Part 3
Entering Adventure Land
Bright colors and sounds erupt around Lina, Amelia and Gourry as the show begins around them.
"In thheeeeeee . . . Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."
"All the birds sing words," José chirps.
"And the flowers croon," Michael finishes.
"In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room." José, Fritz, Michael and Pierre sing together.
"You expect me to sit here and listen to this," Lina whispers harshly at Amelia as the birds continue to sing undeterred. They have been singing this song for over fifty years so it is very unlikely that they will stop now.
"Shhhh," Amelia's eyes glint at her companion daring her to speak again. "If you sit here quietly I'll buy you a Dole Whip." Even if Amelia doesn't know it, she sounds like the countless mothers who have walked through this amusement park with bratty children and bartered to give them Dole Whip if they behave.
"Make it two," Lina quiets down for the moment.
Gourry starts singing along with the birds and flowers.
For a while the three watch with varying amounts of amusement.
When the thunder and lightning crash around them Gourry instinctively stands.
"The god's have been angered by all the celebratin," Fritz comments as the shutters shake and rain pelts the windows.
"Light come forth," Gourry cries. No gods are going to be killing them if he can help it. He brings out his replica Sword of Light and stands strong.
The crowd around them gasps and most assume that this might be a special event or a part of the show. The older guests know better though and shrink back in their seats.
On the walls above them, the tiki's start drumming and sing a harsh tune. Gourry patiently waits for an attack that will never come.
"Sir," a cast member says beside Gourry. "No flash lights during the show!"
"Oh I'm sorry," Gourry immediately settles down and retakes his seat.
Lina slaps her face, "It's a show Gourry," she hits Gourry for good measure. "None of it is real stupid!"
"Shhhhhh," the crowd says round them.
At this point the show is nearly over; as soon as the doors open Lina lunges out ahead of everyone. The birds sing the cheerful ditty of Hi-Ho-Hi-Ho as the guests slowly exit. No one dares challenge Lina but they do make rude comments about it as they pass Amelia.
"Dole Whip!" Lina demands.
With a heavy sigh Amelia enters a fairly long line for the cold treat and tries to think of a strategy to keep Lina occupied.
"There you are," Zelgadis says as he passes under the Adventure Land sign and joins them in the line. "I've heard this stuff is good."
"I was a good girl so Amelia's buying my two!" Lina beams happily with a joking jab at Amelia's ribs.
"Of course," Zelgadis jokes while Amelia gives the man a warning glance.
When they finally reach the cash register they end up buying nine containers in all. Four for Lina, three for Gourry, one for Amelia and one for Zelgadis. At first Lina complains that the women behind the booth aren't filling the blows right by intentionally leaving an empty space in the middle, but after Amelia offers to give Lina four of them she is pacified.
They sit down at a strange looking rock shaped bench in the bottle neck portion of Adventure land near the Jungle Cruise. In all honesty the bench is not well placed considering the large crowd of people trying to get through the tight street.
But all of the Slayer's frustration is quickly forgotten after eating the Dole Whip. Lina swears that this stuff is the best thing she has ever had and begs for more after she engulfs the third bowl.
"Gah, brain freeze," Lina moans.
"That's what you get for eating it too fast," Amelia sighs.
"Ahhh, why does my head hurt," Gourry echo's in a similar fashion to Lina.
"It's called a brain freeze," Zelgadis calmly reminds the man.
"He can't possibly have a brain freeze," Lina laughs. "He doesn't have a brain!"
No one argues the point and they have a good laugh about it.
"Well here's the Jungle Cruise," Amelia says as Lina finishes. "Might as well."
"That ride look interesting," Zelgadis points at the Indiana Jones ride just beside the Jungle Cruise.
"Yeah, but look again," Lina grabs Zelgadis's pointing finger and lowers it to the wait time below the rides name. "It's a forty-five minute wait."
"And we can't get another fast pass until after . . ." Zelgadis fishes out one of the passes and looks at the bottom. Toni was sure to point this out for his benefit. There was a wait period before allowing another fast-pass to be used. ". . . another half hour."
"I refuse to wait in a long line," Lina says.
"I think we are all clear on that point," Zelgadis sighs as Gourry nods in eager agreement.
"That's perfect than," Amelia beams. "By the time we get off the Jungle Cruise we can get a fast-pass for Indiana Jones. Although . . ." she eyes the creepy temple and overgrown trees wearily. "I might pass on that ride. It looks evil. . ."
Rolling her eyes Lina is quick to remind Amelia that nothing here can hurt them. "Besides if I'm going on the Jungle Cruise with you, YOU have to go on the Indy ride. It's only fair."
"I was afraid you would say something like that."
"Jungle Cruise is one of the oldest rides here when Disneyland opened in 1955," Gourry rambles off. "It was inspired by Walt Disney's 'True Life Adventure' films."
". . . do you even know what a film is?" Lina asks.
"No, do you?"
For once Lina is without answer. When Lina makes no motion to speak on the matter they all turn to Zelgadis for an explanation instead.
"Swish42 mentioned something about it being a form of entertainment that helped create this amusement park," Zelgadis sighs. "But other than that, she didn't expand on the term."
"I'm sure we will find out eventually," Lina says. "Come on, it's only a five minute wait!"
End
Author's Note: I just got back from Disneyland myself so I'm re inspired to continue this silly story. I just had to include the Dole Whip since it's always been a highlight of mine when visiting the parks. The Tiki Room was something Eryx really wanted to see.