Turn 50Location: The Center (Aqua Resort)
Time: Night
Weather: Shadowy
Light: Very little
Turn ActionsBradley: Assess Ochita's condition! And give Joe a Red Mushroom.Bradley breathed a sigh of relief. Even though a battle was still in progress, it was good to see Ochita again. Almost all of the people he started adventuring with originally were dead or gone, so having one back - especially one who just mysteriously disappeared - was a load off his metaphorical shoulders.
Ochita was fine. The shadow creature hadn't harmed him, other than giving him quite a scare. It might have scratched him up if that blue guy hadn't chased him off. Who was that, anyway?
Bradley noticed Joe was in a corner of the library aching. He floated over and handed him a red mushroom. He could tell the poor Toad couldn't tell what was going on, even though he gladly ate it.
Oomph: Chase after the blue guy!Oomph turns will now be narrated in Oomph-o-vision! Oomph see blue archer man chase after future shadow wife. Not good, shadow wife need to be protected! Oomph rush past hole in wall of book room into dusty corridor with spiderwebs and white suits lying around. Oomph not see where shadow lady or blue archer man go, but it looks like water and ninja squids block Oomph's path down the corridor!
Joe: Try to get someone to heal youJoe's pain was noticed. He gobbled up one of the ghost's Red Mushrooms and felt a bit better. After healing 5 HP, he could stand up and fight again.
Zach: Comfort Joe then see if you can remember if you have seen that blue guy before.Zach helped Joe to his feet and tried to remember if he'd seen that blue guy before.
Quite the opposite. In fact, there was something about his mannerisms... the way he moved, was shaped and spoke... that was just
different from anyone else Zach had ever met. It's like he wasn't quite human, even though he looked human enough.
Amadeus: Be eaten by the author.
Firelordsky has not posted in nearly two months.
Amadeus has been
MODKILLED.Expect me to make this an important plot point later as the author turns out to be the real bad guy controlling Grimtoad controlling Bowser controlling Shadow Taric.
Flashback Recap montage~The GM was far too lazy to prepare a series of flashback pictures, so Ochita instead got a poorly-done recap.
Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach have been captured by Bowser!
That was the original plot hook. When the game started, King and Queen Toadstool, the rulers of the Mushroom Kingdom, had sent out our six original heroes (Taric, Bradley, Ochita, Oomph, Fuzz and Red) to the Piranha Forest to meet with King Piranha, who supposedly knows the location of the castle where Bowser is keeping M & L & P. The six heroes bought some starting items from the Mushroom Kingdom's capital city, which lies just next to its famous castle. In a mere three turns, they hit the road.
After a short walk, they happened upon two shades-wearing Koopas from Bowser's elite hit squad, the Koopa Troop. These villians (KT Red and KT Blue) did their best to take out the six heroes, but KT Blue's wing was clipped, causing them to retreat and instead summon their backup, two easily defeated Goombas.
Upon entering the Piranha Forest, our heroes found themselves with a choice of pipes. Taric jumped into a green pipe, Ochita and Red jumped into a red pipe, and the rest jumped into a blue pipe.
Taric found himself in a set of clearings, his then current one containing a question block, which he ignored. He ran into a giant Piranha Plant that walked on two stubby legs. He made short work of it. This is about the point where I started drawing piss-poor pictures for MKW. With some effort, the Piranha Walker was defeated. He became trapped in third clearing, in which a puzzle existed along with a barrier preventing exit. Taric solved the puzzle at the last possible minute and received his reward: an overpowered spear. After a little while, he entered through a pipe which lead him to an enclosed room underground with very little air.
Bradley, Oomph and Fuzz found themselves in an enclosed space with a floating, purple orb overhead. They threw various things at it until Oomph came up with the bright idea of using healing magic against it. The orb disappeared and another pipe appeared, leading the three of them into an a cavernous area under the forest. Bradley investigated a dark room, but found nothing, save for a shadowy hound when he returned. He fled from it and followed the rest of his crew to a a large stone statue of a Piranha Plant complete with a stone pipe.
Ochita and Red found themselves up against a red door with a keyhole and a regular door to the east, along with some walls. Yes, in the middle of the forest. They headed east and solved a platform puzzle to get the red key necessary to open the red door. Red headed through the door and down the pipe, but Ochita headed back east to the solved puzzle room. He found himself on a steep cliff, which he fell off of. He was saved by some truly powerful magic which transformed him into a Koopa Paratroopa.
Ochita found a tear in space-time that appeared as a pitch black gash in the forest. He entered it, transporting him to another world known as the Neverwas. The Neverwas served as a sort of reality in between regular worlds such as Earth and whatever world the Mushroom Kingdom was on. Ochita was trapped in the Neverwas for an indeterminate amount of time, eventually finding a comfortable place to live and learning a little about the dimension from inhabitants known as the Shapees, who had their entire world consumed by the shadowy tears that Ochita first discovered.
Bradley and Oomph, after a brief sequence breaking trip, were confronted with Podoboos in a room full of lava at the same time that the stone Piranha Plant became flesh and began fighting Red and Fuzz. Oomph pacified the podoboos, who lowered the the Piranha Plant's pipe to a reachable level, as well as opening the way to the boss room. Now allied with the Podoboos, Oomph and Bradley charged back into the Piranha Plant room where they defeated the de-petrified Piranha. Taric, after transforming into a super-power version of himself, broke through a glass wall, grabbed a floating green key and joined up with the rest of the party.
After meeting up, the party traveled through the pipe in the Podoboo room, healed and traveled through a large door with the L key. Beyond the door was the guardian of the dungeon: King Piranha. At first, it seemed as though he would be willing to help the party... but a shadow copy of Ochita appeared on top of him and corrupted him with dark magic. A fight ensued, and though Taric died (and was transported to the Neverwas due to being killed by dark magic), the party came out on top.
After fighting, the party met up with a golden-haired man named Counselor Grimtoad. He set them on their next quest to retrieve the Aqua Star, and teleported them out of the dungeon. After going on his way, the team traveled back to the Mushroom Kingdom.
At the Mushroom Kingdom castle, they saw (for the first time for some of them) King Michael and Queen Sarah, who encouraged them to continue on with their mission after hosting a feast, introducing them to Zach and Joe and giving them a relatively small amount of money.
Meanwhile, Ochita and Taric explored the Neverwas. They defeated a gang of ruffians with their newfound powers, and heard the last words of a female Toad who mentioned Grimtoad. After this, Taric and Ochita happened to find something that looked like a machine when a white, animal-like figure swooped down from above, grabbed Ochita and flew into a break in the boundary between realms.
In a little while, the team headed off to the Aqua Resort. Their trip was mostly uneventful, except for meeting up with Amadeus, a Podoboo. Upon reaching the first bridge to the Aqua Resort, the team once again encountered KT Red and KT Blue, who gloated about getting to the Fire Star first. They transformed using its power, but the heroes defeated them. Kamek, Bowser's right-hand Magikoopa, flew away with the Koopa Troop after muttering something about an "Origin". Sadly, Red was killed at the start of this battle.
A Shy Guy host lead the heroes into the ice-like structure in the center of the Aqua Resort, appropriately dubbed The Center. Not too long after starting into a tour of the place, a shadow copy of Taric emerged from nowhere and killed the Shy Guy for reasons unknown. Oomph, Bradley, Zach and Amadeus headed across/to a bridge full of Thwomps, but Zach was hesitant. He decided to go look for Joe, who had been put on his last legs by a corrupted Shy Guy chef. Joe headed across the bridge to the rest of the team, who found themselves fighting yet another shadow copy - but from someone they didn't recognize.
As Zach rushed to the rest of the team's aid, Amadeus knocked the shadow copy into an entrance the Neverwas. It seemed like the shadowy being was defeated, but it grabbed Ochita and burst back out of the opening, where it was confronted by a man in blue wielding a bow, who chased after it.
Name: Bradley Oliver Oakes
Race: Boo
Bio: A rather cowardly ghost even by Boo standards. However, he's always admired the story of Mario and Luigi, and when he learned they were captured, he decided to take a stand for once in his life and try to rescue them!
HP: 15/15MP: 10/10Other stats:Armor Value +0
Slashing +0
Piercing +0
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Darkness IFireflash IIFrostflash IISparkflash IIPassive skills/spells:FlyingChronic ShynessIce AffinityEquipment:Advanced Spellbook of FlashesRed mushroom x1
Small Golden KeyShyguy Mask (worn)
Frostknife (wielded)
The Origin Story Name: Oomph
Race: Koopa (Green)
Bio: A former football player who kicked out of the bowser leagues for falling in a pit chasing after Mario.
HP: 12/15 (Critical Protection Aura - +3 DR - two turns left)MP: 5/10Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +4
Slashing -1
Piercing -1
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Shell CoverPower Strike ICure All IIProtect II (two 6's until upgrade!)
Drain IIPassive skills/spells:Thick Shell IEnfeeblingEquipment:Koopaball Club (wielded)
Iron Armor (worn)
Forest FlowerRed mushroomWhite Wizard's Handbook (bound)
Name: Zachary Jones
Race: Human
Bio: Used to be an ancient histories teacher and part time archaeologist and has never been shy of going out into the world to find artefacts and forgotten cultures. When the call for heroes came, naturally he answered as he saw it as his chance to explore the world!
HP: 9/10MP: 0/0Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +0
Slashing +1
Piercing +0
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Fireball IPower Strike I (Cooldown - 1 turns lefts)
Passive skills/spells:Quick LearnerSelective LightEquipment:100 coins
Refined Bronze Sword (wielded)
Flickering Torch (held in off-hand)
Bronze Armor (worn)
Name: Joe
Race: Toad
Bio: Having been kicked out of the military for excessive violence against a superior officer, Joe sees this as an opportunity to worm his way back into the military system.
HP: 6/10MP: 0/0Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +0
Slashing +1
Piercing +1
Crushing +1
Active skills/spells:Empowered Attack Passive skills/spells:Thick skinUncanny strengthKingdom TrainingShort and SquatSlash StunEquipment:Bronze Greatsword (wielded)
Name: Ochita
Race: Human
Bio: He's just a normal human, who decided to try his best. Still kind of young, but he has courage.
HP: 10/10MP: 0/0Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +0
Slashing +0
Piercing +1
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Fireball IPower Strike IPassive skills/spells:Quick LearnerLingering ShadowsEquipment:400 coins
Iron Lance (held in off-hand)
Flowing Robes (worn)
Oomph spat into the water where the Bloopers awaited his first strike.
You've won this round, funny-looking blue archer man.
There is no excuse. We're going on without Firelord. Everyone can just pretend he fell into the water if they want, or even mysteriously disappeared in a puff of smoke. Yeah, let's do that one.
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