We begin our story with one of the victims that just goes by the name of Alex. She has short wavy hair and she is blue all over as protoplasm have that as their only color. When she had her body, her hair was brown. She has been trapped for months and has given up hope with the only credibility she has is her knowledge of her state. She has done research of the island's lore, but never expected this to happen in real life. Her only purpose in life now is to guide new victims.
Today, she found some more victims fall into the pool or protoplasm and this one has medium, but geeky, hair. The new protoplasm looks as if she usually wears glasses. It's time for Alex to introduce this protoplasm her new home.
Alex swam to the new victim and said, "Hello. My name is Alex. I know you are afraid, but you just have to make do."
"I know." asked the protoplasm, "All we can do now is wait for someone to rescue us. Since you are here for a while, do you mind telling me what we do here?"
"Well we lack bodies and spend the rest of our days wandering around." said Alex, "I mean you are a protoplasm."
"Where have I heard that before?" asked the protoplasm.
"It's all in the lore of this island. See, we are like souls or ghost in a certain form. I prefer to be a regular ghost, but this island believes that spirits take in the form of floating heads." explained Alex.
"I have heard Japanese lore speaking of something similar. I believe they are called Hitodama, but they are more like Will o' Whips."
"That's interesting. I'm surprised you are not crying."
"I'm more concern in getting out, but I am aware what needs to be done and there is one person who can help."
"Good luck with that, though I never really got your name."
"It's Velma." said the protoplasm.
"From Mystery Inc?"
"Yep."
"Knowing that you are here does show some hope. Maybe your gang might help out."
"I hope so."
Alex wanders off while Velma decides to look for Fred who is also in a similar predicament.
...
Velma looks around and it is as she expects, a lot of people who are panicking and confused. She looked over one protoplasm of a guy who was crying like he is in hell. Who can blame him?
"I want my body back." cried the guy.
All Velma can do is watch in pity. She encounter more protoplasms that sort of fit her list of cliches of this situation. If she had hands, she would have marked a lot check marks.
"I hope they don't do anything with my body." whines a girl.
"I can't jack off!" cried a guy.
"I miss my mom." moaned a protoplasm.
Everywhere Velma goes is more despair. She assumes that they have been here for who knows how long. At least longer than her. It did take her a while to find one protoplasm that is worried about their relationship and someone familiar. It was a protoplasm with pigtails who was looking for her boyfriend.
"Brad, where are you?" asked the protoplasm.
Velma raised an eyebrow as she knows that this was the girl who left the island and assaulted her boyfriend. Too bad her body left the island. If they were all freed, how will she get home? It would be a long way. Velma decided that it was a good idea to tell her about the bad news as she floated to the protoplasm.
"Hey, are you Carol?" asked Velma.
"How did you know my name?" asked Carol.
"I saw your body left the island and it chucked your boyfriend on the ground. Just want to inform you." said Velma.
Carol looked at Velma with disgust and floated away in anger. Well Velma's social skills need some work.Though that does not really matter to her at the moment. She has no arms or legs or a body. She wants to get out. Though she will now encounter shows this more louder than her.
"Oh gee, it's Fred." moaned Velma.
"Velma, is that you?!" said Fred as floats by.
"Yes Fred, it is I." replied Velma.
"Someone must have put something in my drink, right?" questioned Fred.
"No. This is really real and we are stuck like this until someone can save us." said Velma.
"I can't be stuck like this! My body is precious to me." said Fred.
"At least you got your charming face." Velma replied sarcastically, "Why don't you just go woo some female protoplasms?"
Fred looking disappointed, just wander off while Velma is stuck looking disappointed.
...
Fred decided to go get some protoplasm ladies since that's all he can do now. He only got his charming face and those ladies only got their beautiful looks. He did found one and it is of a girl that has a bun hair. She looks blue like the other protoplasms and she seemed to look lost.
"Hey there beautiful." said Fred.
The protoplasm girl looked back and replied, "Oh hi. Didn't see you here."
"Say, even though you got no body, I still think that you look cute." said Fred.
"Aw, thank you and I think the same too." said the protoplasm.
"I mean we can still have some quality time together." said Fred.
"Geez, are you asking me out?" asked the girl.
"You got me." said Fred.
"Heh, that's so cute. We could be cute soul mates." said the girl.
"Yeah soul mates." giggled Fred.
The protoplasm head got closer to Fred as she rubs her cheeks on him.
"You know, who needs bodies, we can stay like this forever. Even if we are freed." said the girl.
"Um, your creeping me out." said Fred.
"What's wrong? I thought you like me." questioned the protoplasm.
"I do, but uh..." said Fred before he sped off away.
The protoplasm puffed her cheeks in disappointment.
Fred went to find another girl that does not seem so creepy. Maybe there is a ray a hope for him. He accidentally bumped into another protoplasm of a girl with long messy black hair and appears to be Asian. She had sad looking eyes as she looked at Fred with woe.
"I'm so sorry." said the girl.
"Hey, it's cool." said Fred.
The girl explained, "It's just that ever since I lost my body, it's just..."
The girl began crying as Fred seems powerless to do anything. He is just a head trying to help another floating head. He wished he could give her a hug.
"I think someone will save us." said Fred.
The girl looked at him and said, "I've been here for months. It's been so long."
The girl sort of bowed down and apologized, "Please excuse me."
The protoplasm head of the girl left Fred out of despair. Who can blame her as she has been stuck there for a really long time. Losing hope and feeling even more lonely than before, Fred begin to ask to himself if he is going to stay like for the rest of his life.
"No!" said Fred while floating. "Daphne and the others are still out there somewhere. I'm sure they will be able to do something, like talking to the police or-"
Fred stopped talking when he saw on his right side a girl who looked...different. She had a long pony tail and even some shoulder hair on her side. Her eyes seemed also bigger than usual, combined with how cute she look, Fred would have try to flirt with her. If not the fact that, She looked extremely calm about the situation she was in, contrary to Fred who was confused and scared.
"Hey!" said Fred to the girl who looked at him after some second.
"Hm, yes?" said the girl to Fred.
Coming closing to her, Fred then politely asked her name and where she come from before anything else. After a moment of waiting, the girl answered his question.
"My name is Sento Isuzu, I come from Japan, more exactly, I work for the park named Amagi Brillant Park, nice to meet you" said Sento in a really quiet tone.
"Sorry to ask like that, but...how are you able to stay so...normal?! Aren't you a little afraid by what is going on?" said Fred while being confused by Sento lack of reaction.
"Well, it is indeed a problem, but I won't say otherwise. Complaining about it will not change the situation. I do not like it but from what I tested, it's impossible to get out without help from the outside world. So I rather wait and swim in silence until something happen. At least that's how I see it." said Sento to Fred as there were swimming with the others.
"But..it's madness! How long you have been here anyway?" said Fred in terror.
"I honestly don't know, I have lost the sense of time for a while. I think it's been 4 or 5 months since I am here" said Sento with the same normal tone
"4 to 5 months?!" exclaim Fred in horror.
"Could you please be more quiet? There are some peoples that are looking at us right now" said Sento with a bit of anger in her voice.
"Wait...there are peoples looking at us?" said Fred before he look behind him to see if it was true, which indeed it was.
"What do you think? That because we talk, nobody can listen to us? Normally, nobody care, but if you are talking like that. Of course some peoples are going to look at us like we are aliens. So please, be more quiet." said Sento with a strict tone.
"Oh, huh, well...I-I think I'm going to go...for a walk, sort of, good bye." said Fred before wandering off.
"Good bye, I hope you the best." said Sento before going back on her track.
Fred then left with no sense of hope afterwards. Well not until he bumped into Mary Jane. He hits his forehand against the girl who whimpers from the shock.
"Oh sorry." she said.
"Mary Jane, is that you?" asked Fred.
"Fred! I'm so glad you see you." said the protoplasm.
"How did you get here?!" asked Fred.
"Well I was trying to check on a friend of mine, but I ended up like your guys." explained Mary Jane.
"That sucks." agreed Fred.
"I mean it sucks being a floating head. I got this odd numb feeling under my neck and this phantom pain of my limbs just feels so scary." ranted Mary Jane.
"I mean for now we just have to make do with a situation." said Fred.
"I... I need some time alone." said Mary Jane as she floated away.
...
Mary Jane floated with no sense of direction. Worried about all the things she has lost in an instant. All she ever hoped for was something good to come of this. She hates being a protoplasm. She's new to this which makes things worse as she is still coping with her bodiless state. Mary Jane even wonders why must souls look like this.
"Seriously, even ghost have arms and legs even if they are transparent." whines Mary Jane as she wonders around as that's all she can do.
As she kept on wondering, she kept on whining. She complains like all the souls in the pit as she is not the first. There were many issues with her being bodiless as there were so much that she lost. Not only she lost her humanity, but also can't be with someone that she loves. It may be with someone that she just met, but she figured that it will take time. In all honesty, it would be difficult to even have a relationship if she is stuck like this even if she escapes.
"Honestly, how does anyone live like this?" questioned Mary Jane.
"How can I not live like this?" said a random protoplasm.
Mary Jane was surprised and saw what looks like a protoplasm that is getting horny. She thought it was strange and impossible for someone to be like that in their current state. The protoplasm has long hair that looks blond tied with a red clips, but blue to to their state. She was a young and beautiful woman, looking like one of those holy woman.
Mary Jane's first reaction was to say, "Excuse me."
"Hmm, I wonder what those demons will do to my body. Touch me, grope me, or even... ah! The very thought excites me." said the protoplasm.
"Wait, what?" asked Mary Jane.
"When they strapped me on that alter, I was getting so horny inside. Then, when this claw entered my body and grab my soul. This was like the best sensation I had in awhile. And now, if I am not wrong, one of those monster is inside me, probably looking at my body naked while-"
"Okay, I'll be leaving now." said Mary Jane.
Being a floating head is bad enough, but being a floating head with a masochist is slightly worse.
"Wait, don't go! I didn't get your name yet. My name is Darkness." said the protoplasm.
"Um, it's Mary Jane. I think I'll be going now." said Mary Jane before she wonders off.
"What's her problem?" asked the protoplasm.
A random protoplasm floated by and said, "No one like being a floating head like you."
"Why not?" asked Darkness.
"Because we have no limbs you moron!" the protoplasm scolded her.
...
Meanwhile with Mary Jane, she continues to take a walk or float to calm her sense. She had hoped that she bumped into something that she knows as it is a lot better than the first person she met. Though she has a feeling that the protoplasm she met is not of this world.
Suddenly Mary Jane bumps into a couple of protoplasms as she swims around. After all, that is all she can do. Everyone she meets is so unfamiliar as they either looked annoyed from the bump or scared of their situation. Either way, Mary Jane feels their pain.
Though one protoplasm she bumps into is someone that she really did wish to meet. It was none other than Daphne who looks a bit angry and have determination in her eyes. Mary Jane sort of feel some hope or sorrow for the girl as she swam by Daphne to talk to her a bit.
"Daphne, they got you too?" asked Mary Jane.
"Yeah and I am going to get them!" said Daphne.
"But how?! We don't got hands or anything." said Mary Jane.
"I don't care! I will not be a damsel in distress!" Daphne roared.
Mary Jane moan, "Seeing you in this is suppose to make me feel better, but it only makes me feel worse. All I can think of is a false sense of hope. I'll never see Shaggy again like this."
"Hey, there's no need to lose your head over this." Daphne said to calm Mary Jane down.
Mary Jane glared at her.
"Sorry." said Daphne.
"It's fine. I'm starting to become more sensitive over the fact that I'm just a head." said Mary Jane.
"You look like a cute one at least." said Daphne.
Mary Jane moan, "I don't know what else to do now. I'll let you do what you must."
The protoplasm then swam to the bottom out of despair while Daphne looks up to get freedom.
"Now is not the time to give up!" shouted Daphne.
Sadly things are not going according to plan after some time.
"Dang it!" said Daphne after her 15th attempt to get out of the cauldron by swimming her tongue like a ore. Tired of moving her tongue, she decided to go back into the cauldron to take a pause for now.
"Gah! I won't be the damsel in distress this time. I be sure to be the first person to get out of this cauldron and get back to my body, I be the person who will save everyone, I-"
She was interrupted when she heard loud sobbing coming from below her. The sob was coming from a girl with a waist-long hair tied up in a loop.
"Bwaaaaaaa!! I want my body back!! I am a goddess! I should not be victim of such thing as-"
"Hey! You here! Can you stop whining for one second? There are peoples here who try to work to get out of here!" said Daphne to the whiny girl.
Said girl heard her and stopped whining before changing her expression to sadness to being pissed.
"Hey!! Shut up! You don't know who you are talking too!" said the girl to Daphne who was looking at her with arrogance.
"I may not know you indeed. But I am sure that you must be the damsel of distress in whatever group you are, I am right?" said Daphne with a smirk.
Even more pissed, the girl get closer to Daphne face until the two were eye to eye.
"Listen mortal, I, Aqua, goddess of water, will not get on your pity feet, you attention whore!!"
Daphne open her mouth in shock at the last remark as Aqua had a little smirk on her face. Before Daphne answer back.
"Attention whore?! This is coming from the girl who was complaining and whining like a little pest before I come to you! 'Goddess' my butt!"
The two extremely angry now, begin to bump into each other since they didn't have limbs to fight with. Aqua was able to fight well, but Daphne take her by surprise and bump her into the wall, which knock her out for a moment before she regain control and swim away.
"J-Joke on you! I be the first one to get out of this mess!! And if I see you again in my body, I make you p-pay!!!" said Aqua before wandering off.
Daphne starts to feel great now but even more tired now due to her fight.
"Urgh, are you serious? I feel even more tired now...I need to take some rest"
She then swim away to find a place where peoples weren't complaining so that she could rest in peace. Due to being tired, she bumped into another protoplasm.
"I'm so sorry." said the protoplasm of a girl with a high pony tail.
"It's fine. Now if you excuse me, I need to get out of here." said Daphne.
"Hmm, I like your style. Kind of reminds me of how I was when I had my body." said the protoplasm.
"Huh."
"When those demons attack, I literally wrestled them down, but I got too cocky and they got me."
"That's awful. You seemed a lot better and stronger than me."
"To be fair, being a spirit thingy taught me on what being a damsel in distress really is. Strength comes in different forms and not appreciating it will make you lose everything. Just like us." said the protoplasm, "Do your best. When I'm able, I'll help out after a few swims."
The protoplasm floated away as Daphne gave that wrestling girl a look of respect, "I wish I was like her. Strong even as a spirit thingy."
"And I like you." said a random protoplasm.
"Eek!" shrieked Daphne.
It was the protoplasm head off some guy who seems to be taking a liking to Daphne. He looks at her lustfully as Daphne does not look comfortable.
"You are one interesting gal." said the protoplasm.
"Ew, get off of me pervert." said Daphne as she bumps into the dude and swam away.
"Did I also mentioned that you are beautiful?" said the protoplasm as he flew away.
...
Daphne kept using her tongue to move and escape. So far it has been really useless, though Daphne thought that she was having some success. Though no matter what she will keep on trying.
"What are you doing?" asked a random protoplasm.
Daphne looks behind her and saw Velma of all people, "I'm trying to get out."
"By licking?"
"I'm using my tongue as an oar and swim to the edge."
"You do realize that you can just swim. God you are pretty dense." said Velma.
Suddenly there a booming cry of protoplasm of a girl with shoulder length hair, "I, Megumin will rescue you all with my Explosion Magic!"
The protoplasm floated in the middle trying to get the attention of everyone, but they ignores her. This protoplasm "Megumin" tries to act confident and strong despite her bodiless state.
"I take that back. There is someone less dense than you." said Velma.
"How rude?" whine Daphne. If she had feet, she would have stomped it.
Velma decides to go talk some sense to that protoplasm who is making a fool of herself. It was not just to help that girl, but also for her to shut up as she is getting annoying.
"Hey Megumin?" asked Velma.
The protoplasm looks at Velma with an arrogant look, "Yes it is I..."
"Save it. Look, I get that you are trying to cope with being a protoplasmic head, but you are just embarrassing yourself." explained Velma.
"Uh. No I'm not." said the protoplasm.
"Yes you are. Magic is not real and you have to face the facts." said Velma.
"Oh, but I really can use magic. I just don't have hands to hold my staff. I don't even have my hat." moans the protoplasm.
"I'm sorry kid, but can you at least keep it down? I'm just annoyed right now." asked Velma, "If it makes you feel better, I'll assume that the one responsible for this is attacking other dimension."
"I understand. Sorry for troubling you, though you do make a good point about dimensions." said the protoplasm before she wonders off.
Velma on the other hand thought to herself, "It would be neat if it were to be the case. The girl seems so serious about magic and confidant that it's real. Maybe that is the case. If so, the one behind this is attacking other dimensions other than this one."
Velma went back to Daphne who is still using her tongue as an oar.
"Oh come on! I thought I told you that this plan of yours is stupid." criticized Velma.
"Even as a spirit thingy, I will get out. Even without you!" shouted Daphne.
"We're called protoplasms and we will sadly remain here until someone picks us out."
"I don't care! I will not be a damsel of distress again!"
"If it makes you feel any better, we are all damsels of distress together."
"Argh!" moaned Daphne as she swam away.
Velma is alone again as she just sighs. Before just wonders off, she heard a scream from a familiar voice. She knew who it was and she knows that he is her only hope of escaping. She will finally be freed in Part 2!
To be continued.