Post by Vio on Jan 25, 2020 6:22:30 GMT -5
“Uh-oh,” Arca-Dia Elyssa grunted. Identified by the leader of the group of men who had confirmed knowledge of her escape, it seemed that the girl’s attempt at taking the blame for the others had instead made her the target. Strangely, he seemed to have ignored the last part of her original statement, which had really been the catalyst for this whole ordeal in the first place.
“News travels fast on the White Seas, you know,” he continued, “and we do like to keep in regular contact with our suppliers and what news they may bring. Unfortunately, it seems we’ll be having to make contact again sooner than anticipated, if what you just declared is true. Luckily for me— err— us,” the suited Sky Islander corrected himself quickly, “I do believe your father — King Machaon IV, if I remember correctly — is a generous man who will likely offer a substantial reward if we were to keep you safe until the Papiliean Royal Guard can arrive to escort you home.”“Grr!” Elyssa’s cheeks puffed:
“I am not going back home! Sýnnefo!”
Pwoff! Spewing a sphere of cloud forth from a shell, the Papiliean Princess hopped onto the floating Ball Cloud as it gained some height, sitting upon it with arms folded and poking her tongue out rather childishly. Without some form of athletic feat or trickery, there was no way on Vearth that the businessman and his suits could reach her now! That said, at about the same time, Sea Cloud beneath slowly rose and parted like an air bubble in soup. What broke the surface was a familiar creature — a large fish floating on its side which prompted an eye-popping reaction from management.“Eeeh?!”“I did say,” Rho jabbed:
“Didn’t I…?”
“Jeez… Listen up,” Arizona Davis piped up as the situation unfolded. Hands raised to show he meant no harm nor hostilities, he straightened his back and spoke firmly to draw the attention back to himself. “Now I’m sure we’d all like some answers to all the questions we’ve got — if I’d have known you were actually a royal, I wouldn’t have taken you down here in the first place,” he barked over to Elyssa. “If I’d have known this place wasn’t just a ruin, I wouldn’t have taken an entire expedition down here,” he added, now casting a glance to Rho and the others, and finally he eyed management again, each sentence requiring a deep breath just to contend with the oddities of the air. “And I’d very much like to know who you are and what the hell you’re using this place for: Why a giant fish jumped out of a pool of cloud and almost ate the Princess, and especially how to get out of here!”{Sýnnefo:}Elyssa activates her Ball Dial, producing a spherical cloud which she can then use as a platform, obstruction, or even as a brief smokescreen when the cloud’s density is limited by her current environment.
Arca-Dia Elyssa (0014a8)
Arizona Davis (aebd07)
Rho (c97960)
Mister Suit? (eeeeee)