Dannyel

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Los Paraísos: The Water Park

“Geez, Dylan,” Estelle’s cheeks flushed as red as her hair, and she grinned back to the Matter Artist. “Are you a writer too, or something? You have quite a way with words, y’know!”

He laughed at that. “Come on, Estelle, you don’t have to be writer to appreciate the beauty all around you.”

“Move it along,” the ride assistant drawled, leaning back against the railing as she gestured to them to head in the slide. It appeared that sometime during their little talk the line had finally moved along and now they were the ones holding it up.

“C’mon then, Dylan!!” Estelle screamed, gripping Dylan’s wrist again and charging for the water slide’s entrance. “Let’s gooooooooo!”

“Right behind you!” He grinned as she jumped in, gliding in right behind her. At first he was a little suffocated by the thick plastic that surrounded him, but he heard Estelle’s screams of joy as she slide. Taking a deep breath, he pushed himself off and shrieked as he flew through the tube, twisting and turning so fast that he completely lost his bearing before he was launched out of the slide and cannonballed into the pool. His splash was so large that it nearly re-submerged Estelle.

Swimming to the edge, he let out a whoop of excitement as he waved down Trixie. “No, don’t think that was the dangerous one.” Eyeing her critically, he frowned. “You’re still dry. Why haven’t you been investigating?” He hauled himself out of the pool and shoved her towards one of the slides. “I’m going to help Big Bro with the drinks and you had better be on a ride by the time I get back.”

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Los Paraísos: The Water Park

“That’s certainly...impressive.” Dylan wasn’t scared of heights, especially when he knew he was safe and sound encased in plastic tube, but he still couldn’t help but feel completely dwarfed by the thing. Spinning around to Trixie, he gave her his best thumbs up. “Well take care of that one - you best find yourself a slide to check out, sidekick! Report back here afterwards!” 


At that time Estelle had finished hugging Don - poor guy was scared of heights - and was pushing him forward. “Just a sec!” Whipping off his shirt, he balled it up and tossed it at Don. “Hold onto this Big Bro!” Letting himself be pushed and prodded, he and Estelle joined the line for the water slide.

And it took forever. If it wasn’t for the high vantage point, allowing him to see the rest of the park what what he swore was all of Los Paraísos, he would have sworn that all the patrons were in line for this one slide. It was too be expected, though, as the slide was a beauty.

He turned to Estelle as they neared the top and pointed out towards the ocean. “Just look at it, Estelle.” The sun shining bright on the water, reflecting in bright sparks as the waves crashed upon the golden shores. From their height all the people looked small and rather indistinguishable, but Dylan thought that just made the sight even better. “Isn’t it wonderful? All these people from so many places - strangers, friends, lovers - all gathered together at this place where the earth meets the endless force of the sea and just having fun.” 


“This really is paradise.”

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Hello everyone! Sorry for the no-post yesterday - I messaged Pach about it but I guess he didn't pass it on :P - there was kinda a snowstorm in the middle of the afternoon which made the end of the day and getting home a bitch so when I did get home I pretty much ate dinner and conked out lol. But never fear! I shall read and post in a few hours but for now - errands!

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Woohoo! WATER PARK TIME!!!

Hmm, I'm kinda working through play number 872108 of Mass Effect, and of course SWTOR. But nothing exciting. Been reading a lot. Just started a book that's 1252 pages long…whelp.

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Los Paraísos: The Strip

Hearing a commotion in the lobby, the clearest sign that his friends had finally come down from getting changed, Dylan started to turn around when he felt a heavy weight suddenly land on his back.

Piggy back ride, Dylan! Piggy back ride!” Estelle screamed excitedly.

“Woah!” Dylan cried as he stumbled forward, his arms automatically reaching back to form stirrups for Estelle’s legs. “You can’t just do that, woman!” he protested, though he didn’t drop her as he quickly regained his footing. “I don’t know how long I can do this for...”

Estelle didn’t seem to care about that. ”Let’s go to the water park!!!”

His face already starting to redden from the exertion, Dylan decided to use his little bit of energy to make this the best damn piggy back ride. “Hold on!” And with that he dashed off as fast as he could, causing Estelle to scream with delight.

Los Paraísos: The Water Park

He wasn’t, however, able to carry her all the way to the water park, having forced her to walk less than half-way to the park. Still, it had been fun, even if the small of his back was hurting, and he wanted nothing more to find a pool and simply float.

Upon entering the park, however, all thoughts of lounging flew from his mind. In front of them was sprawling park, with several pools, numerous slides with all kinds of contortions, food stands, and even a few shacks that sold some alcohol. He smirked at that - poor Moira and Amy and them all had gone off to find a some bars.

Why would you go to the bar when you could have the best of both?

Turning to Trixie he smiled mischievously at the girl. “So, sidekick, which slide should we investigate first?”

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Los Paraísos: The Flying Albatross

Dylan deflated as Aria presented a surprisingly good argument about why they should spend the rest of the day “relaxing.” Perhaps they were right, perhaps they could find out more by simply doing an unorthodox investigation. Either way, there was nothing much to do besides, and Trixie was hissing in his ear. “Sure,” he said with a smile, “how do you like waterparks?”

Los Paraísos: The Strip

Not long afterwards, having stowed his stuff away in a gorgeous room that he didn’t even have to pay for, Dylan lounged outside the hotel while he waited for the others to arrive. Together they would travel as a group to the waterpark, but for now he simply relaxed, wearing his swim trunks and a open shirt, having taken a cue from his Big Bro. “Come on,” he muttered as yet another band of tourists walked by, off to have a glorious day in the sun. “Any time now.”

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Though now that I read the idea with Trixie and Xan being his Superhero sidekicks, I'm cool taking him wherever. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

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I kinda wanna put Dylan in the bar group - just to see if he'll finally get Amy to punch him out for being too nice. Is that acceptable?

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Los Paraísos: The Flying Albatross

It appeared that Dylan’s questions had opened a floodgate as the rest of the Pride - as well as the two new girls - immediately jumped down Thunderhawk’s throat in an attempt to illustrate how ludicrously underprepared the de facto leader seemed to be. Thankfully, though, Thunderhawk stopped the barrage of questions and addressed each of them in turn. His answers were sparse, leaving Dylan even more worried until he finally said that he did indeed have a partial list of missing women.

“Well, at least it’s something to work with,” Dylan said, his voice regaining some of his cheer as he sipped at his Pina Colada. Unfortunately from his position he couldn’t really see the documents and pictures, but just knowing they had something was a huge relief. Which was immediately shattered by the realization that they didn’t actually have any jurisdiction in Los Paraísos.

He didn’t know whether to feel nervous or excited. On one hand what they were doing was probably illegal if well intentioned, and they could easily end up making things worse by working against the officials. But...it was also so cool. This made them the rebel heroes, working in the shadows to aid the incompetent legal system. “Hey Trix,” he whispered underneath the flow of the conversation, “you know what this makes us? Superheroes! Masked vigilantes investigating the mysterious disappearances.”

Damn, this would make such a good story!

Suddenly Thunderhawk was knocked down, Estelle standing over him in anger. The sudden action snapped Dylan out of his fantasies. What had he missed? Well it probably didn’t matter, since Estelle quickly smoothed it over and the meeting came to an end.

Aria. Xandra. Go with them. You guys know the area, right? Should be able to help them around… and get to know one another. You guys could probably have a bit of fun too,” Thunderhawk advised. “Don’t be late, and be dressed good and ready to work.”

“Dressed good?” Dylan echoed in confusion. “Do you mean dressed fancy or dressed prepared for a stakeout? And just how are we supposed to have fun? Women are going missing, we should be doing something right away!”

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Hello everyone! Next one's on me!