[Kaliko]

Nic parked James' motorcycle he had enhanced and took off his helmet before walking over to the hovercraft that just parked. He knocked on the window, arguing with the person inside for a brief moment before the door opened. then a young woman in her early twenties stepped out of the hovercraft.

She was a natural beauty with little genetic modification. She seemed like a bit of an old soul with her red hair in a big braid and a comfortable summer dress covered up by a big knit sweater to block out some of the cold. Actually, she and Nic looked good together. Almost too good. The new girl hesitantly looked around, looking a tad overwhelmed. She waved shyly to the girls that had come to greet them. Nic closed the door of her hovercraft for her before walking over to everyone else. The woman was right beside him.

[Rinrou]

The girls were very surprised but happily went over and greeted the new girl. They started asking tons of questions but shushed themselves and instead tried to usher her inside and into the warmth.

Roselyn instead went over to Nic, "I'm glad your back." she told him honestly, "Hopefully with you here, things will start to calm down."

[Kaliko]

The woman did her best to answer all the questions, but she was a little overwhelmed.

"What happened?" Nic asked, getting straight to the point. His voice was a little annoyed. Sorta like the parent who goes to buy groceries and then returns shortly to find the kids have caused all kinds of trouble for him to clean up.

[Rinrou]

The girls smiled and continued to reassure her, "What's your name?" one asked.

Roselyn raised an eyebrow at his tone. "I'm not sure exactly." she admitted, "But Raven, Dani, Bee and Laurel returned today... and Bee and Raven are pretty badly injured and Laurel's a mess... Something about her father." her voiced trailed off as she bit the inside of her lip, eyes still focused on Nic, "Don't expect a warm welcome." she cautioned quietly before turning to lead them inside.

[Kaliko]

"Oh, my name is Miss Q," the woman replied with a smile like that was a typical name. "But I also go by Missy, or just Q if that's too long."

Nic frowned, but didn't ask anything else as they went inside.

[Rinrou]

"MIssy! That's a pretty name. Will you be staying with Nic? Or would you like a separate room?" they asked. Lucy Lue (16, the bubbly one) had her arm around Missy's happily.

Roselyn looked around for a moment before sighing and turning back to Nic, "I'll assume you'll take your same room?" she asked.

[Kaliko]

Missy let out a loud, yet charming laugh. "A separate room, thanks," she chuckled.

Nic paused a moment before nodding.

[Rinrou]

Roselyn nodded. Suddenly a few of the girls who had turned to lead Missy away, gasped. There were some stammered murmurs of shock and Roselyn turned to look.

Leaning up against a wall in one of the hallways branching from the front room stood Laurel. She was surveying the group with calculating eyes though she wasn't looking at Nic or even in his direction at all. Nic could see that her eyes had lost the majority of their innocence but the most obvious change was the hidden gun she had strapped to her side under her jacket.

The girls remained rather frozen, not knowing how to react to this Laurel. Roselyn swallowed as she glanced back at Nic.

[Kaliko]

Nic blinked, taking a long time to drink in this new Laurel.

Missy glanced around, a little confused at everyone's reaction. Since no one else was doing anything, she walked up to Laurel. "You must be Laurel," she told her. "I knew you were beautiful... but the word doesn't do justice." There was genuine awe in her voice. "I've heard good things about you. Apparently I'm Missy." She reached out a hand to her.

[Rinrou]

Laurel's eyes looked her up and down for a long moment, "Are you patronizing me?" she demanded sharply, not taking the outstretched hand. As Missy got closer to Laurel, the darker circles under her eyes became more visible. Her leaning against the wall was not just for show.

[Kaliko]

"Uh..." Missy murmured, looking a little taken aback as she put her hand down. "No," she replied quietly. "I'm trying to introduce myself."

[Rinrou]

Laurel snorted lightly and with some effort, pushed herself away from the wall and walked off down the hall. Anna approached Missy, "Don't worry about it. Laurel's acting a little strange today... I heard she flipped her bike earlier, maybe she bumped her head. Anyway, she's usually really kind." she explained, trying to defend Laurel though she hadn't the faintest idea what was wrong. The other girls agreed.

"Why don't you show Missy to a room, one close to Nic's." Roselyn suggested and the girls nodded. Then she turned to Nic with a 'see what I mean' expression.

[Kaliko]

"... Alright," Missy replied to the girls, a little unsure. But she let the girls drag her away.

Nic was staring off in the direction Laurel had walked. He was thinking really hard about something. Though it wasn't clear what.

[Rinrou]

Roselyn sighed a little, "They came in late last night." she explained to Nic quietly, "Laurel was sobbing, clinging to Raven and shaking like a leaf... and less than 24 hours later she's..." she paused, "... well she's completely the opposite."

The girls told Missy about the three different styles, the colorful room, the plain one and the older feel. They asked which one she preferred.

[Kaliko]

Still, Nic said nothing.

Missy seemed to find something she liked about each kind. But in the end she decided on the colorful room.

[Rinrou]

Roselyn nodded with a sigh, "Well, she'll probably roam until she collapses somewhere." she said, "I'll see you in the morning." and with that she left Nic alone.

The girls seemed totally enamored with her but eventually left so she could sleep.