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The urge had occurred rather suddenly while she stood watching her daughter play fight her way about the common room of the tavern instead of doing the actual task she had issued her which was to clean the tables for her allowance. The Satyress couldn't exactly blame her daughter for wanting to goof off and play instead but it was now starting to become counter productive. She had been about to reprimand when she suddenly recalled she had Xai's number and the number of someone else she trusted.

Luis wanted to go out at least for a little while with women around her age. Xai looked to be a woman her age and so did Switch...Well they were women and that is what mattered. Female bonding never hurt anyone.

The redheaded Satyress had a sudden idea. Some phone calls were made. The 'sitter arrived before Xai did which gave the unfortunate individual a chance to see the greeting the very excited girls gave each other before Luis grasped Xai's wrist and gently tugged her out the door after laying down ground rules.

Together Luis and Xai agreed...Switch totally needed in on this outing or at least their company and thus they made their way to the Curio shop. Hopefully when they got back the 'sitter wouldn't be weeping while coiled into a fetal position and nothing would be on fire...Yes, hope was a good word for that.

Luis opened the door to the shop and gazed about, "'Ey Switch? Up f'comp'ny~?"

Switch had woken up from her light sleep when the shop's door opened. The blue haired woman had sat up almost instantly, rubbing her eyes and looking over at whoever it was that insisted on breaking her nap.

...Oh! The two she didn't mind seeing! Cool!

"Hey! Nah, no Kay today, thank god." Answering Xai's question first because it was easier, her attention then turned towards the Satyress. "Yes! I would love company." Of course she stressed the word; how could she not? She had been bored enough to fall asleep, damnit! Switch assumed they would be staying here; she may have owned the shop, but she was still working today! "How are you two doing? It's been a while!" Well...a while for Xai anyway. She'd seen Luis not that long ago.

Thank god? Xai blinked and looked just a little confused for all of three seconds before she chuckled and nodded, patting poor Switch's head. Ohhh she understood the need to get away from a child regardless of how much one loved them! Haha! And boy did she need to get away from Evari sometimes. She squeed quietly, bouncing her toes and lightly clapping her hands a few times at Switch's approval of their company. Yay! She wasn't loud enough to be a bother but her happiness was very clear. "I've been fine! Evari has grown since you last saw her~! But she has been giving me these..odd head pains. It's rather bothersome." Xai shrugged a little after that. She was getting better at dealing with it.

"Lunch sounds very good!" She grinned at Luis and then at Switch again. She could come, right? She said she would love their company but if they left she couldn't enjoy it! And she owned this shop, right? Surely she could close it for just a little while! That was how it worked! You owned something you could do whatever you want with it! That...was how it worked, right? Xai didn't seem to mind that she was being volunteered to help with the shop, shaking her head at Luis and rubbing at one of her headwings. Nutter hadn't chewed on them today but they were practically always sore regardless because of the constant treatment.

"Of course I don't mind. You don't mind if we help, right Switch?" Xai turned her smile down to the woman sitting near her, folding her hands behind her back. "Luis calls this 'female bonding time'! It sounds fun, right?" She thought so!

"She is bigger," Luis confirmed with a small laugh, "she is turnin' into a right colorful and lovely lass," the Satyress said with a nod. She tilted her head as Switch suggested that the meal comes to them and she nodded. Luis was pleased that the others around her were rather enthused about spending time together. These two seemed as if they sorely needed additional friendship. Luis had an outlet, of sorts, through her patrons and old associations of her past.

Might as well share herself with everyone.

Luis chuckled at Switch, "Well glad t'fill avoid in y'life," she teased lightly and moved to take a seat and paused thoughtfully, "Ah, been a while since I 'ad Chinese..."

Switch glanced between her two friends. "So I guess they're growing like weeds, eh?" All of the ones she'd seen as toddlers were suddenly bugger...Kay included! Granted, the girls seemed to grow a little faster than Kay did. Oh well, they were cute girls; granted she hadn't seen Evari recently. But...ah...the fireworks. "Oooh yes, the fireworks...I actually just healed up from some burns from that." Luckily she could laugh it off; Evari didn't do it, Ryan did, and only because he had been scared out of his wits. "Kale just about lost it...He was so worried." The blue haired woman couldn't help the fond smile that fit on her lips; poor Kale, fawning over her. It was...adorable.

"Chinese...sounds really good." The topic changed, and Switch found herself staring at Xai. Did she...not know about chinese food! Not the people! She couldn't help it...she started laughing. "...It's a type of Food too, Xai." She giggled out, flipping through the phone book for the section she wanted...if Luis wanted to expand on the whole Chinese food thing, she could.

"Their food is great...and since you haven't ever had it before...Luis, what do you think she should try?"

"Oh, so all children are like this here?" Ursontaeans aged slowly, so she had no idea this was the 'norm' for Gaia. Curiouser and curiouser! Xai nodded, smiling. "She wants to see Kay! So...I'll bring her by sometime~!" It was true, Evari wanted to see all her friends. Or well...all the friends she had so far. That wasn't very many! Mostly just Faris and Kay. Before she grew anyway. She blinked and looked very surprised yet concerned by Switch's confession that she just healed from fireworks burns, about to ask how that happened when she mentioned a name she didn't recognize. Huh? She blinked again as Luis seemed to know who Switch was talking about. Someone who cared for her? Hm...if someone cared for Switch, was a male, and was worried about her...oh! "I didn't know you were married, Switch!" Xai gasped, grinning. That must have been so much fun! She wondered for a moment what it was like to be married and stuff but she could wonder about that later, there was fun to be had with adult women!

Xai tilted her head at the way Switch was staring at her, and then at the way Luis giggled. What? Was it something she said? Apparently it was! But who named food after people? That was just so weird! Certainly other people must have also realized that by naming the food 'Chinese' it would make one assume they were eating a Chinese person. Silly people. "Oh..." She blinked. Guess that explanation made sense. She leaned over to look at the phone book, watching her look over the list of places. So they had to look on this and then they would find the food? Huh.

"I will try anything!" Xai stated proudly, her curiosity obviously stronger than anything her stomach would or wouldn't like. She looked at the menu when Switch found a place to try, reading over it with wide blue and pink eyes. "What's a Spring Roll? It sounds nice!" Was it springy? Haha! "...Bang...Bang Ji?" Oh! It had an English translation beside it. Weird name. Hot chicken salad? That sounded delicious! "Chow Fun sounds...fun~!" Rice noodles, apparently. She never knew you could combine rice and noodles!

After picking what she wanted to try Xai turned a very proud grin to Switch and then to Luis, bouncing in her seat. "Are those okay? They sound yummy!" She had no idea what any of it was but did that matter when trying new things?

"Mmm, got y'self a troublemaker 'eh?" Luis chuckled and shifted her position within her seat and relaxed as she watched Switch curiously especially when she seemed to get rather shy and gushy over the object of her affections. The Satyress laughed lightly in a well meaning way and nodded, "Who knows meb'be one day it'll 'appen and ye'll 'ave a ring on yer finger. It happened t'me when I least expected it." Luis observed idly with a small shrug. It was a delightful surprise but a surprise none the less.

When the food was being figured out Luis was able to at least help with the explanation of a spring roll, "T's a cylinder shaped food-thing they make wi' a special ...I guess ye can call it dough? They fill it wi' vegetables and sometimes meat," the Satyress shrugged as she added sesame chicken to her order before Switch called it up. She nodded when the woman noted that it'd be a half hour before the food arrived.

She shifted a bit forward in her seat, "Could take a look around or chatter a bit. It seems some of us had'na seen the other in a while," the Satyress chuckled lightly. Naturally she meant Xai and Switch. It would be good for the two of them to catch up.