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[King Bowser]

A great force field, deep crimson in color, stains a large part of the sky, in which dark storm clouds have already begun to gather, as though symbolizing approaching misfortune for the world hanging beneath them. The force field holds aloft a structure: a towering fortress. The castle, however, is incomplete, as close to only about half of it is fully built; its appearance is much like a skeleton. Holes pockmark several different walls and towers. More glowing red energy spots cover these gaps, like band-aids on a wound.

As the first clap of thunder from the beginning storm sounds, King Bowser appears, almost as if on cue, on the horizon. He is flying in his Koopa Clown Car, fast approaching the fortress in the sky.

Within the immense castle, Bowser's army - the faithful who had never thought to desert him after his last defeat at the hands of the Super Mario Brothers - remained. It was quite a large number; few had been stupid enough to desert. Some had left because they had believed their king to be truly dead. Now, the King of the Koopas was back.

All of the minions who were working on the construction of this new fortress stopped what they were doing to stare as the Clown Car came closer. Several moments later, the Clown Car had reached a landing bay chamber, and a group of minions scrambled to temporarily deactivate the patch of force field that was blocking entry.

Having parked the Clown Car, King Bowser clambered out and gave his subjects a steely glare. The minions before him trembled a little, and Bowser smiled; it was time to do what he did best - only better. He was truly back, and free to wreak his evil.

[Aran Ryan]

A familiar Magikoopa rode toward the entrance of the castle on his broomstick.

"King Bowser! I've just scried about your return... and... well."

He paused to look at the castle.

"Uh... nice. Dark Land Castle is still fine, if you want to know. Hasn't been attacked in... well... months. Giving a few improvements on it here and there."

[King Bowser]

King Bowser turned to look at Kamek, chuckling darkly.

"Thank you, Kamek. I have... other ideas for this castle. Think of it as an experiment."

Bowser turned suddenly towards the minions who were still lingering in the landing bay chamber, and shouted in a deep growl, "GET OUT!"

The baddies scrambled over one another in their haste to leave. When they had gone, Bowser chuckled again, and ran a claw along a portion of the room's stone wall.

"This is for few to ever know, Kamek. This entire castle will become a weapon... one that will allow me to establish the complete dominion that we deserve. But my first focus, even over dominion, is to completely destroy Mario once and for all..."

[Aran Ryan]

"Weapon as in... the whole bottom part is filled with Banzai Bill cannons and other evil things?"

He hopped off his broomstick and looked at his King.

"As for Mario... I've been keeping an eye on him as well. All I kept getting were visions of him visiting Peach's Castle everyday during the afternoon."

[King Bowser]

"Mario has always gotten away with resting on his laurels, because he has never truly suffered. I plan to change that. The weapon is not going to be a bunch of explosions, either, as much as I like 'em. This weapon will be quieter, but effective... it is alien, even. I have gained a lot from journeying in space... murrhurrhurr."

[Aran Ryan]

"Alien? You mean we now have technology that we didn't have before? Is it like one of those cloaking devices?"

[King Bowser]

"This castle is the home to all of the alien technology and goodies I've collected. Unfortunately, a lot of it is hard to figure out how the heck to work right... my top minds are studying it and trying to put it to use. One of the greatest accomplishments we've managed so far is a teleporting device... it will let us come and go from the castle. Not bad, huh?"

[Aran Ryan]

"It's good for our Koopatrols, Hammer Bros. and other footsoldiers. But, I don't think the Magikoopas need it since they can easily teleport to where ever they need to go."

[King Bowser]

[Medikoopa]

Kooparia's cousin, Kolin, was on board rushing towards the landing bay. He wanted to see if it really was King Bowser and not an imposter, like several times before.

The poor apprentice Magikoopa was trampled by scrambling Troopas en-route to the door, which he then tripped into.

[Aran Ryan]

"Sounds like football. Only the enemy is going against something bigger and better-"

He stopped and looked at Kolin.

"State your name, soldier. Why must you interupt our meeting?"

[Medikoopa]

The young Koopa clumsily sprang into a salute. "Apprentice Magikoopa Kolin, sir! I... I was late and I wanted to make sure that King Bowser had really returned..."

[Lord Krump]

((Just to make sure for any members who aren't completely sure, CD's Bowser is in a different universe than my Bowser. As for now, my events/plots won't interfere with his, and his won't interfere with mine.))

[Aran Ryan]

[Medikoopa]