Gon Freecss - Prologue: Trouble x in x Paradise
Eh?
What was going on?
The last thing Gon remembered, he had spent another whole day training with Killua under Biscuit's tutelage, preparing for the coming Chimera Ant threat, before turning in. Same as usual. So why was he in a completely different place now? Was Killua playing a prank on him? Or... Hmm. It was pretty unlikely that this was some sort of trap by a Chimera Ant, on account of people not screaming, being kidnapped, and / or eaten alive either. In fact, the man on the speaker sounded rather chipper, so suffice to say the young Hunter didn't seem to be in any immediate danger... for now, at least.
Maybe it was a scheme cooked up by Bisky? She always did have pretty unorthodox manners of teaching, though admittedly she'd never done anything like this before at all. If it was (and probably even if it wasn't) some sort of elaborate plan, then Gon could probably expect to get in some sort of training regime that he'd never heard about before until now. Biscuit really was wise, but maybe that was to be expected of an old lady. Not that Gon liked to spend much time remembering she was actually an older woman in a younger body; it felt like even thinking about it summoned the bloodlust of Biscuit.
In any case, it seemed that they were heading for some place called... Isle Delfino? The pilot seemed to speak as though you'd be crazy
not to know about this place, but then... Well, lots of people thought Gon was crazy anyway, so it all worked out! He'd had enough of islands for a while though, after what happened on Greed Island, and he thought Biscuit would have known better, but training spared no one. The thought that his teacher wasn't behind this scheme was simply beyond Gon's head at the moment, though there indeed was a thought in the back of his head that wondered, what
if this was the work of something beyond the Hunters and Chimera Ants?
...
Eh.
Too much thinking anyway. He'll figure it out soon enough. Hopefully.
Before long, the... ah,
entity sitting next to him suddenly began talking, speaking as though she recognized this "Isle Delfino" place. Great! At least there was at least someone here who knew about where they were going. Gon could only hope that he wasn't the only one with no idea what was going on though. When she turned to him, asking him for her seat remote, he blinked and nodded.
"A-Ah, right," Gon said, thinking nothing of the stranger's request, or even her appearance. After all, she almost looked like she could fit right in back home, so there was no reason to think anything was out of the ordinary... yet. Recklessly unbuckling his seat belt, Gon stood up on top of the seat (given how short he was, even though 5'1 wasn't too bad for a kid his age... right?) for everyone to see nonchalantly, and getting his companion's remote for her, before sitting back down. He was prepared to say more, before another passenger from behind piped up, exuding an air of familiarity with what was going on (relatively), causing the boy to purse his lips for a fleeting moment, before clearing his throat, turning around and kneeling on his seat, facing the funny looking green man, putting on an eager smile.
"Yo!" He exclaimed, almost butting into their conversation pretty much,
"I'm Gon! I guess you're Luigi?" The boy asked. The big "L" on the mustached man's hat didn't really seem to give it away that much.
"And you're... Starlow, then? Nice to meet you two! I think."
This might have seemed like common sense level deductions to just about anyone, if only from the two referring to each other directly by their names, but whatever.
"Either of you know about Isle Delfino? I've never heard of such a place before. In fact, I don't even really know what I'm doing in a place like this," he idly mumbled, scratching the back of his head, before clearing his throat again,
"By the way, who's Mario? Is he like, important or something?"
He already forgot he had Starlow's remote in his hand, by the way.
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