sircina

[sircina]

The Naida hid behind Rayman sometimes, when the pirates were about to attack, but just to protect her body from harm, as she can't fight now as before.

Using her powers however... could be okay﹖She has to try, so she does, using her hands to summon the water, this was the power of the descendant of the King of the seas, but of course she has to do it with careful, there was people that would be in danger if so... only if her father was here.... He can show who was the king of all the seas... What a direct descendant of the god of the sea can do...

“ 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝... 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝... 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 ﹖𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 ﹖𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎... 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚜... ”

Says her as clouds start to form a stor, closer and closer to the ship... she knew who it was... And she knew what he wanted...

“ 𝙳𝚊𝚍! 𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚡 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙... 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕, 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎... 𝙼𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖... 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊!! 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖! 𝙶𝙾𝚁𝙼... 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙴 𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝙱𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝙼𝚈 𝙵𝙰𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙸𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙴���! ”

The Storm getting closer and closer as the King of the seas appear furious, lifting the trident to just summon the lightning that was starting to get closer to the robot pirates trying to make them run away or he will go for real to destroy.

"HURTING THE ROYAL FAMILY AGAIN?! RAZORBEARD YOU ARE FORBIDDEN THESE WATERS.... IT BELONGS TO US. LEAVE THEM ALONE AND THEIR ALLIES OR I WILL DESTROY YOU FOR ALL THE DAMAGE!"

His patience stoped long ago with the robot... and now this was personal

Rayman held his hands out and caught Pearl to hug her. Rocking her back and forth once she was safe in his hug, and only releasing her so she can hug her mother. Barbara takes a few steps back so the family can have their reunion. She keeps an eye out for more pirates and tells them to take their time.

The limbless smiles as Pearl began to apologize.

"Your mother is right. We forgive you my little Pearl. Let's head up on deck."

Rayman walks beside Naida after Pearl's placed behind them, Barbara in front with her axe drawn to protect them as they made their way out of the cells. There were humans and robot pirates at war with each other. Barbara fought off any robot pirate trying to attack them, even deflecting bullets with the blade of her battleaxe.

Once they were on deck, they'd see a giant of a human man leading the humans on the attack. He was fighting off pirates with ease, denting their metal bodies with his bare hands. Barbara guides the family to the giant human and he smiles to her.

"Well done, Barbara! I knew you'd be able to get them out of those cells! Is anyone hurt?"

[sircina]

Hi guys. Spoocy here and I wanted to have a little talk. I don’t normally post things like this, but given how badly this has now escalated, I wanted to pass a little warning to those within the roleplaying community about a user I had dealt with. One who was added to my DNI recently: mayordebbie.

This post contains threats of self harm, mentions of suicide, and extreme parasocial behavior.

Please do NOT go and harass this user.

MayorDebbie was someone who reached out to roleplay with me back around November of last year. I did read her pinned post and browsed the blog, and I admit I got a few red flags that I expressed to one of my friends. I still wanted to give her a chance. I got a few responses done, but after a while my focus went towards other threads. It says rather clearly in my rules section that I am prone to doing this and to not rush me for responses. Debbie had messaged me asking about the threads. I told them to just be patient and that I was getting to it, until I saw a post about her ranting about her feelings about people blocking them. That post left me very concerned and I knew right then and there that I didn’t want to continue roleplaying with her. I pm’ed her saying I didn’t feel comfortable continuing after seeing that vent post and how she reacts to people blocking her then proceeded to block her.

Debbie made it clear that if you block her, then you need to give a reason. I gave her my reason but she refused to accept it. I ended up getting pm’ed by at least 3 alt accounts of Debbie trying to beg me to continue roleplaying with her. I had to explain to her that what she was doing was block evasion and kept telling her to stop contacting me. Fast forward to today, I was made aware of a very concerning post where Debbie admitted she was obsessed with me, and is now threatening to perform self harm because of that block.

I don’t consider Debbie a danger to anyone other than herself. I am aware that she is disabled, but this is not excusable. The behavior she has been showing is concerning and I worry about her doing this to other members of the roleplaying community. Threatening to hurt yourself because someone doesn’t want to roleplay with you is manipulative and badly para-social behavior. I did not know Debbie for more than a couple days. She showed no respect to me and my boundaries and cared more about her being able to roleplay with my Rayman.

People do not owe you their time, their attention, or a reason for blocking you. If you’re going to act like this, you need to consider going offline and seeking professional help. I do not want others to be exposed for the extreme level of para-social behavior as I faced.

[sircina]

[sircina]

The mermaid follow the instructions of the old lady as she goes exactly where she was told, asking a person or two when she got lost but soon returned as she saw Rayman sweeping the floor only to be stoped by the King, for one moment she thought in don't even talk to him, but then again that would do more tharm than good, the survive only mindset was over....

“ 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞... 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜, 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎... ”

Says Naida as she taps Rayman's shoulder smiling sweetly at him, her violet eyes shinning with the kind light that is in them when looking at him, and how she nuzzled his nose with hers giving a little giggle before kissing his cheek.

“ 𝙼𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗.... 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑... 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎... 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚞𝚡𝚞𝚛𝚢... 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕. 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 ﹖”

Asked her holding his hand softly, kissing it

Emily couldn't help but give a sweet chuckle when Naida made that comment about queens doing whatever they wanted. Emily approaches the door and calls out to the guards outside.

"Release her."

The lock gave a click and the doors opened. Emily steps outside with Naida and takes a moment to address the guards. Once she was finished, the elderly limbless points down the corridor hallway.

"Follow the corridor that way. Head down the stairs and look for the room closest the kitchens. That is the servant's quarters and where Rayman will be staying. Go ahead, dear. I'll be here tidying up."

Naida was able to walk the halls without being stopped by the guards or servants. As she made her way to the servant's quarters, she could see the king standing in the hallway corridors. He was staring out the window in silence. When he realized he wasn't alone, he turned to see who was there. He gave a smile as he saw Naida in her gown.

"...You look beautiful in that gown. If the shoes are too uncomfortable, then you may go barefoot if that's what you wish."

Naida could see Rayman sweeping the floors close by. He was dressed in plain servant clothes and hasn't taken notice to the king or Naida.

[sircina]

the Witch gave a bit of a growl at that... They were so insolents!! The witch was going for the shoes that 'Dorothy' had in her feet, to be as powerful as ever, but of course she couldn't get it... yet!! But soon, they will fall for it soon...

"You are lucky today but tomorrow you won't have the same luck!! Mark my words... Those shoes will be mine And the Heart of the Scarecrow too!"

Said her leaving with a laughter and flying away as the monkey tried to fly with her but were hit the jitterbug bite... they couldn't leave so easily!!

It weren't long after the kids got the oil can that Naida could move again, and looked at Rayman kissing his forehead.

“ 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜... 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢, 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕. ”

Says her as she just hold his hand saying hello to Murfy with a kind smile.

“ 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚢, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋! 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘!! 𝙳𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚒𝚕𝚢!! 𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗��𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕!! ”

thing that Pearl did smiling at her uncle Murfy, he looked like always!!

Ramon pulls Pearl and Tily behind him, acting like a shield to protect his daughters. When Naida rusted, He began trying to fight the flying monkeys away from her. His punch was ineffective!

"...My strength...! It's gone!!!"

He was at the mercy of the witch and the monkeys. His powers were gone! Just like back in Eden so long ago! The flying creatures began tugging on Ramon, pulling him closer to the witch. Floyd's attention seems to catch something flying within the treetops, and this causes the lion to start grinning at the witch.

"Who's that hiding, in the treetops? It's that rascal!"

A buzzing sound began to zip through the trees and down to the monkeys. Zooming between each one, causing them all to suddenly start dancing out of control. The creature hovers beside Floyd and the two pose together.

"The Jitterbug!"

Ramon was released from the monkey's hold, allowing him to run back to Naida to help her. As Murfy fends off the monkeys with his bite, the limbless pulls her oil can out from his shirt and used it on her rusted joints.

"Kids, help me with your mother! Come grab an oil can."

Ramon pulls out two more oil cans so Pearl and Tily can help. Making the job go quickly and the limbless scarecrow hands her hatchet back.

[sircina]

The child looked at the princess, she doesn't know her, but her parents does so she calms down, as for the scare she starts to cry and sob calling her mother and father sobing '𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝'

Once that Barbara told her to give her some space the child does that, she gave her space to let her open the cell, once it was open she ran at full speed to hug her father and cry over him, finally hugging him after so long, apologizing for everything she has done wrong that day didn't leave her mind

Naida was sitting next to her husband as she caress her child's head before allowing Pearl to throw herself at her, to hug her too

“ 𝚆𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝... 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎... 𝙼𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍... 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... ”

Says Naida getting up and returning on her feet as she goes to Barbara and hugs her thanking her for everything...​​​

“ 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊... 𝚈-𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐... 𝙰𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚍!! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚝!! ”

Says the child as she looks up to her father with admiration and then at Barbara, Naida walked up outside holding her belly to protect it from any damage saying to Pearl to stay behind them for if there is a danger still.

"Dragons... Could it be--"

Rayman gasps as Pearl falls, he tries to slide his hands under the bars to catch her, only to receive a powerful shock and missing the catch. Rayman falls to his backside once the shock finally wears off, giving loud coughs as the feeling wears off.

They could hear footsteps walk over, and a young woman with long, curly red hair stops at the bars. She has a giant battle axe and a winged helmet. She rests the double blades of her axe on the ground as she smirks to everyone.

"Still gettin' yerself into trouble, I see! Long time no see, you two! Da's on deck with my sis trying to apprehend the Admiral."

"Barbara! Oh my goodness I'm so happy to see you! Please, can you get us out of here? Pearl fell down and I need to make sure she's okay."

Barbara turns to look at Pearl. Upon seeing how red her face was, she winces at the sight.

"You okay? You must've fell when they fired the harpoons so the ship wouldn't start flyin' away on us. I'm Barbara. My Da's the one leading the fleet that's here to rescue you and your folks. Everyone step back and give me some space! I'll have ya out of here in a jiffy!"

Rayman helped Naida up and stayed with her in the very back of the cell. Once Pearl was a safe distance away, Barbara takes her axe and hits the control panel of the cell. Sparks start to fly before the bars disappear. The limbless escorts Naida out of the cell and quickly wraps his hands around his daughter to hug her. He rocks her gently in his embrace. Oh how he missed being able to hug his baby girl so.

[sircina]

The mermaid looked at the older limbless, she looked tired, and she didn't like that, she doesn't care if she was upset, she was upset with the king not her, so she helped her to sit on her bed as she goes outside on her own... or tries to.  𝑆𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝑆𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑒𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟.... 𝑆𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒...

“ 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕... 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝... 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 ﹖𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗.... ”

Says her as she tries to open the door, banging at it, she wanted to be out of that room, the foor walls for a mermaid that is used to see the light of ay and the fresh air being felt on her face, this was like a cage...

“ 𝙷𝚎𝚢!! 𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎!! 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚝!! 𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘... 𝙸𝚏 𝙸'𝚖 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... 𝚜𝚘 𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘!! ”

Emily continues to style Naida's hair as she answered her questions.

"I don't know why. I think this may have been some chance encounter. Perhaps love at first sight for him, mixed with possible jealousy of Rayman. I'm afraid only my king has that answer."

Emily steps away and smiles warmly through her tired expression.

"Rayman will love it. You look like a real mermaid princess. I do believe he is going to be put on the servant staff, so he'll be under my wing. Fret not, dear. I can get him in to see you. Would you like to see him now? I bet he's going to enchanted by the very sight of you."

Emily's words were not expected. She was willing to help them? She was on their side?

[sircina]

The tin woman smiled at the interaction of he child with her uncle, a light smile appearing in it, nodding her head at the mention of the Jitterbug being only a film character only... 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞...

“ 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎... 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍... 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜... 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕... 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎 ﹖𝚃𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚡𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢!! ”

Joked the mermaid as she continued to walk towards the yellow brick road with the rest of the family, before the witch appearing again, and Naida getting in front.

“ 𝙾𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑, 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎... 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞.... ”

"Give me the shoes, and Scarecrow!! I will make you fall into pieces for me!!. What does have a tin woman that I don't ﹖!"

Asked her approaching to Rayman, that Pearl reacted with a hiss as her mother does and hugging her dad tight

“ 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞!! 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜!! 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑!! ”

Naida lifted her axe beforeone monkey could throw water at her, she didn't transform but her armor started to rust and she couldn't move so freely

“ 𝙼𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎... 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜... ”

"I'd love to come along! Maybe the wizard can be of more assistance to you! The yellow brick road passes through here, and another forest where my beloved jitterbug lives."

"Jitterbug? Ray-Dad, there was no Jitterbug in the book. What does he mean?"

"I know that answer, and this confirms the statement I made earlier. You know how The Wizard of Oz had a movie? There was a deleted scene that included a song called The Jitterbug. Jitterbugs were a movie exclusive that never made it to the final filming. It was like a mosquito who's bite causes the person to start dancing.

You weren't bit, were you?"

Floyd gave a dramatic gasp, a hand over his heart and pretending to act so offended by such a comment.

"He would never!"

[sircina]

"𝙳-𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜!! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜... 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍... 𝚍𝚊𝚍... 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝... 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗... 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎!! 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜... "

Said the little princess as she covers her ears and goes to a corner, falling down when the canons went off, causing Naida to give a loud gasp and try to go for her daughter, to at least try to confort her, she couldn't hug her. Causing her to quickly get up and go as close as she could of the bars.

The Little girl just looked at them with her face a bit red for the fall and tears appearing into her eyes, as she noticed someone coming, having nowhere to hide, the little one just chose to make herself as little as possible to look as less menancing as possible,shaking like a leaf and calling her parents to help her not knowing who was coming, Naida just started to cry in panic for her daughter, hugging her husband and sobbing on him, not daring to look to the other

“ 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢... 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝!! ... ”

She got cut mid sentence as she looked at who the other was, calming down slowly, her breath steading and a hand over her belly that started to hurt sightly... for the stress of the moment.

Razorbeard raises a sword into the air and yells for the pirates to ready for an attack. The giant ship was followed by many others. It was an entire war fleet. They all had flags that resembled the dragons of the glade. While Pearl was down in the prisons. They could hear the canon fire outside. The ship sometimes quaked, causing Rayman and Naida to be tossed around. The limbless held Naida tight so that she wouldn't be harmed. The canons and the shaking stopped, and they could hear war cries on deck.

Rayman gently sits Naida down and goes as close to the electrical bars as he could.

"Did you get a good look of the flags on that ship? If you did, tell me what it looked like."

[sircina]

Naida couldn't do nothing, she tried to swat the hands away, but she just let it happen, asking the servants girls to not touch that clothes, that they were hers.... she looked so strange but at the same time she was like a water goddess...

At the words of Emily thought... she looked at the floor, why her. Why her exactly ﹖It makes no sense. She was nothing close to a Queen.

“ 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝙼𝙴. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍!! 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜... 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎... 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗... 𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢. ”

Yes, rayman. That's the other. And glad that it was him... So the King can release her now, it's not gonna happen and oh, Rayman goes with her of course.

Emily has a couple servant girls come in to help Naida with getting dressed into a beautiful gown of purple and white. Emily would assist the others with getting her dressed into her new gown, and fixing her hair with a silver tiara and pearl strings.

The servant girls go to grab the clothes she changed out of, but Emily orders them to leave them. The girls are dismissed, leaving Naida and Emily alone. The elderly limbless hums as she takes the clothes and hides them away in a safe place so no one else would try to take them.

"Since he's had you placed in these chambers, I believe he seeks to court you, dear. The young man that was escorted to the servants quarters, is he someone close to you? You said his name was Rayman... Is that the same Rayman that hails from The Glade of Dreams...?"

[sircina]

Naida smiles to the lion hybrid with a kind and warm one, her usual one as she goes to him to hug himlike she usually does, if he knew Pearl, her knew them!!

And oh he does!! He reacts to Pearl like she was used to, making the little Hybrid cat to purr and nuzzle against his make like she always does, returning to her parents when he released her from his hold.

The Mermaid mused on everything as she listened, it made sense too, the first one would be like an experimental dream, for that there were things like it didn't come up, as the little Mermaid in Wonderlan, now she is more in sync with the book in question, she was a tinwoman. She couldn't transform, not use her powers, and she didn't even know if she could breathe under water.

“ 𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎... 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘... 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕... 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘... 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘... ﹖𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝��𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚣 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚒𝚕𝚢... 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝... 𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚜𝚘 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚍, 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎 ﹖”

Asked Naida as she sees Pearl holding her uncle's hand in hers with a soft smile.

“ 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗, 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎!! 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚞𝚜... 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗!! ”

Floyd grew a smirk as Pearl pounced on him, he let out a playful growl as he suddenly scoops her up into his arms. That familiar gesture he would always do for her when she did that to him. The other hybrids paused the music as Floyd began to nuzzle his cheek with his niece's.

"If it isn't little Pearl! What are you doing in a place like this? Where's your mom and dad?"

Ramon let out a whistle and waves as Floyd looks over, Tily waving to her uncle as well. He carries Pearl over to her parents and sets her down. The limbless had a brow raised as he watches Floyd interact with Pearl.

"Please don't think I'm crazy for asking this, but how...self aware... are you of this place? You seem to act differently compared to Murfy and Mona when we met with them the last time..."

"Your dad's spell improves over time. The figures that represent members of your family outside of the dream become more faithful to them while still having traits matching the character they are standing in for. Does this make any sense?"

"You know, it actually does. To me at least."

[sircina]

It has been sometimes since theywere trapped in the ship with Razorbeard, her belly starting to be a bit notizable now, as she is just resting most of the time... eating half of her meals when she was not hungry but with a heavy heart eating almost the whole tray, apologizing to rayman each time that she eats most of the food, leaving him the stale food, she didn't want to eat it whole if he was going to be hungry, but she was doing it for their children too.

Sleeping on the matress that the oirates gave her, having the nausea almost each day, but she didn't know that today was a different day that today, the family will be free...

Naida sat up and like each morning, waking Rayman ( @spoocys-glade-of-dreams ) with a gentle kiss on his nose and a nuzzle on his chin, looking throught the bars to ee if someone was there to finally free them. But nobody came yet...

Pearl was up earlier, sweeping the ship's deck to get the right to see her parents again until she sees a big ship, a ship that was directed at them ﹖

Scared, the girl throws the sweepand goes to her parents crying, because she wants to be close to them and hug them... but can't.

“ 𝙼𝚘𝚖!, 𝙳𝚊𝚍! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔.... 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍!! ”

“ 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚎. 𝙷𝙴𝚈, 𝙷𝙴𝚈! 𝚁𝙾𝙱𝙾 𝙿𝙸𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙴𝚂, 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙳𝙾𝙾𝚁! 𝙸𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙸𝙿 𝙸𝚂 𝚄𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁 𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙴 𝚄𝚂!! ”

Says Naida as she tries to call the attention of the robopirates, but the thing is she doesn't hear the cannons... not feels the shaking... what is happening ﹖

“ 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗... 𝙳𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚏 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙... 𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖... 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 ”

[sircina]

The mermaid just looked at everything and held Rayman's hand tight in hers, scared of everything that might happen to her, but as Emily called her majesty, the mermaid shook her head, she wasnt anyone's majesty, she was just a single and simple mermaid... she wasn't a princess, she was nothing like that.

She extended her hand for Rayman trying to reach for him but she got separated from her dear one, there it was nothing that she could do, as she screams his name, she tries so hard but she is stoped, 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑥𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦.

“ 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜... 𝙸'𝚖 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙽��𝚒𝚍𝚊, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝙽𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚊, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝... 𝚗𝚘. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜 ﹖𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 ﹖𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 !! ”

Says Naida as she steps back, then looks at the spear and the wardrobe saying no with her head, she doesn't want to get separated from her things... But if the guards would take it from her, then she will hide it away in the wardrobe...

“ 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚖 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 ﹖𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢... 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 ﹖”

Once the spear was handed off to Naida, the Aeropolis native returned the hug with a small chuckle and a smile. Finnegan would walk over to the ship's window and was soon accompanied by Little Lum. Rayman would join them as well and grabbed a footstool to stand on so he could look out the window.

"We were passing through my homeland. The place where I was born. Far across the ocean from there, there's an island where a tribe of my kind resides. The person that took us captive is the king of that island, so I assume he's taking us back to his palace.

If that's true, I have a friend that visits family here. She would be able to help us."

Finnegan looked back over to Naida when she asked what would happen to him.

"I am the crew's stealth expert for a reason. They'll never know I was here."

Rayman hops down from the footstool and made his way back to Naida. He takes her hand and begins stroking the top of it to try and soothe her.

"You did nothing wrong. There do exist bad people on land, and this king is one of them. I had heard he was seeking a queen, and it's possible he's going to try to turn you into that. I don't know why he chose you for that, but I won't let anything bad happen to you."

They felt the ship quake a bit, and Finnegan tells them he would see them later before he begins to quickly leave. He closes the door behind him and locks it again. Little Lum hid himself in Rayman's pocket before the door was unlocked once more. Guards of the king began to escort Naida and Rayman onto the deck and off the ship. They followed behind the king on the path to his palace.

They saw a large city before them, full of limblesses with a darker skin complexion than Rayman's. Their clothes were much different too. They would go about their day and the king leads them through a large marketplace right outside the palace and finally entered. Rayman was escorted away from Naida into the servants quarters, while Naida was locked inside the most extravagant room she had ever seen. It was a bedchamber fit for a queen! Waiting for her was an elderly limbless woman in a plain brown dress, along with two other female limblesses. The three bowed before Naida then the elderly one spoke.

"Good afternoon, your majesty. I am Emily. I am in charge of all the servants in this palace. We are here to help you get cleaned up and dressed.

Word of advice dear, I would hide that spear of yours before the guards come back to take it from you. There is a loose panel in the back of your wardrobe. It should fit."

[sircina]

the lady of tin just grabbed her axe as her husband gave it to her, her eyes of violet color just looking more colorful with all the tinned color that she had on, her now armored skin was paler than normally is, more greyinsh in comparassion to her real world self. Her hair tied up in a bun under her helmet and her boots being comfortable to wear.

But still heavy, but it was like glued to her, so she won't be able to take it off so easly to let her body rest...

The family just continued to walk to find their lion, oh of course! Who else would it be as Pearl and Naida listene to Tily and nooded her head at Ramon...

“ 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝙴𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜... 𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎... 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗... 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 ”

Says Naida to Tily as she just advances more towards the cowardly lion and the hungry tiger.

Pearl just 'pounced' on her uncle in a playful way, as she does when she is in the real world

“ 𝚄𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚍!! 𝙶𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘!! ”

Ramon happily joined the kiss from his wife and allowed her to hug him. He returned that hug and giggles softly. He was softer to hug, and had the gentle scent of straw coming from his person. He listened to Pearl explain who the evil witch of the story was, and the answer caused him to give a low growl. He takes a moment to search the spot where Naida had laid rusted, and locates a woodcutter's axe. He takes a moment to polish the blade off and hands it to Naida.

"Your axe, mi'lady. The cowardly lion may not be a threat, but who knows what else we might encounter before we find him. Let's go."

Ramon takes Pearl's hand while Tily takes Naida's. The family began the journey through the forests that was said to contain lots of wild animals inside. As they traveled through, Ramon swore he could hear music coming from a clearing within. When they entered that clearing, they could see a gathering of what looked like Hybrids watching two others. Was that Floyd? He was dancing with a tiger to some upbeat jazz music and was even singing along!

"We may have just found our cowardly lion."

"That's not right! Uncle Floyd's not a coward."

"When we were exploring Wonderland within one of Pearl's dreams, we found that The Queen of Hearts was not a malicious, hot tempered woman.

Maybe these dreams are a unique re-telling. Similar to how some movie adaptations differ from the book."

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