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Rhia turned her gaze to the woman that now joined them (chaeval), and took a long drag from the cigarette in her mouth. Gods, how many of them were there?

"I haven't met an Ice yet," She said, taking the cigarette from her lips and blowing smoke towards the sky. She lifted the black and white mask and waved it at chaeval, "But yes, this was dumped on my before I knew what the ******** it was."

She turned her attention back to Gee and raised a brow at the hand she offered, totally ignoring it as she placed the cigarette back into her mouth. She didn't mean to offend the woman, if that was going to happen by her refusing to shake hands, she just wasn't one for physical contact. "I have many names, but most people just call me Rhia."

Nika nodded, 'I'm glad they haven't asked us to get down yet.' He stood up on the branch he sat on, grasping a limb above him and looked around.

'There's so much to see from up here... Look,' he pointed, 'Fauve grew... and there's Loki running away from Gee, Chae and... a new woman? She probably came on the ship.'

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"That's possible." G_E nodded, amused, "I think my mother had some Native American background, I've enver though of that before. All of my sisters have Christian names."

Her smile fell a bit when Rhia didn't take her hand, but she shrugged it off. Not everybody was up for physical contact. Bizzy, G_E's daughter, was like that.

"Nice to meet you," she nodded at Rhia and sat down beside Chae, watching Shiva and Nika in the tree.

"I wouldn't abandon him, though. He may grow on you."

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Rhia's mouth twisted slightly in a grimace as she looked up at the children in the tree, her tail swaying back and forth. Abandoning the mask was an option, but somehow she didn't think she'd ever be welcome back here if she did that. Not that she cared what these people thought of her, she was simply thinking of if Zarien ever wanted her to come back here with supplies. That was it.

Nothing more.

"I suppose I could chuck it out into the woods or something," She said, her muscled shoulders rising and falling lightly in a shrug, "But I think I'll hold on to it for now, though I may feel differently when it turns into a kid."

She thought of her daughter and how she had turned out, which Su hadn't turned out that bad really, she was just... odd. Again, the demoness shrugged and lifted the mask to look at it. "Does anybody know anything about it other than it's a he?"

'Frightens you?' Nika climbed higher. If he could see so much from where they were sitting now he wondered what he could see if he was higher up.

'How so?'
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G_E smiled glad that Rhia had decided not to abandon the poor boy.

"I don't think you'll feel differently," she shook her head, truly believing her words.

"Nobody knows much, the children themselves can't even remember," she smiled at Io, "I think they regain most of their memory when they become teenagers though... I could be wrong... after all I'm just assuming."

She laughed, "It would be nice to know..."

Rhia took the cigarette from her mouth once again, seemingly not able to keep it there for any length of time. She slid her tongue along her lower lip before blowing the smoke out her mouth in a soft sigh. Maybe Gee was right, then again maybe not. She kind of felt like she wouldn't be able to handle a kid now, not after regaining the other half of her soul. She watched Io for a moment before speaking, looking down at the mask as she touched it.

"I don't know, we'll see how I feel when he shows up." She said, tapping the ashes from the end of the cigarette before putting it back into her mouth. She turned her shielded gaze to Chae and then to Gee, more or less directing her question to both of them, "And Ice, she knows about these masks, then? Where the hell is she?"

Fauve straightens away from Haisyn and brushes a hand up through her hair. She looks dead on at Merci, who no longer has the height advantage on her daughter. 'I'm going to get a bath, so I'm presentable.' She was so confused about everything racing through her mind she just wanted a good soak and time to sort it all out. She thought about trying to talk to Io about everything, but somehow she wasn't sure the other masque would want to dredge up old memories.

Merci looked at Fauve's eyes and didn't say anything to stop her from leaving. She stepped closer to Haisyn and glanced at her, "How about you and I have a nice lunch, and just relax.. She isn't going to go running off again, not today anyway..." Merci watched Fauve as she walked toward the bathing area. She felt a little sad, she'd have to sit down and actually talk to Fauve, find out whats wrong with her.

Fauve folded her arms across her stomach as she walked slowly across the common grounds of the colony. She was staring at the ground, Kasai's reaction to her growth really bothered her, but she supposed that he had good reasons. At least she would have Ashirha..... She slipped off and submersed herself in cool clean water, washing the dirt and grime from the last day off herself. Finishing she cleaned her dress of what filth remained on it before putting it back on. She felt like a new woman, this time she felt more like herself.

Nika looked down at Shiva from where he sat now, higher then her and able to see farther then ever.

He nodded, only understanding a bit of what she meant, 'I've thought about it, yes, but I have a strange feeling we'll know the answers to those questions sooner then we would like.'

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G_E wathced as Io touched the mask in Rhia's hands drowsily, yawning.

She jumped a bit, surprised at the question.

"I haven't seen her around for awhile..." She shrugged, ignoring the feeling to go and look for the one so many of them considered leader. Ice was strong, she coould handle anything.

"Maybe she's rade hunting?"