Barbara looked up, and saw a lever nearby. it was JUST outta reach, but... 'nah I think I can make it' she backed away, and took a running start. "wait! what are you even doing!?" she jumped, and flapped her wings as hard as she could... and landed safely close to the lever. she looked back at shadow, smiled, and waved. "... that's some duck" "yea... it almost acts like a human, too..." Barbara pulled the lever, and a platform dropped, allowing shadow and shade to cross. "heh. thanks little guy" shadow said, patting her on the head. she quacked, and ran towards the other edge of the platform. seeing more and more gaps in between the walkway. she gave an irritated sigh. 'this... is gonna take awhile'

about two hours later, the trio decided to rest for a little bit. "oooooh... my stomach" "I told you not to eat so much cake..." shadow looked back at Barbara, who was sleeping peacefully on a huge sponge cake. "... say shade? when the duck wakes up, can you talk to them?... somethin about them is oddly familiar..." shade gave a thumbs up, before falling back onto his own sponge cake, trying to sleep the ache off..

"please... little barbarian... you must save the other princesses... please... before it's too late!"