ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE...

[pleasureislanders]

The first thing you notice upon gaining consciousness is the smell. The air smells musty and woody, like the back corner of some forgotten tourist trap. As you stir yourself awake, you find yourself in a wicker bed with a soft sheet draped over you. The room’s walls are wood-paneled, and a nearby desk displays a digital clock reading “9 AM”. A singular potted plant provides the barest amount of decoration--though, the exact plant species differs between rooms. A note written in flowing cursive has been taped to your door.

MEETING IN THE LOBBY AT NOON
- G ♥
As you make your way out of your room, you’ll find yourself on a balcony overlooking a octagonal lobby below. Various artifacts and trophies decorate the club from top to bottom, cluttering the walls and any available surface. From here, you can clearly see that the marble floor of the lobby is decorated to look like a compass. Descending the stairs will reveal that, in addition to the artifacts mounted on the walls, several plaques have been put up detailing the lives of those trapped here--including you.

If you peer out the windows, you’ll see a tropical island sprawled out before you, overgrown with palm trees and shrubs. If you peer far enough above the treeline, you might even be able to see the ocean. No matter how hard you try, the front door is sealed shut and the windows seem impossible to break.

You've got until noon 'til the meeting happens. For now...enjoy the club, if you can.

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Comments

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ X-23 takes being kidnapped super well, if by "super well" I mean "only makes a couple gashes in the wall out of frustration and only tears the note up." Look at all that self-control. Truly incredible.

For much of the three hours before the meeting, she can be found uh. Around, but it's a little hard to find her on account of her spending most of her time climbing as far up the walls as she can to get around. Hopefully you think to look up? Anyway she doesn't look happy, especially if she's spotted, in which case she'll jump down, addressing whatever poor soul has to deal with her today with barely restrained anger. Hopefully that anger isn't actually directed towards you? ]

You. Do you know what we're doing here?

[ Or you can find her by the profiles, if you want her less confrontational, looking over them with a significantly more even expression on her face. ]

So why all of these people...?

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[doofenshmirtz]

[Doof in the middle of digging through the refrigerator in the salon kitchen when he hears a sudden thump and a voice addressing him. He lets out a shriek, his arms flailing to protect himself before he realizes that...it's just a teenager. He blinks, putting his arms down at his sides.]

Oh. Uh--no, I just got here myself, but I'd like to make a few complaints to the manager. I mean, the decoration is fine and all, but I feel like there's a point where, like, yeah, we get it, everything's trophies and stuff! Like, jeez, haven't these people bothered to invest in an interior designer?

[He gestures wildly with his hands as he speaks, frowning. He's clearly more concerned about this place's aesthetics than the whole...kidnapping situation.]

From what I've deduced from the note placed on my door, though, it sounds like we're going to have a meeting soon. [A beat.] Ooh! What if it's super secret L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. training?! They said they would be sending me an invite soon!

[Does this guy ever shut up?]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ God, look at him go. X-23 just sort of listens, a little too taken aback by just how much he gives her to really get a word in for a bit. But that last bit is... ]

L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.? What are you talking about?

[doofenshmirtz]

Oh, "League of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United for Frightening Investments in Naughtiness". Keep up, will you?

[That...certainly was a sentence he just said!]

We get together for potlucks sometimes and talk about our evil schemes. It's quite fun, actually. Last year, I won the Inator Creator Competition by default!

[He sounds very...proud of it....]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ That... hm. You know, compared to HYDRA, that doesn't exactly seem to impress her much either way, at least? Though in fairness, as supervillain organization name quality goes, HYDRA is pretty snappy if nothing else. ]

So you're some kind of... [ Oh saying the word out loud sounds weird to her, but: ] supervillain? You don't look like much.

[doofenshmirtz]

Ehhhh, not really as much as a supervillain as just a regular villain, you know? Evil mad scientist?

[He rolls his eyes and scoffs.]

Ugh. I hate the word supervillains, it just sounds...sounds so pretentious, you know? I mean, anyone can dress up in a fancy dramatic costume and shoot laser beams out of their eyes and have an evil laugh, but so what? None of that's gonna help you if you don't know how to build your way out of a bad situation! Your stupid laser eyes get stopped by some stupid rock, and then they're like, "Ohhhh, no! I've been defeated!"

[As if he doesn't get his butt kicked on a weekly basis by a blue platypus.]

Like...if I had my way, and if my weakness was just some stupid rock, I'd make sure that I'd eradicate that rock from existence!

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[diebartdie]

Whatever the criteria, physical attractiveness was clearly not included amongst them.

[Very not subtly looking straight at Yzma's bio.]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Follows his eyes. Looks at Yzma's bio. Looks at some of the others. ]

There is a chicken here, so that seems right.

[diebartdie]

Dinosaur woman. Fox. Chicken. Fairy tales and ignorance of the food chain abound.

[...he does have much more important things to do, however, so the question is clearly worth some pondering. Bob enjoys a good mystery.]

Much of these biographies assume individual notoriety, but no common thread that links us.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ She nods. ]

I'm used to people being after me, but... I'm not sure they're after the same thing with this random lady-in-waiting. Unless "truculent" means something that really changes up her profile.

[ ... She was trained for murder, not the SAT. ]

[diebartdie]

Nor do I doubt that much intrigues them about a lipsticked fox schoolgirl. There is certainly some merit in kidnapping royalty, but even then...

[He rolls his eyes.]

The whole thing burns with the sickening stench of amateurism.

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[dannydorito]

Ooh! I know this one, pick me teach!

[Angry kids are the funniest kind.]

We're being kidnapped! Am I right? I bet I'm right.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

I know we've been kidnapped. I want to know why.

[dannydorito]

FOR FUN AND-OR PROFIT. Boy, these are easy. Gimme a hard one!

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

Yeah? Who do you know who kidnaps this many people for fun?

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[primafacie]

[Sorry, X-23. There's legitimately someone just pressing the music buttons. What a brilliant invention, in her opinion! Once a song ends, she presses the next one.]

Don't you think this is wonderful? There's so many different songs!

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ X-23 sort of. Critically eyes this weird cotton candy woman? ]

I guess. Weird that they went to the trouble, though.

[primafacie]

Is it? Why shouldn't people go to the trouble of making things beautiful?

[She's genuinely confused. Like. Of course someone would put mysterious music in if they were going to invite a bunch of people into their weird mansion?]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Oh X-23 immediately gets vibes she doesn't like off this woman, wow. Is this unfair? Technically yes. Has X-23 ever tried not jumping to a conclusion about a person? Unclear. ]

During a kidnapping? It doesn't make sense.

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[saurasaland]

[Daisy was already on guard while she was exploring, so seeing this child climbing around and jumping down is enough to let out a little shout and a-]

What the f-

[She calms down, slightly, when she hears the question. And while this child was climbing around like a spider she looks a little annoyed answering the question.]

I was kidnapped, actually.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Look no one apped a spider-person she's just making up for lost opportunity. But that does get her to relax some. Like she's not relaxed, she has never been relaxed in her life, but. ]

You too, then. Any idea why?

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[prodigalhairess]

[Rapunzel has been watching x-23 literally climbing the walls for a few moments. It's strange, yes, but there's a look of appreciation as she does; it's pretty cool to see someone who can pull that sort of thing off! Oh, and she's looking down at Rapunzel now and-

Oh. Oh, okay! Just. Right up in her face like that. That anger is, uh... well. It's kind of familiar. This feels very Cass-like right now, so while Rapunzel is surprised, she doesn't look scared. Yet.]

I don't, no! I just woke up here too! [Gotta de-escalate....] I can help you look, though. If you're trying to find answers.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Look in a couple social ranks it'll make sense, probably. But de-escalating actually does work, at least a little. ]

... Have you seen anything?

[prodigalhairess]

[If Rapunzel was able to climb Cass's social rank ladder, this kid will be no problem.]

I tried looking through the windows before. We might be on some sort of island? There's a lot of palm trees and tropical-looking plants... and water further out.

[Could it be the lorbs' island? But no, there are no houses this intricate there... at least, none made by the lorbs. Hm...]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Listen she is much easier to get to than you'd think. ]

An island would explain why we can move around... no need to control our actions too much if we're in the middle of the ocean.