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Kanja had told everyone he knew to come to the lake today. He had made so many friends lately, he wanted them all to get to meet each other too. Of course it wasn't exclusively just his friends. Anyone could come! They could swim (or learn to swim, as he was teaching so many) and cook some fish, just over all have a good time! If he remembered, some books called these 'festivities' or 'parties,' and he rather liked that.

In preparation for everyone to arrive, Kanja had dug a fire pit and lined it with stone. He managed to rig up a system to let him cook 3 fish at once. Hopefully no one would be too hungry for long. He had asked one of the adults for help too, and the older, one-eyed genome brought him a lot of little fruits. This was perfect, right? Now he just had to wait.

Dash wanted to hurry down to the lake, but he knew better than to go faster than his own pace. Too many spills had taught him of that error in his ways. Nevertheless, he saw a couple people down by the water, one of whom was Kanja. He seemed to be setting things up for a real event. His heart quickened. He wanted to help.

Once he got down to shore, he smiled cheerfully to the one girl he saw though he did not know, Bellaluna, and stepped up to his friend. "Kanja! Would you like some help?"

Malachite sat on the shore leisurely moving his feet around in the water. He couldn't entirely remember how he got there. He has a vague memory of walking down one of the halls of the ship in the direction of his room before being dragged off by someone.

He watched the others that had gathered from a short distance away, far enough away to go unnoticed at a quick glance but close enough to hear them. Kite had yet to actually meet anyone, only seen them in passing around the ship. He was content to sit where he was while the others engaged one another.

He was so excited as he finished setting everything up. All he had left to do was catch some fish and.. oh! People were already arriving! This was great! He heard Dash call out to him and Kanja waved. "Hello my friend! Glad you're here!" He grabbed the boy in a hug, laughing. "Hm... Help? No I-" He paused, when he heard another person offer to help.

"Fin!" Again, Kanja reached out and grabbed the other boy in a hug. "Good to see you here too! Thank you both for offering to help, but I think I have everything. I just need to catch some fish. OH! Do you two know each other yet?" Kanja let go of Finley and looked between the two. "Fin, this is Dash. He's one of my other sinking friends." He laughed. "I'm teaching both of you how to swim." Kanja explained. "Hey, actually, if you want to help, do you two know how to start a fire? Maybe you could get one going in the fire pit for me?" He asked hopefully. Maybe the two of them working together would get them talking. Maybe they could be friends too! Ah, it would be great if all his friends could become friends! "I'll be back in a few minutes, alright?" He beamed happily at them, and pat each of them on the shoulder before turning to go towards the water to grab some fish.

Kanja didn't get too far though. He spotted a shock of very green hair and a pretty yellow colored suit. This was someone he didn't know! "Hi!" He greeted happily, jogging over to the unfamiliar boy. He squatted down beside him. "You come for the party? I'm Kanja!" He offered his hand, without really waiting for the boy to reply. "I'm happy to meet you!" This was exactly what he wanted. More people to come together! If he made new friends, that was great! And if everyone else made friends, even better!

As he talked to the boy, he noticed another stranger. Kanja looked up, and his eyes widened and his mouth forming a very surprised O shape as he looked at the feline native that wasn't too far off. "AH!" He exclaimed suddenly, hoping he wasn't startling anyone. "You're a native like me! Well, not like me, because I don't have a fuzzy tail, but... You're, you know!" He was really excited to see another native. "Are you here for the party too? You and um..." He looked at the green haired boy. "My new friend, you should both come and eat with everyone. And if you like, I can teach you both to swim later!" He was SO excited, he felt like he was talking too fast!

Bellaluna, blinked as some more appeared all of which she didn't know which made her a little nervous. She hadn't had that much experience with socializing probably because she was the type to kind of keep to herself unless she got to know them more. She looked up at the other native boy, who had spoken to her. She nodded her head lightly "Yes, I'am but I have a fluffy tail and ears" she answered with a small smile. The other native seemed really nice, but at the moment she was a little overwhelmed by the amount of kids there were.

But, she shrugged it off and figured it was part of the process of making some new friends. She flicked her tail to and fro and eyed the food that was going to be cooking on the firepit.

Ghost really found no reason to refuse letting himself get dragged out to the lake by Argent to join this 'party' he was talking about.
Not only was it a good opportunity for them to spend some time together, but also to see what the kids were up to. He hadn't been able to find an opportunity for it in a while, having too much to take care of around the ship even between himself and Aren. He hadn't even been able to get aquanted with the youngest children apart from the first meeting he always had with them when they first woke, and that could almost be seen as an oversight on his part.

"All right, I'll come. Just let me finish up here real quick, gotta let Aren know we'll have to postpone our meeting."
Since it was nothing too important today, he could. He knew Aren wouldn't mind, which was why he did exactly that, just sending a quick note to the other that he'd been asked out to the lake where some children were meeting up.
It took a few minutes, maybe, to finish what he'd been doing enough to pick up back later, and they were on the way out to the lake.

Argent grinned when Ghost agreed, and was patient as he finished up his work. Ghost worked too hard, and sometimes, Argent wished he could do more to help, but he knew nothing about the daily running of the ship. So all he could do for now was support him.

When Ghost was ready, Argent happily lead him through the halls and out towards the lake. He had his arm around the smaller man's hips as they walked. "That Kanja boy seems to have put a lot of work into this." He said as they walked. He didn't hear Aren coming up behind them until he spoke. His first instinct was to put himself between Ghost and whoever this was. At least he had enough restraint to not try and punch the unknown who joined them.

"Aren." He let out a breath and relaxed his protective grip on Ghost. "Yes, it's me. You coming to the party too?" It would make sense.

Amaryllis looked over at Finley when he greeted her and smiled, only to tilt her head a bit when he posed the question towards her. Starting a fire? Wasn't there a book she read that mentioned something about that? Her pink eyes looked upwards as she tapped her cheek thoughtfully. "Hmm....I think I saw that in a book about survival. Oh, flint!" Her face lit up when it finally came to her. "I think the stone was called flint. I wonder if there's anything like that around here? Or maybe some kind of fire starter on the ship?" Considering she didn't know how to tell what kind of rock here might be similar to flint (aside from experimenting, which could take a while), her only idea was to find a fire starter or ask one of the adults.

"Oh, I'm Amaryllis, by the way. It's great to meet you!" Suddenly remembering manners, she introduced herself to the two boys with a smile. Out of the corner of her eye she saw movement and saw some adults coming their way, one of them she recognized immediately. "Argent!" She waved as she called out to him. "Do you know if there's anything around here to start a fire?"