After a bit, Hunter was sitting on the sand pulling his head back while Viney performed a healing spell. "It's fine, Skara." Hunter assured her.
"We came to this beach to have fun, not have an injury." Viney argued. "Minor or not."
Willow approached her boyfriend. "You okay, Hunter?"
"I'm fine, dear." Hunter replied. "You okay?"
"I wasn't the one injured." Willow retorted. "But I was weirded out seeing Steve and Courtney make out."
"Sorry about that Willow, Courtney just had a lot of adrenaline in her." Steve said. He was currently sitting on a towel with his girlfriend, massaging her shoulders.
"That's fine, I understand." Willow said before turning back to Hunter. "I don't know what is going on with Mr Blight, right now. But I feel he needs to talk with someone."
"Aaaaaand, done." Viney declared.
Hunter stood up and grinned. "I feel refreshed."
"You wanna have a lie down on the towel?" Willow asked.
"Sure, why not?" Hunter responded. "Perhaps you could massage my shoulders."
Willow grinned. "Or, you could massage mine?"
Hunter's cheeks turned red while Willow flexed her biceps and thighs, causing Hunter to blush. Then he began following his girlfriend to her towel.
Viney on the other hand, just narrowed her eyes at Willow. "She thinks she's got the bigger pack of muscles? Has she seen these?" She flexed her muscles. But unbeknownst to her, Skara was walking past with Raine. When she raised her arms up to do another flex, she accidentally hit Raine in the face, knocking them in the sand.
"Viney!" Skara screamed in shock. "Were you flexing without me in your presence?!"
Meanwhile, Eda was shaking a coconut filled with all the concoctions to make a margarita. "Alright everyone, who wants a shell of this?!" She split the coconut in two.
"I do." Lilith said with a hand raise.
Eda handed the shell to her sister. The older Clawthorne sister put a straw in her drink and took a large sip.
"Ah, refreshing." Lilith said.
Then, Alador showed up and snatched the coconut shell from Eda's hand. He drank the alcoholic beverage with one gulp. "Woo!" He slammed it on the ground and raised his hands in the air. "I feel like an aggressive game of football! Like in that beautiful sequel to Top Gun!"
"Catch!" Hooty spat out a ball that Alador caught in his hands. "Who's up for a game?!"
"Yeah!" Gus replied.
Then, a bunch of people which included Gus, Skara, Viney and Boscha chased Alador so they could play a game of football.
Darius, Amity, Edric and Emira began to stare at Alador with concerned expressions on their faces. "We have to talk to Dad." Edric said.
"I know, I'm not liking this." Emira said. "I feel I'm going to need cheering up."
"I got it." Edric was about smack Amity's belly again, but then saw that it was no longer red, it was back to pale. "Hey Mittens, your belly isn't red anymore. Could you do another belly flop?"
Amity narrowed her eyes at her brother. "Edric, I'm not doing that again."
"But it was so fun!" Edric whined. "It compensated for the fact me and Emira have faces on our stomachs."
"That you started by not wearing matching swimsuits!" Emira argued.
"You two are so petty sometimes!" Amity chided.
"Enough!" Darius interjected. "This bickering is pointless. We need to talk with your Dad about all this."
"Why did he suddenly start to act like this?" Emira asked.
"It's like he wants to relive his glory days but forgot how he lived them." Edric said.
"Exactly!" Darius said. "He was carefree and relaxed but careless wasn't one of them. Bump would even tell you the same thing if he was here."
"Shame he couldn't come." Amity said. "Luz invited him as well."
Meanwhile in the Demon Realm, Bump was busy tending to his garden right in front of Hexside. He wiped some sweat from his brow and drank a glass of lemonade.
"I don't know what Luz wanted my presence for but it probably wasn't that important." Bump looked at the sweat coming from his pits. "Would have been nice if it was an invite to the beach."
Back in the Human Realm, the Blight children and Amity were discussing how to handle Alador. "How are we going to handle Dad?" Amity asked.
"We should probably say something but without being insensitive." Darius suggested.
"Yeah, like this." Edric cleared his throat. "Dad, we think you're acting like a bigger idiot than me." Emira smacked the back of Edric's head.
"No!" Emira chided.
Back with Eda, Raine was given their margarita that they began drinking. Vee and Masha had approached the woman with curious expressions.
"Hey Vee, you ever drank alcohol?" Masha asked.
"Not really." Vee replied. "I saw Camila drink apple blood one time and it kind of put me off. Human anatomy can't handle apple blood. It causes strange mutations."
Masha looked surprised. "Really? Well, that explains this." All of a sudden, a lizard tongue flicked out of the gap in their teeth. "I don't know what would happen if you drank a simple margarita."
Vee shrugged her shoulders. "I guess you're kind of correct. But, I'm not twenty-one. At least I think I'm not. Not sure about how old I am." Then an idea came to her head. "I could be twenty-one."
Meanwhile, Camila had placed a few patties on the grill, since they were ready to cook. "Hey Cammie, you want a hit of margarita?"
"No thanks, Eda." Camila said. "I would but I think I learnt my lesson after taking alcohol from you."
Eda shrugged her shoulders. "Suit yourself."
Then, Vee approached Eda. "Um…Miss Clawthorne, could I have a margarita?"
"Are you kidding me?!" Eda exclaimed. "I am just preparing for Camila's reaction for when Luz tries alcohol at 21! And let me tell ya, knowing Luz's energy, she will be like me after a dozen apple bloods."
"But…Since I was bred in a laboratory and have no knowledge of my true age, I could be old enough to drink." Vee countered. "I feel old enough."
Eda stared at Vee with a suspicious glance. "Hmmm, I don't know…You're going to have to try harder than that. Let's say, I don't know, forbidden information I should not know of."
Vee began to think of the nude beach that she and Masha found. She knew she'd give it away to Eda and perhaps annoy Luz since she didn't want a nude beach on the beach day.
"There are some secret treasures in the lab I was experimented on." Vee lied.
"Deal!" Eda handed Vee her margarita.
The basilisk approached her partner as she span the drink with her straw. "Well, bottoms up as they say." Vee drank a sip of the beverage from her straw. She smacked her lips as she began to analyse the taste.
"How do you feel?" Masha asked.
"Well, it's more bitter than I expected." Vee replied. "But I feel fine. Do I?"
Then, the basilisk looked forward and saw something strange. She watched as Hunter massaged his girlfriend's shoulder, the Flapjack tattoo on Willow's arm began to twitch.
Then, the said tattoo began to hop around her body. From her back, to the back of her neck, travelling all the way to Hunter's left hand. The tattoo then began conversing with the tattoo of Flapjack via tweets before snuggling each other.
"Hey Mash, is it just me, or are Hunter and Willow's tattoos alive?" Vee asked.
Masha looked at the couple with a raised brow. "Uh….Vee, the tattoos are not moving."
"You know Mash, I never realised how hot Courtney looked in a bikini." Vee said. "She's so hot, she and Steve are practically melting into each other's bodies."
She pointed at Steve and Courtney, whom were giving each other kisses. She was sitting down in front of him while he sat on his knees right behind her. Her hand on his face and his hand rested on her stomach.
Then, her hand began to melt right into his cheek, almost like candle wax. Then, Steve's hand began to melt into her stomach, almost like he was jamming his whole hand into her.
"Wow, that is a hot make out session." Vee remarked.
"What are you talking about?!" Masha asked. "Courtney is just showing Steve a card trick."
Steve was sitting on his knees, his hands on his face with anticipation. While Courtney was about to pick a card from her hand.
"Is this your card?!" Courtney showed Steve the eight of clubs, causing the former Coven scout to gasp.
"Oh my gosh!" Steve clasped his hand against his mouth. "How do you keep doing that?! Are you not a witch?!"
Masha grabbed Vee her her shoulders. "Vee, are you okay?"
Vee began to look around the beach to see some weird things that have happened to everyone. Skara had musical notes for teeth, Alador looked like a hunchback, Luz appeared to be an otter Titan, King was a dog, Eda was shaped like a coconut, Camila appeared to be a spatula while the spatula looked like Camila, Gus was breakdancing in the air, Lilith was dressed like a clown, Hooty appeared to look relatively normal, Boscha had one eye, Raine was just a ball of energy floating in the air, Viney's entire stomach was just a sizzling, grill Amity's hair looked like cotton candy, Darius looked to be doing hand stand ups while the Blight twins' stomachs were talking to each other.
"I just realised that the life of a tanning disaster is shorter than a turtle." Said Tommy the Talking Tummy.
"But we have good memories of humiliating these idiots." Said Edric the Conversational Belly.
Vee laughed. "Oh, those tummies are correct!"
Masha grabbed their girlfriend and began to shake her. "Vee? Are you okay?"
Vee just stared at Masha completely dumbfounded. And that's because, they now had the head of a snake. "Vee? Are you okay?"
"Mash? Mash? When did you get even hotter?" Vee began to pucker her lips. "I want to kiss every scale on your gorgeous face." Masha gently pushed their girlfriend back while she tried to kiss them.
Meanwhile, Alador was running around the beach trying to catch the ball that was being thrown towards him by Viney.
"Nice throw, Vine!" Alador summoned an Abomination hand from his back that he tossed towards Boscha.
The three eyed witch caught it and slammed it on the sand. "Yes! Touchdown!"
"Does anyone actually know how to play?" Gus asked.
"Not a clue!" Everyone laughed with each other.
Just then, Darius and the Blight children approached Alador with stern expressions on their faces. "Alador, may we talk?" Darius asked.
"Sure thing. Don't wait up for me gang!" Alador moved aside so he could chat with his family. "So, what's the problemo, fam?"
The Blight children and Darius cringed. "Firstly, never say that again." Emira demanded.
"Alador, I want you to listen to what your children wish to say." Darius said. "Edric, you're the least mature one, start us off."
"Hey!" Edric chided before clearing his throat. "Dad, you know me and Emira appreciate you being more lively than usual, but we think you're taking this too far."
"Sure, we like the idea of you being carefree we tell our sister that all the time, but even Ed and I know that this sort of thing has limits." Emira said.
"Dad, you're being more reckless and careless than we would like you to be." Amity said. "You hurt Edric and you were too judgemental with me for over exhausting myself."
"Dear, I love that you're getting out of your comfort zone, but I think you need to find some way to restrain it." Darius said. "Come on dear, me and your children are worried for you. And it would pain us to see you get too destructive with your behaviour."
Alador, instead of understanding them and being a little sympathetic, he narrowed his eyes at his family. "So I can go back to being boring?!"
"Evidently, yeah." Edric replied.
"Edric!" Amity, Darius and Emira chided.
"You know, I never realised how boring I was until the other day when Luz mentioned surfing." Alador explained. "I thought back to my younger days and how happier I was. I was spirited, I was active, I was exciting, that was until I met Odalia and suddenly became this insomniac slump who barely had time with his kids! Now that I have time with my kids and feel free from that witch, I realise that I'm boring around you guys!"
"Eh, slightly." Edric said.
"Do you wanna help?!" Emira exclaimed.
"I miss being young and fun, I miss enjoying my existence!" Alador argued. "I miss actually feeling like I'm a part of someone's lives."
Darius narrowed his eyes at his partner. "Well, I miss the old and boring Alador!"
"Well, you might as well get used to the new man that stands right in front of you my dear!" Alador retorted. "Because this is the new and improved me! Whether you like it or not!" The Abomination mechanic walked away to join back in the game while Darius and the Blight children watched on with concerned expressions.
"What are we going to do?" Emira asked.
"It's alright, eventually he'll realise he's being stupid and snap out of it." Darius assured the kids.
"But what if that's when he gets severely injured?!" Amity exclaimed.
Darius exhaled. "Well, we have to be prepared for the worst."
Meanwhile, Eda had finished slurping on her margarita while Camila had just flipped the first burger. "Hey, where are Barcus and Jerbo?" She pondered.
Eda shrugged her shoulders. "Cammie, they're fine."
"Yeah." Viney assured Camila. "If there's one thing I trust about those two, it's their survival skills."
Then Masha ran up to Eda and Camila. "Miss Clawthorne, Miss Noceda, it's Vee."
Camila began to get concerned. "Mija?!"
"Uh oh." Eda, Camila and Masha ran towards the Basilisk, whom was currently zoned out on the towel, going in and out of her human form and basilisk form.
"Vee?!" Masha exclaimed.
"Vee!" Camila held her daughter on the shoulder. "¿Estás bien?" Then, the Noceda matriarch saw the coconut with margarita near her daughter and instantly put the pieces together. She narrowed her eyes at Eda, whom was already planning to walk away. "Eda!"
Eda raised her hands. "In my defence, she brought up a good argument about not knowing her age and that she could be over twenty-one."
"That's your defence?!" Camila exclaimed in anger.
There was an awkward silence. "Yes." Eda stated bluntly after a bit.
Camila exhaled before aiming her spatula at the witch. "Si Luz se emborracha y tu eres la causa te voy a arrancar los brazos."
Eda stared at Camila with a terrified expression. Once the Noceda matriarch was out of her sight, Eda took a glance at Masha.
"I don't know what she said, but I feel threatened." Eda said.
Camila got back on her knees to stare at Vee in her eyes. "Vee, Mija, are you okay?"
Vee gave a dumbfounded expression. "Hey Mom, did you buy a lightsaber?"
In Vee's vision, her own mother appeared to be holding a red lightsaber instead of a spatula. "Uh…No, it's a spatula."
"You sure?" The tipsy Vee asked.
Camila looked at her daughter in concern. "How many sips did you have?"
"Oh, I had a couple." Vee replied as she swayed her body back and forth. "Hey, is it just me, or did we get a horse?"
In Vee's vision, she could see a horse with grey hair, white fur and a hook for a front right hoof. "Uh…No?" The horse responded.
"Huh, that horse sounded like Eda." Vee remarked.
Masha got in front of Vee. "Vee, listen to me good."
However, in Vee's vision, her partner appeared to have blue fire raging behind them while sinister bells played in the background.
"Now listen here, you gorgeous shapeshifter, you are going to snap out of this or I will kiss you so hard that you will suffocate! But you will die from sensual pleasure that will make you feel like you ascended into Valhalla!"
Instead of feeling threatened, Vee just smiled. "Ha!"
Masha looked surprised. "Huh, usually my hot threats would cause her to be a blubbering mess."
Then, Amity and Emira approached the three. "Ms Noceda, we need your advice." Emira said.
"How did you break your Uncle Bruno from his crisis?" Amity asked.
"Hey!" Vee exclaimed. "Amity, how did you…Where did you get that robe?"
In Vee's POV, Amity appeared to be dressed in a blue robe and her cotton candy ponytail was now cotton candy hair loops. "Uh…What? Is Vee, okay? Em?"
"I don't know." Emira, now some sort of red eyed hellhound in Vee's hallucination, replied. "I just hope she didn't get into Ed's brownies. Ed, did you bring your brownies?!"
"Is Vee okay?" Amity asked.
Eda looked confused. "I didn't put anything in the margarita. If I did, then I would be seeing some of the wacky crud she was seeing."
Luz approached the group. "Is everything okay? I notice a lot of you are going over here and I got curious."
"Luuuuuz!" Vee cried. "Sis, what are you wearing? Why are you wearing a green coat in this type of weather?"
In Vee's POV, Luz was wearing a white shirt, a pair of black high rise pants, a distinct green coat and white shoes. "Vee? You okay? Also, could you describe those articles of clothing again? I think I might wanna look for something similar to those."
Then Gus approached everyone dressed in a red shirt, green pants and a blue jacket. "Hey Luz, when will the food be ready?"
Just then, a man who appeared to be in his mid thirties suddenly materialised in-between Luz and Gus. "In a minute, Gus."
"My celebrity crush, TV's Jack Quaid?!" Vee exclaimed in shock.
"Who?" Eda asked.
"I don't see him anywhere." Luz said as she looked around the beach.
"He is right next to you!" Vee argued. "Can't you see him?!"
"No I can't see a TV known as Jack or Quaid." Emira hellhound retorted.
"Vee, it's important you know of this information." The TV actor said. "The creator is coming."
"Who is coming second love of my life?!" Vee exclaimed.
"Who is this Jack Quaid again?" Eda horse asked.
"He's an actor who has been in a ton of superhero stuff." Journalist Luz explained.
"And now, I wanna put a hex curse on him." Sinister Masha said.
"Jack, Jack, who is coming?" Vee asked.
"The creator comes with a message." Jack replied as he stood aside to reveal a woman in her mid thirties wearing glasses, a black shirt, a pair of jeans with a belt, red hair and tattoos all over her body.
"Hello, Vee." The woman said.
"Are you…God?" Vee asked. "My Titan, you are gorgeous."
"No, my name is Dana." The woman said. "I am your creator. I must warn you about the pink elephants."
Out of Vee's hallucination, Lilith was studying her while everyone watched on in concern. "How is she, Lilith?" Camila asked.
"I've studied Basilsiks ever since I discovered a slither of them hiding under the library." Lilith explained. "Alcohol acts as a hallucinogen to them. She is fine. Or, she will be. But I suggest someone keep an eye on her before she…I don't know, finds a nude beach."
Vee raised a claw/hand up. "Hey! Hey! I got an idea! You know, Lily, you mentioning nude beach just gave me a bright, bright idea. How about we…"
"Get to building sandcastles while we wait for Vee to cool off?!" Masha suggested.
"Huh?" Eda reacted.
"In fact, let's make it fun, why don't we make it a sand sculpture contest?" Masha suggested.
Suddenly, King popped out of Eda's hair. "Did someone say contest?!"
"What was Vee actually about to say?!" Eda asked.
"Doesn't matter, it's time for a…." Stringbean turned into a microphone that King caught in his paw.
Sand Sculpture Contest
Boscha walked in front of the title card and groaned. "I give up! I give up!"
"In this contest, a diverse set of contestants will put their love of art to the test as they prepare a sand sculpture." King explained. "It can be anything except for anything inappropriate, Eda!"
"What?!" Eda shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not interested in sand sculpturing anyway."
"And here we have a trio of three esteemed judges who have an understanding for art." King pointed to the judges, who happened to be Luz, Raine and Courtney. The trio holding their own clipboards.
"Wait, what?" Courtney looked confused. "When was I a judge? And where did we get clipboards?"
Luz nudged her shoulders. "Don't think too hard about it."
"And now, let's say hi to our contestants who want to prove that they are the best." King said. And these contestants were Amity, Gus, Steve, Hunter, Boscha and Hooty. "Wait, Hooty?! How can you build a sand sculpture?!"
"Hoot! Hoot! I have my ways!" Hooty replied.
"Okay, so you have a limit of 15 minutes so, on your mark…Get set….Sculpt!" Stringbean shape changed into a whistle that King blew into, making it a signal to start building their respective masterpieces.
While Amity, Hunter, Boscha, Gus and Steve ran to the ocean with their own buckets to get water, Hooty was devouring some sand.
Raine looked to be disgusted by what they were seeing as well as Courtney. "What even is Hooty?" Courtney asked.
"Believe me, Courtney, I have no idea." Raine replied.
Meanwhile, Eda and Lilith were tending to Vee, whom was still in her drunken state getting enthralled by what she was seeing.
"What do you think she's seeing right now?" Eda asked.
"Who knows?" Lilith responded. "She's probably listening to the creator saying something that is meant to be deep but is actually annoyingly pretentious."
But in Vee's POV, Dana was busy talking to Jack about something. "…So then Amity got captured by Hooty so Luz could ask her out."
"Wait, how did he get her without her parents or siblings knowing?" Jack asked.
"He is a lot more stealthy than you think he is." Dana said.
"Ha! She is right about Hooty!" Vee exclaimed.
"Okay Lilith, why don't you go and get me a drink of water." Eda suggested. "That tends to be my go-to drink for when I have too much alcohol."
"Sure thing." Lilith left Eda to get some water.
Back in Vee's vision, Dana was staring at Vee with a tense expression. "Vee, it's time, the pink elephants are coming."
"Where are they coming from?" Vee asked.
"From my heart." Then, Dana's chest began to stretch as if something was inside. "Oh, they're coming!" Then, her chest stretched again. "Be prepared because it's gonna get disturbing."
All of a sudden, her chest exploded and out came a parade of pink elephants playing all sorts of instruments. This included, trumpets, trombones, drums, cymbals, flutes and bells. "What? What? What? What? What?" The elephants chanted as they began to march around the intoxicated Vee, whom looked enthralled and terrified at the same time.
More pink elephants marched out of Dana's chest, playing their musical instruments loudly while making elephant noises. All of a sudden, the pink elephants morphed into a bedroom that enveloped around Vee, whom had just turned back into her basilisk form.
Vee was laying on a bed in her human form while wearing an orange net shirt. "What?" She responded in a Scottish accent. "Ay, what happened to my voice?"
She looked up to see what looked to be a baby elephant crawling on the ceiling right towards her. "What is even happening? Oi ay, did I have too much margaritas?"
The mammal baby continued to crawl across the ceiling right towards her. Then, the baby stopped above her and turned its head 180 degrees to face her.
Vee, obviously being freaked out by this, began to scream. "THE BABY HAS THE HIGH GROUND! THE BABY HAS THE HIGH GROUND!"
"What is it?" Then the baby dropped down on her, causing her to scream louder.
All of a sudden, Vee was now in a casino dressed in a pink shirt, blue shorts, a striped jacket, a bucket hat and ray ban shades.
Around the casino were a bunch of elephants pulling levers on slot machines, collecting money from slot machines, counting cards, betting their airplane tickets and one Sinatra-esque singer.
The basilisk in disguise had beads of sweat dripping from her head as she looked around her surroundings. She was struggling to stand on her two feet since they were bent.
"All of a sudden, I was in a casino bustling surrounded by herds of elephants. Elephants dressed in either retro clothing from the 80's to the 90's, Hawaiian shirts, sun hats, sunglasses and tuxedos. They were at the slots wasting all their precious money meant for motel rent. Nearby, I saw a couple of elephants betting on their own airplane tickets. Now they can't get back to Africa, or India, or Thailand, or whatever country they come from. In that moment, I realise I was speaking but my lips weren't moving. It's like I was narrating the events of what was going on in the style of some eccentric newspaper article. Then, I began to listen to the Sinatra elephant's music. I couldn't make out what the song was meant to be a metaphor for. But it kept repeating one lyric, 'what is it, you were about to tell me?' What is that good looking mammal talking about?!"
"This is a freak show!" Vee shouted, getting every elephant's attention. "You! All you elephants! You shouldn't be wearing clothes! You're animals! This is abuse! Who put these poor endangered creatures in human clothing?! Animals!"
"All of a sudden, I heard a sound. An indescribable sound which I could only describe as an eagle mixed in with the sounds of a squirrel, a horse, an owl and a cougar. I was confused as to why I was narrating again for a brief moment until I saw it. Standing next to the exit was a Native American man with long raven hair, looked to be middle aged and was wearing nothing but loincloth. I swore I saw his buttocks. Nevertheless, he motioned me to come forward. Usually a woman like me would do the right thing and not be tempted by something so surreal and obscene, but the margarita affecting my liver also affected my brain. So, I walked to the strange man, to the exit."
Next thing Vee knew, she was walking in a blistering hot desert. Her hair was long, she wasn't wearing shoes, she was in leather pants, a black bra and had a necklace which was shaped like a door.
She looked at the outfit she was wearing with a baffled look on her face. Sure, the lack of shirt made sense to her, but leather pants? Then, she shrugged her shoulders. "Eh, I'm warm blooded anyway."
As she walked through the desert, she realised she was surrounded by five people. These were Jack Quaid, one of the elephants, the Native American, Masha and a puppet version of her Basilisk self.
Vee raised a brow in confusion. "Jack, what is going on?"
"Walking through the desert." Jack replied. "Don't have time to answer."
Vee then turned to her partner for some kind of clear answer. "Mash, what is going on?"
Masha smiled. "Oh Vee, you're still hallucinating. That's why you're in a desert dressed like a seventies rockstar. And these companions travelling beside you have deeper meaning. I, represent the love of your life, Jack represents your celebrity crush and the elephant represents the fact you're hallucinating."
"What about puppet me?" Vee queried.
"Oh that puppet is just here for no particular reason." Masha explained.
"Hi ho." Puppet Vee gave her a wave.
"Where are we going?" Vee asked.
"I don't know." Jack replied. "I'm just following the man. Do you think it's odd he's got his butt out?"
The Native American continued to lead the group deeper in the desert. So deep in fact that Vee had no idea how long she had been walking for without feeling dehydrated.
Then, the Native American stopped and pointed to a giant grey owl. "Vee." The owl said.
"Me?" Vee asked.
"Vee. I need to ask you an important question." The owl said.
"Fire away." Vee said.
"Vee, what was it you were about to tell me?" The owl asked. "What were you about to say before Masha interjected? You were about to suggest something upon Lilith mentioning nude beach?"
"Oh, that's simple grey owl, there's a nude beach." Vee replied.
In the real world, Eda was on her knees in front of Vee, grinning from ear to ear. "A nude beach, huh?"
Meanwhile, King and Luz were checking the timer on her phone. "And five…Four…Three…Two…" And with a loud ring, the timer had completed its duration.
"And…That's it folks!" King declared. "Let us see your masterpieces!"
The six contestants all stood by their masterpieces which were covered by their own respective covers. "I can't wait to show you mine. It will get me to win." Hooty said with confidence.
"Sure, sure, sure, we'll see, Hooty." King said. "Amity, what is your masterpiece?"
Amity cleared her throat as her cheeks turned red. "Well…I call this, the Light of the Isles." Amity unveiled her masterpiece which was of Luz doing a superhero pose while brandishing a pair two light glyphs.
Luz gasped. "Amity, that looks amazing!"
"Should it be Luz of the Isles?" Courtney asked. "Since Luz literally means light in Spanish?"
"Well no wonder she shines no matter where she goes." Amity winked at her girlfriend, causing her to blush like crazy.
Luz began to fan herself. "Well…Well…Well…I…I…I…I…"
"Let's move on before she puts her in a coma." Raine suggested as they wrote on their clipboard.
Next up to present their masterpiece was Hunter. "I like to call this, A Goddess Among Witches and Demons." Hunter unveiled his masterpiece which happened to be a sand sculpture of Willow flexing her muscles.
Willow was blushing like crazy while Viney just rolled her eyes. "Her muscles aren't that muscular."
"I don't know, I think he's got every detail down." Willow said. "Heck, look at my right bicep." She stood next to the sand sculpture and flexed her right bicep.
Viney narrowed her eyes at Willow. "Now you're just showing off."
"Viney, please don't let this lead to anything ugly." Hunter said to her. "I plead with you."
Up next was Gus, whom looked very excited to show his creation. "Okay! Okay! Luz, I really hope you like this one because this represents what I consider to be the greatest achievement in all of human history."
Luz looked intrigued. "Oooh! Excite me, Porter."
"This item helped the first humans drink water, this item has brought ailing countries back from the dust, would probably bring world peace if everyone just gave a try." Gus grabbed the cover. "I give to you…" He removed it to reveal none other than a giant bucket sculpture. "..The human bucket!"
Courtney looked confused, Luz was snickering while Raine was nodding their head like they were taking this seriously.
"Interesting, interesting." Raine said.
Up next was Steve, whom was checking under the cover to see if everything was okay. "So Steve, is your masterpiece dedicated to me?" Courtney asked. "Because if it is, then bonus points."
"NO BONUS POINTS!" King exclaimed. "Also, be subjective about your criticisms, not objective!"
"Alright, so, this was based off of a dream I had." Steve said. "I tend to have dreams that I interpret as either a future or a past life. I dreamt of meeting Courtney, the Day of Unity and one dream of being trapped in another Human Realm with a human Gus and his blonde girlfriend."
Gus looked alarmed. "I'm sorry, what?!"
"But this one is very recent and I wanted to show it." Steve removed the cover to reveal a motorcycle. But it wasn't just a motorcycle, there was someone else leaning into the motorcycle. And that person was none other than Courtney. Only she was dressed in a pair of ripped jeans, a black leather jacket, a crop top and black shades.
Courtney was in complete shock by what she was seeing while Luz and Raine were blushing. "Uh…." Courtney could only say.
Raine noted Luz's blustered face. "You're imaging Amity aren't you?" They asked.
"Uh huh." Luz responded. "And you with Eda?"
Raine nodded their head. "Mmm hmm."
Courtney however, was in utter disbelief. "I…Steve, I don't know if this will ever happen. I mean, I can't ride a motorcycle and I can't pull off a crop top."
"You're wearing a bikini and that is more revealing than a crop top!" Boscha exclaimed.
Then, they moved on to Boscha, whom was looking as smug as ever. "Alright Boscha, what do you call this?" Luz asked.
Boscha removed the cover to reveal a perfect sand sculpture of herself. "I call my masterpiece, Me."
"Boo!" Viney chided.
"Shut up, you don't know art!" Boscha retorted. "All you know how to do is workout and flex."
"Actually all art is subjective." Viney said. "Sure, sculptures, drawings and paintings are what most people would commonly associate with art. But art could also apply to something like acting, photography, film, television, video games, music or even tattoos. Or, that's what Skara told me. Point is, art is subjective and I personally think that sculpture is but narcissism and self indulgence formed from tiny little rocks under our feet." Everyone was amazed by Viney's analysis. Sure she was smart when it came to beastkeeping and healing, but art was totally unexpected.
Skara approached her girlfriend, cheeks blushing. "That, was the hottest thing I have ever witnessed."
Finally, they all came to Hooty. "Alright Hooty, what did you make?" Raine asked with disinterest.
"Oh, trust me, you're going to love this." Hooty assured them. "Humans, witches, Grimwalkers, titans and basilisks, I present to you, The Boiling Isles!" Hooty removed the giant cover to reveal the entire Titan for everyone to see.
It was an exact replica of everything. There was the head, the crown, the knee and the town of Bonesborough. Everyone, including the non contestants were all in shock by what they were seeing. It was a very accurate replica.
"Holy, moly!" Luz exclaimed. "I can't believe I just said that!"
Raine began to analyse the giant sculpture. "Hooty managed to get every detail! Down to the marks on the Titan's bones."
"Oh my gosh! Are those miniature versions of me and Amity on a date?!" Luz looked to two sand figurines that looked like her and Amity, dancing beside the Grom tree.
"Yup!"
"I don't know about you guys, but I think we found a winner." Courtney said. "No offence Steve."
"None taken." Steve said.
"What?!" Exclaimed the alarmed Boscha.
"You know what? I think I might make this the winner." Luz said.
"I as well." Raine said.
Boscha was already getting angry. "It can't be!"
King jumped nearby the sculpture. "Everyone, put your hands and hook together for your winner, Hooty!" Everyone applauded for Hooty, whom began to bawl tears of joy.
Meanwhile, Boscha was annoyed by what had transpired. Did she just lose? Did she just lose to Hooty?!
"I lost to Hooty?!" Boscha began to storm away from everyone.
"Where are you going?!" Amity shouted.
"To calm down!" Boscha replied.
As the three eyed witch walked away to calm down, she walked past Eda and Vee, whom were still chatting about the nude beach.
"Okay Vee, I want you to focus, where is the nude beach?" Eda asked.
"Well, grey owl, I will tell you just as long as you don't tell Eda." Vee said. "You promise you won't tell Eda?"
Eda used her hook hand to cross her heart. "Cross my heart and hope to die."
Vee gave an intoxicated grin. "It's…It's…It's….It's…Where me and Masha…"
"I don't need details on what you and Masha did. Just tell me where the cave is." Eda requested.
"Alright, alright…It's…" All of a sudden, Vee fell face first into the sand in front of Eda.
The Owl Lady sighed in annoyance. "Well…Now I don't know." Eda positioned Vee so she was lying on her back instead of her face before standing up to make a declaration. "But I, Edalyn Clawthorne shall find this nude beach no matter what!"
"Lunch is ready!" Camila declared.
"Right after lunch!" Eda picked up the unconscious basilisk and began to carry her over her shoulder. "Don't worry Vee, you can have some lunch."
Meanwhile, Boscha, grumbling in annoyance walked through a cave. "Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable." When she exited the other side, she was greeted to a horrifying sight. She could see Jerbo and Barcus playing frisbee together, completely in the nude.
But thankfully, their more sensitive parts were being censored by some inexplicable steam. "What is this?! Jerbo, Barcus, why are you naked?!"
Jerbo stopped arguing with Barcus over the frisbee so he could stare at Boscha with a surprised expression. "Boscha?! How did you get here?!"
"I found a cave!" Boscha replied. "I found it because I walked through after I lost a sand sculpturing contest to Hooty."
"Wow, that's embarrassing." Barcus remarked.
"I know!" Boscha replied. "So, wanna tell me why I have to lay my eyes on….This!"
"This is a nude beach." Jerbo replied.
"A nude beach?!" Boscha exclaimed in shock.
"Yup, a nude beach." Jerbo replied. "I went here because I lost my trunks and this place kind of made me feel less embarrassed about…" Suddenly, Jerbo was hit in the face by Boscha's bra.
"Say no more, Jerbo!" She interjected. "Say no more!"
