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

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[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.]

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[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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Hello, again, Lark. [She'll just stick with the name she first learned, for now.]

I'm glad you're doing alright.

[Shirley finds the cut-out animals and smiley faces before she finds Riley, but they make her curious enough to go searching the ship. It's not long before she finds the door labelled with Riley's name - like Elize, a new crew member? - and checks it out...maybe just as Riley's popping out again.]

Rainbow... Lark?

[That name, or alias or whatever the hell, was too odd for Adachi to not catch it.]

[Cory doesn't find the child at first. But he finds some very unusual things left behind. These cut-outs... perhaps one of them is of a horse? And that message about smiling.

He holds both of them up with a look of deep scrutiny. He closes his eyes as if trying to tap into the Force and sniffs at the air. Then, his eyes open, and he mutters suspiciously.]

She's here.

[His Riley senses, they're tingling.]

[ Here comes another child... and she's actually tiny too. When Elize goes to inspect the new personnel room on the ship, she's not expecting someone to be inside at the moment. Just as Riley pops out of her room, she very easily startles, letting out a squeak.

Then bolts away in the opposite direction. Oops. ]

Hey.

[ Oh look, it's an actual non-sarcastic smile! It's kind of a relief to know that the new girl didn't just vanish to wherever people go when they disappear in the shuffle. ]

You settling in okay over there?

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

So where'd you get the second name?

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