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Easy Comforts [OPEN]

How long was it since she was released? A week, maybe more? For Vivio, it felt like an eternity. While she missed home and everyone around, having her mothers and Reinforce around made things seem less empty.

Even if she was from their future.

But, at the moment, she wanted to put everything behind her and have some fun. To that end, she took over one of the Sensoriums and pretty much had it recreate a large playground: just because they're on a ship didn't mean she couldn't act like a child!

Letting out a giggle, she ran over to one of the swings and hopped on, pushing herself to start swinging.

(OoC: It's open to all, but the children here are more than welcome to come in and join Vivio! o/)

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"There's something more fun than the spinny thing?" Pikachu asked, staring wide-eyed up at Yuri.

Hmm. They all seemed to be caught up in their own things. Such was the way of children, really, and yellow rat things too. But Vivo and the girl with the alien device on her head had engaged her, and were at least talking.

"Nice to meet you, Vivio." She nodded in Yuri's direction, then looked at the boy. He hadn't mentioned his name.

"Is your hat an alien too, or are you just quiet?" Alessa asked the boy.

Yuri pulled Borg's flaps over her ears in consternation, as if he were a real hat. "How did you know?"

Vivio was going to answer Yuri's question until she noticed the girl take a more defensive (frightened?) stance. In a world where pulverizing someone was magic (literally), an alien hat wasn't that far fetched.

Whoever the newcomer was, despite her earlier cheeriness to her, she was upsetting her new friends and she didn't like it.

"H-Hey! Does it matter if it is or not? They're just here to have fun!" Vivio said. "I'm not going to have anyone ruin any fun time here, no matter what!"

"My hat?" He didn't get another word out before Yuri answered in his place, though, and he gaped at her. "Your hat is an alien?!"

Alessa raised her eyebrow. "I didn't say it was bad. That would be silly. Actually, I think its a bit interesting. We don't have them back where I'm from in Silent Hill, West Virginia. Its just...well, its a pretty small town, and just really grass and shacks."

She looked at Yuri, and said, "I'm a little sensitive to that kind of thing."

"Alessa-chan was just curious." She said, walking over to the monkey bars and being diplomatic. "And yes he is. He helps me catch aliens, really..." Oh boy. Here they went again.

"And that accent you're trying so desperately to shed? Puuuure West Virginia. What was your father, sweetie? Was he a co-"

"Boooooorg! If you don't stop being rude this instant, you're not getting fed tonight or tomorrow." She bowed in apology to Alessa. She truthfully had no idea where West Virginia was, but noone deserved to be mocked for their origins.

Vivio let out a sigh at what had happened. At least Alessa was just curious. She didn't like when people fought. Probably something she picked up from her Nanoha-mama.

"C'mon, let's play, alright? Maybe some more will show up!"

"I know what we can play! I know!" Pikachu said, jumping up and down on the merry-go-round. Honestly, this was just what he needed at this point: a chance to hang out with people, though technically younger than him, that thought along the same lines when it came to fun.

Alessa was glad to have avoided an argument. She was really not interested in causing any fights, and she was more than happy to just spend some time not being who she was, if it was only an hour or so. It would be an interesting observation, wouldn't it? She had never given it a try before, staying ina prolonged amount of time in her Alessa guise.

"What can we play?" Alessa asked.

There was nothing about this ship that wasn't confusing. At least the other children and the small yellow creature seemed friendly enough...

"I'm okay with anything," he chimed in.

Anything is better than math. Anything. Even math done while sitting on top of a Zoid like the king of the front of the vehicle bay.

Vega's glad to get a distraction from pushing numbers that don't mean anything to him around. (Long division especially, blech!)

"Hi Yuri, hi Fletcher!" he says, spotting them as he comes in. A playground huh?

Before Vivio could answer any of their questions (if anything, she was going to let them decide. See what they enjoyed), hearing Vega's voice had her turn and face the boy.

"Oh, another one!" Vivio called out, waving. "Hello, there!"

Yuri was awkwardly but genially crossing the monkey bars (she could have had Borg take her across, but what fun would that be?) when she heard Vega. She dropped to the dirt and turned around. "Hi Vega-kun. Do you know Alessa-chan and Vivio-chan?"

Alessa turned to the newcomer, apparently one that a few of them were familiar with. "No," she answered Yuri, "I haven't. but then, I haven't met many boys, just really cranky old guys."

She waved at Vega and then turned to the other boy.

"I didn't get your name."

"Oh, hi, Vega..."

He covered his mouth when Alessa spoke to him. He hadn't meant to be rude like that. "Ah-- I'm sorry. My name is Fletcher Tringham."

There were quite a few people here now. He was starting to get uncomfortable.

Alessa regarded the boy. The look in his posture seemed to say that he was unused to all of these people crawling around, and though Alessa understood the need for quiet over noise, she was comfortable with the small amount of people here right now.

"Fletcher," she said. "Would you like to join me over by the swing set?"

Sherry came in a little later than she'd originally intended. It wasn't her fault she'd been distracted by the books Kelly had loaded onto her reader. She put it in her bag and brought it with her down to the senoriums. The gold pendant winked in the light where it lay against her chest.

"Did I miss anything good?" she asked Yuri as she walked up.

More and more...! How many more kids were there here? Then again, the more, the merrier!

"Hi, there!" Vivio called out, waving to Sherry. "Seems like everyone's coming out to play!" She couldn't help but giggle. "I'm Vivio Takamachi! What's your name?"

Vivio? It made Sherry raise her eyebrows (not that she could point out much in the way naming superiority - her parents had named her after either A. an alcoholic beverage or B. a variation on a French word for friendship. Sherry had her suspicions it was probably more likely A than B), but still, it would be polite to reply, rather than just stare blankly at the girl with mismatched eyes.

"Sherry Redfield-Kennedy. It's nice to meet you." She smiled, but it felt a little awkward and stiff. The little girl never had done very well with new people, after all.

Yuri released her grip on the monkey bars and trotted over to Sherry. "Vivio-chan is Ms. Nanoha's daughter. She doesn't know most of the fun stuff to do on the ship yet, and you're so great at exploring, so I thought you could show her sometime?" She'd certainly settled into her role as the group's ambassador, social glue, and...well, Yuri was The Chick.

"And I'm Pikachu!" said the electric mouse, who had up until now been content to watch the kids get along. In hindsight, Tag wouldn't be a fair game to play with them anyway. Still smiling warmly, Pikachu continued to hop up and down on his toes, wondering if anyone might want to play on the merry-go-round with him.

Alessa was still waiting for Fletcher's reply, but as long as the other girls were introducing themselves, she ought to as well. The thing to keep in mind, of course, was maintaining her human guise. The last thing she wanted was screaming when she reverted back to her true form.

"I am Alessa," she said to the girls and the yellow rat thing. "Nice to meet you. You are that security officer Leon's charge, aren't you?"

Fletcher made his way over to the swing set, nodding to Alessa, getting over his momentary distraction of everyone else talking and, well, the small yellow thing talking again. What was that?

Maybe he shouldn't have come in here. He felt distinctly out of place.

Alessa, while trying to make small talk with the girls, had kept an eye on the boy. That other one Vega seemed to be more forthright, but this one was shy. and she was curious.

"Is there something wrong?" Alessa said. "You're very quiet. Do big crowds make you uncomfortable?"

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