Appear elsewhere.

The shifting of space around you is different to that of your Bunny Hop, though not in all ways. The sensation is still familiar. Unlike stepping through a portal, which feels no different than simply walking through a hole, this sort of teleportation is more disorienting. You can feel the hard stone beneath your feet flatten out into smooth tiles, and what was dimly lit before is now as bright the inside of a home. The walls curve around you into a spacious round room, with shelves and counters with various, loosely placed books and clutter, though on the floor, an intricate circle of symbols has been drawn out all where you and your party stand. The patterns flicker out, like a fluorescent bulb losing power.

It's quite a cozy room all things considered. The walls are white and brown, while the floor tiles are marbled green. There's a sliding door behind you, which you notice especially when your ears catch the noise of it opening.

Emerging from the passage is a striking image--a tanned, absolutely gorgeous woman with long, flowing raven hair, and a figure that shines as if just rubbed with a thin layer of oil, which you can tell given the fact that she's dressed in next to nothing. Every sashaying step she takes, her hips pivot, and as your eyes are drawn towards her, you start to wish you could see her walk from behind. Though the front is more than stunning enough. A bold blue bikini top barely contains her hefty chest, and her steps pronounce each bounce as if on purpose, and the matching bottoms are so tiny and so tight that one wrong movement would surely show too much. Truly a super model of fantastical proportions is coming this way, and given how she's presenting herself, certainly she wouldn't mind a little bit of staring.

"Goodness," Amara comments. "You are very beautiful, miss."

"Hardly!" Eva gives a swift reply.

The mysterious woman is unphased by that, however. She instead steps close to you, and her eyes trail up and down your body--lingering for a moment below. Her plump lips smile as her mesmerizing sapphire eyes lock onto yours. "So you've come," she says in a smooth, sensual tone that could cause a stick of butter to melt.

"Uh... Yes. That's right. And who might you be?" you ask as politely as you can, albeit quite distracted.

Her fingers move upwards near your chin, though doesn't yet touch. "Take a guess."

"I'm assuming one of the Chairmen of the Circle?"

She giggles and then takes a few steps back again. To your surprise, she moves her hands back behind herself to begin untying the top of her bikini. "That's correct. For such a clever guess, maybe I could give you something in return."

"What the hell is all this?" Niki asks. "I know we've been to some weird meetings, but--"

"We should be cautious," warns the queen.

Once again, the woman chuckles beneath her breath. Slip. The bikini lowers, though it doesn't fall off quite yet. Then with a slow drag of her tongue over her lip, she brings the top down a little bit more, and then--

Poof! Where the woman stood only seconds ago, somebody else stands now. Her head is lower--about where the chest was previously--but this shorter girl is different in almost every other way as well. She appears human from what you can tell, though her her makeup is elaborate, such as her face being painted pale, and she has two deep blue triangles drawn down from her eyes. A big red ball rests in the center of her face--her nose, though unlikely to be her real one. A jester's hat of blue and red sits on her head of blond hair, which is tailed into pigtails on each side. Below a white ruff around her neck is a big, poofy, frilly dress to match the colours of the rest. It's difficult to tell, but by the shape of her attire, she appears to have quite the curvy body beneath it. Her legs are less layered, with just a pair of rainbow stockings all the way up. All in all, her entire appearance is a near overwhelming strangeness and barrage of colours. Even her eyes are quite striking--one green, one purple, both wide and vibrant, though it's difficult to tell at this point if that's even natural.

The clown girl holds a staff in her hand which is nearly as tall as her. It's brown in the center, though gold at each tip, and at the top is a big blue flower. She peers up at you with a huge grin across her face. Then she cackles deviously, and she fidgets around excitedly almost as if she's doing a little jig. "I got you! I got you good!" she exclaims. By comparison to the bronze beauty there previously, her voice is far from smooth and sensual. Whoever this is, she went from super model to gremlin jester in an instant.

"I'm not surprised--" you try to speak.

She pulls down one of her eyelids and sticks out her tongue. "You should have seen your face! You were getting all worked up, weren't you?"

"I wasn't tricked at all!" Eva yells back.

"Pfft. You so were." She then spins around before posing with her arms out-stretched. "Welcome to the Underhorn, Kyle Warren and friends. I'm the Mistress of Illusions, Candy Cane, but you can call me Candy."

That voice sounds familiar... Yeah. This is what I heard when sent the letter.

"I hope we are not late," Amara says.

Candy hangs her head back dramatically. "Ugh. You're so polite." Then she swings back. "But no. Don't worry, guys. You didn't come too early." Then with a big grin, she squeezes her own nose twice, creating a familiar honking noise each time.

"This girl's really annoying," Niki comments, though the girl is certainly not good at whispering.

The jester frowns. "That's so cruel. But if you really think that..." She turns around, bends over, and slaps her own butt as it sticks up towards Niki. "Come spank me for it, dummy!" she says with a maniacal cackle.

"What?!" Niki clenches her teeth and starts moving forwards. While not moving to spank her specifically, she reaches down slightly to grab at her collar. However, her hand passes straight through, and the girl dissipates into a cloud of coloured mist. Then she gasps, "Ah~!" before shooting straight up.

Candy stands near you, right behind Niki, and had just poked the bottom of her staff against Niki's butt. "Go on. Through the door now. Do you really wanna keep the Circle waiting?"

Niki grabs her own behind and spins around. "Hey!"

"Quickly~!" She then sprints ahead towards the door from where she first appeared, laughing gleefully as she goes.

Angrily, Niki sprints after her, which pushes the rest of you to follow suit.