[Mari]

TheSpatialWeeg

It wasn't long after the rescue. Peach was walking home with two girls. Or perhaps one girl with two other girls hidden in her presence. Either way, she was feeling pretty good about everything that happened. "You are more than welcome to stay with me and the other girls for as long as you desire~ I'm sure the other girls would love to get to know you as well." Peach offered,  beaming slightly at the other. She felt like she already knew Allie in a way, ...and besides, she did have to wait for Amitwo's return. "And of course, if either of you find yourselves desiring to hone your magical abilities or learn new ones that might help you, I would be more than happy to keep that offer extended! Perhaps I could learn from you as well~! I'm quite curious to get to know you better 'heart-to-heart'." Peach light-heartedly added. However, as they approached the Magical Girl's Society Lodge, a thud loud enough to be faintly heard from outside caught Peach's ears. She did a subtle doubletake, a second thud being heard, before hesitantly moving to open the door.

As Peach opened the door, a scene unfolded before them. A group of girls appeared to have been wrestling and rough-housing around the foyer just before they came, all of them having stopped as they noticed the door open. Blue was on her knees with her head to the ground. Iris was laying on top of her giving her a bear hug that pinned her arms to her side, seemingly having wrestled her down. Blue in turn was pushing back against her with her hips, resulting in the rather goofy image of them both with their behinds in the air, well above their heads. Blue appeared a little annoyed, while Iris was having a good time by the looks of it. Nearby, Little Arle stopped running to watch, only to get snatched up by Amy, who had apparently been chasing her. "Got you~!" Amy playfully announced, eliciting a startled squeaking noise from Little Arle as Amy pulled her close for another hug from behind. At 2'5'', Little Arle was actually half a foot shorter than even Amy. However, perhaps Allie might recognize her by her pretty golden eyes. Not many people had those, right? Little Arle looked up at Amy, appearing somewhat relaxed with being held despite having just been grabbed. She quietly pointed at Peach and Allie, drawing Amy's attention. The room behind them? A mess. There was various stuff littered on the floor and an end-table looked to have been knocked over.

"...Oh dear."

A moment of awkward silence followed. Everyone kinda knew they were in trouble. Blue wriggled a bit, but Iris reflexively refused to let go. Meanwhile, Peach was debating how to deal with them. ...It seemed like Iris and maybe Amy were the aggressors here. If she could split them up from Blue and Arle, that'd probably give them time to cool down. "...Amy? Iris? Please clean up the room. We have a new guest." Peach gently instructed. "...Oooh, okay." Iris lamely whined. "Alright... Can Arle help?" Amy chimed in somewhat hopefully. "--No, she's too little to be worrying about that." Peach replied. As Amy and Iris reluctantly began picking things up and, Peach turned to Blue, who was picking herself up and brushing off her dress. "Blue? Can you please make us some tea and cookies? I do believe the ones I had prepared fell on the floor..." Peach reluctantly requested. Normally she preferred to do this herself, but she did owe Allie her time right now. "--...Sure!" Blue replied, meandering off. "Arle?" Peach began. "--Yes, Miss Peach?" Arle hesitantly replied. She seemed to be slightly nervous, perhaps thinking she might get blamed or asked to do chores. "Please come say hello to Miss Allie. I'm sure she'd love to meet you~" Peach instructed, not realizing they'd already met. Arle seemed to perk up a bit. Well that wasn't bad at all! "Miss Arle is the youngest member of the Magical Girl's Society. Though, she isn't always this young~" Peach explained. Walking up to Allie, the small mage eagerly waved up at her. "Hi~" she greeted, flashing a pretty smile. A phantom giggle echoed in Allie's mind. That was Amitie's voice! ...Or rather, Amitwo's. <Looks like Arle's having a little day~ Sometimes this happens, and when she grows back up she remembers everything that happened as if it happened a long time ago! It's hard for her to remember things from the future when she's little, though.> Amitwo explained, having nothing better to do than observe things through Allie's eyes and explain them. <She's pretty impressionable when she's like this, so you can have a bit of fun with her if you want! I like to give her silly nicknames and then embarrass her by bringing them up later. But you could probably think up something even better!> Amitwo playfully suggested.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rafisol had returned to the pendant not long after they left the ruined stone golem behind. She had been quiet ever since, though Allie made sure to reassure she was kinda like that - she wasn't very talkative around strangers, no matter how much of a savior they are or were.

"Your offers are much appreciated, Your Highness!" Allie said. "I hope either me or Rafisol won't be much of a burden as we locate a household for ourselves." She continued, taking a moment to bow respectfully. Whew, that girl was...incredibly polite, despite the rather informal way the royal figure was talking to her. "I do find myself interested in enhancing my magical abilities, to be quite honest. If it's not a problem, I'd appreciate the training." "...Me too." Rafisol spoke up suddenly, her voice having a little bit of echo as it came from the pendant. "I want to get stronger." --Oh, looks like she's interested too!

The chaos at the lodge's foyer was mostly ceased within Peach's arrival...except for a couple of kids screaming and yelling at each other. Amitie and Lidelle waged a war at each other with a couple of pillows, one hitting the other repeatedly before they noticed who was at the front door. "--Aliie?!" Amitie blurted out, dropping her pillow in shock. "M-ms. Allie!" Lidelle commented in surprise. The two then notice the other girls splitting and cleaning up the mess. Awkward glances to the pillows and the plumes scattered about during their brawl were traded, before Amitie giggled nervously. "Uh, talk to you later...!" she said, before both princesses went to clean the mess they made.

Allie suppressed the urge to giggle. Her attention was drawn to Arle...or rather, her smaller self. She listened to Amitwo's explanation, uttering a simple "...I see." after she was done explaining. However, a brief suggestion led Allie to have an idea. She remember how...awkward their first meeting was, considering her greeting phrase and the azure mage's reaction. Maybe a retry wouldn't hurt! "Hello there, Arle! Let's fall in love!" she said, making a little pose as she pronounced her catchphrase.

[Princess Toadstool]

Peach greeted Amitie and Lidelle with a light smile and a wave, a waggle of her fingers. It was the most affectionate greeting she could give her two daughters without using words, and she preferred not to single them out given the context. After they moved to help clean up, she turned to address Allie again. “Of course~! Many of the other girls live here, and you're more than welcome to stay here too if you'd like. It can be a bit lonely having your own house.... Though I'm sure you'd share yours with Rafisol.” Peach mused aloud, considering the emotional burden of living alone. it certainly wasn't her style, and she suspected it wasn't most people's. “...And I would be more than happy to arrange to help you train both your magical abilities whenever you are ready.” she added, performing a delicate curtsey for Allie, returning her politeness. She then stood by and watched curiously to see how Arle would react, unable to help but smile at Allie's greeting.

[Arle Nadja]

Little Arle seemed briefly confused by Allie's choice of words. The expression was alien to her six year old self. She looked to peach, who gave her an encouraging smile. Welp. That was all the context she needed to decide this wasn't weird. “Okay~!” Little Arle replied with an amused giggle, attempting to imitate Allie's pose in an impressionable manner. She then eagerly ran up to Allie and hugged her around the hips, burrying her head against Allie's belly because of how short she was. “I love you, Miss Allie~” she ever so innocently replied. Without her awkward teenage feelings toward love, not helped by all the sexual harassment she endured, she seemed much less anxious about Allie's choice of words. In fact, she embraced them the same way she embraced Allie! A collective 'aww' escaped the lips of Peach and Amitwo at her reaction. For a good long moment, Arle was content to hug without saying anything. She'd been taught to be more resipient to touching by the other girls before now, while Allie probably remembered an Arle that was anxious about being touched. “Are you going to stay with us?” Arle curiously asked.