As the group continued walking, Strawbetty pointed behind herself at Emberlyn and said, "By the way, who's the flaming girl?" Floran looked down and replied, "Oh, that's Emberlyn. She's with us because she needs to go to the silver lakes."

"Why does she need to go there?" Strawbetty asked. "Because the lakes will wash away her flames." Floran responded. Strawbetty nodded.

Floran then looked forward and saw a building in the distance. She squinted her eyes a bit to see what it was and then gritted her teeth in realization. She walked up to Octopus Man put her hand on his head.

"What's up Floran?" Octopus Man asked innocently. "No more biscuits. You just had them less than 30 minutes ago." Floran said bluntly.

"SHE'S ON TO US! RUN!" Kookakoo shouted. Kookakoo and Octopus Man then ran away to the Galapagos islands.

"What is with those two anyway?" Strawbetty asked. Lusha walked up, laughing a bit. "They are Octopus Man and Kookakoo, the main characters." she explained.

Lusha then reached into her suit pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "I'm Lusha by the way, here's my card."

Floran pushed Lusha away and said, "Please stop. We need to go to Detergent District, or whatever the capital was called."

"Well why didn't you just say so. I know a short cut." Strawbetty said with a smile. Everyone started waving their hands in fear. "No no no, we're fine!" they all said loudly.

"Really? It's right there." Strawbetty concluded, pointing to a dirt road.

"Oh. Well okay then, we can take the short cut." Cutecumber stated. She started walking on the path, and as soon as she stepped foot on the road, machetes popped up from the ground and impaled her.

"CUTECUMBER!" they all yelled in concern.

Cutecumber's body then disappeared. "Where did she go?" Brazilian Bug Boy asked. "To Detergent obviously. I told you it was a short cut." Strawbetty replied.

"Sounds fine to me." Goose Man said with a shrug. He jumped on to the road and was impaled by katanas. His body then disappeared.

"Hehe. My turn!" Lusha shouted. She also jumped onto the dirt road and got impaled by chainsaws. Her body disappeared.

Brazilian Bug Boy just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Oh well. If everyone else is doing it." He stepped on the road and got impaled by a bunch of swordfish.

Emberlyn started hyperventilating. "I don't want to do that." she said with a trembling voice. Floran sighed. She was going to yell at Emberlyn to just do it, but she felt bad for her, so she just patted her head.

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"It's okay. I'll go with you the long way, even if we're wasting time." Floran said begrudgingly. "Thank you Floran." Emberlyn replied in gratitude.

Oh well, I guess my work here is done. Thanks again for saving me." Strawbetty said, before growing wheels on her feet and driving off.

Floran rolled her eyes like usual and started walking with Emberlyn. "Hey Floran. How do you know where Detergent is anyway?" Emberlyn asked, tilting her head a bit.

Floran stopped in her tracks realizing Octopus Man had the map. She grabbed her head in frustration. "DAMN YOU OCTOPUS MAN!" she yelled.

Floran's eyes darted towards Emberlyn with a menacing expression. Emberlyn gulped in fear.

Next thing she knew, Emberlyn was being held up my Floran, and Floran was about to throw her on the dirt road. "NO PLEASE!" Emberlyn cried.

"Too bad. We don't know how else to get there!" Floran replied harshly. "PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU!" Emberlyn shouted in terror.

Floran sighed and put Emberlyn down. "I want to treat you nicely, but you're a pain sometimes." Floran said, rubbing her head as if she was getting a headache.

"I'm sorry." Emberlyn said sadly.

Octopus Man and Kookakoo returned with biscuits on cones. "See, I told you there was an amazing biscuit theme park." Octopus Man said.

"MHM!" Kookakoo excitedly interjected while licking her biscuit on a cone.

Floran quickly walked up to them and grabbed Octopus Man by the neck. "GIVE ME THE MAP NOW!" Floran yelled. Her patience was quickly wearing out.

"I sold it for these biscuits." Octopus Man replied casually. Floran then ripped Octopus Man's head off and kicked it over the horizon.

"And don't think I forgot about you!" Floran shouted, looking at Kookakoo with a death stare. Kookakoo pulled off her face, revealing herself to be a cockroach the entire time. The cockroach scurried away.

"Where is the real Octopus Man and Kookakoo?" Emberlyn asked nervously. "How should I know. They do this stuff all the time." Floran replied in a frustrated tone.

"WE'RE HERE INSIDE EMBERLYN'S SOUL!" Octopus Man shouted. Emberlyn screamed in fear.

They emerged from Emberlyn's mouth. "So, like I was saying, our trip to the biscuit theme park was so fun!" Octopus Man continued as if nothing had happened.

"We got this plushy too!" Kookakoo shouted, pulling out a plushy of Catalina.

"I don't care. Everyone else is at the capital except us. Lead us there now!" Floran demanded. "Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!" Octopus Man said in an extremely bored tone.

Kookakoo shook her head and looked at Floran. "You know, the readers aren't going to like you if you keep acting this way." she stated.

"I'm the only sane one here, so shut your teeth." Floran replied angrily.

"I remember when you were nicer Floran." Octopus Man said passive aggressively. "And I remember when you were bearable to be around." Floran replied, but then thought to herself and concluded, "Well, never mind. No I don't."

The group started going down the main street of Strawberry, and saw a sign that said, "Now entering Wood District."

"At least we're making progress." Floran said under her breath.

Cutecumber stood up in the middle of a bustling street. She felt her chest and stomach for stab wounds, but there were none. "So this is Detergent." she said to herself.

Brazilian Bug Boy and Goose Man also looked around. "It's nice." Brazilian Bug Boy said.

Goose Man threw his hanger on the ground, and it transformed into a sports car. "Everyone get in!" he shouted, hopping into the driver's seat.

Brazilian Bug Boy got in the passenger's seat, while Cutecumber and Lusha got in the back. Lusha smirked and said, "I just realized Floran and Emberlyn aren't here."

"Oh boy. Do we have to wait again?" Brazilian Bug Boy asked with an angry expression.

"Geese don't wait." Goose Man stated before pressing on the gas and zooming down the road.