New chapter.
CHAPTER TWO:
Haunted Island Park
"Are you serious about this, Aquilai?" Saffa said. "Do we
look Mystery Inc.?"
"The reports by Mr. Moore seem to be credible," the Time Lord said. "The Haunted Island amusement park has had strange goings-on happening that Mr. Moore requested us investigate."
"How do we know we can trust that this Trey Moore guy is on the up-and-up?" Gaz asked, pensively.
"He doesn't have a history of telling tales," Aquilai said. "He's quite credible."
"He's credible," Cloak said, darkly, "on
paper."
The implication was obvious that Cloak suspected that he, this Trey Moore, might have cut backroom deals and what not like all of the rich people in this world seem to do. Like what some of the more affluent Realm Walkers do to the Council and the other wealthy ne'er-do-wells in the Nexus.
"He asked for us specifically," Aquilai said. "If we turn this down, guys, you
know how the media will spin it. They have moneyed interests against us, you know."
"Alright, then," Saffa said, still a bit mulish, "I'll go. But I swear to you, Time Lord, if this just turns out to be some dingus in a rubber mask and mascot suit, so help me, I'm gonna --"
"Whoa, Saffa, chill." Underseen said. "It's summer. Exams are over. You can relax now."
"I'll chill if and when I choose to," Saffa snapped, then smiled mischievously. That should have been enough to strike fear into the hearts of anyone opposing her.*
"And I'm suddenly scared," Underseen said, transforming into a chicken. With a cluck, he transformed back. Despite herself, Saffa laughed.
"I'm going," Cloak said, very seriously. He didn't know why he was feeling so serious right then. Then again, he was still mulling things over that he was musing about during the fight with the "
ringusapien" -- a name he found rather lacking on Demos's part.
"Oh, I'm going," Saffa said. "I've been cooped up in the forum for too long."
"It was three days," Underseen said. "And I'll go, too."
"Underseen, I
will hurt you," Saffa teased.
"Is it too late to reconsider going?" Underseen teased back.
"I'm in," Gaz volunteered.
"I'll go," Hunter said, "but I kind of stand out a little."
"You'll just have wear an ID mask, like Cloak does," Aquilai said, as Cloak took what appeared to be a stiff, white domino mask out of his eponymous cloak. The Time Lord continued, "Mr. Moore is aware that you'll be there in disguise. Even he won't know what guests are RAFians."
"How'd he take that?" Hunter asked, accepting an ID mask from Aquilai.
"To be honest," Aquilai said, earnestly, "he seemed resistant to the idea. He didn't say anything, but I got the feeling that he wanted to know which RAFians were present in his park."
Cloak found this suspect, but dismissed it as him just being overly paranoid.
"How are we to get there?" Gaz asked. "It is an island, right?"
"There is a ferry that takes guests there leaving from . . ." Aquilai said, spinning around in his chair to retrieve a printout, "these coordinates."
He handed the printout to Saffa, as Cloak said, "I have a bad feeling about this."
"Well, that doesn't sound ominous or anything," Underseen said, with a sigh.
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