Ecstatic Death Land is inside a castle. The castle is surrounded by a moat which is filled with lava. Of course. Inside are rooms full of hideous torture items and equipment. With rainbows on the walls! Happy, happy, happy!

::Kohan approaches the castle, dragging an unconscious Abby with her. She hauls her across the drawbridge and inside, pulling her into a cold room where she shackles her to the wall so she can't escape. Then she kneels before the girl and plays with her chin, tilting Abby's head this way and that.::

"Pretty girl."

::Smiling, she lets the girl's head droop and turns around to look out for Macha and Dicevii.::

::Abby yawns suddenly as she starts to come to.::

::Kohan turns to observe Abby, then, unconcerned, walks over to a window and stands still, looking out.::

::Abby smacks her lips a few times, then takes in her surroundings. Her eyes brighten up when she sees Kohan and she hastily struggles to her feet.::

"Why, Kohan! Brave friend! You are okay!"

::She starts towards her, but is immediately hauled back by the chains.::

"Wh-"

::She stares down at her shackled wrists in some confusion.::

"I do not remember obtaining new jewellery... and so unattractive, at that! Most unAbby."

::Outside and far away, Macha, Dicevii and Josie are approaching.::

"Let us do the call of secrecy so they will not know we are coming!"

::He and Dicevii start calling out and screeching at the tops of their lungs.::

::Josie screams.::

"What the hell call of secrecy is that?!"

::Hearing screams from outside, Kohan looks out the appropriate window and then picks up a bludgeoning bat. For bludgeoning.::

"Quiet, scourge."

"... whachoo just call me?"

"Only the most secret!"

::Macha starts to run towards the castle.::

"Come! Quickly! While they are not expecting us to surprise them!"

"You're kidding me, right?"

::Josie tags along. Something is clearly ass backwards with these people.::

"Come! You go first!"

::They're at the drawbridge now.::

"Enter the room on the left. There, I think, you will find Abby."

::That's the truth.::

"Sweet, gracious Abby."

::Kohan gets ready with the bat, standing beside the entrance out of view.::

::Josie finds this all too weird. Why would a grown man send in a young woman into a dangerous place first?::

"Why ladies first? Gentlemen should check the danger out before sending young misses in! What if she's in there with one of those monsters? Go in and then as you distract it we'll get Abby and run I'll smoke us out!"

"That would be the perfect plan, were men allowed to enter the castle. Watch."

::He cleverly reaches a hand out, then suddenly leaps back as if a forcefield has thrown him. He lands on the ground and rolls over, cursing convincingly.::

::Josie narrows her eyebrows.::

"I knew we should have made you a woman."

::She furies out and walks into the castle cautiously, she makes her way to the room on the left and sees Abby in there, she goes in oblivious to the fact that Kohan wants to bash her pretty golden locks into her head.::

::Kohan flinches with anticipation before swinging the bat at Josie's head.::

"Josie!"

::Abby pulls at the chains, trying to run to help Josie as she's forgotten she's tied up again. She doesn't understand! What is Kohan doing!?::

::Josie flinches too, but as she flinches she smokes out then back in behind Abby.::

"What the hell are you doing Kohan!!"

::Kohan looks blank. The magical powers of the girls are foreign things to them.::

::Dicevii and Macha enter seconds later.::

"... Kohan!"

::They look as bewildered as Kohan. Their plan was simple but as it didn't work they're a bit stuck.::

"What the hell? I thought men couldn't get into the castle?"

::Josie looks at all the faces before catching on. She tries to cut through the chains, yanking at them too, she whispers something to Abby.::

"They're the bad guys, Abby."

"... turns out we can! After a brave, heroic woman like yourself enters first."

::Similarly, Dicevii whispers a bit to Kohan, clearly angry about something.::

::Abby frowns at Josie.::

"What, fo' shizzle?"

"I'm really sure now."

::Josie's sawing at the wood with her claws now. If they have to leave, she doesn't wanna take the chair.::

"Kohan! What is that? You thought Josie was one of the Lalalas and that is why you attacked her? Oh, all is explained. And we worried so!"

"Oh, go suck on a llama!"

::Abby looks over at Macha.::

"But Macha says..."

::The wood Josie is attacking is starting to come alive. It's working its own way to break Abby free.::

"Macha says nothing! He's lying and he's afraid of me too."

::Josie gives up and faces the other three.::

"Right? Someone's guilty!"

::At Josie's assertion, Kohan rolls her eyes now and throws the bat into Macha's arms, more to hit him than arm him.::

"Give it up Macha. Women aren't as stupid as you think them to be. Well."

::She turns and casts an idle eye over the pair.::

"Maybe that one is."

::She points at Abby.::

::Macha catches the bat and looks uncertainly at Josie.::

"Her face..."

"She is not!"

::Josie looks angry with all her stripes and claws and stuff.::

"What about my face?"

::Abby tears away from the wooden blocks that held her, but her vines aren't strong enough to break through the thick metal cuffs around her wrists.::

"Will somebody explain to me what is going on here before I go postal on all of your asses!"

::Kohan now looks at Josie. Sure Abby's not stupid?::

::Abby notices Josie's stripes now and continues ranting.::

"Why are you pretending to be a tiger? You are not a tiger. Nobody here is a tiger!!"

"Shut up, Kohan!"

::Josie steps towards her.::

"I'm not a tiger, Abby, I'm a furie and you've seen me like this before. You see, they want us done for... I don't know that for sure, but I think Kohan was supposed to kill me. These two ladies here, were trying to trick me into being some sort of 'sacrifice' and then made me run into the castle alone. It was all part of their plan, right?"

"Wrong! We are men!"

::Macha thumps his fist onto his chest in agreement.::

"You are jealous of our superiority."

::Josie points and laughs, covering her mouth, she giggles away.::

"And wrong again: we may not be tigers, but we are..."

::A strange shadow moves across Dicevii's face. It seems to stretch outwards momentarily.::