Lorelei sighed, not feeling like explaining herself again. “Looking for a girl who owes me money…is anyone else getting an Iris message?”
~~~
Quentin woke up from his nap to the sound of commotion outside his door. What the—? He saw an Iris message appear and watched it. “Okay, and what do I care?” he mumbled, annoyed.
Indigo watched as the shimmering face of a girl appeared. Instead of watching she reached for her spellbook to see if she could find something that would do that. Lilac got spooked when a voice spoke from nowhere, especially considering she had felt something before hand.
Maple saw the Iris message pop up and she gasped in surprise, “An Iris message? From the daughter of Aladdin and a Jasmine! How neat! I’ll definitely help!” She cheered, not caring if any of the other people heard her and took off, her cloak hood blowing off her head leaving her dark brown hair to flow in a wavy mess through the wind. I have to tell Mom that I’m leaving for a bit… she thought.
Once the message ended Cato looked at the small group in front of him incredulously. 'anyone else see that?' he signed.
Risa got onto the magic carpet and immediately flew to the nearest kingdom. She was wearing a simple tunic and pants with a small bag filled with potions and her spell book. She arrived at the edge of a town and paused, looking for a sign of the people she needed the help of.
"Iris is a bitch." Adyn muttered, this time Adella smacking him in the arm. "What's the girl saying?"
Cersei blinked rapidly as an iris message appeared in front of her. "Oh, god, no one cares," she groaned, waving a hand through it to dissipate it.
(I thought Iris messages were only in PJO 😂)
(Screw that lmao, we can use whatever form of communication other than actual tech)
(LIT)
Lorelei laughed. “Right? Royals think the world revolves around them.”
'Not sure about you guys but that 'generous reward' sounds pretty good. I'm in.' the black sand spelt. 'and I think the girl in the message is right there.' he gestured to the bread shop where Risa was standing looking like a mouse in the middle of a cat house.
(Kinda feel bad for Risa, people will hate her for a while lmao)
Lorelei glanced over. “That she is. Well, I could use some money now that Gianna went and bailed on me.” She held out her hand with the colorful bracelet with a sigh. “Anyone want this?”
Indigo shrugged and put her book away having found something to that aspect, "Meh, sounds kind of fun."
Lilac gave a nod. She spoke softly to Indi, "We should help."
"Lila," Indigo droned a little, loud enough that the others could hear, "You just want to be nice. Don't you?"
Lila smacked Indigo's arm again and Indigo raised her hands in defeat, "Fine, we're in to."
(Maple honestly is just friendly towards everyone that’s just how she rolls lol)
Cersei sighed. "Whatever. I can get money on my own. I don't need royals. I could use a bracelet, though."
“Take it,” Lorelei said, tossing her the bracelet. It wasn’t out of generosity or selflessness, Lorelei just didn’t like how the bracelet looked.
~~~
Quentin tried to fall back asleep to no avail. He got up and walked outside his room to see commotion. That was odd. Wonderland was never calm, but this pandemonium would never be tolerated by the infamous Queen of Hearts. “Where has the Queen gone?” Quentin demanded a nearby bird.
“Your highness…she and the king have disappeared,” the bird squawked. Quentin paled, which was hard considering his already light complexion.
“Shit.”
Cato teleported and appeared in front of Risa. 'welcome to our kingdom' his letters spelt. 'my name is Cato, son of Pitch Black, the Bogeyman. How can we help?'
Risa looked at the black haired boy standing in front of her and sighed. "Hello Cato, I have heard about you. You are a Selective mute right?" She asked. Seeing him nod, she continued. "I need to meet with the parents of the other children, I was so daring if you know where they are." Cato gestured to the edge of the forest where the group was standing, talking.
Adella looked to Adyn, both realizing the same thing. "Mom." They said in unison, both looking panicked. "Oh gods, where's mom going to be?" Adella muttered.
Risa and Cato made their way back to the group and she looked at them. "Hello, I trust you got my message?"
"Mooooooommmmm…!" Maple yelled as she pushed open the door to her house. She waited a moment and after hearing no reply she tried a couple more times before giving up and deciding to leave a note instead,
Dear mom, I'm going away for but but don't worry about me. I'm going to help save Aladdin and Jasmine! Isn't that cool? Anyway I'll be back soon, love you!
~Maple
After placing the note on the counter, Maple went and packed a light bag filled with mainly treats and cooking/baking supplies. She also packed onto her belt, some candy magic potions/weapons. Honey bombs, sugar bombs, licorice rope, and more. She then ran back to town to where the girl Risa was and waved, "Hello! It's nice to meet you! I've come to help!"
“Yeah, we got it, Your Highness,” Lorelei replied, lacing the title with a hint of mockery. “So we’re to help you find your missing parents? And there’s a reward, so I heard.”
Lilac gave a nod and a smile over to the newer figure she could sense, or at least she thought it was that. It could have been a tree. Indigo snickered as Lila nodded to a tree. She then looked over at Risa and shrugged again with her arms crossed, "Yeah, we did."
Adyn and Adella vanished in a flash, going to their mother's house and frantically looking around. Adella cast one locater spell after the other, trying to find her. "She's gone." Adyn whispered to his twin, tears pooling in his eyes.
'I'm going to go home to tell my dad I wont be home for a while. I'll be back in a bit.' Cato spelled and disappeared in the shadows.
Upon reaching his Dads house, he looked around for him. He created a coupl sand sprites and sent them around the house looking for him. 'where the heck are you?' he thought, rushing from every room. Cato spent 20 minutes looking around the house for his father before coming to the conclusion that he wasnt there. He used the shadows to come back to the group. 'my dad is missing.' the sand spelled, as he wiped away a couple tears from his face. 'and the last thing I said to him was that I would never talk to him.' he thought sadly.