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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 12 - The Great Expedition

Suddenly, karlos piped up. "i-i see it! the mountains! they're pointing there!"

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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...

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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...

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Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 9 - Dusty Dunes

piped up koopin. "come an' sit down dad, i wanna catch up a bit before dinner." james allowed shelldon to sit beside his son as the two familiarised themselves with each other once again.

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Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 8 - The Desert Trail

With the day long before them and the town now behind them, they hopped down the pipe and back through the tunnels of the kingdom underground, leaving their borrowed arctic clothes with fridrik.

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Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 7 - Frost Bite

The moment James entered the climber's house, he knew he was in safe hands. Flippers rather. Climbing gear decked out along the walls from karabiners to hiking poles, taut ropes and snowshoes well-placed and categorised all along the wooden log walls....

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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...

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Mushrooms, Turtles and Pipes, Oh My! 5 - The Northern Lands

With a prouder spring in their steps they reached the pipe to shiver city and with koopin going first to show his new friend, james followed into the pipe.

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