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Paula watched as Tails came out of the house and explained that the house belonged to a boy named Lucas...Weird, she heard that name as well which would surprise Tails. "Lucas...I heard his name before in the Life Sphere a few times, he was part of that subspace war as an ally of Ness?...Maybe I'll learn more about him when I see Ness again...I hope." Paula said as she looked at the house as Tails voiced his confusement of when Leder mentioned that the island was cursed, but Lucas seemed to get to subspace fine...Maybe Lucas had something to do with the curse?

Paula turned back to Tails and spoke again. "Maybe he had something to do with this? How this Island became this way...Hopefully we'll find out more at Osoho Castle which is over there by the trees, I think." Paula said as she pointed to something behind Tails, a castle like building was In the distance with some bits of It covered by tall trees, It look's like the group has another destination to go, which will possibly be there final one for the mission, although Peach was still knocked out from suddenly being sick.

"I'll go wake her, I think she'll be refreshed when she wakes up...I think Perry Is still awake." Paula said as she entered the house again to get Peach and Perry...Leaving Tails outside alone, It was nice and quiet...For now...Soon If Tails listened carefully enough he would hear a feminine laugh coming from below the hill, If he would look down he would see It.

The female figure from before in Tazmily, she was not looking at Tails, she was looking at the hill the group climbed up on to get to the house, she soon laughed again, not caring about the fox's presence. Tail's can either get Paula or see the girl himself...Maybe she was a survivor needing help?

Whatever she's doing...She seems happy for some reason.

Meanwhile Paula herself walked towards the bed Peach and Perry were on. "Oh Perry...Your awake." Paula said noticing Perry was indeed awake and spoke again. "How do you feel? Can you help me wake up Peach?" She said to Perry as she walked infront of Peach and tried to shake her awake.

"Peach? Are you awake...We need to move again...We possibly found Osoho Castle."

Damage: 8%

[Coolshaymin]

Tails looked to Paula and guessed she was stumped as he was. She was right though, if Lucas is related, going further was the only way to find out. He looked to the castle covered in the trees and figured if there was anywhere the items could be, it was there. Hopefully some more truth there as well so Tails could have more answers. Tails nodded to Paula to stay here while she goes gets Peach. "I will hold our ground," Tails agreed. Though the number of enemies here seemed nonexistant.

Tails went to send his arm cannon back home before noticing someone out of the corner of his eye. She just stood there and watched the area they were in before laughing. She seemed pretty suspicious to be on this island at all. He stumbled for a moment as he broke thought and aimed the arm cannon at the mysterious woman. Tails has to muster the courage to stand up against danger without Sonic in this world. He used to not be like this anymore... But this world and all it's powerful figures were not very good for his confidence. Tails took a deep breath before calling out to the stranger. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" Tails questioned.

[Mari]

Perry seemed to shift upright by his own accord when Paula approached, fluttering his canopy to give himself lift. The parasol smiled at Paula, but his expression turned to one of concernas Paula asked him a question he... didn't know the answer to. He knew how hard Peach was out of it, but... "Maybe... I guess we can try." he replied, beginning to call out to Peach and in tandem with Paula.

...

...

...

Peach was lost in a deep sleep, unaware of the world around her. She was currently dreaming, her mind still processing what she had been thinking about before her rude unawakening. She was exploring a house with Paula and tails--She was pretty sure it was the one on the hill, anyway. But why was there someone in the shower? Where was Perry? ...Giant goombas going for a swim... It was all a mess of disjointed information. A paint brush gazed into Peach's soul, threatening her with eternal wonder.

"Wake up, Peach!"

Peach's world shook around her. Huh? Whose voice was that? Paula's?

"Princess! C'mon!"

Peach's eyes widened. Perry was ... here? Somewhere. She looked about her, but the parasol was nowhere to be found. The disembodied voices continued to drift through her dreams, disrupting and confusing the poor girl even further than she already was.

"Help me!"

...Princess Peach jolted awake in a start, one of her hands rising to lay upon her heart. The princess glanced around, appearing rather lost. "...This isn't my castle." she remarked in bemusement, her gaze drifting to Paula and then Perry. "Of course not! We're here to help Paula find Osoho Castle, remember?" Perry chimed in. Peach seemed to consider this for a moment. "...Oh yeah! Did I fall asleep?" she asked, still a bit displaced. The princess would take Perry's handle and stand, moving to join Paula. She seemed to have her wits about her, for now. ...But boy, could she use some water!

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Paula watched Peach struggling to wake up, luckily with help from Perry, she woke up and expressed confusement on why she's here, causing Perry to correct her. "Yup, and I think we found It, so once we get there and investigate the castle, we can head back to the Life Sphere where you can get all the sleep you want." Paula said jokingly as she looked at the door to the house, she turned back to Peach and Perry who were ready to go.

"Great, let's get Tails so we can get going."

As for Tails he was looking at the suspicious lady, who suddenly stopped laughing once she heard Tails voice...And just stood there, as Tails asked her who she was...She just smirked and slowly looked up at the fox who was trying to be brave...For a chance to scare him of her looks.

Which were, not pretty.

When the Lady looked up at Tails, her face was all distorted and purple, come to think of It, so was the clothes she was wearing as It was giving off a purple aura, almost as If...She's infected with Starvia. The lady laughed again at Tails, this time giving off a distorted demonic laugh as she started to move backwards as her laugh started to get louder...Attracting more of them.

More Starvia infected villagers soon slowly appeared behind the woman, walking towards her before the woman actually walked into the newly made crowd and was now barely seen from within. The crowd soon set there sights onto Tails and slowly walked towards him, meanwhile Paula had just left the house. "Hey Tails what ar---Oh my gosh!" Paula said as she noticed the horde of Starvia slowly coming towards them, she quickly looked at the door that fell down infront of her from earlier...She has an idea.

Paula quickly looked at Tails and spoke again. "Quick we need to get back inside the house, I have an idea." Paula said to Tails as she ran back inside the house, calling out to Peach and Perry in the process.

"Peach, Perry, stay in the house, just trust me! And also If you don't want to be infected."

Paula ran to the fallen door and tried to pull It back up so It was In It's original spot.

"If I'm having trouble then please help."

Pu6UgPGOp_1d20+1(Yeah, Paula's not having problems.)

"Nevermind, just focus on getting inside...Before that horde get's to us."

Damage: 8%1d20+1

[Coolshaymin]

Tails kept his arm cannon steady as he watched the woman until he raised her face. A shocked expression broke his moment of bravery as he saw the woman's distorted face. His steady arm shook for a second as her clothes released a purple glow... It would appear the infected was here as well. He let a sigh of relief as this was something normal science could actually explain. He was oddly comforted that it was just a member of the infected.

Tails opened his eyes after his sigh and immediately felt that this was still pretty bad. A ton of infected were coming right towards them after that strange laugh. They had to be normal villagers they could handle easily, right? But there were so many of them that it would probably take a lot of energy. There had to be some other way to handle this situation without getting swarmed by their numbers.

It was then that Paula came back just in time. She said she had some kind of plan that involved going into the house... Tails was not sure how going to a confined space was a good idea... But if Paula had some kind of idea, he was not about to argue. "Let's get going!" Tails agreed as he followed Paula through the door and ran over to Peach's side... She seemed kind of out of it.

Paula managed to get the door up by herself. The infected had to climb up a hill and Tails was pretty quick so it might take them a while to get up here. "So, what is your plan to deal with the infected villagers?" Tails asked.

[Mari]

+Peach would giggle at Paula's remark. Oh yeah! She had offered to help with this mission hadn't she? "I'm sorry if I worried you, Paula." Peach apologized, gently fixing her hair with her free hand. But hey--Where was her crown? Peach looked about in alarm, quickly locating the crown and moving over to pick it up. Phew! That had been a close one. She couldn't lose this, now could she? The sound of Paula's voice distracted her from her thoughts, however, and she quickly returned to the younger girl's side. "Oh dear..." she mused aloud, reaching out a hand to help Paula put the door back up but hesitating when she realized the other had it. Seeing as she was the biggest, Peach promptly turned and braced her back against the door to try and prevent anyone from opening it, turning her gaze upon Paula and Tails.

2oI5HqDap_1d20-3 (Peach's Amazing Feat of Strength)

"I do hope they don't find another way in..." Peach remarked lamely.1d20-3

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Paula watched as Peach put her back to the door to keep the horde from breaking through. "Good Peach, now just let me do this." Paula said as she used PSI fire on the door to keep It steady and not fall. "Once I apply this, the horde will have more difficulty coming In." Paula said as she used PSI fire.


"Hopefully I wont have too much difficulty."

t8XRdeM4p_1d20+3(Paulas weak fire...Really, now?)


p_1d20+5(And It barely worked against the horde.)

Despite her weak PSI fire blast there, It did managed to keep the door steady. "Ok Peach you can stop trying to barricade It, this should stop the horde for now." Paula said as the door was starting to beat, signalling that the horde had made It to the house, but couldn't get In. "We should be safe." Paula said to the group as Tails asked the girl how would they get out of this mess and make It to Osoho, Paula quickly looked around and spotted a window by the bed, she walked towards It and opened It.

No infected were outside this part...Yet, excellent, Paula can also see the castle more clearer then before, meaning that they can escape the horde through the window, Paula looked at the group and spoke again. "Through this window, after we leave we can just fly to the castle without worrying about the horde, we should hurry before the horde find's out about this window though." Paula said as she climbed out of the window and realised that It was just by the cliffs, so she stuck by the wall and quietly called out to the group.

"Be careful when climbing out, this part Is just by the cliffs, so It's easy to fall into the ocean...Also Is everyone ok with flying to Osoho?"

Damage: 8%1d20+3·1d20+5

[Coolshaymin]

Tails watched as they barricaded the door and looked to the window. Maybe that way was safe for travel out of this shack that could easily be the end. Sure enough, Paula had the same escape route in mind. It's not like they have much other choice at the moment. Tails waited for Paula to step out and noticed it was a long way down. Times like this he was glad flying was kind of his specialty outside machines. Tails curled into a ball and jumped out with his tails still flowing behind him as he landed and hugged the edge of the back wall of the building.

Tails looked over towards where the castle was and hoped he had enough energy to fly both himself and Peach all that way. Tails held his arm up as his arm cannon disappeared and Tails nodded. "I'll try to fly me and Peach over there. Ready Peach?" Tails asked quietly before jumping into the air when given the okay and uncurling into his tails spinning above him and helding his hands down for Peach to grab on once again. He hoped she was actually capable of holding on tight. She seemed a bit out of it before but she did barricade extremely well.

[Mari]

Princess Peach moved to follow the others, hesitantly stepping out after them. She wobbled slightly, but was more or less surefooted in her steps. She had lots of practice in those heels! "Yes please." Peach would reply in response to Tails' offer, shifting over to take his arms again.

5iMzlTeGp_1d20-3 (Peach's Grasp)

...But her grasp was very weak. Peach's hand slipped and she stumbled back against the wall, wincing. "Whoops..!" Peach remarked nervously, stepping forward to give it a second shot.

p_1d20-3 (Peach's Second Attempt)

This time, Peach managed to hold on. However, her grasp was still weak. If Tails recognized this, he might realize that she didn't have enough strength to make the trip. Else...1d20-3·1d20-3

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"Well then." Paula said to Tails as she put one leg out into the open of the cliff. "Let's fly to Osoho, hopefully It Is Osoho." She said as she accidentally fell off the cliff and towards the ocean. "Uh oh." Paula said as she was falling into the ocean, but managed to fly just as she was about to hit the waters just below her and floated back up to the group, It seem's Peach has trouble keeping Tail's grip, and even If she did It was weak. "You seem to have trouble with Tail's hand there Peach." Paula said as she looked over to her left and soon heard the sounds of the horde coming.

"Uh oh, there about to discover this part of the house." Paula said as she looked back at the group. "Dont worry, this will just be a short flying trip." Paula said as she began to fly away from the house and towards Osoho castle. At first nothing seem's to be wrong, just Paula flying in the nights sky towards the castle without a worry in sight...Well except for one thing.

The fog from earlier started to set In again on the island causing Paula to lose sight of the castle and making It hard to see all together. "Oh no...I cant see the castle now, were going to have to land If we want to find It...Plus the ground level seem's to not be affected by the fog yet." Paula said to the group as she was forced to land in a forestry area, but there was a path that would lead the group to the castle which Paula quickly followed.

And she soon stopped when the path end.







"There It is...Osohe castle, at least I think It Is, was I saying It a different way there?" Paula said to the group as she took a few steps forward toward the castle, noticing the leftover bits of war machinery around the area, and rotten tanks, there was on that was causing the draw bridge to the castle to be stuck. However as Paula continued to take a few steps forward, she heard a few groans coming from behind her and quickly looked.

"Uh oh..." Paula said as she noticed that the groan was coming from the horde from the house, It seem's to be bigger then what Paula thought and they now rediscovered the group. "How big Is this horde?" Paula said in confusement as she looked at the castle. "Quick to the castle...I have another idea!" Paula said to the group as she ran towards the draw bridge and looked at the tank, before looking down at the water below her, which was dark purple. "Eww..." Paula said to herself as she looked back at the tank and tried to push It into the water so the draw bridge could work again.

"Quick, help me push this thing into the water!"

h0aLgmnFp_1d20+1(Paulas average pushing skills.)

(Roll a 13 in Strength or higher to push the tank into the starvia filled water, only one successful roll from one person is needed, but If there's two successful rolls then maybe something good will happen.)

Damage: 8%1d20+1

[Coolshaymin]

Tails noticed when Peach held on that her grip was very loose. She must of drunk or ate something very hindering to be in this state. Tails ignored this though and tried to make up for her poor grip by making sure to hold on tighter. They did need to get moving so he had to do this mid flight so the herd did not have time to notice.

f50FyMKVp_1d20-2(Tails's adequete grip)

Tails's Grip was not very strong but it was strong enough to hold onto Peach and not too strong to harm his stamina too much as he flew. He dropped her off and landed near the ground as they got close to the castle and panted a small bit from flight exhaustion. He did not have much time to catch his breath however as they were already found. Their only viable way of escape at this point was the castle. The tank was probably the thing keeping the drawbridge up so Tails did a running start as he used his tails for a speed boost before ramming the tank with the rest of his strength.


p_1d20-2(Tails's push)

1d20-2·1d20-2

[Mari]

Peach was... not dropped from the sky! Hooray! The princess was set down, opening her eyes after a stressful flight. "I do appreciate your help, Tails..." she remarked rather quietly. She hadn't felt like fighting a horde anyway. To her dismay, they hadn't even lost the infected. Peach glanced back over her shoulder, a gentle sigh escaping her lips. She stepped forward to follow the other two, running to their aid in pushing the tank overboard.

3fOUwnOhp_1d20-3 (Peach's Push)

ＲＥＡＬＬＹ ＮＯＴ ＦＥＥＬＩＮＧ ＵＰ ＴＯ ＩＴ ＲＩＧＨＴ ＮＯＷ. ＳＯＲＲＹ1d20-3

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It took time to push the tank but with help from Tails...And a little push from Peach, and since Perry does not have hands, he couldn't do anything, but Paula and Tail's push managed to get the tank into the water. "Nice." Paula said to the group as she watched as the water took effect on the tank, mainly turning It purple and twist It from left to It until It became something less of a tank. "Double eww...And creepy." Paula said as she saw the horde coming towards the group and took a few steps back. "I really hope this draw bridge saves us." Paula said to the group as she continued to take a step back from the oncoming horde.

But lucky for her the draw bridge did start to work.

The bridge started to pull itself upwards and eventually made Paula slide onto the ground of the castle as It closed, separating the group from the horde and managing to get away from them again, however there growls and moans were heard from the other side of the wall. "I don't think there's any other way for them to get through here so we'll be safe from them again." Paula said to the group as she walked at the front door of the castle and tried to open It, only to realise that It was jammed shut.

"Uh oh." Paula said as she looked back at the group and spoke again. "It appears the front door is stuck, there has to be another way inside." Paula said as she looked around...Before stopping and looking up after noticing that the walls to the left looked like they were stabbed into. "That's strange...It was like someone was climbing up here." Paula said as she looked up to see an open door...Well there was no open door, but there was a way inside.

"Another way In!" Paula said as she floated up to the floor where the door was and landed, she looked down at Tails, Peach and Perry and called down upon them. "I think you need to fly up again you guys, I cant see any ladders!" She said as she looked around for any way that the group could easily climb up...Nothing, except for a tiny voice which was coming from below her legs, Paula looked down to hear the voice.

"Anty Anty Ant, look down lady!" A talking ant said as Paula looked down and listened to It, she was surprised to see someone who was not infected with starvia on the Island. "Huh, an Ant, what are you doing here?" Paula said waiting for the Ant to answer, which he quickly did. "Trying to get some crumbs from a party the guests In this castle are having...Which I did." He said as Paula spoke again, sounding confused.

"Guests? But I thought this Island was deserted? A friend told me that...Besides the infected just outside this castle." Paula said as she rubbed her head before the Ant gave her some information about the castle she and her group were about to head into. "Well you better head to the main dinner room, you don't know what your missing!" He said as he started to walk to edge and prepared himself to fall off It.

"Uhh...Thanks for the info Ant...Is this castle Osohe by the way?" Paula said hoping to get an answer from the ant before he fell. "No prob's, and yup!" The Ant said as he jumped off and fell towards Perry, the umbrella could either eat the ant or let him leave and eat his crumb.

"I regret nothing for my Ant kind!...And does that umbrella have a face?"

Damage: 8%

[Coolshaymin]

Tails was pretty successful in getting the drawbridge down... Well, compared to the other two members of the team... Which was surprising considering he never was one to lift or anything. No use dwelling on it however when they needed to get into the castle. Tails curled into a ball and revved up as the drawbridge revved up. He then shot forward to roll down the drawbridge as it rised shut.

He uncurled on the other side and walked over to the doors as Paula made to open them. Tails was sure he could craft something to get it open but he was not entirely sure how long they had or if they were safe. "There must be another way in. Maybe a window or..." Tails went on before noticing something odd... "Or a midair doorway... That works too," Tails said as he looked up.

Tails was starting to get a little too winded for flying up there on his own. However he did have that one thing when his own strength was running low. Tails brought out the suitcase as it sounded like Paula was talking to someone. Tails opened the suitcase as it converted into the slim mech suit that was the Tornado IV. It took a bit of time to fully convert before the cockpit opened to which Tails jumped in so it could close.

Tails then put in some commands so all the functions were online. While Tails was doing this, the ant fell and Perry had the option on whether or not to eat the creature. Tails then turned to Peach as everything was online and held the mech's arms out. "I will get you up there with the Tornado IV, Peach. Just come here so I can get a firm grip and rocket propel us up. I promise I will go easy on it. Unless you think you can get up there on your own," Tails offered. If Peach accepted he would close the arms into a type of hug and activate the leg thrusters to get up to the open path and inside. If not, he would do the same alone.

[Mari]

Peach rushed to keep up with the others before stopping to catch her breath outside the castle while Paula floated up to deal with... something. Phew! The princess emitted a gentle sigh of relief now that they had a moment to rest. "That's a pretty spooky castle, isn't it..?" Perry remarked, idly watching the castle from over Peach's shoulder. Peach placed her hand on her heart, looking around for herself. "...Yeah. I guess it hasn't been taken care of in a while." the princess would muse aloud. The two were minding their own business when an ant, innocent in its appearance, made the unfortunate mistake of dropping onto Perry's canopy. The parasol went cross-eyed for a moment as he noticed the ant's existence, before abruptly opening his mouth wide and swallowing it whole!

Peach's eyes widened in surprise, not having expected Perry to eat anything at this time. A shiver ran down her spine as she tasted Perry's choice of snack, and the princess quickly turned to shoot Perry a look of disapproval. "Ew. Perry!" Peach gently scolded, pouting at the parasol. Perry grinned widely at Peach in response, his bright smile flustering the princess. Before she knew it, she had stopped being angry. It was hard to stay mad at him, The princess raised her arm and shrugged helplessly at the situation. 

Peach's attention was grabbed by Tail's offer. "I would much appreciate that, Tails~!" Peach replied cheerily. "You've been very helpful tonight. I'm not sure where we would--where I would be without you." Peach would add, approaching Tails to accept being carried. A surprised gasp would escape her lips as she was hugged by the mech suit. She couldn't help but muse that this wasn't how one carried a lady, but she supposed she couldn't ask any more of a kid--and it wasn't a particularly disrespectful way to carry her. Just... slightly uncomfortable.

Peach decidedly chose not to complain. It was a short ride anyway.

Once Peach was set down she would emit a gentle sigh of relief, brushing off her dress and fixing her hair. She spoke quietly. "Maybe it would be a good idea to assume we're not alone..." the princess said, though her high heels were in no way beneficiial for stealth.