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Who: Riley Matthews & Yooou
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Huntress...?!
When: Following the shuffle

[ACTION]

[HELLO, HUNTRESS. There's a not so tiny child trying to sneak onto your ship, which might not be so easy. Given that she's in a deep purple magical girl outfit and isn't very good at darting around sneakily at all. And she might be taking the time to decorate the ship with tiny handmade cut-outs of animals and little phrases about smiling and doing your best. And just smiley faces.

So the truth is she's really bad at this hiding thing, but she's definitely going to go hide in the room that says 'RILEY MATTHEWS' on the door and pops in and out from there.]

[VIDEO]

[A little while later and after more than a little bit of uncertainty, she decides to do broadcast.]

Hi. I arrived here a few weeks ago and I haven't really said anything yet. Sorry. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time to help me. And to the Paisley, too, for being really nice to me. So, thank you.

I know there's a lot of other things going on, but I thought that was important.

It's nice to meet you. I'm Riley Matthews. [She pauses briefly to let out a breath.] Or I'm Rainbow Lark. Both names are important, so I don't mind either. Whatever name you call me, I want to help. Riley and Lark would like to. I don't have magic and I'm not really good at anything, but that's not important.

At least. That's what I've been told. So the only thing I can really do is be there for people. Which isn't that helpful against weird alien things, I know, but maybe a little bit of normal is okay to.

So. Hi. Again. I'm Riley. Or Lark. And I really look forward to being able to learn from everyone. I've learned a lot recently, and I want to learn more.

...And thanks.

[Again! But she seems very awkward and shy and not sure what she's wanting to say. Maybe what little she did say was too much, or maybe it wasn't. But it's enough for her so she smiles and waves and stops it there. Because she can't fight against anything out there and she knows that, but maybe that's okay here, too.]

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[Wow, she really is responding to that name... Adachi will try to be nice.]

Uh, that's just... a very unique name... is all...

Everyone had names like that. There was Gray Nightingale and Amber Hawk and Metalic Gold Magpie. There was a Rosy Dinosaur and Falcon Punch, too, but they kind of... did their own thing name wise.

[What the hell is with these lame-ass names...]

Uh huh... And who is "everyone" exactly?

...The rest of Takshaka. It's their theme.

[Yup, Adachi's lost. He has no idea what this girl is talking about, and he can't seem to make heads or tails of what these names mean. He assumed she was a normal human being, but, given the variety of "humans" in the Fleet, it was hard to determine what "normal" meant anymore. Guess this one wasn't from the same place he was though...]

Takshaka... right... Um... I'm guessing you're not from Earth then, are you?

No, I definitely am. I'm from Greenwich Village, New York. [ But she pauses. Takshaka's so second nature to her now that, really, she doesn't think about why people wouldn't understand it. ] But I was in another place before this. Kyriakos, it was like a magical castle. And we were on teams.

[Suddenly, Adachi starts putting the pieces together. This girl, Rainbow or whatever the hell her name is, was originally from Earth, but then she got pulled somewhere else and then pulled again here. It was like those fleet members from Paradisa, only her temporary home was apparently called "Kyriakos." Interesting... so there was further evidence to support the idea that these other pocket worlds or realities or whatever actually exist.]

New York? So you're originally from America then? Well, it's always nice to meet a fellow, former Earthling. [Adachi chuckles nervously, laughing at his own words like he meant them to be a joke.]