Escape From Tickle Tower

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The party of four was having an audience with Osia. The woman was fixing her blonde hair, smiling as she stood in front of them. "I can't thank you enough for your help. Hopefully we won't have to deal with the pirates anymore." She said softly, unable to look them in the eye.

"Don't mention it." Rachel said with a smile. "After all, if it wasn't for Perrine and Zac, we would probably be on the ship still."

"We didn't do that much. We just busted you out. You did all the work." Zac explained while turning to the red haired woman.

"Either way, you still got rid of the captain. I don't see any of the other pirates coming after us for a while." Osia responded, giving them a large smile.

"That's good. So, what are the plans now?" Alice asked.

"We will rebuild with what we have. Hopefully, we will get supplies from the other floors soon. As for the ship, that's yours for the taking. You deserve it. I don't think it'll be able to make it to the higher floors, but it should get you to the staircase without a problem." Osia said just as she was called by another person. "I'll be there in a second!" She yelled at them.

"Go to them. They need you more than ever." Alice said while giving the blonde woman a smile.

"Thanks. Take your time. There's no rush to leave." Osia said before running off to help the others fix their homes.

"Do you really think everything will be okay?" Perrine asked the others once the raft leader was out of earshot.

The other three turned to her, giving her a confused look. Slowly, the three of them thought about it before answering the magician. "I don't think anything will happen. The laughlers tend to stay in the water, and the pirates are currently scattered or in the water." Zac explained as he looked to the other two for confirmation.

"Not only that, but if anything does happen, we'll come back and help them." Alice said with a confident smile.

"Only this time we won't be caught." Rachel said with a smile.

Alice immediately blushed, remembering how she was tickled on her feet, unable to defend herself. "We won't talk about that." Alice said shyly, trying to end the discussion.

"But you two did look cute being tickled like that. Mustn't have been that bad." Zac said without thinking. As soon as he finished his statement, Rachel and Alice glared at him. Zac's eyes widened when he realized what he said. "S-still. I'm glad to have you both back!" He said while slowly backing away from the two women.

"I think we should head to the ship, don't you?" Rachel said to Alice, refusing to take her eyes off the shy black haired man.

"I agree. Let's show these two what we went through." Alice said, dragging Perrine into the mess.

"Wait!" Perrine immediately shouted defensively. "What did I do?!"

"Did you find it cute when we were tortured?" Rachel asked the brown haired woman. The only response Perrine gave was a shy murmur while looking away. "Guilty!" Rachel yelled as soon as she saw the reaction. Before the magician could react, the village woman pounced on her target. Slowly, she grabbed Perrine's hood and began dragging it to the ship. Alice followed suit, grabbing Zac by the hem of his shirt and dragging him off to the ship.

When the four of them reached the ship, Alice and Rachel brought their captives to the brig. They immediately locked the two in there, locking the chains to their arms and legs. The two of them were forced to sit on the floor, unable to reach anything as they sat side by side. "H-how did you know this was here?" Zac asked.