{RP} The S.S. Wishmaker - Tides of Witchcraft

[Neo Emolga]

The Diamond Ladies
Guest Room
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii @Chakramaster

It wasn’t in Cassandra’s usual behavior to panic, but she had never been in this situation before where others were drawing close to finding out their darkest secrets. If they had been found out, it would have been the end of their fame and careers and chances were good it could result in any prize money and accolades they ever had ever received being stripped.

“Just grab it all and let’s go!” Violet commanded, realizing there was someone already on their way to the guest room.

Agreeing there was not a second to waste, Cassandra dashed for the bed and prepared to grab the bag containing their witchcraft books and regents. Nothing else in the room mattered to her and she knew their clothing and personal belongings wouldn’t cause suspicion about what they were up to. As far as she was concerned, all she had to do was grab her witchcraft things and make sure they didn’t leave her sight. Once she did, she could then talk to the cruiseline’s security, claim they were robbed, and demand another guest room. But in her rushed haste and with a distracted and busy thought process, she made one major critical error.

She forgot to “clean” the pillow.

“Hurry up, I think someone’s coming!” Jarena shouted into the room as she kept a watch out in the hallway.

In the past, the Diamond Ladies never did try and experiment to see if a hexed object could in fact result in multiple Pokémon transformations with additional contacts. Cassandra found the answer to that the hard way. It can… if and when several different strands of Pokémon fur were held while the hex was performed. And in this case, besides including one of a Zorua, it included several others…

Her hand never made contact with the bag before it became a paw, much to Cassandra’s horror. In just two seconds, her body went from being a 5’11, 23-year-old lady to a 1’ tall, fourteen pound Eevee. She didn’t even have a moment to scream before two long ears and a fox-like tail sprouted from her head and rear as brown fur and a beige-colored fluffy collar surrounded her neck. Her arms, legs, torso, and the rest of her body were instantly changed in shape and form as they were all covered with Eevee fur. She found herself suddenly dropped to the carpeted floor on all fours as her now oversized t-shirt and jeans slipped off of her much smaller, fox-like body. When she emerged from the pile of clothing, she suddenly became paralyzed in panic as she looked at her transformed paws that were formerly hands.

“Eeevveeeeee eee!!” she screamed.

The sudden cry of a frightened Eevee coming from the room caught Jarena’s and Violet’s attention, and they couldn’t help but look into the room, first with puzzled curiosity, and then absolute shock as they looked toward the bed and realized that there was now an Eevee where Cassandra used to be, and it didn’t take them a split second to realize what had transpired.

“Cass, you didn’t…” Violet muttered.

“Oh boy…” Jarena swallowed hard, covering her mouth with her hands in shock. “Oh boy… Cass, now you’ve done it. How could you forget to… look at you! What the hell do we do with you now!?”

But there was nothing Cassandra could do except quiver in her new Eevee body, feeling so strange and unfamiliar as she was now covered with brown and beige fur. She couldn’t even speak to them in English to admit her regret for acting too quickly. Meanwhile, it was true, the three of them never considered to learn how to dispel and undo a Pokémon transformation as a precaution. They weren’t even entirely sure if it was at all possible, having focused much more on learning how to cause the afflictions rather than undo them. But they had absolutely no time to stop and see if the recipe for undoing the complete mishap was perhaps tucked away on a page of their witchcraft books they had overlooked. What they had taken along for the cruise were only the bare essentials. Everything else was committed to memory and the solution to deal with this was not one of those memories.

Violet decided to pick up from where Cassandra left off, this time making sure the hex on the pillow was dispelled before grabbing Cassandra’s bag. And with little choice in the matter, she had scooped up Cassandra and all the newly-transformed Eevee could do was look at Violet with sad, very regretful eyes. Then, she had taken Cassandra’s belt of Pokéballs and slung them around her shoulder, shaking her head at the ill-timed and absolute mayhem of the situation. The two of them then just decided to move away from the room, standing in the hallway and not sure where they were going to go and what they were going to do next.

“How are we supposed to explain this, now?” Violet asked. “She can’t compete in the tournament like this!”

“Let me just… think for a minute,” Jarena demanded.

“Eeev…veee…” Cassandra muttered and drooped her eyelids in shame as her long Eevee ears dropped toward the back of her neck.

They continued down the hall, unaware of Gloria the Shaymin watching and listening to them from the shadows. While the Diamond Ladies were unaware they were being watched by Avery, Jimmy, and their Pokémon, they tried to think of something. They knew help for Nathan was on the way and they needed a believable lie to keep the truth covered if they were spotted here.

“If we run into anyone, tell them we were robbed,” Violet told Jarena in a serious tone. “We have the stuff so there’s nothing to find in there now and they can search all they like. That and tell them Cassandra left to go get help from security.”

“What about that ‘Nathan’ dude?” Jarena asked. “What if they ask about him?”

“Act like you have no idea who or what they’re talking about,” Violet told her. “That’s all. Now let’s just find an empty room somewhere so we can figure out if there’s something we can do for Cass.”

It wasn’t too much of a plan, but right now, it was all that they had. They knew there wouldn’t be too many open empty places around the guest rooms, but she was hoping there might be a storage cabinet, a public restroom, or an empty space with ice and vending machines nearby they could use to hide for a bit, away from prying eyes and ears.