Darkness and Starlight 1 - A Magical Evening
**THE CHRONICLES OF FINALGAMER Darkness and Starlight** _"Change yourself, and the world changes with you." Terra Branford, Dissidia: Final Fantasy_ A flower field somewhere far away, became blessed with the light of a beautiful midday sun,...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 18 - The Brawling Raptor
To the raptor who only turned his head, the four koopas who entered were at first like any other group of koopas. He almost suspected they would be the same four punks who tried to mug him on his first day of arrival, but then he noticed two things...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 16 - Haunting Music
The interior was not as grand as they expected for the supposed lair of a ghost gone mad. A small table with only two chairs and a single dreary white tablecloth, and a fireplace between rectangular windows that curved at the top. What was interesting...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 15 - Another Mansion
Stepping into the grand entrance hall of the dark "abandoned" mansion, James began to scan the area cautiously. It was quite an impressive place, a curtained staircase to his left and a worn but pricey-looking sofa to his right. The sofa had its own...
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...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 13 - The Weston Kingdom
The interior of the pyramid welcomed them with some relief from the blazing heat outside, but the cold had hit them so smoothly that they could not help but shiver. Stone yellow halls glistening with the firelight of strangely-lit torches, cobbled...
Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 11 - Yoshis Aplenty
Despite the multitude of technicolour dinosaurs that existed in the village, it was quite a small place to navigate around. The local general store was the most prominent building, marked by a fire flower as its sign like all item shops across the...
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...
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,...
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...