Meanwhile, back on the Meatship! o/ [Open to those NOT in the Second Life plot!]

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Things seemed a bit lonely within the ship. A lot of the crew had disappeared on another mission and hadn't come back yet. Amongst those were Vivio's parents, Nanoha and Fate, as well as Vita. Sure, Hayate, Einhart and the Reinforces were still around, but it seemed just a bit lonely without her parents around. Hopefully, they'd be back before Christmas... or somewhere close to Christmas.

Wanting to pass the time away, Vivio headed back to the Media Library, taking up her usual job as librarian, making sure everything was in place (and secretly ditching any files on that horrible Punishment that appeared. She didn't want anyone else seeing it).

"I wonder if everyone's okay..." Vivio mused to herself.

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[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"You talkin' to me?"

A blond braided viking had wandered in looking annoyed. Her lanky arms were flexing as if she was looking for something to break and her eyes darted about like a hunter on the prowl.

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"Oh!"

Vivio jumped a bit, hearing the arrival. She didn't realize that someone would have heard her and she grinned sheepishly as she spoke up. "Oh, n-no, I'm just talking to myself! My family went on a mission and I was wondering if they were okay!"

[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Was her simple reply as she brushed past Vivio stalking about the room looking for something...or more precisely someone. "This is the Media room right?" She asked curtly turning back on Vivio in a whirl of blond mane.

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Vivio smiled a bit hearing Ruffnut's question.

"Yes, it is! Well, Media Library, but same difference, right?" she said, giggling. "You need help finding something?"

[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"Yeah a guy." Ruffnut huffed and straightened up a little out of her stooped "Ready to rumble" stance. "Scrawny kid, brown hair, metal leg. His name's Hiccup. I heard he's sometimes in here."

She had spent the last couple...would it be days? Looking for Hiccup and Astrid. She had only become vaguely aware that she hadn't seen them in a while and when they weren't at the forge or in the Sensoriums that left...a whole lot of ship to search.

She was completely unaware that both of them and Toothless were away on the mission.

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

Eva's curled up in a corner of the Media Library, a section she feels that she's laid claim to by being in that same corner every few hours. She's reading Kafka, Metamorphosis, after it came up in an earlier conversation with a crewmate, and tapping her foot compulsively to some rhythm only she can hear. She looks a bit startled as she notices Vivio. "I'm sorry, am I in your way?"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no, no...! It's okay!" Vivio said, snapping out of her thoughts. "I'm just trying to do something to keep me busy, so...!"

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

Eva chuckles, a bit abashed to be snapping Vivio out of her thoughts. "Well, I know what that's like. If I don't find a job soon I may as well live here."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

There was nothing resembling parents for Mindy Macready, and that was how she liked it. For this reason, she figured it would make sense to get to the media library in her civies this time: as far as she knew, only a handful of people even knew of Mindy, and only a bit more of Hit Girl. That meant she was more than able to check out things all on her own and gather information as a little girl.

As she was looking through archives though, she was seeing there was very little about Stacy, and nothing about that punishment stuff that had taken place. So, naturally, she demanded to see who was in charge of that.

"Hey," she said to the little girl (like she had any right to think that). "Why can't I find anything about that thing with the ship that happened? You know, the punishment?"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Vivio winced as she heard Mindy ask for something concerning Punishment. She was REALLY hoping no one would ask about that. She turned to face her, grinning sheepishly.

"Wh-why would you want to see that again? Wasn't once enough?" Vivio asked.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"It has nothing to do with seeing it," Mindy said. "I know enough about it. It's the whys and the hows I wanna know about. Torture isn't something that razzes me, if that's what you're thinking."

She looked around, then back at Vivio. "Are you actually the keeper in this place?"

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"I really don't think anyone should be seeing them. I don't care if you're just learning about how it works, it doesn't make it worth it." Vivio said.

Hearing the question, Vivio nodded. "Yes, I am. Is there something wrong with that?"

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"And why should you be the one to decide that?" Mindy, who was normally bound to let people do what they want, suddenly felt hostile. "Just because you decided to be in charge? I don't need another mommy on this ship. I wanna know what Stacy's deal is. If you're gonna try to stop me, I'll just go over your head. I don't need some kid telling me what I can see."

She snickered. "A kid as a librarian. What do you think?"

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart blinked, walking over the the counter where Vivio was seated. "Are... are you alright, Vivio?"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

"Huh?" Vivio yelped out, a bit surprised. Noticing Einhart there, she blinked, then smiled. "I'm fine... I'm just a little worried about my mamas."

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart nodded. "I see. I'm sure that they'll be alright though. They're pretty strong."

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

"I know, but I can't help but worry..." Vivio said, giving her a small smile. "Um, Einhart-chan, I'm curious... why weren't you at that simulation fight earlier? I'd thought you'd have been there!"

[short-changed.livejournal.com]

One minute, Ed was certain he was somewhere else and the next, he was sitting in a meaty chair, looking all the world like he had been reading the entire day.

Looking up at the remark, he waved Vivio over. "Hey."

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Vivio blinked and looked over, noticing Ed.

"Oh, hey...!" she called out. She couldn't help but blink a bit, though - wasn't he gone? Must have been her imagination.

[short-changed.livejournal.com]

Likewise, Ed was getting a little bit of not-right feeling but he shrugged it off. "How's it been? It's been a while since we last spoke Vivio."

"You look a little down though," added Ed. "Something wrong?"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

"Well..." Vivio said, scratching the back of her head. "My mamas went off on a mission and they haven't returned yet. I'm kinda worried about them."

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

Nanoha and Fate disappearing was hard enough on Hayate, so she knew it had to be even worse on Vivio. She ... had some idea what it was like to be lonely, without guidance, or family, but it had been so long ago that her life was like that ... were it not for her missing Signum, Shamal, Zafira ... she'd almost hardly remember what it was like to be without them.

But she couldn't let herself be sad looking, not in front of Vivio, and she had a duty as Nanoha and Fate's friend to take care of Vivio, and she wouldn't leave that neglected. Nanoha and Fate were missing, but she wanted to find a way to show Vivio she still had family here.

With a forced smile, she came to the front desk with a couple of small paperbacks in hand. "Hey, Vivio."

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Snapping out of her little trance of sorts, Vivio forced a smile of her own as Hayate approached her.

"Hayate! Hello!" she said, trying to at least seem cheerful. She didn't want to worry her at all, after all. "Did you need any help?"

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

How ... cute? Worried for each other, the two of them forced smiles. Perhaps that's what it took to maintain morale in tough times...

Hayate shook her head, "No, I know my way around libraries~ I used to go to them all~~ the time as a kid."

"I just came to see you ..."

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

"Me? But--" Vivio began to ask why she would do that, but then she realized why. "...you're worried, too, aren't you?"

Her eyes darted around a bit before she moved to join Hayate, hugging her in a bit of reassurance... mostly for herself.