Sunshine was stir-crazy, even with all the weirdness in her life lately.She asked Thena,"Hey, any more idea on what's going on outside? It looks like THOUSANDS of those little aliens!" Thena wandered over and perched on the arm of one of the chairs and stretched."Dunno. Maybe it's a music concert? I saw recordings of them from back in the times of the Jade Empire! They were exciting, and everyone would get dressed up and EVERYONE who was ANYBODY would show up and the press would go CRAZY the next couple of days after that! I hope it is! Maybe they will let us OFF the ship! We are on an ALIEN PLANET in another freaking GALAXY! Dammit!" Sunshine sighed,"When my mom puts her foot down, you can kiss that butt good bye! I've gone through all the uniforms in my 'Hyperspace-Storage-Device' and they are ALL like this! Fine for UNIFORMS, I guess, but I want to get out, and maybe dress up! Or look casual, or SOMETHING! I just want to GET OUT! Except for the hours of blind terror and sweat over saving that Abaddon guy's life--I saw NOTHING of the inside of the space habitat we're in! I never thought I'd say this... I'm ready to AWOL!" Thena looked amused and then broke up laughing."GOD! Don't be such a TOOL! You are NOT military! You are a punk kid who's six, going on sixty! I'm twice your age and you'r biological age... with smaller boobs! Dammit again! ANYWAY-- we're on a planet in the MILKY WAY GALAXY and what are we going to do about it?" Sunshine said carefully,"It's always easier to get forgiveness, that permission, right? Captain Tkarro said that when we left Balaam! We are children. Children's main job is to 'test boundaries and see what we can get away with.' My mom said that." Sunshine craned to see out the window to no avail. "HOWEVER--I do NOT want to run afoul of my MOM on any little AWOL trip we take! You haven't had her mad at you! This isn't like Balaam, where we could pop off to a dress store with a handful of money and make it back with chicken in our bag and wearing a new dress! Do they even USE money here? They might be some kind of COMMUNIST alien midget sex-perverts! WE DO NOT want to pay bills THAT way!" Thena blinked in wide-eyed horror and went,"EWWWE! Forget THAT! Alright--YOU mentioned your Mom! How would your own mom organize this outing so we don't get caught by the crew OR alien perverts?" Sunny shrugged,"Information! We need Intel! Do they use money? Are they as bad as we were originally lead to believe? Also, do ANY of them speak our language? Do we need body guards? Can...",she started chortling. "Can we get PRINCE in on this?" Thena laughed,"You,evil,one-eyed,SCHEMER! You are falling to the dark side of plotting and planning! We are NOT talking his dad into teleporting us ANYWHERE! That is right out!" Sunny grinned. "The River King! Now THAT would be a body-guard and THEN some! Great idea,Teeny-weeny!" Thena fell back over the arms of the chair with a groan,"No! NO! This will be a disaster, the more we include, the bigger chance of screw-ups!" Sunny said excitedly,"If they use money, maybe I can buy him some local variation on 'chickenz'! THIS WILL WORK!" Thena put a hand over her eyes."Oh god. I'm not listening! LA-LA-LA-LA! No WAY! My life is flashing in front of me! You mom will make me into ORIGAMI! Then paper-shredder time! Alright--IT MIGHT WORK! I must be crazy. Go ask about money, the natives and chickenz! I'll ask some people,too. Report back here in an hour and we can compare notes. Is that a plan? AND STOP GIGGLING LIKE AN IDIOT!" Sunny said,"WOW! What mental flip-floppery!I AM impressed! No wonder most telepaths go insane!" Thena growled at her,"GO! I'm about to break any second!" Sunny cut a sloppy salute and ran off down the corridor. Thena took a different way to a higher level. --TO BE CONTINUED!--