[IC] The Mushroom Kingdom: Between Worlds

[Jensoman]

Goomba King's Fortress

As Bowser spoke to the two Bros, they chuckled. "Ha! You're Bowser, right? Our boss told us a lot about you!" The Fire Bro blurted out. The Hammer bro beside him charged at Bowser immediately, leaping into the air as he pulled two hammers out of his shell. He held them close together and swung them straight at Bowser's head.

The Fire Bro stared at Mario and Bowser for a moment, and jumped further back. He spat two flame balls from his mouth, one aimed at Blake while the other was headed right for Soggy.

A third Bro emerged from the bushes nearby, wielding a boomerang. He threw it straight at Bonnie.

Whichever was going on, it seemed like the three Bros were never loyal to Bowser at all. They did seem to know him, but they certainly lacked respect for the King of Koopas.

While the crew seemed preoccupied dealing with these Bros, the Goomba King saw his chance. This was it, his moment to prove to Bowser that he was useful! He didn't care about why they were teaming up. If he beat Mario, surely the Koopa King would be impressed and let him rejoin his ranks! And he'd finally be able to get his vengeance! The giant Goomba leaped off of the roof, aiming to straight- up crush Mario with his weight.

[Holy Soldier]

Mario

Location: Goomba Fortress
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Mario scowled when the Bros revealed:

Ha! You’re Bowser, right? Our boss told us a lot about you!

So Bowser wasn’t their boss? His subordinates were just as evil as he was apparently. It only proved that evil could never truly rule evil.

When the Hammer Bro lunged at Bowser, Mario dismounted from Blake. He figured that the Yoshi would be able to fight better without him sitting on him. Setting down the bag of burgers and his milkshake, he reached a hand behind his back where his Power Hammer was slung and drew it from its rings.

So much for trying to talk things over, Mario mused.

It seemed that the Goomba King wasn’t entirely their enemy after all. The Fire Bro attacked next, and as the plumber made a motion to shatter the fireball that was aimed at the Yoshi with his hammer, he hesitated when out of the bushes flew another Bro. Hammer Bro, Fire Bro, and what was this? A Boom-A-Bro?

Shit, they’re coming out of the woodwork! he cursed.

There were more enemies than what Mario could keep track of. They were being attacked from all directions! An immense shadow then fell over the plumber, causing his brows to perk in surprise as he cast his blue eyes up to the giant Goomba King who still seemed spent on fighting him despite him and his master (Bowser) supposedly being allies. It didn’t seem like they were going to be getting any free passes with Bowser in their party.

Mario’s freehand swiftly dunked into his overall pocket to cup against his palm the red cap of a red mushroom. Tossing it into his mouth, Mario’s teeth closed about it and grasping the arm of his hammer within both hands, he waited patiently for the Goomba King to fall where he wanted him like an experienced batter.

The red mushroom had melted in his mouth and began flooding his veins like adrenaline. The veins on Mario’s neck and arms appeared like fat tubes, branching across his skin as his muscles began to stretch and expand. The red sleeves of his shirt split apart about massive deltoids and the suspenders of his overalls popped free as his pectorals swelled over them. The plumber grew two feet taller before the party’s eyes. The Goomba King might have been wishing that one of his abilities was to defy gravity once he saw that the little plumber he had been hoping to crush was little no more.

Now! With a great bellow, Mario summoned his strength to carry through his Power Hammer as he swung it at the Goomba King. The mallet crashed against the king’s noggin, and the muscles in Mario’s body bulged in resistance. The ground beneath his feet cracked, sending shards flying about his knees, and baring his teeth, Mario used his impressive strength to follow the strike through.

“DON’T UNDERESTIMATE ME YOU CROSS-EYED FREAK! RAAAH!” Mario roared, his voice having dropped an octave when hopped up on shroom!

Mario hoped that he sent that stupid Goomba and his crown flying to the moon.

[Lugia]

Location: Goomba King's Fortress

As soon as Mario got off, I noticed a couple fire balls being flung, er, rather, spat at both myself and Soggy, the ironically-named dry bones. I jumped to avoid mine, and thought about whether or not to take the hit for Soggy... Dry Bones are really all over the place with their fire resistance... either it's the only thing that can stop them from coming back, or they're completely immune to it... I honestly hope Soggy's the latter, rather than the former. I thought as I saw a boomerang bro come out of the bushes, which caused Mario to go into super mode, and bash the goomba king in the face with his hammer. "Go, Mario!" I shouted as I saw that happen, I then turned my attention towards the fire bro, and, looking at how my teammates were all over the place, I figured an uncontrollable lightning spell wouldn't do anything good, so, I ran up to the fire bro, and uppercut him, essentially making his helmet completely useless. "C'mon, Flare, you can do better than that!" I said this, but I wasn't actually sure if this was the same fire bro who was also a famous fighter in the Glitz Pit along with Hamma, the hammer bro, and Bamma, the boomerang bro... even if boomerang bros are rare, it's not like those three were the only ones to ever team up like that. I almost thought about saying something along the lines of 'Ranked four in the Glitz Pit... it's Hamma, Bamma, and Flare'... but, I decided against it, just because I wasn't entirely sure if these three were them... if they were, they'd probably be fighting a little better... or worse, I never figured out how much of the pit fights were fixed.

[Lmpkio]

@Holy Soldier@Kafka Komedy@rechonq@tex@Lugia

KING BOWSER KOOPA

As Bowser spoke to the two Bros, they chuckled. "Ha! You're Bowser, right? Our boss told us a lot about you!" The Fire Bro blurted out.

All the King of the Koopas did was growl in disapproval.

"I said WHO IS YOUR~"

But before he could finish, the Hammer Bro charged at him, leaping into the air as he pulled two hammers out of his shell. He held them close together and swung them straight at Bowser's head. However, the King wasn't going to have any of this bullshit that he was going to do. Swinging his massive fist, he effortlessly slapped the Hammer Bro from the sky with a punch, sending him flying towards the fortress wall. These Hammer Bros were obviously not part of his rank. Were they part of that Count Collect guy? Probably so, but he'll need to make sure he keeps one of them alive so he can interrogate him.

While he was dealing with his own battle, he can see King Goomba launch from the fortress in an attempt to stomp Mario to the ground. Ugh, could he maybe wait a little? However, he then sees Mario taking out a red mushroom as he grows incredibly strong and muscular, even growing two more feet as well. Bowser almost forgot about the mushroom, it's been awhile since he saw him like so. Of course, he was able to punch the Goomba King and probably send him flying into the sky or something.

[Jensoman]

Goomba King's Fortress

Mario rammed his hammer with extreme force into the Goomba King, who was dumb-founded as he failed to crush the plumber. "WH..WHAT..?!" He blurted out. The goomba lost consciousness by the sheer force of the strike, and sent him flying far away into the horizon.

Bowser succesfully rammed his fist into the Hammer Bro, sending him flying into the fortress wall. He crashed hard into the wall with his back, straight up shattering his shell by the strong impact. He was knocked out as well.

Blake managed to avoid the fireball and strike the Fire Bro in the head, knocking him out as well. Soggy failed to avoid the fireball that headed for him however, which incinerated the Dry Bones completely.

Bonnie managed to dodge the boomerang and smashed her opponent in the head with her bat, defeating him and eleminating the last threat that remained in the area.

However, the heroes could see smoke rising from the Goomba Village in the distance, and could hear countless screams. Whoever was attacking the village, it was clear that they were still there.