any idea how it worked. [color=SpringGreen]”Might be able to integrate some of those maybe? Or if not they probably sell”[/color] Jr supposed as they looked over all the assets. They all paled in comparison however to what looked to be a hoverbike sized lance wielded by a tiny (probably ship) girl she got for her first pity, and even that wasn’t anything compared to what seemed to be an entire giant mechanical shark her other pity pull got. Its purpose at least was pretty clear as she guessed that it would [color=Aqua]”Probably upgrade my whale?”[/color] That would have to wait however, as it was high time to hit the road, and check out this ship the other team had found themselves on. Only question was, if they had been launched down in one way trip pods, how were they intending to get back up?