The TSD Kids:

The Adventurer’s Agency

Lv. 18

Spa Day Disaster!

Last time, we succeeded in saving Nadia from the Inner City Officials. We even helped old friends meet! Now that all that is over, we’re just sitting at home, awaiting our next call. We haven’t taken on anything in ages!

T: “Why is it every time that after some action happens, everything gets boring again?”

I was sitting on the couch in the living room, polishing my sword.

T: “All those battles I’ve been through with this sword… and I was only eight or nine! Glad I haven’t gotten rusty.”

Girls: “AAAAAAAAHHH!!”

A piercing shriek could be heard throughout the whole house!

T: “What!? That came from Sofia’s room!!”

I took my sword and hammer and dashed straight for her room! I stood outside the closed door.

T: “What’s going on?”

Girls: “AAAAAAAAHHH!!”

T: “Alright, that’s it!”

I kicked the door open!

T: “Alright, where the bad guy?!”

Although it was her room, and the girls were sitting right there, I started looking around for intruders.

Sofia: “T?”

T: “Alright, come on out! You don’t scare me!”

T-na: “Oh, T…”

T: “You dirty thief… I’ll poke ya but good! Come get some!”

Ellis: “T…”

T: “Coward! If you don’t show yourself, I’ll kick you squar’ in the nuts!”

Tracy: “T!!”

I was in the middle of looking in a wastebasket when Tracy yelled.

T: “(Calmly)…What?”

Sofia: “You don’t just barge into a lady’s room for no reason, you know…”

Ellis: “And you’re searching, too! What are you looking for?”

T: “What…? I…! Then what the heck are you all yelling for?! I thought you were all getting mauled or something!!”

T-na: “No, we were just excited!”

T: “Excited, huh? (Pfft, girls…) Well, what about?”

Sofia: “It’s something really cool, for sure!”

Ellis: “Yeah, yeah!”

T: “Then tell me! …But first, what’s with all the lip gloss, lipstick, and eyeliner? You all go on a shopping spree again?”

Ellis: “Actually, we wanted to test them out.”

Tracy: “Before we used them, that is…”

T: “I hope you don’t mean on me…”

Sofia: “No, we knew you wouldn’t agree to it; that’s why we had someone else ‘volunteer’…”

T: “Oh. Y’know, I haven’t seen Cotton all morning; where is he?”

To this, all they could do was giggle suspiciously…

T: “No seriously, where is he?”

Cotton the Bunny: “(Help!)”

T: “Huh?”

They then moved aside to reveal…

Cotton: “(Look what they did to me!!)”

Cotton was covered in makeup from head to toe! And they stuck a tutu on him, and bows on his ears!

T: “MY BUNNY!!”

I grabbed him off the bed!

Ellis: “Hee, hee, hee…”

T: “What the hell, man? Haven’t you four learned from the hair tonic fiasco?! Testing this crap on animals is wrong!!”

Tracy: “Sorry!”

T: “(Sniff, sniff) Smells nice, though… ugh! Man, scaring me for nothin’… good day to you, sirs… I mean, madams!”

I headed for the door.

Sofia: “But T, don’t you want to know about…”

T: “I said good day!”

Later on, back in the living room…

Cotton: “(I can’t get this smell off me…)”

T: “Ah well. Give it a few days…”

T-na: “Oh, T…”

T: “Huh?”

The girls walked in.

Sofia: “Do you want us to tell you about it now?”

T: “About what?”

Ellis: “This!”

Ellis pushed a paper in my face!

T: “Bleagh! Oh! What’s this?”

It was brightly colored and seemed to be advertising something.

T: “Hmm. ‘Great News! Deep Magma Spa Grand Opening! Come one, Come all!’ Huh… okay.”

Sofia: “You remember LavaReef City, right?”

T: “Of course! It’s Kyle’s hometown.”

Tracy: “That’s where it opens!”

T-na: “We were thinking of how cool it would be to go for a spa day!”

T: “Spa… hot springs, saunas, even the pieces of cucumber on the eyes… sounds like a sweet deal!”

Sofia: “I know; it would be so exciting for us to go!”

T-na: “We were thinking go heading out there now!”

T: “Cool. Let’s see what’s on TV…”

Tracy: “Hurry up, I wanna pack a bag or something!”

I turned it on.

Cotton: “(Looks like the news…)”

Newscaster: “Today is the day of the grand opening of the Deep Magma Spa, situated in hot, hot LavaReef City, Flare City’s sister city!”

T: “Just like in the flyer…”

Tracy: “Shh! It’s still on!”

“Already, reservations are flooding in like hot lava! This is largest spa built to date in any of the two regions! With many accommodating features, people of all sorts will grace these halls!”

Ellis: “It makes me wanna go even more!”

“Oh? I’ve just heard that reservations are all full up! They’ve even recorded dates for the rest of the week! Oh dear… first come, first served, I suppose… I’m glad I got mine! I’m signing off!”

T: “Whoa, that sucks… I’d hate to see the faces of those who didn’t get a reservation.”

But of course, I did as soon as I turned around. They looked ready to turn on the waterworks!

T: “Ooh, I see you’re unhappy…”

T-na: “No spa for us…”

Tracy: “It makes me so mad, I wanna kick something!”

They walked off slowly.

T: “Eh… not to sound uncaring, but what’s the rush? It’ll still be there, right?”

Cotton: “(I guess you have to look at it the way a girl does.)”

T: “True.”

I then pulled out A.N.A.L.Y.Z.E.R.

T: “Hey, you’re a girl (kinda), what’s so rockin’ about a spa?”

A.N.A.L.Y.Z.E.R.: That is a mystery even I cannot compute…

T: “Oh… maybe Nadia knows!”

I went to see Nadia next door.

Nadia: “A spa?”

T: “Yeah, the other girls were all psyched about this giant new spa opening in LavaReef… but now…”

We went out to look in through one of our living room windows.

Cotton: “(They’re sitting there, moping as if the world had ended!)”

T: “So I’m wondering what’s so special about it?”

Nadia: “I guess I’m in the same boat as you. Not having been to one either, I would not know.”

T: “Aw, nuts.”

Nadia: “We could always try and cheer them up.”

T: “Okay!”

In a few seconds, we three stepped into the living room.

T: “Hey, hey! Don’t feel blue! So you can’t go today!”

Cotton: “(Or for the whole week…)”

T: “Dude, don’t say that! Anyway, cheer up! I’ve got candy…”

No response…

Nadia: “We’ve got flowers…”

Still no response….

Cotton: “(I’ll let you dress me up again! Just lay off the perfume!)”

We were better off talking to Tetris blocks!

T: “Fine! If we can’t cheer you up, what will?!”

Sofia: “Spa.”

T: “Figures…”

Suddenly, the TSD Terminal went off!

T: “Hot dog, we got a call!”

Nadia: “It’s been ages since we’ve had one.”

T: “Come on, maybe our next job will make you feel better!”

Though there was no sign whatsoever, they got up and followed us to the basement.

Nadia: “Please bring it up now, T.”

T: “Sure. Oh come on, you sad sacks! Cheer up!”

Cotton: “(Just go ahead.)”

I turned the videophone on.

“Hello? Is the Adventurer’s Agency? This is the TSD Kids, right?”

T: “It sure is!”

Akira: “Oh, hi there T! It’s me, Akira! From Flare City, remember me?”

T: “Oh! Cool, nice to see you again!”

Akira: “Likewise!”

T: “So what’s the problem? How’s the condition of Mount Flame-thrower?”

Akira: “Actually, I don’t know; I’m in LavaReef City right now, but I heard it’s fine.”

Cotton: “(What’s the job?)”

Akira: “It’s not like you have to go into a volcano or anything…”

T: “I hear that!”

The first time we met Akira, we were looking for the Fire Stone, which was of course, in the volcano. Eiji and I ventured into it.

Akira: “It’s… more of a publicity stunt, like what happened before those toys that looked like you went nuts. You heard of the large spa opening here, right?”

T-na: “Spa??”

The second they heard that word, they turned their heads up from the ground!

T: “Yeah. Seems like a pretty big to-do.”

Akira: “Well, we were wondering if you would like to come for a spa day! If people were to see you stay here for a bit, tourism would increase!”

Cotton: “(Well, LavaReef has always been the tourist trap…)”

T: “Sounds aces!”

Akira: “Thing is, six spots have unexpectedly opened up, which is surprising, cause’ everyone wants to come here. That means six of you can get the spa experience!”

Nadia: “That’s rather lucky.”

Akira: “I must go now, please meet me here at LavaReef!”

She hung up.

T: “Wowee, that rocks… I’d love to see the looks on the faces of those who heard news this good!”

And of course, I did as soon as I turned to face the four girls. Their smiles looked bright enough to raise the dead!

T: “Ooh, I see that you’re happy…”

But my sentence went ignored.

Sofia: “Did you hear that?! Our next job’s at the spa!”

Tracy: “We can take it easy!”

T: “Hey, it sounds good; should we get prepared?”

Still ignoring me, Ellis said,

Ellis: “She said six of us can come!”

T: “That’s practically all of us! Eiji, Kayin, and Sho are still out training!”

As I remained unnoticed, Sofia said,

Sofia: “Okay, so who will go?”

Tracy: “There’s you, me, Ellis, and T-na… who else will come?”

T: “Hello!”

Tracy: “Uh, yeah, hi T…”

Ellis: “Nadia, why don’t you come?”

Nadia: “I suppose. I’ve never been to a spa.”

Ellis: “Okay, so that’s five of us. Who else should go?”

T: “Hello!”

Ellis: “Hi, T. Gosh, you’re affectionate!”

T-na: “What about Paisley, Rosemarie or Paula?”

T: “Eh…”

Though they ignored me, I brought up the list of members. The icons for Paisley and Rosemarie were faded gray, and Paula’s icon was tinted green.

T: “Paisley’s on vacation, Rosemarie’s on vacation, and Paula’s sick.”

Tracy: “Paisley’s on vacation, Rosemarie’s on vacation, and Paula’s sick.”

T: “That’s just what I said!”

Sofia: “So who should come??”

T: “Hello!”

Sofia: “How are you today, T? Didn’t see you there!”

T: “Good grief!”

Tracy: “What about Bolt? Nah, she’s a robot, she might not get it, and she might rust from all the damp air. So who?”

T: “Hello?”

Tracy: “Yo, green boy, what’s up? Where’ve you been hiding?”

T: “Well, it doesn’t get any gayer than this… it’s like I’m freakin’ invisible!!”

Tracy: “Say something?”

T: “Not a thing… according to your ears...”

Cotton: “(How about Sheila?)”

T: “Not you too, bunny buddy…”

Cotton: “(Well, I have to say something to end this!)”

Ellis: “Hey, how about Sheila?”

Cotton: “(Wow, they ignored me!)”

T: “Welcome to da club.”

Sofia: “Perfect! Let’s call her! T! How do you work this thing?”

T: “Oh, now you need me! Whatever, man!”

I called Sheila and they talked to her.

T: “They considered everyone but me!”

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.

T: “Hello? Oh hey Sheila.”

Sheila: “Nice seeing you again, fuzz-face!”

T-na: “You’re finally here!”

Sheila: “Hey!”

She then bowled me over, just to talk to them!

Sofia: “You packed your bags too, right?”

Sheila: “Did I? Of course!”

T: “Ouch.”

Ellis: “You were the last person we could get to join us on short notice!”

Nadia: “I guess it’s… time to go.

What? They never even considered any of the boys, not even me! Regardless, they just walked right past me to the door.

T: “Last person…? You didn’t even ask me!!”

Tracy: “Huh?”

Before they knew it, I had jumped in front of the door, blocking them!

Ellis: “Oh, hi T…”

T: “Don’t you ‘oh, hi T’ me! I am standing right here, and I’m not even invisible! You totally overlooked me!! What, you don’t think I might want to see this spa myself?”

Sofia: “But… we were sure you didn’t want to go.”

T-na: “You didn’t seem that interested.”

T: “Maybe I was!”

Tracy: “Actually, we were hoping it would be a… ‘Girl’s day out’ sort of thing…”

T: “What? You mean you… didn’t want me to come?”

Ellis: “Well, maybe that’s what we were getting at… but we don’t have to go if you don’t want us to…”

T-na: “We were just looking forward to it really badly…”

T: “Oh… now how can I say no to that? Go, have fun! But… are you sure ya don’t need me?”

Sheila: “We’re sure.”

T: “But, what if there’s some bad guy waiting in the wings, wanting to pwn the lot of you? I’d help whack em’!”

Tracy: “We can handle it! We can fight; don’t forget that!”

Sofia: “We are so 100 percent sure on this; your help is not required for now.”

T-na: “We appreciate the concern, but when we get back, you’ll realize you were wrong, we were right!”

T: “Ugh…”

Nadia: “Don’t wait up…”

They left; cheering for they finally got to go to the spa they had been talking so much about…

Cotton: “(Okay…)”

T: “Dude… I feel soooo cast aside.”

Cotton: “(Aw, forget about it! We can kick back here in the house, alone!)”

alone…

alone…

alone…

Cotton's little bunny voice echoed for some reason...

T: “Yeah, sure… anyway, after a hard mission, they deserve it! But man, to think they don’t need me!”

Meanwhile...

Sofia: “Here we are!”

Later on, the girls made it to the Deep Magma Spa.

Nadia: “It’s so big…”

A person was at the door.

“Oh! You must be the TSD Kids! Please come right this way!”

They were led inside.

Akira: “Oh there you are! Thanks so much for coming!”

T-na: “No problem!”

Akira: “Say, what happened to T? Wasn’t he coming?”

Sofia: “He decided to stay home. It’s a girls day out for us!”

Sheila: “Yeah!”

Akira: “Oh okay! Since you’re all so famous, everything for two days has already been paid for; so go ahead, enjoy your stay!”

And so they did.

Sofia: “It feels so cool in here.”

Sheila: “Yeah, outside was boiling hot!”

Akira: “We’ve got the best interior cooling system around! It’s all part of a giant air-control climate system plant, which can be set to any temperature, it even emulates certain weather conditions!

Ellis: “Wow, it can do all that?”

T-na: “Maybe we should’ve had Bolt come…”

Sofia: “So where should we start?”

Nadia: “The day’s still early; should we try them all?”

T-na: “Okay, but let’s save the hot springs for last; that’s my favorite part!”

They did everything you could do in an average spa. There were even arcade games, and rec rooms! But of course that night, they saved the hot springs for last…

T-na: “This is so relaxing… just what I need after what happened…”

Sheila: “You guys must’ve been through one heck of an adventure!”

Sofia: “Of course!”

Since Sheila wasn’t present at the time, they explained to her the entirety of the fight against the Inner City Officials.

Sheila: “That sound crazy! I’m glad you got outta that okay!”

Sofia: “Yeah, but I think T was the most determined to save Nadia. T…”

Ellis: “Is something wrong?”

Sofia: “Do you think we were too hard on him? Maybe he did want to come…”

Tracy: “Maybe, but he wouldn’t be in here with us! He’d be on the other side!”

Nadia: “Most certainly. Oh… what’s that smell?”

A pink mist was coming from the air vents.

T-na: “Oh, that. Akira told me that they also put a fragrance into the air, to make patrons feel more at ease.”

Sheila: “Oh… seems a little funny… must be one of those rich-people perfumes…”

Soon the faint mist started to turn into dense clouds of the stuff!

T-na: “That’s odd…”

Ellis: “What?”

T-na: “She said that normally, when there a certain amount, the vents stop producing the fragrance… so why isn’t it stopping?”

Tracy: “You’re right; I can barely see you all!”

Sofia: “Ooh, I feel a little funny…”

Nadia: “Me too… is it because of this fog?”

Sheila: “It feels like I’m… gonna… black out…”

T: “This is some night.”

I was looking out the window with Cotton.

Cotton: “(The stars are pretty…)"

T: “Maybe the girls were right to say I should stay back. I’d have been too busy enjoying the spa too much to enjoy this rockin’ night sky! Makes me wanna go for a nighttime flight!”

Cotton: “(Me too!)”

T: “You know I’m confident in their ability to hold their own, Cotton.”

Cotton: “(Yeah, I am, too.)”

T: “It’s just… to be proven wrong about the fact that they don’t need my help… that would suck eggs.”

Cotton: “(Oh yeah.)”

Suddenly, the Terminal went off again!

T: “Another call!”

We went down to the Training Room.

T: “I hope it’s not too serious; we’re shorthanded now, aren’t we?”

Cotton: “(Yeah…)”

I answered it anyway.

Akira: “Um, hello? T?”

T: “Oh, Akira, what’s new?”

Akira: “Well, it’s just… there’s some trouble; big trouble! It’s bad! Please help! They’re in danger!”

T: “Calm down, friend… who’s in trouble?”

Akira: “Sofia… Tracy… all of them! Help!”

T: “What?!”

We didn’t see this coming by a long shot!

T: “Great galloping Goombas! Let’s fly, Cotton!”

Cotton: “(Yeah!)”

Without delay, I grabbed my sword and hammer and we flew to LavaReef City, on the double!

T: “Man, this doesn’t sound good.”

We were just above LavaReef City. Since Cotton was capable of flight when transformed, I rode on top of him.

Cotton: “(Where’s this spa place?)”

T: “It’s supposed to be a few yards away from Mount Smokestack.”

Cotton: “(Is it that large building over there?)”

T: “Looks like it. I remember it from the news.”

We landed on the ground. I looked around as I sat on the bunny’s back.

T: “It doesn’t look like there’s something wrong…”

Cotton: “(All’s calm. It’s just a cool summer night. Hey… what’s that?)”

Cotton saw a weird pink cloud float our way.

T: “I dunno. Looks harmless…”

Suddenly, more clouds of the pink stuff roamed our way; then they formed a ring around us!

Cotton: “(What’s up with this stuff??)”

T: “I don’t like the looks of this…”

The haze then surrounded us!

T: “Oh… dude, I feel a little woozy…”

Cotton: “(Me too… Nighty-night…)”

He reverted back to normal right under me as we lost consciousness!

This isn’t good! We get knocked out just as we come to the rescue! How embarrassing is that!