Welcome to Gaia! ::

*Nana chuckles lightly on her way to the door, then waves before heading off*

^^;

All right, I shall take it under advisment.

*Nana left the door open, only a crack for Mastema when he chose to leave. With that done, Nana headed down one level to the children's room, and carefully crept the door open looking from left to right*

>.>

<.<

*Micha was of course already to leave, and was standing beside his bed*

^_^
Good morning Micha.

*Nana slips into the room, and shuts the door behind her. After a moment she claps her hands together twice, the sound produced was two loud smacks, which shook Eecheb and Trilla awake in shock*

Eecheb & Trilla: eek !!!

^.^

All right, it's time to get up!

*After figuring out that it was their mother who had made the noise, Trilla and Eecheb perk up a bit. She had said after they woke up that they would go on an outting*

Trilla: o___o Trilla gets to go out today?!

^__^

Yes, you and your brothers get to come out with mama today. I'll also introduce you to Proto. I hope Proto is still here, if not we'll carry on and I'll introduce you a little later.

Eecheb: >.> Proto was the thing Trilla said was big and scary.

^_^;

Proto is no bigger than I, and anything but scary you'll see. Now it's time to get ready.

*Trilla and Eecheb make their way out of bed, and slip into their shoes. Having felt strange wearing them in bed, both decided to take them off before going to sleep. After slipping their shoes on the children gather infront of their mother*

^_^

There we are. All right, follow me and we'll get going.

*The children file into the hall after Nana opens the door. Nana herself appears after closing the door again behind her*

^_^

All right, today we'll take the elevator.

Trilla: >.>; Ele-vator scary too.

^_^

The elevator isn't that scary. I'll help you out so it won't be ok?

*Trilla figets a bit, but with Nana there and her brothers, she wasn't alone and it would be less scary right? Nana moves over to the Elevator wall and presses the button. Eecheb watches intently as he had yet to ride the elevator*

Eecheb: >.> ?

*After a few seconds the Elevator doors open, and Nana steps onto the device, pressing the "Doors Open" button, to keep the doors open for the children*

^_^

Now come along. It won't be scary, I promise.

*Micha walks onto the elevator with no hesitation, followed by Trilla and finally Eecheb, who was looking at the thing from outside to inside*

Eecheb: <.< Elevator?

^.^

That's right Eecheb, this is the elevator. You can move around the tower quicker with this. Now come along, it's time to get in.

*Eecheb finally walks into the elevator, and Nana releases the "Doors Open" button. The doors close behind Eecheb, after which Nana points to a button on the side pannel labled "G"*

^__^

Could you push that one for me Trilla?

Trilla: >.>; Nn.... ok.

*Trilla was still unsure of the elevator, but at least now she wasn't alone. Trilla pushes the button until it makes a click, then the elevator starts to move downward*

Trilla: .__. Mnn...

^_^

Ah, very good Trilla.

Eecheb: >.> I wanna try yoo!

^_^

You can push the button on the way back, ok Eecheb?

Eecheb: >.> Nn, ok.

*The rest of the ride down the tower goes off without a hitch. About a minute later the elevator doors open to the ground floor, and one by one the group of four exits the elevator. Proto was still present, standing guard. Trilla partially hides behind Nana's robe, Micha and Eecheb stay infront of Nana*

^__^

Hello Proto, I'm glad I got to see you before you left.

*Micha merely blinks at the robotic construct. Eecheb wasn't quite sure what to make of Proto, he wasn't scared but then again he didn't have the same experiece that Trilla and Micha had with Zenogais. Trilla was still behind Nana, whom smiled then inched Trilla around out infront of her*

^_^

You already know Micha. These are my other children, Eecheb, and Trilla.

*Nana points to each child when she designates their names, for Proto*

Eecheb, Trilla, this is Proto.

*Nana smiles again, looking over to Proto*

^__^

I'm glad the children could meet you before you left.

*Nana continues to smile cheerfully*

^.^

Thank you very much Proto. Eecheb, Trilla, hold mama's hand, we're going out now.

Eecheb: >.> Where's that?

^_^

You've seen that place once when you were yonger, now we're going to go out and see it up close.

Trilla: >.> Nnm.

*Even after that Trilla was still had her concerns about Proto. Perhaps after discovering that he was going to bring Thanatos home, she would have a change of heart. Nana takes Trilla and Eecheb by the hand, then leads them out of the tower. Micha follows closely behind, now unhindered and not stopped by the robot this time about. Micha looks up at Proto as he leaves, probably to see if he really would be stopped*

Micha: . . .

*Once outside Trilla and Eecheb blinked widely. The tower in itself was big, but nothing in comparrison with the rest of the citadel. Nana nods to Proto again in thanks for holding the door*

^_^

Thank you again Proto, and thank you for volenteering to go and get Thanatos aswell.

*Trilla perks up a little hearing that the Proto thing was going to see Thanatos and bring him back*

Trilla: o.o ! Thanatos is coming home? When, when!?

^_^

As soon as Proto comes back with him.

*The children blink then look toward Zenogais, who was using his hologram projector. Nana's smiles fades slightly, seeing the very image of Twilight again, minus the normal blue eyes, she remains silent*

Trilla: o.o ??

Eecheb: <.< ??

Micha: . . .

*After another moment of awkward silence, Nana motions the children northward*

--_--;

Come along now, we should get going.

*The children comply, but look back at Zenogais not knowing it was him. That living projection made it hard to tell, though the voice may have been familiar, the rest of him wasn't*

Trilla: <.< ???

Eecheb: <.< ?

*Nana also turns back momentarily to Proto before continuing on*

>.>

Proto, take care, be careful and good luck...!

*With that, Nana turns to the children and starts moving them forward again*

*Zenogais was right, as the children had grown at least a foot since he had seen them last. Trilla is the first to question Nana about the stranger*

Trilla: >.> Mama, who was that?

--.--;

No one you should have to deal with if you can help it.

Trilla: >.> ??

Eecheb: <.< ??

--.--;

Don't worry about it.

*Trilla looks back again, seeing the stranger enter the tower*

Trilla: <.< ....ok.

*The small group continues onward north toward the library. Eecheb is the next to ask a question*

Eecheb: <.< Where are we going again?

^_^

We're going somewhere called the Library.

*Eecheb's injury seemed to be doing well, so there was no need to change the gause just yet. Micha's new gloves were mostly hid by the arms of his robe, so they were un-noticed yet, but they wouldn't be for long. It would still take several minutes to get to the library, so in the meantime the children look around in wonderment at their new surroundings*

*The trip took almost twenty minutes, but finally they arrived at the library doors. To the children they seemed insermisable in size, they'd never seen doors that big before. Nana releases their hands, then pushes one of the huge doors open*

^_^

All right, inside you go. This is the library.

*The children file into the building, and look around curiously. Trilla is the first to run ahead, seeing the large tables in the middle of the room*

Trilla: whee Library, Library!

*Trilla had finally gotten over most of her language stigma, and was speaking far clearer now. Even Thanatos' name was no longer a challenge. With that in mind, Nana would make sure to start right away with their trainning*

^_^

All right, today we'll start with the alphabet.

Eecheb & Trilla: >.> ??

Micha: . . .

^_^

You'll see. Now go take a seet and we'll get started.

*The children dispurse to varrious chairs and points around the table, each taking their own side, of the rectangular wooden table. Nana follows soon after to the empty side*

^_^

Zio?

*Hearing that Zio was being called again, Trilla and Eecheb perk up a little. They liked the floating thing, since they could get food from it*