Wholesome fun

Eselberg Station:
Tarkus and Verena's office:

After the Zoren siblings were finally reunited, Verena and Lotara had quickly settled into a routine. Lotara began her work with the security department and Verena had settled in as Tarkus's assistant.

"Tarkus! That's it for the appointments today." Verena called from the doorway.

Tarkus sighed in relief. "Good, if I had to explain to somebody how stupid they were one more time then I would have lost it." Running a hand through his hair he pulled loose the string holding his hair back in a ponytail.

"Be nice!" Verena said, throwing a clipboard at her younger brother.

Freyja had found herself bored with the daycare facilities in the Station and so with the curiosity of a kitty, the toddler decided to make her escape. Fortunately, Station Safeguards controlled by Esel prevented her from going to places that would be problematic for the others, mostly the daycare area, the medical area, and residential areas pretty much the only places she could go. Sadly Sachiko’s Tinker's place was one of those places she wouldn’t be allowed, but the Stalls used by SachiTech and the lounge were.

So it was, that the doors to the medical area opened automatically due to the presence of an organic being, and instantly the little one moved to the offices, guided by a light construct made by Esel.

Seeing the two people, and the flying clipboard, she smiled and waved” Hiii!” The little Nekomata-elf-human hybrid’s pink hair was adorned with ribbons that made her have twin tails, and she wore a cute little pink dress.

Tarkus was about to catch the clipboard but was caught by suprise when the little toddler surprised them. He had half turned to greet her when the projectile smacked into his forehead, causing him to clutch his forehead.

Verena ignored Tarkus as he furiously rubbed his head in consternation, and knelt down to Freyja level. "Well hi there, Freyja. What are you doing here?" She said placing a hand on her head. "Did you escape from daycare?"

Freyja gasped when she saw the clipboard it Tarkus on his forehead. But she thought he would be ok since he was in the medical area where people who were hurt could get care. He also had Verena there who could kiss his injury too. She smiled at Verena as she knelt down to her level and looked up from under her hand.”hiii Auntie Renren! Freya bored! Not enough fun things in daycare!” She said to the very old angel. “Freya come help, uncle Tar need head kissed too!”

Verena giggled. "Aww that's so sweet. Well come see then." She said picking up the little troublemaker. Walking over to Tarkus, she set Frejya in his lap. "Uncle Tar~ Frejya wants you." Verena cooed, smirking as she gave his forehead a kiss. "Better now?"

Tarkus hated when Verena and Lotara called him that. Yet he could never muster up the courage to correct his 'niece.' Wrapping a hand around Frejya, he gave his sister a sideways glance as if to say 'you are gonna get it later.' "Hello Frejya, what did I tell you about sneaking away from daycare."

Freyja snuggled in Verena’s arms as she was carried to Tarkus and soon found herself on his lap with his arm providing her some safety. She smiled happily as Verena kissed his forehead, and she thought that his injury would be going away quickly. She listened to Tarkus speaking and started to feel guilty. “That.. It naughty?’ She asked as she remembered not only him, but her mommies spoke to her about it too.

Tarkus smiled softly, standing and lifting Frejya up. "What am I gonna do with you?" He said cradling the girl in one arm as he pushed his chair back in.

Verena crossed her arms. "Well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black." She said poking Tarkus's chest. Turning to Frejya she added "Your Uncle Tar you to be a very naughty boy."

"Verena stop." Tarkus responded quickly, hoping to stave off whatever embarrassing story his sister had floating in her head at the moment.

Freyja smiled as she was lifted and snuggled into his arms. “Let's play!” she said happily, before Verena aught her attention”Uncle Tar Naughty boy?!” She asked with such a shocked look on her face as she looked from Verena to Tarkus. She found herself interested in these stories.

"Uncle Tar very naughty." Verena teased. "He once..."

That was the moment the eldest Zoren siblings chose to make her appeance. "Oh are we telling embarrassing stories of Uncle Tar?~" Lotara teased.

"Oh Lotara! Yes we were~" Verena replied, looking back to Tarkus with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

Tarkus's eye twitched in annoyance. "Don't you dare."

Freyja widened her eyes as she listened only for another to arrive,” Auntie Lolo!” she said happily and unfortunately, she didn’t see Tarkus’s eye twitching. “Freya, wanna hear!” she said with such a cute smile on her face.

Verena smirked, using a spell to pull Frejya from Tarkus and into her awaiting arms. "Well one time Uncle Tar stole our daddy's sword so he could play knight." Verena started, smirking as she began to move away from Tarkus, Lotara moving into his path.

Freyja smiled as she found herself pulled from Tarkus and then into Verena’s arms. As Verena told her the story she snuggled into her arms, and gasped as she heard of the naughtiness. “Stealing Naughty!” she said as she waved her finger as she’d witnessed happening when she’d done something she wasn’t supposed to. “Did Uncle Tar, get a spanking after?”

Tarkus's hand went to his face as Lotara turned to finish the story. "That's right. Our mommy spanked him lots. Then our daddy didn't let him have dinner or desert! And then he had to polish every single sword in the castle." She finished.

Freyja didn’t like the feeling of hunger so not having dinner, even something yummy as dessert was bad. It meant he did something very bad that their parents resorted to that. “Oh!, you have a Castle too?! Freyja has one. “polish?” she asked before remembering ”oh, he had to make swords shiny! Mama did that to Whiskers she polished his teeth” She said not realizing that Lotara had probably seen Sachiko going to the Security area to clean and take care of Whiskers.

Tarkus replied before either of his sisters could. "We used too. Now we live here." He explained. Lotara and Verena hid their disappointment well. Only a slight frown could be seen on both their faces before they returned to the subject at hand.

"And that's right! He had to make every single sword shiny before he was allowed to go to bed. And we had lots and lots of swords." Lotara explained.

Freyja didn’t notice their disappointment or think about the slight frown, but she did hug as best she could and kissed them on the cheek. “Many swords… so… more than we have teethies?” she asked them. Freyja didn’t understand numbers too well, so it felt easier for her to put them in simpler terms. She knew that people had lots of teeth so by using that she thought she could see how many swords there were.

Verena and Lotara smiled, giving Frejya a peck on the cheek at the same time. Tarkus smirked. "That's right more swords than you have teeth. More than all our teeth. And I had to clean every single one." Tarkus replied. Using his own magic, he pulled Frejya into his arms and smirked at his sisters. "But I'm not the only one who was naughty..."

Both girls looked indignantly at Tarkus. "What are you..." they said before both freezing in place and looking at each other.

"That's right. Renren and Lolo were naughty too. They took our mommy's makeup and tried to play dress up. Then they ruined our mommy's favorite dress!" Tarkus replied with an evil grin on his face.

Freja smiled as she was kissed by the two of them before squealing with glee”weee!” As she was pulled from Verena’s arms. Turns out Tarkus wasn't the only one who was naughty, and she gasped as it turned out that her 3rd favorite aunts stole too. She wagged her finger though the power to shame was probably null as it was more adorable. “Stealing is bad! What’s make-up anyways? mommies don’t use that.”

Verena and Lotara looked stimmed by Frejya wagging finger. Then they looked puzzled as to how to explain what makeup was. Verena spoke up then and tried to explain. "Well makeup is a... it's like..."

Lotara stepped forward and took up the challenge. "Makeup is like colors abd powders that you put on your face. It can make you look prettier." She attempted to explain.

Freyja’s head tilted as she listened to the girls, explaining what Makeup was. She seemed to understand ”oh! Like face paint! I remember my birthday, we did that!” She said smiling at the memory and especially how her mother thought she looked cute with what was on her face at the time.

Both the girls smiled. "It's just like facepaint but for grown ups." Verena added.

"Yep." Tarkus said picking up the story. "Your aunts got in so much trouble out mom took away their favorite toys and they couldn't have them back until they got her new makeup." He explained. "They had to do chores all around the castle until they could by mom her makeup back."

Freyja listened, and she began thinking that if she did chores, she could get paid though she wasn’t sure she liked the idea of doing work, playing was more fun. “Oh, wow!” she replied as a response to the story while being unsure what she should add.

It was Lotara's turn to steal the little toddler from Tarkus, tustling Frejya's hair as she began to walk out of Tarkus's office. "Now then, what does my little niece wanna play?" She said, Verena and Tarkus following behind their bigger sister.

Freyja grinned as she found herself in Lotara’s arms, and squeals as her hair was tousled. “Play tag? Or we could play aunties fun idea!” She thought they might have a fun thing to play.

"Hmmmm okay, let's play tag then." Lotara replied as she moved off towards the training area. There they would have plenty of room to run around.

The trio and their niece walked down to one of the training areas, programming a basic obstacle course for the four of them to play in.

"Here we go. Wanna play tag in here?" Lotara asked.

Freyja grinned at the idea of playing tag. She watched as the room was set up and then looked at Lotara ’yeah! We can hide here too!” She said with a pure joy smile on her face. She giggled with excitement as she waited to be placed down on the floor.

Lotara placed her down on the floor, and smiled. "Alright get ready."

Verena looked to Tarkus. "Have you told Sachi where Frejya is?"

Tarkus rolled his eyes. "What do you take me for? Of course I did." He said playful pushing Verena shoulder. "And your it by the way!" He said teleporting across the room in the blink of an eye.

Freyja grinned and took off running, especially so after Verena was tagged as it. Unfortunately, she didn’t have Tarkus’s magical speed, or Makoto’s for that matter, but she could run as only a 2-year-old could. “oohhh Uncle Tar super-fast!” She couldn’t help but say as she saw him reappear.

Tarkus smirked. "Come on Frejya! You have to keep away from Renren!" He said as Verena appeared next to Tarkus.

Tarkus jumped away as Verena changed targets to Lotara, the two angels chasing each other around the room.

As they were Tarkus waved to Frejya. "Quick! Come hide." He said mischievously.

Freyja smiled at Tarkus as she tried to hurry to keep away from Verena, though fortunately, her attention went elsewhere and with a big grin she moved to join him in hiding as she tried not to giggle.

Verena and Lotara went at it chasing each other around the room. Tarkus smiled and pat her head. As they hid Verena appeared before them and cackled maniacally. Tapping Frejya on the nose she said "You are it!"

Freyja watched the two of them in awe at how fast they were. She could feel Tarkus patting her head when Verena appeared she gasped then squealed before she hugged Tarkus”you it!’ she said before she scurries off.

Tarkus gasped in fake suprise. "Oh no!" He exclaimed as he clambered from his hiding spot. Standing at one end and both his sisters at the other, they let their wings spring forth. Lotara pulled Frejya into her arms, cradling her close and saying "Hold on tight."

Tarkus began to fly after his angelic sisters and his niece who was passed back and forth between the two. Their speed wasn't all that fast for Frejya's sake. Just fast enough to be fun for the little toddler as they soared through the air.

Freyja blinked as she saw their beautiful wings make an appearance. “ohh cool!” She said as she allowed herself to be picked up and like a good little girl she held on and squealed with delight as they soared. She giggled as she was passed between the sisters adding to her enjoyment “fun fun!” she said just o let the three know she was having fun.

The three of them smiled as they played, flying in lazy arcs about the room. At one point Tarkus created a double of himself and the two began chasing both sisters at once.

"No fair! That's cheating." Verena cried as Tarkus's doppel almost caught her.

"We never said no magic!" He replied as he chased down Lotara and Freyja.

Freyja gasped as another Tarkus appeared “pumpkin eater!” She exclaimed siding with Verena, though it was true there was no magic rule mentioned. She knew her mother had magic, though didn’t remember if Vivi did she wondered if she herself had magic too. She wished she could help Verena with all her heart, and for a split second, the doppelgänger flickered but since Freyja wasn’t that strong or even learned it didn’t work.

Tarkus released his double letting it pop with a puff of smoke after Frejya used magic on it. It looked like Tarkus may just need to tutor another student. Though he could have his sisters help.

He quickly caught up to Verena and tagged her, giving himself a second of rest as the girls began chasing each other around.

Freyja blinked in surprise as the clone disappeared before squealing again as it seemed Verena was tagged and now she got a ride as they began chasing each other. “you are fast, thank you for making a fun ride!” she said with a grin.

Tarkus and the girls smiled as Frejya laughed with Joy. It had been some time since they just had simple fun like this. Add a shrieking toddler to the mix just made it that much more enjoyable. The girls slowly made their way back to the ground next to Tarkus and flopped down unto the floor.

"Alright Frejya, it's time for a break now." Lotara said as she lay on her back, the little girl sitting on Lotara's stomach. Verena and Tarkus were also sprawled out on the floor.

"We are old, you wore us out little one." Tarkus said with a playful smirk.

"Speak for yourself, I feel fine." Verena teased, poking Tarkus's cheek.

Freyja was all giggles as the game continued before she began noticing they were slowly making their way to the ground. She knew that meant the game would soon be over a fact that would disappoint her, but she was a good girl despite her age she knew people needed breaks too. She smiled as she sat on Lotara’s warm comfortable stomach.

She giggled as they made comments about their ages. “You funny!” she commented with a grin on her face as she looked at the three of them. She looked up and spotted Makoto looking in on them, and she waved, getting a wave in response as she left.

Tarkus looked up and gave a lazy wave to Makoto. "Hey there Mako." He said from his position on the floor.

Lotara and Verena also said their hellos. The older of the two hugging Frejya. "We're funny are we? Well you're pretty funny too." She replied.

Freyja snuggled in her arms, finding it as warm as the arms of her parents. “Yay! I’m funny!” She said with a happy grin. She dances in place to show off how happy she was to hear the compliment.

Lotara smiled and stood, picking up the little toddler. Verena and Tarkus did the same.

"Alright ladies, I think we need to get this one back to her mom." Tarkus said, turning towards his sisters.

Verena sighed. "I guess that's probably for the best." She replied.

Freyja smiled as she remained in Lotara’s arms and snuggled into it. She couldn’t help but frown when it seemed that the fun would be over, though Sachiko was a nice woman same with Vivi and Megan was cool too. “aww, ok!” she said as she held on and waited to be carried.

Sachiko had finished with tinkering and creating something new when she’d been alerted that not only had Freyja had escaped the Daycare area, but that she was with Tarkus, and his sisters. This had allowed her to relax knowing that there was no way that anyone with evil intent would be able to get to Freyja. But she knew that the three of them had duties they needed to take care of so she’ll have to take Freyja off their hands.

The Security Chief Makoto’s message told her they were in the training area so she took a lift up to the level.

Tarkus could sense Sachi as she rode the lift up to them. The Zoren trio plus little Frejya waited at the lift entrance. As they waited, the three uses their powers to fly Frejya through the air to each of them, finally ending up in Tarkus's arms as the lift doors opened.

Once ore Freyja giggled and squealed with glee at flying around. The toddler thought this was way more fun than hanging in the Daycare area. She saw the lift doors open and smiled at the sight of her mother, and waved her little pudgy hand. “Mommy!”

Sachiko smiled as she saw her daughter and made her approach. “Hello, my little angel! Have you been good to Tarkus, Lotara, and Verena?” She asked as she picked up her daughter now reaching for her. “Yup! They super fun!” Sachiko just smiled and bops Freyja on the nose before looking for the three. “Thank you so much for looking after her, I appreciate this, and sorry if she interrupted anything. “ She said.

The three of them smiled. "Oh it was no trouble. It was our pleasure." Verena replied.

"Yes, she gave us an excuse to have some fun." Lotara agreed, ruffling Frejya's hair. "She's welcome to come play anytime."

Tarkus shrugged. "Oh I don't know, if she tries to be naughty and sneak out again I don't think we can play." He teased.

Both Verena and Lotara punched the back of Tarkus's head.

"Ignore him." Lotara said in apology.

Freyja smiled and tried to grab Lotara’s hand to defend her hair. “Hey!” she said as a smile played on Sachiko’s lips. “Ah, yes, Makoto mentioned spotting this little cutie’s escapade” She said and gently rocked Freyja who began to fall asleep. “Might need to take a look at the area that had been designated as Daycare, make it much more fun for the kids, and see if there’s anything can be done.”

Tarkus rubbed the back of his head as he replied. "Maybe a few field trips over here to the training area. Reserve a field and set up the obstacle course for them to climb and play on. Or a nice big play set in the Daycare. Something for the whipper snappers to wear themselves out on."

Verena stared at Tarkus. "Whipper snappers? Really? Alright grandpaw."

Sachiko smiled and nodded, his ideas were good certainly. She laughs at the whipper snappers part of his words.

Tarkus sighed. "Alright, it's time to finish up at the office." Tarkus said pulling on Verena's arm.

"Aww you're mean." Verena pouted.

Lotara gave a soft smile as the two turned there backs. "Let me know any time you need a baby sitter. I'd be happy to do it."

Freyja sleeps soundlessly in her mother's arms. Sachiko nodded to the two departing medical staff before turning her attention to Lotara, and nodded "Sounds good, i'll keep you in mind."