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[h2][color=FD0000]The Koopa Troop[/color][/h2]
[b][color=FD0000]wordcount:[/color][/b] 5,322 (+6 for jr) (+4 for rest of troop) (+3 rapport with Roxas for jr)
[b][color=FD0000]Bowser: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (241/140)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]//////////////////////////// (126/140) 
[b][color=DeepSkyBlue]Kamek: Level 13 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=DeepSkyBlue]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color]///////// (120/130)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=Aqua]Rika: Level 9 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aqua]/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](135/90)  (+1 bonus pending)
[b][color=FD0000]Location:[/color][/b] The avenger: spirit chamber -> engineering
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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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After fusing, the group had another run through their spirits, and decided what to do with the rest. They had planned to crush them, but a last second change of intent saw both Rika and Jr taking on another striker each, with the ship girl stashing her cloyster one in the storage room.

[hider=For Rika]New striker spiritbound: [b][url=https://i.imgur.com/WUzNlDq.png]Maria[/url][/b] A dark knight wielding a blood-red twinblade. She can appear to swing twice with her swordblades, incurring just a 10s cooldown. She can also be summoned to perform a counter, using an empowered version of her basic attack when struck, though a 15s cooldown is incurred whether or not she's hit. Finally, she can perform Blood Rain over the course of two summons; the first one empowers her (10s), and the second performs a bloody slam that heals the host for all damage inflicted (40s)[/hider]

[hider=For Junior]New striker spiritbound: [b][url=https://i.imgur.com/uRzYkVy.png]Sho[/url][/b] A high-tech ninja wielding electric chain scythes. He can either perform quick melee slashes or a long-range scythe hurl every 10s. Every 30s, he can also perform Air Rend, hurling one scythe at an enemy that he then uses for flying grapple slash. Alternatively, he can use Evasion Rend to appear, then substitute a log that, if struck, lets him use Air Rend without having to land the projectile first[/hider]

Testing those spirits would have to wait in the same way the fusions would have to wait, so just how good of an idea any of it had been would remain to be seen. All that remained then was items.

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[b][url=https://i.imgur.com/eFTglJn.png]Mercenary's Eyepatch[/url][/b]: An accessory that provides minimal physical defense but 20% crit rate
[b][url=https://i.imgur.com/LJ2n7d7.png]Padwah's Wheel[/url][/b]: A tank wheel devoid of its treads, wielded as a weapon. Though more than applicable as a blunt instrument, it's been retrofitted with flamethrowers that allow it to serve as a blazing ring of destruction.
[b]Driver's License[/b]: It would allow you to drive legally if you happened to be Alesha
[url=https://i.imgur.com/7lSSKBZ.png][b]Book of Thoth[/b][/url]: While possessing this item, you permanently gain 12 Mana per Stack, and receive 1 Stack by dealing a lot of damage to minions or a bit of damage to gods. You gain Magical Power equal to 4% of your Mana from items. At 50 stacks this item Evolves, gaining 10 Magical Penetration and increasing the Magical Power gained from Mana to 7%.
[url=https://i.imgur.com/49mVkqK.png][b]Coin[/b][/url] :A coin of unknown origin and value. Without any monetary use, it wields one single purpose: the ability to make decisions purely by virtue of random chance. In fact, this coin exists for no other reason, and that alone makes it an indispensable treasure
[url=https://i.imgur.com/cBcqm5B.png][b]Poison Perfume Bottle[/b][/url]: A set of two bottles containing the pollen of miranda flowers, perfectly suited to wafting through the air, infused with dangerous toxins from poisonbloom plants. Inhalation of this scattered powder can quickly trigger long-lasting poisoning, but the 'perfume' dissipates quickly in the air. This is an arcane dexterity weapon, magical enough to never run dry, but indelicate usage (or damaging the bottles) will permanently ruin it
[b]Krull's Amulet[/b]: A spiky metal fishhook. Provides a small buff to attack and hp. If equipped with Krull's weapon and armor, they will provide a set effect that boosts hp by 30%
[b][url=https://i.imgur.com/YoJR1r8.png]Barbarian Mug[/url][/b] :A unique treasure once possessed by the barbarian Gau. Fully drinking its contents grants the Vortex effect, increasing damage of the next attack by 50%. That attack also applies a 10s debuff that increases damage received by 5%
[b][url=https://i.imgur.com/jGqbg8g.png]Organic Polymer[/url][/b] x4 :A natural material harvested from certain flightless waterfall. It's a useful component for crafting sophisticated weapons, machines, and devices
[b][url=https://i.imgur.com/mUfyVgJ.png]Cursed Dream Silks[/url][/b]: The thread scratches and wriggles between your fingers. A chill lingers in your skin long after you stop touching it. A skilled artisan could fashion it into the core of a ghastly weapon
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The result was a mixed bag: 

Kamek got a new item he intended to do flybys with using doplegangers, while Jr had an idea for a massive flaming yoyo if he ever got his clown car fixed. Yet another reason to visit engineering.

The boosting items mostly went in the pot, except the book that seemed to work just fine sitting in a bag which was handy. Said book and the eyepatch went to Kamek (which combined with the 10% magic crit he had from the hat he ended up smelting made for a pretty potent combo), and the amulet to Rika, while the mug was stashed due to being just too impractical really, but certainly worth something to someone.

Finally there were the two [color=SpringGreen]”Oh come on!“[/color] worthy items: the driver’s license and the coin, which were both simply stashed in random pockets.

Then, as they were finishing up, news arrived that they’d be needing to share rooms. For others this might have represented quite the conundrum, but for the troop, well:

[color=SpringGreen]”I call dibs on one with Rika!“[/color] Jr called out, resulting in the predictable question of [color=Aqua]”What is a ‘dibs’ and why are you calling?”[/color] from the shipgirl in question

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”It more or less means ’I stake a claim’ young Mistress”[/color] Kamek explained, to which Rika responded with a simple informed [color=Aqua]”oh”[/color] followed by adding that [color=Aqua]”Well then I call ‘dibs’ on a room with Jr as well then”[/color]

[color=FD0000]”Then you’ll both have it”[/color] Bowser assured them with a grin, prompting jr to initiate a high five between the pair

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”and I suppose for simplicity I shall double up with you, your soft sleepiness”[/color] Kamek said, to spare others the Koopa King’s frightful snoring, to which Bowser responded simply with a grunt that communicated ‘yeah, obviously’ putting that non-conundrum to rest.

Having easily sorted out the room situation, the troop where left to kill a bit of time before the meeting Sandalphon had suggested, and so set out to check out the ship a bit, and also to catch up with an a pair of allies wh where aboard, but who had apparently split themselves from the active teams: the tinkering Tora and his robotic companion Poppi.

Well, that and Jr wanted to check out engineering in general as well, and simply assumed they would be there. As such, after only taking two wrong turns on their way to the room that was practically next door, the Troop were filing into it and seeing what there was to see within.

In the few hours that the Seekers spent down in Carnival Town, Tora and Poppi had made some incremental progress in reconfiguring a corner of the workshop to suit the nopon’s needs, but nothing too drastic. While he hadn’t slain any guardians today, Tora had been through a lot already, so like his comrades he wanted to take it easy for a little while. Of course, for Tora blowing off steam meant doing what he enjoyed, which happened to be robotics anyway. Dispensing with the usual table, the diminutive engineer opted for the floor instead, where he’d already begun to arrange the various pieces of mechanical scrap on hand into the rough shape of his latest and greatest idea. For now, it just looked like an enormous hockey puck, but its size suggested that the nopon had something special in mind. Still, for now the hodgepodge assembly seemed to be a concept, and Tora was busy prototyping with modeling software on his little computer. Crude white sketches were taking shape on blueprints that dangled from nearby workbenches like banners, held in place by the weight of spare tools.

Poppi, meanwhile, was entertaining herself with an odd contraption: a cubic device with each of its six faces split into nine colored segments, able to be freely rotated in various directions by virtue of some highly sophisticated inner mechanism. She seemed intent on manipulating the device until all of its faces featured just one unified color, but this was evidently easier said than done. When the Koopa Troop arrived, she’d just removed one of the stickers in order to manually paste elsewhere, and when she saw the newcomers she seemed grateful for the distraction. “Oh! Hello friends, long time no see!” Though her chassis looked quite different from any iteration of Poppi that the koopas had seen before, she greeted them with the same cheerful smile as she tossed the cube over her shoulder. “Welcome to new workplace of Tora and Poppi! Say hello, Tora!”

“Hello, Tora!” The nopon chuckled at his own joke, then set down his white marker and got up. “Haha, just kidding, meh. Good to see friends again!” The dynamic duo and the Koopa Troop had been on different teams for two assignments now, but Tora had a special place in his heart for the four, especially Bowser. After all, the two of them had been there since the very beginning, a feat that only Blazermate could also boast of. “If shellypons here for machinery, Tora not ready yet! Need set up fabrication before work really get starting, meh. Custom parts is backbone of all Tora projects!”

Having made her way to her Masterpon’s side, Poppi patted him on the head. “Tora, they not here to order something! We should take chance to catch up!”

“Oh, right!” Tora crossed his little arms, smiling up at the newcomers. “What is up, friends?”

[color=FD0000]”Not much, just being the king of awesome, taking names and punching faces“[/color] Bowser declared with not an iota of irony in that self declaration while behind him started whispering a quiet answer to Rika’s not at all quiet question of [color=Aqua]”Who was this again?”[/color]

[color=FD0000]”Also heard you’d had some kind of rough time over at that Midgar place, so wanted to check if you’re good?“[/color] the king then asked, the delivery of that info having been pretty light on details after all, and for all his self declared evil the king certinly cared about anyone he considered ‘his’. Jr meanwhile much more selfishly told them straight up that [color=SpringGreen]” I just wanted to check out the workshop you’ve got“[/color] while examining it all.

“That sound like Bow-Bow Tora know,” the nopon replied, using a customary double-name as a term of endearment. Fittingly enough, Tora ignored Rika, and while Poppi gave her a brief look, she assumed that the Koopa family’s hanger-on had simply tagged along regardless of who she might be meeting. When Bowser mentioned the pair’s experience in Midgar, both nodded gravely, their expressions suddenly serious. “Meh, meh…it get pretty bad back there, yeah. For while, Tora thought Poppi gone for good. Very scary.”

His companion patted him on the head again. “But in end, Poppi back and better than ever. Still going to be little bit before Tora and Poppi back in swing of things, but we together, and that what counts.”

Tora gave her a hug with his wings.He then turned his attention to Junior. “Well, littlepon check out whatever want, but no touch, meh. Everything in its place, yes? There method to Tora madness.”

He did this right in time to stop Jr from picking up to examine one of the more interesting looking tools, prompting a little grunt of frustration as he halted his hand, and then a huff of [color=SpringGreen]”-s fine, I got my own anyway“[/color] as he pulled it back.

Having said that, he retrieved the yellow toolbox from his duffle bag, had Kamek enlarge it, and then settled down in front of Tora’s tinker space, popping it open beside him. He then turned his neck around and said [color=Aqua]”Come on sis, let’s get those fixed up, yeah?”[/color] prompting a little nod from Rika, before the ship girl settled down beside him, popping off the gauntlets so her brother could tinker with them.

As they did that, Kamek, now free from explaining who the pair were, poked his nose into the chat to ask [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Might I inquire into the nature of the scare? Anything we should be worried about in future?”[/color] 

Tora and Poppi exchanged a glance for a moment, the latter giving an unbothered shrug to make sure her masterpon knew she wouldn’t be bothered if he talked about it. The nopon nodded and returned his attention to Kamek. “Well, while subject matter rather new, Tora did become teensy bit obsessed and learn everything possible, so Tora explain best as can.” He glanced at Junior for a moment, trying not to be too distracted by his rival engineer’s new project. “It kind of complicated, so bear with, meh. In Midgar, we dealt with big hullabaloo called Ever Crisis, meaning all kinds of nastypons attack all time. That include army of machines, and while not very tough, Machines turn out to have awful trick up sleeve. It called Logic Virus, and it infect robots like disease infect people, except instead of make sick, it change them, making crazy and violent. Mehmeh…as it turn out, this include Poppi. Poppi…started going haywire, then force herself to run away so she not hurt us. Tora, Roxas, and Pit-Pit all give chase, but in end, we unable to save Poppi.”

The artificial blade shook her head, her face one of consternation. “Poppi really not remember very well,” she admitted. “Entire incident corrupted in memory. But after lots of hard work making new body, Tora brought Poppi back thanks to Xatow from Organization XIII, who fetch Poppi spirit from Dystopiascape.”

After nodding, Tora tried to look more upbeat. “During reconstruction, Tora research viruses tirelessly, teaching self ins and outs of advanced cybersecurity. No virus ever infect Poppi ever again, meh! So word to wise: if friends get into artificial intelligence, make sure to have top-of-line antivirus programming! Meh, meh. Better yet, just leave it to Tora!” The Lost Numbers’ newest cybersecurity expert put his little arms on his hips, posing for dramatic effect.

[color=SpringGreen]”You’re gonna have to hope we never find our castle and the royal PC, I gave up on that thing“[/color] Jr joked, having only been half listening, only for his brain to bring it up again and make him fully pay attention in-order to ask [color=SpringGreen]”wait did you say they got you her spirit?“[/color]  

[color=FD0000]”Wait, so did you figure out how that respawning thing works then?“[/color] Bowser asked, before Kamek could get a word in, prompting him to sigh and suggest [color=DeepSkyBlue]”ah, let’s not jump to conclusions”[/color] before enquiring [color=DeepSkyBlue]”but yes, how did you do that?”[/color] 

“Meh?” Tora gave Bowser a quizzical look, then his aide, then Poppi, but his companion knew just as little as he. He very much wanted to know what Bowser meant by that, and rather than let it be swept under the rug, he planned to do just that. “Xatow just retrieve spirit from where Poppi old body went offline, far as Tora knows. Since spirits just data, and Poppi artificial blade to begin with, she was ‘writing’ to it throughout journey, so it final piece of puzzle Tora need to bring her back.” He crossed his arms and began to stare at Bowser, regaling the king of koopas with his trademark discomfort-inducing, unflinching eye contact. “What friend Bow-Bow mean by ‘respawning thing’?”

Kamek simply sighed and, having anticipated the question unlike his king who had done a classic mouth open [color=FD0000]”Guh“[/color], decided to simply lay it out to the young Nepon [color=DeepSkyBlue]”It is, well, not a secret, more of a ‘I’m not sure how to tell you thing’ but seeing as its partially out in the open now, and to preempt speculation, I shall give a brief lecture on the topic”[/color] before hovering over to a convenient whiteboard and upon it drawing the [url=https://i.imgur.com/vbqIqjG.png]symbol[/url] they had been shown by Asgore.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”According to a fellow who had been de-storied (which is what being freed from Galeem’s control is apparently called) for a long, long, long time, these are why Galeem’s world has not been depopulated despite how violent and, literally, death fueled it is''[/color] he began, before explaining [color=DeepSkyBlue]”According to this fellow, he has seen places that were wiped out one day become filled with life the next. Specifically ones that have one of these symbols in them, which he believes ‘respawn’ those who are killed. Or others? Regardless anyone who dies will, at some point, in some place, be brought back to life with no memories of their past lives in this world”[/color] 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Including. Seemingly. Supposedly. All of us. Over, and over, and over and over again”[/color] the mage said, rapping his wand on the whiteboard with grimly delivered each ‘over’ for emphasis, before ditching the dire enunciations and returning back to a scholarly tone as he finished with [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Which concludes the lecture. Any questions about the cursed knowledge you now bare?”[/color]

Tora plopped down and just digested the new information for a few moments. While he understood the gist of what Kamek told him well enough, he still hard a hard time wrapping his head around that being the case, much less accepting it. In some ways it made sense, but in others it defied all logical explanation. And they had just the word of some old guy to go on? The nopon didn’t know what to think, and for all her sensibilities, Poppi didn’t know much better. After all, she’d already died and been brought back, skewing her perception of her own mortality somewhat. But Kamek did mention memory loss, which terrified her. Memories were what made her, an artificial being, who she was. Without them, she wouldn’t be Tora’s Poppi, who stood at his side in the World of Light since the Mushroom Kingdom. She would just be a copy, a second Poppi. For a machine, being replaced was as bad as dying.

“...Meh, meh. Scary words hurt Tora noggin, so Tora try not think too hard about it right now,” her masterpon decided after a few moments. “Maybe…come to terms with later. Tora need proof, for one thing. Either way, it can wait.” He leaned back and exhaled deeply, none too happy, then gave the Troop a weak smile. “Thankings for drop by?”

Poppi crossed her arms, pacing. “Maybe we should take walk around ship to clear head?”

As much as he tried to refocus on his blueprints, Tora could only look at them like he’d lost his appetite. “In little bit, sure. Tora want satisfactory stopping point before step away, or it take longer to get started again, meh.”

“Alright,” Poppi confirmed, turning to the others. “See friends at meeting, then? Poppi have sneaking suspicion that disturbing news not over.”

[color=FD0000]”Huh?“[/color] Bowser replied, confused as to what had just happened, while Kamek sighed and agreed [color=DeepSkyBlue]”I suppose so”[/color] in response both to the suggestion to leave the pair alone for a bit, and to the worry that there might still be dire truths waiting to be revealed. 

[color=SpringGreen]”One more second“[/color] Jr said before there was a little flash of sparks and he finished resoldering a damaged component in Rika’s arm, prompting the metal fingers to twitch jittery, and then flex much more naturally, confirming that [color=SpringGreen]”Ok done”[/color] 

With that the pair got up to leave, followed by Bowser benign ushered along by an insistent Kamek, and in doing so they ran more or less straight into Roxas.

Roxas had indeed decided that he wanted a bite to eat. It hadn’t actually been that long since lunch, but between fighting that Consul and playing through those minigames he’d already worked up an appetite. So he figured some kind of snack would tie him over until it was mealtime again later on. And of course he wasn’t about to leave Scamp out either. The little Yamper was following right behind him and could probably smell the food he was carrying. Roxas had in fact just come from the Research Center, where Professor Koa had given him some Pokemon food to feed to Yamper. Before that he had been in Stolen Moments where he snagged a sandwich for himself.

[color=gold]”Oh, hey guys!”[/color] He said to the troop when he ran into them, [color=gold]”Those minigames made me hungry so I thought I’d get a snack for me and Scamp here.”[/color]

[color=Aqua]”They have snacks on this flying ship?”[/color] Rika asked as if it was somehow unusual for a ship this size to not have food available on it [color=Aqua]”They aren't cursed like last ships’ one are they? I didn’t get to eat those“[/color] due to her experience on the Maw.

[color=FD0000]”They’ll be fine“[/color] Bowser assured her, before asking [color=FD0000]”Now where are they at… uh“[/color] and floundering on the boy’s name.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”Roxas“[/color] Kamek supplied. Jr meanwhile, was not focused on the food in Roxas’s hand, but instead the electric puppydog that his father and sister were acting way too much like.

‘Cursed snacks’? Roxas was definitely missing some context there, and he wasn’t sure he even wanted to know what it was. [color=gold]”I got my sandwich from the Stolen Moments Bar, right above us on the next level up.”[/color] He said, even pointing a finger upward for emphasis. Meanwhile, Scamp had begun to return the attention that he was being given by Junior, until he eventually spun himself around in a circle with a cute little “Bow wark!” earning him a little snort of endeared amusement from the prince.

[color=FD0000]”Alright, next stop, the bar“[/color] Bowser declared, with Rika nodding along, only for Jr to say that [color=SpringGreen]”I’ll catch up”[/color] and Kamek to, in response to that, give a little sideways nod to say that he would too. Rather blatantly to keep an eye on the young prince due to a paranoia earned from that.

A few nods and “see you at the meeting”s, and jr got the time to ask his rather simple question, which was [color=SpringGreen]”So you're a trainer too then, huh? Same“[/color] as he puffed up his chest a little (and the 3 pokeballs strapped to it in the process) and locked eyes with Roxas, clearly expecting something that would not be forthcoming.

[color=gold]”What, whoa, hold on - you don’t want to…?”[/color] Roxas stumbled. [color=gold]”I don’t think we can battle here. Too cramped, and we might damage something important.”[/color] He explained, hoping not to be drawn into a battle of three Pokemon against his one. [color=gold]”I promise I’ll battle you later if you really want to. That reminds me…”[/color] he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, [color=gold]”There’s someone here you might wanna meet later - Professor Koa. His lab is in the research area below where all the living quarters are. He studies Pokemon for a living and he might wanna give you a Rotom Phone like mine, see?”[/color] Roxas said, holding out the phone for Junior to see. He was also kinda hoping this would distract the prince from his desire for a Pokemon Battle.

[color=SpringGreen]”A phone?!“[/color] Jr said, entirely successfully distracted by this as his eyes lit up at the sight of it, before demanding to know [color=SpringGreen]”Where? What can it do? Does it have games?“[/color] because [color=SpringGreen]”I didn’t have mine when I got dumped here it has been sooo lame“[/color] 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”You were grounded at the time, young master, so you did not have it before“[/color] Kamek reminded the prince from where he was leaning on his broom, only half in the conversation, which made him miss the brief side to side glance the prince gave that might have given away that the latter had not actually been the case.

[color=gold]”I’ve never tried to play any games on it.”[/color] Roxas said, admittedly curious about that himself. [color=gold]”But it’s got a camera. And the Pokedex on it lets it record useful information about the Pokemon you encounter so you can learn their types and stuff.”[/color] He went ahead and opened the Pokedex App and brought up the entry it contained for Yamper and then let Junior see it for himself.

Jr was up on his tip toes as he [color=SpringGreen]”Ooo“[/color]’d at this, before saying that [color=SpringGreen]”This guy sounds way better than the Stone guy who taught me stuff. He just made me do school work to learn a type chart, bleh“[/color] only to then wonder what had happened to the man post smash city’s fall. Or indeed even Peach’s castle where he’d been when they’d last met.

They should maybe check that out.

But only after he got a new phone. Being able to take pictures alone would be worth it with how much wild stuff they’d seen that he now wished he’d had one to record, let alone being able to get more info on mon.

[color=SpringGreen]”Oh, oh, now do mine“[/color] he then said after that last thought, taking a moment to pop open his pokeballs to release his trio of mon who were, well, a bit unusual to say the least. A Brionne named Dazzle with a ghostly skeletal whale tail, a Flutter Mane called Peeka with a necklace of living energy eyeballs, and a mimikyu named Mimi who had a metal jaw, battery on her back,  and a cloud-like body. 

Only this last prompted any comment from Jr, and that was  [color=SpringGreen]”Huh, maybe we should rejig you so that it's just the lower body Mimi? That way no chompy jaw?“[/color] which got a few side to side tilts of thought before an enthusiastic nod from the little monster.

Roxas, having never seen any of these Pokemon before, had no context whatsoever about what they were supposed to look like. Thankfully the Pokedex could use the Rotom Phone’s camera to scan them so it could automatically search up their entries. It did this without issue for Dazzle and Mimi. But when he tried to do it for Peeka he instead got a confused look on his face. [color=gold]”That’s weird.”[/color] He said as he fiddled with the Rotom Phone, [color=gold]”Something about Peeka is confusing the Pokedex somehow. It gave me two search results instead of just one.”[/color] He showed the screen to Junior, which displayed the images of what looked like two similar-looking Pokemon. One was Flutter Mane, and the other was of a Pokemon identified as Misdreavus. Also, Flutter Mane’s entry seemed to not have as much information as the other entries did. Mostly just boiled down to speculation and conjecture about whether or not it was an ancient ancestor of Misdreavus.

[color=gold]”I wonder if the Professor would know anything about this. Maybe we should ask him later?”[/color]

[color=SpringGreen]”Huh, and it’s not even the fusion that’s messing with that, coz the other two where fine“[/color] Jr noted as well as adding that [color=SpringGreen]”and that’s not what she fused with either“[/color] while pointing at the Misdreavus entry. Peeka herself wasn’t exactly a source of answers for this, that was for sure, the mon just tilting back and forth above their heads as it examined this other thing that was not it on screen.

[color=SpringGreen]”Also wait what do you mean later? I wanna get a phone now!“[/color] Jr whined a moment of realizing what Roxas had said, only for Kamek to remind him of [color=DeepSkyBlue]”The meeting, young master, will be quite soon I believe“[/color]

[color=SpringGreen]”Aw come on we can get in and out real quick, it's only…“[/color] he glanced at the time on the phone, went [color=SpringGreen]”uhhhh“[/color] and then asked [color=SpringGreen]”How long ago did that tall lady-“[/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue]”-Sandalphon-“[/color] [color=SpringGreen]”-Sandalphon say we’d be having a meeting in 30 minutes?“[/color]

[color=gold]”You could try to go now…”[/color] Roxas said for a moment, but then tried to tempt Junior another way. [color=gold]”But if you go after the meeting you’ll have more time to ask him questions and stuff?”[/color] He suggested, seeing if maybe this would be enough to convince the prince to be patient. But also added that, [color=gold]”You also won’t have time for snacks if you go now, too.”[/color]

Jr just narrowed his eyes [color=SpringGreen]”You don’t remember either, do you?“[/color] managing to see through at least this ruse. Partially anyway. He wasn’t exactly running off to try and harang the professor with a 10 second smash and grab after all.

[color=gold]”Uh…”[/color] Roxas stumbled, unable to answer because he too had forgotten. [color=gold]”Okay, ya got me. I forgot too.”[/color] He finally admitted with sagging shoulders. [color=gold]”But if Scamp doesn’t get to eat he might try to steal other people’s food.”[/color] He added in a tone that strongly implied that he was speaking from experience. It was how he’d met the little guy in the first place, after all.

Jr gave a little nose exhale of a laugh at this, and declared that  [color=SpringGreen]”You should have him better trained“[/color] while at that very same moment one of Mimi’s very long arms was sneaking into his duffle bag inorder to steal a trio of poke puffs.

[color=gold]”Gimme a break…”[/color] Roxas said as he scratched the back of his head. [color=gold]”...I only just adopted him a couple hours ago.”[/color]

Kamek, too amused to comment on this, instead simply suggested that [color=DeepSkyBlue]”Then perhaps we should begin heading up there young masters? I imagine the young mistress will have acquired a generous selection of snacks once again and we can skip that part of the trip in order to catch up“[/color]

[color=gold]”Sounds good to me. Snacking by myself wouldn’t have been much fun anyway. What do you think, buddy?”[/color] He directed the last part of that to Scamp, who gave a little hop and offered another one of its cute little bow-warks in response.

[color=SpringGreen]”Then let’s go already!“[/color] Jr declared to, in a very like his father's manner, take charge of a decision that had already been made. He store forwards three steps, paused, then went back and hoisted the less land mobile Dazzle up into a princess carry, and then resumed leading the way, Mimi on his shoulder, Peeka floating above him.

The minagary was apparently getting to stay out and about for snack time.