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"Came here just yesterday; in time for the kids to run off into the forest" Carol spoke and nodded her head as she did so "We spent all day lookin' for them to!" She sighed and stopped washing the dish she was working on "It was a strange string of events, and I guess thats how I knew I wasnt in a normal village. I myself have yet to actually speak to Chiaku, but I have seen her. She led us when we were in the forest. That's also where I got to know ms Sai"

Luckily for the both of them, it wasn't. Still, DS was quite damp by the time she reached her home. Tearing the door open, she ran inside. "Linnea?"

A shortish shadow peered out from behind the counter. "DS?"

"Lita, have you seen Linnea?" the woman asked breathlessly.

"Not since this morning. Though I was in the kitchen for a while, I may have missed her-"

"Then I'm going to check the house." Finally remembering her company, she getsured to the young lady next to her. "This is, eh, Leslie was it? She said she needed to find us... be a dear and give her what she needs, Lita."

Without another word DS ran out out of the room, though her footsteps were still audible.

Lita cocked her head almost unnoticably. "Well, how may I be of service, Leslie-san?"

However Linnea was not inside. Her head was tilted up to best catch the falling rain, her skin enjoying every drop of it. Most of her clothes, including kimono and shoes, had been carefully draped over a chair inside a small lean-to nearby, and the fae was soaking in an all-but-abandoned spring, one of the teahouse's attractions before the attendant had left.

This, she thought with a happy sigh, was truely wonderful.

Kizzy munched on the last of her pancakes imagining what a blackout looked like, but all she could think of was Absalom, he was black and didn't do much, so he must be a blackout! Her attention turned to her drawing of Ayira. Kizzy didn't know what 'signing' meant. Did it mean her name, so everyone could admire that too? She licked the fork and thought about it some more. She didn't know what her name looked like. Just how it sounded. She picked up her crayon and made a hard thick line, that stood for the 'K' sound in her name. Next to it she made some squiggly zigzags, to take care of the 'Z' noise. "There, Kizzy!" She handed the picture back to Ayira with a grin.

Sai put up her hands to calm Loki, "No worries! Ms. Morato wasn't injured here in the Inn. We're just keeping an eye on her here." She looked back at Kizzy who was looking ready to be cleaned up soon. "Yes, that's my little girl. Her name is Kizzy, she's a Fae." Looking at Kapono neslted under the table, "That little sleepy one is too. Many of the children here come from the forest. They're born from little seedlings." She felt a bit silly describing them. "I'm sorry, it must seem really strange to you. Mayor Chiaku is here as well, I'm sure she'll be able to answer any further questions about the origin of the little ones."

"Ah I see, I recently came to the village and I also have seen Lady Chiaku, but it was during the time that gold fae's mother was injured...I thought it wasn't a perfect time to talk to the governess so I still have to see her" Paine said, grabbing another dish. "Miss Sai is a wonderful person" she said, starting to rinse the dish. She then changed the subject to Kapono. "So, how long did you have Kapono? He's the third fae I've met in this village, and boy is he an energetic boy" she joked. She saw with her own eyes the small fae loved sleeping. "But really, he's very cute when he's sleeping, he seems so...peaceful...and carefree" she said smiling and washing the dish.

"Sure" Paine said. She then eyed Kizzy's dishes. "Uh, maybe after the dishes are finished....if Miss Sai lets us" she said. But, before Sai tells them anything, Paine stroked Kapono's hair, looking at the little fae. She smiled. "Ah, children...." she sighed, remembering her childhood, but it was a little foggy. She couldn't remember certain details to her life. "I wonder why" she thought, and continued looking at Kapono.

Carol smiled and moved out of the way "As you wish ms sai" She spoke and headed back over to the table, pulling out a scratch peice of parchment and a pen. Slowly she drew a face and hair and then a body with a rough sketch of the outline of a dress. "Ms paine? Could you take over from here?" She asked and slid the paper over to another seat next to her. "There; That would be the outline. Now If you could touch it up and add design, we could turn that into something, what do you think?" She asked holding the small boy close. "Im thinking i want white and pink, maybe blue" she spoke repeating the colors she had decided on earler. "And we must start yours to!" she giggled and then she remembered something important.

She quickly stood and slid Kapono back in her chair and walked over to Sai and quickly let out a deep breath to ready herself. "Ms sai" she started and winced. How was she going to get out what she needed to say? "Um...Due to recent events I have no money on me..." she said with a sigh and a frown placed on her face. "But i REALLY could use a place to stay...Is there...some work I could do for you as far as my skills go, that is to say...that I could do as to pay for the rent?" She mentally slapped herself as she relized that that had probabally made no sense whats so ever. She decided to clear it up; If only for her own sake. "Like sew something up for you all to pay for it instead of money it's self?"

Sai swept up the last of the flour from the floor into a dust pan and began to scrub it clean with a soapy brush. "Well, Carol, I'm just a maid... I'm not responsible for your fees." She felt a bit embarrassed about her situation, as she was being looked to as someone in charge. "You'll have to discuss things with Cordy." She pulled out a rag and dried off the floor to prevent any slips.

Kizzy glared angrily through the window at the rain outside. Over at the fireplace Kizzy looked at her pile of soot with a grin, and reached towards it. However, she quickly pulled her arm back as the rain from outside fell on it. "Quit it~! I'm sick of dis stuff!" She sat down and proceeded to kick her feet in a mini tantrum shreiking about the weather.

Sai opened up a cubboard and began to put back some of the fresh dishes, when a picture caught her eye. She replaced it with the plates and shut the door. "It's Absalom." Kizzy's screaming caught Sai's ears and she ran off to see what was up. "Sweetie! Shhh, shhh, shhh. There is no need to be upset. You're disturbing the other people." She knelt down and handed Kizzy her drawing in hopes it would calm her down. "Here, I found this in the kitchen." The little girl grabbed quickly at the drawing and held it close. "Mine~!"

Paine looked at the sketch. "Pink...White...and possibly Blue" she murmured. "Hmm" She thought long and hard about the design. "What do you think Kapono?" she said to the small fae. "Would your mother like something I designed for her?". She continued thinking...hmmm....flowers? nah... "Hmm...." she thought, looking at Kapono, lost deep in thought. She snapped out of it when she saw the answer was right in front of her. "Something Kapono related? Maybe Carol would like that...". Would she? Paine racked her brain, thinking of different designs to choose from. "Decision making is so hard..." she sighed.