Starbits

Valleys and Beaches

Opening her eyes, Apalala wakes from the crashing of Window shutters slamming against the exterior walls of the unfamiliar place. Shaking off the brain fog from her long slumber, She feels an immense pain in her left arm. She looks down, noticing her arm is heavily bandaged and in a medical sling. She looks around the dusty room, and sees Maggie sitting on a fancy stool, resting herself against an antique pump organ. "Maggie?" Apalala says, a hint of nervousness in her voice. Maggie's head shoots up! She jumps off the stool and runs to her Queen's side, her bare feet tapping along the old wooden floor until she reaches the bed. "Oh, Your Highness! You are ok! We've been waiting patiently for you to wake up!" Apalala raises Maggie's head, she sees the tears streaming down her assistant's face. Using her unharmed right hand, she wipes Maggie's eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. You look ok too. Where are we, Maggie? This isn't the Outpost..." Maggie shakes her head. "No, Ma'am. We are... well, it's... how crazy would you think I am if i told you we are in a haunted mansion?" Apalala tilts her head curiously, but jumps as the large sliding double doors opens and a man clad in a blue raincoat enters the room. With him, floats in a ghost Gurt! The Gurt floats around Apalala, licking her face. "Ahhh. You are awake. Those things are still looking for you two, but you are safe here." Apalala looks at Maggie confused. "This is Llewelyn, He and his... Wife? Rescued us after our fall on the mountain." Apalala looks at him nervously. "Thank you for your help, sir. I have to say, I don't recognize you, and I didn't realize any of the old mansions were still standing." Llewelyn turns up the lights on an old lantern. "Well, at least one of the old mansions still stands. This was actually the old Chapel of Angel's Landing, It was built sturdy so here we are. I was the caretaker of this place and the Old Cemetery on the grounds. Apalala looks surprised. "My Husband sent BlueMoon soldiers in to collect everyone we could from Angel's Landing when the storm started, I hope you accept my apologies that we didn't reach you." Llewelyn waves his hands. "No, no, no, the King's men did come by, but I couldn't leave my wife behind. Besides, I am very happy here. Just me, her, and my little Biddy Boo." The little Gurt floats around Maggie. "Awwww... who's a good ghost Gurty? Who's a good, good ghost Gurty!?" Maggie says baby talking to the little ghost. Apalala asks. "Do you have a phone here? I need to contact our caretakers at the Outpost, and I need to call and check in on my kids." Llewelyn nods his head. "Yes, your Highness. We have a telephone room upstairs, but I can't say if the phones work, it's been many years since I've been in that room." Apalala stands to her feet slowly, she is more sore than she realized. "Thank you, sir. Would you mind taking me there?" Llewelyn nervously agrees. "Yes ma'am, follow me."

Meanwhile, on the sunny beaches of the Kokomo Kingdom...

The waves crash against the warm sand, beach buggies pull up as a group of apes jump out of the wood structured cars and unload their surfboards. A lovely red fox soaks up some sun rays as a tall, beautiful dragon sits with her smaller fungi boyfriend. A lava lamp robot walks out from a massive tiki hut.
"Hey Yo! Everyone, the Big Kahuna himself, and his lovely lady are making their way to the beach!" Says the robot, who continues. "Please, give a 'Hang Loose' to our Big Kahuna's... King Louie Louie and Sheri Baby!" Out from the Tiki hut walks a tall, muscular yeti, and a gorgeous Squirrel monkey. The royal couple of the beach make their way to the stage in front of the tiki bar, "Louie's Tiki Land." King Louie grabs a microphone and makes an announcement. "How's it hanging? As most of you know, the 13th annual 'Kokomo Beach Party' begins first thing in the morning!" The crowd cheers as they all look forward to the beach games every year. "Now, if you will follow my lovely lady, she will introduce this year's guest co-host. Sheri, the floor is all yours!" Sheri struts her way over to the curtain, listening to the applause and whistling from the crowd. "Please welcome, the ever famous... Dr. M. Oblongata!" A rather dapper looking fellow with a particularly large head walks out, flanked from two... unique Dingos, A muscular male and a petite female both dressed in military gear. The two are carrying a large item covered in a tarp. Slowly following behind is a bedraggled looking scientist, who seems to have been forgotten by even the crew he was involved with. Only a few folks in the crowd clap for this interesting crew. "Hello, Hello... is this thing on?" Dr. M says attempting to make a joke to the crowd, which remains silent. "Silent are you? Well you all won't be silent when we unveil... this!" The girl dingo pulls the tarp off, revealing a massive, jewel laden trophy, the center gem being a large Millennium star shard. The crowd begin chatting amongst themselves until they are all distracted by a large portal opening behind them! Cinnamon, Snickers, Glimmer and Wysteria all land on their feet this time! Cinnamon looks at her very tasteful, indigo blue string bikini. "Wow... Nice taste in swimwear, Hildi." She says with a smug smile. Snickers is a bit less thrilled. "She could've got me some trunks or something..." he says as he attempts to pull the legs of his very short shorts down, covering him a tiny bit more. Wysteria is very pleased with her anime themed "One-Piece" swimsuit. "Wow! Look at me, I am ready to hit my Fifth Gear in this get up!" Glimmer is pretty happy in her Punk Hot Pink/Black studded bikini. "I looking Freaking HAWT!" She says, rather pleased with herself. "Ahh man, I wish Axle was here! He would love to join in the Skeet Surfing competition. He is a remarkably good shot!" Snickers says. Looking at his "friendship watch" that he and Axle bought a matching set of when they were children. Though Snickers has heavily modified his with gadgets and such. Cinnamon giggles. "Malka would love this too! She would have those big ol' balloons of hers out for everyone to see!" Snickers blushes as a grin grows on his face. "Maybe it's a good thing they aren't here, Axle would be struggling as bad as... Well, I am! To get things done!" Cinnamon blushes as Snickers respectfully looks her over. They all look over and notice the large crowd staring at them. The crowd starts clapping, thinking they are part of the announcement. Snickers starts blushing and slowly attempts to cover himself a bit more. Cinn smiles as she hears King Louie shout over the crowd. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Is that my God-Daughter!? Girl you made it just in time! Get on up here!" Cinnamon and her friends walk to the stage, where Louie helps bring them up. The crowd claps and cheers for Cinnamon, much to the annoyance of Dr. M. And his team. "Why would the BlueMoon princess be here? She is stealing my thunder!" The scientist gives an awkward cackle. "What thunder? Nobody cared. If I was in charge of this presentation, then they would've been invested! Then they would've..." he is silenced by his boss. "Silence fool! They will all care soon enough..." Dr. M grumbles.
Louie announces who Cinnamon is, though it seems most of the folks in the crowd already know. King Louie is incredibly excited to see his late friend's daughter. Louie whispers to Cinnamon who walks up to the microphone and adds to the announcement. "Thank you all for coming and giving Uncle Louie this wonderful turnout! Father and I used to love attending these events and I am happy to be representing BlueMoon as a co-host in this wonderful event!" The crowd claps with excitement, obviously, BlueMoon and Kokomo have always had a great relationship so the people are very excited. Louie and Sheri wrap up the announcement of the beach tournament. "We look forward to seeing all of you in the morning when we will introduce to you all the competitors, until then, you all hang loose!"