Good Morning:Tatty and Anna

[tribal_tatty]

Tatty opened his eyes, there were strange noises around him, crying, talking, moving, banging of cooking pots, and at first he had forgotten where he was, a panic flashed through him, his heart racing, pounding in his ears. Tatty rolled over and came directly into contact with a warm body, he was ready to sit up and scream out, gasping instead as

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[tribal_mouse]

Mouse ran out of the kitchen towards the stairs. Then she stopped short as she saw Willow, Flower, and...Brady! Plus two others whom she didn't know, a boy and a girl. They must be more of the new children. How many had Salene said there were? six? With a grin, she walked over to Brady and the others.
"There you are Brady! Sorry for leaving you downstairs, I thought you were behind me... I was helping Moon in the kitchen." A pause. "Salene said its time to eat. Come on, lets go." She held out her hand to Brady. Then suddenly remembered her manners. "Hi," Mouse said to the other two, "I'm Mouse."

[tribal_anna]

Anna looked at Mouse, Willow had said she'd been in a bad mood earlier, but she looked okay now, happy even. Maybe Mouse wants to be friends with us she thought to herself. Anna smiled, putting her hand to her chest, "hi, I'm Anna" she spoke, hoping to sound friendly and then pointed at Tatty, "and this is Tatty".

[tribal_tatty]

Tatty looked up as Brady greeted them, holding a plastic doll out at him, and he looked into her deep blue eyes, shifting his gaze to Anna before smiling. Willow was right, she was cute, and she didn't seem like any kind of threat. In fact, if she joined them for breakfast, he wouldn't mind at all, though he wouldn't want to be around her all of the time, or alone. He was about to lean in and tell Anna this when another little girl bounced over, her skin was darker, and she looked like someone he'd known before, only younger. Tatty shook his head and watched the interaction between Anna and the others, glad that he didn't have to speak for himself. He jutted his chin out slightly at Mouse, closing his eyes in his own kind of greeting, and his fingers nervously flew to his shuttle pocket, unbuttoning it and pulling out the shuttle. He began to work on a new piece, starting off with a round, calming himself with the movement.

[tribal_flower]

Flower giggled when Brady introduced her doll to Anna as Melissa, that wasn't what she'd named her but Brady was close and that was good enough. Flower slipped her hand out of Brady's for a second and bounced over to Anna and wrapped her arms around her neck giving her a quick hug. "Anna! We have so much to tell you from last night! Right, Willow?" She bounced back over to Brady and took her little hand again, as she looked over to Tatty, "Hey Tatty! I'm glad you came out today, there's so much to show you!"

When Mouse ran over to collect Brady, Flower felt bad, but she was sort of relieved. She had been dying to tell Anna about the Zoot picture, and about the crazy lady from outside. She wasn't entirely sure it would be a very good idea to tell Tatty because he didn't need to be worrying about it. She didn't think they should talk about those things in front of Brady though, and she wasn't sure if they should in front of Mouse either. "Oh Mouse! We brought her upstairs for you," she said with a smile.

[_brady_]

Brady looked to Mouse and bounced, "Mouse Mouse, you forgotted me, but Willow and Flower broughted me up the stairs," she told her, holding the naked baby doll out at her and shaking it, "Flower named her Melissa, but I don't like that name," she said, looking to her questioningly. "Do you like the name?" she paused as Mouse started talking to the other girls and slipped her hand into Mouse's, watching the exchange and suddenly feeling very small. Brady tugged on her hand, "I'm hungry," she told her, then turned her head as she heard a voice, watching Moon and someone she didn't know walking off to another room. Brady yanked her hand out of Mouse's and took off at a run for the extra cafe.

[tribal_willow]

Willow smiled as Tatty pulled out his tool and began to work on what looked like a brand new piece. "Yes Flower, that's right, but maybe later," she nodded discreetly in the direction of Tatty and gave Flower a look that spoke volumes. She smiled as Mouse came up and Brady started to chatter at her, "Yeah we had a lot of fun coming up the stairs, didn't we Brady?" Willow shook her head and looked around, there were people coming and going already, up and down the stairs, but Tatty seemed to be ok, and she was glad. She wasn't sure how much he could handle and having a fit at his first breakfast would be embarrassing, not just for everyone who worked to calm him down, but for Tatty too. She knew how badly he felt about himself when they were all said and done, and she didn't want him to feel that way here. She was about to second Brady's hunger vote when she up and ran off, and Willow looked at Mouse. She didn't really know how to take care of her, and what her rules were, but she supposed Mouse and Brady did. "I'm hungry too, let's go

[tribal_mouse]

Mouse listened patiently to the introductions. She thought 'Tatty' was a rather funny name, then remembered her own and just smiled instead of saying something rude. She knew all the children now, or at least she'd been introduced to them all. Mouse still wasn't that comfortable around them, but it took time to become friends with people. Mouse felt Brady slip her hand into hers. Then Brady was talking to her, and it was hard to concentrate on what the others were saying. Interestingly, they were both trying to tell her the same thing. Brady had been brought upstairs

[tribal_anna]

Anna leaned towards Tatty; "I think we've made two friends" she smiled, and then noticed that Tatty was busy tatting away.

"So Flower what have you got to tell me? You can tell me over breakfast, I'm starving" Anna spoke motioning her hand at her stomach, "let's catch up with Brady and Mouse" Anna grinned before walking along to the extra cafe.