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Paula was quiet while following Peach, hoping she know's where she was going, as for Daisy saying she was righter then most of the group today, Paula smiled at the princess and thanked her. "Thank you Daisy." Paula said to Daisy as she noticed that the princess looked like she was...Daydreaming. "Uhh, are you feeling ok?" Paula said to Daisy as she looked back at Peach.

And wondered If there was any clues yet.

"Found anything yet Peach?"

[Coolshaymin]

"I suppose that is what we need to figure out," Rosalina replied to Peach. The source of the echo was a mystery but it was worth investigating. Rosalina closed her eyes, choosing to focus on listening more than seeing. Though she was not as blind as most with her eyes closed. Still, it helped to focus her senses on the sound to avoid losing track.

[Mari]

Music

Scenery

"I'm afraud I have not seen anything, Paula, but if this music box is leading us somewhere we are on the right track." Peach replied. The others might notice a waddle dee peaking out from behind the foliage to watch them. Peach didn't seem to pay the critter any mind. There were likely many more they'd cone across on their journey, but this one didn't appear to be interested in hurting anyone. Least of all itself, judging by its cautious body language. They had been walking for some time now, and Peach finally allowed herself to become distracted from their task. "...It's strange. I had not considered this until now, but I don't know what I'm going to tell my parents if we find them. Do they know what became of their kingdom..?" Peach mused aloud, stopping for a moment to regain her sense of direction. After adjusting slightly to account for the shift in the echo's perceived origin, Peach would speak up again. "Rosalina..? May I ask you something personal?" Peach requested. One could only guess what she had in mind.

[TartoonHand94]

"Oh I’m feeling just peachy-I mean fine." Daisy answered Paula.
"It’s just such a beautiful day it’s easy to lose yourself in the atmosphere." she gestured up at the orange trees and falling leaves, effectively turning her face out of Paula’s sight in the process.
Carefully looking back down to see if Paula was still looking at her, Daisy spied a Waddle Dee hiding in the brush. She had to resist the impulse to jump on it like a plumber, since this wasn’t that kind of mission. It wasn’t even in their way or anything either.

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As Paula kept walking, she would eventually hear something above her, and looked up to see a Waddle Dee just minding his own business and not paying the group any mind at all...However Paula was unsure and thinks the Waddle Dee might have a dark secret, however before she could think about the Waddle Dee some more, Peach thought about what her parent's reaction will be when they find out about the Mushroom Kingdom and wanted to see Rosalina about something private.

"Oh, take your time." Paula said to Peach as she stood near Daisy...And looked back up to the Waddle Dee before asking Daisy a question.

"What do you think of him?"

[Coolshaymin]

"There is no way to know for sure until we find them. Once we do that then it will be easier to figure out what to say," Rosalina responded to Peach as they made their trip. She did not pay much mind to the Waddle Dees, thinking to herself as they made quite a long walk following the sound of the Music Box. She stopped with Peach to make sure the direction they were heading for was right.

The cosmic guardian looked to Peach curiously though when she asked to ask something personal. "Sure, ask whatever is on your mind and I will answer as best as I can," Rosalina accepted.

[Mari]

Peach flashed Daisy a knowing smirk. She wasn't sure if she was being made fun of, but she seemed to appreciate the gesture regardless. The princess hesitated in her tracks a moment in response to Paula's comment. Huh? Take her time? What did she mean by that? She was bemused for a moment until it finally occurred to her what Paula had surmised. "Not that kind of personal question..." Peach replied good-naturedly, turning her gaze upon Rosalina and acknowledging her attention for a moment before resuming walking. They still had work to do, and their conversation could help them relax as they searched. "It might be some time before our search is finished, so I wanted to ask..." Peach began, contemplating her choice of words for a moment.

"Are you ready to meet my parents, if we find them?" Peach asked, curious at this prospect. Perhaps neither of them had ever considered the implications of such a meeting, but seeing as how the search was on it was probably a topical thing to talk about.

[TartoonHand94]

“Nnnot sure.” Daisy whispered back to Paula.
“He might be minding his own business or he might be spying on us." She pondered to Paula making it look as discreetly
“Either way don’t look directly at him like that. He might realize we're onto him being onto us.” Taking a beat to think, she leaned back into Paula to continue.
“We should take turns looking.” She suggested, still whispering.

Did Daisy really care about the Waddle Dee, or was she actively trying to distract herself and give Peach and Rosalina some uninterrupted privacy?
Well she’s too busy watching the Waddle Dee to answer that question.

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While Peach and Rosalina headed somewhere to talk about something Daisy quietly advised Paula not to stare at the Waddle Dee, as it might quickly grow suspicious at the group if there watching him, upon being told to do so Paula looked at what was in front of her and continued to wait for Peach & Rosalina to come back, but Daisy thinks they should take turns on lookout.

Paula looked back at Daisy and spoke. "Yeah, good idea, I'll go first." Paula said to Daisy as she began to look around the area for anything interesting.

"Ok odd forest, let's see what you have."

[Coolshaymin]

Rosalina smiled a little at the two being distracted by the Waddle Dee... It was a tad weird maybe considering it looked normal, innocent and harmless... Still, she was not about to argue with Daisy distracting herself. She knew how much Daisy had some issues even if she is getting better with it.

Regardless, she still gave Peach her full attention. Only really treating the other two as background as it was rude to be distracted by your surroundings when someone is saying something important. The question was a bit of a necessary question even but it was a bit of a unthought about one. "Hm..." Rosalina murmered as she closed her eyes for a moment. "Helping you look for them would of lead to that regardless. If we succeeded it was only natural for me to meet them. While it would not be my first time visiting the Mushroom Kingdom's Royal Family... Your parents may of been too young for my last visit, hm?" Rosalina brought up thoughtfully before continuing to answer the real question. "I suppose that is not quite what you meant though, is it? I am not entirely sure... If you think of it like family... Well, I have not really had either of those in a long time. I am sure your parents are bright people though. I am not completely sure how prepared I feel however in that light," Rosalina answered, developing a bit of a frown.

[Mari]

Paula searches the forest and finds--...A leaf! It's symbolic of how hopeless their--It's a freaking leaf. This forest ain't got nothin'. If Paula paid attention, she might notice the feeling of being watched. If she looked around, she might spot that Waddle Dee from earlier watching her from a distance partially hidden behind a tree. It blended in pretty well with the fall colors of the forest, but not well enough it seemed.

Meanwhile, Peach considered Rosalina's words and something alarming finally occurred to her. Oh. ...Oh! Right! Rosalina was immortal. They were going to die and leave Rosalina alone one day! ...A troubling thought that left no mystery to Rosalina's frown. "...Is that something you would want, even knowing we can't live as long as you? A family..?" Peach would hesitantly ask, turning to make herself open to Rosalina. There was a chance this conversation was about to get rocky.

[TartoonHand94]

Daisy strolled beside Paula watching the leaves kick up with each stride. Being a naturally passionate lover of plants it didn’t seem all that boring to her. None the less, trying her best to stay out of Peach and Rosalina’s private discussion wasn’t so easy for her.
Daisy was almost hoping the Waddle Dee was spying on them after all. Some excitement could break up the monotony of this expedition. Her eyes were down at her impatiently twiddling thumbs counting the seconds on them.

“Okay my turn.” Daisy whispered back to Paula when her count finally came to 60.

Doing little more than resting her hands behind her head, Daisy could keep a spying eye on the Waddle Dee simply by adjusting her hair.

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Paula looked at Daisy who suggested just keeping an eye on the very suspicious Waddle Dee as Peach and Rosalina continued to talk, however Paula was still suspicious and really wanted to know what that Waddle Dee was doing. "I'll just go and question him for a minute, keep on lookout in case we get ambushed." Paula said to Daisy.


Paula she walked up to the tree the Waddle Dee's on and floated up towards the Waddle Dee so she can talk to him, if she can, what with them having no mouths.

"Excuse me Mr Dee, what are you doing up here?"

[Coolshaymin]

Rosalina looked at Peach for a second questioningly. It almost seemed like she did not understand what Peach meant exactly. After a moment though she looked ahead and either seemed to ignore it or figured something out. "I may have lived a long time but it does not necessarily mean I will. Trust me, there is more to it than what you may think. But I will answer your question first since it is more important. Peach, remember what I told you about Lumas?" Rosalina asked as she looked up at the trees... As if there were going to be stars.

"When they mature, they turn into things the Universe needs. In a way, I lose family members all the time but that does not change their importance. They taught me a lot and helped me mature into who I am now. In truth, there is none of the Lumas from that story I told you left. They all are part of the Galaxy now. Though I know we shall part, they will always be a part of me," Rosalina re-explained. Notably, she used a similar thing a Luma said in her story about her own Mom.

"The same goes for you and your family. Even if we have to part at some point long down the road, we will not truly be apart. The memories and everything else will continue to be a part of me. In that way, it is like a transformation of it's own isn't it? Getting to live on through me? So, please, don't worry about it. It's fine," Rosalina reassured.

[Mari]

Peach was shocked by Rosalina's words, not because she hadn't been expecting them but because they were... They were... "That's... very romantic, Rosalina~" Peach replied rather softly, unable to contain the joy and mild embarrassment from finding it's way into her voice. Mario's devotion to coming to her aid whenever she got in over her head was rather romantic, but his words? They tended not to be so romantic, so she wasn't used to being spoken to like this. She glanced over her shoulder, only to realize Daisy and Paula had wandered off. What--She'd only wanted them to stop, not give them some privacy! ...But ah--This worked well enough. She wouldn't have felt right sharing this moment while they watched anyway. Turning back to the other, she would reach out to quietly take Rosalina's hands in hers, pulling her down for a rather intimate moment of embrace and just... holding her there for a long moment. She basked in the moment, a couple of little magical heart shaped bubbles rising from her head as she accepted this brief break from their mission. It was nothing too special, but because of its context that embrace would mean the world to Peach right then.

"In that case, I only hope that our time together will continue to provide you comfort until we're reunited again~" Peach would go on to remark before allowing herself to part from the other. Any concerns she'd had before seemed to have vanished, even if her heart was still racing. Perhaps it was racing for entirely different reasons now. Hearing that had almost made finding her parents seem like an afterthought, though it didn't take long for her focus to return to the mission at hand.

"...I hope Daisy is with Paula. She likes to take care of herself, but I worry about her." the princess would remark, taking a good glance around. Why had they wandered so far? "Daaaisy? Paaaula?" she then went on to call out, attempting to get their attention.



Meanwhile, the waddle dee Paula just snuck up on promptly wigged out as she announced her presence, flailing it's arms about and promptly falling from the tree onto his face. The waddle dee just sort of laid there for a moment before getting up and brushing himself off. He seemed perplexed at having been caught, but could offer no reply. He had no mouth. He did, however, seem to understand Paula and raised his arms for a moment in response. He had no shoulders, but one might assume he was shrugging. What was he doing out here? What were all these pretty girls doing out here? This was his home! He lived here. One might want to keep their questions simple, so that they could receive simple body language answers in response.