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[b][u]Los Paraísos: Water Park[/b][/u]

Lisette held her free palm up defensively and laughed nervously. "S-sorry for asking..."

[i]“I’m okay, Trix, just didn’t expect to see her here. First Thunderjerk, then her… not to mention all the missing women… even though we knew we’d have a mission, I thought it’d be a lot more… relaxing then this. Siiiigh…”[/i]

[i]“Huh? Missing girls? What is it that you guys are delivering…?”[/i]

"Mm, we're supposed to be delivering a le-- [i]mmmph[/i]!"

Dylan suddenly sucked in air and pressed his hand over Lisette's mouth. "Nothing! It's nothing~" he tried to cover. Between all of them, they had let far too much slip.

Lisette patted Dylan's hand until he let go, and they both looked to Estelle to figure out what to say to the woman.

Kapi, whose memory was still much better than his owner's, decided to try what tended to work on Estelle and leapt into Josette's arms to try and distract her. He nuzzled against Josette's bare stomach and rolled onto his back, kicking his legs in the air.

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[b][u]Los Paraísos: Beach[/b][/u]

In the restroom, Selan pushed her bangs out of her face and dabbed at her forehead with a damp, cool paper towel. She remembered one of the several reasons why she disliked drinking, but it wasn't helping that her stomach contents were doing backflips and somersaults.

She returned soon after, wearing her cover dress and wedges again and looking almost grim. She caught the tail end of a conversation:

"Hey hey, we don't know anything about any rumors!"

"Yeah, do we look like we've lost any girls lately?"

"Dude, [I]shut up[/I], don't tell them that!" 

Selan sighed. "Playtime's over, gentleman. It's been fun." she said, leaving the men flabbergasted. Save for Aria, the guys found the seemingly-haughty attitudes of the beautiful women quite offputting, and with Selan's final rejection, they decided it wasn't worth it, and assumed they were just being paranoid.

Selan watched them shuffle off before turning to the group. "I have a small request, but hopefully no one will mind... I think I need something to eat to settle my stomach, so would anyone mind getting a small bite to eat? I'd love for us to get to know you a little more properly, Aria." she said to the woman with an apologetic expression. "And just as important, we might be able to establish a pattern. I know we aren't supposed to be working just yet, but there might be a bartender or waiter who could tell us if he'd seen anyone suspicious chatting up the kidnapped victims."

"So what do you say?" she asked the group, brushing her hair from her face.

[b][I]Some time later...[/b][/I]

[b][u]Los Paraísos: Ddaear Café[/b][/u]

They had passed several establishments, even steering clear of a Grungy's. Eventually they settled upon an unassuming diner, the concept of which was different cultural foods from all of the surrounding countries. No open bar, but the owners happily kept refilling Moira's stein with different regional ales as long as they kept eating, although Moira had asked for it before the menus even touched their table.

Selan immediately tried to ask the couple running the restaurant if they knew anything about missing women, only to be shushed immediately; apparently, it wasn't good for business to mention anything about crime, which gave Selan the impression that it was rampant on the tourist-infested island. 

Slightly disappointed by the failed attempt, she returned to their table; two tables and benches had to be pushed together to fit the six of them.

"No luck..." she sighed, picking up her menu. It was unfortunate, but surely the blow would be softened by the arrival of their lunch.