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[center][@Ariamis], Emily [@FamishedPants], Shannon [@t2wave], Rina [@Rune_Alchemist],
Sophia [@Crusader Lord], Katelyn [@Vocab], Amaryllis [@ERode][/center]

The first thing Scribe Xi saw when she woke up was Collector Delta, sleeping next to her. She was lying on a beach chair, much like the one Xi found herself on, and wearing a swimsuit that she didn’t recognize as hers.

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With those black and white frills, it almost reminded her of a maid uniform. 

…she was wearing one too, wasn’t she? Xi looked down at herself and saw…

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It didn’t look [i]bad[/i] on her by any means, but she was definitely going to have words with whoever changed their clothes while they were sleeping. Like ‘Which hand do you like more?’ and ‘Why yes, this billhook is very sharp. Nice of you to notice.’

She was keeping the free beachball, though. 

When she looked up, Xi noticed Delta was awake, and staring right at her boobs. Very, very intently.

[color=blue]“Um…”[/color] Why no, Xi certainly wasn’t blushing, inwardly or otherwise. Where would you get that idea? 

[color=gray]“The swimsuit is your uniform, but changed,”[/color] Delta said after a moment. [color=gray]“It’s the work of some very powerful magic. The kind that no normal magical girl could possess.”[/color] She frowned. [color=gray]“Its magic doesn’t share the same aura with you, either, meaning that our Patron wasn’t directly involved.”[/color] Her expression drifted over to ‘puzzled.’ [color=gray]“I can’t tell who or what is the source of this magic. Not with my Third Eye, at this point.”[/color]

Huh. Now that was fascinating. 

…hold on. Wasn’t there something off with that?

[color=blue]“…these swimsuits replaced our uniforms, but we had them on while we were unconscious. Doesn’t unconsciousness cause a transformation to drop?”[/color]

[color=gray]“Good question.”[/color] 

“Personally, my money’s on ‘wish shenanigans,’” said an all-too familiar voice. Delta rolled over onto her back, revealing her familiar in human form, who was lounging on his own beach chair.

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“If someone wanted to make a beach getaway for themselves and a few other people, crafted their wish so that no one could just leave prematurely...” Lee took a sip from a much fancier glass than usual. “Well, the first thing most Magical Girls would do upon waking would be to transform anyways. Might as well cut to the chase and give them their uniforms from the get-go, especially if you’ve disabled any skills that could let them escape.” Lee swirled his drink around. “I already tried opening the usual way. No dice.”

Of course it couldn’t be that easy. [color=blue]“We need to get to that center island. Whoever’s giving out that prize is probably either the person who brought us here or working for them.”[/color]

[color=gray]“…seems the others came to that conclusion as well,”[/color] Delta said, as Sophia summoned a pirate ship from the ether. [color=gray]“We might as well conserve our strength.”[/color]

Xi looked around the beach for a moment, doing an internal headcount. [color=blue]“…where’s Beat?”[/color]

Lee sipped from his drink. “My guess is, she’s probably on the main island already.”

[color=blue]“What makes you say that?”[/color]

Lee simply indicated behind him with his thumb. A good distance away from Lee’s beach chair, there was a decent sized groove in the sand leading towards the shoreline. Towards the end of it, it started glinting suspiciously like glass.

[color=blue]“…in that case, we might as well get on that ship. Though I don’t think we’ve got that girl’s ups,”[/color] Xi noted. [color=blue]“Ahoy there,”[/color] she called out to Sophia. [color=blue]“Could you send over a longboat? We can’t exactly jump aboard.”[/color]

[color=gray]“To answer your question,”[/color] Delta called over to Amaryllis. [color=gray]“We can’t contact our Patron either. In every sense but the literal one, we seem to be in the same boat.”[/color]