Bikini Cult Island IV: Curse of the Were-Stripper

[micro_icarus]

Who: Chika Daimon, Edward Elric, Lambdadelta, Lucca Ashtear, Lucia Nanami, Meiling Hong, Pidonus Marasia, Soma Cruz, Sonic the Hedgehog, Urd.
What: Day Three of the Disaster of Bloodflower Island.
Where: A tropical island in a lightly inhabited universe.
When: Right now!
Warnings: None, really.



Another beautiful day dawns on Bloodflower Island. The sun is just peeking over the ocean outside your house. Odds are most people are asleep this early, but for those of you who ARE up, Lucca, Ed, and Urd are all missing.

Investigation in the town reveals occasional glimpses of figures in robes ducking out of their houses and into the jungle. Very suspicious.

Comments

[mach_n_roll]

Lucca, Ed and Urd weren't the only ones missing overnight. Sonic and Meiling were both gone too. Some time in the early sunlit morning, however, a pair of giddy, hushed voices can be heard as hedgehog-boy and dragon-girl sneak in and playfully chase each other upstairs.

[tempus_fixit]

Later that morning, just as everyone is getting breakfast, there's a loud THUD as the patio door is slammed open and Lucca--looking dirty and panicked--stumbles into the kitchen, brandishing a familiar-looking robot arm and waving it hysterically.

"GUYS!! I really need your help! The big purple crab knocked me out and when I woke up everyone else was just gone! I have no idea where they went or who took 'em but oh gods if anything happens to Ed I'm never going to forgive myself--"

[have_hat_will_travel]

Pidonus pauses... Then immediately reaches for a small ring, pulling it off.

"Sorry for breaking the promise, Ed...", she muttered as Lucca spoke.

Quickly, and lightly, she applied her Suggestion power. "Lucca, calm down a bit so we can understand you!"

[Post is open; feel free to hijack to ask questions.]

[tempus_fixit]

The power works, her eyes go slightly unfocused and she wobbles in place before slumping into a chair nearby.

"Okay... okay... I went out with Ed to return that hermit crab I found in his automail back to the tide pools." That in itself is enough to warrant a few questions, but she goes on. "Urd followed us, but we didn't know until we got there. Then... we all got hit with one of these things."

With a tiny clatter she drops a dart onto an empty plate.

"I remember Urd falling out of the tree she was hiding in, and then everything got weird and I blacked out! When I came around I was the only one on the beach!"

Re: [Post is open; feel free to hijack to ask questions.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

"... Assuming Urd wouldn't try anything that'd get her in massive amounts of social trouble..."

Pidonus sighed. "... I'm thinking we have searching to do."

[tempus_fixit]

"...Oh she's in plenty of trouble already..." Lucca says, scowling.

"But that's not important right now. I KNOW someone took them, Urd too, but I have no idea why! I saw prints heading... kinda towards the jungle, but that's not going to do anyone much good."

[youkai_of_naps]

Meiling walks into the room while they're in the middle of talking, having been woken up by the discussion, and also clearly not as human-like in appearance as she usually is.

"Eh? What's wrong?"

She yawns, rubbing her eyes.

[scatterflower]

"Ed and Urd are missing," Chika said, standing up as Zurumon started to run around her feet in circles. Piyomon had stopped stuffing his face with Lucca came in. "Also Lucca got shot with a tranquilizer dart."