GKND: Next Generation RP

[Jas]

THEY CAN VISIT THEIR PARENTS DURING VACATIONS, RIGHT? D8 MASURAO DOESN'T WANT TO MISS HIS CUBS FOR MUCH LONGER!


Oh, and I'll take him back! *huggles her dear Nebulos X3

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"Where??" the Luminarian father asked hurriedly, spinning around so fast he almost fell over. Regaining his balance, his pale eyes rushed from side to side across the room, eventually finding a soft white glow heading towards them. "Nellie!" he exclaimed, quickly hurrying over to meet her. Once he'd gotten near her, Nebulos quickly picked her up, using all four arms to do so. A relieved sigh escaped him, which made his antennae flicker a bit.
"You can't sneak off like that when you're on a mission, you know that, right?" he asked, lifting a concerned eyebrow at the little snowy-haired girl in his arms. All the mixed feelings about making his daughter join the new Sector returned full force, which made the blue youngman bit his lip unsurely. He squeezed the little girl in his arms softly, as if he were determined to keep her there until someone would pry her from his grip.

"Oh, look, there's Niji." Nebulos said, catching a glimpse of rainbow colours from the corner of his eye. He seemed to be relieved at the distraction. "And Numbuh Infinity, too. We should go say hello."


The green boy snorted. "Oh, you're hilarious." he stated unenthusiastically to his sister, casting a glum look in her direction. He was about to make another retort, but was held against it when a pair of arms wrapped themselves around him, squeezing him and his sister together against their mother's frame. A purple blush rose to meet his cheeks beneath his green fur. "Moooo-ooooom!" he wailed, standing there, fidgeting weakly. His orange eyes cast fleeting looks from side to side, but nobody seemed to be paying much attention to this sign of affection, so instead he just muttered something and refrained from escaping.
The child's father, standing at the side while having his arms crossed, smiled at the scene below, seeming rather amused.

"Of course I'll pound them in the ground, mom!" Blaidd assured, as if it was an obvious think to point out. "There's no need to worry about that, is there?" The hug came to a rather abrupt halt when the younger sibling of the two suddenly detached herself, exclaiming the arrival of their cousins. The male of the party turned his head, trailing his sister and -indeed- finding the Ganmade family not far away from their own.
"Hey, yeah, it's them!" he called, seeming to forget his parents were still there. Blaidd too escaped from his mother's grip and ran after his sister. "Koyu! Soare!"

"Well, that was a rather tearful goodbye." Masurao stated as he took a step forwards to stand next to his mate. A fuzzy hand made sure to brush against her own for a second, hard to notice, but affectionate all the same. Piercing green eyes not unlike those of his daughter trailed his children as they ran to meet their cousins and a small, gentle smile made to corners of his lips curl. The wolf certainly couldn't admit that he was too having mixed feelings about the matter. It would be odd not to have them around as often. But he was convinced they would do just fine. Of course they would.

Trailing his hand up to Tala's back, he gave her a small and gentle push, intending to move over to her brother and his wife to go and meet them. No doubt the others would be arriving soon and things would get rather hectic as the excitement amongst Sector SUN Generation II began to build.

[Ellie]

Finley shot down the hall like a blue-and-gold rocket. "SEE LOOK THERE THEY ARE!" He shouted in a way that would make anyone who knew his father think that he had inherited his occasional hyperness, which might very well be true.

"WAIT FOR ME RUNT!" His purple-furred sister followed after him closely, and the oldest of the trio trailed behind them. Finley, realizing too late he was going to fast to slow down, ran straight into Remmy. He recovered quickly, looking up at the girl, "Oh, sorry, lady," He said reckoning anyone that much bigger than him must be an adult. But as he looked around the group, he noticed that all the aliens were bigger than even Angelle. The four biggest were even bigger than his parents. "Oh wow," His visible eye widened, and for a second he looked almost intimidated by the others.

Luce and Angelle arrived at that instant. "Runt, stop that!" Luce snapped, having seen him collide with the girl. She crossed her arms across her chest, her too-long spring green sleeves hanging over her elbows. After a moment, she cast some attention to the rest of the group, "Hi," Was all she said before she glared at her brother for a moment longer.

She white-furred girl beside her smiled brightly and looked at everyone in the group briefly,"Hello, my name's Angelle, and this is Luce," She pointed to the girl beside her. "And I'm Finley!" The little cat-boy said, having recovered from his shock, smiling widely.

Milo-Lee and Finnick came up behind the kids, a few minutes later, "Girls, you know better than that." Finnick's voice echoed down the hall, "You shouldn't run off in here, it's so gi-huge-ic, we might of never seen you again," He added as the couple approached to group, ruffling Angelle's hair, "We don't want that, now do we,"

"No, Dad, sorry,"

[ChyukiPastukiSuzuki]

A smile made itself present on Unagi’s face as he opened one last door. “Kids,” He quickly glanced over his shoulder at the three children to acknowledge them. “We’re here.”

With a grand overdramatic gesture, he opened the door, exposing a room full of other aliens and their own parents. The girls’ eyes widened and their jaws dropped, amazed at the variety of creatures that mingled before them. Even Aaron couldn’t suppress the spark of excitement that rushed over him, his normally emotionless face now hinting anticipation.

“Hey Vibe, is that Tala?” Unagi questioned, shifting hair out of his eyes in order to get a better view. His purple eyes brightened upon not only recognizing the Telarian girl, but also the group that she and her mate were now walking to. Instantly, the fishlike man recognized the four and yelled to them. “Swirly! Curly! Nalo! Masurao!” A vigorous wave followed as he made his way to the group, children in tow.

“Hey look, they have kids,” Erin observed. “I see three girls and a boy. Shame. I guess we’ll have to share, seeing he IS quite attractive.”

“No boys for you two!!!” They heard angry, stereotypical shout from their father. “And same goes for your, Aaron, in case your door happens to swing that way.” Aaron had removed his headphones by now and raised an eyebrow at his dad’s back. Still, no sound came out of his mouth except a short sigh as he walked along.

The family reached the group, who was also joined by another family, the parents with distinct looks of a cat and a bat. They also had three children, yet the ages were scattered instead of the triplets.

“Hey look, another boy. He looks on the younger side though.” Arran sighed, voicing her disappointment. “But I see more girls. Wow Aaron’s-“ She cut her sentence short, not wanting to inform the others that they were talking about them. She looked to her dad, as if to ask if they should introduce themselves, but he was busy with a different matter.

“SWIRLY!!!” Unagi picked Tala up in a hug and swung her around in a circle. “I haven’t seen you in ages!!! It’s been so loooooong!!!” A few other aliens turned to look at the scene, but clearly the two didn’t care. When Unagi finally put the girl down, he spoke to the triplets excitedly. “Arran, Erin, Aaron, this is Tala. She’s the one who painted that giant mustard painting that hangs in the living room. And all those cool war stories, not the ones about our fights, but the ones about your uncle’s and my prank war, well our main accomplice was her.”

The two girls stepped forward to quickly greet Tala, but then went back to the group of kids and introduced themselves there, first to the two Ganmade twins.

“Hi there, I’m Arran, A-R-R-A-N” Arran greeted Koyu, a wide smile on her face. “And this is my sister, Erin. E-R-I-N.” She made a gesture to her sister who carried an identical smile. “And this guy right here, is our brother Aaron. A-A-R-O-N. He doesn’t speak much and he glares a lot, but he’s pretty cool once you get to know him.” To this, Aaron responded to his sister with a glare and a quiet “Shut up”, proving her statement.

[Renee]

Niji turned her head, after hearing a familar voice and just as she expected, she saw Nebulos, Lunira and their little girl Nellie standing a short distance away. She smiled floating over greeting the parents with a hug. "It's so great to see you guys!" She said sincerely. She patted Nellie's head. "Hello there Nellie, my, don't you look pretty today?" She giggled. "Nali, just ran off to look for little Neon. That boy is always getting into something." She shook her head a bit.

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"Neon!" The eleven year old Princess called her brother's name looking every which way for him. She gently reprimanded herself, she should have been keeping an eye on him, instead of crying both her eyes out. She rolled her eyes, "Neon! Momma and Daddy are going to be very upset with you, if you don't come out from where ever you are!" She shouted, hoping the fact that their parents were mentioned would force him out of hiding, but it was no such luck. She just hoped he didn't hurt anyone or anything, the five year old could be a bit energetic and hyper most of the time. She rounded the corner to see a group of people, two kids, a green haired lady and a man that resembled a wolf. She recognized him immediately, I think that's Mr. Masurao. He used to protect Momma when she was my age... She thought to herself, floated over to him, and what she guessed was his family, "Excuse me. " She curtsied politely. "I'm sorry to bother you, but have you seen my little brother, Neon?" She asked with hopefulness in her voice, "He's wearing a red jacket, blue pants and has black hair, gray skin and magenta eyes..."

[Paula]

As Nellie ran over to them, Lunira let out a relieved sigh. She nodded with her husband towards her, before ruffling her daughter's head. "That's right. If you go running off, your teamates wouldn't know where to find you."

Nellie's antennae sagged a little as she gave a small pout. "I didn't mean to run off, there was just a really interesting computer over there." She pointed behind her, trying to show what caught her attention. "I just had to go look."

"Well next time, just make sure you tell us where you're going off to, first. Okay, sweetie?"


"Oh, look, there's Niji." Lunira looked up from her daughter, now seeing the rainbow-haired woman Nebulos spoke of. She smiled and waved to the woman, before being lifted off of the ground in one of Niji's hugs.

"It's nice to see you too, Niji." The panda-like alien nodded.

Nellie's eyes went to the tall woman, growing a little big as her bolts brightened a little. "Hi there, Miss Niji!" She waved with one of her hands as she giggled. "Neon ran off? Aww...how come?"

[Sadie]

Putting an arm around his wife, Etoile nuzzled her cheek a bit, his eyes watching his daughters with nothing less than the deepest affection. Anyone could look under the surface of his blue lenses and see a little sadness there - he was no doubt going to miss his girls. "I think they're going to be just fine," he murmured to her.

"TALA!"

The eager outburst came from down the hall, and Tala whirled around before returning the shout with excitement. "UNAGIIIIII!"

Laughing happily as she was swung around, she beamed at Unagi and Vibe's children as she was introduce, flushing with pleasure when her artwork and mischief was mentioned. "What adorable kids!" she squealed with pleasure, almost as excited for their kids as she was her own.

"It's been forever!" Etoile added, surveying the triplets with surprise. He thought that he and Nalo had gotten it pretty bad with twins, but triplets. . . that had to be an adventure.

"Yeah!" Tala grinned and gestured around. "These are my babies, Remmy and Blaidd. And Remmy is currently attached to Soare, one of Etoile's girls. Anddddd Koyu is Soare's twin sister," she explained to Unagi and Vibe, pointing them out in turn.

Remmy smiled in greeting at her mother's friends, and then looked surprised when she was run into by a rather. . . small alien. Especially when she was addressed as "lady." Strange kid. "Er. . . it's okay." She glanced at Blaidd as he approached and grinned a little bit, hoping that the kid wouldn't destroy anything in his excitement.

And on Remmy's other side, Soare had started to shake again, suddenly surrounded by a ton of aliens who were introducing themselves to her and her sister. It was lucky that their attention seemed to be mostly on Koyu, which was the way it usually worked, and she thought that maybe if she just softly said her name, they'd accept her and then go back to Koyu.

Swallowing a bit of her fear, she attempted a smile at the triplets that was shaky, but no doubt warm and friendly despite her illogical fear. "Pleased to meet you." Which one was which, again? Their names all sounded the same! "I'm Soare." Her breathy voice was somehow loud enough to be heard, and she smiled again, first at the girls, and then at the boy, although her hand still clung to Remmy's in an attempt to remain tethered to something familiar. She even reached over and touched Blaidd's shoulder in greeting, offering him a silent grin of greeting, too.

Somehow, in the middle of this entire exchange, Etoile's other arm had found its way around Tala, who traded a look with him, one that spelled out how close they still were.

[ChyukiPastukiSuzuki]

"What adorable kids!"

“You really think so? I think all their beauty comes from their mother.” With that, he placed an arm around Vibe’s waist, giving her a loving look. “Though the girls do have the same mindset as Dengeki and I.” He paused to look at his kids, glad that they had at least introduced themselves to the others. “And Aaron’s more on the shy side. He’s a lot like Vibe though, kind of serious a lot. But your kids are so cute too! I bet you and Masurao are proud”

Then, his gaze shifted over to Etoile, his smile becoming wider as he gave him a manly hug. When they released, the grin became an exaggerated pout. “Man, Curly, way to not call or anything! We were all worried you’d gotten sucked into a black hole or something. I mean, at least Tala sends me art occasionally!” His feigned anger dropped into a calmer excitement. “So twins, huh. How’re you liking that? Bet you’re glad you had Dekki and I to show you how twins work.” A short chuckle escaped his lips as he smiled. “They look just like you and Nalo.”

Upon hearing Soare’s small voice, Arran and Erin immediately turned their attention to the other twin. Erin smiled, light reflecting slightly from her sharp purple teeth. “Soare? That’s a really pretty name.”

“Yeah, it’s fun to say too. Soare, Soare, Soare.” Arran agreed, purple ponytail bouncing as she nodded. She elbowed her brother in an attempt to inconspicuously hint at him to say something. When the only response was a glare, she nudged him again and mumbled with an irritated tone. “Be polite and introduce yourself.”

Aaron glared at his sister and then glanced back at Soare, who was obviously already uncomfortable with the situation. He could already tell that she didn’t want to say much more to him and he didn’t want to make things worse by intimidating her. A small pang of guilt hit him for not saying anything at all when she had first introduced herself. A few seconds passed as he stared straight into her eyes, awkward tension filling the air. Finally, he spoke.

“I’m Aaron.” His voice was soft with the same melodic tone as his fathers, though it sounded almost emotionless. With that short statement, he forced a small smile. His eyes were still piercing, yet the glare was suppressed and they now almost expressed a sad feeling. The awkward air started to subside, that is, until Arran spoke again.

“Hey you got him to talk AND you got a smile. You must be magical or something, cause that’s rare!!!” She hugged her brother tightly and continued to speak to Soare. “You know, he never really even smiles for us and we’re his family.”

[RohaHat]

All the attention from the other children was beginning to wear her down, but since there was nothing negative about it, she was still just about managing to stand on her own. The information from the female triplet seemed to surprise Soare, but the response came from the other twin, who suddenly appeared and draped her arm around the blonde girl's shoulders.

"That's because my sister is the most magical, most adorable little twin sister in the entire galaxy," she stated proudly, ruffling Soare's hair in a lighthearted noogie. "I mean, look at this face," she placed a hand under the shy girl's chin to keep it tilted forwards and visible, also displaying the wide purple blush that was glowing on her features. "This face could steal your credit card number. She could ask you for anything and you would have no choice but to comply!" She finally released Soare's head but one arm remained casually around the girl.

"I don't doubt it!" the triplet girls agreed in unison, smiling fondly at the blonde twin. Arran elbowed her brother again, but the gesture was accompanied by a suggestive wink. "Eh? Eh? Isn't she cute?" Aaron didn't say anything straight away, but he did mumble something to the floor that might have been an agreement. Erin surprised him with a sudden hug. "He thinks you're cute," she stated with a gleeful smile.

"It's a shame she doesn't use the cute to her advantage more," Koyu stated sadly. "She is the more adorable twin, she could really cause some chaos that way."

From across the room, Nalo could only observe the conversation, not eavesdrop, but she was certain there was no turmoil present-- not yet, anyway. Vibe had sauntered over to the other proud parents along with Unagi, although she remained mostly silent, as she often had when they were children. No changes there, then, but as many of the males would recall, she matured a great deal physically when she hit her teenage years, and by the looks of it she'd continued to mature as an adult.

Moving to stand beside Nalo, she watched the quintet of children with a similarly fond expression. "Amazing, isn't it?" she commented absentmindedly in a quiet voice, glancing at the silent mother next to her. Gesturing towards the group of juveniles, although it was hardly necessary, she added "We did that." Nalo nodded slowly in agreement, a proud smile clearly visible behind the thick black locks that hid a large portion of her face.

[Jas]

Manes twitched at the sound of his name and the wolf turned his head to face the direction the sound had come from. Barely had he done so, or the green-haired woman at his side was plucked away and was taken for a spin. A situation which would've alarmed Masurao in any other case, were it not that the culprit in question was no other than Unagi, who'd had taken Tala into many spins before and therefore did not upset the canine man. Or at least not in a way that was out of the ordinary. The sight actually seemed to amuse him as he beheld it and he proceeded sending a friendly nod to both Unagi and Vibe.
His son, however, did cast a glance over his shoulder, lifting an eyebrow in a fashion quite similar to his father when his mother was attacked by this green man. Throwing a look at his father and seeing he didn't seem to be alarmed at this gesture, Blaidd assumed that this behaviour was ordinary. He wasn't very surprised by this either, as many of the tales his mom and dad had told him, had left him confused rather than wiser. The wolfish boy was slightly aware of his mother introducing him to the person she'd been dancing with. Turning his head for a second, he tried his best to keep his face looking monotone, and lifted a gloved hand at the adults in greeting.

Arriving near his sister, he was caught of guard when suddenly a small fuzzy thing came dashing in and collided with his sibling. Briefly alarmed by this, but concluding quickly that there was no immediate threat in this small creature, he lifted another eyebrow when the small boy addressed Remmy as 'lady'. He looked to the side, exchanging glances with her and his own lips curled up, revealing a toothy grin. This done, the green youth folded his arms and let his orange eyes wander across the many children present. A small, gentle hand found way to his shoulder and he turned his head around, looking into a familiar yellow face, who was grinning at him also. Recognizing his cousin immediately, the boy was quick to configure a smile of his own. "Hi, Soare." he replied joyfully, one hand detaching itself from its crossed state and reaching out to tap that of the girl a few times.
Blaidd turned his head away as distraction ensued, distraction in which his cousin seemed to be the center of attention. He cast her a sideways glance, rather familiar with her timid nature, but refrained from saying, which he probably thought looked rather cool.

"But your kids are so cute too!" Unagi continued enthusiastically, "I bet you and Masurao are proud”
Masurao himself did not respond immediately, but the look cast in his children's direction said more than he ever did, as he smiled at them, his tail flicking to the side serenely. "Yes." was his short, but genuine answer. He was kept from saying anything else as suddenly a small voice spoke up, coming from somewhere below: "Excuse me. . ."
Slightly surprised, the canine boy looked down and his eyes widened a bit at the sight he found there. A little girl, with hair that looked very familiar. She looked at him, golden eyes shimmering with certain hope. "I'm sorry to bother you, but have you seen my little brother, Neon? He's wearing a red jacket, blue pants and has black hair, gray skin and magenta eyes..."
Masurao didn't reply immediately, but looked down at the girl for another minute, seeming slightly bemused. He knew exactly who this was, but actually seeing the little alien in person was a bit more startling. ". . . I'm sorry, I don't think I have. . ." the wolf answered eventually, still looking at her for a bit as if he had to register this girl actually existed. He then averted his gaze and made it shift across the room, possibly looking for the brother Nali was questioning about, but also possibly looking for the girl's mother, who undoubtedly had to be here.


And Nebulos had already found her, and was in the middle of sharing a hug with the colourful woman. "Hi, Niji!" he exclaimed brightly, not having really lost the enthusiastic attitude he'd had as a boy. "It's great to see you, too, you look great!" The Luminarian smiled down at the girl in his arms as Niji commented on her and his white eyes twinkled happily. "She's surely keeping us up and running." he said with a chuckle, one eye squinting due his smile. The smile faltered a bit, however, when she mentioned the disappearance of her son. Nebulos looked around, perhaps hoping to catch a glimpse of the boy. "If he's anything like Nellie, he's ought to turn up sooner or later. . ." he said in a reassuring voice, looking back up at the princess. "At least he doesn't fit into any vending machines, so that's one less place to look."

[Renee]

As Nali waited patiently and respectfully for a response, she began thinking of places her little brother could go. This base seemed huge, finding him could take all day, she prayed that this would not be the case.

"...I'm sorry. I don't think I have." Came the wolf's reply to her question.

The eleven year old Princess sighed with disappointment, not with the adult before her, but with herself. How could she let him slip away like that? "Oh, okay. Thank you anyway." She gave him a small bow. "My momma and dad are going to be mad if I don't find him soon..." She uttered softly, looking around, and in the corner of her eyes, she spotted something running toward her, someone in a red jacket, blue pants, with black hair. She knew exactly who it was, and frowned a bit in slight annoyance.

"NALI!!! I've found you!" He skidded to a stop in front of her and wrapped his arms around his sister's waist, "I was looking all over for you, and now I've found you! That means I win, right?" He looked up at his sister's face and saw that she was not in the slightest bit amused.

Nali placed her hands at her hips, impatiently. "This is not a game of hide and seek Neon." She told him firmly. "You can't just run off whenever you want to like that without telling me, mom and dad where you're going! That's not cool at all, Neon." She glared down at him angrily, though her anger was mostly out of worry. After this day, she would be primarily responsible for him, and she couldn't have him wandering off in unknown territory like this.

Neon backed away from his sister and looked up at her with sad eyes. "Y-you're not mad at me are you?" He wondered shakily.

At that question, Nali felt all the anger release out of her like helium out of a balloon. "No, I'm not mad at you, Neon..." She knelt down and pulled him into a hug, "I didn't mean to yell at you like I did." She said regretfully. Then she remembered something. Masurao was still there. She blushed in embarrassment. Where are her manners. She pulled away from the five year old boy. "Neon, don't be rude. Introduce yourself to Mr. Masurao..." She nudged him slightly looking up at the adult wolf.

"H-huh?" Neon looked up at the tall wolf with green eyes, and gasped, "Oooh, Nali! This is Mommy's friend that used to follow her around when she was a kid, right?" He pointed up at the adult alien. "He made sure mommy was safe, right?" He turned to his sister.

Nali nodded, pushing his finger down as it was rude to point. "Yes." She stressed. "Now, say hello." She urged.

Neon did as he was told. "Hi, Mr. Masurao." He waved wildly. "My name's Neon!"

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Niji and Jamal both laughed lightly at the thought of Nellie in a vending machine.

"I happen to think Nellie and Neon are very similar indeed. But it's their curiosity that makes them children after all, so I suppose it's all alright." The suited man said.

"Though I hope Nali locates him soon. I haven't gotten the chance to give a hug to my sweet little, Neon..." The colorful mother said worriedly.

[Paula]

However, the small girl's questions hadn't been answered, for the grown-ups had soon gone into a conversation. She pouted a little, starting to get a little bored with them talking. Just when she was about to try and think of something else to do, her ears twitched.

Faint voices had caught her attention, but they seemed more lively. A few of them she recognized, but if she saw them, then maybe her assumptions would be confirmed.

Then her head jerked upward at her dad's comment. "At least he doesn't fit into any vending machines, so that's one less place to look."

"Hey, it wasn't my fault." She exclaimed, holding out all four of her arms. "In my defense, I thought there was something cool in there."

Lunira smiled at her, while shaking her head. "Hmm. You didn't think it was very cool once you were stuck inside, right?"

Nellie could only grin sheepishly at that, turning a little violet in embarrasment. Then, realizing that she had gotten her mother's attention, her antenna brightened with an idea."Oh yeah....Hey Momma? I think I hear some other kids over there, do you mid if I go over to see them?" Lunira shifted her head in the direction her daughter was referring to, not sure if there were some other kids nearby since some of them might've been in another room.

But, her ears proved her otherwise since she had heard some voices that were close. "Well..."

[Sadie]

Etoile laughed as Unagi berated him for his lack of attention, shrugging lightly as though he wasn't to be blamed for it. "I'm sorry, we've been crazy. It's been interesting, trying to raise twins. Especially that one." He directed a teasing finger at Koyu, who was currently showering her usual enthusiasm on her twin sister.

Shrinking slightly under all of the attention, Soare tried to fish the words out of her throat, but they wiggled away from her and hid. Both of the girls immediately directed praise at her, and Soare attempted a shy smile, her face taking on a darker twinge of purple while they commented her name, finally whispering her thanks.

But the smile disappeared when they began to pester their brother, urging him to greet her. Feeling flustered, she tried to speak up in his defense, but the mumble was hardly even audible. "H-he doesn't. . . have to. . ."

But to her surprise, he offered her a small sentence - just his name. A tiny tidbit of information. But when she caught his stare, an intense purple gaze, Soare found that she wasn't looking away, simply matching his gaze with metallic blue eyes that glinted a bit in the hall lights.

“Hey you got him to talk AND you got a smile. You must be magical or something, cause that’s rare!!!”

"That's because my sister is the most magical, most adorable little twin sister in the entire galaxy. I mean, look at this face. This face could steal your credit card number. She could ask you for anything and you would have no choice but to comply!"

It wasn't until the very last sentence that Soare looked away from Aaron, her eyes widening in what was close to panic. Fumbling over her words, she tried to stammer out some kind of reassurance. "I-I wouldn't- . . . I'm not. . ."

But the small voice carried no strong defense in it, and it got even worse when Erin's gleeful words reached her. "He thinks you're cute."

"I, I-" Why couldn't she stop tripping over her words?! "N-. . . tha-. . . this is Koyu!"

Suddenly pushing her sister forward, Soare took a step back from the group, trying to get them to switch their attention from her to her sister. Koyu was so much more social than she was, and would burst forth like a butterfly among them. Koyu would capture their hearts with her wit, her charm, and Soare liked it that way. Flashing eyes strayed back to the quiet boy that she had met, and the girl quickly glanced away, allowing her fringe to fall over a part of her face to obscure her. Maybe she could go the rest of the day without talking to anyone else.

Remmy, figuring that her cousin would be okay, slipped away from the group and made her way back to the adults, her tail swishing as she walked. Her father and mother were with several families and their children, and she didn't push herself in to their conversations, observing her father's habit of choosing to be discreet.

Stepping between her father and her mother, the wolf-girl stood there patiently, observing the various aliens around, ones of different colors and sizes and all of them fascinating. She thought about greeting a couple of them, but decided against it, simply because it would intrude on several of their conversations. But she watched silently, observationally, staying close to her father and mother while Tala placed an affectionate hand on her upper back.

[Jas]

"Oh, okay. Thank you anyway." The girl looked down, seeming rather dejected. Masurao still seemed a bit taken aback at her appearance, as if he hadn't quite believed Niji had actually had a daughter. In the moments that followed, distraction arrived in the form of his own daughter, who had decided to join her parents again. She didn't say anything, which didn't surprise Masurao. He didn't introduce her either, knowing well enough that Remmy'd introduce if she herself wished to do so. After all, he was a man of few words himself. So instead, the wolf lifted his hand and rested it atop his daughter's head, his index finger scratching the area just above her eyes gently in a fashion that indicated it was probably a gesture he did regularly. He took this opportunity to cast a glance at his older child, who was still standing near his cousins, upholding a posture not unlike his own, though Blaidd's flicking tail indicated that he was rather excited at the arrival of these new kids, which cast a little grin on Masurao's usually expressionless face.

His hand resting atop Remmy's scalp still, he turned his head when certain commotion ensued at his side. He looked over and noticed there wasn't just one, but two children there. And eyebrow was cast in the air, looking rather startled at the new kid, who was a boy and was being addressed sternly by Nali. At that moment, the boy, obvious much younger than the girl, turned to face him with large, magenta eyes. "Oooh, Nali! This is Mommy's friend that used to follow her around when she was a kid, right?" A gray finger pointed up at him. "He made sure mommy was safe, right?"
The ascended eyebrow returned to its regular altitude and this time, the wolf seemed rather amused, no less because his sister reprimanded him in a rather familiar way.

"Hi, Mr. Masurao." the smaller boy said, waving a small had up at him enthusiastically, "My name's Neon!"
Navy manes twitched, bright greens looking down at the small youth, now identified as Neon. Whereas he might have in the past, Masurao did not make a habit out of staring as intently at children like he did at people around his age. They were children after all. A thumb stroked across his daughter's head absent-mindedly.
"Hello." he replied eventually, his voice still rather monotone. "I am honoured to meet you both." A fist was brought to his chest in a familiar fashion and he inclined his head at them, his slender tail whipping out behind him for a minute. Lifting his head once more, he added: "There is no need to call me 'mister'. No one does."


Chuckling at the reminiscences of his daughter stuck in the vending machine, he shook his head and brushed it off. "Why don't we all go?" Nebulos suggested, still holding the little girl close to him, probably still not entirely certain of the idea of her leaving. His round face turned and looked up at his much taller friends once again. "There's much chance when a kid leaves, he's off to find other kids." He grinned rather boyishly, shifting Nellie in his arms a bit, one eye joyfully squint.

[Renee]

"Hello." he replied eventually, his voice still rather monotone. "I am honoured to meet you both." A fist was brought to his chest in a familiar fashion and he inclined his head at them, his slender tail whipping out behind him for a minute. Lifting his head once more, he added: "There is no need to call me 'mister'. No one does."

Neon's Magenta eyes sparkled up at the blue wolf, "Wow, Nali, he's so cool, right?" He turned to his sister who merely nodded.

"Well, Momma did say he was, didn't she?" She agreed. "It's very nice to meet you too, Masurao." She bowed politely, and it was then did she notice a girl at the green eyed wolf's side. She looked similar to Masurao, and considering how Masurao's hand was resting atop of her head, Nali assumed that this girl was his daughter. She straightened upright to regard the girl. "Hey, there." She greeted softly. "My name is Nali..." It was then that Nali felt someone tug at her dark blue shirt, she looked down to realize it was Neon, who gazed up at her with a bored expression.

"Nali, where's Mommy and Dad?" He questioned tilting his head. "They didn't leave did they? I didn't get a chance to hug them yet." He fretted worriedly,

Nali shook her head, "No, I don't think they did Neon. They wouldn't leave without giving you a hug." She looked around for them and saw them approaching them along with Nebulos, Lunira and little Nellie. "Oh, look, here they come. Why don't you go say hello?" She nodded toward them, and turned her attention back to the girl, "Sorry about that." She apologized. "My little brother can be a bit...Hyper-active at times." She rubbed the nape of her neck modestly.

Neon's face broke into an elated smile as he energetically ran toward his parents, "Mommy! Dad!!" He hugged his mother's legs, "I thought you guys went home!"

Jamal chuckled patting his youngest child's black hair. "Now how could we leave without saying goodbye?" He reached down and scooped him up in his arms, "I trust you haven't been giving your sister a hard time have you?" He ruffled his hair,

Neon grinned sheepishly, remembering how Nali had scolded him a few moments before. "Nope! Nuh-uh! I've been good, I promise!" He bobbed his head, glancing at his sister. He was then put back down on the ground where he noticed Nebulos, Lunira and Nellie. "Hi Nebulos, Hi Lunira!" He waved. "Hey Nellie!" Then he remembered something, "Oooh, Mommy! Guess what? We've met Masurao! He's SO cooooool!" He gushed.

Niji's eyes lit up, "You did?" She looked around for her stoic friend. and she found him standing near Nali. She smiled and floated over to him. "So, Nali, I see you've met Masurao..." She patted the girl's pastel colored head, before enveloping the navy-haired wolf in a friendly hug, "Oh, it's so nice to see you Masurao...."

[Paula]

Nellie's bolts brightened a little at his words, although she was aware that he hadn't let her down. She shrugged, figuring that he'll have to put her down sooner or later, but at least they'll be able to meet some more people in the meantime. As she had turned her head around, her ivory orbs began to light up.

"NEON!!! NALI!!" She waved towards them, as Neon greeted her back with a hello as well.

Lunira smilled at the small reunion, hands behind her back as she waved to the over excited boy."It's nice to see you too, Neon. Having fun?" Her eyes went back towards the blue man, ntoicing he was still keeping a tight hold on their daughter, making the woman chuckle lightly.

"Neb...I think you can let her down, now."