Darkness and Starlight 10 - A Town of Thieves
After a few days of sailing across the sea, the skyline of Rogueport soon came into view for the passengers aboard the ship. A murky brown outline thinly spread across the estuary, a small river flowing out into the sea from the right side of the town....
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! 9 - Dusty Dunes
The desert town was just as he imagined it to be, having seen plenty concepts of them from movies and media in his own world. Walls of clay and solid stone, carpets covering doorways to keep the heat out and the shade inside, various travellers with...
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,...
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....
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 14 - Aboard the Rosalina
The S.S. Rosalina was a luxurious pure white cruise ship of over 800 feet long and 90 feet wide. Currently, it held 1600 passengers on board, but it had the capacity to hold 2300 in total. James, Koopin, Shelldon and Klair, were all booked within...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 14 - Afraid of Love
After making their way back to Koopa Village, the group began looking over their various findings. Kooper's photographs, Koopmar's translations, Karlos' architectural estimates and Kolorado's find of the Fire of Muda. James and Koopin stood apart from...
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 2 - Song and Dance
Before the momentous diplomatic event at the royal palace would come for both James and Koopin, they still had their anniversary. James had been secretly gathering favours around the place, keeping an ear to the ground for any and all ideas he could...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 10 - To Southern Seas
The next morning, James met up with Koopin once more as he planned to stay the day with his parents, to catch up and reimmerse himself within the daily hustle and bustle of his hometown. James came along, looking over Shelldon's store while avoiding...
Darkness and Starlight 4 - The Royal Exhibition
"This is the one place I haven't even seen yet," said James nervously. "Don't worry about it," said Koopin. "We're just here to mix with the party, be polite to the guests, and tell them about what we did on the expedition." "Quite right my lad!"...