"What am I doing here!?!" screamed the woman into the unending darkness. Again, her question went unanswered as all of them had since waking up in this foreboding realm. All she could see was darkness. She could not detect any smells, sounds, or even temperature fluctuations since she had awoken. Afraid to move into the darkness, she continued to yell out hoping for a response of any type. Anything or anybody was better than being alone in the abyss.
Elsewhere at the capital of Saillune, Sylphiel and Gourry were paying an unexpected visit to Princess Amelia…
"Amelia-san, have you heard from Lina-san recently?" inquired Sylphiel.
"No, I have not heard from Lina-san in quite some time. Why
do you ask?" replied the raven-haired princess while looking over new banner
designs for the annual Justice, Peace, and Love parade.
"Well, Gourry-sama hasn't heard from her in some time.
Although he doesn't remember,
"I am sure Lina-san is simply spreading the word of Justice, Peace, and Love to all the over-worlders! For Justice, Peace, and Love are the foundations which we must build our societies upon in order to promote Justice, Peace, and Love." Amelia declared from the rafters of the Palace study. All the servants, Sylphiel, and even Gourry sweatdropped as they watched the princess fall from the rafters.
"I am sure you are right, Amelia-san, there is nothing to worry about. No doubt Lina is just too caught up in treasure hunting to write regularly. Gourry-sama and I will return to Neo Sairagg immediately after breakfast tomorrow." Sylphiel rushed.
"Breakfast?!? Where?" yelled Gourry, searching for breakfast despite that the sunset could be clearly viewed through the window.
"I hope you are right, Amelia-san." thought Sylphiel to herself. "But I can not help but sense Lina-san is in danger."
A shadow parted from the pillar in the corner of the study, "My Lina-chan is missing? Yare Yare, this simply will not do." mildly commented the shadow before teleporting out.
On Wolf Pack Island…
"Xellos! Where are you!?! If you do not show up here in the next five seconds I will NOT torture you for a millennium and I'll have you waxing all the floorboards and I'll tell everyone that your secret is…" raved a beautiful, platinum blond as she dragged on her cigarette while pacing the marble foyer.
"Jouu-sama! No need for threats, you know I am always ready to please you in any way possible! Why look at these bangle bracelets I procured for you from Dolphin's personal wardrobe, aren't they simply sparkly?" grinned the annoying Trickster Priest as he phased in holding an armful of bracelets.
"Kawaii! Ooooh, this will look so darling with my new dress… but anyway, what is this?" sneered Xelas, waving the offensive piece of paper in Xellos' nose.
"It's a PTO (Paid Time Off) request." Answered Xellos while slipping bracelets on Xelas' left wrist, right wrist, left ankle, and right ankle until no part of her limbs were not covered by rhinestone bangles.
"I know what a PTO request is, why on earth are you asking for PTO when you've never taken even an hour's vacation since you started work millenniums ago?" demanded Xelas
"Why Jouu-sama, I thought you knew. Lina is missing, I thought I would find her before Luna finds out." Xellos responded absently while snapping Polaroids of Xelas in her glittering finery.
"Lina is missing!?!" groaned the Beastmaster, who sat down with a lot of jingling noises. "Luna is going to kill me."
"Not if I find Lina first, Jouu-sama." interjected Xellos.
"Then what are you waiting for? GO!" ordered Xelas.
"I take it my PTO request is granted, then. Ja ne!" said Xellos as he teleported out.