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"That was one fast bug catch!" Taneko said. Laughing ever so slightly at the other sprite. "Anyways, it's nice to meet you, Lily, and you too Toxic! I'm always glad to meet new people. Especially since I'm still slightly new, and hardly know any of the other parents."

"Are you okay?" Ari asked Toxic genuinly concerned "The spider didn't bite you or anything?" it was obvious how worried Ari was. But maybe that was what happened when you almost got eaten by a spider yourself? After a few seconds she continued "...and that spider was NOTHING! You should have SEEN the one Taneko and I caught in the Orchard! It was like... HUUUUGEEE!! I swear, if it hadn't been for my stunning speed and interlect, it would have eaten me!"
Taneko just rolled her eyes, and laughed at her sprite.

"Do you have problems with bragging sprites as well, or am I just lucky?" she jokingly asked Lily.

"...and then we... hey... wait... what was THAT supposed to mean?"
Taneko just smiled affectionately at the sprite "Oh nothing... nothing at all..."

((Not at all! I was refering to the same story myself. It's in the main office, btw ^____^))

Taneko couldn't help but laugh at Ari's face as Toxic asked to hear the rest of the story. It was obvious that she hadn't counted on THIS!

"uhmm... I... uhh... we... uhm... I... you see..." she looked at Taneko for some support, only to recive an amused look saying "you got yourself into this mess, now get yourself out of it!"

"I... the plant hit Neko in the head and she fell over, and then I was clever enough to get the net and catch the spider with my brilliant plan... end off story!!" she finished quickly in one breath, trying to cut off any option of continuing the conversation.

Taneko smiled at Lily and said sarcasticly "oh the gifts they bless us with!" after a short break she continued in a completely different tone "Now that you mention climbing, I was thinking... or rather guessing, that Toxic is a poisonous ivy, right? Doesn't she ever... sting you?"

Ari did a small bow-like move, which resulted in her almost falling down but she regained her balance in the last second "All in just a days work" she said modestly.

"I am rather glad that our sprites don't inherit every single trait from their plants. It wouldn't be too nice being followed by swarms of bees and other insect eveywhere we go, just because of Ari's smell" Taneko said, making a funny face as she imagined how that would look.
Shaking her head as to rid her mind of the mental image she returned her attention to Lily again "So tell me a bit about yourself. I just realized I barely know anything about you"

Ari noted the other sprite's smile, and smiled back. Maybe this sprite could become her... friend? "So... uhm... whats your name?" She said, as a conversation starter "I'm Ari, well, actually, I'm Pale Grasspink, but everybody calls me Ari"

Taneko smiled. Yes, what was there to say about her? "Well... I moved to gaia not too long ago, maybe half a year ago? Uhm... I'm elfin!" she said as she pointed to her pointed ears. Uhm... what else is there to say? Uhm... let's just start with the basics; My full name is Taneko Taek'il, I'm 582 years... uhh... my favourite colors are black and green. I'm an archer, and I also have some magician in me..." she couldn't help but giggle a bit. This was so weird. To be telling some almost-stranger all these little un-usable facts about herself.

Ari's smile widened "It's really nice to meet you too! You know... I have never met any of the other sprites before. It's not that I mind spending time with Neko, she is the bestest, but sometimes it gets sorta lonely, you know?" she looked thoughtful for a little while before she continued "Where is your plant anchored? Maybe it's near my plant! That would be really awesome! I'm anchored in the North Arbor. I like it there. There are a lot of plants like mine, but I don't think anybody has found another sprite there yet." she held a short break "Well... then again, I seem to remember something about Phili being anchored there, but I don't really see her around much... I have only met her once or so... she seemed nice enough! Speaking of which, have you met any of the other sprites?"

Taneko nodded in agreement "It is rather strange, isn't it... but hey, thats how you start learning new people, right?" she was a bit thoughtful before she answered the question "Well... the thing was... you know Kitten, right? Well, she got hurt, and Song started a search for her. I ended up helping out, and I was the first one to find Kitten. She was actually bitten by the mother spider of all these ebil spider spawns, I think... Anyways, she asked me to take care of Ari, and so I did. I had already taken a liking in her anyways, after she, although of her small size, managed to help me out of some mud that was suspiciously a lot like quick sand... and how about you? What drew you to GVGS?"

"I'm sure that it would be a lot of fun rolling down the hill on purpose!" Ari said with enthusiasm "But thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to remind Neko". She nodded as Toxic talked about the other sprites, but frowned a bit when she heard that they didn't get along "But... we're still so few. We should all be friends instead of fighting and being unfriendly towards each other. Well, anyways, as I said, I have met Phili for a very short time, and I also met a sprite called Bine, I think. Both of them seemed very nice... But... it really isn't good that nobody really knows each other..." she looked thoughtful for a moment and then broke into a big smile "I'VE GOT IT! When this whole spider thingy is over, we should hold some sort of celebration so that we can all meet each other!"

Taneko nodded. Ari definately had some intelligence... and then again. "Maybe it was just because she was desperate to help Kitten. I haven't really seen much to that cleverness since..." she smiled at a faint memory "I was so happy when Ari was handed over to me. We just seem to be a perfect match. I've always loved orchids as well" she said, grinning at Lily

Ari was already getting extremely hyped up by her idea "It would be sooooo cool! It would be a 'get to know each other/welcome new sprites/yay! The ebil spider spawns are gone!' party!! How AWESOME!!" she hyped down a little bit before she continued "but it would be a lot of work... and we would need Songs aproval as well... and DEFINATELY the help of everybody..."

Taneko nodded "Yeah... I've been wondering about that as well, but I can't help but think that Song must have know what she was doing when she handed each plant over to each caretaker... She must've done a great deal of looking through appliances to match personalities and all that..."