Stage 3 - Fem Slashers

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❌ SKELETOURISTS
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Diamond whacks the remaining two skeletourists atop their heads. One is a cosplayer with a helmet. He stands with one hand reaching for the hilt of his fly swatter…

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…the bones disconnect, even the teeth, making a xylophony clatter as they drop to the monorail floor.


The monorail comes to a halt at Epcot. Murasaki’s third eye feels a disturbance. It’s somewhere about the World Showcase.

You head there, and find yourself looking out at a dozen foreign shores. (Well, ten foreign shores since yours and the one opposite you are both American. I mean, technically they all are… oh, forget it. Here’s a map:)



Somewhere across the water, a clock bell strikes.

🔔BONGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNG…

Gong-Ju smiles when she sees the lagoon. It's been a while since she's had a chance to flex her tail and immerse herself in her native environment!

"Left or right? Or straight across? I'm sure I could guide a ship across the waters."

[ +- ] 🥁 Fertility of the Sea

Gong-Ju controls the water, allowing her friends to travel safely..!



From the center of the water, you can see every shore. Is it the shore that matters, though? Murasaki’s third eye feels a pull when she gazes at the red gate on the "Japanese" shore.



But it seems that passing through the gate is not necessary…



A portal opens for you in the water itself…



…taking you to a real Japanese shore: that of Tokyo DysneoLand’s water park…



…home of the "black cauldron" Fairy Princess Diamond was talking about!

"A pixie dust powered boat riding the waves in style!" Casey exclaims as she imagines cutting through a swell, the boat leaping high into the air as shimmery droplets dance in the air around the Bombshells. And maybe there would be a camera somewhere to capture the moment in a picture that would be available for purchase later.

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You take a boat meant for the Aquatopia water ride. Between Gong-Ju’s ability to call a ship and Diamond’s ability to grant flight to the ship, the two princesses have no trouble guiding the boat toward the big fake volcano.

The park itself is overrun with zombies. As far as you can tell, there haven’t been any innocent deaths. Shambles aren’t as fast as Japan’s military police.

Flashing strobe lights wall off the park. Occasional gun shots ring out in short controlled bursts. But as Diamond said earlier, you need to go into the source to solve this problem.

That source is the Black Cauldron. Or, technically, more like a Purple Cauldron.

During the ride, Murasaki shares her ki to empower Gong-Ju and Princess Diamond. Their hearts are on fire! Though only metaphorically.

"It seems the 'black cauldron' is not a cauldron at all. This may make disabling it a bit more complicated than we anticipated."

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As you enter the volcano you find yourself surrounded by billowing clouds. But within the clouds are wisps of smoke dancing about.

They give you an eerie feeling as they draw near… and as you descend the wisps are greater in number, swirling, spiraling, erratically zig-zagging—

Suddenly a dozen wisps break formation and start to pummel the portside of the ship! Another score do the same from starboard side! Everyone who lacks wings starts to stumble—

One of you grasps the helm, and hopefully all of you can prevent the wisps from capsizing the floating ship as you rapidly plummet into the mouth of—

THE PURPLE CAULDRON

FIGHT OR FLIGHT?!

Princess Diamond can easily solve this problem by sprinkling fairy dust on her teammates so, should the ship overturn, they can simply fly.

But three wisps swoop by! The fairy princess’ dust bedazzles the wisps instead of her friends. The three wisps think happy thoughts, and laugh giddily as they float to heaven, their rest no longer disturbed by thousand-year-old grudges!

"I will do my best. Hold on!"

Grasping the wheel, Murasaki steers with one hand and increases the throttle with the other. She tries to shake the remaining wisps off with a burst of speed.

Gong-Ju concentrates as she uses her mermaid magic to keep the ship from capsizing!

Gong-Ju’s defensive magic grants Sea Legs to the wingless. She, Murasaki and Casey can’t be forced out of the boat. They can only get off the boat if they choose to. (Magical protection void if knocked unconscious.)

The boat continues its descent into the mouth of the big fake volcano of Tokyo Dysneo-Sea, and down its "throat." There are various pipes pumping smoke, but many of them are starting to take on organic features, as if the innards of this structure are the bastard child of Steam Punk and Meat Punk.

The meatier pipes expel wisps. Those who don’t float with the smoke just stick around. They don’t bother you though. Mostly, they argue with each other.

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POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL

"I told you that prank wasn’t funny," says a wisp wearing a translucent samurai helmet.

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POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL

"If you weren’t such a wiener about it, I’d have told the girls these are just masks. Then they wouldn’t have skewered us with their naginatas!"

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"Those cheap oni masks were obviously made of wood. But who rushes into a home with masks on? Bandits do! That’s why our girlfriends killed us—they weren’t stupid!"

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"You’re stupid!"

The two wisps argue about which one is at fault for getting the two of them killed.
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Casey points at the wisp in the samurai mask, "You're a wiener," then she points to the wisp wearing a ghost sheet, "and you're stupid."

"And now that you're dead, y'all basically got a fresh start. So stop being stupid wieners!"

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POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL

"WHAT?!"

The two ghosts bicker a bit more, both talking over each other, to each other—or to Casey—or maybe someone unseen.

The gist: the masked ghost’s girlfriend married someone else. The sheeted ghost’s girlfriend became a nun. Then, that ‘fresh start’ idea that Casey planted finally clicks.

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"…so she ain’t seeing no one—"

Upon realizing this, the ghost fades peacefully.

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POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL

At this, the masked ghost becomes even more envious.

"Well lucky him. But my ex married another. She moved on because of my death instead of carrying a torch for all eternity. So am I supposed to what?! Do the same?!!"

You can’t see how his expression changes, because of the mask, but after a moment of silence, this ghost fades as well…

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[ +- ] 🎸 Poor Unfortunate Souls

Casey feels a surge of power as she sets those poor unfortunate souls free! (+👠)

As you descend into the belly of the volcano, there are more souls floating about.The entire belly of the volcano is like a titan’s insides made into a water park, complete with intestine waterslides and a pool of stomach acid. Some ghosts are at play, sliding or lazily swimming.

And in the center of the pool, a Purple Cauldron barks orders!

Intruders have entered, you idiots! Forget digging up your own graves! Knock these girls into the acid and you will have fresh bodies!

The ghosts start calling dibs. "I want the one with the fedora!"
"I like flying, dibs on the fairy!"
"I want the mermaid AND a fedora!"
"I want the one at the helm—and a sea captain hat!"
"When I’m the fairy, I’m gonna live in a hat!"
"You’ll be undead, stupid! A hat is where you’ll un-live."

The ghosts stop arguing and float toward the ship. But because they loudly announced themselves instead of sneaking up, you’re more than ready for them!•@Eltesla,@Dmbrainiac,@Ysolde,@Redcroc
👿 THE PURPLE CAULDRON
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👻 POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS
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