The Adventure Never Ends

[Lord of the Dance]

Champ shook his head and bared his teeth instinctively. "We're in the Mushroom Kingdom! What are you, a moron? If you are, then I guess you need help. We'll have to drop you off at the capital." He bristled and kept marching down the road. "No, I don't know anything else about him! That's why we gotta go get another lead. Such a waste of time. I'm gonna be retiring by the time we find him again! Nobody tells me anything around here!"


The Koopa was peering at the group from between two rocks far, far back down the road away from town. He inched around behind the boulder and sank down to the grass with a sigh of relief, wiping his brow with a sleeve.
This was bad. The League wasn't supposed to be after him yet. Perhaps he had attracted too much attention with his little outburst earlier. These new guys looked dangerous. The Koopa winced at the gashes across his face as he thought of the consequences of allowing them to live. But it was too late to act now, they were already expecting him. He gritted his teeth and disappeared in a small flash.

[Teal]

He almost lost his temper and almost started calling the rude creature names. He took a deep breath and replied, "The Mushroom Kingdom you say? I never heard of it! Well don't mind if I tag along I think the capital is where I think I should go."

He stepped aside allowing them to continue and then followed them keeping his distance away from the zombie. He listened in on their cheesy conversation about finding some turtle guy. Hoped no one would notice him struggling to walk.

[nitrostraggler]

"You neer heard about the Mushroom Kingdom, well I think I can remedy that." she pulls out a huge book, entitled "History of the Mushroom Kingdom", which looked like an encyclopedia. "Read this." she threw it to him.

[Strangie]

"Heh. Did they leave a vague note in yer mailbox with no signature and told ya to go do somethin' without any sort of promise of reward or forewarnin' of danger or anythin'? Kinda sounds familiar to me," Karth remarked as he hurried alongside Champ.

[Teal]

Almost failed to catch the large book nearly dropping it. "Thanks...I'll take the time to read this." As he was amnesiac and curious by nature he was willing to learn as much as he can about this new world. He held the book at arms length then read while walking. Mutters to himself, "Lets see....pair of plumber brothers...stealing money from floating boxes. Giant mutant turtle monster.......princess.....mushroom people."

After tripping a couple times, "On second thought I'll read this when we get to town," sounding frustrated. Carries the book under his arm.

[Lord of the Dance]

Champ rolled his eyes. Idlewind was drawing near again. "Look, I'm just doin' my job. Don't be so quick to poke fun at me. You'll get money. But not before you catch the wizard."
He kept marching right down the street through to the good side of town. "If anyone needs a break, now's the time. I'm not stopping once we get to the road. The only stop after here is the capital." Instead of waiting, though, he simply slowed his pace for the time being. "We'll be camping tonight."

[nitrostraggler]

"That's fine with me. I really don't care." Syleena said.

[Strangie]

"Aye," was Karth's reply. "I'm arright to continue. 'twas a long road from Shiver to here, so I'm in great shape. Think I mighta even lost a few pounds... anyway."

He moved alongside Champ. "We'll catch the wizard, fer sure, but this time methinks we ought to come up with a good plan instead of barrelin' headfirst. Unlike, y'know, some people I know. This koopa is as good as he says he is, then we'll need ta know what everybody's capable of and come up with somethin'... aside from bein' 'STOOpid', anyway."

[Yoshiken]

Yoshiken had kept himself silent throughout the past minutes. He watched as an unfamiliar lost yoshi joined himself up with the group. Usually, he was glad to see a new ally join the ranks, but everything that had been unfolding baffled Yoshiken to no end. He didn't know who to trust, and what to believe.

He was optimistic that answers would come soon though, especially when they got to the capital. He would continue to travel and befriend the group, but he was prepared to defend his own morals and standards if evidence ever showed that he was caught up on the wrong side.

"No breaks sounds good to me," Yoshiken said. "The faster we get to the capital, the closer we are to being successful with this mission."

[Teal]

Eh...they are going to camp tonight... He wasn't feeling tired at all because he had only woken up about an hour or two ago. He knew that he would have to rough it if they camped because he has nothing. No sleeping bag, tent, or food. He would have to just curl up and sleep under the stars uncovered in the night.

He glanced at the spiky-haired red Yoshi with wings. He took interest in his wings for some reason and suddenly remembered a lot of info about wings and flight. Oh the things I would give to be able to fly...but strangely...I feel like I somehow flew before...

[RaYoshi]

"Well, let's cover some ground, then." Ra said in a change of mood, himself being a little excited as he followed closely behind Champ. Ra's hands were behind his head as he marched forward. "Heheheh.. If there needs to be a big group like this to get one guy... I can't wait to see how this guy fights...~ It's going to be so awesome~" Ra says, thinking out loud.

[Lord of the Dance]

Champ rubbed his face with a paw. "Maybe I can dump you guys off with someone else. Your thirst for blood sickens me," He considered that for a second, then fell silent.
The group went largely ignored by the passer-bys on the road. A few called out advertisements, a few just watched them quietly from the shade of the canopies in front of the cheap stores. The 'better' part of town was but a few steps up; the buildings went from wooden planks to brick walls and glass windows, but several were boarded up or too dirty to see through. The road was not as cracked here.
The road out of town was cheaply paved, and after a few miles the plant life was less sparse. A few short trees provided shade every now and then. About twenty minutes after the wind died, rain drizzled down and the air turned warm without the wind to cool it. The road began to pick up puddles of mud that hid the many cracks and holes. Champ turned his face up to the sky and glided with his nose in the air silently.

[Strangie]

"Thirst for blood? Hey, now. Just 'cause one person in the group can't think straight, don't mean ye gotta group the rest of us with the bloody whackjob."

Karth looked behind him, at the others. "I work a pub, I see all kinds of characters. I've seen worse." He looked forward again... and then it started to rain, though lightly. "Ach... I hope a storm ain't brewin'..."

[Moot]

"Hey, don't lump me in with the crazies, personally I'm all for solving this with diplomacy. Unless the guy doesn't listen to reason, of course... But I suspect he won't have too much to say to a group that appears to be on a hair trigger."

Moot looked behind at the rest of the group for a moment, then carried on towards wherever it was they were actually going. "What's the big attraction with fighting, anyway? Usually the only reason for fighting is because you've ran out of other, better options. Maybe that's just me, though."

[YoshiAgent]

Greg shrugged. As long as he was getting payed, he didn't care what Champ thought of him. And it was almost true. Greg did get thrills from the clean, accurate shots he made. Maybe not so much the killing, but the marksmanship.
He wrote under his previous sentence: "Do whatever."

[Teal]

"I don't like to fight either but I will fight if I have to." He was a bit nervous about having to fight in the condition he is in now. Especially since he never seen a Yoshi fight before. He started thinking to himself some ways he can avoid being a burden to the others in the case that they do get into a fight.

[nitrostraggler]

Without turning her head, Syleena spoke to him. "If you don't like to fight, then why are you here?" she noted that STOOPid Girl, aka Mira was silent.

[Teal]

"I don't know why I'm here. I don't remember anything at all for some reason. All I remember is I woke up in the middle of nowhere, found a road, and then I ran into that guy!" Points at Champ.

"...I don't remember anything that happened before this day." He slouched forward looking down. "I don't even remember my name." He thought for a moment trying to anticipate what they would think of him. "Yeah yeah...I guess I sound like a new meaning of your 'stupidness' but I don't feel like it's my fault. I say that I don't like to fight but it doesn't mean I won't fight. Who knows maybe I actually do like to fight but I don't realize it."

[Strangie]

"Boy, ye either got a real bad case of amnesia... or ye are a mental defective. Which means you'll fit right in."

Karth shrugged. "Name's Karth. If ye happen to be in the wintry regions up north by Shiver City, stop by sometime for a drink after all this is over. But fer now ye better get to rememberin' what it is ye do best 'cause we can't have any lolligaggers in this group."

[Lord of the Dance]

Champ barked out a laugh. "Yer all crazy, don't give me that. I'm Champ. That Guy is my cousin."