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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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Riley Matthews... you do not have any relation to a Corey Matthews of John Quincy Adams High, do you?

[ well, she wasn't expecting this yet. ]

Yeah, I do. He's my father and I go to school there.

Edited 2015-06-18 20:45 (UTC)

I see the resemblance.

_{[ It's said with a smile, so at least he seems to have a liking for
Corey. ]}

And I think, Riley, that being able to help people is a very great skill. You shouldn't discount such a thing.

Really? Because I was told I looked more like my mom.

[ Whines. Dad is so dad, etc, sorry. ]

I know that. I've always thought it was best to do what you can... but it's different when people can do magic. Or fly spaceships, apparently.

_{[ He laughs at that, understanding. He very much took after his mother
over his father too. ]}

No, I don't think so. I think it is just as important, if not more so. Sometimes those of us who do magic or pilot these ships, we can be forgetful or get lost, or even just have bad days. We need people like you to help us along the way.

But everyone's had days like that. It's really hard to have friends that can heal someone and when you can't do much to help someone get better it's kind of... Like being the extra screw someone doesn't need. It's not that we're not important, it's just... hard.

There's more to getting better than just healing the physical wounds. Believe me on that Riley. I know it is very important to have those like you, just as it is important we have those with magic or other skills. It is a hard task, but I have always been of the belief it is only those with truly kind and sturdy hearts that are given it.

_{[ He is always one for encouraging people to do good, and to believe
in themselves. He spent so long at such a low, he didn't want anyone else
to slide down into those depths. ]}

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