Finding time for a day out...

[1st_mistake]

Blues and Kalinka have been meaning to check this place out for quite a while now. It was surprising how often something could keep coming up when you have a pair of twins to watch. Not to mention all the other things both parents tend to meddle in.

But they're here now, with little Mikhail and Ciel. And without any other guards or chaperones.

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[random_xtras]

Ah, but this isn't really a Nexus in the true meaning of the world. It's a real world that could be found on a star map if there were anyone to make such things here any more.

The landlady shrugs cheerfully. "Not like it's goin' anywhere. There's a booth by the windows."

[1st_mistake]

It's still not in their universe, which made guessing time zone differences impossible.

"Thanks." Blues holds both of Ciel's little hands to see if she can toddle all the way over to the booth. She can't quite manage walking without support yet.

Kalinka just carries Mikhail over. The other twin is more interested in looking around, and was just napping a few minutes earlier.

Speaking of looking around, the view is interesting.

[random_xtras]

Another toddler, this one a dark-haired girl, shoots out from under a table and darts over to offer Ciel a bright-eyed greeting. "Leia!" she says proudly, pointing to herself. Then she points to her the furry white blanket that's wrapped around her shoulders. "'Larry!"

The blanket squeaks quizzically, and Kalinka will feel a soft brush of innocent, friendly emotion that isn't her own.

[kalli_cossack]

"Hi!" Ciel manages to free a hand long enough to wave, and nearly falls on her rear for it. Blues catches her and gets the ten-month-old back to her feet.

Kalinka encountered Mew while she was expecting, and therefore knows barely enough to recognize empathic contact - and connect it to the squeaking blanket. "Hello to the both of you."

[random_xtras]

Leia grins widely, then looks up as a brown catlike waitress brings over cups of exactly what everyone wants to drink and sets them on the table they're aimed for. The woman smiles gently, then hurries toward another table with the other things on her tray.

[1st_mistake]

Blues gives the drink a curious but somewhat wary frown when he reaches the table. The oldest Robot Master likes his secrets too much to feel comfortable with the thought of anyone evesdropping in his mind. Empaths and telepaths from this point forward might find themselves running into a carefully constructed 'screen' of music selections, as if Blues were a walking MP3 player - a trick Blues developed to keep Mew from prying. And it is an amateurish trick - Blues has little experience with telepaths beyond the brief encounter with Mew in the Nexus.

Kalinka, it might be noted, does not mind as much. And Ciel and Mikhail haven't noticed the drinks. As soon as they were up in the seats, both twins soon discovered the view. Managing to stay upright by holding onto the windowsill, they're both peeking out at it now.

((Somehow I nearly missed this one. -_-; XD ))

[random_xtras]

"'Larry's mama," explains Leia, then pauses to frown as the brown-haired boy returns. "No kiss!"

"Relax." He pats her gently on the shoulder in a way one would expect from a much older child, then runs over to the table and offers two menus, standing up on his little bare toes to make himself more noticeable. "You can order anyfing, but the fancier stuff might take a few momebents because we gotta cook it from stratch. Scratch." He beams beatifically, and the pink tribble that's stuck to his back coos softly.

[kalli_cossack]

Kalinka smiles at the boy - it's nice to see the place is child-friendly, especially since they'd brought the twins.

Luckily, neither Blues nor Kalinka want anything really fancy. Some cereal for the twins, maybe some sausage gravy and biscuits since it seems to be breakfast time. Mostly, they're here for the chance to get out for a while, away from various responsibilities both have and the perpetual snow around Kalinka's home in Siberia.

[random_xtras]

He glances around, then grins winsomely and sidles closer. "Can I makea recomendation?"

Leia snorts at him and runs away.

[1st_mistake]

"Go ahead," Blues says, giving the kid a smile.

Ciel, meanwhile, has other things on her young mind. She likes the view, and wants to share it. Dropping into a crawl she makes her way to the diaper bag in the seat next to Kalli, and looks inside. The ten-month old reaches in and pulls out a somewhat caterpillar-like creature. She hugs it and then, with it clinging to her, makes her way back to the window to use the windowsill to pull herself back to a standing position.

[random_xtras]

Ben looks quizzically toward the cooing sound as his tribble coos in response, but then looks back at Blue with his million dollar grin. "The scrambled egg platter with sausage and cheese is yummy! And big enough for everybody."

[1st_mistake]

Blues gives Kalli a questioning glance, and when she nods in response he says, "Ok, we'll give that a try."

Ciel, meanwhile, is happily babbling away to the stress worm about the view. Mikhail, on the other side of the table, is much quieter but no less attentive in his looking out the window.