We return to the Flummux household to find ourselves...not at the Flummux household...
Vendara: Well, everyone's at school or work, so I thought I'd come see my grandson for a minute or two.
Janae: It's great having you here, Mom, even if it is only for a minute or two! You're going to feed him, bathe him, and teach him to talk while you're here, right?
Vendara: I mean, of course!
And after significantly more than a minute or two of quality grandson time, Vendara rushed home in time to prepare some to-go snacks for the girls and took them to the park.
Teya: I'm not sure Mom quite grasps how "to-go meal" is supposed to work.
Anika: In her defense, it's probably hard to send a pancake breakfast in a brown paper bag. I mean, the syrup would leak everywhere!
Teya: Fair enough. Hey, Tizzy, didn't your hair used to be pink?
Tizzy: Oh! Yes. You do look nice today.
Teya: ...weren't listening again?
Tizzy: Nope!
Pippin: And yes, Tizzy's CC hair is weirdly glitched and refuses to be pink for the first hour or so after I load up the game and then suddenly accepts it.
Anaya: I am greeting you respectfully since you're my elder.
Green-Haired Lady: Oh, that's so...wait...did you just call me old?
Anaya: Oh, I think my Mom's calling me!
Anika: Oh my gosh, you guys! Cute mohawk boy is walking this way!
Teya: He probably has a name...
Anika: I'm gonna talk to him NO! I'm gonna play coy. Everybody be aloof!
Teya: A doof?
Anika: Ok, that'll work too. Seriously, though. Not gonna talk. Gonna let him come over to me. Playing it cool. Just letting him pass.
Anika: HI CUTE MOHAWK BOY!! YOUR FACE IS GOOD!
Cute Mohawk Boy: I mean, thanks I guess.
Teya: Really smooth. Nice job of letting him come to you.
Anika: Well, I don't hear Tizzy criticizing me. Thank you for being supportive, Tizzy.
Tizzy: ...sorry, what? I wasn't listening.
Anaya: Lucas, my man! Have I ever mentioned what a great friend you are?
Lucas: Working on child-aged friends for your aspiration, eh?
Anaya: Well, I'm also preventing you from having my sister awkwardly and uncomfortably try to flirt with you.
Lucas: That's true. Let's cloudgaze or whatever.
And when the group got home, they found they had a visitor.
Hard Hat Guy: Ma'am, did you realize that the terrain paint for your sidewalk actually extends two full tiles under your house? I'm afraid I'll have to condemn your home as unliveable.
Vendara: (glares)
Hard Hat Guy: I mean...I would have done that in most cases, but I'm just gonna let you off with a warning.
Vendara: Oh, that's so nice of you. Goodbye.
Hard Hat Guy: Yeah, I should probably get going now. With my plasma.
Julia: Wow, this game is not going your way, little one.
Anika: Yeah, I'm just distracted by my frustration at not being able to talk to boys.
Bjorn: You've been talking to me just fine.
Anika: Yeah, but you're not attractive WAIT! That's it!! I just need to flirt with unattractive guys!! Thanks, Bjorn, you're the best!
Bjorn: ...and apparently unattractive.
Julia: I think there might be a flaw in this plan...?
Anika: Nonsense! It's foolproof!
Bjorn: ...my wife thinks I'm handsome.
Anaya: Wow, you get weirdly tall when you're doing ballet, Alex!
Alex: I'm practicing karate.
Anaya: Hey, as long as I get to count you as a friend, we can call your ballet moves karate.
Alex: ...ok, I'll take it.
Red-Haired Girl: Wasn't your hair black earlier today?
Tizzy: ...what? Is it my turn again?
Red-Haired Girl: Yes, but I was saying your hair was black at school today.
Tizzy: Oh, yeah, my Mom just went to the dresser. No biggie.
Red-Haired Girl: ...yeah, maybe we could just play and not talk.
Anaya: Whew! Gets a little chilly in the evening, doesn't it, Mrs. Landgraab?
Nancy: ...
Anaya: Mrs. Landgraab?
Nancy: ...
Anaya: Nancy? K, we'll talk later.
Nancy: ...
Vendara: "...and they all lived happily ever after. The end." Did you like the story, Tizzy?
Tizzy: Huh? Oh. Sorry. I was just looking at the cover of the book and got distracted. Can we start the story now?
Vendara: Of course, sweetie. "Once upon a time..."
Teya: Oh my gosh! It's my super cool big sister, Kacie!!
Kacie: You can call me Kae, sis.
Teya: I CAN CALL HER KAESIS!!!
Bess: Wow, fangirl much?
Teya: Only when my super cool older sister Kaesis comes over!!
Bess: K, you do you, small fry.
Kae: Hey, dad, how are things going?
Aravin: Well, the girls all seem to be doing well. I've learned most of their names. Your Mom is apparently frustrated that no aliens are coming by?
Kae: Yeah, Mom mentioned that. Said something about calling a friend for help.
Aravin: Oh, well, thats good, I guess.
And sure enough, later that night...
Anika: Woot! Dance party!!
Well, I mean, that happened too, but what I meant was this!
Vendara: Bye, honey! Have fun! See you soon!
Aravin: Wait, what? Umm, I'm floating? This seems bad...?
Aravin: Umm, hello?
Green Alien: Huh, I actually got you up here all in one piece! First timer's luck, I guess!
Aravin: First timer's...?
Green Alien: Welp, captain wants to see you. Through those doors, down the hall, hang a right.
Voices:
Aravin: K, if you say so.
Green Alien: I do say so!
Aravin: Oh, I was talking to the voices.
Green Alien: Yes, that's usually how conversation works is with voices.
Aravin: So, I'm here to see the captain?
Captain: Really, Aravin? So formal with an old friend?
Aravin: Vaznya?
Captain Vaznya: That would be Senior Pollinator Vaznya now!
Aravin: Wow, that's so cool! I think! I actually have no idea what that means.
Captain Senior Pollinator Vaznya: Yep! Apparently they saw that I tried for the Life States Dynasty and decided that those baby making ambitions I had could be weaponized!
Blue Alien: Umm, ma'am, they asked you not to...
Senior Pollinator Vaznya: Oh, right. They thought those ambitions could be
useful. My mistake. Anyway, speaking of those ambitions, let's head to my private quarters.
Aravin: Umm, ok, I guess.
Senior Pollinator Vaznya: Number One, you have the helm!
Flagnorp: See, guys? I told you letting her watch Star Trek would make her sound more captainy.
Purple Alien: Pretty sure that's not a word, so...
Senior Pollintor Vaznya: So, you ready to make some babies?
Aravin: Make babies?
Voices:
Aravin: OH! No, I mean, I'm very committed to Vendara and I don't think we could...
Senior Pollinator Vaznya: You are ridiculous. I didn't mean doing that woohoo stuff...
Aravin: Oh, that's good.
Senior Pollinator Vaznya: I meant we'd use
this!
Aravin: Umm, could we maybe not? Please no?
Senior Pollinator Vaznya: Please
yes!!
And a short while later...
Aravin: OOF!!
Vendara: Oh, hey, honey! Did you have fun?
Aravin: ...I don't want to talk about it. If you need me, I'll be in the corner curled up in a ball.
Vendara: That's my big, strong man.
And so, with the possibility of alienboos being introduced, we bid farewell to the Flummux household.
