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Peach nodded hesitantly in response to Paula's observation. "Trying times means many trials..." Peach murmured thoughtfully. "I guess she is. She told me about a place in the sky called Star Piece Meadow where the starvia might not be strong enough to infect anyone." Peache explained, glancing up at the ceiling in thought. "Apparently it is difficult to reach, but I... I want to go search it, in hopes of finding my parents. Maybe there might be others there too." Peach would go on, smiling weakly.

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Paula listened to Peach as she explained that Rosalyn theorised that Peach's parent's could be located somewhere In Star Piece Meadow, where the Starvia wont get to them, she knows that It Is a good place that they could of went to other then the Life Sphere, she's just not sure If her parent's were there since Star Piece Meadow was a hard place to find and there chances of finding a portal was slim.

"Oh, sure, they might be there...Probably." Paula said as she looked back at Peach and Perry after petting Widdles. "But are you really sure there In the meadows?" She said sitting back on the couch and grabbing her cup of coco yet again to finish It up, as she started to take sips from the cup again, Paula spoke...Again.

"It's just that Star Piece Meadow Is a hard place to find...They could get lucky and wake up there probably...Not to make you worried or anything I just find It odd that they can get there easily...Unless they somehow managed to find a portal.

But I believe you can find them Peach, maybe they are actually there...Waiting for there daughter to return to them with open arms."

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Peach would emit a sigh, allowing herself to deflate a bit. "I hope so. There aren't a whole lot of options, and I don't know if I'm ready to face the loss of my parents." the princess would admit, revealing that she had never really accepted the notion that they were gone. It was too difficult for her. She wasn't sure she'd ever accept it, in spite of it's inevitability. The princess waited for a long moment before continuing. "I have to try, even if it winds up being a dead end. Where else can I search?" she would go on to ask.

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Paula looked up at Peach, and tried to encourage her to not be sad and still have hope In finding her parent's. "It's obvious, just try Starpiece Meadow anyway, you could be lucky and find them there, If your unsure then you wont know the truth unless you see It for yourself, the point Is Peach, do not ever give up hope, and trust your instincts and no matter what, you'll find your parent's eventually." Paula said to Peach trying to make her more happy. "You know It, Perry probably does, this Rosalyn lady does, heck even I do now that I think about It." Paula said as she finished her cup of coco and slammed It on the table.

She pointed to Peach and Perry happily, trying to inspire them.

Widdle's did not seemed frightened, he didn't seem to care about what's going on around him now.

"Now, when you leave this apartment...What will be the first thing you'll do now you know that your parent's could be In Starpiece Meadow?"

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Peach smiled wistfully at Paula's attempts at encouraging her. "You're right. I have to try, no matter how bad it looks. Even if they say the odds are terrible, I can't let that dissuade me." Peach replied, lowering her gaze for a moment before giving Paula a rather sly look. "Besides, I've always had luck with the dice~" she went on to remark, drawing curiosity from Perry. Did she have a gambling problem or something? The reference was unfortunately lost on him. After Peach had her moment, however, she would address Paula's new question.

"Well, I want to investigate Starpiece Meadows when I get the chance. The only issue is getting there. I'm not sure how..." Peach murmured. "I also want to collect power stars to make my castle safer and expand it. I feel like we can make a big difference on Li if we begin expanding out into Toad Town. Daisy and I are already discussing a garden..."

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Paula listened as Peach said that doesn't know how to get to Starpiece Meadow's when she get's the chance to investigate It so she can find her parent's, so Paula offered the Princess advice. "It's somewhere high In the air, get some sort of transport to take you to the meadows...You can also find a portal...If your lucky." She said to the Princess as she held her empty cup of coco on hand and looked towards Widdles.

Who was still eating his breakfast.

She soon turned back towards Peach and Perry as Peach discussed her idea of expanding Toad Town Into a shelter and making a huge difference In LI, there was just one problem about that Idea though...

"What about the Starvia...You need fresh air like the Life Sphere has If you want to start expanding your kingdom after all."

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Peach lolled her head at Paula. But what sort of transportation could take you that high up? She certainly didn't know. Regardless, the question of her kingdom's fate came up. "Mmh... Princess Rosalina has offered to erect a forcefield around the castle grounds, similar to how we keep the air in the life sphere clean. It's not quite strong enough to keep out invading infected, but we're planning on looking for Power Stars to help solve this power issue. So far, renovations are going well~ Perhaps you can visit sometime!" Peach would explain and offer, smiling brightly at Paula.

"One day I hope to be able to supply food back to the life sphere, and maybe even reclaim some of Toad Town..."

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Paula smiled warmly when Peach said her plan's of retaking her kingdom and Toad Town were going down smoothly with her answering Paula's question by saying that Rosalina was making a force field that will keep the starvia air from seeping In, but It's not strong enough should infected try to break In, which was why they were searching for power stars to make them stronger. "Hopefully you can and soon Rosalina's shield will be as strong as the Life Sphere's, at least we now have an upcoming settlement thanks to you Princess." She said happily to Peach as she stood up and headed Into the kitchen to wash her empty cup.

While washing the cup Peach mentioned that Paula could visit the kingdom one day when It's fine for people to visit.

"Sure Peach, I'll visit sometime, you bet It." She said across the room as Peach explained plans of transferring food between her soon to be reclaimed kingdom and the Life Sphere.

"Nice, that way we wont have to worry about food shortage for awhile...Not that were suffering from one right now, but maybe when you have a stable new kingdom you might ask for some residents of the Life Sphere to move there...We are getting survivors lately and the sphere Is slowly becoming...Well, over populated, I even saw some people jealous of the Lunar Sanctum owned by Viridi and the Observatory Rosalina has."

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Peach giggled at the notion. "Collecting the power stars is going to be an arduous task... There's quite a lot of them and, unfortunately, there's no way to tell where they all are. the princess explained thoughtfully, helping Perry to eat the rest of his share of cookies and drink the cocoa he'd been offered. "But once we have enough, I'll definitely open my castle back up to people living there. It feels very lonely and sad there right now. It would almost be unbearable if it weren't for my royal sisters in arms to keep me company." Peach explained, drifting off into thought for a moment. Could she even stand the sight of her deathly quiet castle without the help of her friends? It was definitely distressing, but she liked to believe she was tough enough to face it if she had to. Thankfully, she didn't.

"Perhaps we'll even be able to reclaim some of Toad Town... That would make me very happy--I bet my parents would be proud." Peach went on to state, smiling brightly at Paula.

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Paula looked as Peach drifted Into thought...And in...Dre---She tried to keep awake as The Princess agreed that she will open her castle back up for residents once the Life Sphere Is too full to have residents anymore, she said her parent's would be proud of her, although Is sad about her castle being currently quiet without the power stars, which she said earlier will be a hard task to do.

"Yeah...I'm sure Mario will be proud...And your parent's to." Paula said showing signs of being very tired, she looked at the table before looking at Peach and Perry once more, her eyes being barely open.

"Wheres the co---She fell on the couch, now asleep, It seemed staying up all night to do the mission at Nowhere Island has caught up to her, Widdles simply jumped on Paula and slept also after he finished eating...Purring as he does so.

The question Is for Peach and Perry...What now?

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Peach lolled her head. Mario would be proud of her..? That was an odd thing to say, but she chalked it up to Paula being tired. To her surprise, the younger girl seemed to pass out before her! Oh my... Someone had been pushing their limits. Peach glanced at Perry and hushed the parasol, decidedly not wanting to wake Paula. ...Not that she could, probably. They'd been talking before and it hadn't stopped Paula from falling asleep. The princess closed up the remaining box of cookies and left the box she'd brought them in on the kitchen counter, along with a solitary gift. It was one of the keldeo gems she'd been given but never realized she had four of. Now seemed as good a time as any to give Paula hers.

She would then find a blanket to tuck Paula in. Hopefully Widdles didn't mind the distraction. Finally, Peach would move to leave and give Paula some privacy.