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For once Evari wasn't bored, she was having a lot of fun tossing her brand new clothes around and trying them on. Things that didn't match, things that weren't meant to be worn together, halves of pairs of things; there were colors that clashed, colors that blinded, and just...indescribable combinations. When she was done trying something on she just tossed it aside and picked up something else, not caring where it ended up and quickly creating a very large mess in her room. Eventually she settled on a pair of goggles she wore over her head instead of on her face, a black tank top with a bright eye-gouging green colored netted top, a pink tutu similar to her old one with black tights and furry pink legwarmers just like her old ones. Only, well, bigger. Her shoes weren't the same color or even the same brand, and her arm warmers didn't even come from stores anywhere close to each other.

All in all? She loved it. Xai wasn't so sure it was a good idea but hey, Evari was happy and pleasant...she wasn't going to fight it! This new 'pet' of theirs, however, that Evari had decided to name Nutter wasn't as pleasant. In her eyes anyway. It was happy but it was annoying! For now she had shut it up by letting it gnaw on a block of cheese in the kitchen.

Xai was watching Nutter with a look of disgust when Evari suddenly came running into the room, her eyes wide and her arms out at her sides. She panted from her excitement and the running she had just done and Xai couldn't quite figure out the look on her face. Was it...surprise? Horror? Apparently it was realization, or rather Evari getting an amazing idea. How did she know? Well, Evari made it known. "I WANNA SEE FARIS~!" She grinned widely, staring at Xai with hope. Nutter blinked and paused mid-lick of a part of the cheese, its tongue still pressed against the delicious morsel of amazing yellowness as its one huge eye flickered back and forth between Evari and Xai.

"Um...alright..." Faris, Faris...sheeee waaaas...oh! The gargoyle girl! Whose mother had given her a card with their number on it! Xai smiled and stood up, slipping past Evari and not noticing for now how the girl trailed after her like an excited duckling. They went into her room, Xai picked up a strange looking device that must have been a phone of some kind and then found the card she had been given, dialing in the number and handing Evari the device. "Hold it like this, and talk into this part here." Evari keened happily and nodded, listening to the phone ring and just waiting for an answer.

Evari somehow managed to turn the device off and grinned up at Xai, handing it to her when she held her hand out. Xai looked rather confused. She had no idea what just happened. "Um...what just happened?" She asked as she put the device away. Evari blinked and just stared at Xai like she was a total idiot. What just happened?! Did she seriously just ask that? Ugh! She sighed and rolled her eyes, putting her hands on her hips.

""M goin' to Faris' to spend the niiiiiiiight." She explained to Xai with a little huff, not even giving Xai a chance to reject the idea before she ran out of the room and straight to her own bedroom. Man, it really looked like a hurricane went through there. Oh well! Evari grabbed a bag and started cramming clothes in it; it didn't matter what they were but she at least made sure she had a full outfit and not five shirts and no pants. What the clothes were didn't matter! Xai came in and helped her out, giving her things like a tooth brush, hairbrush. Pajamas too. She'd forgotten pajamas. Evari was just oozing with excitement, clapping her hands with the most delighted laughter and then holding the bag with both hands. Oof! It was heavy!

"Um...ready to go?" Xai asked, then suddenly a shriekingly high squeal of delight erupted from the hallway and drifted away. Nutter had been watching the pair and was now flitting away to the kitchen again, absolutely elated by the news.

"WHEEGLOWYGIRLISLEAVINGYAYNOMOREGRABBYGRABBYEVERAGAINYAAAAAAAAAY!" Boy was it going to be disappointed. Evari laughed at the excitement of Nutter, lugging the bag out into the hall with a little grunt. Xai chuckled, picking up the bag to carry it herself. The pair then left the house and headed for the address on the card, looking for a house. Instead? A tavern. Oh...they must have lived in their tavern? How interesting!

"Whooooooooa! She LIVES here?!" Evari gasped and stared at the tavern. Whoa! That was so cool! She wanted to see Faris right now! Evari squealed with delight and broke into an immediate run, pushing past a man who was stumbling oddly out of the building and not realizing she made him start turning and spinning from foot to foot. Xai helped to steady the man and send him on his way before she followed into the tavern. Evari was inside now, looking around with wide eyes. "'Riiiiis? Risrisriiiiiiis!" She called in search of her best friend, ignoring the looks she and her mother were getting from patrons.

Gah! Evari suddenly had more weight put onto her and she gasped, stumbling just a tad until she was used to the rock on her back and whipping her head around after her cheek was nuzzled. "FARIS!" She squealed happily, hugging both of Faris' arm and giggling with pure delight. Eeeeeee! FarisFarisFaris she'd missed Faris! The squeaking of her friend seemed to be forgiven rather quickly in favor of turning around in Faris' arms and look her up and down as best as she could. "We are! Yaaaay!" Evari cheered and hugged Faris tightly, nuzzling her cheek against the gargoyle's with another squeal. They were the same height! How cool! And Faris was bigger and her hair was awesomer and they were bigger and Evari was cooler and eeeeeeee! This was going to be awesome!

Xai watched the pair with a tiny smile, rubbing at her head the more Evari squealed and squeaked. They were certainly adorable! It was really refreshing to see Evari happy and not a bratty little monster who gave her these weird 'headache' things that required her to get little capsules of medication. She saw Luis walking up to her and grinned until she saw her legs. Wait...what were those? Those weren't legs! They weren't even there last time she had met Luis! Huh? What was going on? "Um...that is a very interesting costume, Luis. How do you get your legs to do that?" It was like an animal, but human legs couldn't do that. She blinked and looked at Evari as Luis complimented her new growth spurt. A looker? Well...perhaps. She was pretty in looks but apparently unless someone like Faris was around her 'looker'ness was skin deep. The other woman's assurance made her sigh with relief, putting Evari's bag down at her feet to take the pen and paper she was offered.

"Yes, I do~. You can call me at any time!" Xai said as she wrote down the number. She held the pen a little awkwardly, unused to holding such a device in her hand, and even her handwriting was childish and messy. It was clearly legible but still could have been better. "You are very brave to take on both girls at once. Especially Evari." She chuckled.

"Sarson? Whosat?" Evari remembered Critter, he was like her Nutter, but Sarson was new! But she liked all of Faris' ideas! Especially the making up games part, the last time Evari tried to make up a game the kid she was playing with started crying. That memory still upset her. Hmph. Stupid boy. But she was with Faris, and it was Faris' idea, and Faris was awesome! Evari had totally forgotten Xai even existed at this point, so she saw no reason to shoo her away and tell her she could leave, but she didn't forget they were in a new place. She followed very willingly after Faris as she was tugged to the stairs, looking all around the tavern with wide eyes. This place was so cool! Faris lived here? That must've been so much fun, there was so many people here! "Those tables say stuff. What'd they say?" She couldn't read them from here, she just knew she could see writing on some of the tables in the tavern from here.

It was actually a little surprising that Evari didn't shoo Xai away for once, but the alien wasn't about to complain and just watched her rejoice with her best friend and get dragged off by her. Haha, usually Evari was the one in the lead when she met up with people. This was a pleasant turn of events! Someone who could lead Evari instead of being forced to do her will. What really got Xai's attention though was that this was Luis' 'true form' and not some strange costume. Huh?! But she'd never seen Luis with legs like that before! O-or a tail! How strange! How do you hide something like that?! She was too dumbfounded to ask all the questions that rushed to her mind, just staring stupidly at Luis' lower half. It wasn't her intention to be rude, she'd just never seen someone she thought was just a human with horns have...goat-like legs...it was amazing! "I don't think you're stupid, Luis." Xai told her with a little chuckle, adjusting the bag with Evari's things in it on her shoulder so it was more comfortable. At the offer for tea she blinked, tilting her head a little. To be honest, Xai had never tried tea before! And while she didn't want to intrude too much on Luis' hospitality...Nutter was at her house still...and she wanted to try this tea. "That would be wonderful, thank you!"

Whooooa! Faris had a real pet turtle! All Evari had was a rock. And a Nutter. But Nutter didn't like her. She laughed as she was informed that Sarson tried to go to the bathroom on her friend, squeezing the girl's hand as they walked. Hmmm...Luis wouldn't let Faris read the tables? That wouldn't do! "Nope! She'd need help're somethin'!" Evari grinned mischievously at a new game they could play. They could totally figure out how to read this stuff! She even laughed along with Faris' cackle, hurrying after Faris up the stairs so she was a little less dragged. Once they were in her friend's room she gasped and looked around. Wow! It was so cute! And colorful! "Awesooooooome!" She praised the room and her friend, bouncing on her toes. This was great! She got to sleep here!

"Watcha wanna do first? I think yer mom's busy with Xai." Which meant Luis was distracted. So if they wanted to do anything and not get caught...well now was the perfect time!

Xai followed Luis to the kitchen with a look of awe, looking at each and every thing and person they passed. Wow! So this was how a kitchen should be? But her kitchen wasn't anything like this! She was the only one who cooked, and all her kitchen 'appliances' were Ursontaean technology along with the rest of the house. So...she...could hire other people to do all this for her? Wow! Xai's attention was torn away from the amazing kitchen to Luis when she asked about tea, blinking and shaking her head. "Nope, never had tea before. " She'd seen it, smelled it, seen other people drink it, but she had never had it herself. All Xai knew was it was a drink. "Mint? Raspberry? Um...I'll try either! I've never had them. Which is your favorite?" She'd just try whichever one Luis liked best, because obviously that one would taste the best!

Evari followed Faris to the tank and blinked, peering into it at the colorful turtle. She did color him pretty! Though he wasn't the most energetic pet, huh? He had more life than her own pet though. All Evari had was Ted...oh, and she had Nutter, but Nutter wasn't as much a pet as he was a household...garbage disposal. She blinked back at the turtle. It didn't say anything? But her friend translated for the turtle and she giggled. "He's cute!" She grinned, wrapping her arms around her friend's neck from her side and hanging from her. "I just gots a rock. His name's Ted! He'sa rock beetle." Her own creation. She was the only kid in the world with a rock beetle!

...Gifts? Evari blinked again and stared at Faris, confused as to why she wanted to give her a gift. Wait...oh no! Was Evari supposed to give Faris a gift too?! She looked a tad dismayed by this bit of news, still hanging from her best friend. "But I don't have a gift for you!" And had she thought about bringing one she totally would've! But Evari had just been so excited to be seeing Faris that she was in a hurry to get here so she could spend the night. Maybe she had something she could give her? Ohhh she had no idea! Darnit! She'd have to look through her stuff for something Faris would like. "You don't gotta, 'Rissyyyyy." Though Evari would be lying if she said she wasn't very curious and excited to find out what Faris had for her. She had a gift? Evari liked gifts! But she wanted to be able to return the favor if she could!

Xai stood beside Luis and watched intently as she prepared the tea, her hands holding the edge of the counter and watching everything she did. "A few things? Like what?" How could one discriminate against a drink? How strange. She looked away from the tea preparation only to look at the different pastries there were to offer. Those cinnamon rolls looked really good! And they smelled amazing! "What are those?" She asked, pointing at the rolls and tilting her head.

When Faris began to wander away Evari let her go and watched her dig around her closet for a minute, blinking and standing on her tiptoes as if that would allow her to peek and see what she was getting before Faris was ready to give it to her. The paper alone got her excited, making grabby hands for the gift. Wow! It was wrapped so pretty she almost didn't want to wreck it but then how would she open the gift if she didn't unwrap it and--huh? Evari blinked and stared at Faris, hugging the gift tightly against her chest and making an awed sound. "I love ya too, Rissy!" Evari cheered, holding the gift in one hand so she could throw her arms around Faris with a huge smile on her face. She giggled and squealed, giving her best friend a squeeze before she let her go. "I can open it?" She asked excitedly, bouncing on her toes as she quickly tore the paper open to get at the box. Something fell and she was quick to catch it, blinking and staring at it. A game? But...she didn't have the thing to play this...game...with...d-did that mean...? Evari blinked and turned the box over so she could see what it was, gasping and holding it out at arm's length. No way! Whooooooooa!

"Rissy this's awesome!" She said, clearly shocked as she moved to climb on and sit on Faris' bed so she could open the box and make sure it really was what the box said it was. Sometimes people tricked people! But that was silly, Faris would never trick her. Now the people who gave the box to Faris! They could trick Faris. But...but Faris could've gotten one of these for herself! It was really expensive even Xai hadn't gotten her one! "Does Rissy gots one too?" Man, now she really wanted to try and find something to give to her in return. But what would be good enough for her Rissy? Hmmm...she'd have to find out later! Her Rissy could only have the best, she felt.

Soy sauce in fruit juice?! Augh! That sounded disgusting even though she had never had soy sauce, but it was sauce...sauce didn't belong in a drink! She hummed thoughtfully as Luis explained to her what the strange swirly bun was, looking up at her a moment and then the rolls again. Cinnamon rolls...they looked delicious! And if Luis baked them herself she really wanted to try! Xai was carefully picking up a roll to try it when Luis brought the cup for her, looking around for something to place the roll on so it wasn't making a mess of any of her counters. Oh! This napkin here was okay, right? She put the napkin down in front of her and the roll on the napkin, licking some of the icing off her fingers. She wanted to try the roll but she wanted the tea first! Xai lifted the cup with both hands, really she had no idea what the 'proper' way to hold a teacup was, sipping enough that she could taste it but not enough to burn her tongue or throat. Hmmm...it was good! Xai smiled and drank a little more, putting the cup down with a content sigh. "That's delicious, Luis~!" She chirped, looking down at the cinnamon roll now. Oh! Couldn't let it cool too much! She soon picked that up again, turning it this way and that. "Ummm...how do I eat it? Do I just pick at it?" Did she pull it apart? It was swirly so maybe she had to unroll it before she ate it? Or did she just bite right into it? Did it matter if the glaze was still on it before she bit into it? She wanted to do this right!

Evari looked at the DS in her hands and then DS in Faris', blinking. Heeeey...wait a second! That...that was like her hair! And this one was like her eyes! She beamed proudly and hugged the DS, wiggling on Faris' bed and giggling. It was like she had a reminder of her Rissy! Hee! No one was going to be touching this DS, nope. Not even with permission. Rissy could, but no one else. "We can? Awesome! Let's play it now!" They could read the funny tables later, now she wanted to play with Rissy! Evari scoot over on Faris' bed and pat beside her, bouncing in place and waiting for her best friend in the whole wide world to join her. Whenever Faris joined her she would naturally lean over against the gargoyle like she was a soft feathery pillow, putting her head on her friend's shoulder while she figured out how to turn on the DS and opened the box with the game in it. "'Ve never played on'a these before. Have you?" Evari asked as she turned her head just enough to see what she could of Faris' face from where she was.

Luis' answer was enough for Xai, deciding to do what she said was obviously the easiest way. She picked at it to tear the first piece off delicately, popping it in her mouth and chewing it carefully. Ooh! It was delicious! She smiled and swallowed the piece, smiling at Luis. "These are delicious! You are a wonderful baker! What is the recipe for these?" Screw going home, she was going to stay a bit and enjoy tea and cinnamon rolls with her friend. Nutter would be fine for a few hours, he probably loved it! She knew she would have to leave eventually, this was a sleepover for Faris and Evari not her, but since she spent so much time taking care of Evari she was going to take full advantage of being with an adult. Someone she could call her friend. "So how have things been with Faris? I see she has grown quite a bit as well since we last saw her!"