Pippin: We rejoin the Took household where...
Pippin: not much exciting is happening.
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Are you
kidding me?!?!? All
sorts of excitement is happening! Her Captain Princess Ladyship just managed to defeat and entire herd of trolls...
Pippin: Herd of trolls?
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Of course I've heard of trolls, now stop interrupting. Anyway, her Captain Princess Ladyship defeated an entire herd of trolls at chess and won the fabled Ruby of Slypers from them which she and her three companions are going to use to defeat the Nasty Necromancer of the North so that Captain Princess Lady Erina can return home!
Pippin: Wait, I think that morphed into the Wizard of Oz. Are her companions a scarecrow, a lion, and a tin woodsman?
Captain Princess Lady Erina: What? Good heavens, Pippin, those are ridiculous choices for companions. Seriously? You have
no business trying to write things.
Pippin: (watches the fourth wall waver precariously as it's in danger of being broken)
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Anyway, I think I'm at a pretty good stopping point. Dance party time, crew!
Pippin: Yep. With not much left to do beyond Captain Princess Lady finishing the writing aspiration, maxing two more skills, and getting her parties finished, there might be a whole lot of dance parties happening to fill the time.
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Well, dancing as a group is a great chance for my crew to practice following my lead.
Krista: Aye, cap'n!
Izumi: Yes. Me too. I too. Aye too! Can I be your favorite now? Please?
Captain Princess Lady Erina: ...no. I already have a favorite.
Krista: Requesting permission to mic drop, cap'n?
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Granted.
Krista: Krista out. Boom! Mic drop!
Izumi: (sigh)
Pippin: And while Captain Princess Lady Erina was doing captainy things, Abernathy was doing...
Pippin: Abernathy things. Aber
nasty things, maybe?
Abernathy: Sounds about right.
Pippin: Meantime, Chantons spent some time with Rieko (his third wife) and kids.
Pippin: Aww, what a cute little toddler!
Pippin: And here's Rieko with their eldest. She has a name. I forget it.
Rieko: Nice, Pippin.
Pippin: And their twins play on the space ship playset with good old uncle Milo!
Girl Twin: Actually, I'm just going to try to talking him into giving me a makeover so I can lose the Mickey Mouse hairdo.
Boy Twin: Good call, sis!
Pippin: And to help pass the time, we travel with Abernathy to work where he encounters...
Pippin: Her!
Her: I have a name, you know.
Pippin: Psh, you're too lovely to need a name.
Abernathy: Well, hello there!
Her: Hi. Shouldn't you actually be doing work?
Abernathy: I'm kind of the boss, you know. Speaking of, you've been working too hard, so I came to offer you some R & R.
Her: R & R?
Abernathy: Yep! Romance and...
Abernathy: ...kissing...with a...silent "R" at the beginning...
Her: Wow. Are you always this smooth?
Abernathy: Why yes I am, hot stuff!
Her: ...you know I was being sarcastic, right?
Abernathy: ...what? Anyway, wanna go on a date?
Her: Eh, it's better than being forgotten as a background character.
Pippin: And so they head to that wonderfully romantic location...
Pippin: the vet clinic?
Abernathy: So, I own this place, you know?
Her: It's so cute how you think your wealth and status are actually impressive.
Abernathy: Yeah, they're really...what?
Her: Eh, you're cute, so it's fine. Oh look! A bush with heart-shaped leaves. After you...
Pippin: So, that's happening, and hopefully we can ensure we have her genes around for a long, long time.
Wade: You remember we're on the final generation, right?
Pippin: ...and so, we embark on the quest to genetically engineer a potential founder for the next dynasty...?
Wade: Yeah, that works.
Captain Princess Lady Erina: It's great that we have a computer desk here so I can continue chronicalling the true life adventures of Captain Princess Lady Erina while Aber-nasty is scootily-pooping!
Pippin: Hey, watch your language, young lady!
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Ahem?
Pippin: Young
captain princess lady?
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Better.
Pippin: Of course, the woohoo bush and the computer were not the only reasons to come here...
Her: Mwha! Have fun remaining immortal. I'm going to go off and swell up like a balloon from my pregnancy now.
Abernathy: Wow, she's amazing!
Pippin: No, her name isn't "she," it's "Her."
Her: No it isn't!
Pippin: But the Tooks aren't the only immortals. Saanvi is...
Pippin: immortally holding a grudge because that barista flirted with Gaivan. Yep. He can have one or two successful romantic socials, and then we get this.
Gaivan: But...and she was...I didn't really...because you and...
Saanvi: Psh, I'm a vampire! I'm immortal! A short fit of jealousy is a
very relative term with me.
Pippin: Yeah, I guess that makes a weird sort of sense...but since we're on the subject of immortal ladies...
Pippin: Teagan Rouse, who was pollinated during gen 2 and whose daughter, McKinley, was a spouse option for Chantons, is still alive and kicking...and lovely.
Pippin: Ooooooo, Her is gonna be so mad! You know Her has the mean trait, right?
Abernathy: (gulp) Hopefully, Her didn't see...
Abernathy: Nope! I don't think Her saw us.
Teagan: You don't think
who saw us?!?!?
Abernahty: Ummm, my great-great-great-great-great-great grand-daughter! Her! I don't want to traumatize
her or anything, you know?
Teagan: Awww, that's so sweet!
Pippin: Yeah. Sweet.
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Dance party time!
Krista: Woot! You're the best, cap'n!
Izumi: I think you're the best too!
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Thanks, Krista!
Izumi: (muttering) Notice me, senpei!
Pippin: And as they're dancing, Ericka shows up, so of course, Blur comes joins the crew.
Ericka: You're doing a great job, Captain Princess Lady sweetie!
Captain Princess Lady Erina: Thanks, grams!
Pippin: And of course, grams is correct. The going may be slow and boring, but it's definitely going well.