Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 8 - The Desert Trail
"So," asked James during one fine morning in Shiver City, "where to now?" "Welp," began Koopin, "we gotta head back through the Toad Town Tunnels and back south towards the train station." "Wait...really? Why?" "Well that's my next destination,...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 6 - Shadows in the Snow
Around three hours later, the blizzard soon came to the land of Shiver City. James and his guide gazed upon the snowfall, which slowly began to pick up faster and faster in both thickness and rapidity. The locals soon packed up their things and...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 5 - The Northern Lands
Two weeks later, James Campbell stood waiting for his travel contact. It had taken him a while to make up his mind, but he finally decided that he had no other option. The early morning had passed, the dawn chorus having sung their notes long ago...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 4 - The Morning After
Sometime later, the raptor awoke from his drunken sleep, seeing from a window that it was now sometime in the morning. He was still in the bed of the koopa from last night. The koopa in question was still asleep next to him. Scrunching his eyes with...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 2 - Koopas Aplenty
Wandering more towards north-east of the vicinity of Toad Town, James found two paths to go. A bridge leading towards what appeared to be a fortress in the distance, and a natural set of steps leading down to the village, which lay at the bottom of a...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 1 - A Tour of Toad Town
**THE CHRONICLES OF FINALGAMER Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My!** _"Two men look out between the same prison bars: One sees the mud, the other sees the stars." Frederick Langbridge_ In the perfect blue sky amongst a land of picturesque...
Love Shall Win 1 - When You Come Back To Me
**THE CHRONICLES OF FINALGAMER Love Shall Win** _"I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes." Unknown_ In the midst of a thundering darkness, two creatures ran through the muddy streets with desperation. Rain battered down...
Knight of Toad Town - The Rich Fool
_The sound of wings. A grandfather clock chimed midnight within the grand hall he found himself in, red carpet on the central staircase with marble walls and glistening floors all around him. Black wings with fraying blue edges fluttered across the...
The Rising Fallen Star 1 - Kennidon
"_Koopin...Koopiiiiiiin!_" "Yeeees James?" Koopin stared upon his husband, the raptor in brown scales and purple markings on his snout sat up in their bed looking exhausted, with red eyes and pale whitish snout amidst a small sea of tissues covering...
Darkness and Starlight 19 - A Race Against Time
A month and a half later, after the eventful cruise of the S.S. Rosalina, James had another big event up and planned for him to participate in. The final leg of the Tanooki Cup, set within the Kalimari Desert. A huge turnout in the form of Toad Town...
Darkness and Starlight 13 - A Mother's Day
Saving up for a trip to the islands was no small feat. Lavalava Island was cheap, but it was also substantially closer to the mainland than Yoshi's Island was, far far away to the southwest towards Dinosaur Land. It would take some time before Koopin...
Darkness and Starlight 12 - A Day At The Races
A few months had passed since Koopin's victory in Rogueport. McGoombus had kindly given Koopin his new star, a shiny blue one that he safely kept away alongside Catherine's pink one in his drawer, as well as revealing the next opponent via a riddle....