Hoshi could barely contain herslf. A ship that could get off world had literally fallen from the sky. The owner was seemingly on the level. And to boot, he was able and willing to bring people with him when he left. Thoughts of the raft had all but evaporated from her train of thought as she shivered and smiled. Maybe, if they got off the Islands, they could even get their own ship; finding Tsu would be a breeze.
The one issue, however minor, was the limited seating. That reality brought Hoshi ever so slightly back down to from cloud nine. The question of who the two passengers would be bored itself into her mind. She passed a cursory glance at those that remained nearby. Taivas was a shoe-in for a spot to leave; he had only come around that morning, had no place to go or stay, and seemed intent on getting himself on his way. That left one seat for the 'Island Five.' They'd need to be in agreement on who that would be.
Like the ship not long before, Hoshi's musing dropped down to earth.
"Yeah," she said, turning to Alias, who was craddling the sudden passed-out mayor. "I'm gonna go find Levi and Lucian. Gotta tell them what's up. We'll sus out the plan later." She bolted off toward the beachfront on the other side of the Island. She dashed across the beach, ducking casually through a sword duel between a boy with spikey brown hair and another with slick, shoulder-length silvery hair, ignoring their shocked "whas" as she headed toward the dock.
She was passing by the small waterfall pond when she stopped dead in her tracks. Certain someome had called out to her, she looked beyond the pool of water, to the opening under a nearby tree. In a near trance-like state she made her way towards the opening... the "Secret Place." A misnomer, given that all of the kids knew about it and had been inside at least once. It drew Hoshi's attention like a magnet. Leading chest first, she swiftly made her way through the space between the rocks and into tight cave. She could swear she heard someone at the end of the passage.
"Hello? Lucian? Levi? You two in here?" She reached the dead end, where the old, weathered, wooden door rest completely out of place. It was the most curious thing on the island, especially given that there seemed to be no way to open it from inside the cave; most had written it off as a piece of driftwood left there to either decorate the space or spark interest and intruige; a long running prank to get people talking. Other than that, there was little else beyong the etched drawings and message scrawls on the stones left by the Islanders over the years.
Hoshi bided her time looking at the works, especially one from a few years ago: a rough sketch of herself and Alias sharing one of the mystical Paupu fruits. The fruits were said to have the power to bind the destinies of those who shared one. Levi had made the drawing about three years ago, mostly as a joke, so Hoshi had guessed when she had watched him put it there. Still, she figured a part of him was being genuine about it. She couldn't help but beam i nearnest sentimentality at the sketch. Her and Alias...
"Uh?" something behind her caught her attention. She wheeled around to an unsettling sight...