“This is so annoying.” Abby complained, “What’s with the vague instructions?” She fidgeted with her hands as she spoke.
Amy shrugged. “That’s sort of par for the course with Khushu.”
“And what’s going to happen to us if we fail.” Abby murmured.
Jenna stepped forward to take charge. “Let’s take a look at what we know so far. I think we should stay in the mall for now. We can always leave and try something new tomorrow. Amy, can you give us a rundown of the powers we have at our disposal?”
Amy nodded and explained what she knew. After a bit more testing with a good amount of tickles thrown in, Jenna spoke up again.
“It seems that we… Hey, listen!”
Abby was currently testing out her new powers. She used them to raise Amy’s arms up high in the air giving Abby unbridled access to her armpits. Normally, this would have resulted in Amy being tickled to hysterics except for the fact that a feather duster and a handful of feathers were attacking Abby’s bare midsection, brushing her sides, tummy, and ribs. The two younger teens snapped to attention at Jenna’s call.
“Ahem, as I was saying, it seems that this is the split of abilities:
Amy - [Animate Object] - Give command to an object to tickle someone eg. a feather duster or a cauldron of feathers. Only tested up to four items at once, but could possibly handle more.
Amy - [Living Caricature] - Summon a life like ghost replica of a picture/video eg. a restraint or a character. Only tested up to two replicas at once, but could possibly handle more.
Jenna - [Enhanced Tickling and Physical Skill] - Overall physical improvement plus the ability to use the body to tickle to the utmost.
Jenna - [Tickle Vision] - Allows the user to see where and how ticklish a person is based on the aura emanating from their body.
Abby - [Pocket Dimension] - Can create a portal to a storage area to store and access items. Capacity has not been tested.
Abby - [Limited Telekinesis] - The ability to manipulate objects with the user’s mind. Can’t lift whole people, but limbs, buttons, levers are all doable.
All - [Cloud Brain] - Enter the foggy mindscape to contact Khushu, view where powers are being used, and renew the hourglass timer to keep powers working.
This is a teamwork challenge so I’m guessing Khushu wants us to work together, which is why the powers were split.”
“I get it! Like, Abby can store some brushes in my [pocket dimension], you can see where someone is ticklish with the [tickle vision], and then I can [animate object] to get the brushes working on those spots!” Amy exclaimed.
“Exactly my thought.” Jenna responded. Abby nodded excitedly.
Amy had been feeling overwhelmed and nervous with the sudden responsibility of being included in this test. She was more used to working alone and didn’t want to let her new friends down. However, listening to Jenna speak filled her with confidence. A warm buzz filled her chest. She was glad she had decided to team up with the sisters. In the same way, Abby, who had been feeling frustrated up till this point seemed more calm and at ease.
“Okay and now for the most important part. What-”
“- are we going to call ourselves?” Abby interrupted.
Jenna frowned. “What?”
“Our group name! All great trios have a cool code name to go by! Crystal Gems, Charlie’s Angels…”
“Is that really something we need to-”
“... Owl House…” Abby continued talking over her sister.
“Powerpuff girls!” Amy chimed in.
“POWERPUFF GIRLS!” Abby repeated a bit louder.
“Okay okay fine.” Jenna sighed. “What are we going to call ourselves? Any ideas?”
“How about… the Terrible Ticklers!” Abby said with a wide grin, clearly more amused at her own joke than anyone else.
“Did you just…” Jenna couldn’t finish her sentence, she was so shocked. Amy was beside herself giggling.
“Abby… Lift up your arms.” Jenna commanded.
“Aww c’mon, that was good.”
“Lift them!”
“But…”
“Now!”
With a playful whimper, Abby slowly lifted her hands over her head. Amy watched as Jenna quickly turned Abby into a shrieking mess, her hands now empowered by the tickling goddess and her eyes able to determine the most ticklish spots, striking all of Abby’s weakest areas on her upper body.
“I’m… I’m dead.” Abby weakly managed as she collapsed into Amy’s arms, who didn’t miss a beat and scrabbled her fingers along the defeated girl’s bare belly.
“You deserve it, moron.” Jenna half jokingly said.
“I thought it was a good joke.” Amy remarked as Abby giggled and pulled away from her.
Before anyone else could speak, Amy raised her hand and declared, “The first thing to do is to figure out what the “best” tickling victim means.”
“That’s what I was trying to say.” Jenna said, a little miffed her thunder was stolen from her.
“We’re in an area with a ton of people, what better sacrifice than everyone in the mall?” Amy posited.
Jenna put her hand on her chin. “But think about what Khushu said, she wants people to ‘re-learn the value of laughter’. If we just tickle a bunch of people we’re not better than the ‘terrible ticklers’ that came before us.”
Abby snickered. Ignoring her, Jenna continued “We should find someone influential and get them to our side so they can spread the message!”
“I think it’s better if they experience first hand the fun of it.” Amy countered.
“Hey guys.” Abby chimed in, “What if we ask Violet? She’s the most knowledgeable about Khushu. Maybe there is something she knows that could help us figure this out?”
“Hmm, that’s not a bad idea.” Jenna said as Abby flashed the ‘V’ for victory sign. “But you’re still a moron.” Abby resisted the temptation to retort and pounce on her sister.
“Violet is kind of tied up at the moment.” Amy reminded the sisters.
“So what? We’ll just let her go.”
“Well… I noticed the more people I had tickled, the stronger my abilities were. If we release her, it will probably weaken our powers.”
The three of them contemplated the risks and options before coming to a decision.
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